ACS: 2002 ACS Tabular Profile for South Carolina -- Table 1


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	Note: The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters.

TABLE 1. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
Total population	3,971,899	*****	*****
SEX AND AGE
Male	1,912,946	1,905,851	1,920,041
Female	2,058,953	2,051,858	2,066,048
Under 5 years	263,764	260,177	267,351
5 to 9 years	256,133	244,771	267,495
10 to 14 years	291,702	280,855	302,549
15 to 19 years	252,936	246,001	259,871
20 to 24 years	279,650	271,951	287,349
25 to 34 years	548,125	535,224	561,026
35 to 44 years	618,244	607,755	628,733
45 to 54 years	580,048	573,113	586,983
55 to 59 years	237,889	224,277	251,502
60 to 64 years	177,675	164,826	190,524
65 to 74 years	267,692	263,983	271,401
75 to 84 years	161,463	156,008	166,918
85 years and over	36,578	31,471	41,685

Median age (years)	36.5	36.2	36.8

18 years and over	2,999,792	2,995,774	3,003,810
21 years and over	2,848,545	2,838,087	2,859,003
62 years and over	565,488	556,365	574,611
65 years and over	465,733	461,709	469,757
Male	194,136	191,654	196,618
Female	271,597	268,926	274,268

RACE
One race	3,931,972	3,924,245	3,939,699
White	2,664,880	2,655,412	2,674,348
Black or African American	1,173,991	1,166,594	1,181,388
American Indian and Alaska Native	14,725	10,935	18,515
Asian	36,764	33,155	40,373
Asian Indian	8,865	5,202	12,528
Chinese (except Taiwanese)	5,666	2,104	9,228
Filipino	4,838	2,578	7,099
Japanese	2,089	406	3,772
Korean	4,940	2,087	7,793
Vietnamese	4,974	1,679	8,269
Other Asian	5,392	2,424	8,360
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,167	147	4,187
Native Hawaiian	N	N	N
Guamanian or Chamorro	N	N	N
Samoan	N	N	N
Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N
Some other race	39,445	30,086	48,804
Two or more races	39,927	32,200	47,654
Two races including Some other race	6,921	3,811	10,031
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	33,006	26,749	39,263

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races:
White	2,700,102	2,687,374	2,712,830
Black or African American	1,188,677	1,182,831	1,194,523
American Indian and Alaska Native	31,009	25,841	36,177
Asian	43,104	40,165	46,043
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	3,511	760	6,262
Some other race	47,170	37,783	56,557

HISPANIC ORIGIN AND RACE
Total population	3,971,899	*****	*****
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	104,814	*****	*****
Mexican	71,305	63,383	79,227
Puerto Rican	9,290	5,299	13,281
Cuban	603	0	1,512
Other Hispanic or Latino	23,616	16,080	31,152
Not Hispanic or Latino	3,867,085	*****	*****
White alone	2,610,561	2,607,274	2,613,848
Black or African American alone	1,169,408	1,161,764	1,177,052
American Indian or Alaska Native alone	10,416	7,764	13,068
Asian alone	36,041	32,465	39,617
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	2,167	147	4,187
Some other race alone	3,959	1,151	6,767
Two or more races:	34,533	27,855	41,211
Two races including Some other race	2,257	661	3,853
Two races excluding Some other race, and Three or more races	32,276	26,131	38,421

RELATIONSHIP
Household population	3,971,899	*****	*****
Householder	1,634,992	1,620,891	1,649,093
Spouse	823,466	805,750	841,182
Child	1,114,629	1,096,821	1,132,437
Other relatives	224,500	212,255	236,745
Nonrelatives	174,312	154,109	194,515
Unmarried partner	73,622	66,733	80,511

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,563,144	1,501,457	1,624,831
Family households (families)	1,076,532	1,014,617	1,138,447
With own children under 18 years	501,666	474,066	529,266
Married-couple families	780,706	737,654	823,758
With own children under 18 years	325,698	307,499	343,898
Female householder, no husband present	235,281	215,257	255,305
With own children under 18 years	147,385	132,702	162,068
Nonfamily households	486,612	472,666	500,558
Householder living alone	406,535	392,804	420,266
65 years and over	126,614	116,377	136,851

Households with one or more people under 18 years	565,783	534,949	596,617
Households with one or more people 65 years and over	335,507	324,284	346,730

Average household size	2.54	2.44	2.64
Average family size	3.06	2.93	3.19

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,825,531	*****	*****
Occupied housing units	1,563,144	1,501,457	1,624,831
Vacant housing units	262,387	200,700	324,074

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.3	1.6	3.0
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.5	10.0	15.0

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,563,144	1,501,457	1,624,831
Owner-occupied	1,096,715	1,055,267	1,138,163
Renter-occupied	466,429	439,851	493,007

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.64	2.52	2.76
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.32	2.24	2.40

The 2002 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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