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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
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		 106261 72265 33996 5853 7219 2126 4537 13292 9814 21812 17134 14602 106261 31731 53574 20957 79146 7469 27115 13321 13488 20321 24758 38068 23115

Rooms

1 room		 394 16 378 0 0 130 117 82 41 64 122 175 394 274 97 23 365 9 29 2 14 159 55 24 156
2 rooms 993 87 906 12 17 81 114 162 125 193 374 301 993 557 315 121 928 87 65 31 34 302 153 201 338
3 rooms 8800 1029 7771 315 219 351 618 1462 1329 1960 2658 2160 8800 4109 3630 1061 7949 584 851 366 477 2262 1774 2463 2301
4 rooms 19003 7169 11834 701 2255 475 1172 2907 2535 3634 5017 3731 19003 6710 8539 3754 14964 1557 4039 1798 2197 3429 4163 7012 4398
5 rooms 24798 17180 7618 1435 2828 457 1145 3329 2429 5578 3779 3699 24798 7224 11909 5666 17514 1839 7284 3376 3827 3912 5888 9727 5271
6 rooms 22768 19205 3563 1214 1197 384 760 2822 1781 5042 2419 2617 22768 6238 11523 5007 16109 1650 6658 3205 3357 4382 5354 8705 4328
7 rooms 14032 12841 1190 854 492 139 336 1336 821 2872 1367 1125 14032 3345 7876 2811 9947 894 4085 2130 1917 2655 3419 5000 2957
8 rooms 8137 7736 401 639 135 50 141 620 406 1372 737 444 8137 1741 5047 1349 5896 411 2241 1294 938 1663 1999 2779 1695
9 rooms 3765 3613 152 335 25 21 70 279 164 525 326 152 3765 756 2386 623 2810 242 955 569 382 826 1046 1072 821
10 rooms or more 3571 3388 183 347 51 37 65 294 184 571 337 198 3571 777 2251 543 2664 197 907 551 346 731 907 1084 849

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 2981 2226 755 129 216 52 161 328 227 429 427 307 2981 809 1506 665 2081 199 899 423 466 618 529 1127 706
1 or more rooms, no direct access 5145 4225 920 499 215 60 123 489 304 579 744 302 5145 1345 2881 919 3784 280 1361 697 639 838 1180 1748 1379
Not reported 775 513 262 54 34 9 77 114 22 86 131 123 775 266 387 122 633 49 143 70 73 125 163 322 165

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 13253 10318 2935 1050 581 228 441 1100 710 1265 1861 797 13253 3670 7302 2281 9699 695 3554 1909 1586 2308 2952 4323 3670
Not reported 777 518 260 53 34 9 74 117 19 89 133 125 777 269 386 122 641 49 136 63 73 120 169 320 169

Bedrooms

None		 820 45 775 0 0 163 156 142 88 124 272 290 820 571 199 50 783 32 37 6 18 274 135 81 330
1 11984 1801 10183 384 322 476 871 1963 1631 2586 3555 2792 11984 5553 5028 1403 10751 762 1233 568 641 3146 2394 3482 2961
2 29281 14717 14564 1128 2964 632 1658 4091 3340 6771 6435 5013 29281 9933 13479 5870 22834 2391 6447 2916 3479 5484 6885 10309 6604
3 44786 37815 6971 2718 3517 665 1405 5194 3473 9173 4927 5046 44786 11335 23282 10169 30657 3183 14128 6971 6986 7567 10574 17849 8796
4 or more 19391 17887 1504 1623 417 189 447 1902 1281 3157 1946 1460 19391 4340 11585 3465 14122 1101 5269 2860 2364 3850 4770 6347 4424

Complete Bathrooms

None		 681 288 393 2 45 374 44 138 80 183 144 282 681 305 183 193 435 36 246 73 157 175 125 224 157
1 42113 18408 23705 690 2257 1211 3095 7043 5273 8914 8831 8723 42113 16267 16932 8913 32888 3547 9225 3794 5367 10289 10723 12883 8217
1 1/2 16548 13062 3486 295 756 363 435 2174 1137 4104 1811 1872 16548 4524 8644 3380 12586 1338 3962 1901 2042 4019 5272 4592 2665
2 or more 46920 40507 6412 4866 4160 178 964 3938 3324 8610 6348 3726 46920 10634 27815 8471 33237 2548 13682 7553 5923 5838 8638 20368 12076

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74347 65240 9107 4408 7219 1081 2478 6958 5344 16443 7675 8113 74347 16575 39478 18294 49163 5563 25184 12211 12731 11705 18523 28578 15541
Less than 500 725 445 280 38 253 30 58 112 112 195 134 173 725 180 311 234 415 54 309 128 180 109 113 332 170
500 to 749 2080 1317 764 12 840 91 200 261 239 484 332 601 2080 399 955 727 1103 187 977 429 539 281 479 942 378
750 to 999 5542 4162 1380 148 1737 134 361 556 649 1242 817 919 5542 1310 2371 1860 3311 561 2231 919 1299 646 1487 2332 1077
1,000 to 1,499 18306 15488 2818 753 2464 298 760 1959 1605 4498 1949 2434 18306 4478 8669 5159 11868 1568 6438 2795 3591 2029 4286 7750 4241
1,500 to 1,999 17492 15799 1693 984 1044 216 427 1525 1172 3683 1792 1409 17492 3935 9566 3990 11880 1264 5612 2809 2727 2422 4096 6750 4223
2,000 to 2,499 11699 11043 656 780 226 128 227 788 553 2415 921 803 11699 2388 6767 2544 7856 777 3843 2051 1767 2012 3098 4183 2406
2,500 to 2,999 5955 5685 271 494 63 37 103 412 234 1180 463 384 5955 1177 3634 1145 4073 303 1882 1027 841 1141 1560 2165 1091
3,000 to 3,999 5231 5036 195 506 35 41 77 285 208 1005 485 346 5231 984 3207 1040 3571 346 1660 948 694 1120 1444 1705 962
4,000 or more 2854 2708 146 355 67 27 47 219 113 621 252 186 2854 539 1704 612 1933 182 921 484 429 736 734 960 424
Not reported 4463 3558 905 339 490 80 218 841 461 1119 530 858 4463 1185 2295 982 3152 320 1311 622 662 1210 1226 1459 568
Median 1736 1798 1297 2064 1108 1413 1335 1555 1449 1668 1595 1397 1736 1668 1828 1584 1765 1599 1676 1771 1577 1950 1778 1663 1691

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 79647 67362 12285 4729 7175 1209 2617 8256 5959 17151 9109 9088 79647 19122 41870 18655 54131 5810 25516 12413 12845 13250 19278 30582 16536
Less than 1/8 acre 10942 8282 2660 566 1611 200 419 1488 1314 2453 1682 1641 10942 4258 5111 1573 9378 857 1564 841 716 2167 2580 2994 3201
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 22041 18027 4013 1138 1249 355 685 2678 2347 5005 2802 2537 22041 7524 11252 3265 19255 1881 2786 1359 1384 2748 5745 7329 6218
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 15846 13980 1866 964 609 219 421 1615 1093 3223 1658 1455 15846 4005 8999 2841 12711 1359 3135 1610 1482 2563 3870 6108 3305
1/2 up to 1 acre 10497 9200 1297 597 851 122 331 916 491 2120 1152 1031 10497 1631 6084 2782 6622 859 3875 1925 1923 2066 2258 4894 1279
1 up to 5 acres 14197 12483 1713 1031 1965 205 540 1288 519 2859 1284 1678 14197 1301 7640 5256 4902 672 9295 4637 4584 2795 2949 6766 1687
5 up to 10 acres 2352 2157 195 200 452 27 72 82 64 439 184 248 2352 133 1213 1007 483 75 1869 896 932 340 683 1011 318
10 acres or more 3772 3233 539 233 437 80 149 190 129 1052 347 497 3772 270 1572 1930 780 107 2992 1145 1824 572 1193 1479 527
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 0.33 0.45 0.23

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 74006 52964 21041 4169 4669 1199 2744 8345 4117 20289 10883 9918 74006 21323 37532 15150 54745 5534 19261 9431 9616 13892 17987 27129 14997
0.51 to 1.00 29595 18316 11279 1634 2279 779 1502 4508 4438 1432 5650 3844 29595 9243 14943 5410 22193 1820 7403 3722 3590 5972 6430 10130 7064
1.01 to 1.50 2151 844 1307 49 226 100 207 369 988 76 479 647 2151 894 924 334 1752 96 400 162 238 343 304 686 818
1.51 or more 509 140 369 2 45 48 84 70 271 15 122 194 509 271 175 63 457 18 52 7 45 115 36 122 236

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 24458 19140 5318 1036 1848 353 913 2754 1028 9307 2782 3971 24458 6866 11992 5599 17826 2012 6632 2980 3587 4314 6061 9396 4686
0.51 to 1.00 51896 35949 15947 3412 3274 862 1909 6007 3337 11079 8346 6269 51896 14803 26788 10305 38219 3735 13677 6942 6570 9691 12353 18995 10857
1.01 to 1.50 16173 11494 4679 1030 1197 305 646 2245 1951 598 2751 1610 16173 4375 8656 3142 11729 1012 4443 2277 2130 3242 3825 5581 3525
1.51 or more 12914 5637 7277 376 900 444 913 2143 3409 704 2983 2462 12914 5116 5938 1861 10589 678 2325 1116 1182 2799 2385 4015 3716
No bedrooms 820 45 775 0 0 163 156 142 88 124 272 290 820 571 199 50 783 32 37 6 18 274 135 81 330

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74347 65240 9107 4408 7219 1081 2478 6958 5344 16443 7675 8113 74347 16575 39478 18294 49163 5563 25184 12211 12731 11705 18523 28578 15541
Less than 200 1744 1144 601 53 526 69 157 289 547 152 287 453 1744 501 760 483 1117 109 627 247 374 186 309 762 488
200 to 299 4365 3271 1094 134 837 79 245 515 814 257 635 667 4365 1091 2097 1176 2847 322 1517 647 854 503 1047 1682 1132
300 to 399 6432 5307 1126 252 911 122 267 715 758 482 810 678 6432 1512 3421 1500 4302 452 2130 1067 1048 834 1457 2596 1546
400 to 499 7386 6333 1053 386 903 104 248 753 627 733 915 576 7386 1719 3853 1814 4924 523 2462 1139 1292 1099 1802 2830 1655
500 to 599 6968 6182 786 460 610 121 205 679 402 926 730 550 6968 1404 3941 1623 4682 536 2286 1187 1087 1112 1734 2635 1487
600 to 699 6897 6157 740 431 613 84 204 553 338 1229 675 495 6897 1478 3814 1605 4445 473 2452 1297 1133 1026 1837 2596 1438
700 to 799 5704 5206 497 399 556 97 177 473 279 1400 585 532 5704 1148 3078 1477 3663 421 2041 967 1056 728 1421 2322 1233
800 to 899 4485 4142 344 347 424 54 121 308 195 1041 419 347 4485 906 2444 1136 2884 318 1601 752 818 662 1097 1684 1043
900 to 999 4142 3748 395 241 377 46 122 265 173 1140 351 364 4142 881 2291 970 2760 331 1383 738 640 605 1047 1608 882
1,000 to 1,499 12137 11199 938 778 737 133 309 814 416 4102 1002 1398 12137 2532 6458 3146 7784 928 4353 2080 2219 1904 3121 4790 2322
1,500 or more 9623 8994 629 588 235 91 207 753 334 3864 737 1196 9623 2218 5026 2380 6603 831 3020 1465 1549 1837 2426 3615 1745
Not reported 4463 3558 905 339 490 80 218 841 461 1119 530 858 4463 1185 2295 982 3152 320 1311 622 662 1210 1226 1459 568
Median 720 747 529 779 530 606 604 619 451 1037 629 739 720 699 722 730 718 749 722 721 723 767 732 719 681
@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