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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 43,164 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 38,835 90.0%
Vacant housing unit 4,329 10.0%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 38,835 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 28,561 73.5%
Renter-occupied housing unit 10,274 26.5%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 4,329 100.0%
For rent 1,008 23.3%
For Sale Only 715 16.5%
Rented or sold, not occupied 368 8.5%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 246 5.7%
For migratory workers 10 0.2%
Other vacant 1,982 45.8%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 38,835 100.0%
One Race 38,715 99.7%
 White 38,367 98.8%
 Black or African American 156 0.4%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 36 0.1%
 Asian 48 0.1%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 4 0.0%
 Some Other Race 104 0.3%
Two or more races 120 0.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 38,835 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 229 0.6%
Not Hispanic or Latino 38,606 99.4%
 White alone 38,265 98.5%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 38,835 100.0%
15 to 24 years 1,197 3.1%
25 to 34 years 5,210 13.4%
35 to 44 years 7,575 19.5%
45 to 54 years 7,422 19.1%
55 to 64 years 5,765 14.8%
65 years and over 11,666 30.0%
 65 to 74 years 5,590 14.4%
 75 to 84 years 4,703 12.1%
 85 years and older 1,373 3.5%
 

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