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Rooming and Boarding Houses

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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