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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 4-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Renter 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		 33604 1018 1340 1038 2525 6811 5931 4277 11633 7902 33604 14599 14041 4965 29061 2643 4543 2154 2323 7169 6599 11446 8390

Rooms

1 room		 331 0 0 69 101 63 43 65 103 121 331 191 119 21 305 11 26 16 10 121 51 32 127
2 rooms 926 9 6 36 88 172 158 170 330 264 926 595 240 91 871 63 55 27 28 295 153 191 286
3 rooms 7635 210 81 207 572 1408 1410 1512 2658 1943 7635 3742 3088 806 7101 545 535 261 261 1966 1510 2197 1963
4 rooms 11584 360 597 357 845 2280 2204 1359 4258 2629 11584 4846 4966 1773 10131 1014 1454 676 759 2182 2303 4063 3036
5 rooms 7610 281 460 208 541 1730 1318 699 2575 1733 7610 3147 3311 1153 6342 543 1268 636 609 1505 1476 2931 1698
6 rooms 3499 94 142 95 240 776 565 317 1046 830 3499 1401 1415 683 2806 299 692 306 384 744 695 1265 795
7 rooms 1195 32 46 33 79 261 144 86 392 234 1195 429 515 252 936 118 260 121 134 217 242 452 284
8 rooms 410 13 9 9 27 69 37 37 135 67 410 114 202 94 277 23 133 60 71 82 94 137 97
9 rooms 171 10 0 21 20 27 26 9 68 43 171 57 86 29 115 3 56 28 26 26 32 72 41
10 rooms or more 242 10 0 3 13 26 25 22 68 40 242 78 100 64 178 22 64 22 42 30 42 106 64

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 833 21 25 25 67 206 112 147 230 208 833 388 322 123 722 52 111 39 71 192 163 278 200
1 or more rooms, no direct access 938 32 9 36 69 194 121 71 308 114 938 406 415 116 805 39 132 52 77 225 151 296 265
Not reported 217 14 8 11 32 58 9 34 56 70 217 89 103 25 188 18 30 23 7 53 34 81 50

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 2482 101 44 84 193 391 256 152 836 351 2482 1095 1026 361 2135 167 347 147 193 472 472 754 784
Not reported 234 14 8 11 29 64 12 37 62 77 234 96 112 25 204 18 30 23 7 52 35 83 64

Bedrooms

None		 776 9 0 109 131 145 116 140 287 269 776 495 218 63 721 36 55 29 27 233 135 89 319
1 9828 259 97 275 747 1828 1736 1801 3355 2368 9828 4917 3936 974 9168 654 660 325 321 2556 1935 2876 2462
2 14412 440 677 424 1070 2865 2681 1682 5219 3154 14412 5972 6251 2190 12561 1217 1851 859 973 2802 2957 5092 3561
3 6990 228 529 186 467 1632 1162 530 2221 1698 6990 2660 2946 1384 5408 605 1582 778 779 1262 1251 2822 1655
4 or more 1597 82 37 44 111 342 237 124 551 413 1597 554 689 354 1203 131 394 164 223 316 321 567 393

Complete Bathrooms

None		 371 3 23 186 65 79 45 62 128 178 371 186 105 80 298 40 73 30 40 110 61 102 99
1 23193 398 670 682 1901 4880 4352 3274 7686 5944 23193 10964 8719 3511 20384 1947 2809 1214 1564 5928 4977 6847 5440
1 1/2 3523 82 144 116 204 808 456 362 1163 716 3523 1267 1716 541 3028 309 495 255 231 682 835 1237 768
2 or more 6516 535 503 54 355 1045 1078 579 2656 1065 6516 2182 3501 834 5351 347 1166 656 487 448 726 3259 2083

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 9450 193 1340 248 701 1516 1457 1013 3042 2207 9450 2678 4087 2686 6393 1002 3057 1350 1684 1033 1864 4163 2391
Less than 500 261 3 76 6 24 35 67 44 93 71 261 80 110 71 192 34 69 32 37 24 32 116 88
500 to 749 779 4 257 36 83 132 148 94 282 252 779 214 319 246 478 82 301 134 164 70 128 402 179
750 to 999 1444 11 395 52 132 220 243 139 467 380 1444 375 620 449 962 211 482 244 238 109 308 688 338
1,000 to 1,499 2940 54 320 55 204 435 459 323 1012 677 2940 814 1281 845 1990 302 950 397 544 198 518 1425 799
1,500 to 1,999 1743 45 117 38 107 261 210 168 513 299 1743 473 782 488 1197 189 546 242 299 214 312 725 491
2,000 to 2,499 699 10 24 13 41 105 64 77 209 101 699 200 278 220 440 64 259 102 157 93 178 256 171
2,500 to 2,999 248 9 0 3 5 34 32 31 69 53 248 68 113 67 172 14 77 24 53 58 45 99 46
3,000 to 3,999 198 9 6 2 12 12 41 31 68 42 198 48 96 54 145 27 53 26 27 54 51 45 48
4,000 or more 178 12 16 11 5 25 27 13 37 25 178 62 83 33 121 6 57 27 27 36 32 67 43
Not reported 961 38 129 32 86 257 166 92 293 306 961 343 406 212 697 76 264 123 137 176 259 338 187
Median 1299 1562 922 1119 1165 1278 1203 1283 1262 1182 1299 1305 1309 1278 1305 1227 1286 1256 1306 1562 1322 1247 1310

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 11715 304 1340 309 773 2082 1881 1224 3871 2694 11715 3683 5135 2897 8481 1157 3234 1465 1740 1521 2292 4981 2920
Less than 1/8 acre 2545 55 277 89 146 479 540 266 925 623 2545 1063 1051 431 2178 245 367 176 186 459 476 785 825
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 3978 97 375 97 247 768 787 385 1384 927 3978 1570 1663 746 3386 418 592 259 328 421 817 1528 1212
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 1795 48 136 29 127 311 280 178 604 376 1795 524 836 435 1387 227 408 191 208 191 344 833 427
1/2 up to 1 acre 1113 27 146 28 88 190 78 107 331 264 1113 240 518 355 634 105 479 225 249 134 193 652 134
1 up to 5 acres 1705 40 307 52 115 266 134 214 462 407 1705 222 784 700 662 111 1043 452 589 253 322 916 215
5 up to 10 acres 147 0 37 9 4 13 5 25 45 34 147 9 64 74 36 10 111 47 64 16 45 45 40
10 acres or more 431 37 63 5 46 54 57 49 122 64 431 56 219 156 198 41 233 115 115 47 95 222 67
Median 0.23 0.25 0.28 0.21 0.25 0.22 0.19 0.24 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.19 0.24 0.41 0.20 0.23 0.76 0.74 0.80 0.22 0.23 0.30 0.19

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 20842 691 802 548 1445 4138 2115 3774 6926 4609 20842 8884 8738 3219 17920 1727 2922 1375 1492 4523 4531 7187 4600
0.51 to 1.00 11141 297 443 413 879 2391 2871 474 4222 2633 11141 4929 4626 1585 9653 822 1488 713 763 2318 1919 3824 3080
1.01 to 1.50 1304 25 92 61 135 235 740 24 419 519 1304 621 534 149 1189 91 115 58 57 261 123 385 535
1.51 or more 317 5 2 17 66 47 205 5 66 141 317 164 141 12 300 2 17 8 10 67 26 49 175

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 5607 177 346 161 385 1082 425 1309 1607 1284 5607 2175 2267 1164 4481 538 1126 484 626 1101 1264 2198 1043
0.51 to 1.00 15410 555 547 359 1080 3223 1706 2392 5432 3392 15410 6648 6558 2204 13480 1250 1930 934 954 3386 3277 5210 3538
1.01 to 1.50 4760 138 225 159 310 1130 1000 123 1795 1094 4760 1867 2099 794 3995 405 764 368 389 931 899 1750 1181
1.51 or more 7052 139 222 249 620 1231 2685 313 2512 1864 7052 3414 2898 740 6384 413 668 339 326 1518 1025 2199 2310
No bedrooms 776 9 0 109 131 145 116 140 287 269 776 495 218 63 721 36 55 29 27 233 135 89 319

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 9450 193 1340 248 701 1516 1457 1013 3042 2207 9450 2678 4087 2686 6393 1002 3057 1350 1684 1033 1864 4163 2391
Less than 200 548 1 130 26 78 103 238 15 181 200 548 173 209 166 413 89 135 58 76 28 61 260 199
200 to 299 1143 17 191 30 90 178 291 48 439 377 1143 317 509 318 808 148 336 166 170 63 196 537 347
300 to 399 1229 14 179 19 66 166 208 61 459 273 1229 333 558 338 826 111 403 173 226 113 210 552 354
400 to 499 1113 17 175 29 98 196 80 78 420 200 1113 288 481 344 752 150 361 167 194 103 238 500 272
500 to 599 784 15 113 24 49 94 104 63 262 123 784 242 353 189 537 57 247 108 132 93 163 315 213
600 to 699 716 9 97 8 50 101 82 75 240 128 716 194 310 212 489 78 227 91 134 76 154 290 196
700 to 799 532 23 95 19 25 104 65 49 162 126 532 144 248 139 325 27 206 91 112 60 105 244 122
800 to 899 391 6 70 14 21 46 23 64 104 65 391 106 181 104 237 34 153 83 70 32 82 165 112
900 to 999 329 6 56 11 18 33 39 48 102 54 329 89 133 107 223 53 106 52 54 46 62 156 65
1,000 to 1,499 978 27 71 12 77 137 95 226 253 199 978 249 398 332 604 112 374 154 220 129 186 485 179
1,500 or more 727 21 35 26 43 100 66 194 128 157 727 200 301 226 481 66 245 83 160 114 148 320 145
Not reported 961 38 129 32 86 257 166 92 293 306 961 343 406 212 697 76 264 123 137 176 259 338 187
Median 526 722 460 519 474 493 356 916 470 450 526 523 523 538 509 476 565 546 581 637 559 519 474
@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