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Table 2:  Number, size, and age of retail and service buildings by Census region and divsion and type of retail or service


  Number of  Buildings (thousand) Floorspace (million square feet) Average Square Feet per Building (thousand) Median Age of Building
All Retail and Service Buildings 1,289 12,728 9.9 35.5
         
Census Region and Division        
Northeast 241 2,838 11.8 40.5
New England 61 820 13.4 45.5
Middle Atlantic 180 2,019 11.2 40.5
         
Midwest 390 3,203 8.2 39.5
East North Central 236 1,994 8.5 43.5
West North Central 154 1,209 7.8 33.5
         
South 457 4,864 10.6 25.5
South Atlantic 143 2,103 14.7 24.5
East South Central 140 1,325 9.5 25.5
West South Central 174 1,436 8.2 26.5
         
West 201 1,822 9.1 35.5
Mountain 80 456 5.7 42.5
Pacific 120 1,366 11.3 27.5
 
Type of Retail or Service*        
Retail 704 9,127 13.0 35.5
- All Malls 142 4,704 33.2 25.5
--- Strip malls 130 2,887 22.3 25.5
--- Enclosed malls 12 1,817 Q 20.5
- Retail other than malls 562 4,423 7.9 39.5
Service 585 3,601 6.2 33.5

* More than one may apply.
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or data were reported for fewer than 20 buildings.
Source:  Energy Information Administration, 
1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.


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