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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1B-3. Size of Unit and Lot--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
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		 35217 231 34986 31300 16701 14599 3686 1583 9.7 333 335 568 868 1250 632

Rooms

1 room		 270 6 264 201 10 191 63 44 18.6 0 4 10 4 0 0
2 rooms 773 4 768 617 23 595 151 90 13.1 3 5 26 27 11 3
3 rooms 4917 62 4855 4035 294 3742 820 440 10.4 30 82 93 175 132 36
4 rooms 7710 81 7628 6551 1705 4846 1078 544 10.0 57 71 161 245 191 277
5 rooms 7903 43 7861 7044 3898 3147 816 312 8.9 80 63 144 218 293 191
6 rooms 6616 22 6593 6160 4759 1401 434 114 7.4 85 54 72 109 223 78
7 rooms 3503 11 3492 3282 2853 429 210 34 7.3 55 27 36 59 150 36
8 rooms 1738 0 1738 1671 1556 114 67 2 1.4 10 17 17 21 107 8
9 rooms 795 1 794 766 709 57 29 2 3.2 9 6 7 5 76 0
10 rooms or more 993 0 993 973 895 78 19 2 2.2 4 6 3 4 68 4

Bedrooms

None		 674 7 666 516 21 495 150 101 16.8 2 9 24 14 11 3
1 6534 61 6473 5441 523 4917 1032 549 9.9 35 94 148 207 161 43
2 11311 116 11195 9733 3761 5972 1462 676 10.1 93 101 206 386 272 343
3 12047 41 12006 11210 8550 2660 796 231 7.9 146 91 142 186 470 234
4 or more 4651 5 4646 4400 3845 554 246 27 4.5 57 39 48 75 336 9

Complete Bathrooms

None		 593 18 575 245 59 186 330 94 31.8 28 24 45 139 3 12
1 18079 103 17976 15743 4779 10964 2234 1158 9.5 128 171 307 470 252 216
1 1/2 4924 9 4915 4570 3303 1267 345 110 7.9 40 45 69 81 62 60
2 or more 11621 102 11519 10742 8560 2182 777 221 9.1 137 94 147 178 933 345

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 17846 107 17739 16520 13843 2678 1219 227 7.7 229 153 217 394 740 632
Less than 500 212 6 205 178 98 80 28 10 10.9 3 3 7 5 2 26
500 to 749 521 16 505 439 224 214 66 14 5.9 5 7 13 27 3 85
750 to 999 1365 24 1341 1181 805 375 160 45 10.6 26 17 16 56 5 107
1,000 to 1,499 4763 23 4740 4400 3586 814 339 70 7.8 59 40 66 105 87 247
1,500 to 1,999 4228 12 4217 4003 3530 473 213 34 6.6 51 25 31 73 199 100
2,000 to 2,499 2460 6 2453 2334 2134 200 120 18 8.3 26 21 27 28 118 11
2,500 to 2,999 1271 10 1262 1201 1133 68 60 7 9.4 17 11 15 11 115 0
3,000 to 3,999 1048 2 1046 998 949 48 48 3 5.1 21 5 10 9 96 8
4,000 or more 671 2 669 636 574 62 33 0 0.0 7 4 4 18 46 6
Not reported (includes don't know) 1306 4 1303 1152 809 343 150 26 7.0 15 19 29 62 68 44
Median 1666 1097 1669 1685 1755 1305 1412 1224 ... 1641 1495 1441 1371 2164 1156

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 20159 117 20043 18535 14852 3683 1508 352 8.6 244 168 259 485 817 624
Less than 1/8 acre 4569 44 4525 4062 3000 1063 463 116 9.6 77 62 73 135 127 284
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 8395 47 8348 7695 6125 1570 654 136 7.9 102 76 115 225 339 167
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 3952 20 3932 3761 3237 524 171 55 9.5 30 11 30 43 192 43
1/2 up to 1 acre 1647 3 1644 1555 1315 240 89 26 9.7 20 15 12 16 74 40
1 up to 5 acres 1257 0 1257 1163 941 222 94 10 4.2 14 3 29 38 59 50
5 up to 10 acres 106 1 104 102 93 9 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 8 31
10 acres or more 234 1 233 197 142 56 35 9 14.5 0 0 0 26 17 8
Median 0.21 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.19 0.18 0.18 ... 0.18 0.16 0.19 0.19 0.23 0.15
@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