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

           39,981   Sample Size
       
       99,487,000   Total Number of Households in U.S.


                    Tenure

       65,487,000   Owner occupied
             65.8     Percent of all occupied
       34,000,000   Renter occupied


                    Race and Origin

       82,154,000   White
       75,392,000    Non-Hispanic
        6,762,000    Hispanic
       12,085,000   Black
          620,000   American Indian, Eskimo, & Aleut
        2,805,000   Asian and Pacific Islander
        1,823,000   Other
        8,513,000   Total Hispanic


                    Units in Structure

       62,111,000   1, detached
        5,840,000   1, attached
        8,973,000   2 to 4
        4,852,000   5 to 9
        4,264,000   10 to 19
        3,292,000   20 to 49
        3,611,000   50 or more
        6,544,000   Mobile home or trailer



                    Cooperatives and Condominiums

          618,000   Cooperatives
        5,308,000   Condominiums

                    Year Structure Built 1/

                -   2000 to 2004
        4,092,000   1995 to 1999
        6,545,000   1990 to 1994
        7,941,000   1985 to 1989
        6,789,000   1980 to 1984
       10,396,000   1975 to 1979
       10,175,000   1970 to 1974
       14,313,000   1960 to 1969
       12,476,000   1950 to 1959 
        7,321,000   1940 to 1949
        5,749,000   1930 to 1939
        4,925,000   1920 to 1929
        8,767,000   1919 or earlier
             1967   Median


                    Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

       77,417,000   Inside metropolitan statistical areas
       30,533,000     In central cities
       46,884,000     Suburbs
       22,070,000   Outside metropolitan statistical areas

                    Regions

       19,484,000   Northeast
       23,951,000   Midwest
       34,808,000   South
       21,245,000   West


                    Urbanized Areas

              ...   Inside metropolitan areas
              ...     In central cities of MSA's
              ...     Urban fringe
              ...   Outside urbanized areas
              ...     Other urban
              ...     Rural

                    Place Size

        4,506,000   Less than 2,500 persons
        9,306,000   2,500 to 9,999 persons
        8,345,000   10,000 to 19,999 persons
       12,762,000   20,000 to 49,999 persons
        8,526,000   50,000 to 99,999 persons
        7,759,000   100,000 to 249,999 persons
        5,240,000   250,000 to 499,999 persons
        4,653,000   500,000 to 999,999 persons
        6,517,000   1,000,000 persons or more

   1/ For 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