Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999 - HCT040B001 - Median Gross Rent As A Percentage Of Household Income In 1999 (Black Alone Householder) - Summary File 3 (SF3) - Survey Census 2000

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Survey: Census 2000

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Data set: Summary File 3 (SF3)

Table:

HCT40B. Median Gross Rent As A Percentage Of Household Income In 1999 (Black Alone Householder) [1]

Universe: Specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent with a householder who is Black or African American alone

Variable Details

HCT40B.	Median Gross Rent As A Percentage Of Household Income In 1999 (Black Alone Householder)
	Universe: Specified renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent with a householder who is Black or African American alone
	HCT040B001Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999 Percent base: None - percentages not computed Aggregation method: Median, using bracket table: HCT039B, interpolation method: Pareto

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Housing Characteristics -> Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income In 1999 -> Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999

Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 1999

This measure divides the gross rent as a percentage of household income distribution into two equal parts, one-half of the cases falling below the median gross rent as a percentage of household income and one-half above the median. Median gross rent as a percentage of household income is computed on the basis of a standard distribution (see the "Standard Distributions" section under Derived Measures). Median gross rent as a percentage of household income is rounded to the nearest tenth. (For more information on medians, see "Derived Measures".)

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.
	Summary File 3 Technical Documentation -> Appendix B. Definitons of Subject Characteristics -> Population Characteristics -> Race -> Black or African American

Black or African American

A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. It includes people who indicate their race as "Black, African Am., or Negro," or provide written entries such as African American, Afro-American, Kenyan, Nigerian, or Haitian.