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Buildings and Size Data by Basic Characteristics for Vacant Buildings
Number of Buildings (thousand)
Percent of Buildings
Floorspace (million square feet)
Percent of Floorspace
Square Feet per Building (thousand)
 
All Vacant Buildings
253
100
1,908
100
7.6
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
153
60
497
26
3.3
5,001 to 10,000
73
29
527
28
7.2
10,001 to 25,000
17
7
278
15
16.1
25,001 to 50,000
7
3
246
13
33.8
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
1919 or Before
49
20
385
20
7.8
1920 to 1945
57
22
468
25
8.3
1946 to 1959
67
27
501
26
7.4
1960 to 1969
45
18
257
13
5.7
1970 to 1979
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1980 to 1989
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1990 to 1999
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Floors
One
151
60
917
48
6.1
Two
76
30
487
26
6.4
Three
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Four to Nine
Q
Q
208
11
Q
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
33
13
367
19
11.1
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Midwest
91
36
533
28
5.9
—East North Central
75
30
412
22
5.5
—West North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
South
61
24
554
29
9.2
—South Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—East South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—West South Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
West
68
27
455
24
6.7
—Mountain
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Pacific
Q
Q
198
10
Q
 
Ownership and Occupancy
Nongovernment Owned
235
93
1,754
92
7.5
—Owner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Nonowner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Owned
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—State
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Local
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Number of Establishments
One
77
31
586
31
7.6
2 to 5
Q
Q
Q
Q
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
169
67
1,217
64
7.2
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
200
79
1,394
73
7
College or University
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Primary or Secondary School
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Office Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Religious Campus or Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Health Care Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
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 Vacant Buildings
Establishments per Building
Total Employees (thousand)
Employees per Building
Square Feet per Employee
Median Age of Building (years)
 
All Vacant Buildings
0.5
261
1
Q
49.5
 
Building Floorspace (Square Feet)
1,001 to 5,000
0.4
Q
Q
Q
42.5
5,001 to 10,000
0.5
Q
Q
Q
53.5
10,001 to 25,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
25,001 to 50,000
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
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
1919 or Before
0.4
Q
Q
Q
101.5
1920 to 1945
1.1
Q
Q
10,315
59.5
1946 to 1959
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1960 to 1969
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1970 to 1979
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1980 to 1989
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
1990 to 1999
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Floors
One
0.3
Q
Q
Q
42.5
Two
0.7
Q
Q
10,793
64.5
Three
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Four to Nine
0.9
Q
2
Q
111.5
Ten or More
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Census Region and Division
Northeast
0.7
Q
Q
Q
99.5
—New England
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—Middle Atlantic
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Midwest
0.6
Q
Q
10,346
54.5
—East North Central
Q
Q
Q
9,338
54.5
—West North Central
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
South
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
—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
0.5
142
1
Q
49.5
Owner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Nonowner Occupied
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Owned
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Federal
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
State
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Local
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
 
Number of Establishments
One
1.0
Q
Q
Q
59.5
2 to 5
Q
Q
Q
Q
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
0.0
0
0
.
45.5
 
Multibuilding Facility
Not on a Multibuilding Facility
0.4
81
0
17,251
49.5
College or University
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Primary or Secondary School
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Office Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Retail Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Religious Campus or Complex
N
N
N
N
N
Health Care Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
Government Complex
Q
Q
Q
Q
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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