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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 4-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Renter Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 33727 1164 1210 1168 2508 6937 5037 4270 11322 7829 33727 14736 14050 4941 29406 2604 4321 1927 2337 7345 6625 11325 8432

Rooms

1 room		 373 0 0 126 114 79 40 60 114 170 373 262 95 15 352 9 21 2 6 154 54 16 149
2 rooms 897 10 9 50 110 158 116 159 360 275 897 523 274 101 862 83 34 17 17 272 138 173 314
3 rooms 7709 280 55 305 531 1389 1219 1620 2538 1946 7709 3755 3154 800 7186 513 524 235 287 2016 1553 2142 1998
4 rooms 11741 385 534 335 831 2403 1924 1269 4260 2614 11741 5013 4987 1742 10324 1008 1417 656 734 2281 2367 4123 2971
5 rooms 7563 338 444 211 537 1769 1098 681 2444 1741 7563 3138 3239 1186 6418 567 1146 519 620 1476 1445 2885 1758
6 rooms 3534 115 132 109 237 758 448 309 1003 738 3534 1416 1396 722 2786 277 749 299 445 755 700 1333 746
7 rooms 1180 27 31 25 89 262 129 93 374 227 1180 443 503 233 930 102 250 115 131 247 219 412 301
8 rooms 398 7 4 2 33 62 36 45 145 53 398 78 241 79 287 23 111 55 56 80 70 154 94
9 rooms 151 2 2 2 12 34 11 11 46 27 151 53 71 27 108 7 43 22 20 27 37 51 35
10 rooms or more 181 2 0 3 14 23 14 24 39 37 181 55 89 36 153 16 27 8 20 39 40 36 66

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 749 27 19 26 75 143 114 61 238 144 749 321 317 112 636 55 113 53 57 185 108 281 175
1 or more rooms, no direct access 913 55 40 36 69 176 97 77 310 109 913 376 407 131 781 53 133 53 77 182 165 304 261
Not reported 261 16 12 0 23 59 13 7 84 50 261 131 94 36 244 28 17 9 8 58 56 102 45

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 2910 139 44 123 202 438 244 164 960 321 2910 1229 1333 348 2541 147 369 163 201 548 529 946 888
Not reported 258 16 12 0 23 57 10 7 87 50 258 129 93 36 243 28 15 7 8 55 56 102 45

Bedrooms

None		 765 0 0 151 147 136 85 116 259 275 765 541 187 37 736 26 29 6 11 261 123 64 317
1 10104 343 69 383 760 1858 1493 1975 3362 2473 10104 4969 4138 997 9433 659 671 319 337 2662 1981 2951 2510
2 14452 522 651 394 1002 3007 2299 1512 5112 3110 14452 6051 6214 2187 12649 1235 1803 834 952 2824 3009 5029 3589
3 6915 231 460 201 501 1597 976 537 2107 1627 6915 2624 2863 1428 5421 566 1494 625 863 1262 1227 2792 1634
4 or more 1491 69 29 39 97 338 183 130 482 344 1491 552 647 292 1167 118 324 143 174 336 284 488 382

Complete Bathrooms

None		 389 2 2 224 28 88 46 72 132 174 389 229 87 73 314 27 75 14 46 119 72 88 111
1 23507 469 618 808 2006 5039 3788 3321 7518 6017 23507 11096 8938 3473 20751 1912 2756 1169 1561 6066 5080 6922 5439
1 1/2 3458 96 146 91 156 761 427 373 1092 664 3458 1235 1645 578 2996 324 463 205 254 659 776 1241 783
2 or more 6373 597 443 46 318 1049 775 504 2580 974 6373 2176 3380 818 5345 341 1028 540 476 502 697 3075 2099

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 9016 159 1210 234 703 1457 1133 911 2688 2053 9016 2526 3859 2631 6121 908 2895 1156 1723 1041 1720 3888 2368
Less than 500 277 10 79 7 26 45 54 34 96 74 277 88 108 82 190 26 87 31 56 41 33 133 70
500 to 749 756 6 265 20 77 127 123 75 218 268 756 171 336 249 426 70 330 148 179 68 127 388 173
750 to 999 1365 14 318 48 135 230 185 139 457 322 1365 390 519 456 904 159 461 160 297 103 286 624 352
1,000 to 1,499 2788 46 310 78 209 397 331 285 822 620 2788 773 1174 841 1879 289 909 355 552 188 505 1318 777
1,500 to 1,999 1676 26 105 34 120 283 167 159 508 267 1676 475 731 470 1168 169 508 204 302 187 291 713 485
2,000 to 2,499 650 18 16 18 28 88 48 66 200 104 650 172 301 177 438 53 212 88 124 82 142 241 184
2,500 to 2,999 269 2 3 2 11 41 23 25 71 54 269 68 122 79 179 20 90 31 59 65 72 82 48
3,000 to 3,999 193 2 0 0 7 9 26 30 41 40 193 41 85 67 126 27 67 27 40 36 37 72 47
4,000 or more 145 5 4 2 9 21 16 21 22 27 145 37 70 38 100 11 45 18 27 45 39 34 27
Not reported 897 29 111 25 81 216 160 76 252 275 897 311 413 173 711 85 185 93 88 225 187 281 203
Median 1297 1382 911 1190 1173 1274 1186 1296 1271 1180 1297 1296 1323 1263 1315 1270 1262 1270 1259 1520 1317 1249 1313

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 12171 359 1207 332 796 2272 1597 1168 3940 2803 12171 4019 5268 2884 9105 1096 3066 1255 1789 1661 2267 5105 3138
Less than 1/8 acre 2630 83 225 75 150 500 437 236 895 657 2630 1169 1036 425 2348 254 282 110 171 423 469 805 933
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 3973 86 316 105 234 838 588 352 1345 924 3973 1512 1736 725 3376 386 597 254 340 397 793 1645 1138
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 1851 53 118 51 125 391 240 158 534 381 1851 651 813 387 1470 180 381 167 207 306 312 763 471
1/2 up to 1 acre 1288 29 138 28 87 198 111 145 439 272 1288 312 578 398 830 124 458 178 274 197 289 644 157
1 up to 5 acres 1701 70 314 50 131 262 147 186 511 438 1701 258 757 686 781 132 920 362 554 256 265 887 293
5 up to 10 acres 194 10 60 5 8 18 13 19 60 37 194 15 104 75 67 8 127 59 68 7 45 106 35
10 acres or more 534 28 37 19 62 65 60 73 157 93 534 102 244 188 232 12 303 124 176 75 94 255 110
Median 0.23 0.30 0.38 0.23 0.28 0.22 0.20 0.25 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.20 0.24 0.44 0.21 0.22 0.80 0.77 0.82 0.26 0.23 0.28 0.20

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 20883 742 634 559 1345 4011 1772 3776 6768 4656 20883 8894 8714 3275 18139 1768 2743 1205 1507 4458 4604 7213 4606
0.51 to 1.00 11187 401 464 485 950 2606 2422 469 4074 2545 11187 5007 4704 1476 9777 758 1410 665 719 2529 1867 3648 3143
1.01 to 1.50 1293 21 100 80 147 260 643 19 385 459 1293 609 517 167 1136 65 157 55 102 251 129 403 510
1.51 or more 364 0 11 45 66 60 199 5 96 169 364 226 116 22 353 14 11 2 9 107 25 60 172

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 5280 126 298 113 329 1037 344 1235 1472 1215 5280 2048 2136 1096 4253 486 1027 404 611 1024 1213 2081 961
0.51 to 1.00 15828 690 432 431 1023 3099 1454 2496 5357 3582 15828 6804 6712 2313 13981 1354 1847 869 959 3414 3383 5385 3647
1.01 to 1.50 4642 160 229 142 363 1178 865 129 1747 991 4642 1904 2041 698 3963 346 679 318 352 972 806 1654 1210
1.51 or more 7212 188 251 332 646 1486 2289 293 2487 1766 7212 3439 2975 798 6473 393 739 330 405 1675 1100 2141 2297
No bedrooms 765 0 0 151 147 136 85 116 259 275 765 541 187 37 736 26 29 6 11 261 123 64 317

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 9016 159 1210 234 703 1457 1133 911 2688 2053 9016 2526 3859 2631 6121 908 2895 1156 1723 1041 1720 3888 2368
Less than 200 595 15 176 30 70 128 189 24 184 235 595 178 238 179 395 43 200 64 135 58 81 295 161
200 to 299 1081 8 180 22 91 159 230 37 346 265 1081 308 472 300 725 102 356 155 199 64 164 480 373
300 to 399 1114 8 163 35 77 171 165 54 368 246 1114 328 494 293 774 107 340 152 186 88 189 527 311
400 to 499 1042 27 136 22 69 182 119 50 369 183 1042 311 425 306 734 106 308 105 201 100 229 414 299
500 to 599 778 16 69 22 53 114 56 62 202 145 778 187 395 196 546 62 231 98 134 78 163 339 198
600 to 699 733 19 89 11 56 112 31 58 250 121 733 214 299 220 486 76 247 100 144 59 136 352 186
700 to 799 493 10 92 20 38 76 37 55 156 99 493 121 212 159 302 45 190 73 114 42 94 229 128
800 to 899 340 3 46 12 22 40 25 64 95 71 340 79 131 130 218 35 122 27 95 34 70 126 110
900 to 999 391 0 62 9 27 58 21 59 116 79 391 113 161 117 262 51 129 64 66 55 77 170 89
1,000 to 1,499 930 11 64 23 73 122 56 188 235 196 930 223 358 349 566 123 363 138 226 114 214 425 177
1,500 or more 623 12 22 3 46 78 44 184 116 137 623 153 260 210 400 74 223 87 136 124 116 251 133
Not reported 897 29 111 25 81 216 160 76 252 275 897 311 413 173 711 85 185 93 88 225 187 281 203
Median 529 540 422 484 507 489 340 924 486 477 529 494 523 577 513 587 565 556 572 633 563 525 479
@9Does not include cooperatives or condominiums.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division