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Houses valued at $5,000 or more were occupied by white families only.


TABLE 37.-Number and percentage distribution of nonfarm households by value of
 dwelling and race, 362 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 Race
 Value of dwelling
 by classes :
 (dollars) White : Nonwhite


 : Number Percent Number Percent

Under 500 42 19.7 85 57.0
 500- 999 32 15.0 29 19.5
 1,000- 1,999 :41 19.2 17 11.4
 2,000- 2,999 18 8.5 3 2.0
 3,000- 3,999 20 9.4 5 3.4
 4,000- 4,999 15 7.0 1 0.7
 5,000- 7,499 18 8.5 ..
 7,500- 9,999 4 1.9 .
 10,000-12,499 :1 0.5
 12,500 and over 5 2.3 
 Not ascertained 17 8.0 9 6.0

 Total 213 100.0 149 100.0


 In general, nonfarm households had limited nonfarm assets and net

worth (Tables 38 and 39). Low values were encountered most frequently among

the nonwhite population. Among the white households, 80 percent reported non-

farm property valued at less than $500 compared with almost 91 percent of the

nonwhite families. Less than 4 percent of the 362 nonfarm families reported

nonfarm property valued at $3,000 or more.

 While almost 50 percent of the nonfarm households reported net worths

 of less than $1,000 and 20 percent of more than $5,000, there was considerably

 more variation between races than in the case of nonfarm property. Of the non-

 white families, 55 percent reported net worths of less than $500 and less than

 7 percent reported $5,000 or more. By comparison, 30 percent of the white