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

Geographic Area: Edisto Beach 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	641	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	641	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	2	0.3%
Male	306	47.7%		Mexican	1	0.2%
Female	335	52.3%		Puerto Rican	0	0.0%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	8	1.2%		Other Hispanic or Latino	1	0.2%
5 to 9 years	14	2.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	639	99.7%
10 to 14 years	26	4.1%		White alone	613	95.6%
15 to 19 years	18	2.8%
20 to 24 years	15	2.3%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	40	6.2%		Total population	641	100.0%
35 to 44 years	61	9.5%		In households	641	100.0%
45 to 54 years	126	19.7%		Householder	329	51.3%
55 to 59 years	84	13.1%		Spouse	196	30.6%
60 to 64 years	80	12.5%		Child	83	12.9%
65 to 74 years	123	19.2%		Own child under 18 years	51	8.0%
75 to 84 years	38	5.9%		Other relatives	18	2.8%
85 years and over	8	1.2%		Under 18 years	6	0.9%
				Nonrelatives	15	2.3%
Median age (years)	55.7	(X)		Unmarried partner	6	0.9%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	582	90.8%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	272	42.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	310	48.4%
21 years and over	570	88.9%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	213	33.2%		Total households	329	100.0%
65 years and over	169	26.4%		Family households (families)	221	67.2%
Male	74	11.5%		With own children under 18 years	33	10.0%
Female	95	14.8%		Married couple family	196	59.6%
				With own children under 18 years	26	7.9%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	21	6.4%
One race	635	99.1%		With own children under 18 years	5	1.5%
White	613	95.6%		Nonfamily households	108	32.8%
Black or African American	18	2.8%		Householder living alone	96	29.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2	0.3%		Householder 65 years and over	38	11.6%
Asian	1	0.2%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	38	11.6%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	121	36.8%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	1.95	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	2.34	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	1	0.2%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	1,785	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	329	18.4%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	1,456	81.6%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,352	75.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	1	0.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	7.3%	(X)
Two or more races	6	0.9%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	58.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	619	96.6%		Occupied housing units	329	100.0%
Black or African American	21	3.3%		Owner-occupied housing units	280	85.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	6	0.9%		Renter-occupied housing units	49	14.9%
Asian	1	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	1.95	(X)
Some other race	2	0.3%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	1.92	(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.