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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 661,958 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 590,071 89.1%
Vacant housing unit 71,887 10.9%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 590,071 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 349,633 59.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 240,438 40.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 71,887 100.0%
For rent 18,101 25.2%
For Sale Only 6,768 9.4%
Rented or sold, not occupied 7,632 10.6%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 1,790 2.5%
For migratory workers 88 0.1%
Other vacant 37,508 52.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 590,071 100.0%
One Race 579,005 98.1%
 White 294,986 50.0%
 Black or African American 240,212 40.7%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 1,499 0.3%
 Asian 21,170 3.6%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 190 0.0%
 Some Other Race 20,948 3.6%
Two or more races 11,066 1.9%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 590,071 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 37,897 6.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 552,174 93.6%
 White alone 282,753 47.9%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 590,071 100.0%
15 to 24 years 35,017 5.9%
25 to 34 years 107,874 18.3%
35 to 44 years 119,431 20.2%
45 to 54 years 107,342 18.2%
55 to 64 years 77,875 13.2%
65 years and over 142,532 24.2%
 65 to 74 years 70,951 12.0%
 75 to 84 years 54,817 9.3%
 85 years and older 16,764 2.8%
 

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