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

Geographic Area: Elgin 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	806	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	806	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	31	3.8%
Male	390	48.4%		Mexican	5	0.6%
Female	416	51.6%		Puerto Rican	9	1.1%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	68	8.4%		Other Hispanic or Latino	17	2.1%
5 to 9 years	58	7.2%		Not Hispanic or Latino	775	96.2%
10 to 14 years	65	8.1%		White alone	703	87.2%
15 to 19 years	55	6.8%
20 to 24 years	33	4.1%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	124	15.4%		Total population	806	100.0%
35 to 44 years	139	17.2%		In households	806	100.0%
45 to 54 years	127	15.8%		Householder	288	35.7%
55 to 59 years	34	4.2%		Spouse	199	24.7%
60 to 64 years	30	3.7%		Child	257	31.9%
65 to 74 years	46	5.7%		Own child under 18 years	207	25.7%
75 to 84 years	18	2.2%		Other relatives	40	5.0%
85 years and over	9	1.1%		Under 18 years	19	2.4%
				Nonrelatives	22	2.7%
Median age (years)	35.0	(X)		Unmarried partner	8	1.0%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	578	71.7%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	277	34.4%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	301	37.3%
21 years and over	554	68.7%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	87	10.8%		Total households	288	100.0%
65 years and over	73	9.1%		Family households (families)	232	80.6%
Male	28	3.5%		With own children under 18 years	119	41.3%
Female	45	5.6%		Married couple family	199	69.1%
				With own children under 18 years	98	34.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	25	8.7%
One race	804	99.8%		With own children under 18 years	14	4.9%
White	724	89.8%		Nonfamily households	56	19.4%
Black or African American	67	8.3%		Householder living alone	49	17.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	2	0.2%		Householder 65 years and over	19	6.6%
Asian	1	0.1%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	130	45.1%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	55	19.1%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.80	(X)
Korean	1	0.1%		Average family size	3.14	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	306	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	288	94.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	18	5.9%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2	0.7%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	10	1.2%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.1%	(X)
Two or more races	2	0.2%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	2.7%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	726	90.1%		Occupied housing units	288	100.0%
Black or African American	67	8.3%		Owner-occupied housing units	252	87.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native	3	0.4%		Renter-occupied housing units	36	12.5%
Asian	1	0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.77	(X)
Some other race	11	1.4%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	3.03	(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.