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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1A-3. Size of Unit and Lot--All Housing Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 120777 3566 117211 105842 72238 33604 11369 3597 9.6 1284 932 2647 2909 6758 8971

Rooms

1 room		 520 54 466 344 13 331 122 65 16.3 0 4 25 28 0 17
2 rooms 1432 130 1302 984 58 926 318 140 13.0 4 12 75 88 25 71
3 rooms 10939 621 10318 8617 982 7635 1701 880 10.2 45 125 295 356 332 431
4 rooms 23360 1291 22069 18558 6974 11584 3511 1347 10.3 264 211 770 920 942 3262
5 rooms 27961 793 27168 24415 16805 7610 2753 746 8.8 346 227 678 756 1622 3106
6 rooms 24657 418 24239 22554 19055 3499 1685 289 7.6 310 178 446 462 1261 1232
7 rooms 14662 152 14510 13835 12639 1195 675 80 6.2 152 79 200 164 955 493
8 rooms 8283 33 8250 7943 7533 410 307 22 5.1 78 42 82 83 718 189
9 rooms 3921 31 3890 3749 3577 171 142 12 6.3 39 27 39 25 397 72
10 rooms or more 5042 43 4999 4844 4602 242 155 16 6.3 45 28 38 28 506 98

Bedrooms

None		 1216 119 1097 811 35 776 286 147 15.8 2 14 48 75 17 40
1 14389 662 13727 11557 1729 9828 2170 1103 10.0 59 149 427 431 438 589
2 34810 1608 33202 28595 14183 14412 4606 1639 10.1 381 297 1037 1251 1423 4027
3 48819 929 47890 44592 37602 6990 3298 604 7.9 594 341 839 920 2953 3762
4 or more 21543 248 21295 20286 18689 1597 1009 104 6.0 247 130 296 232 1927 553

Complete Bathrooms

None		 2263 500 1762 642 270 371 1121 163 29.5 76 46 165 671 56 379
1 48264 1690 46574 40814 17620 23193 5760 2488 9.6 422 372 1136 1342 877 3282
1 1/2 17626 314 17312 16240 12716 3523 1072 279 7.2 166 136 267 224 339 768
2 or more 52625 1062 51563 48147 41631 6516 3415 667 9.2 621 377 1079 672 5487 4541

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 83887 2863 81024 74607 65157 9450 6417 882 8.5 1039 568 1838 2089 5029 8971
Less than 500 1235 345 890 686 426 261 203 26 8.9 12 7 74 85 32 514
500 to 749 3049 485 2564 2046 1267 779 518 84 9.6 45 35 136 218 41 1189
750 to 999 6697 520 6177 5248 3804 1444 928 173 10.6 122 52 241 340 151 2184
1,000 to 1,499 20354 539 19816 18057 15118 2940 1758 305 9.3 275 130 506 542 716 2585
1,500 to 1,999 18807 302 18505 17491 15748 1743 1014 123 6.5 205 101 263 322 1116 1166
2,000 to 2,499 12605 200 12405 11827 11128 699 578 41 5.5 121 76 212 127 891 336
2,500 to 2,999 6439 91 6348 6047 5798 248 302 30 10.6 66 50 81 74 611 76
3,000 to 3,999 5784 78 5706 5434 5235 198 272 33 14.1 54 36 87 63 638 66
4,000 or more 3379 30 3349 3145 2968 178 204 3 1.8 54 30 64 52 420 86
Not reported (includes don't know) 5537 272 5265 4626 3665 961 639 64 6.1 84 52 174 265 412 769
Median 1708 973 1727 1755 1821 1299 1352 1206 ... 1557 1668 1377 1247 2141 1041

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 88780 2869 85910 79003 67288 11715 6908 1106 8.5 1084 602 1887 2229 5327 8876
Less than 1/8 acre 12590 607 11983 10581 8035 2545 1402 294 10.2 232 139 357 380 589 2245
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 24985 724 24261 22169 18190 3978 2092 320 7.4 337 206 532 698 1401 1684
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 16817 495 16322 15297 13503 1795 1025 194 9.7 171 108 255 296 1050 817
1/2 up to 1 acre 11393 285 11108 10464 9351 1113 644 83 6.9 126 54 195 186 704 899
1 up to 5 acres 16005 456 15548 14428 12723 1705 1120 156 8.4 151 61 336 415 1043 2226
5 up to 10 acres 2582 101 2481 2331 2185 147 150 7 4.3 29 9 39 67 262 418
10 acres or more 4408 202 4207 3733 3301 431 474 52 10.7 38 24 172 187 278 585
Median 0.35 0.30 0.35 0.36 0.39 0.23 0.25 0.23 ... 0.24 0.22 0.30 0.28 0.41 0.41
@9Does not include cooperatives or condominiums.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005