American Community Survey Puerto Rico Community Survey 2007 Subject Definitions Note: Data collection in Puerto Rico began in 2005, in the “Puerto Rico Community Survey.” These definitions apply to both the stateside and Puerto Rico components, except where specifically noted. References about comparability pertain only to the stateside American Community Survey. Note: Data collection in group quarters began in 2006. This change in universe may affect the distribution of characteristics in areas where a significant proportion of the population lives in group quarters. Note: Beginning with the 2007 ACS, multi-year estimates for areas of 20,000 or more population are available, using data collected in the 2005, 2006, and 2007 ACS. Subject definitions for 2002 to present are available at http://www.census.gov/acs/www/UseData/Def.htm. 1 Table of Contents Living Quarters..............................................................................................5 Housing Unit ....................................................................................................5 Group Quarters.................................................................................................6 Housing Variables .........................................................................................7 General Information .........................................................................................7 Acreage (Cuerda) .............................................................................................7 Agricultural Sales.............................................................................................8 Bedrooms..........................................................................................................8 Business on Property........................................................................................8 Condominium Status and Fee ..........................................................................9 Contract Rent..................................................................................................10 Food Stamp Benefits ......................................................................................11 Gross Rent ......................................................................................................11 Gross Rent as a Percentage of Household Income.........................................12 Homeowner Vacancy Rate.............................................................................12 House Heating Fuel........................................................................................13 Household Size...............................................................................................13 Housing Units.................................................................................................14 Insurance for Fire, Hazard, and Flood............................................................14 Kitchen Facilities............................................................................................14 Meals Included in Rent...................................................................................15 Mobile Home Costs........................................................................................15 Monthly Housing Costs..................................................................................16 Monthly Housing Costs as a Percentage of Household Income ....................16 Mortgage Payment .........................................................................................16 Mortgage Status..............................................................................................17 Occupants Per Room......................................................................................17 Occupied Housing Units ................................................................................17 Owner-Occupied Housing Units ....................................................................17 Plumbing Facilities.........................................................................................17 Population in Occupied Housing Units..........................................................18 Poverty Status of Households.........................................................................18 Real Estate Taxes ...........................................................................................18 Rent Asked .....................................................................................................19 Rental Vacancy Rate ......................................................................................19 Renter-Occupied Housing Units ....................................................................19 Rooms.............................................................................................................19 Second or Junior Mortgage Payment or Home Equity Loan .........................19 Selected Conditions........................................................................................20 2 Selected Monthly Owner Costs......................................................................20 Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income ........21 Specified Owner-Occupied Units...................................................................21 Specified Renter-Occupied Units...................................................................22 Telephone Service Available..........................................................................22 Tenure.............................................................................................................22 Units in Structure............................................................................................23 Utilities ...........................................................................................................24 Vacancy Status ...............................................................................................24 Vacant – Current Residence Elsewhere..........................................................26 Vacant Housing Units ....................................................................................26 Value...............................................................................................................26 Vehicles Available .........................................................................................27 Year Householder Moved into Unit...............................................................27 Year Structure Built........................................................................................27 Population Variables ....................................................................................................29 General Information .......................................................................................29 Ability to Speak English.................................................................................29 Age .................................................................................................................29 Ancestry..........................................................................................................30 Children Ever Born ........................................................................................33 Citizenship Status (U.S. Citizenship Status) ..................................................33 Class of Worker..............................................................................................34 Disability Status .............................................................................................34 Educational Attainment..................................................................................37 Employment Status.........................................................................................39 Families ..........................................................................................................42 Fertility ...........................................................................................................42 Foreign-Born Population................................................................................42 Foster Children ...............................................................................................43 Grade in Which Enrolled................................................................................43 Grandparents as Caregivers............................................................................43 Group Quarters (GQ)......................................................................................43 Hispanic or Latino Origin...............................................................................44 Household.......................................................................................................44 Household Type and Relationship .................................................................44 Household Size...............................................................................................48 Householder....................................................................................................48 Immigrants......................................................................................................48 Income in the Past 12 Months ........................................................................48 Industry, Occupation, and Class of Worker ...................................................54 3 Journey to Work .............................................................................................58