DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA016- Holmes County, Issaquena County, Sharkey County, Warren County, and Yazoo 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 42,536 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 38,137 100.0
1-unit, detached 27,582 64.8   1.00 or less 35,394 92.8
1-unit, attached 662 1.6   1.01 to 1.50 1,786 4.7
2 units 854 2.0   1.51 or more 957 2.5
3 or 4 units 1,455 3.4        
5 to 9 units 1,907 4.5             Specified owner-occupied units 18,339 100.0
10 to 19 units 771 1.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 938 2.2   Less than $50,000 6,600 36.0
Mobile home 8,260 19.4   $50,000 to $99,999 7,512 41.0
Boat, RV, van, etc. 107 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 2,563 14.0
        $150,000 to $199,000 974 5.3
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 494 2.7
1999 to March 2000 950 2.2   $300,000 to $499,999 121 0.7
1995 to 1998 3,398 8.0   $500,000 to $999,999 45 0.2
1990 to 1994 3,109 7.3   $1,000,000 or more 30 0.2
1980 to 1989 7,115 16.7   Median (dollars) 64,455 (X)
1970 to 1979 9,878 23.2        
1960 to 1969 6,839 16.1   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,391 17.4    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 3,856 9.1   With a mortgage 10,394 56.7
             Less than $300 327 1.8
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,812 9.9
1 room 247 0.6        $500 to $699 2,642 14.4
2 rooms 1,265 3.0        $700 to $999 3,051 16.6
3 rooms 3,891 9.1        $1,000 to $1,499 1,775 9.7
4 rooms 6,650 15.6        $1,500 to $1,999 568 3.1
5 rooms 11,861 27.9        $2,000 or more 219 1.2
6 rooms 8,577 20.2        Median (dollars) 712 (X)
7 rooms 4,688 11.0   Not mortgaged 7,945 43.3
8 rooms 2,794 6.6        Median (dollars) 233 (X)
9 or more rooms 2,563 6.0        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 38,137 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,181 44.6
1999 to March 2000 6,595 17.3   15 to 19 percent 2,537 13.8
1995 to 1998 9,683 25.4   20 to 24 percent 2,036 11.1
1990 to 1994 5,846 15.3   25 to 29 percent 1,166 6.4
1980 to 1989 6,707 17.6   30 to 34 percent 834 4.5
1970 to 1979 4,568 12.0   35 percent or more 3,215 17.5
1969 or earlier 4,738 12.4   Not computed 370 2.0
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 11,564 100.0
None 5,401 14.2   GROSS RENT    
1 13,797 36.2   Less than $200 1,740 15.0
2 12,491 32.8   $200 to $299 1,503 13.0
3 or more 6,448 16.9   $300 to $499 3,718 32.2
        $500 to $749 2,493 21.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 371 3.2
Utility Gas 14,583 38.2   $1,000 to $1,499 79 0.7
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 9,890 25.9   $1,500 or more 68 0.6
Electricity 12,594 33.0   No cash rent 1,592 13.8
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 79 0.2   Median (dollars) 383 (X)
Coal or coke 0 0.0        
Wood 743 1.9   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 155 0.4   Less than 15 percent 2,244 19.4
No fuel used 93 0.2   15 to 19 percent 1,232 10.7
        20 to 24 percent 1,091 9.4
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 938 8.1
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 421 1.1   30 to 34 percent 687 5.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 359 0.9   35 percent or more 3,284 28.4
No telephone service 2,829 7.4   Not computed 2,088 18.1
 
Date: September 17, 2007
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.