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• According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, overcrowding is defined as having more than 1 person living in a habitable room, and having more than 1.5 people residing in a habitable room is considered to be severe overcrowding.
  
  

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  2000 U.S. Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3A- H20 Tenure by occupants per room.