DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Adams County, Attala County, Chickasaw County..................
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 850,486 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 763,900 100.0
1-unit, detached 571,972 67.3   1.00 or less 727,321 95.2
1-unit, attached 15,154 1.8   1.01 to 1.50 25,225 3.3
2 units 20,030 2.4   1.51 or more 11,354 1.5
3 or 4 units 28,858 3.4        
5 to 9 units 29,637 3.5             Specified owner-occupied units 388,589 100.0
10 to 19 units 13,352 1.6   VALUE    
20 or more units 26,685 3.1   Less than $50,000 104,188 26.8
Mobile home 142,549 16.8   $50,000 to $99,999 173,008 44.5
Boat, RV, van, etc. 2,249 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 62,771 16.2
        $150,000 to $199,000 25,126 6.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 15,503 4.0
1999 to March 2000 25,604 3.0   $300,000 to $499,999 5,800 1.5
1995 to 1998 86,187 10.1   $500,000 to $999,999 1,458 0.4
1990 to 1994 72,639 8.5   $1,000,000 or more 735 0.2
1980 to 1989 159,810 18.8   Median (dollars) 72,838 (X)
1970 to 1979 192,153 22.6        
1960 to 1969 131,906 15.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 129,757 15.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 52,430 6.2   With a mortgage 243,904 62.8
             Less than $300 6,460 1.7
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 35,412 9.1
1 room 6,685 0.8        $500 to $699 61,021 15.7
2 rooms 27,861 3.3        $700 to $999 75,602 19.5
3 rooms 71,132 8.4        $1,000 to $1,499 45,142 11.6
4 rooms 138,137 16.2        $1,500 to $1,999 12,955 3.3
5 rooms 226,117 26.6        $2,000 or more 7,312 1.9
6 rooms 181,380 21.3        Median (dollars) 742 (X)
7 rooms 102,152 12.0   Not mortgaged 144,685 37.2
8 rooms 53,409 6.3        Median (dollars) 234 (X)
9 or more rooms 43,613 5.1        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 763,900 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 165,593 42.6
1999 to March 2000 145,476 19.0   15 to 19 percent 62,664 16.1
1995 to 1998 208,183 27.3   20 to 24 percent 44,855 11.5
1990 to 1994 120,488 15.8   25 to 29 percent 28,818 7.4
1980 to 1989 120,315 15.8   30 to 34 percent 19,331 5.0
1970 to 1979 86,752 11.4   35 percent or more 61,050 15.7
1969 or earlier 82,686 10.8   Not computed 6,278 1.6
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 203,057 100.0
None 65,361 8.6   GROSS RENT    
1 261,565 34.2   Less than $200 19,433 9.6
2 291,252 38.1   $200 to $299 19,082 9.4
3 or more 145,722 19.1   $300 to $499 66,600 32.8
        $500 to $749 57,663 28.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 13,018 6.4
Utility Gas 260,249 34.1   $1,000 to $1,499 3,083 1.5
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 141,690 18.5   $1,500 or more 1,122 0.6
Electricity 343,910 45.0   No cash rent 23,056 11.4
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,523 0.2   Median (dollars) 442 (X)
Coal or coke 60 0.0        
Wood 12,967 1.7   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 161 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 918 0.1   Less than 15 percent 37,817 18.6
No fuel used 2,422 0.3   15 to 19 percent 26,188 12.9
        20 to 24 percent 22,553 11.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 17,615 8.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 5,916 0.8   30 to 34 percent 12,932 6.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 5,125 0.7   35 percent or more 56,296 27.7
No telephone service 47,647 6.2   Not computed 29,656 14.6
 
Date: September 6, 2005
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.