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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

23,155

100.0

Occupied housing units 16,540 71.4
Vacant housing units 6,615 28.6
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

16,540

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 10,406 62.9
Renter-occupied housing units 6,134 37.1
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

6,615

100.0

For rent 511 7.7
For sale only 170 2.6
Rented or sold, not occupied 261 3.9
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 5,098 77.1
For migratory workers 3 0.0
Other vacant 572 8.6
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

16,540

100.0

One race 16,436 99.4

White

16,071 97.2

Black or African American

206 1.2

American Indian and Alaska Native

45 0.3

Asian

69 0.4

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

4 0.0

Some other race

41 0.2
Two or more races 104 0.6
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

16,540

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 181 1.1
Not Hispanic or Latino 16,359 98.9

White alone

15,934 96.3
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

16,540

100.0

15 to 24 years 3,020 18.3
25 to 34 years 2,386 14.4
35 to 44 years 2,840 17.2
45 to 54 years 3,044 18.4
55 to 64 years 2,142 13.0
65 years and over 3,108 18.8

65 to 74 years

1,666 10.1

75 to 84 years

1,104 6.7

85 years and over

338 2.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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