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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: Palm Beach County, Florida

NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table.

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	1,131,184	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	546,739	48.3
Female	584,445	51.7

Under 5 years	62,913	5.6
5 to 9 years	68,647	6.1
10 to 14 years	70,155	6.2
15 to 19 years	61,738	5.5
20 to 24 years	51,319	4.5
25 to 34 years	133,020	11.8
35 to 44 years	172,021	15.2
45 to 54 years	141,051	12.5
55 to 59 years	56,852	5.0
60 to 64 years	51,392	4.5
65 to 74 years	122,729	10.8
75 to 84 years	104,382	9.2
85 years and over	34,965	3.1

Median age (years)	41.8	(X)

18 years and over	890,726	78.7
Male	423,037	37.4
Female	467,689	41.3
21 years and over	856,993	75.8
62 years and over	292,737	25.9
65 years and over	262,076	23.2
Male	114,210	10.1
Female	147,866	13.1

RACE
One race	1,104,256	97.6
White	894,207	79.1
Black or African American	156,055	13.8
American Indian and Alaska Native	2,466	0.2
Asian	17,127	1.5
Asian Indian	5,632	0.5
Chinese	3,564	0.3
Filipino	2,415	0.2
Japanese	519	0.0
Korean	981	0.1
Vietnamese	1,833	0.2
Other Asian ¹	2,183	0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	692	0.1
Native Hawaiian	123	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	292	0.0
Samoan	60	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	217	0.0
Some other race	33,709	3.0
Two or more races	26,928	2.4

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	909,541	80.4
Black or African American	168,585	14.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	5,627	0.5
Asian	21,261	1.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,057	0.2
Some other race	52,134	4.6

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	1,131,184	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	140,675	12.4
Mexican	30,099	2.7
Puerto Rican	25,170	2.2
Cuban	25,386	2.2
Other Hispanic or Latino	60,020	5.3
Not Hispanic or Latino	990,509	87.6
White alone	798,484	70.6

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	1,131,184	100.0
In households	1,111,856	98.3
Householder	474,175	41.9
Spouse	240,646	21.3
Child	274,461	24.3
Own child under 18 years	215,467	19.0
Other relatives	58,316	5.2
Under 18 years	19,254	1.7
Nonrelatives	64,258	5.7
Unmarried partner	26,051	2.3
In group quarters	19,328	1.7
Institutionalized population	11,653	1.0
Noninstitutionalized population	7,675	0.7

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	474,175	100.0
Family households (families)	303,772	64.1
With own children under 18 years	118,085	24.9
Married-couple family	240,646	50.8
With own children under 18 years	83,083	17.5
Female householder, no husband present	45,939	9.7
With own children under 18 years	26,819	5.7
Nonfamily households	170,403	35.9
Householder living alone	138,406	29.2
Householder 65 years and over	69,219	14.6

Households with individuals under 18 years	129,325	27.3
Households with individuals 65 years and over	178,522	37.6

Average household size	2.34	(X)
Average family size	2.89	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	556,428	100.0
Occupied housing units	474,175	85.2
Vacant housing units	82,253	14.8
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	52,874	9.5

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.0	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	8.7	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	474,175	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	354,026	74.7
Renter-occupied housing units	120,149	25.3

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.34	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.37	(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.