*Approximately. * Including, houses, apartments, condos, cabins, mobile homes, etc. All those real, ( i.e. not tents) places people live.
In 2000, there were 115, 904,641 housing units in the United States, according to the Census Bureau. The breakdown, by the number of units in the housing structure:
1-unit, detached - 69,865,957 60.3%
1-unit, attached - 6,447,453 5.6%
2 units - 4,995,350 4.3%
3 or 4 units - 5,494,280 4.7%
5 to 9 units - 5,414,988 4.7%
10 to 19 units - 4,636,717 4.0%
20 or more units - 10,008,058 8.6%
Mobile home - 8,779,228 7.6%
Boat, RV, van down by the river, etc - 262,610 0.2%
Does that last category include small shoe boxes in the middle of the road?
Ha! Luxury!!
Only if a Census Bureau field found one that someone is living in.
Seriously, temporary structures (tents, cardboard boxes, and the like) aren’t considered dwelling units by the Census. Even the “van down by the river” - almost all of them are retired snowbirds who live year-round in large recreational vehicles.
Elmwood, would you decipher the “1 unit, attached” and “detached” categories? If it’s attached to another dwelling unit, it’s not a single unit. My guess would be that the reference is attachment to a non-residential structure, as in the couple who run a general store and live in the apartment behind the store area, the guy who owns a motel and lives in the apartment adjacent to the office, etc.