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Buildings and Size Data by Basic Characteristics for Public Assembly Buildings
Number of Buildings (thousand)
Percent of Buildings
Floorspace (million square feet)
Percent of Floorspace
Square Feet per Building (thousand)
 
All Public Assembly Buildings
305
100
4,393
100
14.4
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
124
41
337
8
2.7
5,001 to 10,000
88
29
646
15
7.4
10,001 to 25,000
64
21
968
22
15.2
25,001 to 50,000
15
5
559
13
36.7
50,001 to 100,000
11
4
740
17
67.2
100,001 to 200,000
2
1
285
6
129.2
200,001 to 500,000
1
0
347
8
329.9
Over 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Year Constructed
1919 or Before
34
11
292
7
8.5
1920 to 1945
37
12
569
13
15.3
1946 to 1959
31
10
534
12
17.4
1960 to 1969
58
19
868
20
14.9
1970 to 1979
42
14
717
16
17.0
1980 to 1989
59
19
678
15
11.5
1990 to 1999
43
14
736
17
16.9
 
Floors
One
177
58
1,341
31
7.6
Two
94
31
1,227
28
13.0
Three
19
6
713
16
38.2
Four to Nine
15
5
1,094
25
72.4
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
43
14
882
20
20.6
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
33
11
574
13
17.2
Midwest
88
29
1,142
26
12.9
—East North Central
50
16
635
14
12.8
—West North Central
39
13
507
12
13.1
South
126
41
1,511
34
12.0
—South Atlantic
52
17
539
12
10.4
—East South Central
36
12
431
10
11.9
—West South Central
38
12
541
12
14.3
West
48
16
859
20
17.9
—Mountain
Q
Q
373
8
20.2
—Pacific
29
10
486
11
16.5
 
Ownership and Occupancy
Nongovernment Owned
240
79
2,775
63
11.5
—Owner Occupied
203
67
2,321
53
11.4
—Nonowner Occupied
31
10
411
9
13.2
Government Owned
65
21
1,618
37
25.0
—Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—State
5
2
461
11
100.8
—Local
52
17
980
22
19.0
 
Number of Establishments
One
262
86
3,122
71
11.9
2 to 5
27
9
821
19
30.1
6 to 10
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
11 to 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
More than 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Currently Unoccupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
184
60
2,300
52
12.5
College or University
8
3
551
13
70.9
Primary or Secondary School
21
7
237
5
11.1
Office Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Religious Campus or Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Health Care Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Other
37
12
651
15
17.6
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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Establishment, Employment and Age Data by Basic Characteristics for Public Assembly Buildings
Establishments per Building
Total Employees (thousand)
Employees per Building
Square Feet per Employee
Median Age of Building (years)
 
All Public Assembly Buildings
1.8
3,147
10
1,396
32.5
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
1.1
458
4
736
32.5
5,001 to 10,000
Q
Q
Q
720
36.5
10,001 to 25,000
1.5
420
7
2,303
28.5
25,001 to 50,000
1.8
247
16
2,264
26.5
50,001 to 100,000
1.9
541
49
1,370
25.5
100,001 to 200,000
Q
154
70
1,853
32.5
200,001 to 500,000
4.6
233
221
1,490
30.5
Over 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Year Constructed
1919 or Before
1.2
180
5
1,623
89.5
1920 to 1945
1.6
249
7
2,286
70.5
1946 to 1959
1.5
329
11
1,623
43.5
1960 to 1969
Q
Q
18
823
35.5
1970 to 1979
1.2
406
10
1,767
24.5
1980 to 1989
1.1
448
8
1,513
17.5
1990 to 1999
1.4
481
11
1,530
8.5
 
Floors
One
2.1
Q
8
947
31.5
Two
1.2
756
8
1,623
24.5
Three
1.9
348
19
2,052
62.5
Four to Nine
3.3
604
40
1,810
73.5
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
1.6
467
11
1,889
36.5
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
1.3
328
10
1,749
38.5
Midwest
1.2
717
8
1,592
19.5
—East North Central
1.2
399
8
1,593
19.5
—West North Central
1.1
319
8
1,591
19.5
South
1.1
1,509
12
1,001
32.5
—South Atlantic
1.0
383
7
1,408
25.5
—East South Central
1.2
193
5
Q
41.5
—West South Central
1.3
Q
25
579
38.5
West
5.2
454
9
1,893
43.5
—Mountain
11.0
172
9
2,172
35.5
—Pacific
1.5
282
10
1,723
49.5
 
Ownership and Occupancy
Nongovernment Owned
2.0
2,377
10
1,167
32.5
—Owner Occupied
2.1
2,134
10
1,088
34.5
—Nonowner Occupied
1.7
244
8
1,685
20.5
Government Owned
1.4
769
12
2,103
28.5
—Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—State
2.1
252
55
1,831
26.5
—Local
1.3
461
9
2,126
25.5
 
Number of Establishments
One
1.0
2,441
9
1,279
30.5
2 to 5
2.4
412
15
1,994
36.5
6 to 10
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
11 to 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
More than 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Currently Unoccupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
2.3
1,247
7
1,844
32.5
College or University
1.4
275
35
2,003
32.5
Primary or Secondary School
1.0
Q
Q
347
38.5
Office Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Religious Campus or Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Health Care Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Other
1.1
617
17
1,055
38.5
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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