1.01 or More Occupants Per Room - B25014H003 - Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder) - American Community Survey 2011 (ACS11) - Survey ACS 2011 (1-Year Estimates)

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ACS 2011 (1-Year Estimates)

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Survey: ACS 2011 (1-Year Estimates)

Data Source:

U.S. Census Bureau

Data set: American Community Survey 2011 (ACS11)

Table:

B25014H. Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder) [3]

Universe: Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

Variable Details

B25014H.	Occupants Per Room (White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino Householder)
	Universe: Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino
	B25014H001Universe: Occupied housing units with a householder who Is White alone, not Hispanic or Latino B25014H003 1.01 or More Occupants Per Room Percent base: Occupied Housing Units with a Householder Who Is White Alone, Not Hispanic or Latino (ACS11:B25014H001) Aggregation method: Addition

Relevant Documentation:

Excerpt from:	Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey 2011 Summary File: Technical Documentation.
	ACS 2011-1yr Summary File: Technical Documentation -> Appendix A. Supplemental Documentation -> Subject Definitions -> Housing Variables -> Occupants Per Room

Occupants Per Room

Occupants per room is obtained by dividing the number of people in each occupied housing unit by the number of rooms in the unit. The figures show the number of occupied housing units having the specified ratio of people per room. Although the Census Bureau has no official definition of crowded units, many users consider units with more than one occupant per room to be crowded. Occupants per room is rounded to the nearest hundredth.

This data is the basis for estimating the amount of living and sleeping spaces within a housing unit. These data allow officials to plan and allocate funding for additional housing to relieve crowded housing conditions. The data also serve to aid in planning for future services and infrastructure, such as home energy assistance programs and the development of waste treatment facilities.

Comparability

Caution should be used when comparing American Community Survey data on occupants per room from the years 2008 and after with both pre-2008 ACS and Census 2000 data. Changes made to the rooms question between the 2007 and 2008 ACS involving the wording as well as the response option resulted in an inconsistency in the ACS data. This inconsistency in the data was most noticeable as an increase in "1 room" responses and as a decrease in "2 rooms" to "6 rooms" responses.