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S2501. Occupancy Characteristics  More information about this table...
Data Set: 2006 American Community Survey
Survey: American Community Survey

NOTE. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.

Subject

Occupied housing units


Margin of Error

Owner-occupied housing units


Margin of Error

Renter-occupied housing units


Margin of Error

Occupied housing units

111,617,402

+/-145,530

75,086,485

+/-218,471

36,530,917

+/-116,156

HOUSEHOLD SIZE

1-person household

27.3%

+/-0.1

21.9%

+/-0.1

38.4%

+/-0.1

2-person household

33.2%

+/-0.1

36.4%

+/-0.1

26.6%

+/-0.1

3-person household

16.0%

+/-0.1

16.3%

+/-0.1

15.3%

+/-0.1

4-or-more-person household

23.6%

+/-0.1

25.4%

+/-0.1

19.8%

+/-0.1

 

OCCUPANTS PER ROOM

1.00 or less occupants per room

97.0%

+/-0.1

98.4%

+/-0.1

94.2%

+/-0.1

1.01 to 1.50 occupants per room

2.3%

+/-0.1

1.4%

+/-0.1

4.3%

+/-0.1

1.51 or more occupants per room

0.7%

+/-0.1

0.3%

+/-0.1

1.5%

+/-0.1

 

HOUSEHOLD TYPE (INCLUDING LIVING ALONE) AND AGE OF HOUSEHOLDER

Family households

66.8%

+/-0.1

74.3%

+/-0.1

51.5%

+/-0.1

Married-couple family

49.7%

+/-0.1

61.3%

+/-0.1

26.0%

+/-0.1

Householder 15 to 34 years

8.4%

+/-0.1

7.7%

+/-0.1

9.9%

+/-0.1

Householder 35 to 64 years

32.6%

+/-0.1

41.8%

+/-0.1

13.7%

+/-0.1

Householder 65 years and over

8.8%

+/-0.1

11.8%

+/-0.1

2.5%

+/-0.1

Other family

17.1%

+/-0.1

13.0%

+/-0.1

25.4%

+/-0.1

Male householder, no wife present

4.6%

+/-0.1

3.9%

+/-0.1

6.1%

+/-0.1

Householder 15 to 34 years

1.4%

+/-0.1

0.8%

+/-0.1

2.8%

+/-0.1

Householder 35 to 64 years

2.7%

+/-0.1

2.6%

+/-0.1

3.0%

+/-0.1

Householder 65 years and over

0.4%

+/-0.1

0.5%

+/-0.1

0.2%

+/-0.1

Female householder, no husband present

12.5%

+/-0.1

9.1%

+/-0.1

19.4%

+/-0.1

Householder 15 to 34 years

3.5%

+/-0.1

1.2%

+/-0.1

8.2%

+/-0.1

Householder 35 to 64 years

7.4%

+/-0.1

6.0%

+/-0.1

10.2%

+/-0.1

Householder 65 years and over

1.6%

+/-0.1

1.9%

+/-0.1

0.9%

+/-0.1

Nonfamily households

33.2%

+/-0.1

25.7%

+/-0.1

48.5%

+/-0.1

Householder living alone

27.3%

+/-0.1

21.9%

+/-0.1

38.4%

+/-0.1

Householder 15 to 34 years

4.7%

+/-0.1

1.8%

+/-0.1

10.6%

+/-0.1

Householder 35 to 64 years

13.5%

+/-0.1

11.0%

+/-0.1

18.4%

+/-0.1

Householder 65 years and over

9.1%

+/-0.1

9.1%

+/-0.1

9.3%

+/-0.1

Householder not living alone

5.9%

+/-0.1

3.8%

+/-0.1

10.1%

+/-0.1

Householder 15 to 34 years

2.9%

+/-0.1

1.0%

+/-0.1

6.9%

+/-0.1

Householder 35 to 64 years

2.5%

+/-0.1

2.3%

+/-0.1

3.0%

+/-0.1

Householder 65 years and over

0.4%

+/-0.1

0.5%

+/-0.1

0.3%

+/-0.1

 

FAMILY TYPE AND PRESENCE OF OWN CHILDREN

With related children under 18 years

34.1%

+/-0.1

34.2%

+/-0.1

33.9%

+/-0.1

With own children under 18 years

31.3%

+/-0.1

31.3%

+/-0.1

31.4%

+/-0.1

Under 6 years only

7.1%

+/-0.1

6.1%

+/-0.1

9.1%

+/-0.1

Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years

6.3%

+/-0.1

5.9%

+/-0.1

7.1%

+/-0.1

6 to 17 years only

18.0%

+/-0.1

19.3%

+/-0.1

15.2%

+/-0.1

No own children under 18 years

2.8%

+/-0.1

2.9%

+/-0.1

2.5%

+/-0.1

No related children under 18 years

65.9%

+/-0.1

65.8%

+/-0.1

66.1%

+/-0.1

 

PERCENT IMPUTED

Tenure

0.6%

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

(X)

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey

Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables.

Notes:
·While the 2006 American Community Survey (ACS) data generally reflect the December 2005 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) definitions of metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, in certain instances the names, codes, and boundaries of the principal cities shown in ACS tables may differ from the OMB definitions due to differences in the effective dates of the geographic entities.

Explanation of Symbols:
1. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that either no sample observations or too few sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
6. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate.
7. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.
8. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available.



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