DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: PUMA019- Forrest County and Lamar 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 45,346 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 41,579 100.0
1-unit, detached 29,409 64.9   1.00 or less 39,988 96.2
1-unit, attached 523 1.2   1.01 to 1.50 1,059 2.5
2 units 1,419 3.1   1.51 or more 532 1.3
3 or 4 units 2,237 4.9        
5 to 9 units 2,043 4.5             Specified owner-occupied units 20,590 100.0
10 to 19 units 1,276 2.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 2,841 6.3   Less than $50,000 5,124 24.9
Mobile home 5,506 12.1   $50,000 to $99,999 8,874 43.1
Boat, RV, van, etc. 92 0.2   $100,000 to $149,999 3,483 16.9
        $150,000 to $199,000 1,671 8.1
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 987 4.8
1999 to March 2000 1,416 3.1   $300,000 to $499,999 303 1.5
1995 to 1998 5,402 11.9   $500,000 to $999,999 130 0.6
1990 to 1994 3,773 8.3   $1,000,000 or more 18 0.1
1980 to 1989 8,598 19.0   Median (dollars) 77,234 (X)
1970 to 1979 10,195 22.5        
1960 to 1969 5,963 13.2   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 7,241 16.0    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 2,758 6.1   With a mortgage 13,082 63.5
             Less than $300 276 1.3
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 1,612 7.8
1 room 506 1.1        $500 to $699 3,405 16.5
2 rooms 1,771 3.9        $700 to $999 4,059 19.7
3 rooms 4,404 9.7        $1,000 to $1,499 2,462 12.0
4 rooms 7,748 17.1        $1,500 to $1,999 819 4.0
5 rooms 10,685 23.6        $2,000 or more 449 2.2
6 rooms 9,251 20.4        Median (dollars) 778 (X)
7 rooms 5,616 12.4   Not mortgaged 7,508 36.5
8 rooms 2,900 6.4        Median (dollars) 236 (X)
9 or more rooms 2,465 5.4        
Median (rooms) 5.3 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 41,579 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 8,622 41.9
1999 to March 2000 10,371 24.9   15 to 19 percent 3,385 16.4
1995 to 1998 12,054 29.0   20 to 24 percent 2,348 11.4
1990 to 1994 6,346 15.3   25 to 29 percent 1,546 7.5
1980 to 1989 5,586 13.4   30 to 34 percent 1,024 5.0
1970 to 1979 3,777 9.1   35 percent or more 3,408 16.6
1969 or earlier 3,445 8.3   Not computed 257 1.2
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 14,059 100.0
None 2,889 6.9   GROSS RENT    
1 15,028 36.1   Less than $200 714 5.1
2 16,499 39.7   $200 to $299 1,173 8.3
3 or more 7,163 17.2   $300 to $499 6,049 43.0
        $500 to $749 3,944 28.1
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 796 5.7
Utility Gas 13,831 33.3   $1,000 to $1,499 196 1.4
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 4,393 10.6   $1,500 or more 46 0.3
Electricity 22,659 54.5   No cash rent 1,141 8.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 79 0.2   Median (dollars) 467 (X)
Coal or coke 5 0.0        
Wood 414 1.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 0 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 44 0.1   Less than 15 percent 2,298 16.3
No fuel used 154 0.4   15 to 19 percent 1,862 13.2
        20 to 24 percent 1,485 10.6
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 1,191 8.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 177 0.4   30 to 34 percent 1,045 7.4
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 178 0.4   35 percent or more 4,447 31.6
No telephone service 2,501 6.0   Not computed 1,731 12.3
 
Date: September 17, 2007
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.