Housing Units--Size of Units and Lot statistics

[In thousands (109,457 represents 109,457,000), except as indicated. As of Oct. 1. Based on the American Housing Survey; American Housing Survey; see Appendix III. Composition of regions: NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]


						YEAR-ROUND UNITS, 1995										YEAR-ROUND UNITS, 1997										YEAR-ROUND UNITS, 1999
	Total										Total										Total
ITEM	housing	Sea-				Occupied					housing	Sea-				Occupied					housing	Sea-				Occupied
	units,	sonal,								Va-	units,	sonal,								Va-	units,	sonal,								Va-
	1995	1995	Total	Owner	Renter	North-	Mid-	South	West	cant	1997	1997	Total	Owner	Renter	North-	Mid-	South	West	cant	1999	1999	Total	Owner	Renter	North-	Mid-	South	West	cant
						east	west									east	west									east	west

Total units	109,457	3,054	97,693	63,544	34,150	19,200	23,662	34,236	20,596	8,710	112,357	3,166	99,487	65,487	34,000	19,484	23,951	34,808	21,245	9,704	115,253	2,961	102,803	68,796	34,007	19,958	24,360	36,389	22,096	9,489

Rooms:
1 room	862	104	550	22	528	246	109	72	123	208	471	18	328	5	323	95	67	51	114	125	622	74	407	6	401	148	71	54	133	140
2 rooms	1,422	215	958	60	898	279	139	235	305	249	1,470	112	951	100	851	333	123	218	278	406	1,391	100	1,014	70	943	289	169	221	335	278
3 rooms	10,166	484	8,311	859	7,452	2,299	1,691	2,240	2,081	1,371	11,715	627	9,399	1,037	8,361	2,403	2,039	2,556	2,400	1,690	11,071	517	8,973	996	7,977	2,305	1,780	2,520	2,368	1,581
4 rooms	20,789	1,070	17,062	6,069	10,993	3,124	3,858	6,135	3,945	2,656	23,468	1,286	19,038	6,996	12,042	3,324	4,290	6,881	4,542	3,145	23,493	992	19,390	7,322	12,068	3,413	4,281	7,203	4,493	3,110
5 rooms	24,328	660	21,600	13,895	7,705	3,749	5,292	8,380	4,178	2,068	24,476	552	21,760	14,828	6,932	3,558	5,078	8,683	4,441	2,165	26,544	706	23,733	16,395	7,338	3,841	5,698	9,443	4,751	2,104
6 rooms	22,151	327	20,700	16,686	4,014	3,797	5,122	7,725	4,055	1,125	21,327	295	19,885	16,415	3,470	3,639	4,878	7,318	4,050	1,147	23,268	315	21,662	18,174	3,488	4,290	5,217	7,958	4,198	1,292
7 rooms	14,183	88	13,560	12,007	1,554	2,606	3,467	4,781	2,706	536	13,782	154	13,113	11,900	1,213	2,656	3,352	4,461	2,644	516	14,126	132	13,457	12,314	1,143	2,628	3,411	4,532	2,886	537
8 rooms or more	15,555	106	14,952	13,946	1,006	3,100	3,985	4,667	3,202	496	15,647	122	15,014	14,207	807	3,475	4,122	4,640	2,776	510	14,737	125	14,168	13,518	648	3,045	3,732	4,458	2,931	446
Median number of rooms	5.4	4.2	5.5	6.2	4.2	5.5	5.6	5.5	5.4	4.5	5.3	4.1	5.4	6.1	4.1	5.5	5.6	5.4	5.2	4.3	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)	(NA)

Complete bathrooms:
No bathrooms	1,201	468	465	195	270	133	116	159	57	268	1,673	412	750	319	432	220	192	182	157	510	2,032	446	676	263	413	188	125	244	119	911
1 bathroom	50,700	1,703	43,777	19,069	24,709	10,472	11,456	13,627	8,221	5,219	51,729	1,668	44,223	19,801	24,421	10,795	11,659	13,509	8,259	5,838	49,179	1,378	42,838	18,650	24,188	10,358	11,006	13,086	8,386	4,963
1 and one-half bathrooms	15,887	237	14,780	11,319	3,461	3,610	4,889	4,008	2,273	870	16,162	232	14,987	11,628	3,360	3,360	4,778	4,142	2,707	943	17,256	253	16,189	12,743	3,446	3,837	5,189	4,423	2,739	814
2 or more bathrooms	41,669	645	38,671	32,961	5,710	4,984	7,201	16,442	10,044	2,353	42,794	854	39,527	33,739	5,787	5,109	7,322	16,975	10,121	2,413	46,786	885	43,100	37,140	5,960	5,575	8,039	18,635	10,851	2,802

Square footage of unit:
Single detached and mobile
homes ¹	73,816	2,564	66,990	57,094	9,897	10,375	17,312	25,622	13,682	4,261	76,410	2,560	68,655	59,011	9,644	10,831	17,572	26,202	14,050	5,195	78,788	2,404	71,321	62,120	9,201	11,188	18,185	27,176	14,772	5,063
Less than 500	1,242	360	667	379	288	59	107	295	206	216	1,402	369	778	491	287	82	132	356	207	254	1,380	337	844	580	264	130	113	407	195	199
500 to 749	3,293	483	2,356	1,386	969	244	521	1,166	424	455	3,188	381	2,286	1,369	917	227	535	1,127	398	521	3,129	461	2,178	1,371	807	287	503	990	399	490
750 to 999	6,676	393	5,697	4,126	1,571	521	1,400	2,675	1,101	586	6,576	364	5,586	4,121	1,465	531	1,329	2,647	1,079	627	6,490	367	5,314	3,950	1,364	592	1,397	2,282	1,044	808
1,000 to 1,499	16,741	406	15,450	12,697	2,753	1,408	3,327	7,147	3,568	885	17,030	468	15,432	12,886	2,546	1,443	3,386	7,045	3,558	1,130	19,084	507	17,369	14,581	2,788	1,892	4,193	7,327	3,958	1,208
1,500 to 1,999	14,576	202	13,785	12,218	1,567	1,839	3,288	5,343	3,314	589	15,007	196	14,071	12,598	1,473	1,828	3,387	5,367	3,488	741	17,163	234	16,153	14,542	1,611	2,333	3,845	6,177	3,798	776
2,000 to 2,499	10,344	69	9,943	9,211	732	1,913	2,960	3,124	1,947	333	10,680	113	10,194	9,526	668	1,992	2,949	3,281	1,973	373	11,351	134	10,782	10,144	638	1,841	2,935	3,791	2,215	435
2,500 to 2,999	5,739	39	5,486	5,147	339	1,265	1,689	1,590	942	214	5,944	45	5,660	5,315	345	1,303	1,758	1,633	967	238	5,782	63	5,507	5,253	254	1,083	1,450	1,964	1,011	212
3,000 to 3,999	5,178	55	4,956	4,737	219	1,214	1,532	1,449	761	167	5,469	45	5,212	4,966	245	1,244	1,651	1,501	815	212	5,158	54	4,913	4,659	254	1,121	1,310	1,607	876	190
4,000 or more	2,938	31	2,785	2,597	189	739	814	879	353	121	3,229	49	3,023	2,825	198	801	890	903	429	157	3,339	31	3,183	3,032	151	747	847	1,121	469	124
Other ²	7,089	527	5,867	4,596	1,271	1,174	1,673	1,953	1,066	695	7,885	529	6,414	4,915	1,499	1,380	1,556	2,342	1,137	941	5,913	214	5,077	4,007	1,070	1,163	1,594	1,511	809	622
Median square footage	1,686	862	1,732	1,814	1,270	2,139	1,875	1,552	1,652	1,297	1,702	932	1,750	1,825	1,276	2,154	1,888	1,570	1,674	1,321	1,685	952	1,730	1,795	1,293	1,953	1,772	1,648	1,683	1,300

Lot size:
Single detached and attached
units and mobile homes	(NA)	(NA)	72,522	60,020	12,500	11,943	18,364	27,480	14,735	(NA)	83,188	2,717	74,495	62,041	12,454	12,417	18,633	28,146	15,299	5,976	86,815	2,602	78,284	65,619	12,666	13,136	19,290	29,557	16,303	5,927
Less than one-eighth acre	(NA)	(NA)	6,292	5,367	924	1,324	1,528	1,710	1,730	(NA)	12,087	640	10,175	7,515	2,659	1,761	2,691	2,745	2,977	1,273	11,993	604	10,296	7,684	2,613	2,035	2,583	2,647	3,031	1,093
One-eighth to one-quarter acre	(NA)	(NA)	12,184	11,077	1,107	1,777	3,212	3,725	3,470	(NA)	22,045	586	19,915	16,284	3,632	2,625	5,309	6,547	5,434	1,544	25,900	659	23,516	18,931	4,585	3,137	5,962	7,927	6,490	1,724
One-quarter to one-half acre	(NA)	(NA)	10,077	9,303	774	1,707	2,643	3,741	1,986	(NA)	15,414	319	14,235	12,381	1,854	2,217	3,578	5,542	2,899	860	13,123	292	11,939	10,562	1,377	1,909	3,239	4,415	2,376	891
One-half up to one acre	(NA)	(NA)	7,394	6,656	738	1,537	1,635	3,275	947	(NA)	9,841	269	8,977	7,858	1,120	1,915	1,961	4,103	999	595	11,442	225	10,668	9,316	1,352	2,130	2,308	4,887	1,344	549
1 to 5 acres	(NA)	(NA)	10,450	9,398	1,051	2,138	2,188	4,990	1,134	(NA)	14,185	346	13,067	11,345	1,723	2,580	2,765	6,166	1,557	771	15,013	352	13,851	12,220	1,631	2,666	2,869	6,619	1,697	810
5 to 10 acres	(NA)	(NA)	1,713	1,574	139	225	477	768	244	(NA)	2,143	58	1,990	1,791	199	300	578	797	315	96	2,694	93	2,509	2,326	183	335	685	1,114	376	92
10 acres or more	(NA)	(NA)	3,670	3,185	485	452	1,258	1,529	431	(NA)	4,293	260	3,687	3,238	450	562	1,252	1,422	451	346	4,335	218	3,694	3,151	543	549	1,271	1,429	445	423
Other ³	(NA)	(NA)	20,742	13,460	7,282	2,783	5,423	7,742	4,793	(NA)	3,180	239	2,449	1,629	817	457	499	824	667	491	2,315	159	1,811	1,429	382	375	373	519	544	345
Median acreage	(NA)	(NA)	0.43	0.43	0.44	0.47	0.41	0.61	0.24	(NA)	0.35	0.26	0.35	0.38	0.23	0.43	0.32	0.45	0.23	0.24	0.33	0.24	0.34	0.38	0.22	0.41	0.32	0.47	0.22	0.25

NA Not available.
1 Does not include selected vacant units.
2 Represents units not reported or size unknown.
3 Represents condominiums and cooperatives--single detached, single attached, and mobile homes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Housing Reports, series H150/95RV, H150/97, and H150/99, American Housing Survey for the United States.

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