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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 67,806 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 60,530 89.3%
Vacant housing unit 7,276 10.7%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 60,530 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 47,198 78.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 13,332 22.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 7,276 100.0%
For rent 1,405 19.3%
For Sale Only 1,250 17.2%
Rented or sold, not occupied 674 9.3%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 865 11.9%
For migratory workers 4 0.1%
Other vacant 3,078 42.3%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 60,530 100.0%
One Race 60,346 99.7%
 White 59,852 98.9%
 Black or African American 207 0.3%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 38 0.1%
 Asian 157 0.3%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 4 0.0%
 Some Other Race 88 0.1%
Two or more races 184 0.3%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 60,530 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 305 0.5%
Not Hispanic or Latino 60,225 99.5%
 White alone 59,664 98.6%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 60,530 100.0%
15 to 24 years 1,568 2.6%
25 to 34 years 7,974 13.2%
35 to 44 years 11,285 18.6%
45 to 54 years 11,638 19.2%
55 to 64 years 8,507 14.1%
65 years and over 19,558 32.3%
 65 to 74 years 9,366 15.5%
 75 to 84 years 7,905 13.1%
 85 years and older 2,287 3.8%
 

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