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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units With Black Householder
(Numbers in thousands)
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		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Rooms

1 room		 81 2 79 0 0 31 16 14 20 30 81 50 25 5 76 0 5 0 5 46 13 13 9
2 rooms 161 3 158 0 3 16 22 26 67 74 161 105 48 8 161 8 0 0 0 66 23 46 26
3 rooms 1454 65 1389 37 5 79 124 271 448 486 1454 904 465 85 1402 70 53 37 15 405 277 586 187
4 rooms 2892 489 2403 69 106 115 288 295 800 849 2892 1665 898 329 2670 204 222 84 126 575 477 1540 300
5 rooms 3311 1542 1769 161 280 99 320 510 590 899 3311 1677 1149 485 2787 206 524 242 278 454 647 1939 271
6 rooms 2808 2050 758 123 160 82 260 504 301 615 2808 1455 1002 352 2357 111 450 202 241 448 548 1648 163
7 rooms 1329 1066 262 76 81 32 75 249 151 237 1329 588 603 138 1103 46 226 126 91 198 221 774 136
8 rooms 617 555 62 40 37 9 37 104 52 80 617 239 316 62 521 28 96 60 34 96 137 331 52
9 rooms 278 244 34 48 10 5 27 45 70 34 278 111 146 21 249 16 29 25 4 60 64 128 26
10 rooms or more 293 270 23 40 9 3 6 51 46 19 293 130 146 17 257 9 36 26 8 44 63 158 28

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 326 184 143 2 23 15 40 38 44 59 326 156 118 52 274 14 52 12 37 57 62 180 27
1 or more rooms, no direct access 487 311 176 81 29 6 30 22 113 55 487 223 224 41 430 21 57 32 20 77 94 263 53
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		 1093 655 438 90 33 31 74 73 180 144 1093 498 498 97 975 48 118 66 49 135 198 612 149
Not reported 116 60 57 7 3 0 26 11 23 34 116 75 41 0 114 0 2 2 0 12 20 79 6

Bedrooms

None		 141 5 136 0 0 38 18 19 36 54 141 99 36 7 136 2 5 0 5 68 22 25 26
1 1952 95 1858 40 14 114 178 327 613 628 1952 1207 636 109 1883 88 70 46 21 554 377 773 248
2 4069 1062 3007 95 138 138 392 561 982 1128 4069 2369 1257 443 3752 267 317 130 176 737 780 2172 379
3 5168 3570 1597 289 431 137 444 828 692 1158 5168 2460 1980 728 4213 259 955 471 470 723 899 3162 384
4 or more 1892 1554 338 171 109 42 142 332 220 356 1892 789 889 215 1598 83 294 153 132 308 393 1030 162

Complete Bathrooms

None		 137 48 88 0 6 86 6 39 28 61 137 81 25 31 99 8 38 13 22 31 20 72 13
1 7004 1964 5039 72 123 271 889 1174 1533 2216 7004 4338 1905 761 6406 422 598 247 339 1711 1475 3278 540
1 1/2 2160 1399 761 45 90 64 81 406 292 426 2160 1114 832 214 1927 117 233 130 97 336 565 1106 152
2 or more 3923 2874 1049 477 473 49 199 448 690 620 3923 1391 2036 496 3150 151 773 411 345 312 411 2706 493

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 6918 5461 1457 415 691 170 643 1350 790 1401 6918 2936 2790 1192 5432 436 1487 706 756 597 1321 4459 541
Less than 500 111 66 45 7 33 2 14 21 21 34 111 56 31 24 82 4 30 9 20 19 16 74 3
500 to 749 260 133 127 0 48 12 65 58 36 107 260 87 98 75 169 29 91 42 46 27 25 201 7
750 to 999 553 323 230 19 107 30 77 129 75 171 553 246 128 180 399 66 154 39 113 25 91 404 33
1,000 to 1,499 1947 1550 397 76 213 64 228 442 202 435 1947 838 675 435 1417 119 530 208 316 73 298 1414 162
1,500 to 1,999 1517 1234 283 65 125 23 85 247 162 229 1517 586 718 212 1208 85 309 176 128 76 274 1022 144
2,000 to 2,499 784 696 88 49 23 17 58 126 77 104 784 332 336 115 688 66 95 46 49 88 158 466 72
2,500 to 2,999 409 368 41 49 28 2 16 71 48 56 409 168 206 35 341 11 68 44 24 48 108 220 34
3,000 to 3,999 284 275 9 46 8 2 15 51 38 10 284 109 155 19 243 7 41 24 12 55 75 130 24
4,000 or more 218 197 21 28 4 3 12 49 35 18 218 107 93 18 183 7 35 24 11 39 49 117 13
Not reported 836 620 216 75 102 15 73 156 96 236 836 407 349 80 702 43 134 93 37 147 228 411 49
Median 1556 1641 1274 2023 1249 1264 1282 1440 1542 1310 1556 1532 1700 1319 1623 1411 1379 1522 1285 2027 1712 1475 1644

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 8212 5940 2272 466 691 206 712 1502 1075 1744 8212 3830 3144 1237 6700 476 1512 723 761 989 1505 5081 637
Less than 1/8 acre 1478 977 500 47 80 34 131 283 198 317 1478 935 408 135 1413 98 65 27 37 318 346 643 171
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 2660 1821 838 100 99 70 242 487 399 586 2660 1496 961 203 2509 139 151 83 64 301 638 1436 285
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 1607 1216 391 98 67 31 110 234 220 280 1607 723 719 165 1432 94 175 99 71 204 268 1024 111
1/2 up to 1 acre 913 715 198 71 93 25 75 146 122 184 913 293 422 197 642 64 271 136 133 64 106 709 34
1 up to 5 acres 1284 1022 262 131 298 31 128 281 108 309 1284 299 553 432 562 68 722 340 364 81 118 1056 29
5 up to 10 acres 81 63 18 6 17 0 4 14 9 16 81 20 39 23 41 0 40 17 23 9 13 53 7
10 acres or more 189 124 65 13 36 15 22 56 18 53 189 65 42 83 100 14 89 20 68 13 16 160 0
Median 0.25 0.29 0.22 0.47 1.08 0.25 0.24 0.25 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		 8301 4291 4011 359 380 226 719 1750 1466 1958 8301 4246 3094 961 7221 456 1080 549 505 1306 1623 4638 735
0.51 to 1.00 4484 1879 2606 227 287 211 369 288 1001 1178 4484 2427 1552 505 3966 231 519 234 274 944 786 2335 419
1.01 to 1.50 367 107 260 8 17 28 64 29 48 147 367 211 124 33 328 11 40 18 22 108 57 167 35
1.51 or more 70 10 60 0 7 4 23 0 28 41 70 41 27 3 67 0 3 0 3 32 5 23 10

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 2740 1702 1037 97 146 66 264 767 329 666 2740 1407 912 421 2286 167 453 188 254 338 549 1635 217
0.51 to 1.00 5977 2877 3099 303 295 160 488 1028 1169 1409 5977 2993 2341 643 5252 332 724 394 311 1000 1125 3309 543
1.01 to 1.50 2234 1056 1178 147 165 69 180 137 495 553 2234 1162 801 271 1936 106 298 128 164 426 401 1217 190
1.51 or more 2132 645 1486 48 85 136 225 115 514 641 2132 1264 708 160 1972 91 160 91 69 559 373 977 223
No bedrooms 141 5 136 0 0 38 18 19 36 54 141 99 36 7 136 2 5 0 5 68 22 25 26

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 6918 5461 1457 415 691 170 643 1350 790 1401 6918 2936 2790 1192 5432 436 1487 706 756 597 1321 4459 541
Less than 200 288 160 128 11 68 13 42 36 49 97 288 122 95 71 212 18 75 22 53 51 35 190 11
200 to 299 511 352 159 14 52 19 58 50 74 129 511 239 172 100 432 52 79 30 49 32 95 331 53
300 to 399 711 540 171 35 119 35 78 98 87 172 711 264 313 135 494 21 217 102 114 42 92 511 66
400 to 499 749 567 182 46 108 19 60 66 102 123 749 320 272 157 580 48 168 55 109 54 130 506 60
500 to 599 675 561 114 42 36 14 56 101 72 110 675 250 326 100 554 44 121 65 56 60 114 444 57
600 to 699 550 438 112 31 25 3 48 99 69 75 550 235 225 91 462 39 88 37 51 29 116 368 36
700 to 799 471 395 76 29 27 9 60 100 57 75 471 195 204 73 365 39 106 64 34 22 91 340 18
800 to 899 306 266 40 12 49 5 25 87 30 58 306 108 139 60 214 26 92 59 34 25 49 213 19
900 to 999 263 205 58 14 23 3 26 69 22 42 263 110 115 38 204 12 59 33 26 12 50 172 29
1,000 to 1,499 809 687 122 59 64 26 68 253 61 164 809 313 318 179 572 49 237 100 130 42 139 553 74
1,500 or more 748 670 78 47 18 8 49 235 71 120 748 375 264 109 639 45 109 45 64 80 181 419 68
Not reported 836 620 216 75 102 15 73 156 96 236 836 407 349 80 702 43 134 93 37 147 228 411 49
Median 619 655 489 670 451 450 583 853 548 555 619 630 619 593 620 634 617 684 563 577 669 611 598
@9Does not include cooperatives or condominiums.

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