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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 95,362 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 86,218 90.4%
Vacant housing unit 9,144 9.6%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 86,218 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 58,243 67.6%
Renter-occupied housing unit 27,975 32.4%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 9,144 100.0%
For rent 2,666 29.2%
For Sale Only 1,121 12.3%
Rented or sold, not occupied 554 6.1%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,915 20.9%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 2,888 31.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 86,218 100.0%
One Race 85,897 99.6%
 White 84,231 97.7%
 Black or African American 831 1.0%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 65 0.1%
 Asian 464 0.5%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 8 0.0%
 Some Other Race 298 0.3%
Two or more races 321 0.4%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 86,218 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 771 0.9%
Not Hispanic or Latino 85,447 99.1%
 White alone 83,812 97.2%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 86,218 100.0%
15 to 24 years 3,078 3.6%
25 to 34 years 11,002 12.8%
35 to 44 years 16,426 19.1%
45 to 54 years 16,637 19.3%
55 to 64 years 12,272 14.2%
65 years and over 26,803 31.1%
 65 to 74 years 12,564 14.6%
 75 to 84 years 11,001 12.8%
 85 years and older 3,238 3.8%
 

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