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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 163,773 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 157,905 96.4%
Vacant housing unit 5,868 3.6%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 157,905 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 120,428 76.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 37,477 23.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 5,868 100.0%
For rent 1,905 32.5%
For Sale Only 1,224 20.9%
Rented or sold, not occupied 674 11.5%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 571 9.7%
For migratory workers 20 0.3%
Other vacant 1,474 25.1%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 157,905 100.0%
One Race 156,829 99.3%
 White 143,725 91.0%
 Black or African American 8,809 5.6%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 198 0.1%
 Asian 2,695 1.7%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 38 0.0%
 Some Other Race 1,364 0.9%
Two or more races 1,076 0.7%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 157,905 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,579 2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 154,326 97.7%
 White alone 141,773 89.8%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 157,905 100.0%
15 to 24 years 4,807 3.0%
25 to 34 years 24,557 15.6%
35 to 44 years 40,182 25.4%
45 to 54 years 35,694 22.6%
55 to 64 years 22,534 14.3%
65 years and over 30,131 19.1%
 65 to 74 years 16,337 10.3%
 75 to 84 years 11,048 7.0%
 85 years and older 2,746 1.7%
 

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