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Chapter 12. Housing2000 FSM Census of Chuuk StateTable 12.3. Year House Built by Region, Chuuk State: 2000NumberRegionTotal1999-20001996- 1993- 1988-1998 1995 19921980- 1970- 1960- before1987 1979 1969 1960Don'tKnowTotal1999- 1996-2000 19981993-1995Percent1988-19921980-19871970- 1960-1979 1969before Don't1960 KnowTotal 7,417 386 814 991 1,363 1,754 1,317 345 83 364 100.0 5.2 11.0 13.4 18.4 23.6 17.8 4.7 1.1 4.9Lagoon 5,585 290 668 702 1,077 1,415 904 235 35 259 100.0 5.2 12.0 12.6 19.3 25.3 16.2 4.2 0.6 4.6Northern Namoneas 2,065 107 213 241 397 564 286 127 19 111 100.0 5.2 10.3 11.7 19.2 27.3 13.8 6.2 0.9 5.4Southern Namoneas 1,745 105 252 214 291 457 312 42 10 62 100.0 6.0 14.4 12.3 16.7 26.2 17.9 2.4 0.6 3.6Faichuk 1,775 78 203 247 389 394 306 66 6 86 100.0 4.4 11.4 13.9 21.9 22.2 17.2 3.7 0.3 4.8Outer Islands 1,832 96 146 289 286 339 413 110 48 105 100.0 5.2 8.0 15.8 15.6 18.5 22.5 6.0 2.6 5.7Mortlocks 1,084 52 98 92 130 206 323 84 23 76 100.0 4.8 9.0 8.5 12.0 19.0 29.8 7.7 2.1 7.0Pattiw 310 6 18 49 65 80 36 16 23 17 100.0 1.9 5.8 15.8 21.0 25.8 11.6 5.2 7.4 5.5Namonuito 193 21 15 58 29 27 36 5 1 1 100.0 10.9 7.8 30.1 15.0 14.0 18.7 2.6 0.5 0.5Halls 245 17 15 90 62 26 18 5 1 11 100.0 6.9 6.1 36.7 25.3 10.6 7.3 2.0 0.4 4.5Source: 2000 FSM Census, H01.Structural CharacteristicsThe description of a building indicates areas of single-family homes and of small or large apartment buildings. Thedata collected could be used as an aid in planning for extension of utility lines, schools and playgrounds, andenvironmental needs.Table 12.4 shows the number of occupied housing units and number of units within each structure. Over 93 percent ofoccupied units in Chuuk in 2000 were single detached structures, an increase of 4 percentage points from the 1994Census. Percentage of structures with one or more attached units increased slightly between 1994 and 2000.Table 12.4: Occupied Housing Units by Number of Units per Structure, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000Units in structure Number Percent Number PercentOccupied Hus 7,043 100.0 6,976 100.0One detached 6,297 89.4 6,525 93.51 or more attached 433 6.1 373 5.3Bldg. w/ 2 apt. 21 0.3 24 0.3Bldg. w/ 3 or 4 apt. 22 0.3 20 0.3Bldg. w/ 5+ 22 0.3 12 0.2Others 248 3.5 22 0.3Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, Table H01.The distribution of occupied housing by number of units in structure for the regions is presented in Table 12.5. Thehousing unit structure was uniform in all the regions, except for the Northern Namoneas region. Almost all housingunits with multiple apartments, or with more than one attached units were in Northern Namoneas. In 2000 and 1994majority of housing units in the regions were single units in structure.Table 12.5: Occupied Housing Units by Number of Units per Structure and Region, Chuuk State: 1994 and 20001994 2000One Bldg. Bldg. One Bldg. Bldg.Occupied One, or more Bldg. with with Occupied One, or more Bldg. with withhousing de- at with 3 or 4 5 or housing de- at with 3 or 4 5 orRegion units tached tached 2 apt. apt. more Others units tached tached 2 apt. apt. more OthersTotal 7,043 6,297 433 21 22 22 248 7,417 374 26 20 12 32Lagoon 5,423 4,795 362 19 18 22 207 5,585 5,243 258 21 20 12 31N. Namoneas 2,169 1,860 258 13 14 21 3 2,065 1,894 118 15 16 10 12S. Namoneas 1,544 1,281 63 2 2 … 195 1,745 1,628 96 4 3 … 13Faichuk 1,710 1,654 41 4 2 - 9 1,775 1,721 44 2 … … 6Outer Islands 1,620 1,502 71 2 4 - 41 1,832 1,710 116 5 - - …Mortlocks 927 882 34 - … - 10 1,084 1,048 35 - - - …Pattiw 277 230 11 2 3 - 31 310 240 70 - - - -Namonuito 133 133 - - - - - 193 190 3 - - - -Halls 283 257 26 - - - - 245 232 8 - - - -Source: 1994 & 2000 FSM Censuses, H01 and unpublished data.The number of rooms provided the basis for estimating the amount of living and sleeping space in the housing unit.Table 12.6 shows the percentage change in the number of rooms per occupied housing unit and the percent distributionof units with 1 to 8 or more rooms in 1980, 1994 and 2000. There were more rooms per housing units in 1994 and2000 than in 1980. The proportion of housing units with one room decreased from about 29 percent in 1980 to about 19percent in 1994 and 2000. Conversely, the proportion for units with more than five rooms increased from about 9116 Chuuk Branch Statistics Office, Division of Statistics, FSM Department of Economic Affairs