DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA003- Alcorn County, Itawamba County, Prentiss County, and Tishomingo 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 45,856 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 40,735 100.0
1-unit, detached 33,914 74.0   1.00 or less 39,924 98.0
1-unit, attached 475 1.0   1.01 to 1.50 660 1.6
2 units 909 2.0   1.51 or more 151 0.4
3 or 4 units 1,131 2.5        
5 to 9 units 601 1.3             Specified owner-occupied units 20,622 100.0
10 to 19 units 304 0.7   VALUE    
20 or more units 594 1.3   Less than $50,000 7,755 37.6
Mobile home 7,832 17.1   $50,000 to $99,999 9,515 46.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 96 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 2,034 9.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 725 3.5
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 474 2.3
1999 to March 2000 1,092 2.4   $300,000 to $499,999 91 0.4
1995 to 1998 4,215 9.2   $500,000 to $999,999 18 0.1
1990 to 1994 4,072 8.9   $1,000,000 or more 10 0.0
1980 to 1989 7,708 16.8   Median (dollars) 59,628 (X)
1970 to 1979 10,545 23.0        
1960 to 1969 7,701 16.8   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,331 16.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,192 7.0   With a mortgage 11,039 53.5
             Less than $300 450 2.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,841 13.8
1 room 119 0.3        $500 to $699 3,309 16.0
2 rooms 769 1.7        $700 to $999 2,687 13.0
3 rooms 2,663 5.8        $1,000 to $1,499 1,336 6.5
4 rooms 8,284 18.1        $1,500 to $1,999 304 1.5
5 rooms 14,271 31.1        $2,000 or more 112 0.5
6 rooms 10,269 22.4        Median (dollars) 630 (X)
7 rooms 4,825 10.5   Not mortgaged 9,583 46.5
8 rooms 2,559 5.6        Median (dollars) 205 (X)
9 or more rooms 2,097 4.6        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 40,735 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 9,906 48.0
1999 to March 2000 6,357 15.6   15 to 19 percent 3,147 15.3
1995 to 1998 9,712 23.8   20 to 24 percent 2,150 10.4
1990 to 1994 6,732 16.5   25 to 29 percent 1,390 6.7
1980 to 1989 6,709 16.5   30 to 34 percent 815 4.0
1970 to 1979 5,617 13.8   35 percent or more 2,758 13.4
1969 or earlier 5,608 13.8   Not computed 456 2.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 8,644 100.0
None 2,941 7.2   GROSS RENT    
1 12,260 30.1   Less than $200 1,397 16.2
2 16,004 39.3   $200 to $299 1,266 14.6
3 or more 9,530 23.4   $300 to $499 3,580 41.4
        $500 to $749 982 11.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 122 1.4
Utility Gas 14,913 36.6   $1,000 to $1,499 25 0.3
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 13,360 32.8   $1,500 or more 2 0.0
Electricity 11,238 27.6   No cash rent 1,270 14.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 118 0.3   Median (dollars) 354 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 994 2.4   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 4 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 42 0.1   Less than 15 percent 2,029 23.5
No fuel used 66 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,237 14.3
        20 to 24 percent 885 10.2
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 702 8.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 252 0.6   30 to 34 percent 543 6.3
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 171 0.4   35 percent or more 1,747 20.2
No telephone service 2,971 7.3   Not computed 1,501 17.4
 
Date: September 17, 2007
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.