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General Housing Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

OCCUPANCY STATUS

   

Total housing units

9,729

100.0

Occupied housing units 7,472 76.8
Vacant housing units 2,257 23.2
     

TENURE

   

Occupied housing units

7,472

100.0

Owner-occupied housing units 5,996 80.2
Renter-occupied housing units 1,476 19.8
     

VACANCY STATUS

   

Vacant housing units

2,257

100.0

For rent 129 5.7
For sale only 96 4.3
Rented or sold, not occupied 33 1.5
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,230 54.5
For migratory workers 3 0.1
Other vacant 766 33.9
     

RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

7,472

100.0

One race 7,426 99.4

White

7,338 98.2

Black or African American

45 0.6

American Indian and Alaska Native

17 0.2

Asian

7 0.1

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0 0.0

Some other race

19 0.3
Two or more races 46 0.6
     

HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

7,472

100.0

Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 103 1.4
Not Hispanic or Latino 7,369 98.6

White alone

7,256 97.1
     

AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

   

Occupied housing units

7,472

100.0

15 to 24 years 282 3.8
25 to 34 years 1,023 13.7
35 to 44 years 1,294 17.3
45 to 54 years 1,513 20.2
55 to 64 years 1,193 16.0
65 years and over 2,167 29.0

65 to 74 years

1,128 15.1

75 to 84 years

794 10.6

85 years and over

245 3.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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