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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: Highlands 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	87,366	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	42,600	48.8
Female	44,766	51.2

Under 5 years	4,210	4.8
5 to 9 years	4,610	5.3
10 to 14 years	4,814	5.5
15 to 19 years	4,911	5.6
20 to 24 years	3,677	4.2
25 to 34 years	7,471	8.6
35 to 44 years	9,424	10.8
45 to 54 years	8,938	10.2
55 to 59 years	4,823	5.5
60 to 64 years	5,655	6.5
65 to 74 years	14,911	17.1
75 to 84 years	11,127	12.7
85 years and over	2,795	3.2

Median age (years)	50.0	(X)

18 years and over	70,622	80.8
Male	33,883	38.8
Female	36,739	42.1
21 years and over	67,993	77.8
62 years and over	32,379	37.1
65 years and over	28,833	33.0
Male	13,301	15.2
Female	15,532	17.8

RACE
One race	86,028	98.5
White	72,926	83.5
Black or African American	8,155	9.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	387	0.4
Asian	917	1.0
Asian Indian	202	0.2
Chinese	67	0.1
Filipino	435	0.5
Japanese	25	0.0
Korean	43	0.0
Vietnamese	61	0.1
Other Asian ¹	84	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	29	0.0
Native Hawaiian	11	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	9	0.0
Samoan	1	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	8	0.0
Some other race	3,614	4.1
Two or more races	1,338	1.5

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	73,968	84.7
Black or African American	8,580	9.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	673	0.8
Asian	1,079	1.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	79	0.1
Some other race	4,368	5.0

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	87,366	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	10,542	12.1
Mexican	5,552	6.4
Puerto Rican	3,039	3.5
Cuban	554	0.6
Other Hispanic or Latino	1,397	1.6
Not Hispanic or Latino	76,824	87.9
White alone	66,814	76.5

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	87,366	100.0
In households	86,047	98.5
Householder	37,471	42.9
Spouse	21,427	24.5
Child	18,246	20.9
Own child under 18 years	14,300	16.4
Other relatives	4,136	4.7
Under 18 years	1,730	2.0
Nonrelatives	4,767	5.5
Unmarried partner	1,655	1.9
In group quarters	1,319	1.5
Institutionalized population	1,091	1.2
Noninstitutionalized population	228	0.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	37,471	100.0
Family households (families)	25,794	68.8
With own children under 18 years	7,480	20.0
Married-couple family	21,427	57.2
With own children under 18 years	5,070	13.5
Female householder, no husband present	3,190	8.5
With own children under 18 years	1,818	4.9
Nonfamily households	11,677	31.2
Householder living alone	9,844	26.3
Householder 65 years and over	6,242	16.7

Households with individuals under 18 years	8,600	23.0
Households with individuals 65 years and over	18,849	50.3

Average household size	2.30	(X)
Average family size	2.70	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	48,846	100.0
Occupied housing units	37,471	76.7
Vacant housing units	11,375	23.3
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	6,168	12.6

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	3.9	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	14.6	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	37,471	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	29,853	79.7
Renter-occupied housing units	7,618	20.3

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.22	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.60	(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.