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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 297,434 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 286,098 96.2%
Vacant housing unit 11,336 3.8%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 286,098 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 210,233 73.5%
Renter-occupied housing unit 75,865 26.5%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 11,336 100.0%
For rent 4,499 39.7%
For Sale Only 2,185 19.3%
Rented or sold, not occupied 1,292 11.4%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,038 9.2%
For migratory workers 11 0.1%
Other vacant 2,311 20.4%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 286,098 100.0%
One Race 284,056 99.3%
 White 254,004 88.8%
 Black or African American 19,055 6.7%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 296 0.1%
 Asian 9,334 3.3%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 54 0.0%
 Some Other Race 1,313 0.5%
Two or more races 2,042 0.7%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 286,098 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 4,071 1.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 282,027 98.6%
 White alone 251,559 87.9%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 286,098 100.0%
15 to 24 years 7,741 2.7%
25 to 34 years 45,611 15.9%
35 to 44 years 66,658 23.3%
45 to 54 years 59,469 20.8%
55 to 64 years 39,247 13.7%
65 years and over 67,372 23.5%
 65 to 74 years 33,589 11.7%
 75 to 84 years 26,287 9.2%
 85 years and older 7,496 2.6%
 

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