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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 39,635 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 37,091 93.6%
Vacant housing unit 2,544 6.4%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 37,091 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 28,673 77.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 8,418 22.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 2,544 100.0%
For rent 673 26.5%
For Sale Only 476 18.7%
Rented or sold, not occupied 318 12.5%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 302 11.9%
For migratory workers 2 0.1%
Other vacant 773 30.4%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 37,091 100.0%
One Race 36,925 99.6%
 White 35,694 96.2%
 Black or African American 1,094 2.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 38 0.1%
 Asian 71 0.2%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 1 0.0%
 Some Other Race 27 0.1%
Two or more races 166 0.4%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 37,091 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 118 0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 36,973 99.7%
 White alone 35,611 96.0%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 37,091 100.0%
15 to 24 years 1,108 3.0%
25 to 34 years 4,521 12.2%
35 to 44 years 7,220 19.5%
45 to 54 years 7,318 19.7%
55 to 64 years 5,303 14.3%
65 years and over 11,621 31.3%
 65 to 74 years 5,494 14.8%
 75 to 84 years 4,843 13.1%
 85 years and older 1,284 3.5%
 

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