LFP HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS BY WALL MATERIAL TYPE
CNMI Total
Units with concrete block walls was 75.3% of all occupied housing units in the CNMI in 2017; units with poured concrete was 8.3%; units with metal walls was also 7.5%, and units with wood and/or other materials for walls was 8.8%. Combing concrete blocks and poured concrete, 83.7% of all occupied units in the CNMI had concrete walls.
By Island
The percentage of occupied units with concrete walls (block and poured concrete combined) was highest in Rota (88.6%), followed by Saipan (84.6%), and lowest in Tinian (64.4%). The percentage with tin Metal walls was highest in Tinian (14.4%), followed by Rota (7.6%) and lowest in Saipan (7.1%). Wood and other materials walls percentage was highest in Tinian (21.2%), followed by Saipan (8.3%) and lowest in Rota (3.8%).
By Saipan Districts
Within Saipan, units with concrete (concrete blocks and poured concrete combined) walls percentage was highest in District 5 (90.0%) followed by District 4 (86.8%), District 3 and District 1 (both 83.8%) and then District 2 (81.9%). Please see Chart H5.1 and Table H5.1 for detail.
Housing Characteristics
LFS 2017 Table H5.1
Labor Force Participation Measures
Table H5.1 Occupied Housing Units by Wall Material Type, by Island, and by District: CNMI, 2017 4th Qtr.
| Saipan District 1 |
Saipan District 2 |
Saipan District 3 |
Saipan District 4 |
Saipan District 5 |
Tinian District 6 |
Rota District 7 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source: Labor Force Survey CNMI, 2017 4th Qtr. | ||||||||
| Wall Material | Poured Concreate | 405 | 59 | 425 | 33 | 395 | 27 | 48 |
| Wall Material | Concrete Blocks | 3,225 | 1,620 | 4,201 | 940 | 1,422 | 552 | 629 |
| Wall Material | Metal | 253 | 178 | 445 | 115 | 82 | 130 | 58 |
| Wall Material | Wood and/or other | 449 | 194 | 451 | 34 | 120 | 191 | 29 |
| Percent within | Poured Concreate | 9.3% | 2.9% | 7.7% | 3.0% | 19.5% | 3.0% | 6.3% |
| Percent within | Concrete Blocks | 74.4% | 79.0% | 76.1% | 83.8% | 70.5% | 61.4% | 82.2% |
| Percent within | Metal | 5.8% | 8.7% | 8.1% | 10.2% | 4.1% | 14.4% | 7.6% |
| Percent within | Wood and/or other | 10.4% | 9.4% | 8.2% | 3.0% | 5.9% | 21.2% | 3.8% |
| Percent by | Concrete Blocks | 29.1% | 4.3% | 30.5% | 2.4% | 28.3% | 1.9% | 3.5% |
| Percent by | Metal | 25.6% | 12.9% | 33.4% | 7.5% | 11.3% | 4.4% | 5.0% |
| Percent by | Wood and/or other | 20.1% | 14.1% | 35.3% | 9.1% | 6.5% | 10.3% | 4.6% |
Housing Characteristics
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