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

Geographic Area: Fairfax 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	3,206	100.0%		HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
				Total population	3,206	100.0%
SEX AND AGE				Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	11	0.3%
Male	2,062	64.3%		Mexican	5	0.2%
Female	1,144	35.7%		Puerto Rican	3	0.1%
				Cuban	0	0.0%
Under 5 years	172	5.4%		Other Hispanic or Latino	3	0.1%
5 to 9 years	165	5.1%		Not Hispanic or Latino	3,195	99.7%
10 to 14 years	151	4.7%		White alone	824	25.7%
15 to 19 years	203	6.3%
20 to 24 years	310	9.7%		RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years	606	18.9%		Total population	3,206	100.0%
35 to 44 years	581	18.1%		In households	2,075	64.7%
45 to 54 years	430	13.4%		Householder	845	26.4%
55 to 59 years	121	3.8%		Spouse	254	7.9%
60 to 64 years	104	3.2%		Child	666	20.8%
65 to 74 years	171	5.3%		Own child under 18 years	446	13.9%
75 to 84 years	124	3.9%		Other relatives	252	7.9%
85 years and over	68	2.1%		Under 18 years	146	4.6%
				Nonrelatives	58	1.8%
Median age (years)	34.9	(X)		Unmarried partner	37	1.2%
				In group quarters	1,131	35.3%
18 years and over	2,604	81.2%		Institutionalized population	1,130	35.2%
Male	1,722	53.7%		Noninstitutionalized population	1	0.0%
Female	882	27.5%
21 years and over	2,453	76.5%		HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
62 years and over	426	13.3%		Total households	845	100.0%
65 years and over	363	11.3%		Family households (families)	549	65.0%
Male	146	4.6%		With own children under 18 years	252	29.8%
Female	217	6.8%		Married couple family	254	30.1%
				With own children under 18 years	93	11.0%
RACE				Female householder, no husband present	249	29.5%
One race	3,200	99.8%		With own children under 18 years	140	16.6%
White	825	25.7%		Nonfamily households	296	35.0%
Black or African American	2,355	73.5%		Householder living alone	278	32.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native	4	0.1%		Householder 65 years and over	124	14.7%
Asian	4	0.1%
Asian Indian	4	0.1%		Households with individuals under 18 years	331	39.2%
Chinese	0	0.0%		Households with individuals 65 years and over	242	28.6%
Filipino	0	0.0%
Japanese	0	0.0%		Average household size	2.46	(X)
Korean	0	0.0%		Average family size	3.13	(X)
Vietnamese	0	0.0%
Other Asian1	0	0.0%		HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Total housing units	948	100.0%
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0%		Occupied housing units	845	89.1%
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0%		Vacant housing units	103	10.9%
Samoan	0	0.0%		For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	12	1.3%
Other Pacific Islander2	0	0.0%
Some other race	12	0.4%		Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6%	(X)
Two or more races	6	0.2%		Rental vacancy rate (percent)	4.5%	(X)
Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:3				HOUSING TENURE
White	829	25.9%		Occupied housing units	845	100.0%
Black or African American	2,358	73.5%		Owner-occupied housing units	566	67.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native	7	0.2%		Renter-occupied housing units	279	33.0%
Asian	5	0.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0%		Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.49	(X)
Some other race	13	0.4%		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.