Rooming and Boarding Houses aren't as prevalent as most other types of businesses in the U.S. Still, across the entire country, there are more than 2,000 Rooming and Boarding Houses. In other words, each one of those Rooming and Boarding Houses serves about 150,000 citizens on average. According to national labor statistics, Rooming and Boarding Houses will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Rooming and Boarding Houses play an important role in the national economy.
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States with Rooming and Boarding Houses
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)
| |
State |
Businesses |
Businesses per 100K Residents |
| 1. |
North Dakota |
22 |
3.43 |
| 2. |
Kansas |
80 |
2.98 |
| 3. |
Wyoming |
11 |
2.24 |
| 4. |
Indiana |
131 |
2.15 |
| 5. |
Iowa |
61 |
2.08 |
| 6. |
Idaho |
25 |
1.93 |
| 7. |
Nebraska |
33 |
1.93 |
| 8. |
South Dakota |
13 |
1.73 |
| 9. |
Maine |
22 |
1.73 |
| 10. |
Oregon |
59 |
1.73 |
| 11. |
Rhode Island |
18 |
1.72 |
| 12. |
Washington |
92 |
1.57 |
| 13. |
Oklahoma |
50 |
1.45 |
| 14. |
Montana |
13 |
1.44 |
| 15. |
Vermont |
8 |
1.31 |
| 16. |
Minnesota |
58 |
1.18 |
| 17. |
Alaska |
7 |
1.12 |
| 18. |
Missouri |
61 |
1.09 |
| 19. |
Pennsylvania |
133 |
1.08 |
| 20. |
Mississippi |
30 |
1.06 |
| 21. |
Alabama |
44 |
0.99 |
| 22. |
New York |
177 |
0.93 |
| 23. |
Ohio |
105 |
0.93 |
| 24. |
Colorado |
39 |
0.91 |
| 25. |
New Hampshire |
10 |
0.81 |
| 26. |
Illinois |
99 |
0.80 |
| 27. |
West Virginia |
14 |
0.78 |
| 28. |
Massachusetts |
49 |
0.77 |
| 29. |
California |
248 |
0.73 |
| 30. |
Michigan |
72 |
0.72 |
| 31. |
Wisconsin |
36 |
0.67 |
| 32. |
New Jersey |
55 |
0.65 |
| 33. |
Arkansas |
17 |
0.64 |
| 34. |
Utah |
13 |
0.58 |
| 35. |
Hawaii |
7 |
0.58 |
| 36. |
North Carolina |
46 |
0.57 |
| 37. |
District of Columbia |
3 |
0.53 |
| 38. |
Virginia |
37 |
0.52 |
| 39. |
New Mexico |
9 |
0.50 |
| 40. |
Georgia |
39 |
0.48 |
| 41. |
Louisiana |
21 |
0.47 |
| 42. |
Florida |
75 |
0.47 |
| 43. |
South Carolina |
18 |
0.45 |
| 44. |
Kentucky |
17 |
0.42 |
| 45. |
Texas |
87 |
0.42 |
| 46. |
Arizona |
20 |
0.39 |
| 47. |
Connecticut |
12 |
0.36 |
| 48. |
Tennessee |
20 |
0.35 |
| 49. |
Maryland |
18 |
0.34 |
| 50. |
Nevada |
3 |
0.15 |
| 51. |
Delaware |
1 |
0.13 |
Number of Rooming and Boarding Houses by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)
| Range | Number of Employees |
| 1 to 4 | 1573 |
| 5 to 9 | 465 |
| 10 to 19 | 225 |
| 20 to 49 | 59 |
| 50 to 99 | 7 |
| 100 to 249 | 8 |
| 250 to 499 | 1 |
| 500 to 999 | 0 |
| 1000 or more | 0 |
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