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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: Okeechobee 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	35,910	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	19,245	53.6
Female	16,665	46.4

Under 5 years	2,255	6.3
5 to 9 years	2,460	6.9
10 to 14 years	2,584	7.2
15 to 19 years	2,822	7.9
20 to 24 years	2,330	6.5
25 to 34 years	4,611	12.8
35 to 44 years	5,105	14.2
45 to 54 years	4,133	11.5
55 to 59 years	1,858	5.2
60 to 64 years	1,888	5.3
65 to 74 years	3,424	9.5
75 to 84 years	1,953	5.4
85 years and over	487	1.4

Median age (years)	36.7	(X)

18 years and over	26,859	74.8
Male	14,379	40.0
Female	12,480	34.8
21 years and over	25,276	70.4
62 years and over	6,938	19.3
65 years and over	5,864	16.3
Male	2,841	7.9
Female	3,023	8.4

RACE
One race	35,195	98.0
White	28,468	79.3
Black or African American	2,844	7.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	193	0.5
Asian	240	0.7
Asian Indian	94	0.3
Chinese	17	0.0
Filipino	61	0.2
Japanese	7	0.0
Korean	6	0.0
Vietnamese	24	0.1
Other Asian ¹	31	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	16	0.0
Native Hawaiian	7	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	4	0.0
Samoan	3	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	2	0.0
Some other race	3,434	9.6
Two or more races	715	2.0

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	29,091	81.0
Black or African American	2,995	8.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	344	1.0
Asian	311	0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	45	0.1
Some other race	3,861	10.8

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	35,910	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	6,684	18.6
Mexican	5,429	15.1
Puerto Rican	341	0.9
Cuban	240	0.7
Other Hispanic or Latino	674	1.9
Not Hispanic or Latino	29,226	81.4
White alone	25,699	71.6

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	35,910	100.0
In households	33,815	94.2
Householder	12,593	35.1
Spouse	6,986	19.5
Child	9,326	26.0
Own child under 18 years	7,413	20.6
Other relatives	2,385	6.6
Under 18 years	1,024	2.9
Nonrelatives	2,525	7.0
Unmarried partner	838	2.3
In group quarters	2,095	5.8
Institutionalized population	2,048	5.7
Noninstitutionalized population	47	0.1

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	12,593	100.0
Family households (families)	9,022	71.6
With own children under 18 years	3,824	30.4
Married-couple family	6,986	55.5
With own children under 18 years	2,638	20.9
Female householder, no husband present	1,353	10.7
With own children under 18 years	817	6.5
Nonfamily households	3,571	28.4
Householder living alone	2,703	21.5
Householder 65 years and over	1,275	10.1

Households with individuals under 18 years	4,400	34.9
Households with individuals 65 years and over	4,004	31.8

Average household size	2.69	(X)
Average family size	3.07	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	15,504	100.0
Occupied housing units	12,593	81.2
Vacant housing units	2,911	18.8
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	1,166	7.5

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.6	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.4	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	12,593	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	9,420	74.8
Renter-occupied housing units	3,173	25.2

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.57	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	3.02	(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.