Mobile homes seem to be sprouting up everywhere! The United States had 7.3 million in 1990, 2.7 million more than in 1980. These homes represented 7 percent of all housing units in 1990, up from 5 percent a decade earlier.

This Brief uses data collected in the Census of Population and Housing to examine the characteristics of mobile homes and their occupants in 1990 and how these characteristics had changed since 1980. Where these homes were located, their affordability, size, and age are among the topics covered, as are the age and income levels of their occupants.

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