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Avery County

General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

11,911

100.0

Occupied housing units 6,532 54.8
Vacant housing units 5,379 45.2
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

6,532

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 5,265 80.6
Renter-occupied housing units 1,267 19.4
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

5,379

100.0

For rent 158 2.9
For sale only 75 1.4
Rented or sold, not occupied 55 1.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 4,751 88.3
For migratory workers 4 0.1
Other vacant 336 6.2
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,532

100.0

One race 6,494 99.4

White

6,427 98.4

Black or African American

16 0.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

11 0.2

Asian

13 0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

1 0.0

Some other race

26 0.4
Two or more races 38 0.6
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,532

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 82 1.3
Not Hispanic or Latino 6,450 98.7

White alone

6,375 97.6
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

6,532

100.0

15 to 24 years 293 4.5
25 to 34 years 976 14.9
35 to 44 years 1,179 18.0
45 to 54 years 1,266 19.4
55 to 64 years 1,043 16.0
65 years and over 1,775 27.2

65 to 74 years

954 14.6

75 to 84 years

623 9.5

85 years and over

198 3.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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