All 

Buildings

North 

east

Midwest South WestAll 

Buildings

NortheastMidwest South West

All Buildings .................................... 4,859 761 1,305 1,873 920 71,658 13,995 18,103 26,739 12,820

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 ................................... 2,586 374 728 985 499 6,922 1,059 1,908 2,618 1,337

5,001 to 10,000 ................................. 948 155 228 386 179 7,033 1,169 1,676 2,844 1,343

10,001 to 25,000 ............................... 810 138 211 308 152 12,659 2,122 3,317 4,859 2,361

25,001 to 50,000 ............................... 261 39 75 96 50 9,382 1,388 2,712 3,474 1,808

50,001 to 100,000 ............................. 147 31 35 58 22 10,291 2,272 2,376 4,059 1,584

100,001 to 200,000 ........................... 74 15 18 30 10 10,217 2,238 2,486 4,140 1,353

200,001 to 500,000 ........................... 26 6875 7,494 1,781 2,288 2,109 1,316

Over 500,000 .................................... 82232 7,660 1,967 1,341 2,635 1,717

Principal Building Activity

Education .......................................... 386 31 63 156 136 9,874 1,683 2,541 3,983 1,667

Food Sales ....................................... 226 40 57 94 Q 1,255 238 320 487 Q

Food Service ..................................... 297 37 88 127 45 1,654 172 453 764 265

Health Care ....................................... 129 18 31 48 31 3,163 535 798 1,277 553

 Inpatient .......................................... 81241 1,905 358 438 838 270

 Outpatient ....................................... 121 17 29 44 30 1,258 177 359 438 283

Lodging ............................................. 142 27 34 52 30 5,096 1,171 1,144 1,694 1,087

Mercantile ......................................... 657 111 150 295 101 11,192 1,720 1,904 5,094 2,473

 Retail (Other Than Mall) .................. 443 76 111 197 60 4,317 630 880 1,844 963

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ................ 213 35 39 98 41 6,875 1,090 1,024 3,251 1,511

Office ................................................ 824 155 231 250 187 12,208 3,012 2,989 3,782 2,425

Public Assembly ............................... 277 63 57 92 65 3,939 1,048 1,012 1,174 706

Public Order and Safety .................... 71 23 20 15 Q 1,090 362 221 373 Q

Religious Worship ............................. 370 52 107 158 53 3,754 627 1,115 1,498 515

Service .............................................. 622 100 221 198 103 4,050 740 1,289 1,358 664

Warehouse and Storage ................... 597 65 160 277 95 10,078 1,523 3,017 3,966 1,572

Other ................................................ 79 17 31 21 9 1,738 649 316 Q 186

Vacant .............................................. 182 23 55 88 Q 2,567 517 984 701 Q

Year Constructed

Before 1920 ...................................... 333 125 139 47 21 3,784 1,412 1,552 525 295

1920 to 1945 ..................................... 536 126 163 155 93 6,985 2,578 2,099 1,365 942

1946 to 1959 ..................................... 573 107 158 169 138 7,262 2,149 2,093 1,874 1,146

1960 to 1969 ..................................... 600 113 138 200 150 8,641 1,858 2,434 2,689 1,660

1970 to 1979 ..................................... 784 80 204 319 182 12,275 1,916 3,543 4,410 2,407

1980 to 1989 ..................................... 768 105 177 382 105 12,468 1,675 2,221 5,834 2,738

1990 to 1999 ..................................... 917 73 235 435 175 13,981 1,544 2,888 7,202 2,347

2000 to 2003 ..................................... 347 32 92 167 56 6,262 863 1,274 2,840 1,286

Climate Zone: 30-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

 More than 7,000 HDD ..................... 882 209 456 N 218 11,529 2,567 5,910 N 3,052

 5,500-7,000 HDD ............................ 1,229 350 670 N 209 18,808 5,989 10,584 N 2,234

 4,000-5,499 HDD ............................ 701 202 Q 289 30 12,503 5,440 1,609 4,736 718

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................... 1,336 N N 914 422 17,630 N N 11,506 6,125

2,000 CDD or More and --

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................... 711 N N 670 41 11,189 N N 10,497 692

Table A2. Census Region, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for All Buildings 

(Including Malls), 2003

Number of Buildings (thousand) Total Floorspace (million square feet)

Energy Information Administration

2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey: Building Characteristics Tables

Released: Dec 2006

Next CBECS will be conducted in 2007
All 

Buildings

North 

east

Midwest South WestAll 

Buildings

NortheastMidwest South West

All Buildings .................................... 4,859 761 1,305 1,873 920 71,658 13,995 18,103 26,739 12,820

Table A2. Census Region, Number of Buildings and Floorspace for All Buildings 

(Including Malls), 2003

Number of Buildings (thousand) Total Floorspace (million square feet)

Number of Establishments

One ................................................... 3,754 559 1,047 1,444 704 45,144 8,061 12,359 16,947 7,776

2 to 5 ................................................ 762 149 182 273 158 12,565 2,802 3,116 4,493 2,155

6 to 10 .............................................. 117 25 21 41 30 3,358 792 730 1,212 624

11 to 20 ............................................. 47 8 6 20 12 3,369 884 552 1,342 591

More than 20 ..................................... 22 4 2 11 6 5,060 1,118 453 2,094 1,396

Currently Unoccupied ....................... 157 Q 47 84 Q 2,161 Q 892 652 Q

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed from the CBECS web 

site http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs.

Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.

N=No responding cases in sample.

Note: Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals. 

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-871A of the 2003 Commercial Buildings

Energy Consumption Survey.

Energy Information Administration

2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey: Building Characteristics Tables

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