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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

13,268

100.0

Occupied housing units 10,411 78.5
Vacant housing units 2,857 21.5
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

10,411

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 8,428 81.0
Renter-occupied housing units 1,983 19.0
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

2,857

100.0

For rent 215 7.5
For sale only 147 5.1
Rented or sold, not occupied 97 3.4
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,974 69.1
For migratory workers 10 0.4
Other vacant 414 14.5
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

10,411

100.0

One race 10,366 99.6

White

10,206 98.0

Black or African American

60 0.6

American Indian and Alaska Native

22 0.2

Asian

17 0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

61 0.6
Two or more races 45 0.4
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

10,411

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 143 1.4
Not Hispanic or Latino 10,268 98.6

White alone

10,139 97.4
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

10,411

100.0

15 to 24 years 397 3.8
25 to 34 years 1,369 13.1
35 to 44 years 1,938 18.6
45 to 54 years 2,035 19.5
55 to 64 years 1,726 16.6
65 years and over 2,946 28.3

65 to 74 years

1,535 14.7

75 to 84 years

1,040 10.0

85 years and over

371 3.6
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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