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DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 2 (SF 2) 100-Percent Data
Geographic Area: United States

NOTE: For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf2.htm.

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	281,421,906	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	138,053,563	49.1
Female	143,368,343	50.9

Under 5 years	19,175,798	6.8
5 to 9 years	20,549,505	7.3
10 to 14 years	20,528,072	7.3
15 to 19 years	20,219,890	7.2
20 to 24 years	18,964,001	6.7
25 to 34 years	39,891,724	14.2
35 to 44 years	45,148,527	16.0
45 to 54 years	37,677,952	13.4
55 to 59 years	13,469,237	4.8
60 to 64 years	10,805,447	3.8
65 to 74 years	18,390,986	6.5
75 to 84 years	12,361,180	4.4
85 years and over	4,239,587	1.5

Median age (years)	35.3	(X)

18 years and over	209,128,094	74.3
Male	100,994,367	35.9
Female	108,133,727	38.4
21 years and over	196,899,193	70.0
62 years and over	41,256,029	14.7
65 years and over	34,991,753	12.4
Male	14,409,625	5.1
Female	20,582,128	7.3

RELATIONSHIP
Population	281,421,906	100.0
In households	273,643,273	97.2
Householder	105,480,101	37.5
Spouse	54,493,232	19.4
Child	83,393,392	29.6
Own child under 18 years	64,494,637	22.9
Other relatives	15,684,318	5.6
Under 18 years	6,042,435	2.1
Nonrelatives	14,592,230	5.2
Unmarried partner	5,475,768	1.9
In group quarters	7,778,633	2.8
Institutionalized population	4,059,039	1.4
Noninstitutionalized population	3,719,594	1.3

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Households	105,480,101	100.0
Family households (families)	71,787,347	68.1
With own children under 18 years	34,588,368	32.8
Married-couple family	54,493,232	51.7
With own children under 18 years	24,835,505	23.5
Female householder, no husband present	12,900,103	12.2
With own children under 18 years	7,561,874	7.2
Nonfamily households	33,692,754	31.9
Householder living alone	27,230,075	25.8
Householder 65 years and over	9,722,857	9.2

Households with individuals under 18 years	38,022,115	36.0
Households with individuals 65 years and over	24,672,708	23.4

Average household size	2.59	(X)
Average family size	3.14	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	105,480,101	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	69,815,753	66.2
Renter-occupied housing units	35,664,348	33.8

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.69	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.40	(X)

Subject	Number	Percent

(X) Not applicable
When a race or ethnic group is selected, the data in this table refer to the race, Hispanic or Latino origin, American Indian or Alaska Native tribe of the person or householder.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 2, Matrices PCT3, PCT4, PCT8, PCT9, PCT10, PCT11, PCT14, PCT18, PCT19, PCT23, PCT26, HCT2, and HCT5.