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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 144,686 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 130,687 90.3%
Vacant housing unit 13,999 9.7%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 130,687 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 91,914 70.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 38,773 29.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 13,999 100.0%
For rent 3,745 26.8%
For Sale Only 1,744 12.5%
Rented or sold, not occupied 1,556 11.1%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 2,517 18.0%
For migratory workers 7 0.1%
Other vacant 4,430 31.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 130,687 100.0%
One Race 130,210 99.6%
 White 128,094 98.0%
 Black or African American 1,149 0.9%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 100 0.1%
 Asian 516 0.4%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 16 0.0%
 Some Other Race 335 0.3%
Two or more races 477 0.4%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 130,687 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 910 0.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino 129,777 99.3%
 White alone 127,613 97.6%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 130,687 100.0%
15 to 24 years 4,360 3.3%
25 to 34 years 17,041 13.0%
35 to 44 years 24,708 18.9%
45 to 54 years 24,992 19.1%
55 to 64 years 18,906 14.5%
65 years and over 40,680 31.1%
 65 to 74 years 19,282 14.8%
 75 to 84 years 16,462 12.6%
 85 years and older 4,936 3.8%
 

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