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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black alone Hispanic 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		 21627 17350 4277 672 1487 386 738 2045 1221 991 3853 21627 5853 10455 5318 15349 1872 6278 2778 3446 4617 5188 7678 4144

Rooms

1 room		 72 7 65 0 0 7 18 17 14 4 27 72 55 15 2 72 2 0 0 0 45 3 9 16
2 rooms 183 13 170 5 0 13 11 38 17 28 78 183 97 69 17 160 8 23 14 9 51 24 63 45
3 rooms 1830 318 1512 53 54 47 100 267 198 217 603 1830 722 816 292 1585 161 245 114 131 635 430 419 346
4 rooms 3671 2312 1359 144 586 98 146 317 221 324 778 3671 962 1713 996 2628 389 1043 422 607 761 876 1258 775
5 rooms 5309 4610 699 186 469 121 198 521 317 174 979 5309 1407 2421 1481 3592 481 1718 699 1001 928 1380 2042 959
6 rooms 5121 4804 317 134 246 68 156 469 261 131 805 5121 1343 2495 1283 3496 402 1625 736 881 1053 1211 1934 922
7 rooms 2799 2713 86 80 76 23 59 235 116 65 342 2799 656 1463 680 1929 227 870 415 453 571 686 1026 516
8 rooms 1303 1266 37 21 29 5 19 97 28 14 129 1303 325 720 259 952 86 351 178 173 325 273 424 280
9 rooms 545 535 9 14 2 1 8 37 19 15 34 545 116 315 114 396 54 149 89 60 81 123 210 130
10 rooms or more 794 772 22 35 26 5 22 48 30 18 78 794 170 430 194 540 62 254 110 132 166 181 292 154

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 714 567 147 27 14 28 27 83 46 26 125 714 201 322 191 492 57 222 88 134 133 181 268 131
1 or more rooms, no direct access 561 490 71 18 24 12 7 42 24 24 70 561 143 300 118 390 35 171 88 83 100 138 176 148
Not reported 131 96 34 2 9 11 10 27 2 8 25 131 43 69 19 97 11 34 26 8 38 15 55 23

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 1387 1235 152 56 45 15 41 118 55 54 175 1387 350 659 379 895 110 492 217 269 234 329 488 336
Not reported 138 101 37 2 12 11 10 27 3 12 25 138 48 71 19 105 11 34 26 8 38 13 62 24

Bedrooms

None		 152 12 140 3 0 17 22 32 27 15 62 152 100 38 14 135 8 17 10 7 69 19 26 38
1 2389 587 1801 64 79 66 124 307 224 266 731 2389 911 1094 384 2027 193 362 171 191 826 549 560 453
2 6644 4962 1682 249 855 153 260 581 349 429 1242 6644 1837 3085 1723 4822 659 1823 740 1063 1370 1623 2310 1341
3 9261 8731 530 300 514 130 254 834 486 222 1441 9261 2260 4551 2449 6157 789 3103 1413 1660 1609 2344 3704 1604
4 or more 3182 3058 124 57 39 20 78 290 135 58 378 3182 746 1688 749 2209 223 973 443 525 743 653 1078 708

Complete Bathrooms

None		 162 100 62 11 8 92 17 43 12 6 69 162 50 50 62 78 9 84 30 54 37 33 75 18
1 8540 5266 3274 144 497 200 464 1132 668 526 2254 8540 2714 3489 2338 6086 829 2454 923 1509 2337 2207 2649 1348
1 1/2 4007 3645 362 30 147 88 95 413 153 63 589 4007 1038 2002 967 2965 388 1042 456 579 1032 1315 1060 600
2 or more 8918 8339 579 487 836 6 162 457 389 396 940 8918 2052 4915 1951 6219 646 2699 1369 1305 1211 1633 3894 2179

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 16448 15435 1013 469 1487 238 519 1315 773 453 2568 16448 3651 8026 4771 10608 1524 5840 2542 3247 2817 4050 6416 3165
Less than 500 164 120 44 8 49 10 15 25 22 10 50 164 54 60 51 103 16 62 27 35 30 28 89 16
500 to 749 450 355 94 2 184 27 43 59 40 18 124 450 88 175 187 238 50 212 67 137 67 98 209 76
750 to 999 1171 1032 139 14 315 31 90 130 81 41 279 1171 262 450 459 683 121 488 150 338 171 290 501 210
1,000 to 1,499 4462 4139 323 106 552 76 161 423 219 149 801 4462 984 2039 1438 2779 450 1683 692 989 620 1028 1869 945
1,500 to 1,999 3698 3531 168 113 213 34 83 235 172 80 530 3698 823 1857 1018 2406 350 1292 610 668 544 786 1522 846
2,000 to 2,499 2439 2361 77 67 43 28 38 119 74 46 238 2439 531 1302 606 1670 223 769 384 383 463 627 860 489
2,500 to 2,999 1197 1166 31 43 9 4 23 63 34 30 154 1197 253 657 286 773 70 424 198 216 262 339 383 213
3,000 to 3,999 1019 988 31 34 5 15 16 40 45 23 94 1019 216 531 272 703 107 316 151 165 210 264 380 165
4,000 or more 661 648 13 24 2 5 11 58 21 10 73 661 147 354 161 453 55 209 102 106 181 163 230 88
Not reported 1186 1095 92 58 114 7 38 163 64 47 226 1186 293 600 293 799 82 387 162 211 269 425 375 117
Median 1687 1715 1283 1834 1125 1312 1285 1428 1482 1450 1448 1687 1676 1766 1551 1728 1620 1609 1708 1514 1855 1733 1615 1663

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 17096 15872 1224 496 1456 259 532 1467 825 511 2720 17096 4001 8262 4833 11178 1552 5918 2582 3282 3098 4146 6587 3264
Less than 1/8 acre 2429 2162 266 86 436 46 83 315 172 109 419 2429 916 1069 443 2011 216 417 175 228 590 619 635 584
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 4807 4423 385 161 260 83 151 407 322 156 699 4807 1700 2300 807 4130 432 677 294 375 710 1294 1560 1244
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 3259 3081 178 55 153 31 61 272 133 96 437 3259 777 1621 861 2523 436 736 309 425 586 810 1285 577
1/2 up to 1 acre 2086 1979 107 61 135 25 71 152 65 45 298 2086 281 1103 702 1252 229 833 356 473 425 411 989 262
1 up to 5 acres 2966 2752 214 90 322 42 127 260 90 83 553 2966 249 1503 1214 1006 190 1960 928 1024 580 564 1432 390
5 up to 10 acres 484 459 25 7 62 5 0 25 9 8 80 484 23 255 206 106 12 378 172 194 63 109 237 75
10 acres or more 1065 1016 49 36 87 26 39 36 33 14 234 1065 54 411 600 149 37 917 349 563 144 339 448 134
Median 0.35 0.36 0.24 0.25 0.30 0.25 0.38 0.26 0.22 0.24 0.39 0.35 0.21 0.37 0.72 0.23 0.32 1.60 1.68 1.55 0.36 0.30 0.46 0.23

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 20091 16316 3774 656 1374 330 647 1741 957 901 3491 20091 5317 9670 5103 14143 1805 5947 2594 3299 4177 4943 7193 3778
0.51 to 1.00 1442 968 474 14 101 56 83 277 238 83 313 1442 493 743 206 1131 63 311 169 142 411 238 451 342
1.01 to 1.50 78 54 24 0 12 0 5 25 24 5 38 78 31 41 5 60 2 18 14 3 24 4 32 18
1.51 or more 17 12 5 2 0 0 3 2 3 1 11 17 12 1 4 15 2 2 0 2 5 4 2 6

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 9333 8024 1309 221 612 153 317 763 342 309 1787 9333 2463 4338 2533 6634 955 2700 1103 1578 1822 2301 3515 1696
0.51 to 1.00 10822 8430 2392 431 772 165 341 1025 627 587 1709 10822 2857 5383 2582 7547 839 3276 1497 1743 2312 2648 3775 2088
1.01 to 1.50 610 488 123 9 56 21 32 122 89 32 122 610 179 340 91 477 34 133 76 57 160 108 184 158
1.51 or more 709 397 313 7 48 31 27 102 136 49 174 709 255 357 98 557 37 152 91 61 254 113 178 165
No bedrooms 152 12 140 3 0 17 22 32 27 15 62 152 100 38 14 135 8 17 10 7 69 19 26 38

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 16448 15435 1013 469 1487 238 519 1315 773 453 2568 16448 3651 8026 4771 10608 1524 5840 2542 3247 2817 4050 6416 3165
Less than 200 122 107 15 0 19 1 15 41 29 3 40 122 52 48 22 97 8 25 12 13 21 19 58 24
200 to 299 243 194 48 8 54 18 12 49 47 10 61 243 58 121 63 164 21 79 37 42 36 32 119 55
300 to 399 487 427 61 2 85 13 36 80 49 21 96 487 87 268 133 283 33 204 97 99 88 82 210 108
400 to 499 741 663 78 9 158 16 45 83 59 27 128 741 150 316 275 434 62 307 94 213 115 161 319 146
500 to 599 928 865 63 20 154 19 18 86 72 36 133 928 224 448 257 603 73 325 142 183 160 222 323 223
600 to 699 1208 1134 75 42 162 25 37 88 39 34 179 1208 290 569 350 746 95 463 208 255 178 310 445 275
700 to 799 1308 1259 49 37 202 13 32 107 71 48 167 1308 241 616 451 736 106 572 223 345 186 291 562 268
800 to 899 1034 970 64 37 137 19 38 81 52 28 144 1034 209 525 301 633 90 402 181 211 148 236 387 263
900 to 999 1163 1115 48 36 102 7 46 77 38 32 169 1163 254 596 313 762 107 401 195 206 200 252 478 233
1,000 to 1,499 4070 3844 226 128 238 50 107 236 124 101 628 4070 839 2027 1204 2580 404 1490 678 801 649 1026 1607 788
1,500 or more 3956 3761 194 92 61 49 95 224 128 67 598 3956 954 1891 1111 2772 444 1184 514 667 766 993 1532 665
Not reported 1186 1095 92 58 114 7 38 163 64 47 226 1186 293 600 293 799 82 387 162 211 269 425 375 117
Median 1048 1056 916 1055 727 851 917 851 783 888 1043 1048 1067 1050 1031 1086 1156 986 1001 975 1108 1100 1037 969
@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