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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units With Elderly Householder

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 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		 21812 17513 4299 594 1462 416 768 2078 1104 958 4602 21812 6066 10407 5338 15687 1898 6125 2636 3440 4777 5163 7805 4067

Rooms

1 room		 64 3 61 0 0 20 20 14 12 7 27 64 52 9 3 61 0 3 0 3 33 6 3 21
2 rooms 193 33 160 3 8 20 16 26 22 29 78 193 98 72 23 173 9 20 5 14 76 20 47 50
3 rooms 1960 330 1630 70 60 90 99 272 172 230 733 1960 800 851 309 1729 169 232 92 140 644 478 469 370
4 rooms 3634 2356 1278 102 539 71 150 296 206 244 939 3634 1035 1651 947 2585 335 1049 426 612 777 847 1314 696
5 rooms 5578 4893 685 179 520 97 238 513 288 214 1136 5578 1428 2600 1550 3845 539 1733 707 1012 945 1440 2209 985
6 rooms 5042 4732 311 153 250 71 132 506 209 126 957 5042 1330 2379 1333 3443 446 1600 700 887 1091 1122 1893 936
7 rooms 2872 2778 94 41 71 21 64 250 116 43 446 2872 752 1485 635 2062 214 810 384 420 586 692 1041 552
8 rooms 1372 1328 45 32 11 13 28 105 23 33 166 1372 310 743 319 971 85 402 167 234 361 303 475 233
9 rooms 525 513 11 3 0 6 5 45 25 10 46 525 117 304 104 405 60 120 75 45 124 130 157 113
10 rooms or more 571 547 24 11 2 5 17 51 31 21 75 571 143 314 115 415 43 157 79 72 140 124 197 111

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 429 367 61 7 13 7 19 39 11 12 78 429 121 183 125 302 37 127 40 87 111 90 147 80
1 or more rooms, no direct access 579 502 77 23 15 5 8 22 22 14 78 579 148 329 102 431 39 149 86 63 111 151 161 156
Not reported 86 79 7 5 3 3 10 8 0 5 18 86 20 37 30 61 10 25 5 20 17 17 32 20

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 1265 1100 165 47 49 17 34 74 56 49 159 1265 354 604 307 846 75 419 184 231 258 265 430 312
Not reported 89 82 7 7 3 3 10 11 0 7 18 89 22 37 30 64 10 25 5 20 14 20 32 22

Bedrooms

None		 124 7 117 0 0 23 23 19 17 22 50 124 88 31 5 121 2 3 0 3 60 8 11 45
1 2586 599 1987 83 95 119 119 329 210 280 932 2586 1027 1155 405 2246 202 341 138 203 858 593 657 478
2 6771 5248 1523 183 845 122 291 564 303 358 1476 6771 1881 3196 1694 4874 623 1897 811 1071 1400 1648 2408 1315
3 9173 8633 541 283 502 120 244 831 427 240 1698 9173 2316 4356 2502 6204 841 2970 1284 1661 1608 2211 3716 1638
4 or more 3157 3027 130 45 20 33 92 334 147 58 446 3157 755 1670 732 2242 230 914 403 503 852 703 1013 590

Complete Bathrooms

None		 183 111 72 0 14 103 9 39 23 4 86 183 79 30 74 97 8 87 20 67 45 38 74 26
1 8914 5570 3344 118 457 225 531 1180 569 499 2510 8914 2926 3591 2397 6385 856 2529 972 1541 2428 2308 2883 1295
1 1/2 4104 3729 376 34 164 72 77 408 157 76 725 4104 1031 2084 989 3055 391 1049 449 598 1046 1362 1116 580
2 or more 8610 8104 507 442 827 17 150 450 355 378 1281 8610 2030 4702 1878 6150 644 2460 1196 1234 1258 1454 3732 2166

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 16443 15523 919 410 1462 249 539 1358 709 432 3100 16443 3712 7941 4790 10725 1570 5717 2451 3220 2937 3974 6451 3080
Less than 500 195 161 34 24 54 21 17 21 16 6 75 195 47 83 64 113 16 81 32 48 38 38 90 28
500 to 749 484 409 76 5 184 18 41 58 30 20 158 484 82 193 210 232 47 253 90 163 83 123 212 67
750 to 999 1242 1102 141 3 337 24 97 130 79 37 301 1242 289 499 454 737 125 505 170 330 168 308 545 221
1,000 to 1,499 4498 4210 288 111 568 87 168 445 226 118 945 4498 1006 2041 1451 2872 472 1626 645 979 620 1006 1934 938
1,500 to 1,999 3683 3522 161 134 208 39 66 249 160 125 574 3683 850 1824 1009 2415 351 1268 596 658 556 774 1515 837
2,000 to 2,499 2415 2349 66 37 26 19 47 127 65 38 343 2415 562 1256 597 1672 225 744 370 371 476 630 851 458
2,500 to 2,999 1180 1155 26 24 6 10 30 72 23 28 180 1180 273 638 269 804 68 376 165 201 256 337 388 199
3,000 to 3,999 1005 974 30 30 10 8 22 51 33 21 169 1005 204 522 279 683 104 322 147 176 227 258 370 149
4,000 or more 621 600 21 12 5 9 14 49 29 19 78 621 143 320 159 438 62 183 86 97 204 130 212 74
Not reported 1119 1042 76 29 63 14 38 157 49 20 278 1119 255 565 299 759 100 359 150 198 309 369 333 109
Median 1668 1693 1296 1674 1109 1315 1283 1440 1454 1602 1464 1668 1678 1739 1533 1712 1606 1584 1678 1495 1864 1711 1591 1638

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 17151 15973 1178 446 1438 267 545 1510 751 488 3288 17151 4089 8206 4855 11367 1604 5783 2483 3251 3217 4077 6640 3217
Less than 1/8 acre 2453 2215 238 99 420 35 77 285 140 135 546 2453 945 1075 433 2028 202 426 193 231 552 610 690 600
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 5005 4649 356 107 310 76 161 491 334 148 809 5005 1667 2389 949 4284 547 721 312 401 789 1369 1539 1308
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 3223 3064 159 57 118 51 61 235 136 73 554 3223 771 1622 830 2477 416 746 330 414 637 761 1280 546
1/2 up to 1 acre 2120 1975 145 52 142 27 69 146 59 43 378 2120 318 1104 698 1295 215 825 334 482 480 399 993 248
1 up to 5 acres 2859 2672 187 78 327 58 125 282 61 58 651 2859 291 1391 1177 1007 183 1851 847 994 543 538 1427 350
5 up to 10 acres 439 420 19 15 50 12 4 14 10 8 100 439 37 210 192 95 21 343 156 171 69 100 213 57
10 acres or more 1052 979 73 37 72 9 47 56 10 23 251 1052 59 416 578 182 19 870 312 558 146 299 498 108
Median 0.34 0.34 0.25 0.32 0.25 0.36 0.39 0.24 0.21 0.22 0.38 0.34 0.21 0.35 0.66 0.23 0.28 1.37 1.34 1.39 0.35 0.27 0.46 0.22

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 20289 16487 3801 560 1355 327 684 1759 825 847 4229 20289 5498 9718 5072 14535 1827 5753 2459 3246 4372 4874 7334 3708
0.51 to 1.00 1432 959 473 33 103 83 68 289 252 106 342 1432 527 656 248 1077 66 355 173 182 395 276 442 319
1.01 to 1.50 76 57 19 0 4 4 11 29 24 4 24 76 33 28 15 65 6 11 2 9 10 13 26 27
1.51 or more 15 10 5 0 0 3 5 0 2 0 8 15 8 5 2 10 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 13

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 9307 8063 1244 185 625 133 343 771 272 255 2080 9307 2461 4289 2556 6606 975 2701 1096 1581 1907 2347 3457 1597
0.51 to 1.00 11079 8566 2512 375 740 211 350 1033 591 583 2147 11079 3059 5444 2576 7958 865 3121 1385 1711 2445 2581 3941 2111
1.01 to 1.50 598 468 130 9 47 11 27 138 96 43 125 598 184 301 112 444 30 154 71 83 138 116 226 118
1.51 or more 704 409 295 25 50 39 26 116 128 55 199 704 274 342 89 558 27 147 84 62 228 110 170 196
No bedrooms 124 7 117 0 0 23 23 19 17 22 50 124 88 31 5 121 2 3 0 3 60 8 11 45

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 16443 15523 919 410 1462 249 539 1358 709 432 3100 16443 3712 7941 4790 10725 1570 5717 2451 3220 2937 3974 6451 3080
Less than 200 152 128 24 4 32 13 14 36 29 3 48 152 34 79 38 98 9 54 25 29 21 37 60 34
200 to 299 257 220 38 19 56 12 23 51 43 15 63 257 65 112 81 171 24 86 28 57 48 36 121 52
300 to 399 482 427 54 7 71 10 35 99 58 17 117 482 93 259 129 287 27 194 92 102 84 88 191 118
400 to 499 733 682 50 5 134 19 40 66 59 18 152 733 189 312 232 469 60 264 86 172 110 177 317 129
500 to 599 926 863 63 39 145 10 18 101 46 38 127 926 211 447 268 598 65 327 124 203 166 190 404 167
600 to 699 1229 1169 59 35 173 14 35 100 73 41 198 1229 281 582 366 771 110 458 202 256 168 310 470 280
700 to 799 1400 1345 55 43 220 32 40 100 51 39 277 1400 269 662 470 820 122 581 231 347 195 299 604 303
800 to 899 1041 976 64 29 142 16 44 88 40 50 146 1041 231 529 281 634 76 406 189 205 154 228 408 251
900 to 999 1140 1080 60 43 119 5 41 69 43 35 150 1140 248 564 328 722 103 418 193 225 194 237 470 239
1,000 to 1,499 4102 3912 189 78 238 65 116 254 117 79 794 4102 898 1996 1207 2670 414 1432 627 794 684 1028 1606 784
1,500 or more 3864 3678 186 79 68 39 94 236 101 77 752 3864 938 1835 1091 2726 460 1138 504 631 805 976 1467 616
Not reported 1119 1042 76 29 63 14 38 157 49 20 278 1119 255 565 299 759 100 359 150 198 309 369 333 109
Median 1037 1044 923 920 740 847 901 854 743 870 1084 1037 1060 1035 1021 1077 1167 973 989 961 1127 1098 1004 963
@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