Houses Are Getting More Crowded


by Steven Davies on Aug 7, 2013 | Views: 133 | Score: 0
Created with Highcharts 4.2.3 /Highstock 4.2.3% of all occupied housing unitsCrowded (1.01 or morepeople per room)Severely crowded(1.51 or more peopleper room)194019501960197019801990200002.557.51012.51517.52022.5
Crowded (1.01 or more people per room)Severely crowded (1.51 or more people per room)
194020.29
195015.76.2
196011.53.6
19708.22.2
19804.51.4
19904.92.1
20005.72.7
% of all occupied housing units
Sources: census.gov
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Steven Davies on Aug 7, 2013 10:25 AM said:

This graph shows the percentage of all occupied housing units that are crowded (1.01 or more people per room) and severely crowded (1.51 or more people per room). After declining steadily from 1940 (20%) to 1980 (4.5%), the rate of crowding rose in 1990 (4.9%) and 2000 (5.7%).