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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units With Hispanic Householder
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 11038 5106 5931 470 447 325 711 1221 2544 2205 11038 5031 5153 855 10016 431 1022 581 424 1739 946 3881 4472

Rooms

1 room		 46 3 43 0 0 7 10 14 7 17 46 25 18 2 46 2 0 0 0 19 1 5 20
2 rooms 158 0 158 0 2 7 23 17 58 40 158 111 41 6 149 4 10 7 3 53 3 22 80
3 rooms 1505 95 1410 22 26 69 108 198 538 453 1505 832 628 44 1465 30 40 25 14 400 94 452 559
4 rooms 2832 628 2204 68 171 111 212 221 878 638 2832 1383 1230 219 2655 141 177 93 78 436 224 943 1229
5 rooms 2781 1463 1318 107 172 66 192 317 539 581 2781 1279 1270 232 2465 113 316 191 120 387 237 1081 1076
6 rooms 1998 1433 565 108 61 49 105 261 299 339 1998 835 979 185 1771 75 227 118 109 251 209 702 836
7 rooms 897 754 144 58 10 9 39 116 111 62 897 331 472 95 777 49 120 72 46 73 83 393 348
8 rooms 424 387 37 49 5 3 11 28 68 39 424 123 265 37 356 6 68 34 31 64 43 138 179
9 rooms 171 145 26 23 0 3 6 19 20 23 171 47 106 18 142 5 29 16 13 20 28 64 59
10 rooms or more 225 200 25 35 0 2 7 30 26 12 225 66 144 16 190 5 35 25 11 36 23 80 86

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 238 127 112 10 2 7 7 46 38 39 238 103 123 13 199 2 39 28 11 47 34 75 82
1 or more rooms, no direct access 316 195 121 33 11 17 10 24 73 42 316 133 155 28 280 11 37 20 17 45 33 105 134
Not reported 29 19 9 7 0 0 2 2 10 7 29 11 18 0 29 0 0 0 0 5 4 9 11

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 718 462 256 56 11 20 18 55 133 77 718 286 392 41 633 13 85 54 28 72 80 216 350
Not reported 32 19 12 7 0 0 2 3 12 8 32 14 18 0 32 0 0 0 0 6 4 9 13

Bedrooms

None		 118 3 116 0 0 13 17 27 38 38 118 76 34 9 113 6 5 2 3 34 2 20 62
1 1873 137 1736 26 35 90 147 224 660 517 1873 1073 754 46 1825 30 47 32 15 475 121 578 698
2 3769 1089 2681 83 187 118 284 349 1052 857 3769 1781 1658 330 3501 196 268 128 134 581 341 1309 1538
3 3826 2664 1162 211 201 87 213 486 598 627 3826 1599 1876 351 3324 158 502 298 193 466 333 1476 1550
4 or more 1451 1214 237 149 24 17 50 135 196 166 1451 502 830 119 1252 41 200 121 78 183 148 496 624

Complete Bathrooms

None		 69 24 45 0 11 35 11 12 23 32 69 34 30 5 51 3 17 16 2 16 1 30 21
1 5949 1598 4352 64 213 223 527 668 1573 1539 5949 3138 2310 501 5557 296 392 188 204 1336 550 1798 2266
1 1/2 1197 741 456 10 68 48 60 153 193 217 1197 539 558 100 1070 47 127 61 54 152 155 393 497
2 or more 3823 2744 1078 395 154 19 114 389 755 417 3823 1319 2254 249 3337 85 486 317 164 235 241 1660 1687

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 5958 4501 1457 341 447 132 331 773 936 877 5958 2204 3065 689 5058 302 900 496 387 392 529 2348 2689
Less than 500 124 57 67 2 42 3 13 22 33 39 124 38 57 29 103 19 22 11 10 7 7 50 60
500 to 749 300 152 148 5 68 10 28 40 79 88 300 131 136 34 261 13 40 19 21 15 27 139 120
750 to 999 684 441 243 7 149 26 76 81 93 160 684 291 278 115 570 73 113 72 41 31 60 311 282
1,000 to 1,499 1777 1319 459 54 95 34 101 219 302 274 1777 686 849 242 1503 96 274 119 146 75 115 738 850
1,500 to 1,999 1295 1085 210 73 46 13 63 172 176 142 1295 485 706 104 1130 54 164 109 50 59 99 480 657
2,000 to 2,499 598 535 64 60 12 5 21 74 69 35 598 191 339 69 488 15 111 57 53 54 72 241 231
2,500 to 2,999 296 264 32 58 2 5 11 34 49 21 296 73 196 28 235 6 61 39 22 35 39 132 91
3,000 to 3,999 247 206 41 26 2 9 2 45 37 24 247 73 149 25 209 16 38 26 9 38 32 81 96
4,000 or more 132 105 27 9 6 10 3 21 18 17 132 40 80 11 114 5 18 12 7 24 12 54 41
Not reported 504 337 166 46 24 17 13 64 80 77 504 195 275 33 445 6 59 32 27 54 67 121 261
Median 1455 1552 1203 2048 918 1269 1205 1482 1368 1206 1455 1396 1553 1310 1456 1227 1448 1551 1365 1852 1611 1415 1442

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 6517 4636 1881 347 445 148 345 825 1104 1013 6517 2478 3323 717 5609 330 908 504 387 533 554 2542 2888
Less than 1/8 acre 1442 902 540 51 133 40 87 172 298 287 1442 666 694 81 1353 52 89 60 29 160 132 450 699
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 2725 1937 787 133 116 70 140 322 436 395 2725 1209 1325 190 2566 136 159 103 54 135 217 1015 1358
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 1107 828 280 61 41 25 64 133 190 145 1107 359 649 100 982 60 125 86 39 96 98 489 425
1/2 up to 1 acre 484 407 78 45 42 7 23 65 69 59 484 124 254 106 333 17 151 49 90 61 45 223 155
1 up to 5 acres 552 418 134 34 78 4 22 90 74 77 552 90 292 169 272 34 280 141 136 74 37 253 187
5 up to 10 acres 67 62 5 9 21 2 0 9 5 24 67 1 49 17 22 9 46 38 8 1 5 39 22
10 acres or more 140 83 57 13 15 0 9 33 32 26 140 28 59 53 82 22 59 27 32 6 20 72 42
Median 0.21 0.22 0.19 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.20 0.22 0.20 0.20 0.21 0.19 0.22 0.47 0.20 0.23 0.77 0.54 0.90 0.22 0.21 0.23 0.20

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 4627 2512 2115 241 147 134 273 957 998 769 4627 2063 2141 423 4149 198 478 248 225 755 446 1823 1603
0.51 to 1.00 5064 2192 2871 205 208 145 298 238 1253 944 5064 2331 2382 351 4616 186 447 269 166 823 430 1695 2115
1.01 to 1.50 1066 326 740 20 82 37 109 24 250 385 1066 501 487 78 976 45 90 57 33 124 56 316 570
1.51 or more 281 77 205 4 10 9 31 3 44 107 281 136 143 2 274 2 7 7 0 36 15 47 183

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 1177 752 425 53 46 33 83 342 175 215 1177 509 521 147 1006 57 170 78 90 134 131 504 407
0.51 to 1.00 3755 2049 1706 225 135 92 196 627 865 590 3755 1643 1812 300 3381 151 374 216 149 648 344 1401 1362
1.01 to 1.50 2160 1159 1000 123 91 62 108 89 445 322 2160 937 1047 176 1918 85 242 144 91 358 195 749 858
1.51 or more 3828 1144 2685 69 175 126 307 136 1022 1040 3828 1866 1739 224 3597 132 232 140 92 566 274 1206 1783
No bedrooms 118 3 116 0 0 13 17 27 38 38 118 76 34 9 113 6 5 2 3 34 2 20 62

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 5958 4501 1457 341 447 132 331 773 936 877 5958 2204 3065 689 5058 302 900 496 387 392 529 2348 2689
Less than 200 617 379 238 5 133 13 80 29 100 203 617 247 283 88 537 53 80 46 35 23 21 229 344
200 to 299 869 578 291 22 98 16 45 47 146 173 869 338 431 100 750 41 119 59 59 43 68 369 389
300 to 399 863 655 208 36 57 17 50 49 150 106 863 320 458 85 727 33 135 83 52 43 73 309 438
400 to 499 591 511 80 39 40 10 26 59 92 50 591 214 299 78 493 44 98 58 34 37 46 256 252
500 to 599 525 421 104 57 23 7 16 72 103 29 525 187 283 55 455 27 70 36 28 35 49 216 224
600 to 699 379 297 82 28 9 10 16 39 62 41 379 145 201 32 330 14 48 30 18 19 46 137 177
700 to 799 348 283 65 33 18 8 5 71 60 43 348 96 214 38 276 7 72 41 31 25 26 155 141
800 to 899 195 172 23 19 12 5 12 52 21 27 195 74 93 28 166 12 29 13 16 18 13 82 82
900 to 999 205 166 39 13 5 10 11 38 25 29 205 82 97 26 166 12 39 25 13 14 19 105 66
1,000 to 1,499 477 382 95 37 24 9 20 124 69 47 477 151 246 80 387 35 90 40 45 42 58 220 158
1,500 or more 386 320 66 5 3 9 37 128 26 51 386 154 185 46 325 18 61 32 29 40 42 148 156
Not reported 504 337 166 46 24 17 13 64 80 77 504 195 275 33 445 6 59 32 27 54 67 121 261
Median 464 491 356 579 280 506 366 783 433 322 464 446 475 470 459 448 488 475 499 566 546 480 416
@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