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

Geographic Area: Edgefield 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	4,449	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	4,449	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	199	4.5%
Male	2,944	66.2%		Mexican	80	1.8%
Female	1,505	33.8%		Puerto Rican	43	1.0%
				Cuban	23	0.5%
Under 5 years	170	3.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	53	1.2%
5 to 9 years	161	3.6%		Not Hispanic or Latino	4,250	95.5%
10 to 14 years	191	4.3%		White alone	1,558	35.0%
15 to 19 years	178	4.0%
20 to 24 years	328	7.4%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	1,121	25.2%		Total population	4,449	100.0%
35 to 44 years	840	18.9%		In households	2,522	56.7%
45 to 54 years	569	12.8%		Householder	1,080	24.3%
55 to 59 years	187	4.2%		Spouse	408	9.2%
60 to 64 years	136	3.1%		Child	768	17.3%
65 to 74 years	251	5.6%		Own child under 18 years	539	12.1%
75 to 84 years	209	4.7%		Other relatives	192	4.3%
85 years and over	108	2.4%		Under 18 years	77	1.7%
				Nonrelatives	74	1.7%
Median age (years)	35.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	31	0.7%
				In group quarters	1,927	43.3%
18 years and over	3,821	85.9%		Institutionalized population	1,905	42.8%
Male	2,632	59.2%		Noninstitutionalized population	22	0.5%
Female	1,189	26.7%
21 years and over	3,718	83.6%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	636	14.3%		Total households	1,080	100.0%
65 years and over	568	12.8%		Family households (families)	698	64.6%
Male	198	4.5%		With own children under 18 years	312	28.9%
Female	370	8.3%		Married couple family	408	37.8%
				With own children under 18 years	150	13.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	251	23.2%
One race	4,437	99.7%		With own children under 18 years	149	13.8%
White	1,727	38.8%		Nonfamily households	382	35.4%
Black or African American	2,666	59.9%		Householder living alone	355	32.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	22	0.5%		Householder 65 years and over	183	16.9%
Asian	14	0.3%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	351	32.5%
Chinese	5	0.1%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	356	33.0%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	3	0.1%		Average household size	2.34	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	2.96	(X)
Vietnamese	4	0.1%
Other Asian1	2	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	1,229	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	1,080	87.9%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	149	12.1%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	9	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	8	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7%	(X)
Two or more races	12	0.3%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.8%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	1,738	39.1%		Occupied housing units	1,080	100.0%
Black or African American	2,671	60.0%		Owner-occupied housing units	658	60.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	22	0.5%		Renter-occupied housing units	422	39.1%
Asian	15	0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.39	(X)
Some other race	14	0.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.25	(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.