EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EDT, OCTOBER 8, 1996 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB96-166 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Sam Davis 301-457-2441 NEVADA'S HOUSING UNITS AND HOUSEHOLDS ARE FASTEST GROWING, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS Nevada led the nation in the growth of housing units and households between 1990 and 1995. During this period, the number of housing units in Nevada grew 25 percent and the number of households grew 26 percent. This is according to tabulations released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. Idaho, with 12 percent growth in housing units and 15 percent in households, ranked second among the states on both measures. Sam Davis, a Census Bureau analyst, stated, "While Nevada and Idaho led the nation in these trends, Mountain states in general have experienced rapid expansion in the number of households. Growth in the number of households elsewhere in the country was led by Georgia, Texas, and three Pacific states--Alaska, Oregon, and Washington." The tabulations show the nation's housing units reached 108 million in 1995, an increase of 6 percent during the first half of the decade from 102 million. The South and the West led the way in housing units, both with increases of 7 percent. The number of households, also up 6 percent for the nation, grew by 9 percent in the West and 8 percent in the South. By comparison, household growth was 4 percent in the Midwest and 1 percent in the Northeast. A housing unit is a house, apartment, flat, mobile home, or group of rooms occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters. A household consists of all the persons who occupy a housing unit. A more extensive file that presents annual data, 1990 through 1995, is available on diskette (PE-49) which can be obtained by calling 301-763-INFO(4636) and on the Internet at: http://www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/housing.html.-X-The Census Bureau--preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
