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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 4,592 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 2,465 53.7%
Vacant housing unit 2,127 46.3%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 2,465 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 1,844 74.8%
Renter-occupied housing unit 621 25.2%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 2,127 100.0%
For rent 85 4.0%
For Sale Only 23 1.1%
Rented or sold, not occupied 14 0.7%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,932 90.8%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 73 3.4%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,465 100.0%
One Race 2,458 99.7%
 White 2,446 99.2%
 Black or African American 6 0.2%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 3 0.1%
 Asian 2 0.1%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0.0%
 Some Other Race 1 0.0%
Two or more races 7 0.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,465 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 6 0.2%
Not Hispanic or Latino 2,459 99.8%
 White alone 2,441 99.0%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 2,465 100.0%
15 to 24 years 67 2.7%
25 to 34 years 303 12.3%
35 to 44 years 452 18.3%
45 to 54 years 481 19.5%
55 to 64 years 376 15.3%
65 years and over 786 31.9%
 65 to 74 years 361 14.6%
 75 to 84 years 315 12.8%
 85 years and older 110 4.5%
 

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