A Census housing unit is not necessarily an entire building

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Separate living quarters

The Census Bureau’s American Housing Survey definition includes houses, townhouses, apartments, mobile homes and certain rooms as housing units when they are separate living quarters, occupied or intended for occupancy. An apartment can therefore be the statistical unit rather than its entire building.

A count is not an offer

Keep housing units distinct from buildings when reading a table. Neither label establishes a particular address’s condition, availability or permission to occupy it.

This is a national statistical definition, not a property listing or an inspection.

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