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Alleghany County

General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

6,412

100.0

Occupied housing units 4,593 71.6
Vacant housing units 1,819 28.4
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

4,593

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 3,624 78.9
Renter-occupied housing units 969 21.1
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

1,819

100.0

For rent 60 3.3
For sale only 83 4.6
Rented or sold, not occupied 73 4.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,315 72.3
For migratory workers 16 0.9
Other vacant 272 15.0
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,593

100.0

One race 4,558 99.2

White

4,450 96.9

Black or African American

57 1.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

4 0.1

Asian

5 0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

42 0.9
Two or more races 35 0.8
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,593

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 125 2.7
Not Hispanic or Latino 4,468 97.3

White alone

4,383 95.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

4,593

100.0

15 to 24 years 182 4.0
25 to 34 years 601 13.1
35 to 44 years 786 17.1
45 to 54 years 835 18.2
55 to 64 years 803 17.5
65 years and over 1,386 30.2

65 to 74 years

764 16.6

75 to 84 years

436 9.5

85 years and over

186 4.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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