Released: Dec 2006
Next CBECS will be conducted in 2007


Table A2. Census Region, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for All Buildings (Including Malls), 2003
  Number of Buildings (thousand) Total Floorspace (million square feet)
All Buildings North  east Mid-
west 
South West All Buildings North-
east
Mid-
west
South West
All Buildings ................................ 4,859 761 1,305 1,873 920 71,658 13,995 18,103 26,739 12,820
Building Floorspace
(Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000 ................................ 2,586 374 728 985 499 6,922 1,059 1,908 2,618 1,337
5,001 to 10,000 .............................. 948 155 228 386 179 7,033 1,169 1,676 2,844 1,343
10,001 to 25,000 ............................ 810 138 211 308 152 12,659 2,122 3,317 4,859 2,361
25,001 to 50,000 ............................ 261 39 75 96 50 9,382 1,388 2,712 3,474 1,808
50,001 to 100,000 .......................... 147 31 35 58 22 10,291 2,272 2,376 4,059 1,584
100,001 to 200,000 ........................ 74 15 18 30 10 10,217 2,238 2,486 4,140 1,353
200,001 to 500,000 ........................ 26 6 8 7 5 7,494 1,781 2,288 2,109 1,316
Over 500,000 ................................. 8 2 2 3 2 7,660 1,967 1,341 2,635 1,717
Principal Building Activity
Education ....................................... 386 31 63 156 136 9,874 1,683 2,541 3,983 1,667
Food Sales ..................................... 226 40 57 94 Q 1,255 238 320 487 Q
Food Service ................................. 297 37 88 127 45 1,654 172 453 764 265
Health Care .................................... 129 18 31 48 31 3,163 535 798 1,277 553
  Inpatient ....................................... 8 1 2 4 1 1,905 358 438 838 270
  Outpatient .................................... 121 17 29 44 30 1,258 177 359 438 283
Lodging .......................................... 142 27 34 52 30 5,096 1,171 1,144 1,694 1,087
Mercantile ...................................... 657 111 150 295 101 11,192 1,720 1,904 5,094 2,473
  Retail (Other Than Mall) ............... 443 76 111 197 60 4,317 630 880 1,844 963
  Enclosed and Strip Malls .............. 213 35 39 98 41 6,875 1,090 1,024 3,251 1,511
Office ............................................. 824 155 231 250 187 12,208 3,012 2,989 3,782 2,425
Public Assembly ............................ 277 63 57 92 65 3,939 1,048 1,012 1,174 706
Public Order and Safety ................ 71 23 20 15 Q 1,090 362 221 373 Q
Religious Worship .......................... 370 52 107 158 53 3,754 627 1,115 1,498 515
Service .......................................... 622 100 221 198 103 4,050 740 1,289 1,358 664
Warehouse and Storage ............... 597 65 160 277 95 10,078 1,523 3,017 3,966 1,572
Other .............................................. 79 17 31 21 9 1,738 649 316 Q 186
Vacant ........................................... 182 23 55 88 Q 2,567 517 984 701 Q
Year Constructed
Before 1920 ................................... 333 125 139 47 21 3,784 1,412 1,552 525 295
1920 to 1945 .................................. 536 126 163 155 93 6,985 2,578 2,099 1,365 942
1946 to 1959 .................................. 573 107 158 169 138 7,262 2,149 2,093 1,874 1,146
1960 to 1969 .................................. 600 113 138 200 150 8,641 1,858 2,434 2,689 1,660
1970 to 1979 .................................. 784 80 204 319 182 12,275 1,916 3,543 4,410 2,407
1980 to 1989 .................................. 768 105 177 382 105 12,468 1,675 2,221 5,834 2,738
1990 to 1999 .................................. 917 73 235 435 175 13,981 1,544 2,888 7,202 2,347
2000 to 2003 .................................. 347 32 92 167 56 6,262 863 1,274 2,840 1,286
Climate Zone: 30-Year Average
Under 2,000 CDD and --
  More than 7,000 HDD ................... 882 209 456 N 218 11,529 2,567 5,910 N 3,052
  5,500-7,000 HDD ......................... 1,229 350 670 N 209 18,808 5,989 10,584 N 2,234
  4,000-5,499 HDD ......................... 701 202 Q 289 30 12,503 5,440 1,609 4,736 718
  Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 1,336 N N 914 422 17,630 N N 11,506 6,125
2,000 CDD or More and --
  Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 711 N N 670 41 11,189 N N 10,497 692
Number of Establishments
One ................................................ 3,754 559 1,047 1,444 704 45,144 8,061 12,359 16,947 7,776
2 to 5 .............................................. 762 149 182 273 158 12,565 2,802 3,116 4,493 2,155
6 to 10 ............................................ 117 25 21 41 30 3,358 792 730 1,212 624
11 to 20 .......................................... 47 8 6 20 12 3,369 884 552 1,342 591
More than 20 .................................. 22 4 2 11 6 5,060 1,118 453 2,094 1,396
Currently Unoccupied .................... 157 Q 47 84 Q 2,161 Q 892 652 Q
See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed from the CBECS web site   http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/.
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
N=No responding cases in sample.
Note: Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-871A of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.