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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 37,163 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 31,222 84.0%
Vacant housing unit 5,941 16.0%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 31,222 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 24,379 78.1%
Renter-occupied housing unit 6,843 21.9%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 5,941 100.0%
For rent 543 9.1%
For Sale Only 361 6.1%
Rented or sold, not occupied 384 6.5%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 3,750 63.1%
For migratory workers 2 0.0%
Other vacant 901 15.2%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 31,222 100.0%
One Race 31,152 99.8%
 White 31,041 99.4%
 Black or African American 36 0.1%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 21 0.1%
 Asian 41 0.1%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2 0.0%
 Some Other Race 11 0.0%
Two or more races 70 0.2%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 31,222 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 81 0.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 31,141 99.7%
 White alone 30,971 99.2%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 31,222 100.0%
15 to 24 years 958 3.1%
25 to 34 years 4,150 13.3%
35 to 44 years 6,141 19.7%
45 to 54 years 6,198 19.9%
55 to 64 years 4,524 14.5%
65 years and over 9,251 29.6%
 65 to 74 years 4,456 14.3%
 75 to 84 years 3,794 12.2%
 85 years and older 1,001 3.2%
 

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