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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 2-3. Size of Unit and Lot--Occupied Units
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 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		 105842 72238 33604 5691 6854 1970 4320 13004 11038 21627 17242 13960 105842 31300 53765 20778 78369 7486 27474 13856 13291 20133 24488 38145 23077

Rooms

1 room		 344 13 331 0 0 72 101 63 46 72 103 126 344 201 122 21 315 11 29 19 10 131 54 32 127
2 rooms 984 58 926 19 10 42 88 175 158 183 337 272 984 617 260 106 898 63 86 42 44 320 157 210 297
3 rooms 8617 982 7635 229 189 250 635 1488 1505 1830 2797 2114 8617 4035 3548 1033 7805 589 812 346 445 2220 1695 2473 2228
4 rooms 18558 6974 11584 675 2166 483 1194 2781 2832 3671 4916 3551 18558 6551 8302 3705 14626 1620 3932 1810 2085 3377 4071 6611 4499
5 rooms 24415 16805 7610 1334 2619 500 1047 3205 2781 5309 3898 3585 24415 7044 11746 5625 17104 1877 7312 3464 3748 3934 5758 9689 5034
6 rooms 22554 19055 3499 1055 1049 344 690 2725 1998 5121 2432 2499 22554 6160 11577 4818 15975 1566 6579 3264 3251 4314 5375 8412 4453
7 rooms 13835 12639 1195 878 476 146 311 1356 897 2799 1298 965 13835 3282 7834 2719 9785 874 4050 2149 1845 2552 3354 5022 2908
8 rooms 7943 7533 410 673 188 49 120 604 424 1303 706 426 7943 1671 4940 1333 5689 407 2254 1307 926 1620 1947 2680 1696
9 rooms 3749 3577 171 354 70 34 63 291 171 545 329 177 3749 766 2428 555 2692 206 1057 691 349 711 948 1262 827
10 rooms or more 4844 4602 242 475 87 50 72 316 225 794 425 245 4844 973 3008 863 3480 274 1364 763 589 954 1128 1754 1008

Rooms Used for Business

Business only
1 or more rooms with direct access		 3259 2426 833 169 115 79 126 475 238 714 360 424 3259 1009 1621 629 2348 190 911 466 438 631 689 1204 735
1 or more rooms, no direct access 5183 4245 938 533 136 84 156 469 316 561 766 293 5183 1350 3021 812 3825 226 1358 753 586 915 1159 1774 1334
Not reported 818 600 217 58 28 21 81 141 29 131 108 161 818 254 485 79 661 41 157 119 37 186 161 286 184

Business and other use
1 or more rooms		 12276 9794 2482 935 441 166 401 1047 718 1387 1677 796 12276 3391 6611 2275 8928 719 3348 1722 1556 2086 2753 4100 3336
Not reported 837 603 234 58 31 22 79 139 32 138 112 166 837 258 500 79 682 41 155 117 37 189 159 291 197

Bedrooms

None		 811 35 776 14 3 116 131 145 118 152 292 275 811 516 230 65 743 36 69 40 29 256 141 91 323
1 11557 1729 9828 296 286 355 841 1942 1873 2389 3552 2602 11557 5441 4742 1375 10360 742 1198 541 633 3060 2305 3325 2867
2 28595 14183 14412 1056 2765 677 1660 3905 3769 6644 6407 4855 28595 9733 13088 5774 22328 2429 6267 2870 3345 5456 6749 9869 6522
3 44592 37602 6990 2557 3269 645 1264 5129 3826 9261 5030 4780 44592 11210 23339 10043 30347 3211 14245 7201 6832 7444 10531 17904 8713
4 or more 20286 18689 1597 1768 531 177 425 1883 1451 3182 1960 1449 20286 4400 12365 3521 14591 1069 5695 3205 2452 3917 4762 6955 4652

Complete Bathrooms

None		 642 270 371 14 49 334 82 125 69 162 151 263 642 245 217 180 419 52 223 92 127 169 131 214 128
1 40814 17620 23193 617 2243 1056 2907 6767 5949 8540 8900 8411 40814 15743 16344 8727 31818 3531 8996 3729 5196 9982 10289 12427 8116
1 1/2 16240 12716 3523 281 651 411 434 2178 1197 4007 1981 1842 16240 4570 8351 3319 12320 1370 3919 1937 1949 3939 5206 4369 2726
2 or more 48147 41631 6516 4778 3912 170 897 3934 3823 8918 6211 3444 48147 10742 28853 8552 33812 2533 14335 8097 6019 6044 8862 21135 12107

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74607 65157 9450 4372 6854 1024 2269 6771 5958 16448 7860 7639 74607 16520 39970 18117 49152 5611 25455 12687 12506 11557 18474 28864 15711
Less than 500 686 426 261 18 226 30 51 107 124 164 139 161 686 178 292 217 404 63 283 126 154 99 99 315 173
500 to 749 2046 1267 779 11 767 85 188 257 300 450 429 503 2046 439 914 693 1130 189 915 394 504 269 455 935 386
750 to 999 5248 3804 1444 101 1627 129 371 539 684 1171 714 976 5248 1181 2272 1796 3110 586 2138 926 1209 636 1394 2195 1023
1,000 to 1,499 18057 15118 2940 631 2168 287 694 1849 1777 4462 2106 2222 18057 4400 8656 5001 11734 1604 6323 2859 3397 2048 4211 7576 4223
1,500 to 1,999 17491 15748 1743 984 1062 199 377 1523 1295 3698 1683 1410 17491 4003 9551 3937 11809 1270 5682 2930 2667 2405 4019 6830 4236
2,000 to 2,499 11827 11128 699 814 290 97 179 740 598 2439 958 704 11827 2334 6870 2623 7787 781 4040 2176 1842 1979 3102 4363 2382
2,500 to 2,999 6047 5798 248 572 76 33 75 371 296 1197 546 391 6047 1201 3703 1143 4106 275 1941 1061 868 1148 1517 2247 1135
3,000 to 3,999 5434 5235 198 575 59 45 77 269 247 1019 483 258 5434 998 3370 1066 3723 366 1711 990 700 1107 1431 1841 1054
4,000 or more 3145 2968 178 355 60 28 57 249 132 661 269 201 3145 636 1881 629 2154 187 992 540 442 743 823 1071 508
Not reported 4626 3665 961 311 518 91 201 867 504 1186 534 814 4626 1152 2462 1012 3195 289 1430 685 723 1122 1422 1491 591
Median 1755 1821 1299 2175 1126 1389 1305 1565 1455 1687 1581 1399 1755 1685 1846 1607 1779 1586 1707 1789 1617 1950 1794 1695 1707

Lot Size

1-unit structures@9		 79003 67288 11715 4625 6816 1128 2395 7861 6517 17096 8875 8349 79003 18535 42021 18446 53157 5818 25846 12939 12628 12999 19119 30432 16452
Less than 1/8 acre 10581 8035 2545 469 1521 202 379 1527 1442 2429 1590 1433 10581 4062 5061 1458 9038 760 1543 818 698 2187 2552 2824 3019
1/8 up to 1/4 acre 22169 18190 3978 1180 1173 342 682 2526 2725 4807 2886 2445 22169 7695 11350 3124 19409 1818 2760 1407 1306 2726 5611 7239 6593
1/4 up to 1/2 acre 15297 13503 1795 914 548 173 372 1450 1107 3259 1671 1270 15297 3761 8790 2747 12333 1408 2965 1584 1339 2418 3759 5953 3168
1/2 up to 1 acre 10464 9351 1113 640 814 124 306 913 484 2086 992 916 10464 1555 6195 2714 6481 866 3983 2094 1848 2028 2225 4929 1282
1 up to 5 acres 14428 12723 1705 945 1933 181 474 1232 552 2966 1278 1551 14428 1163 7859 5405 4774 716 9654 4899 4690 2748 3065 7033 1582
5 up to 10 acres 2331 2185 147 236 387 30 45 77 67 484 176 242 2331 102 1174 1055 443 92 1888 890 964 318 656 1014 343
10 acres or more 3733 3301 431 241 440 75 138 137 140 1065 284 491 3733 197 1593 1943 680 159 3052 1246 1784 574 1252 1442 465
Median 0.36 0.39 0.23 0.43 0.60 0.28 0.34 0.24 0.21 0.35 0.25 0.31 0.36 0.21 0.38 0.85 0.24 0.31 1.69 1.46 1.96 0.41 0.34 0.47 0.22

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 74537 53695 20842 4165 4516 1209 2737 8459 4627 20091 10977 9279 74537 21294 38050 15193 54621 5536 19916 10023 9657 13980 17980 27449 15128
0.51 to 1.00 28743 17602 11141 1471 2123 652 1326 4144 5064 1442 5714 3789 28743 8919 14565 5260 21558 1802 7184 3643 3458 5697 6200 9951 6894
1.01 to 1.50 2097 793 1304 48 198 88 188 339 1066 78 480 696 2097 882 937 279 1776 137 321 174 142 380 268 639 810
1.51 or more 465 148 317 6 16 21 70 62 281 17 72 197 465 206 213 47 413 11 52 17 35 75 39 105 246

Persons Per Bedroom

0.50 or less		 25149 19542 5607 1154 1759 418 963 2836 1177 9333 2909 3764 25149 7067 12495 5586 18349 2100 6800 3254 3486 4413 6152 9660 4924
0.51 to 1.00 51714 36304 15410 3307 3144 782 1868 6075 3755 10822 8367 5733 51714 14566 26891 10257 37708 3590 14006 7139 6666 9657 12292 19078 10688
1.01 to 1.50 15698 10939 4760 879 1139 290 530 2151 2160 610 2675 1682 15698 4215 8405 3078 11323 1031 4375 2280 2047 3155 3641 5440 3462
1.51 or more 12470 5418 7052 336 809 365 828 1797 3828 709 2999 2507 12470 4935 5743 1792 10246 729 2223 1143 1063 2652 2263 3875 3680
No bedrooms 811 35 776 14 3 116 131 145 118 152 292 275 811 516 230 65 743 36 69 40 29 256 141 91 323

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74607 65157 9450 4372 6854 1024 2269 6771 5958 16448 7860 7639 74607 16520 39970 18117 49152 5611 25455 12687 12506 11557 18474 28864 15711
Less than 200 1687 1139 548 22 423 57 168 265 617 122 267 468 1687 492 708 488 1151 182 537 222 306 199 234 719 535
200 to 299 4228 3084 1143 120 814 104 201 524 869 243 676 712 4228 1042 2092 1094 2797 350 1431 680 744 476 985 1672 1094
300 to 399 6354 5125 1229 234 874 97 271 672 863 487 887 655 6354 1444 3382 1528 4134 473 2220 1135 1055 855 1414 2516 1568
400 to 499 7245 6132 1113 382 860 105 236 694 591 741 928 561 7245 1505 3913 1828 4725 541 2520 1191 1287 1079 1775 2858 1533
500 to 599 6722 5938 784 374 616 80 170 600 525 928 679 465 6722 1426 3762 1534 4480 479 2242 1163 1055 1054 1667 2460 1541
600 to 699 6858 6142 716 478 584 79 155 472 379 1208 717 476 6858 1545 3701 1612 4467 459 2391 1227 1153 1063 1756 2582 1458
700 to 799 5658 5126 532 388 526 69 133 500 348 1308 544 434 5658 1147 3071 1439 3551 356 2107 998 1084 750 1390 2325 1193
800 to 899 4466 4076 391 348 355 43 105 298 195 1034 442 341 4466 933 2504 1029 2866 305 1600 859 724 638 1063 1760 1005
900 to 999 4237 3908 329 242 369 42 106 250 205 1163 398 363 4237 889 2338 1011 2801 353 1437 763 658 648 1083 1647 860
1,000 to 1,499 12436 11458 978 870 642 120 294 829 477 4070 1089 1226 12436 2603 6741 3092 8035 978 4401 2239 2114 1876 3141 4975 2445
1,500 or more 10090 9363 727 604 274 136 228 800 386 3956 698 1124 10090 2342 5297 2450 6950 847 3140 1523 1603 1799 2544 3859 1887
Not reported 4626 3665 961 311 518 91 201 867 504 1186 534 814 4626 1152 2462 1012 3195 289 1430 685 723 1122 1422 1491 591
Median 733 762 526 809 532 629 592 641 464 1048 631 717 733 720 738 732 734 749 731 738 726 765 749 737 688
@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