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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1C-3. Size of Unit and Lot--All Housing Units--Suburbs
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112

Rooms

1 room		 161 12 149 97 0 97 52 15 13.2 0 3 15 19 0 0
2 rooms 410 31 379 315 39 277 63 23 7.5 0 4 18 18 12 31
3 rooms 4208 133 4075 3630 453 3177 445 213 6.2 30 22 96 85 197 193
4 rooms 9854 292 9562 8539 3517 5022 1023 363 6.7 101 104 289 166 480 1382
5 rooms 13044 270 12774 11909 8648 3261 865 202 5.8 157 102 201 204 911 1605
6 rooms 12183 130 12053 11523 10116 1407 530 86 5.7 96 56 156 136 820 564
7 rooms 8149 51 8098 7876 7368 508 222 22 4.1 54 22 68 56 607 220
8 rooms 5206 29 5177 5047 4804 243 130 2 0.9 24 17 39 47 474 84
9 rooms 2454 20 2435 2386 2315 71 49 4 5.9 18 3 16 7 289 12
10 rooms or more 2313 13 2299 2251 2161 91 48 3 3.0 16 7 13 9 274 21

Bedrooms

None		 312 32 281 199 9 190 82 22 10.2 0 9 17 34 3 11
1 5786 170 5616 5028 863 4166 588 299 6.7 34 36 117 102 245 302
2 15313 416 14897 13479 7219 6260 1418 432 6.4 167 149 394 275 803 1826
3 24568 275 24292 23282 20396 2886 1010 151 4.9 217 112 281 249 1790 1818
4 or more 12004 89 11914 11585 10933 652 329 29 4.2 78 35 101 86 1222 154

Complete Bathrooms

None		 558 115 443 183 95 88 260 25 22.3 24 15 39 157 21 98
1 18707 359 18348 16932 7923 9009 1417 554 5.8 169 121 305 268 402 1417
1 1/2 9164 97 9066 8644 6986 1658 423 97 5.5 84 55 100 87 186 451
2 or more 29554 410 29143 27815 24417 3398 1328 258 7.0 220 149 467 235 3454 2147

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 42122 715 41407 39478 35582 3896 1928 183 4.5 403 234 536 572 2992 4112
Less than 500 439 68 371 311 202 109 60 7 5.6 6 0 15 32 19 201
500 to 749 1175 104 1071 955 616 339 116 19 5.2 17 2 44 35 4 560
750 to 999 2717 114 2603 2371 1846 525 232 25 4.5 37 39 59 73 79 986
1,000 to 1,499 9327 140 9187 8669 7482 1186 518 47 3.8 113 58 137 163 374 1257
1,500 to 1,999 9990 99 9891 9566 8827 739 324 30 3.9 77 50 90 77 644 550
2,000 to 2,499 7032 63 6969 6767 6463 303 202 21 6.4 49 20 67 45 572 133
2,500 to 2,999 3774 27 3747 3634 3512 122 112 6 4.3 25 20 26 36 397 44
3,000 to 3,999 3344 31 3313 3207 3121 85 107 5 5.8 28 15 16 42 374 17
4,000 or more 1760 5 1755 1704 1634 70 51 1 1.8 13 7 19 12 265 14
Not reported (includes don't know) 2564 64 2500 2295 1879 416 205 22 5.0 37 23 65 58 263 350
Median 1806 1142 1814 1828 1879 1323 1437 1317 ... 1563 1566 1432 1359 2213 1053

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 44676 698 43977 41870 36556 5315 2107 281 5.0 412 242 548 624 3197 4034
Less than 1/8 acre 5762 216 5546 5111 4064 1047 435 79 7.0 74 49 103 130 400 1159
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 12083 208 11876 11252 9500 1752 624 105 5.6 130 63 151 176 804 781
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 9412 73 9339 8999 8180 820 340 45 5.2 95 34 79 87 693 296
1/2 up to 1 acre 6407 59 6349 6084 5501 582 265 15 2.5 55 46 87 61 423 427
1 up to 5 acres 8016 74 7942 7640 6877 763 302 16 2.1 43 38 90 114 651 959
5 up to 10 acres 1265 6 1259 1213 1109 104 46 1 1.4 10 8 7 19 111 253
10 acres or more 1729 63 1666 1572 1325 247 95 18 7.0 6 3 31 36 114 159
Median 0.37 0.21 0.37 0.38 0.39 0.24 0.25 0.20 ... 0.26 0.32 0.31 0.27 0.39 0.31
@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