Quick Table H-1. General Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Allegheny County
 
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Subject Number Percent

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 583,646 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 537,150 92.0%
Vacant housing unit 46,496 8.0%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 537,150 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 360,036 67.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 177,114 33.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 46,496 100.0%
For rent 17,250 37.1%
For Sale Only 6,804 14.6%
Rented or sold, not occupied 4,669 10.0%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 2,098 4.5%
For migratory workers 11 0.0%
Other vacant 15,664 33.7%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 537,150 100.0%
One Race 533,295 99.3%
 White 461,397 85.9%
 Black or African American 62,026 11.5%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 625 0.1%
 Asian 8,123 1.5%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 94 0.0%
 Some Other Race 1,030 0.2%
Two or more races 3,855 0.7%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 537,150 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,715 0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino 533,435 99.3%
 White alone 458,981 85.4%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 537,150 100.0%
15 to 24 years 24,152 4.5%
25 to 34 years 79,336 14.8%
35 to 44 years 109,338 20.4%
45 to 54 years 104,994 19.5%
55 to 64 years 70,755 13.2%
65 years and over 148,575 27.7%
 65 to 74 years 72,473 13.5%
 75 to 84 years 59,993 11.2%
 85 years and older 16,109 3.0%
 

(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 1. Matrices H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, and H16