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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: Lee 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	440,888	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	215,504	48.9
Female	225,384	51.1

Under 5 years	22,970	5.2
5 to 9 years	24,224	5.5
10 to 14 years	25,034	5.7
15 to 19 years	22,501	5.1
20 to 24 years	18,816	4.3
25 to 34 years	46,491	10.5
35 to 44 years	59,232	13.4
45 to 54 years	54,833	12.4
55 to 59 years	26,820	6.1
60 to 64 years	27,856	6.3
65 to 74 years	60,563	13.7
75 to 84 years	40,630	9.2
85 years and over	10,918	2.5

Median age (years)	45.2	(X)

18 years and over	354,500	80.4
Male	170,928	38.8
Female	183,572	41.6
21 years and over	342,222	77.6
62 years and over	129,080	29.3
65 years and over	112,111	25.4
Male	52,000	11.8
Female	60,111	13.6

RACE
One race	434,035	98.4
White	386,598	87.7
Black or African American	29,035	6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,248	0.3
Asian	3,400	0.8
Asian Indian	753	0.2
Chinese	588	0.1
Filipino	824	0.2
Japanese	153	0.0
Korean	318	0.1
Vietnamese	250	0.1
Other Asian ¹	514	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	209	0.0
Native Hawaiian	60	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	73	0.0
Samoan	15	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	61	0.0
Some other race	13,545	3.1
Two or more races	6,853	1.6

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	391,840	88.9
Black or African American	31,155	7.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,700	0.6
Asian	4,519	1.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	514	0.1
Some other race	17,363	3.9

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	440,888	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	42,042	9.5
Mexican	16,055	3.6
Puerto Rican	11,738	2.7
Cuban	2,848	0.6
Other Hispanic or Latino	11,401	2.6
Not Hispanic or Latino	398,846	90.5
White alone	361,439	82.0

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	440,888	100.0
In households	435,271	98.7
Householder	188,599	42.8
Spouse	104,693	23.7
Child	96,711	21.9
Own child under 18 years	76,876	17.4
Other relatives	19,791	4.5
Under 18 years	6,984	1.6
Nonrelatives	25,477	5.8
Unmarried partner	10,898	2.5
In group quarters	5,617	1.3
Institutionalized population	4,188	0.9
Noninstitutionalized population	1,429	0.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	188,599	100.0
Family households (families)	127,611	67.7
With own children under 18 years	42,240	22.4
Married-couple family	104,693	55.5
With own children under 18 years	29,094	15.4
Female householder, no husband present	16,327	8.7
With own children under 18 years	9,662	5.1
Nonfamily households	60,988	32.3
Householder living alone	48,600	25.8
Householder 65 years and over	24,706	13.1

Households with individuals under 18 years	46,816	24.8
Households with individuals 65 years and over	74,765	39.6

Average household size	2.31	(X)
Average family size	2.73	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	245,405	100.0
Occupied housing units	188,599	76.9
Vacant housing units	56,806	23.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	39,502	16.1

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	15.2	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	188,599	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	144,245	76.5
Renter-occupied housing units	44,354	23.5

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.29	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.38	(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.