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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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

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 alone 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		 72238 4673 5514 932 1795 6193 5106 17350 5609 6058 72238 16701 39724 15813 49307 4844 22931 11702 10969 12964 17889 26699 14686

Rooms

1 room		 13 0 0 3 0 0 3 7 0 6 13 10 3 0 10 0 3 3 0 10 3 0 0
2 rooms 58 10 4 6 0 3 0 13 7 9 58 23 20 15 27 0 31 15 15 24 4 18 11
3 rooms 982 19 108 43 63 80 95 318 140 171 982 294 461 227 704 43 277 84 184 254 186 276 265
4 rooms 6974 315 1569 126 349 502 628 2312 659 922 6974 1705 3336 1933 4495 606 2478 1134 1327 1195 1768 2547 1464
5 rooms 16805 1053 2159 291 506 1474 1463 4610 1323 1851 16805 3898 8435 4472 10762 1334 6043 2828 3139 2429 4282 6758 3336
6 rooms 19055 961 908 249 450 1949 1433 4804 1386 1669 19055 4759 10162 4134 13168 1267 5887 2958 2867 3570 4680 7147 3658
7 rooms 12639 846 430 113 232 1095 754 2713 906 732 12639 2853 7319 2468 8850 756 3790 2028 1712 2334 3112 4570 2624
8 rooms 7533 660 180 40 94 535 387 1266 571 359 7533 1556 4738 1239 5412 384 2121 1247 855 1538 1853 2543 1599
9 rooms 3577 344 70 13 43 264 145 535 261 134 3577 709 2343 526 2577 203 1000 663 323 686 916 1190 786
10 rooms or more 4602 465 87 47 59 290 200 772 356 205 4602 895 2908 799 3302 252 1300 741 547 923 1086 1648 945

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 2426 148 90 55 59 269 127 567 130 216 2426 621 1299 506 1625 139 801 427 367 439 526 926 535
1 or more rooms, no direct access 4245 501 127 49 87 276 195 490 458 179 4245 944 2606 695 3019 187 1226 701 508 690 1008 1478 1069
Not reported 600 45 20 10 49 83 19 96 52 91 600 165 382 53 473 23 127 97 30 133 127 206 134

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 9794 834 397 81 208 656 462 1235 841 444 9794 2296 5585 1914 6793 551 3001 1575 1362 1615 2281 3346 2552
Not reported 603 44 23 11 49 75 19 101 49 88 603 162 388 53 478 23 125 95 30 137 125 208 133

Bedrooms

None		 35 5 3 7 0 0 3 12 5 6 35 21 12 2 22 0 13 11 2 22 7 2 4
1 1729 36 189 80 95 115 137 587 197 234 1729 523 805 400 1191 88 537 216 313 504 370 449 405
2 14183 615 2089 252 590 1040 1089 4962 1188 1701 14183 3761 6838 3584 9767 1212 4416 2011 2372 2654 3791 4777 2961
3 37602 2329 2740 459 797 3497 2664 8731 2809 3082 37602 8550 20393 8659 24940 2606 12662 6423 6053 6182 9280 15082 7058
4 or more 18689 1686 494 133 313 1541 1214 3058 1410 1036 18689 3845 11676 3167 13387 938 5302 3041 2230 3601 4440 6389 4259

Complete Bathrooms

None		 270 10 26 148 17 45 24 100 23 86 270 59 111 100 120 12 150 63 87 59 70 112 29
1 17620 219 1573 374 1006 1888 1598 5266 1213 2467 17620 4779 7625 5216 11433 1584 6187 2516 3632 4053 5312 5580 2675
1 1/2 12716 199 507 295 230 1370 741 3645 818 1126 12716 3303 6635 2779 9292 1061 3424 1683 1717 3257 4371 3131 1958
2 or more 41631 4243 3409 115 542 2890 2744 8339 3555 2379 41631 8560 25352 7718 28461 2186 13170 7441 5532 5596 8136 17876 10024

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 65157 4179 5514 775 1568 5255 4501 15435 4818 5432 65157 13843 35883 15431 42759 4609 22397 11337 10822 10525 16610 24701 13321
Less than 500 426 15 151 23 26 72 57 120 45 89 426 98 182 146 212 29 214 94 117 75 67 199 85
500 to 749 1267 7 510 49 105 125 152 355 147 251 1267 224 595 448 653 108 614 260 340 199 327 533 207
750 to 999 3804 91 1232 76 238 319 441 1032 247 596 3804 805 1652 1346 2148 375 1655 682 971 527 1086 1507 684
1,000 to 1,499 15118 577 1848 232 490 1414 1319 4139 1094 1545 15118 3586 7376 4156 9744 1302 5374 2462 2854 1850 3693 6150 3424
1,500 to 1,999 15748 939 945 161 270 1262 1085 3531 1170 1111 15748 3530 8769 3449 10612 1081 5136 2688 2367 2192 3707 6104 3745
2,000 to 2,499 11128 804 266 84 138 635 535 2361 748 603 11128 2134 6592 2403 7347 718 3781 2074 1685 1886 2925 4107 2211
2,500 to 2,999 5798 564 76 31 69 337 264 1166 477 337 5798 1133 3590 1076 3934 261 1864 1037 815 1090 1472 2147 1089
3,000 to 3,999 5235 566 53 43 64 257 206 988 416 216 5235 949 3274 1012 3577 339 1658 964 673 1053 1380 1796 1006
4,000 or more 2968 343 43 17 52 224 105 648 232 175 2968 574 1798 596 2033 181 935 513 414 707 791 1005 465
Not reported 3665 273 390 58 115 610 337 1095 241 508 3665 809 2056 800 2499 214 1166 563 587 946 1163 1152 404
Median 1821 2201 1181 1453 1364 1655 1552 1715 1822 1493 1821 1755 1905 1676 1847 1677 1768 1851 1676 1987 1844 1777 1774

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 67288 4320 5476 819 1622 5779 4636 15872 5004 5655 67288 14852 36887 15549 44676 4661 22612 11474 10888 11478 16827 25451 13533
Less than 1/8 acre 8035 414 1244 114 233 1048 902 2162 665 811 8035 3000 4010 1026 6860 515 1175 642 511 1728 2075 2039 2194
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 18190 1082 798 245 435 1758 1937 4423 1502 1518 18190 6125 9688 2378 16022 1400 2168 1148 978 2305 4795 5710 5381
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 13503 866 412 144 244 1139 828 3081 1067 894 13503 3237 7954 2312 10945 1181 2557 1393 1131 2227 3415 5119 2741
1/2 up to 1 acre 9351 613 668 96 218 723 407 1979 661 653 9351 1315 5676 2360 5847 761 3504 1869 1599 1894 2032 4277 1148
1 up to 5 acres 12723 905 1626 129 359 965 418 2752 816 1144 12723 941 7076 4706 4112 605 8611 4447 4101 2495 2743 6117 1367
5 up to 10 acres 2185 236 351 21 41 64 62 459 131 209 2185 93 1110 981 407 82 1778 843 899 302 610 969 303
10 acres or more 3301 204 377 70 92 83 83 1016 162 427 3301 142 1373 1786 482 118 2819 1130 1669 527 1156 1220 398
Median 0.39 0.44 0.71 0.34 0.40 0.27 0.22 0.36 0.33 0.39 0.39 0.22 0.40 0.94 0.25 0.34 1.88 1.62 2.19 0.44 0.36 0.49 0.23

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 53695 3474 3715 662 1291 4321 2512 16316 4051 4670 53695 12409 29312 11973 36701 3809 16994 8648 8165 9457 13449 20262 10527
0.51 to 1.00 17602 1174 1680 239 447 1753 2192 968 1491 1155 17602 3989 9938 3674 11906 980 5696 2930 2694 3380 4281 6127 3814
1.01 to 1.50 793 23 106 27 52 104 326 54 61 177 793 260 402 130 587 46 206 116 84 120 145 254 275
1.51 or more 148 2 13 4 5 15 77 12 6 55 148 42 72 35 114 9 35 9 25 8 14 56 71

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 19542 976 1413 257 578 1754 752 8024 1302 2480 19542 4892 10228 4422 13868 1562 5674 2770 2860 3312 4887 7462 3881
0.51 to 1.00 36304 2752 2597 422 788 2853 2049 8430 2934 2341 36304 7918 20334 8052 24227 2340 12077 6206 5712 6271 9015 13868 7150
1.01 to 1.50 10939 741 914 130 221 1021 1159 488 880 588 10939 2349 6306 2284 7328 627 3611 1912 1657 2224 2742 3691 2281
1.51 or more 5418 198 587 115 209 565 1144 397 487 643 5418 1521 2844 1052 3862 315 1556 804 737 1134 1237 1676 1370
No bedrooms 35 5 3 7 0 0 3 12 5 6 35 21 12 2 22 0 13 11 2 22 7 2 4

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 65157 4179 5514 775 1568 5255 4501 15435 4818 5432 65157 13843 35883 15431 42759 4609 22397 11337 10822 10525 16610 24701 13321
Less than 200 1139 21 293 31 90 162 379 107 87 268 1139 318 499 322 738 92 402 163 230 171 173 459 336
200 to 299 3084 103 623 74 112 346 578 194 237 335 3084 725 1583 776 1989 202 1095 514 574 413 789 1135 747
300 to 399 5125 219 694 79 204 506 655 427 428 382 5125 1111 2823 1191 3308 361 1817 963 829 742 1204 1964 1215
400 to 499 6132 366 685 76 138 498 511 663 508 361 6132 1217 3431 1484 3973 391 2159 1025 1092 976 1537 2358 1261
500 to 599 5938 358 503 57 121 506 421 865 418 342 5938 1185 3409 1345 3943 422 1995 1055 923 961 1504 2145 1328
600 to 699 6142 469 487 72 105 371 297 1134 478 348 6142 1350 3391 1400 3978 381 2163 1136 1019 986 1602 2292 1261
700 to 799 5126 365 431 51 108 396 283 1259 382 308 5126 1003 2823 1300 3226 328 1900 907 972 690 1285 2081 1071
800 to 899 4076 341 285 29 84 251 172 970 338 276 4076 827 2323 925 2628 271 1447 776 654 606 981 1595 893
900 to 999 3908 237 313 31 88 216 166 1115 296 309 3908 800 2205 904 2578 300 1330 711 604 602 1020 1491 795
1,000 to 1,499 11458 844 571 108 218 692 382 3844 836 1028 11458 2354 6344 2760 7431 865 4027 2084 1894 1747 2955 4489 2266
1,500 or more 9363 584 239 110 186 700 320 3761 569 967 9363 2142 4996 2224 6468 781 2894 1440 1443 1685 2396 3539 1743
Not reported 3665 273 390 58 115 610 337 1095 241 508 3665 809 2056 800 2499 214 1166 563 587 946 1163 1152 404
Median 762 815 553 659 659 681 491 1056 734 842 762 760 762 761 768 807 751 758 746 778 771 768 728
@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