Housing and Construction Reports: Housing vacancies. Series H-111, Issues 1-39U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census., 1955 |
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... West ( table 1 ) . The deviation was much greater than in 1950. In the Northeast , the available vacancy rate remained practically the same as in 1950 ; but in the three other regions , the rate in- creased . of the four regions , the West ...
... West ( table 1 ) . The deviation was much greater than in 1950. In the Northeast , the available vacancy rate remained practically the same as in 1950 ; but in the three other regions , the rate in- creased . of the four regions , the West ...
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... West United States North- east North Central South West All dwelling units . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Year - round vacant : Not dilapidated ... 4.3 2.2 3.4 5.3 7.2 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.9 5.0 For rent or for ...
... West United States North- east North Central South West All dwelling units . 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Year - round vacant : Not dilapidated ... 4.3 2.2 3.4 5.3 7.2 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.9 5.0 For rent or for ...
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... West United North- North States east Central South West All dwelling units ..... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Year - round vacant : Not dilapidated ... 4.4 2.5 3.6 5.3 7.3 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.9 5.0 For rent or ...
... West United North- North States east Central South West All dwelling units ..... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Year - round vacant : Not dilapidated ... 4.4 2.5 3.6 5.3 7.3 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.9 5.0 For rent or ...
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... West ... Comparison of characteristics of vacancies for the fourth quarter with those for the second and third quarters 1955 ( Series H - 111 , Nos . 1 and 2 ) reveals that many of the differences are small . A small difference ...
... West ... Comparison of characteristics of vacancies for the fourth quarter with those for the second and third quarters 1955 ( Series H - 111 , Nos . 1 and 2 ) reveals that many of the differences are small . A small difference ...
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... West . Comparison of the 1956 with the 1950 rental vacancy rate illustrates the change in the utilization of the housing supply . The rental vacancy rate for the United States in 1950 was 2.6 percent . Although the percentage of rental ...
... West . Comparison of the 1956 with the 1950 rental vacancy rate illustrates the change in the utilization of the housing supply . The rental vacancy rate for the United States in 1950 was 2.6 percent . Although the percentage of rental ...
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amount asked available for rent available for sale available vacant units awaiting occupancy Census classified Condition and status count Duration of Vacancy excluded farm Fourth quarter held off market homeowner vacancy rate hot running water included Inside SMSA's intended for occupancy lacking facilities Median number meration METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS minor civil divisions months NONFARM AVAILABLE VACANT North Central Northeast number of dwelling number of rooms occupied by persons offered for rent owner Percent distribution persons with usual place of residence plumbing facilities price asked rent or price rental vacancy rate rented or sold reported sale price sampling variability seasonal units Second quarter separate cooking equipment separate living quarters sound or deteriorating standard error standard metropolitan areas Table Third quarter tion total homeowner total rental units unincorporated areas units for rent units for sale units held usual place vacant dwelling units vacant housing units vacant units available
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Page 6 - Except in New England, a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more or 'twin cities' with a combined population of at least 50,000.
Page 6 - ... twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city or cities, contiguous counties are included in an SMSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Page 5 - A house, an apartment or other group of rooms, or a single room, is regarded as a housing unit when it is occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters; that is, when the occupants do not live and eat with any other persons in the structure and there is either (1 ) direct access from the outside or through a common hall or (2) a kitchen or cooking equipment for the exclusive use of the occupants.
Page 6 - Deteriorating housing needs more repair than would be provided in the course of regular maintenance. It has one or more defects of an Intermediate nature that must be corrected if the unit is to continue to provide safe and adequate shelter.
Page 7 - Except in New England, a standard metropolitan area is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city, or cities, contiguous counties are included in a standard metropolitan area if according to certain criteria they are essentially metropolitan in character and socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Page 5 - ... persons who consider the hotel as their usual place of residence or have no usual place of residence elsewhere.
Page 6 - towns" are simply minor civil divisions of counties, (c) the densely settled urban fringe, including both incorporated and unincorporated areas, around cities of 50,000 or more, and (d ) unincorporated places of 2,500 inhabitants or more outside any urban fringe.
Page 7 - A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters.
Page 10 - ... any systematic biases in the data. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error.
Page 8 - The standard error is a measure of sampling variability. The chances are about 2 out of 3 that the difference due to sampling variability between an estimate and the figure that would have been obtained from a complete count of the population is less than the standard error. The amount by which the standard error must be multiplied to obtain other odds deemed more appropriate...