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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: DeSoto County, Florida

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf1u.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	32,209	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	18,103	56.2
Female	14,106	43.8

Under 5 years	1,873	5.8
5 to 9 years	1,944	6.0
10 to 14 years	2,115	6.6
15 to 19 years	2,431	7.5
20 to 24 years	2,542	7.9
25 to 34 years	4,548	14.1
35 to 44 years	4,052	12.6
45 to 54 years	3,341	10.4
55 to 59 years	1,618	5.0
60 to 64 years	1,632	5.1
65 to 74 years	3,421	10.6
75 to 84 years	2,159	6.7
85 years and over	533	1.7

Median age (years)	36.5	(X)

18 years and over	24,899	77.3
Male	14,289	44.4
Female	10,610	32.9
21 years and over	23,278	72.3
62 years and over	7,087	22.0
65 years and over	6,113	19.0
Male	2,947	9.1
Female	3,166	9.8

RACE
One race	31,750	98.6
White	23,619	73.3
Black or African American	4,098	12.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	511	1.6
Asian	131	0.4
Asian Indian	42	0.1
Chinese	11	0.0
Filipino	42	0.1
Japanese	7	0.0
Korean	4	0.0
Vietnamese	15	0.0
Other Asian ¹	10	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	13	0.0
Native Hawaiian	7	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	3	0.0
Samoan	2	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	1	0.0
Some other race	3,378	10.5
Two or more races	459	1.4

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	23,989	74.5
Black or African American	4,216	13.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	649	2.0
Asian	169	0.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	38	0.1
Some other race	3,646	11.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	32,209	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	8,019	24.9
Mexican	6,916	21.5
Puerto Rican	238	0.7
Cuban	157	0.5
Other Hispanic or Latino	708	2.2
Not Hispanic or Latino	24,190	75.1
White alone	19,704	61.2

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	32,209	100.0
In households	28,980	90.0
Householder	10,746	33.4
Spouse	5,966	18.5
Child	7,235	22.5
Own child under 18 years	5,785	18.0
Other relatives	2,116	6.6
Under 18 years	810	2.5
Nonrelatives	2,917	9.1
Unmarried partner	615	1.9
In group quarters	3,229	10.0
Institutionalized population	2,194	6.8
Noninstitutionalized population	1,035	3.2

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	10,746	100.0
Family households (families)	7,676	71.4
With own children under 18 years	2,853	26.5
Married-couple family	5,966	55.5
With own children under 18 years	1,933	18.0
Female householder, no husband present	1,110	10.3
With own children under 18 years	654	6.1
Nonfamily households	3,070	28.6
Householder living alone	2,259	21.0
Householder 65 years and over	1,220	11.4

Households with individuals under 18 years	3,379	31.4
Households with individuals 65 years and over	4,030	37.5

Average household size	2.70	(X)
Average family size	3.00	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	13,608	100.0
Occupied housing units	10,746	79.0
Vacant housing units	2,862	21.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,809	13.3

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.5	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	10,746	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	8,032	74.7
Renter-occupied housing units	2,714	25.3

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.48	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	3.35	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
¹ Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
² Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
³ In combination with one or more 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 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P,17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.