Myrtle Beach, SC

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4549075, place: Myrtle Beach city, South Carolina)

Total Population: 22,759
Male: 11,547 (50.74%)
Female: 11,212 (49.26%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 1,154 (5.07%)
5 to 9 years: 1,156 (5.08%)
10 to 14 years: 1,120 (4.92%)
15 to 19 years: 1,157 (5.08%)
20 to 24 years: 2,010 (8.83%)
25 to 34 years: 4,024 (17.68%)
35 to 44 years: 3,613 (15.88%)
45 to 54 years: 2,978 (13.08%)
55 to 59 years: 1,141 (5.01%)
60 to 64 years: 993 (4.36%)
65 to 74 years: 1,891 (8.31%)
75 to 84 years: 1,229 (5.4%)
85 years and over: 293 (1.29%)

Median age: 36.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,664 (82.01%)
21 years and over: 17,853 (78.44%)
62 years and over: 4,027 (17.69%)
65 years and over: 3,413 (15%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 18,664 (82.01%)
--Male: 9,378 (41.21%)
--Female: 9,286 (40.8%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 3,413 (15%)
--Male: 1,406 (6.18%)
--Female: 2,007 (8.82%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 22,330 (98.12%)
--White: 18,016 (79.16%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,062 (4.67%)
--Black or African American: 2,903 (12.76%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 95 (0.42%)
--Asian: 291 (1.28%)
----Asian Indian: 57 (0.25%)
----Chinese: 27 (0.12%)
----Filipino: 32 (0.14%)
----Japanese: 24 (0.11%)
----Korean: 18 (0.08%)
----Vietnamese: 97 (0.43%)
----Other Asian: 36 (0.16%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 29 (0.13%)
----Native Hawaiian: 1 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 23 (0.1%)
----Samoan: 4 (0.02%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0%)
--Some other race: 540 (2.37%)
Two or more Races: 429 (1.88%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,062 (4.67%)
--Mexican: 682 (3%)
--Puerto Rican: 95 (0.42%)
--Cuban: 12 (0.05%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 273 (1.2%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 21,697 (95.33%)
--White Alone: 18,016 (79.16%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 22,600 (99.3%)
--Householder: 10,413 (45.75%)
--Spouse: 3,837 (16.86%)
--Child: 4,747 (20.86%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 3,621 (15.91%)
--Other relatives: 1,112 (4.89%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 350 (1.54%)
--Nonrelatives: 2,491 (10.95%)
----Unmarried partner: 793 (3.48%)
Living in group quarters: 159 (0.7%)
--Institutionalized Population: 21 (0.09%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 138 (0.61%)
Total households: 10,413
Family households (families): 5,410 (51.95%)
----With own children under 18 years: 2,112 (20.28%)
--Married-couple families: 3,837 (36.85%)
----With own children under 18 years: 1,264 (12.14%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 1,156 (11.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 661 (6.35%)
Nonfamily households: 5,003 (48.05%)
--Householder living alone: 3,553 (34.12%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 1,083 (10.4%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 2,372 (22.78%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 2,504 (24.05%)
Average household size: 2.17 people
Average family size: 2.79 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 14,658
Occupied housing units: 10,413 (71.04%)
Vacant housing units: 4,245 (28.96%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2,584 (17.63%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 4.1%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 18.2%
Occupied housing units: 10,413 (71.04%)
Owner occupied housing units: 5,399 (36.83%)
Renter occupied housing units: 5,014 (34.21%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.17 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.17 people

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