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

Geographic Area: Elko 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	212	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	212	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	0	0.0%
Male	102	48.1%		Mexican	0	0.0%
Female	110	51.9%		Puerto Rican	0	0.0%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	6	2.8%		Other Hispanic or Latino	0	0.0%
5 to 9 years	18	8.5%		Not Hispanic or Latino	212	100.0%
10 to 14 years	17	8.0%		White alone	88	41.5%
15 to 19 years	13	6.1%
20 to 24 years	4	1.9%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	29	13.7%		Total population	212	100.0%
35 to 44 years	34	16.0%		In households	212	100.0%
45 to 54 years	34	16.0%		Householder	92	43.4%
55 to 59 years	16	7.5%		Spouse	39	18.4%
60 to 64 years	11	5.2%		Child	56	26.4%
65 to 74 years	18	8.5%		Own child under 18 years	40	18.9%
75 to 84 years	12	5.7%		Other relatives	19	9.0%
85 years and over	0	0.0%		Under 18 years	8	3.8%
				Nonrelatives	6	2.8%
Median age (years)	41.8	(X)		Unmarried partner	1	0.5%
				In group quarters	0	0.0%
18 years and over	160	75.5%		Institutionalized population	0	0.0%
Male	74	34.9%		Noninstitutionalized population	0	0.0%
Female	86	40.6%
21 years and over	157	74.1%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	36	17.0%		Total households	92	100.0%
65 years and over	30	14.2%		Family households (families)	66	71.7%
Male	12	5.7%		With own children under 18 years	27	29.3%
Female	18	8.5%		Married couple family	39	42.4%
				With own children under 18 years	13	14.1%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	22	23.9%
One race	212	100.0%		With own children under 18 years	13	14.1%
White	88	41.5%		Nonfamily households	26	28.3%
Black or African American	124	58.5%		Householder living alone	24	26.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0.0%		Householder 65 years and over	9	9.8%
Asian	0	0.0%
Asian Indian	0	0.0%		Households with individuals under 18 years	34	37.0%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	23	25.0%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.30	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	2.73	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	102	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	92	90.2%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	10	9.8%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	2	2.0%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	0	0.0%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.3%	(X)
Two or more races	0	0.0%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	5.9%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	88	41.5%		Occupied housing units	92	100.0%
Black or African American	124	58.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	76	82.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native	0	0.0%		Renter-occupied housing units	16	17.4%
Asian	0	0.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.29	(X)
Some other race	0	0.0%		Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	(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.