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

OCCUPANCY STATUS    
     Total housing units 5,249,750 100.0%
Occupied housing unit 4,777,003 91.0%
Vacant housing unit 472,747 9.0%
     
TENURE    
     Occupied housing units 4,777,003 100.0%
Owner-occupied housing unit 3,406,337 71.3%
Renter-occupied housing unit 1,370,666 28.7%
     
VACANCY STATUS    
     Vacant housing units 472,747 100.0%
For rent 105,585 22.3%
For Sale Only 55,891 11.8%
Rented or sold, not occupied 37,494 7.9%
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use 148,230 31.4%
For migratory workers 386 0.1%
Other vacant 125,161 26.5%
     
RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 4,777,003 100.0%
One Race 4,739,424 99.2%
 White 4,177,452 87.4%
 Black or African American 435,073 9.1%
 American Indian and Alaska Native 6,580 0.1%
 Asian 67,792 1.4%
 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 873 0.0%
 Some Other Race 51,654 1.1%
Two or more races 37,579 0.8%
     
HISPANIC OR LATINO HOUSEHOLDER AND RACE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 4,777,003 100.0%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 108,653 2.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 4,668,350 97.7%
 White alone 4,131,414 86.5%
     
AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER    
     Occupied housing units 4,777,003 100.0%
15 to 24 years 193,732 4.1%
25 to 34 years 718,454 15.0%
35 to 44 years 1,026,107 21.5%
45 to 54 years 960,175 20.1%
55 to 64 years 664,011 13.9%
65 years and over 1,214,524 25.4%
 65 to 74 years 609,711 12.8%
 75 to 84 years 473,841 9.9%
 85 years and older 130,972 2.7%
 

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