Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce

Polk County census / economic data

Subject	Number	Percent
Total population	18,324	100.0
SEX AND AGE
Male	8,692	47.4
Female	9,632	52.6

Under 5 years	950	5.2
5 to 9 years	1,058	5.8
10 to 14 years	1,087	5.9
15 to 19 years	906	4.9
20 to 24 years	745	4.1
25 to 34 years	1,952	10.7
35 to 44 years	2,482	13.5
45 to 54 years	2,669	14.6
55 to 59 years	1,137	6.2
60 to 64 years	1,013	5.5
65 to 74 years	1,964	10.7
75 to 84 years	1,691	9.2
85 years and over	670	3.7

Median age (years)	44.9	(X)

18 years and over	14,635	79.9
Male	6,815	37.2
Female	7,820	42.7
21 years and over	14,163	77.3
62 years and over	4,937	26.9
65 years and over	4,325	23.6
Male	1,788	9.8
Female	2,537	13.8

RACE
One race	18,184	99.2
White	16,906	92.3
Black or African American	1,079	5.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	34	0.2
Asian	44	0.2
Asian Indian	14	0.1
Chinese	6	0.0
Filipino	13	0.1
Japanese	2	0.0
Korean	3	0.0
Vietnamese	3	0.0
Other Asian ¹	3	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	5	0.0
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	1	0.0
Samoan	0	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	4	0.0
Some other race	116	0.6
Two or more races	140	0.8

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races
White	17,036	93.0
Black or African American	1,118	6.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	89	0.5
Asian	62	0.3
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	8	0.0
Some other race	158	0.9

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	18,324	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	551	3.0
Mexican	402	2.2
Puerto Rican	24	0.1
Cuban	30	0.2
Other Hispanic or Latino	95	0.5
Not Hispanic or Latino	17,773	97.0
White alone	16,504	90.1

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	18,324	100.0
In households	17,996	98.2
Householder	7,908	43.2
Spouse	4,456	24.3
Child	4,304	23.5
Own child under 18 years	3,295	18.0
Other relatives	766	4.2
Under 18 years	315	1.7
Nonrelatives	562	3.1
Unmarried partner	246	1.3
In group quarters	328	1.8
Institutionalized population	301	1.6
Noninstitutionalized population	27	0.1

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	7,908	100.0
Family households (families)	5,338	67.5
With own children under 18 years	1,861	23.5
Married-couple family	4,456	56.3
With own children under 18 years	1,425	18.0
Female householder, no husband present	625	7.9
With own children under 18 years	305	3.9
Nonfamily households	2,570	32.5
Householder living alone	2,289	28.9
Householder 65 years and over	1,190	15.0

Households with individuals under 18 years	2,070	26.2
Households with individuals 65 years and over	2,905	36.7

Average household size	2.28	(X)
Average family size	2.78	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	9,192	100.0
Occupied housing units	7,908	86.0
Vacant housing units	1,284	14.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	664	7.2

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.3	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	9.3	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	7,908	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	6,222	78.7
Renter-occupied housing units	1,686	21.3

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.32	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.11	(X)
(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. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1, Matrices P1, P3, P4, P8, P9, P12, P13, P17, P18, P19, P20, P23, P27, P28, P33, PCT5, PCT8, PCT11, PCT15, H1, H3, H4, H5, H11, and H12.

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