U.S. Census Bureau
 American Housing Survey (AHS)




Detailed Tables for Total Occupied Housing Units


HOW MANY HOMES ARE THERE? - Table 2-1

      Occupied
   housing units

	      42,487  Sample Size
       
      106,261,000   Total Number of Households in U.S.


                    Tenure

       72,265,000   Owner occupied
             68.0    Percent of all occupied
       33,996,000   Renter occupied


                    Race and Origin

       85,292,000   White
       78,784,000     Non-Hispanic
        6,508,000     Hispanic
       13,292,000   Black
	     618,000	American Indian, Eskimo, & Aleut
	   3,331,000	Asian and Pacific Islander
        3,728,000   Other
        9,814,000   Total Hispanic1


                    Units in Structure

       67,129,000   1, detached
        7,305,000   1, attached
        8,200,000   2 to 4
        4,994,000   5 to 9
        4,620,000   10 to 19
        3,253,000   20 to 49
        3,543,000   50 or more
        7,219,000   Manufactured/mobile home or trailer



                  Cooperatives and Condominiums


          571,000   Cooperatives
        4,745,000   Condominiums


				Year Structure Built2

	   2,573,000   2000 to 2004
	   8,021,000	1995 to 1999
	   6,521,000   1990 to 1994
	   8,045,000   1985 to 1989
	   6,788,000   1980 to 1984
	  10,801,000   1975 to 1979
	  10,116,000   1970 to 1974
	  14,396,000   1960 to 1969
	  12,501,000   1950 to 1959 
	   7,278,000   1940 to 1949
	   5,728,000   1930 to 1939
	   4,863,000   1920 to 1929
	   8,630,000   1919 or earlier
	    	   1970   Median


                    Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

       85,304,000   Inside metropolitan statistical areas
       31,731,000     In central cities
       53,574,000     Suburbs
       20,957,000   Outside metropolitan statistical areas


                    Regions

       20,321,000   Northeast
       24,758,000   Midwest
       38,068,000   South
       23,115,000   West


                    Place Size

        5,059,000   Less than 2,500 persons
       12,568,000   2,500 to 9,999 persons
        9,233,000   10,000 to 19,999 persons
       14,513,000   20,000 to 49,999 persons
       10,415,000   50,000 to 99,999 persons
        8,541,000   100,000 to 249,999 persons
        6,054,000   250,000 to 499,999 persons
        3,845,000   500,000 to 999,999 persons
        7,062,000   1,000,000 persons or more


1 Because Hispanics may be of any race, data can overlap slightly with other groups.  
  Most Hispanics report themselves as White, but some report themselves as Black or in other categories.

2 For manufactured/mobile home, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.

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