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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: Puerto Rico

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	3,808,610	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	1,833,577	48.1
Female	1,975,033	51.9

Under 5 years	295,406	7.8
5 to 9 years	305,162	8.0
10 to 14 years	305,800	8.0
15 to 19 years	313,436	8.2
20 to 24 years	301,191	7.9
25 to 34 years	534,332	14.0
35 to 44 years	515,663	13.5
45 to 54 years	463,036	12.2
55 to 59 years	188,883	5.0
60 to 64 years	160,564	4.2
65 to 74 years	240,951	6.3
75 to 84 years	136,480	3.6
85 years and over	47,706	1.3

Median age (years)	32.1	(X)

18 years and over	2,716,509	71.3
Male	1,274,998	33.5
Female	1,441,511	37.8
21 years and over	2,524,211	66.3
62 years and over	518,249	13.6
65 years and over	425,137	11.2
Male	186,203	4.9
Female	238,934	6.3

RACE
One race	3,650,195	95.8
White	3,064,862	80.5
Black or African American	302,933	8.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	13,336	0.4
Asian	7,960	0.2
Asian Indian	4,789	0.1
Chinese	1,873	0.0
Filipino	394	0.0
Japanese	251	0.0
Korean	244	0.0
Vietnamese	195	0.0
Other Asian ¹	214	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,093	0.0
Native Hawaiian	341	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	149	0.0
Samoan	347	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	256	0.0
Some other race	260,011	6.8
Two or more races	158,415	4.2

Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³
White	3,199,547	84.0
Black or African American	416,296	10.9
American Indian and Alaska Native	26,871	0.7
Asian	17,279	0.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	2,894	0.1
Some other race	317,059	8.3

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	3,808,610	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	3,762,746	98.8
Mexican	11,546	0.3
Puerto Rican	3,623,392	95.1
Cuban	19,973	0.5
Other Hispanic or Latino	107,835	2.8
Not Hispanic or Latino	45,864	1.2
White alone	33,966	0.9

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	3,808,610	100.0
In households	3,761,836	98.8
Householder	1,261,325	33.1
Spouse	682,804	17.9
Child	1,431,769	37.6
Own child under 18 years	936,719	24.6
Other relatives	305,075	8.0
Under 18 years	139,420	3.7
Nonrelatives	80,863	2.1
Unmarried partner	40,238	1.1
In group quarters	46,774	1.2
Institutionalized population	28,803	0.8
Noninstitutionalized population	17,971	0.5

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	1,261,325	100.0
Family households (families)	1,004,080	79.6
With own children under 18 years	486,409	38.6
Married-couple family	682,804	54.1
With own children under 18 years	337,190	26.7
Female householder, no husband present	268,476	21.3
With own children under 18 years	131,584	10.4
Nonfamily households	257,245	20.4
Householder living alone	232,560	18.4
Householder 65 years and over	92,673	7.3

Households with individuals under 18 years	565,692	44.8
Households with individuals 65 years and over	320,485	25.4

Average household size	2.98	(X)
Average family size	3.41	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	1,418,476	100.0
Occupied housing units	1,261,325	88.9
Vacant housing units	157,151	11.1
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	32,041	2.3

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.7	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	7.4	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	1,261,325	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	919,769	72.9
Renter-occupied housing units	341,556	27.1

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	3.00	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.94	(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.