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Buildings and Size Data by Basic Characteristics for Public Order and Safety Buildings
Number of Buildings (thousand)
Percent of Buildings
Floorspace (million square feet)
Percent of Floorspace
Square Feet per Building (thousand)
 
All Public Order and Safety Buildings
72
100
1,168
100
16.2
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
5,001 to 10,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
10,001 to 25,000
24
33
365
31
15.5
25,001 to 50,000
5
6
155
13
33.2
50,001 to 100,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
100,001 to 200,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
200,001 to 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Over 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Year Constructed
1945 or Before
5
7
218
19
41.0
1946 to 1969
24
33
293
25
12.4
1970 to 1989
38
53
430
37
11.3
1990 to 1999
5
7
227
19
43.0
 
Floors
One
37
51
282
24
7.7
Two
14
19
183
16
13.5
Three
10
14
207
18
20.4
Four to Nine
Q
Q
409
35
Q
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
31
43
530
45
16.9
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Midwest
13
19
216
18
16.1
—East North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—West North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
South
17
24
286
25
16.5
—South Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—East South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—West South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
West
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Mountain
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Pacific
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Ownership and Occupancy
Nongovernment Owned
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Owner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Nonowner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Owned
49
67
1,013
87
20.9
—Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—State
5
7
226
19
43.5
—Local
43
60
779
67
18.0
 
Number of Establishments
One
60
83
773
66
12.9
2 to 5
Q
Q
320
27
Q
6 to 10
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
11 to 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
More than 20
N
N
N
N
N
Currently Unoccupied
N
N
N
N
N
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
50
69
639
55
12.8
College or University
N
N
N
N
N
Primary or Secondary School
N
N
N
N
N
Office Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Retail Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Religious Campus or Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Health Care Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Government Complex
Q
Q
364
31
Q
Other
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled; N=No cases in responding sample.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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Establishment, Employment and Age Data by Basic Characteristics for Public Order and Safety Buildings
Establishments per Building
Total Employees (thousand)
Employees per Building
Square Feet per Employee
Median Age of Building (years)
 
All Public Order and Safety Buildings
1.3
1,702
24
686
24.5
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
5,001 to 10,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
10,001 to 25,000
1.5
294
Q
1,241
13.5
25,001 to 50,000
2.2
195
42
796
23.5
50,001 to 100,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
100,001 to 200,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
200,001 to 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Over 500,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Year Constructed
1945 or Before
2.2
168
32
1,297
82.5
1946 to 1969
1.1
799
34
367
43.5
1970 to 1989
1.3
511
13
841
16.5
1990 to 1999
1.8
223
42
1,015
4.5
 
Floors
One
1.0
Q
19
401
21.5
Two
1.1
376
28
488
49.5
Three
1.3
223
22
928
12.5
Four to Nine
2.4
308
Q
1,327
13.5
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
1.3
Q
22
Q
43.5
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Midwest
1.4
260
19
829
21.5
—East North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—West North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
South
1.4
479
28
598
16.5
—South Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—East South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—West South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
West
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Mountain
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Pacific
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Ownership and Occupancy
Nongovernment Owned
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Owner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Nonowner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Owned
1.4
1,273
26
796
28.5
—Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—State
1.1
208
40
Q
21.5
—Local
1.5
1,060
24
735
28.5
 
Number of Establishments
One
1.0
1,391
23
556
28.5
2 to 5
2.3
155
Q
2,060
13.5
6 to 10
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
11 to 20
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
More than 20
N
N
N
N
N
Currently Unoccupied
N
N
N
N
N
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
1.2
1,084
22
590
21.5
College or University
N
N
N
N
N
Primary or Secondary School
N
N
N
N
N
Office Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Retail Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Religious Campus or Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Health Care Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Government Complex
1.9
353
Q
1,030
13.5
Other
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled; N=No cases in responding sample.
Source: Energy Information Administration, 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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