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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

29,261

100.0

Occupied housing units 26,650 91.1
Vacant housing units 2,611 8.9
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

26,650

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 20,772 77.9
Renter-occupied housing units 5,878 22.1
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

2,611

100.0

For rent 588 22.5
For sale only 235 9.0
Rented or sold, not occupied 209 8.0
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 545 20.9
For migratory workers 6 0.2
Other vacant 1,028 39.4
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

26,650

100.0

One race 26,514 99.5

White

25,045 94.0

Black or African American

1,098 4.1

American Indian and Alaska Native

36 0.1

Asian

60 0.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

5 0.0

Some other race

270 1.0
Two or more races 136 0.5
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

26,650

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 554 2.1
Not Hispanic or Latino 26,096 97.9

White alone

24,782 93.0
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

26,650

100.0

15 to 24 years 1,235 4.6
25 to 34 years 4,343 16.3
35 to 44 years 5,429 20.4
45 to 54 years 5,278 19.8
55 to 64 years 4,275 16.0
65 years and over 6,090 22.9

65 to 74 years

3,323 12.5

75 to 84 years

2,143 8.0

85 years and over

624 2.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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