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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1B-3. Size of Unit and Lot--All Housing Units--In Central Cities

(Numbers in thousands)
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		 34760 182 34578 31439 16703 14736 3139 1316 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668

Rooms

1 room		 336 10 326 271 9 262 55 30 10.2 0 7 3 15 5 0
2 rooms 698 13 685 552 29 523 133 65 10.9 2 9 28 29 6 4
3 rooms 4720 29 4691 4075 320 3755 615 390 9.4 28 24 82 91 173 31
4 rooms 7715 80 7635 6652 1639 5013 984 484 8.8 50 46 209 195 206 278
5 rooms 7836 32 7804 7158 4020 3138 646 203 6.0 109 77 100 158 302 203
6 rooms 6647 9 6638 6182 4766 1416 456 105 6.9 77 53 67 153 255 113
7 rooms 3453 3 3450 3310 2867 443 140 31 6.5 32 6 23 47 123 32
8 rooms 1786 5 1781 1723 1645 78 58 2 2.0 16 8 17 16 114 3
9 rooms 771 0 771 748 695 53 23 3 5.9 15 0 4 2 47 0
10 rooms or more 798 2 797 769 714 55 28 1 2.2 9 4 2 12 52 4

Bedrooms

None		 698 10 688 564 23 541 124 51 8.7 2 7 30 35 5 0
1 6394 48 6346 5506 537 4969 840 525 9.5 33 40 122 119 213 38
2 11168 89 11079 9844 3793 6051 1234 542 8.2 101 82 239 270 299 372
3 11990 30 11960 11230 8607 2624 730 166 6.0 146 81 102 234 486 248
4 or more 4511 6 4505 4295 3743 552 210 30 5.1 57 22 41 60 279 10

Complete Bathrooms

None		 614 12 602 302 73 229 300 86 26.9 18 18 32 147 7 14
1 18081 104 17978 16119 5024 11096 1858 966 8.0 136 134 231 391 280 183
1 1/2 4792 4 4788 4479 3243 1235 309 106 7.8 54 30 62 56 100 49
2 or more 11273 62 11210 10539 8363 2176 671 157 6.7 130 51 210 124 895 422

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 17552 74 17479 16394 13868 2526 1085 189 6.9 238 101 192 365 679 668
Less than 500 215 9 206 179 91 88 27 6 5.9 2 2 0 18 4 33
500 to 749 477 21 456 393 222 171 63 23 11.7 2 0 7 31 0 86
750 to 999 1436 6 1430 1294 904 390 136 30 7.2 19 9 34 43 14 124
1,000 to 1,499 4739 17 4723 4426 3653 773 297 44 5.3 75 22 67 89 113 263
1,500 to 1,999 4057 1 4056 3891 3417 475 164 26 5.2 48 15 37 38 176 108
2,000 to 2,499 2463 4 2458 2362 2190 172 97 15 8.2 28 14 14 26 112 13
2,500 to 2,999 1233 2 1230 1166 1098 68 64 6 7.2 15 11 7 25 78 0
3,000 to 3,999 1020 7 1013 975 933 41 39 5 10.9 12 5 4 13 93 5
4,000 or more 585 0 585 534 497 37 51 5 12.6 14 8 4 20 42 6
Not reported (includes don't know) 1328 6 1322 1174 864 311 148 28 8.3 23 15 18 64 47 30
Median 1653 899 1655 1669 1738 1296 1408 1243 ... 1601 1820 1341 1332 2041 1145

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 20404 81 20322 18926 14908 4019 1396 329 7.5 258 130 225 454 792 660
Less than 1/8 acre 4635 31 4604 4212 3043 1169 392 89 7.0 73 43 51 136 157 271
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 8021 20 8000 7436 5924 1512 564 122 7.4 110 46 119 167 293 221
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 4181 5 4175 3969 3318 651 206 41 5.9 45 20 23 78 196 44
1/2 up to 1 acre 1711 5 1706 1618 1306 312 87 18 5.5 26 13 10 21 37 19
1 up to 5 acres 1409 20 1389 1291 1033 258 98 37 12.6 5 9 13 33 81 62
5 up to 10 acres 142 0 142 132 117 15 10 4 20.1 0 0 0 6 17 30
10 acres or more 306 0 306 268 166 102 39 18 15.1 0 0 9 12 13 13
Median 0.21 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.20 ... 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.16
@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