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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 128,910 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 121,906 94.6%
Vacant housing unit 7,004 5.4%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 121,906 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 83,849 68.8%
Renter-occupied housing unit 38,057 31.2%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 7,004 100.0%
For rent 2,707 38.6%
For Sale Only 1,288 18.4%
Rented or sold, not occupied 628 9.0%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 398 5.7%
For migratory workers 7 0.1%
Other vacant 1,976 28.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 121,906 100.0%
One Race 120,473 98.8%
 White 110,027 90.3%
 Black or African American 3,540 2.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 179 0.1%
 Asian 1,991 1.6%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 29 0.0%
 Some Other Race 4,707 3.9%
Two or more races 1,433 1.2%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 121,906 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 9,019 7.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 112,887 92.6%
 White alone 106,596 87.4%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 121,906 100.0%
15 to 24 years 4,831 4.0%
25 to 34 years 18,741 15.4%
35 to 44 years 27,380 22.5%
45 to 54 years 24,593 20.2%
55 to 64 years 16,281 13.4%
65 years and over 30,080 24.7%
 65 to 74 years 14,902 12.2%
 75 to 84 years 11,824 9.7%
 85 years and older 3,354 2.8%
 

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