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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 179,990 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 172,560 95.9%
Vacant housing unit 7,430 4.1%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 172,560 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 122,208 70.8%
Renter-occupied housing unit 50,352 29.2%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 7,430 100.0%
For rent 2,583 34.8%
For Sale Only 1,688 22.7%
Rented or sold, not occupied 834 11.2%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 808 10.9%
For migratory workers 3 0.0%
Other vacant 1,514 20.4%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 172,560 100.0%
One Race 171,238 99.2%
 White 161,014 93.3%
 Black or African American 4,199 2.4%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 240 0.1%
 Asian 1,788 1.0%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 33 0.0%
 Some Other Race 3,964 2.3%
Two or more races 1,322 0.8%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 172,560 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 7,535 4.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 165,025 95.6%
 White alone 158,132 91.6%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 172,560 100.0%
15 to 24 years 7,922 4.6%
25 to 34 years 28,163 16.3%
35 to 44 years 39,619 23.0%
45 to 54 years 34,798 20.2%
55 to 64 years 23,231 13.5%
65 years and over 38,827 22.5%
 65 to 74 years 19,602 11.4%
 75 to 84 years 14,939 8.7%
 85 years and older 4,286 2.5%
 

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