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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 27,733 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 24,915 89.8%
Vacant housing unit 2,818 10.2%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 24,915 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 18,030 72.4%
Renter-occupied housing unit 6,885 27.6%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 2,818 100.0%
For rent 511 18.1%
For Sale Only 332 11.8%
Rented or sold, not occupied 215 7.6%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,304 46.3%
For migratory workers 14 0.5%
Other vacant 442 15.7%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 24,915 100.0%
One Race 24,839 99.7%
 White 24,526 98.4%
 Black or African American 130 0.5%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 27 0.1%
 Asian 101 0.4%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 3 0.0%
 Some Other Race 52 0.2%
Two or more races 76 0.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 24,915 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 158 0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino 24,757 99.4%
 White alone 24,438 98.1%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 24,915 100.0%
15 to 24 years 1,541 6.2%
25 to 34 years 3,530 14.2%
35 to 44 years 4,955 19.9%
45 to 54 years 4,832 19.4%
55 to 64 years 3,606 14.5%
65 years and over 6,451 25.9%
 65 to 74 years 3,227 13.0%
 75 to 84 years 2,588 10.4%
 85 years and older 636 2.6%
 

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