This statistic shows the size of smallest residence people have ever had in the United States as of 2016. About two-fifths (39 percent) of the respondents had lived in a 500 square feet or smaller residence.
What's the smallest place you've ever lived?
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USA Today. (May 1, 2016). What's the smallest place you've ever lived? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. "What's the smallest place you've ever lived?." Chart. May 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. (2016). What's the smallest place you've ever lived?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today. "What's The Smallest Place You've Ever Lived?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/
USA Today, What's the smallest place you've ever lived? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
What's the smallest place you've ever lived? [Graph], USA Today, May 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/670440/size-of-smallest-residence-people-have-ever-had-usa/