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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 150,222 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 141,570 94.2%
Vacant housing unit 8,652 5.8%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 141,570 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 104,719 74.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 36,851 26.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 8,652 100.0%
For rent 2,459 28.4%
For Sale Only 1,862 21.5%
Rented or sold, not occupied 1,039 12.0%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 744 8.6%
For migratory workers 2 0.0%
Other vacant 2,546 29.4%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 141,570 100.0%
One Race 140,270 99.1%
 White 128,885 91.0%
 Black or African American 4,539 3.2%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 214 0.2%
 Asian 1,047 0.7%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 18 0.0%
 Some Other Race 5,567 3.9%
Two or more races 1,300 0.9%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 141,570 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 9,540 6.7%
Not Hispanic or Latino 132,030 93.3%
 White alone 125,744 88.8%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 141,570 100.0%
15 to 24 years 5,689 4.0%
25 to 34 years 21,787 15.4%
35 to 44 years 31,993 22.6%
45 to 54 years 28,455 20.1%
55 to 64 years 19,033 13.4%
65 years and over 34,613 24.4%
 65 to 74 years 17,645 12.5%
 75 to 84 years 13,075 9.2%
 85 years and older 3,893 2.7%
 

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