Table 1.  Selected Housing Characteristics for Metropolitan and Non-metropolitan
Counties in Missouri and Surrounding States
                                   
                                                           Percent of Occupied
        Percent of Units Built    Percent of Units Built     Units Which are 
              Before 1950         Between 1980 and 1990        Mobile Homes
          Metro       Non-metro       Metro Non-metro        Metro   Non-metro

Missouri   29.1%        27.7%         18.0%     19.1%         4.1%      12.4%
Arkansas   15.9%        19.0%         25.4%     23.2%         9.9%      14.1%
Illinois   35.5%        43.5%         12.0%     10.6%         1.9%       9.1%
Iowa       34.7%        48.9%         12.3%      8.4%         4.2%       4.8%
Kansas     23.5%        43.6%         21.3%     12.1%         4.1%       8.9%
Kentucky   26.1%        22.5%         17.5%     22.3%         5.1%      17.5%
Nebraska   28.0%        46.8%         16.2%      9.9%         2.7%       6.8%
Oklahoma   17.8%        26.0%         23.2%     20.6%         5.7%      11.8%
Tennessee  18.7%        18.8%         24.3%     23.9%         6.1%      13.9%