Condominium Status

In question H18 on the 1990 census forms, we asked people to tell us whether the house or apartment they lived in was a condominium.¹

Farm Residence

In question H19a on the 1990 census forms, we asked people if their house was on less than 1 acre of land. For those who answered "No," we asked for the sales of their agricultural products in 1989 (H19b).

The responses to this question were used to qualify housing units as farm residences.³ The farm population consists of persons in households living in farm residences.

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¹ A condominium is a type of ownership in which a person owns an apartment or house in a development and has joint ownership of common areas and facilities, such as the land, roof, elevators, swimming pool, etc. Condominiums may be single-family houses as well as units in apartment buildings.

³ An occupied single-family house or mobile home  was classified as a farm residence in 1990 if the housing unit was located on 1 acre or more, and at least $1,000 worth of agricultural products were sold from the property in 1989. Farm residence was tabulated only for housing units in rural areas (that is, not in urbanized areas or places of 2,500 or more).