Table 18.  Householders Age 55 and Over by Tenure, Household Type, and Age:  March 2002                                                                                           35
            (Numbers in thousands)

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|Household type and tenure            |               |              Age of Householder               |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               |               | 65 years and  |
|                                     |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |     over      |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total households 1,2/                |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 37,679|  100.0|  8,611|  100.0|  6,592|  100.0| 22,476|  100.0|
|  Owner occupied                     | 30,479|   80.9|  6,985|   81.1|  5,327|   80.8| 18,167|   80.8|
|  Renter occupied                    |  7,200|   19.1|  1,626|   18.9|  1,265|   19.2|  4,309|   19.2|
|Family households                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 22,138|  100.0|  6,030|  100.0|  4,470|  100.0| 11,638|  100.0|
|  Owner occupied                     | 19,836|   89.6|  5,381|   89.2|  3,943|   88.2| 10,512|   90.3|
|  Renter occupied                    |  2,302|   10.4|    649|   10.8|    528|   11.8|  1,126|    9.7|
|Nonfamily households                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 15,541|  100.0|  2,581|  100.0|  2,122|  100.0| 10,838|  100.0|
|  Owner occupied                     | 10,643|   68.5|  1,603|   62.1|  1,384|   65.2|  7,655|   70.6|
|  Renter occupied                    |  4,898|   31.5|    977|   37.9|    738|   34.8|  3,183|   29.4|
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1/ Renter households include occupiers who paid no cash rent.
2/ The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.