DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Minnesota
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
          Total housing units 2,065,946 100.0   OCCUPANTS PER ROOM    
UNITS IN STRUCTURE                 Occupied housing units 1,895,127 100.0
1-unit, detached 1,399,993 67.8   1.00 or less 1,840,101 97.1
1-unit, attached 107,385 5.2   1.01 to 1.50 30,961 1.6
2 units 62,137 3.0   1.51 or more 24,065 1.3
3 or 4 units 48,235 2.3        
5 to 9 units 49,307 2.4             Specified owner-occupied units 1,117,489 100.0
10 to 19 units 79,019 3.8   VALUE    
20 or more units 220,976 10.7   Less than $50,000 85,915 7.7
Mobile home 93,618 4.5   $50,000 to $99,999 306,642 27.4
Boat, RV, van, etc. 5,276 0.3   $100,000 to $149,999 366,474 32.8
        $150,000 to $199,000 185,489 16.6
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT       $200,000 to $299,999 115,472 10.3
1999 to March 2000 48,172 2.3   $300,000 to $499,999 44,497 4.0
1995 to 1998 136,340 6.6   $500,000 to $999,999 10,898 1.0
1990 to 1994 148,759 7.2   $1,000,000 or more 2,102 0.2
1980 to 1989 299,068 14.5   Median (dollars) 122,400 (X)
1970 to 1979 375,503 18.2        
1960 to 1969 247,952 12.0   MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED    
1940 to 1959 382,877 18.5    MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
1939 or earlier 427,275 20.7   With a mortgage 829,081 74.2
             Less than $300 4,281 0.4
 ROOMS            $300 to $499 43,971 3.9
1 room 39,319 1.9        $500 to $699 105,674 9.5
2 rooms 87,349 4.2        $700 to $999 230,999 20.7
3 rooms 190,435 9.2        $1,000 to $1,499 278,253 24.9
4 rooms 286,009 13.8        $1,500 to $1,999 102,140 9.1
5 rooms 356,665 17.3        $2,000 or more 63,763 5.7
6 rooms 320,391 15.5        Median (dollars) 1,044 (X)
7 rooms 271,626 13.1   Not mortgaged 288,408 25.8
8 rooms 235,988 11.4        Median (dollars) 271 (X)
9 or more rooms 278,164 13.5        
Median (rooms) 5.7 (X)   SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS    
         AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD    
          Occupied Housing Units 1,895,127 100.0    INCOME IN 1999    
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT       Less than 15 percent 432,848 38.7
1999 to March 2000 333,904 17.6   15 to 19 percent 221,644 19.8
1995 to 1998 537,453 28.4   20 to 24 percent 168,114 15.0
1990 to 1994 330,323 17.4   25 to 29 percent 105,343 9.4
1980 to 1989 313,696 16.6   30 to 34 percent 61,474 5.5
1970 to 1979 190,030 10.0   35 percent or more 123,737 11.1
1969 or earlier 189,721 10.0   Not computed 4,329 0.4
             
VEHICLES AVAILABLE                 Specified renter-occupied units 471,466 100.0
None 145,183 7.7   GROSS RENT    
1 590,451 31.2   Less than $200 34,829 7.4
2 799,324 42.2   $200 to $299 32,885 7.0
3 or more 360,169 19.0   $300 to $499 110,074 23.3
        $500 to $749 167,824 35.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL       $750 to $999 73,201 15.5
Utility Gas 1,281,261 67.6   $1,000 to $1,499 28,611 6.1
Bottled, Tank, or LP gas 197,163 10.4   $1,500 or more 6,587 1.4
Electricity 229,094 12.1   No cash rent 17,455 3.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 121,401 6.4   Median (dollars) 566 (X)
Coal or coke 433 0.0        
Wood 36,961 2.0   GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF    
Solar energy 315 0.0    HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999    
Other fuel 18,857 1.0   Less than 15 percent 88,147 18.7
No fuel used 9,642 0.5   15 to 19 percent 72,791 15.4
        20 to 24 percent 66,501 14.1
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS       25 to 29 percent 55,315 11.7
Lacking complete plumbing facilities 9,581 0.5   30 to 34 percent 37,117 7.9
Lacking complete kitchen facilities 9,223 0.5   35 percent or more 127,990 27.1
No telephone service 21,641 1.1   Not computed 23,605 5.0
 
Date: March 3, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.