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

Geographic Area: Darlington city

 

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

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Subject	Number	Percent		Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	6,720	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	6,720	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	68	1.0%
Male	2,975	44.3%		Mexican	34	0.5%
Female	3,745	55.7%		Puerto Rican	8	0.1%
				Cuban	1	0.0%
Under 5 years	472	7.0%		Other Hispanic or Latino	25	0.4%
5 to 9 years	485	7.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	6,652	99.0%
10 to 14 years	479	7.1%		White alone	2,848	42.4%
15 to 19 years	441	6.6%
20 to 24 years	396	5.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	762	11.3%		Total population	6,720	100.0%
35 to 44 years	807	12.0%		In households	6,480	96.4%
45 to 54 years	949	14.1%		Householder	2,812	41.8%
55 to 59 years	337	5.0%		Spouse	964	14.3%
60 to 64 years	323	4.8%		Child	1,948	29.0%
65 to 74 years	610	9.1%		Own child under 18 years	1,362	20.3%
75 to 84 years	469	7.0%		Other relatives	558	8.3%
85 years and over	190	2.8%		Under 18 years	304	4.5%
				Nonrelatives	198	2.9%
Median age (years)	39.3	(X)		Unmarried partner	100	1.5%
				In group quarters	240	3.6%
18 years and over	5,029	74.8%		Institutionalized population	234	3.5%
Male	2,078	30.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	6	0.1%
Female	2,951	43.9%
21 years and over	4,775	71.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	1,463	21.8%		Total households	2,812	100.0%
65 years and over	1,269	18.9%		Family households (families)	1,767	62.8%
Male	446	6.6%		With own children under 18 years	768	27.3%
Female	823	12.2%		Married couple family	964	34.3%
				With own children under 18 years	330	11.7%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	701	24.9%
One race	6,692	99.6%		With own children under 18 years	404	14.4%
White	2,856	42.5%		Nonfamily households	1,045	37.2%
Black or African American	3,766	56.0%		Householder living alone	964	34.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native	11	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	407	14.5%
Asian	24	0.4%
Asian Indian	9	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	943	33.5%
Chinese	8	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	845	30.0%
Filipino	1	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.30	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	2.96	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	6	0.1%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Total housing units	3,140	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	2,812	89.6%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	328	10.4%
Samoan	1	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	23	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	34	0.5%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6%	(X)
Two or more races	28	0.4%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.3%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	2,874	42.8%		Occupied housing units	2,812	100.0%
Black or African American	3,777	56.2%		Owner-occupied housing units	1,623	57.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native	20	0.3%		Renter-occupied housing units	1,189	42.3%
Asian	32	0.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.34	(X)
Some other race	43	0.6%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.26	(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.