Rooms Per Housing Unit in South Carolina
For each housing unit, rooms include living rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, finished recreation rooms, enclosed porches suitable for year-round use, and lodger's rooms. Excluded are strip or pullman kitchens, bathrooms, open porches, balconies, halls or foyers, half-rooms, utility rooms, unfinished attics or basements, or other unfinished space used for storage. A partially divided room is a separate room only if there is a partition from floor to ceiling, but not if the partition consists solely of shelves or cabinets.
Number of Rooms in Housing Units: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| 1 room | 10,444 | 0.6 | 2,551,061 | 2.2 |
| 2 rooms | 42,737 | 2.4 | 5,578,182 | 4.8 |
| 3 rooms | 119,708 | 6.8 | 11,405,588 | 9.8 |
| 4 rooms | 307,840 | 17.6 | 18,514,383 | 16.0 |
| 5 rooms | 437,605 | 25.0 | 24,214,071 | 20.9 |
| 6 rooms | 371,856 | 21.2 | 21,385,794 | 18.5 |
| 7 rooms | 228,049 | 13.0 | 13,981,917 | 12.1 |
| 8 rooms | 129,163 | 7.4 | 9,343,740 | 8.1 |
| 9 or more rooms | 106,268 | 6.1 | 8,929,905 | 7.7 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table H23.
Median Number of Rooms
Median Number of Rooms in Housing Units: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| All Housing Units | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Owner-Occupied Housing Units | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Renter-Occupied Housing Units | 4.3 | 4 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table H27.
Occupants Per Room
The Census Bureau considers occupied housing units to be crowded if they have more than one person per room and severely crowded if they have more than 1.5 persons per room. Nationally in 2000, renter-occupied housing was more likely to be crowded than owner-occupied housing. In South Carolina, 4.0 percent of renter-occupied housing units were crowded and 2.0 percent were severely crowded. For owner-occupied housing units, 1.6 percent were crowded and only 0.6 percent were severely crowded.
Occupants per Room in Occupied Housing Units: 2000
| South Carolina | United States | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | |
| Total Occupied Housing Units | 1,533,854 | 100.0 | 105,480,101 | 100.0 |
| Not Crowded (1.0 persons per room or less) | 1,484,516 | 96.8 | 99,422,211 | 94.3 |
| Crowded (1.01 to 1.50 occupants per room) | 34,508 | 2.2 | 3,184,768 | 3.0 |
| Severely Crowded (1.51 or more occupants per room) | 14,830 | 1.0 | 2,873,122 | 2.7 |
| Owner-Occupied Housing Units | 1,107,619 | 100.0 | 69,816,513 | 100.0 |
| Not Crowded | 1,084,101 | 97.9 | 67,672,778 | 96.9 |
| Crowded | 17,414 | 1.6 | 1,328,503 | 1.9 |
| Severely Crowded | 6,104 | 0.6 | 815,232 | 1.2 |
| Renter-Occupied Housing Units | 426,235 | 100.0 | 35,663,588 | 100.0 |
| Not Crowded | 400,415 | 93.9 | 31,749,433 | 89.0 |
| Crowded | 17,094 | 4.0 | 1,856,265 | 5.2 |
| Severely Crowded | 8,726 | 2.0 | 2,057,890 | 5.8 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3, Table H20.