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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: Allegany County, Maryland

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	74,930	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	37,319	49.8
Female	37,611	50.2

Under 5 years	3,757	5.0
5 to 9 years	4,179	5.6
10 to 14 years	4,573	6.1
15 to 19 years	5,558	7.4
20 to 24 years	5,744	7.7
25 to 34 years	9,288	12.4
35 to 44 years	10,785	14.4
45 to 54 years	9,879	13.2
55 to 59 years	4,062	5.4
60 to 64 years	3,676	4.9
65 to 74 years	6,760	9.0
75 to 84 years	5,002	6.7
85 years and over	1,667	2.2

Median age (years)	39.1	(X)

18 years and over	59,524	79.4
Male	29,289	39.1
Female	30,235	40.4
21 years and over	55,397	73.9
62 years and over	15,599	20.8
65 years and over	13,429	17.9
Male	5,310	7.1
Female	8,119	10.8

RACE
One race	74,371	99.3
White	69,702	93.0
Black or African American	4,006	5.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	114	0.2
Asian	390	0.5
Asian Indian	109	0.1
Chinese	81	0.1
Filipino	75	0.1
Japanese	13	0.0
Korean	53	0.1
Vietnamese	12	0.0
Other Asian ¹	47	0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	19	0.0
Native Hawaiian	1	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	6	0.0
Samoan	2	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	10	0.0
Some other race	140	0.2
Two or more races	559	0.7

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	70,208	93.7
Black or African American	4,289	5.7
American Indian and Alaska Native	279	0.4
Asian	497	0.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	49	0.1
Some other race	211	0.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	74,930	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	571	0.8
Mexican	168	0.2
Puerto Rican	115	0.2
Cuban	38	0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino	250	0.3
Not Hispanic or Latino	74,359	99.2
White alone	69,340	92.5

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	74,930	100.0
In households	68,772	91.8
Householder	29,322	39.1
Spouse	14,835	19.8
Child	18,594	24.8
Own child under 18 years	13,859	18.5
Other relatives	2,520	3.4
Under 18 years	993	1.3
Nonrelatives	3,501	4.7
Unmarried partner	1,443	1.9
In group quarters	6,158	8.2
Institutionalized population	4,443	5.9
Noninstitutionalized population	1,715	2.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	29,322	100.0
Family households (families)	18,896	64.4
With own children under 18 years	7,781	26.5
Married-couple family	14,835	50.6
With own children under 18 years	5,556	18.9
Female householder, no husband present	3,016	10.3
With own children under 18 years	1,696	5.8
Nonfamily households	10,426	35.6
Householder living alone	8,821	30.1
Householder 65 years and over	4,465	15.2

Households with individuals under 18 years	8,513	29.0
Households with individuals 65 years and over	9,447	32.2

Average household size	2.35	(X)
Average family size	2.90	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	32,984	100.0
Occupied housing units	29,322	88.9
Vacant housing units	3,662	11.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	558	1.7

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	2.9	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	10.4	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	29,322	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	20,575	70.2
Renter-occupied housing units	8,747	29.8

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.43	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.14	(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.