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2000 CHAS data shows that elderly households comprised 52.6% of all Iow- and Iow- moderate income households. The percentage of Iow-income owners with housing cost burden was higher where 58.4% were cost burdened and 32.3% were severely cost burdened. However, Iow-income elderly owners reported the lowest percent of housing cost burden among all Iow-income owner housing types in all three jurisdictions. Small and Large Family Owners Census data shows there were 39,128 (48.2%) small family owner households and only 6,273 (7.7%) large family owner households in Lane County. Of these households, 27.4% small family households were Iow- and Iow-moderate income and 6.5% large family households were Iow- and Iow-moderate income. Small and large family Iow-income households reported the highest incidence of housing cost burden of all owner household types for all three jurisdictions. Lane County Households Eu~lene Households Sprin~lfield Households Small Large Non- Small Large Non- Small Large Non- Elderly related Related Family Elderly related Related family Elderly related Related family Total Households 24,147 39,128 6,273 11,673 8,361 14,542 2,031 5,042 2,959 5,403 905 1,695 % of Total households 29.7% 48.2% 7.7% 14.4% 27.9% 48.5% 6.8% 1 6.8% 27.0% 49.3% 8.3% 15.5% LI & Low- Mod Households 11,11 7 6,153 1,449 3,720 3,041 1,993 381 1,293 1,715 748 256 645 % of Low- & Low-mod income households 49.5% 27.4% 6.5% 16.6% 45.3% 29.7% 5.7% 19.3% 51.0% 22.2% 7.6% 19.2% Source: 2000 Census, CHAS Data Book Non-Family Households There were 11,673 non-family owner households in Lane County making up 14.0% of all owner housing types. Of these households, 1,921 (16.5%) were Iow-income. Non-family Iow-income households reported the second highest incidence of housing cost burden of all other Iow-income household types at 68.6%. Eugene and Springfield reported similar numbers at 74.0% and 70.0%, respectively. Minority Households Minority owners outside Eugene and Springfield showed a significantly higher incidence of housing problems than other owner households. In 2000, over 37.0% of minority owner households in Lane County had housing problems (housing cost burden or overcrowding), compared to 29.0% in both Eugene and Springfield. In 2000, the 3,494 minority households comprised 4.0% of all owners in Lane County. Eugene and Springfield also reported the same percentage of minority owners. In Lane County, over 20.0% of minority owners had incomes at or below 50.0% of the median income compared to 13.0% in Eugene and 8.0% in Springfield. In Lane County, 33.0% of minority owners had incomes at or below 80.0% of the median income compared to 24.0% in Eugene and 21.0% in Springfield.