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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 2-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 105435 71708 33727 5853 7184 2108 4503 13223 9720 21655 17007 14495 105435 31439 53207 20789 78482 7397 26953 13257 13393 20352 24446 37976 22662

Rooms

1 room		 389 16 373 0 0 129 116 81 40 63 120 173 389 271 95 23 361 9 29 2 14 159 54 24 152
2 rooms 983 86 897 12 17 80 113 161 124 192 370 298 983 552 313 119 919 86 65 31 33 302 150 200 331
3 rooms 8730 1021 7709 316 217 348 613 1454 1317 1948 2636 2143 8730 4075 3604 1051 7886 578 844 364 472 2265 1752 2458 2255
4 rooms 18854 7113 11741 701 2240 471 1163 2892 2509 3609 4979 3704 18854 6652 8478 3725 14839 1542 4015 1789 2182 3434 4113 6996 4312
5 rooms 24610 17047 7563 1436 2817 454 1137 3311 2406 5537 3753 3672 24610 7158 11826 5626 17364 1822 7246 3360 3804 3918 5816 9703 5172
6 rooms 22593 19059 3534 1214 1193 382 755 2808 1763 5006 2401 2600 22593 6182 11444 4967 15975 1634 6618 3188 3334 4389 5282 8682 4240
7 rooms 13917 12737 1180 854 490 138 334 1329 813 2849 1357 1117 13917 3310 7821 2786 9859 884 4058 2119 1902 2659 3373 4988 2897
8 rooms 8077 7679 398 639 135 49 140 617 403 1363 732 441 8077 1723 5016 1338 5849 407 2228 1288 930 1665 1974 2773 1664
9 rooms 3737 3586 151 335 25 21 69 278 162 520 324 151 3737 748 2373 616 2788 239 949 566 378 827 1034 1070 806
10 rooms or more 3545 3365 181 347 51 36 65 293 183 567 335 197 3545 769 2238 539 2643 196 903 549 343 732 898 1082 834

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 2959 2210 749 129 215 52 160 326 225 426 424 305 2959 803 1495 660 2065 198 893 420 463 619 522 1124 693
1 or more rooms, no direct access 5104 4191 913 498 214 59 122 487 302 575 740 299 5104 1332 2863 909 3752 277 1352 695 632 839 1166 1744 1354
Not reported 770 509 261 54 34 9 77 114 21 86 130 122 770 264 385 121 628 49 142 70 72 126 161 321 161

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 13142 10232 2910 1050 578 225 437 1093 704 1255 1847 790 13142 3631 7251 2260 9612 688 3531 1899 1572 2312 2916 4313 3602
Not reported 771 513 258 53 34 9 74 116 19 89 133 125 771 267 383 121 636 49 135 63 72 120 167 319 165

Bedrooms

None		 810 45 765 0 0 161 154 141 87 123 268 286 810 564 197 50 773 31 37 6 18 274 133 81 322
1 11890 1786 10104 384 319 472 864 1952 1617 2570 3526 2771 11890 5506 4995 1389 10667 755 1223 565 634 3151 2364 3474 2901
2 29051 14599 14452 1128 2943 627 1645 4069 3306 6723 6388 4975 29051 9844 13384 5823 22642 2367 6409 2901 3456 5492 6800 10283 6475
3 44446 37530 6915 2718 3506 660 1396 5168 3440 9106 4893 5013 44446 11230 23121 10094 30397 3154 14049 6938 6940 7579 10438 17805 8624
4 or more 19239 17748 1491 1622 415 187 444 1892 1270 3133 1933 1450 19239 4295 11511 3433 14005 1089 5234 2847 2343 3855 4711 6333 4340

Complete Bathrooms

None		 675 286 389 2 45 371 44 137 79 182 142 279 675 302 181 192 431 36 244 73 156 176 123 223 153
1 41747 18240 23507 691 2241 1201 3070 7004 5219 8850 8751 8655 41747 16119 16796 8832 32592 3511 9155 3770 5321 10306 10570 12844 8028
1 1/2 16403 12945 3458 295 751 360 431 2160 1123 4070 1796 1858 16403 4479 8575 3349 12469 1323 3934 1890 2026 4025 5198 4578 2601
2 or more 46611 40238 6373 4865 4146 177 958 3923 3299 8553 6318 3704 46611 10539 27654 8417 32991 2527 13620 7524 5890 5846 8555 20330 11880

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 73733 64718 9016 4407 7184 1071 2461 6918 5286 16315 7614 8049 73733 16394 39195 18145 48704 5505 25029 12149 12639 11723 18281 28506 15223
Less than 500 719 442 277 38 252 30 58 111 110 194 133 172 719 179 309 232 411 53 308 128 178 109 112 331 167
500 to 749 2061 1305 756 12 834 90 199 260 236 481 328 596 2061 393 947 721 1091 186 970 426 535 281 472 939 369
750 to 999 5490 4125 1365 148 1728 132 359 553 641 1232 809 911 5490 1294 2350 1846 3273 555 2217 914 1291 647 1467 2325 1051
1,000 to 1,499 18136 15348 2788 753 2452 295 755 1947 1586 4460 1932 2413 18136 4426 8593 5117 11739 1551 6397 2779 3566 2032 4226 7729 4149
1,500 to 1,999 17341 15665 1676 984 1040 214 424 1517 1158 3654 1776 1398 17341 3891 9491 3959 11764 1251 5577 2793 2708 2426 4041 6732 4141
2,000 to 2,499 11603 10953 650 779 226 127 225 784 547 2396 915 796 11603 2362 6721 2521 7786 769 3817 2040 1752 2016 3056 4173 2358
2,500 to 2,999 5913 5645 269 494 62 37 102 409 233 1171 461 382 5913 1166 3613 1135 4042 300 1871 1023 834 1142 1541 2160 1070
3,000 to 3,999 5197 5004 193 506 34 40 76 284 206 998 482 343 5197 975 3191 1032 3547 343 1650 944 689 1121 1428 1702 945
4,000 or more 2840 2695 145 354 67 27 47 218 112 618 252 185 2840 534 1698 608 1923 181 917 482 427 737 727 958 417
Not reported 4433 3536 897 339 488 79 217 836 456 1111 525 852 4433 1174 2284 975 3129 316 1304 620 659 1211 1210 1456 556
Median 1737 1799 1297 2063 1108 1413 1335 1556 1450 1669 1596 1397 1737 1669 1829 1584 1766 1599 1676 1771 1577 1950 1779 1663 1693

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 79005 66834 12171 4728 7140 1198 2598 8212 5895 17020 9039 9019 79005 18926 41575 18503 53644 5751 25360 12350 12753 13271 19028 30506 16200
Less than 1/8 acre 10835 8206 2630 566 1598 198 415 1478 1297 2433 1667 1625 10835 4212 5068 1556 9282 847 1553 837 709 2170 2544 2987 3134
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 21817 17844 3973 1138 1242 351 681 2660 2320 4956 2777 2515 21817 7436 11151 3229 19051 1857 2765 1352 1371 2753 5665 7310 6088
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 15721 13870 1851 964 606 217 417 1607 1084 3200 1646 1444 15721 3969 8937 2815 12607 1346 3114 1602 1469 2567 3822 6093 3240
1/2 up to 1 acre 10433 9145 1288 597 849 121 329 913 487 2108 1145 1025 10433 1618 6050 2764 6578 853 3855 1916 1911 2069 2229 4882 1253
1 up to 5 acres 14118 12417 1701 1031 1959 204 537 1284 515 2842 1277 1669 14118 1291 7602 5225 4872 668 9246 4615 4557 2798 2914 6750 1656
5 up to 10 acres 2337 2143 194 200 451 27 71 81 63 436 183 246 2337 132 1206 999 480 75 1857 890 925 341 676 1009 312
10 acres or more 3744 3210 534 233 436 80 148 189 128 1045 345 494 3744 268 1561 1915 774 105 2971 1137 1810 573 1179 1475 517
Median 0.36 0.38 0.23 0.42 0.57 0.31 0.37 0.25 0.22 0.34 0.26 0.31 0.36 0.21 0.38 0.80 0.24 0.28 1.60 1.41 1.80 0.42 0.34 0.45 0.23

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 73452 52569 20883 4169 4645 1189 2724 8301 4084 20144 10809 9851 73452 21133 37289 15030 54306 5482 19146 9385 9548 13913 17764 27065 14710
0.51 to 1.00 29353 18166 11187 1633 2269 773 1490 4484 4395 1420 5603 3813 29353 9155 14832 5366 21994 1801 7359 3704 3564 5981 6346 10105 6921
1.01 to 1.50 2128 835 1293 49 225 99 205 367 975 75 474 640 2128 883 914 331 1731 95 397 161 236 343 300 684 800
1.51 or more 503 138 364 2 44 47 83 70 267 15 121 192 503 268 173 63 452 18 51 7 45 115 35 122 231

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 24274 18994 5280 1037 1839 350 908 2740 1019 9239 2763 3945 24274 6804 11913 5557 17682 1994 6593 2965 3563 4320 5986 9373 4594
0.51 to 1.00 51511 35683 15828 3411 3259 855 1895 5977 3310 11001 8289 6227 51511 14673 26615 10223 37914 3699 13597 6909 6523 9706 12201 18951 10654
1.01 to 1.50 16045 11403 4642 1029 1192 302 642 2234 1934 593 2731 1598 16045 4332 8595 3118 11627 1002 4418 2266 2116 3247 3775 5567 3456
1.51 or more 12795 5583 7212 376 894 440 905 2132 3370 699 2956 2439 12795 5066 5886 1842 10487 670 2308 1110 1172 2804 2351 4004 3636
No bedrooms 810 45 765 0 0 161 154 141 87 123 268 286 810 564 197 50 773 31 37 6 18 274 133 81 322

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 73733 64718 9016 4407 7184 1071 2461 6918 5286 16315 7614 8049 73733 16394 39195 18145 48704 5505 25029 12149 12639 11723 18281 28506 15223
Less than 200 1726 1131 595 53 522 68 155 288 540 150 284 448 1726 494 753 479 1103 108 623 245 371 186 304 759 477
200 to 299 4319 3238 1081 134 833 78 243 511 804 255 629 660 4319 1077 2076 1166 2812 318 1507 644 848 504 1032 1677 1106
300 to 399 6371 5257 1114 252 907 121 265 711 749 477 801 672 6371 1493 3392 1487 4255 446 2117 1062 1041 835 1436 2589 1511
400 to 499 7323 6281 1042 385 899 103 247 749 620 727 907 571 7323 1699 3824 1800 4876 518 2447 1133 1282 1101 1778 2822 1622
500 to 599 6909 6131 778 460 607 120 203 675 398 919 724 545 6909 1388 3912 1609 4638 530 2271 1181 1078 1114 1710 2628 1457
600 to 699 6839 6106 733 431 609 83 203 550 335 1218 670 491 6839 1462 3786 1591 4403 467 2437 1290 1124 1028 1813 2590 1409
700 to 799 5657 5165 493 399 553 97 176 471 276 1390 581 528 5657 1136 3057 1465 3628 416 2029 963 1048 729 1403 2316 1209
800 to 899 4450 4110 340 347 422 54 120 306 193 1032 416 344 4450 896 2426 1127 2858 315 1592 748 812 663 1083 1680 1024
900 to 999 4110 3719 391 241 375 46 122 263 172 1131 349 361 4110 872 2275 963 2735 327 1375 735 635 606 1035 1604 865
1,000 to 1,499 12043 11113 930 778 734 131 306 809 413 4069 995 1388 12043 2505 6417 3121 7716 918 4327 2070 2203 1907 3081 4779 2277
1,500 or more 9553 8930 623 589 234 91 205 748 330 3836 732 1188 9553 2197 4995 2361 6552 824 3001 1458 1537 1840 2395 3607 1711
Not reported 4433 3536 897 339 488 79 217 836 456 1111 525 852 4433 1174 2284 975 3129 316 1304 620 659 1211 1210 1456 556
Median 720 747 529 780 530 607 604 619 451 1037 629 739 720 699 723 730 719 749 722 721 723 767 732 719 682
@9Does not include cooperatives or condominiums.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005