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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 106,710 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 101,541 95.2%
Vacant housing unit 5,169 4.8%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 101,541 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 74,464 73.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 27,077 26.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 5,169 100.0%
For rent 1,740 33.7%
For Sale Only 1,155 22.3%
Rented or sold, not occupied 525 10.2%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 495 9.6%
For migratory workers 7 0.1%
Other vacant 1,247 24.1%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 101,541 100.0%
One Race 100,580 99.1%
 White 94,641 93.2%
 Black or African American 2,450 2.4%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 107 0.1%
 Asian 987 1.0%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 14 0.0%
 Some Other Race 2,381 2.3%
Two or more races 961 0.9%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 101,541 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 5,122 5.0%
Not Hispanic or Latino 96,419 95.0%
 White alone 92,328 90.9%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 101,541 100.0%
15 to 24 years 3,314 3.3%
25 to 34 years 14,497 14.3%
35 to 44 years 22,779 22.4%
45 to 54 years 21,158 20.8%
55 to 64 years 14,126 13.9%
65 years and over 25,667 25.3%
 65 to 74 years 12,747 12.6%
 75 to 84 years 10,174 10.0%
 85 years and older 2,746 2.7%
 

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