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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: Polk 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	483,924	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	237,366	49.1
Female	246,558	50.9

Under 5 years	31,186	6.4
5 to 9 years	33,184	6.9
10 to 14 years	33,853	7.0
15 to 19 years	32,604	6.7
20 to 24 years	27,308	5.6
25 to 34 years	59,336	12.3
35 to 44 years	68,593	14.2
45 to 54 years	59,479	12.3
55 to 59 years	25,474	5.3
60 to 64 years	24,169	5.0
65 to 74 years	48,122	9.9
75 to 84 years	31,564	6.5
85 years and over	9,052	1.9

Median age (years)	38.6	(X)

18 years and over	365,719	75.6
Male	176,294	36.4
Female	189,425	39.1
21 years and over	347,285	71.8
62 years and over	103,338	21.4
65 years and over	88,738	18.3
Male	39,417	8.1
Female	49,321	10.2

RACE
One race	475,671	98.3
White	385,099	79.6
Black or African American	65,545	13.5
American Indian and Alaska Native	1,839	0.4
Asian	4,515	0.9
Asian Indian	1,553	0.3
Chinese	563	0.1
Filipino	777	0.2
Japanese	209	0.0
Korean	267	0.1
Vietnamese	494	0.1
Other Asian ¹	652	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	207	0.0
Native Hawaiian	55	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	53	0.0
Samoan	51	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	48	0.0
Some other race	18,466	3.8
Two or more races	8,253	1.7

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	391,312	80.9
Black or African American	68,439	14.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	3,988	0.8
Asian	5,681	1.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	511	0.1
Some other race	22,641	4.7

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	483,924	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	45,933	9.5
Mexican	25,477	5.3
Puerto Rican	10,752	2.2
Cuban	2,282	0.5
Other Hispanic or Latino	7,422	1.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	437,991	90.5
White alone	361,366	74.7

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	483,924	100.0
In households	471,378	97.4
Householder	187,233	38.7
Spouse	101,862	21.0
Child	129,136	26.7
Own child under 18 years	100,835	20.8
Other relatives	28,921	6.0
Under 18 years	13,098	2.7
Nonrelatives	24,226	5.0
Unmarried partner	10,628	2.2
In group quarters	12,546	2.6
Institutionalized population	8,388	1.7
Noninstitutionalized population	4,158	0.9

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	187,233	100.0
Family households (families)	132,305	70.7
With own children under 18 years	54,208	29.0
Married-couple family	101,862	54.4
With own children under 18 years	36,736	19.6
Female householder, no husband present	22,528	12.0
With own children under 18 years	13,231	7.1
Nonfamily households	54,928	29.3
Householder living alone	45,123	24.1
Householder 65 years and over	20,870	11.1

Households with individuals under 18 years	61,698	33.0
Households with individuals 65 years and over	60,224	32.2

Average household size	2.52	(X)
Average family size	2.96	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	226,376	100.0
Occupied housing units	187,233	82.7
Vacant housing units	39,143	17.3
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	19,099	8.4

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.9	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	12.9	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	187,233	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	137,389	73.4
Renter-occupied housing units	49,844	26.6

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.51	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.53	(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.