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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 34,314 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 30,113 87.8%
Vacant housing unit 4,201 12.2%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 30,113 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 15,355 51.0%
Renter-occupied housing unit 14,758 49.0%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 4,201 100.0%
For rent 1,483 35.3%
For Sale Only 787 18.7%
Rented or sold, not occupied 455 10.8%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 64 1.5%
For migratory workers 0 0.0%
Other vacant 1,412 33.6%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 30,113 100.0%
One Race 29,327 97.4%
 White 20,305 67.4%
 Black or African American 3,496 11.6%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 110 0.4%
 Asian 365 1.2%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 11 0.0%
 Some Other Race 5,040 16.7%
Two or more races 786 2.6%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 30,113 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 8,226 27.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 21,887 72.7%
 White alone 17,867 59.3%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 30,113 100.0%
15 to 24 years 2,439 8.1%
25 to 34 years 6,052 20.1%
35 to 44 years 6,363 21.1%
45 to 54 years 4,958 16.5%
55 to 64 years 3,405 11.3%
65 years and over 6,896 22.9%
 65 to 74 years 3,312 11.0%
 75 to 84 years 2,661 8.8%
 85 years and older 923 3.1%
 

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