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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

7,919

100.0

Occupied housing units 6,551 82.7
Vacant housing units 1,368 17.3
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

6,551

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 5,294 80.8
Renter-occupied housing units 1,257 19.2
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

1,368

100.0

For rent 99 7.2
For sale only 141 10.3
Rented or sold, not occupied 24 1.8
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 478 34.9
For migratory workers 1 0.1
Other vacant 625 45.7
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,551

100.0

One race 6,515 99.5

White

6,454 98.5

Black or African American

12 0.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

19 0.3

Asian

7 0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

23 0.4
Two or more races 36 0.5
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,551

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 70 1.1
Not Hispanic or Latino 6,481 98.9

White alone

6,421 98.0
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,551

100.0

15 to 24 years 220 3.4
25 to 34 years 898 13.7
35 to 44 years 1,173 17.9
45 to 54 years 1,238 18.9
55 to 64 years 1,137 17.4
65 years and over 1,885 28.8

65 to 74 years

1,025 15.6

75 to 84 years

673 10.3

85 years and over

187 2.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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