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 "page": "bathrooms-per-house-ohio-by-decade.html",
 "url": "https://www.openshowerco.com/bathrooms-per-house-ohio-by-decade.html",
 "title": "How many bathrooms Ohio houses have, and when the census stopped counting",
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  {
   "id": "C1",
   "claim": "In the Census Bureau's construction survey a full bathroom is a room with a washbasin, a toilet, and either a bathtub or a shower.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "a full bathroom is one that has a washbasin, a toilet, and either",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Survey of Construction: Definitions",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/definitions.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C2",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau counts a new house with one full bathroom and two half bathrooms as a two-bathroom house.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "the house is classified as a two-bathroom house",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Survey of Construction: Definitions",
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    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C3",
   "claim": "In the Census Bureau's construction survey a half bathroom has a toilet, a bathtub or a shower, but not everything a full bathroom needs.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "A half bathroom is one that has a toilet, bathtub, or shower",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Survey of Construction: Definitions",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/definitions.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C4",
   "claim": "In the American Housing Survey the Census Bureau calls a bathroom complete when a room or adjoining areas hold a flush toilet, a bathtub or shower, and a sink.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "with a flush toilet, bathtub or shower, and a sink",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "American Housing Survey for the United States: 2023, Appendix A - Definitions",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/2023%20AHS%20Definitions.pdf",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C5",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census a complete bathroom had to hold a flush toilet, a bathtub or shower, and a wash basin with piped hot and cold water, for the household's exclusive use.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "a room with a flush toilet, bathtub or shower, and a wash basin",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C6",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau put a 1980 home whose only bathroom was shared with another household into the category it labeled no bathroom or only a half bath.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "which are also for the use of the occupants of other housing units",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C7",
   "claim": "The 1960 census sorted homes into four groups: no bathroom or only a partial one, one complete bathroom, one complete plus partial ones, and two or more complete.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "One complete bathroom, plus partial bathrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 1960 (Housing)",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1960_housing.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C8",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau asked 'How many bathrooms are in the house or apartment?' in the 1960 census.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "How many bathrooms are in the house or apartment?",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 1960 (Housing)",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1960_housing.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C9",
   "claim": "In 1970 the Census Bureau asked 'How many bathrooms (partial and complete) do you have?' of a sample of households rather than of everyone.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "How many bathrooms (partial and complete) do you have?",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 1970 (Housing)",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1970_housing.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C10",
   "claim": "The 1980 census asked 'How many bathrooms do you have?' on the long form that went to a sample of households.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "How many bathrooms do you have?",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 1980 (Housing)",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1980_housing.html",
     "published": "undated"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C11",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau's list of 1990 census housing questions runs through bedrooms, plumbing facilities and kitchen facilities, and never asks about bathrooms.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "How many bedrooms do you have?",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 1990 (Housing)",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1990_housing.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C12",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau's 1990 Detailed Housing Characteristics report for Ohio carries no bathrooms table, and its subject index passes straight from kitchen facilities to plumbing facilities.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "bathrooms, open porches, balconies, halls or foyers,",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1990 Census of Housing, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (CH-2-37)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/ch-2/ch-2-37.pdf",
     "published": "1993"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C13",
   "claim": "The 2000 census did not ask how many bathrooms a home had; its long form named bathrooms only as something to leave out of the room count.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "apartment, or mobile home? Do NOT count bathrooms,",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Census 2000 long form questionnaire (facsimile)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/decennial/technical-documentation/questionnaires/2000_long_form.pdf",
     "published": "2000"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Index of Questions: 2000",
     "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/2000_1.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C14",
   "claim": "In the American Community Survey today the Census Bureau mentions bathrooms only among the spaces excluded from a home's room count.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Excluded are strip or pullman kitchens, bathrooms, open porches, balconies",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "2024 American Community Survey Subject Definitions",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/subject_definitions/2024_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C15",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau counted 4,078,064 year-round housing units in Ohio in 1980 and sorted every one of them by bathrooms.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Equipment and Plumbing Facilities: 1980",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C16",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau put 2,513,344 Ohio homes at exactly one complete bathroom in 1980, about 62 percent of the state's year-round housing.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "1 complete bathroom",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C17",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau put another 745,844 Ohio homes, about 18 percent, at one complete bathroom plus one or more half baths in 1980.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "1 complete bathroom plus half bath(s)",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C18",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau counted only 716,757 Ohio homes, about 18 percent, with two or more complete bathrooms in 1980.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "2 or more complete bathrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C19",
   "claim": "In 1980 the Census Bureau still counted 102,119 Ohio homes with no bathroom or only a half bath, about 2 percent.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "No bathroom or only a half bath",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C20",
   "claim": "In Franklin County the Census Bureau counted 347,019 year-round homes in 1980, of which 208,023 had exactly one complete bathroom, about 60 percent.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Equipment and Plumbing Facilities for Counties:",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C21",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau counted just 65,418 Franklin County homes, about 19 percent, with two or more complete bathrooms in 1980, and 68,460 with one complete bathroom plus a half bath.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "2 or more complete bathrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C22",
   "claim": "Inside the city of Columbus the Census Bureau counted 236,565 year-round homes in 1980, and 159,442 of them, about 67 percent, had exactly one complete bathroom.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Equipment and Plumbing Facilities for Areas and Places:",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C23",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau counted only 30,026 homes in the city of Columbus, about 13 percent, with two or more complete bathrooms in 1980.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "2 or more complete bothrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C24",
   "claim": "Across the whole Columbus metropolitan area as the Census Bureau drew it in 1980, 83,454 of 425,793 year-round homes had two or more complete bathrooms, about 20 percent.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Columbus, Ohio",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C25",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau's 1980 count put Delaware County ahead of the region: 5,197 of its 18,779 year-round homes had two or more complete bathrooms, about 28 percent.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Equipment and Plumbing Facilities for Counties:",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C26",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau has counted bathrooms in new single-family houses completed every year since 1973, for the country and for four regions, and Ohio sits in its twelve-state Midwest region.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "The standard Census geographic regions are used in these statistics.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Survey of Construction: Definitions",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/definitions.html",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C27",
   "claim": "In 1973 the Census Bureau put 40 percent of new single-family houses completed nationally at one and a half bathrooms or fewer; by 2025 that share was 4 percent.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "1 1/2 baths",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C28",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau put more than half of new single-family houses completed in the Midwest at one and a half bathrooms or fewer in 1973, at 56 percent, against 40 percent nationally.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "1 1/2 baths",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C29",
   "claim": "In the Census Bureau's series, the Midwest share of new single-family houses with one and a half bathrooms or fewer first fell below half in 1976 and was 9 percent in 2025.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "1 1/2 baths",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C30",
   "claim": "Of new single-family houses completed in the Midwest in 2025 the Census Bureau put 31 percent at two and a half bathrooms and 23 percent at three or more.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "2 1/2 baths",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C31",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau put 32 percent of new single-family houses completed nationally in 2025 at three bathrooms or more and 30 percent at two and a half.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "3 baths",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C32",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau published no separate three-or-more-bathrooms column before 1987, folding those houses into the two-and-a-half column in earlier years.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Includes 2 1/2 bathrooms or more for years 1986 and earlier.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C33",
   "claim": "Among new Midwest single-family houses with three bedrooms completed in 2025, the Census Bureau put 50 percent at two bathrooms, 35 percent at two and a half and 11 percent at three or more.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "by Number of Bedrooms",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed by Number of Bedrooms (bedsbybaths_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bedsbybaths_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C34",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau's series puts the median floor area of a new single-family house completed in the Midwest at 1,445 square feet in 1973 and 1,969 square feet in 2025, with the series' largest Midwest figure at 2,400 square feet in 2014.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed (squarefeet_cust.xls)",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/squarefeet_cust.xls",
     "published": "2026-07-01"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C35",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau reported 1,005,000 single-family homes completed in 2025 and a median size of 2,142 square feet.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "The median size of a completed single-family home was 2,142 square feet.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Characteristics of New Housing: Highlights of 2025",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html",
     "published": "2026"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C36",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau released the 2025 Characteristics of New Housing on July 1, 2026.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Annual Characteristics of New Housing for 2025 was released on July 1, 2026.",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "Survey of Construction: Release Schedule",
     "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/schedule.html",
     "published": "2026"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C37",
   "claim": "In the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2023 American Housing Survey, 40,283,000 of the nation's 133,231,000 occupied homes had exactly one complete bathroom.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Table C-02-AO, American Housing Survey",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C38",
   "claim": "The 2023 American Housing Survey put 13,911,000 occupied homes at one and a half bathrooms and 42,607,000 at two.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "At least 1 complete bathroom",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C39",
   "claim": "The 2023 American Housing Survey counted 18,194,000 occupied homes at two and a half bathrooms, 14,882,000 at three, and 3,219,000 at more than three.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "More than 3",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C40",
   "claim": "The 2023 American Housing Survey still found 135,000 occupied American homes with no complete bathroom.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "No complete bathroom",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C41",
   "claim": "The 2023 American Housing Survey published metropolitan estimates for twenty areas, and the Ohio ones were Cincinnati and Cleveland, not Columbus.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN MSA (2013 OMB definition)",
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    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "2023 AHS Metropolitan Sample Design, Weighting, and Error Estimation",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/2023%20AHS%20Metropolitan%20Sample%20Design,%20Weighting,%20and%20Error%20Estimation.pdf",
     "published": "2025"
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   ]
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  {
   "id": "C42",
   "claim": "Ohio is one of nine states the 2023 American Housing Survey identifies, and the Census Bureau flags every one of them as identified only on the file it keeps internally.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "IUF only, but use STATEWGT instead of WEIGHT if using the IUF.",
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    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
     "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
     "published": "2025"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C43",
   "claim": "In the Census Bureau's 2024 five-year American Community Survey, 3,353,331 of Ohio's 5,292,391 homes, about 63 percent, were built in 1979 or earlier.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "0400000US39|5292391|464|60404|2017|297207|4621",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary file, table B25034",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25034.dat",
     "published": "2026-01-29"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey variable metadata, B25034_001E and B25034_011E",
     "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/variables/B25034_011E.json",
     "published": "undated"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C44",
   "claim": "The Census Bureau's American Community Survey counts about 19 percent of Ohio's homes, 1,005,529 of them, as built in 1939 or earlier.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "Estimate!!Total:!!Built 1939 or earlier",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary file, table B25034",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25034.dat",
     "published": "2026-01-29"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey variable metadata, B25034_001E and B25034_011E",
     "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/variables/B25034_011E.json",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C45",
   "claim": "In Franklin County the same American Community Survey puts 306,426 of 595,469 homes, about 51 percent, at 1979 or earlier.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "0500000US39049|595469|328|11591|986|57064|2110",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary file, table B25034",
     "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25034.dat",
     "published": "2026-01-29"
    },
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "American Community Survey variable metadata, B25034_001E and B25034_011E",
     "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/variables/B25034_011E.json",
     "published": "undated"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C46",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census the Census Bureau put 4,221 of the 236,565 year-round homes in the city of Columbus, about 1.8 percent, in the category of no bathroom or only a half bath.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "4,221",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C47",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census the Census Bureau put 42,876 year-round homes in the city of Columbus, about 18.1 percent, at one complete bathroom plus a half bath or half baths.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "42,876",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C48",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census the Census Bureau put 431 of Delaware County's 18,779 year-round homes, about 2.3 percent, in the category of no bathroom or only a half bath.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "431",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C49",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census the Census Bureau put 10,072 of Delaware County's 18,779 year-round homes, about 53.6 percent, at exactly one complete bathroom.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "10,072",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "C50",
   "claim": "In the 1980 census the Census Bureau put 3,079 of Delaware County's 18,779 year-round homes, about 16.4 percent, at one complete bathroom plus a half bath or half baths.",
   "status": "single",
   "quote": "3,079",
   "sources": [
    {
     "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
     "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
     "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
     "published": "1983-07"
    }
   ]
  }
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   "id": "S1",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Survey of Construction: Definitions",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/definitions.html",
   "published": "undated"
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  {
   "id": "S2",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed (Characteristics of New Housing annual table, bathrooms_cust.xls)",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bathrooms_cust.xls",
   "published": "2026-07-01"
  },
  {
   "id": "S3",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Characteristics of New Housing: Highlights of 2025",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/highlights.html",
   "published": "2026"
  },
  {
   "id": "S4",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Survey of Construction: Release Schedule",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/soc/schedule.html",
   "published": "2026"
  },
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   "id": "S5",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Median and Average Square Feet of Floor Area in New Single-Family Houses Completed (squarefeet_cust.xls)",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/squarefeet_cust.xls",
   "published": "2026-07-01"
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   "id": "S6",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Number of Bathrooms in New Single-Family Houses Completed by Number of Bedrooms (bedsbybaths_cust.xls)",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/chars/xls/bedsbybaths_cust.xls",
   "published": "2026-07-01"
  },
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   "id": "S8",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
   "title": "AHS 2023 Table Specifications and PUF Estimates for User Verification (Table C-02-AO, Rooms, Size, and Amenities)",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/AHS%202023%20Table%20Specifications%20and%20PUF%20Estimates%20for%20User%20Verification.xlsx",
   "published": "2025"
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   "id": "S9",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau and US Department of Housing and Urban Development",
   "title": "American Housing Survey for the United States: 2023, Appendix A - Definitions",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/2023%20AHS%20Definitions.pdf",
   "published": "2025"
  },
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   "id": "S10",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "2023 AHS Metropolitan Sample Design, Weighting, and Error Estimation",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/ahs/2023/2023%20AHS%20Metropolitan%20Sample%20Design,%20Weighting,%20and%20Error%20Estimation.pdf",
   "published": "2025"
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   "id": "S11",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "1980 Census of Housing, Volume 1, Chapter B, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (HC80-1-B37)",
   "url": "https://archive.org/download/1980censusofhous80137uns/1980censusofhous80137uns_bw.pdf",
   "published": "1983-07"
  },
  {
   "id": "S12",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "1990 Census of Housing, Detailed Housing Characteristics: Ohio (CH-2-37)",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/ch-2/ch-2-37.pdf",
   "published": "1993"
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   "id": "S13",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Index of Questions: 1960 (Housing)",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1960_housing.html",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S14",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Index of Questions: 1970 (Housing)",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1970_housing.html",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S15",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Index of Questions: 1980 (Housing)",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1980_housing.html",
   "published": "undated"
  },
  {
   "id": "S16",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Index of Questions: 1990 (Housing)",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/1990_housing.html",
   "published": "undated"
  },
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   "id": "S17",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Index of Questions: 2000",
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/2020/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/2000_1.html",
   "published": "undated"
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   "id": "S19",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "Census 2000 long form questionnaire (facsimile)",
   "url": "https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/programs-surveys/decennial/technical-documentation/questionnaires/2000_long_form.pdf",
   "published": "2000"
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   "id": "S20",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "2024 American Community Survey Subject Definitions",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/subject_definitions/2024_ACSSubjectDefinitions.pdf",
   "published": "2025"
  },
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   "id": "S21",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates, table-based summary file, table B25034",
   "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25034.dat",
   "published": "2026-01-29"
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   "id": "S22",
   "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
   "title": "American Community Survey variable metadata, B25034_001E and B25034_011E",
   "url": "https://api.census.gov/data/2023/acs/acs5/variables/B25034_011E.json",
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