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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 55,061 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 51,518 93.6%
Vacant housing unit 3,543 6.4%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 51,518 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 37,554 72.9%
Renter-occupied housing unit 13,964 27.1%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 3,543 100.0%
For rent 1,131 31.9%
For Sale Only 464 13.1%
Rented or sold, not occupied 447 12.6%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 322 9.1%
For migratory workers 6 0.2%
Other vacant 1,173 33.1%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 51,518 100.0%
One Race 51,328 99.6%
 White 50,575 98.2%
 Black or African American 527 1.0%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 44 0.1%
 Asian 139 0.3%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 2 0.0%
 Some Other Race 41 0.1%
Two or more races 190 0.4%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 51,518 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 195 0.4%
Not Hispanic or Latino 51,323 99.6%
 White alone 50,438 97.9%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 51,518 100.0%
15 to 24 years 2,034 3.9%
25 to 34 years 7,221 14.0%
35 to 44 years 10,358 20.1%
45 to 54 years 10,342 20.1%
55 to 64 years 7,422 14.4%
65 years and over 14,141 27.4%
 65 to 74 years 7,036 13.7%
 75 to 84 years 5,617 10.9%
 85 years and older 1,488 2.9%
 

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