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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 20,745 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 18,413 88.8%
Vacant housing unit 2,332 11.2%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 18,413 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 13,631 74.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 4,782 26.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 2,332 100.0%
For rent 439 18.8%
For Sale Only 209 9.0%
Rented or sold, not occupied 98 4.2%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,082 46.4%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 504 21.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 18,413 100.0%
One Race 18,369 99.8%
 White 18,244 99.1%
 Black or African American 59 0.3%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 17 0.1%
 Asian 32 0.2%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0.0%
 Some Other Race 17 0.1%
Two or more races 44 0.2%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 18,413 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 69 0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 18,344 99.6%
 White alone 18,198 98.8%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 18,413 100.0%
15 to 24 years 681 3.7%
25 to 34 years 2,779 15.1%
35 to 44 years 3,593 19.5%
45 to 54 years 3,416 18.6%
55 to 64 years 2,855 15.5%
65 years and over 5,089 27.6%
 65 to 74 years 2,621 14.2%
 75 to 84 years 1,908 10.4%
 85 years and older 560 3.0%
 

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