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Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000

Geographic Area: Cowpens town

 

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text.

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	2,279	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	2,279	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	74	3.2%
Male	1,068	46.9%		Mexican	59	2.6%
Female	1,211	53.1%		Puerto Rican	7	0.3%
				Cuban	3	0.1%
Under 5 years	185	8.1%		Other Hispanic or Latino	5	0.2%
5 to 9 years	170	7.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	2,205	96.8%
10 to 14 years	162	7.1%		White alone	1,702	74.7%
15 to 19 years	141	6.2%
20 to 24 years	142	6.2%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	271	11.9%		Total population	2,279	100.0%
35 to 44 years	320	14.0%		In households	2,260	99.2%
45 to 54 years	285	12.5%		Householder	922	40.5%
55 to 59 years	148	6.5%		Spouse	442	19.4%
60 to 64 years	106	4.7%		Child	666	29.2%
65 to 74 years	179	7.9%		Own child under 18 years	513	22.5%
75 to 84 years	138	6.1%		Other relatives	171	7.5%
85 years and over	32	1.4%		Under 18 years	89	3.9%
				Nonrelatives	59	2.6%
Median age (years)	36.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	31	1.4%
				In group quarters	19	0.8%
18 years and over	1,671	73.3%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	751	33.0%		Noninstitutionalized population	19	0.8%
Female	920	40.4%
21 years and over	1,596	70.0%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	402	17.6%		Total households	922	100.0%
65 years and over	349	15.3%		Family households (families)	640	69.4%
Male	136	6.0%		With own children under 18 years	296	32.1%
Female	213	9.3%		Married couple family	442	47.9%
				With own children under 18 years	183	19.8%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	162	17.6%
One race	2,261	99.2%		With own children under 18 years	101	11.0%
White	1,724	75.6%		Nonfamily households	282	30.6%
Black or African American	487	21.4%		Householder living alone	262	28.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native	3	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	142	15.4%
Asian	0	0.0%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	349	37.9%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	271	29.4%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.45	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.00	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	991	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	922	93.0%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	69	7.0%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1	0.1%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	47	2.1%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.6%	(X)
Two or more races	18	0.8%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	1,741	76.4%		Occupied housing units	922	100.0%
Black or African American	495	21.7%		Owner-occupied housing units	624	67.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	12	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	298	32.3%
Asian	1	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.53	(X)
Some other race	50	2.2%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.30	(X)
Date: November 28, 2001
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.