| 2000 CENSUS DATA |
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| PIERCE COUNTY |
|
GA |
|
US |
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| POPULATION |
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|
Number |
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|
Number |
|
Number |
|
|
| Total population |
|
15,636 |
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|
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|
|
|
|
| Square miles (land) |
|
343.25 |
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|
|
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|
|
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| Population per square mile |
|
45.55 |
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|
|
141.37 |
|
79.56 |
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| GENDER |
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|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
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| Male |
|
7,693 |
|
49.2 |
|
49.2 |
|
49.1 |
|
|
| Female |
|
7,943 |
|
50.8 |
|
50.8 |
|
50.9 |
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|
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| AGE |
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|
|
|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
|
| 15 or younger |
|
3,426 |
|
21.9 |
|
22.2 |
|
21.4 |
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| 16-24 |
|
2,070 |
|
13.2 |
|
14.5 |
|
13.9 |
|
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| 25-44 |
|
4,399 |
|
28.1 |
|
32.4 |
|
30.2 |
|
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| 45-64 |
|
3,838 |
|
24.5 |
|
21.3 |
|
22.0 |
|
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| 65+ |
|
1,903 |
|
12.2 |
|
9.6 |
|
12.4 |
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|
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|
Number |
|
|
|
Number |
|
Number |
|
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| Average age (years) |
|
36.58 |
|
|
|
34.46 |
|
36.22 |
|
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| RACE AND ETHNICITY |
|
|
|
|
Number |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
Pct |
|
|
| White |
|
13,588 |
|
86.9 |
|
65.1 |
|
75.1 |
|
|
| Black or African American |
|
1,706 |
|
10.9 |
|
28.7 |
|
12.3 |
|
|
| American Indian and Alaska native |
|
40 |
|
0.3 |
|
0.3 |
|
0.9 |
|
|
| Asian |
|
28 |
|
0.2 |
|
2.1 |
|
3.6 |
|
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| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander |
|
8 |
|
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
|
0.1 |
|
|
| Some other race |
|
152 |
|
1.0 |
|
2.4 |
|
5.5 |
|
|
| Two or more races |
|
114 |
|
0.7 |
|
1.4 |
|
2.4 |
|
|
| Hispanic or Latino |
|
357 |
|
2.3 |
|
5.3 |
|
12.5 |
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| Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census |
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