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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units With Black Householder
[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 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		 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223

Rooms

1 room		 82 2 79 0 0 31 16 14 20 30 82 50 26 5 76 0 5 0 5 46 14 13 10
2 rooms 162 3 159 0 3 16 22 26 67 74 162 106 48 8 162 8 0 0 0 65 24 47 26
3 rooms 1462 65 1396 37 6 80 124 272 450 489 1462 910 466 86 1409 70 53 37 15 404 280 587 191
4 rooms 2907 492 2415 69 107 115 290 296 805 854 2907 1674 902 330 2685 204 222 84 126 574 483 1543 306
5 rooms 3329 1550 1778 161 280 99 322 513 592 903 3329 1688 1154 486 2804 207 525 242 279 453 656 1943 277
6 rooms 2822 2060 762 123 160 82 261 506 302 617 2822 1464 1005 353 2370 111 451 202 242 447 555 1653 167
7 rooms 1336 1072 264 76 81 32 75 250 152 239 1336 593 605 138 1110 47 226 126 91 198 224 776 138
8 rooms 620 558 62 39 37 9 37 105 52 81 620 241 317 62 524 28 97 60 34 96 139 332 53
9 rooms 279 245 34 48 10 5 28 45 70 34 279 112 147 21 250 16 29 25 4 60 65 128 26
10 rooms or more 294 271 23 40 9 3 6 51 47 19 294 131 146 18 259 9 36 26 9 44 63 158 29

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 328 185 143 2 23 15 40 39 44 59 328 157 119 52 275 14 53 12 38 57 62 181 27
1 or more rooms, no direct access 489 312 177 81 29 6 30 22 113 55 489 224 225 41 432 21 57 32 20 77 95 263 54
Not reported 114 55 59 7 3 0 26 8 23 34 114 75 39 0 112 0 2 2 0 14 15 79 6

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 1100 659 441 90 33 31 75 74 182 144 1100 502 501 97 982 48 119 66 49 135 200 613 152
Not reported 117 60 57 7 3 0 26 11 23 34 117 76 41 0 115 0 2 2 0 12 20 79 6

Bedrooms

None		 142 5 137 0 0 38 19 19 37 54 142 99 36 7 137 2 5 0 5 68 23 25 27
1 1963 95 1868 40 14 115 178 329 617 632 1963 1215 639 109 1893 89 70 46 21 554 382 774 253
2 4091 1068 3022 95 138 138 394 564 987 1133 4091 2383 1263 445 3773 268 318 131 177 736 790 2178 387
3 5194 3588 1606 289 431 138 446 831 695 1163 5194 2477 1987 730 4237 260 957 472 471 722 910 3170 391
4 or more 1902 1562 340 171 109 42 143 334 221 357 1902 795 892 215 1608 83 294 154 132 307 398 1032 165

Complete Bathrooms

None		 138 49 89 0 6 86 6 39 29 61 138 82 25 31 100 8 38 13 23 31 21 72 14
1 7043 1976 5067 72 123 272 893 1180 1542 2228 7043 4364 1915 764 6443 424 600 248 340 1708 1495 3288 552
1 1/2 2174 1408 765 45 90 64 82 408 294 429 2174 1123 836 215 1940 118 233 131 98 336 572 1109 156
2 or more 3938 2885 1054 477 474 49 200 450 692 622 3938 1400 2042 497 3164 151 774 411 345 312 415 2710 501

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 6958 5491 1466 415 692 171 646 1358 794 1408 6958 2960 2802 1196 5468 438 1490 707 758 596 1338 4470 553
Less than 500 112 66 46 7 33 2 14 21 21 35 112 57 31 24 82 4 30 10 20 19 16 74 3
500 to 749 261 133 127 0 48 12 66 58 36 107 261 87 99 75 170 29 91 42 46 27 25 201 7
750 to 999 556 325 232 19 107 30 77 130 75 172 556 248 128 180 402 66 154 39 114 25 92 405 34
1,000 to 1,499 1959 1559 400 76 214 65 229 445 203 438 1959 845 678 436 1428 119 531 209 317 73 302 1418 166
1,500 to 1,999 1525 1241 285 65 125 23 85 249 163 230 1525 590 722 213 1216 85 309 176 128 76 278 1024 147
2,000 to 2,499 788 700 88 49 23 17 59 127 78 105 788 335 337 116 692 66 95 46 50 87 160 467 74
2,500 to 2,999 412 370 41 49 28 2 16 72 48 56 412 170 207 35 343 11 68 44 24 48 109 220 34
3,000 to 3,999 285 276 9 46 8 2 15 51 38 10 285 110 156 19 244 7 41 24 12 55 75 130 25
4,000 or more 219 198 21 28 4 3 12 49 35 18 219 108 93 18 184 7 35 24 11 39 49 118 13
Not reported 841 623 217 75 102 15 74 157 96 238 841 410 350 80 707 43 134 93 37 147 231 412 50
Median 1555 1641 1274 2023 1248 1264 1282 1440 1541 1310 1555 1532 1700 1319 1622 1412 1379 1521 1285 2027 1712 1475 1642

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 8256 5970 2286 465 692 208 715 1510 1081 1753 8256 3858 3157 1241 6742 479 1515 724 763 987 1524 5093 652
Less than 1/8 acre 1488 984 504 47 80 35 132 285 200 319 1488 943 410 136 1423 98 65 27 37 317 350 645 176
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 2678 1834 844 100 99 71 243 491 402 590 2678 1508 966 204 2527 139 151 84 64 301 646 1440 291
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 1615 1223 392 98 67 32 110 235 220 281 1615 727 722 166 1439 95 175 99 71 203 271 1027 114
1/2 up to 1 acre 916 717 199 71 94 25 75 146 123 185 916 295 424 198 645 64 272 137 133 64 108 711 34
1 up to 5 acres 1288 1025 263 131 299 31 129 282 108 310 1288 300 555 433 565 68 723 340 365 81 119 1058 30
5 up to 10 acres 82 63 18 6 17 0 4 14 9 16 82 20 39 23 42 0 40 17 23 9 13 53 7
10 acres or more 190 125 65 13 36 15 22 56 18 53 190 65 42 83 101 14 89 20 69 13 16 161 0
Median 0.25 0.28 0.22 0.47 1.08 0.25 0.24 0.24 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.21 0.32 0.79 0.22 0.26 1.52 1.18 1.82 0.20 0.21 0.36 0.19

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 8345 4313 4032 359 380 227 722 1759 1473 1967 8345 4273 3107 965 7262 459 1083 550 506 1304 1643 4649 749
0.51 to 1.00 4508 1888 2620 227 288 212 371 289 1007 1184 4508 2442 1559 507 3988 232 520 234 275 943 796 2340 428
1.01 to 1.50 369 108 261 8 17 28 64 29 48 148 369 212 125 33 329 11 40 18 22 108 58 167 35
1.51 or more 70 10 61 0 7 4 23 0 29 41 70 41 27 3 67 0 3 0 3 32 6 23 10

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 2754 1711 1043 97 147 66 265 771 331 669 2754 1416 916 423 2300 168 454 188 255 338 556 1639 221
0.51 to 1.00 6007 2891 3116 303 295 161 490 1033 1175 1416 6007 3012 2350 645 5282 334 726 395 311 998 1139 3317 553
1.01 to 1.50 2245 1061 1184 147 165 69 181 138 498 556 2245 1169 804 271 1946 107 299 128 165 425 406 1220 194
1.51 or more 2143 649 1494 48 85 137 226 116 517 644 2143 1272 711 160 1983 91 160 91 69 558 378 979 228
No bedrooms 142 5 137 0 0 38 19 19 37 54 142 99 36 7 137 2 5 0 5 68 23 25 27

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 6958 5491 1466 415 692 171 646 1358 794 1408 6958 2960 2802 1196 5468 438 1490 707 758 596 1338 4470 553
Less than 200 289 160 129 11 68 13 42 36 49 98 289 122 95 72 213 18 76 22 53 51 36 191 11
200 to 299 515 354 161 14 52 19 59 51 74 129 515 241 173 101 436 52 79 30 49 32 96 332 55
300 to 399 715 543 172 35 119 36 78 99 87 173 715 266 314 135 497 21 218 102 114 42 93 512 68
400 to 499 753 570 183 46 108 19 61 66 103 124 753 322 273 157 584 48 169 55 109 53 131 507 61
500 to 599 679 564 115 42 36 14 56 101 73 111 679 252 327 100 558 44 121 65 56 60 115 445 58
600 to 699 553 440 113 31 25 3 48 100 69 76 553 237 226 91 465 40 89 37 51 29 118 369 37
700 to 799 473 397 77 29 27 9 60 100 57 75 473 196 204 73 367 39 106 64 34 22 92 341 19
800 to 899 308 268 40 12 49 5 26 88 30 58 308 109 139 60 216 26 92 59 34 25 50 213 19
900 to 999 265 207 59 14 23 3 26 69 22 42 265 111 116 38 206 12 59 33 26 12 51 172 30
1,000 to 1,499 814 691 123 59 64 26 68 254 61 165 814 315 319 180 576 49 238 100 131 42 141 555 76
1,500 or more 753 675 79 47 18 8 49 236 71 120 753 378 265 110 644 45 109 45 64 80 183 420 70
Not reported 841 623 217 75 102 15 74 157 96 238 841 410 350 80 707 43 134 93 37 147 231 412 50
Median 619 655 488 670 451 450 583 854 548 555 619 630 619 593 620 634 617 683 563 577 669 611 598
@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