DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA010- Lowndes County, Monroe County, and Noxubee 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 46,568 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 41,922 100.0
1-unit, detached 31,767 68.2   1.00 or less 39,922 95.2
1-unit, attached 1,244 2.7   1.01 to 1.50 1,541 3.7
2 units 1,309 2.8   1.51 or more 459 1.1
3 or 4 units 1,428 3.1        
5 to 9 units 1,185 2.5             Specified owner-occupied units 21,128 100.0
10 to 19 units 471 1.0   VALUE    
20 or more units 837 1.8   Less than $50,000 5,997 28.4
Mobile home 8,223 17.7   $50,000 to $99,999 10,171 48.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 104 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 2,975 14.1
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,094 5.2
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 590 2.8
1999 to March 2000 1,114 2.4   $300,000 to $499,999 237 1.1
1995 to 1998 4,319 9.3   $500,000 to $999,999 43 0.2
1990 to 1994 3,988 8.6   $1,000,000 or more 21 0.1
1980 to 1989 8,720 18.7   Median (dollars) 67,907 (X)
1970 to 1979 10,906 23.4        
1960 to 1969 6,737 14.5   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,587 16.3    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,197 6.9   With a mortgage 12,983 61.4
             Less than $300 468 2.2
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 2,140 10.1
1 room 289 0.6        $500 to $699 3,698 17.5
2 rooms 1,396 3.0        $700 to $999 3,729 17.6
3 rooms 3,731 8.0        $1,000 to $1,499 2,078 9.8
4 rooms 7,245 15.6        $1,500 to $1,999 588 2.8
5 rooms 12,994 27.9        $2,000 or more 282 1.3
6 rooms 9,788 21.0        Median (dollars) 701 (X)
7 rooms 5,437 11.7   Not mortgaged 8,145 38.6
8 rooms 3,217 6.9        Median (dollars) 221 (X)
9 or more rooms 2,471 5.3        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 41,922 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,956 42.4
1999 to March 2000 7,209 17.2   15 to 19 percent 3,440 16.3
1995 to 1998 11,495 27.4   20 to 24 percent 2,568 12.2
1990 to 1994 6,816 16.3   25 to 29 percent 1,593 7.5
1980 to 1989 6,636 15.8   30 to 34 percent 886 4.2
1970 to 1979 4,731 11.3   35 percent or more 3,241 15.3
1969 or earlier 5,035 12.0   Not computed 444 2.1
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 11,285 100.0
None 4,527 10.8   GROSS RENT    
1 13,699 32.7   Less than $200 1,505 13.3
2 15,585 37.2   $200 to $299 1,629 14.4
3 or more 8,111 19.3   $300 to $499 3,864 34.2
        $500 to $749 2,298 20.4
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 351 3.1
Utility Gas 15,085 36.0   $1,000 to $1,499 71 0.6
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 8,344 19.9   $1,500 or more 10 0.1
Electricity 17,347 41.4   No cash rent 1,557 13.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 204 0.5   Median (dollars) 381 (X)
Coal or coke 9 0.0        
Wood 769 1.8   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 7 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 33 0.1   Less than 15 percent 2,090 18.5
No fuel used 124 0.3   15 to 19 percent 1,319 11.7
        20 to 24 percent 1,195 10.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 853 7.6
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 260 0.6   30 to 34 percent 679 6.0
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 240 0.6   35 percent or more 3,211 28.5
No telephone service 2,944 7.0   Not computed 1,938 17.2
 
Date: September 17, 2007
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.