U.S. Census Bureau
 American Housing Survey (AHS)




Detailed Tables for Total Occupied Housing Units


GOOD BUILDINGS? - Table 2-2 

        Occupied
      housing units
                    Stories in Structure 

       33,206,000   1
       32,196,000   2
       20,616,000   3
        5,076,000   4 to 6
        1,849,000   7 or more



                    Stories Between Main and Apartment Entrances

       21,819,000        Multiunits, 2 or more floors
        7,216,000   None (on same floor)
        6,298,000   1 (up or down)
        8,304,000   2 or more (up or down)
                                


                    Common Stairways

       21,819,000        Multiunits, 2 or more floors
        2,170,000   No common stairways
       19,191,000   With common stairways
       16,588,000     No loose steps
       13,981,000       Railings not loose
        1 988,000       Railings loose
          480,000       No railings
          139,000       Status of railings not reported
        2,602,000     Loose steps
        2,255,000       Railings not loose
          292,000       Railings loose
           34,000       No railings
           21,000       Status of railings not reported
          458,000   Status of stairways not reported
                                                    

                    Light Fixtures in Public Halls

       24,992,000        2 or more units in structure
        4,867,000   No public halls
          489,000   No light fixtures in public halls
       17,368,000   All in working order
          557,000   Some in working order
        1,003,000   None in working order        
          708,000   Not reported


                    Elevator on Floor


       21,819,000        Multiunits, 2 or more floors
        4,592,000   With 1 or more elevators working
          340,000   With elevator, none in working condition
       16,886,000   No elevator
        1,510,000        Units 3 or more floors from main   
                     entrance



                    Foundation

       67,951,000        1 unit building excluding mobile   
                          homes     
       22,539,000   With basement under all of building
        7,548,000   With basement under part of building
       17,518,000   With crawl space
       19,073,000   On concrete slab
        1,273,000   Other


                    External Building Conditions 1/ 

        2,488,000   Sagging roof
        3,776,000   Missing roofing material
        1,990,000   Hole in roof                                  
        2,493,000   Missing bricks, siding, other outside wall 
                     material
        1,534,000   Sloping outside walls
          893,000   Boarded up window(s)
        4,127,000   Broken window(s)
        4,795,000   Bars on window(s)
        2,613,000   Foundation crumbling or has open crack or 
                     hole      
       79,294,000   None of the above
        1,942,000   Not reported


                    Site Placement



        6,544,000        Mobile homes
        4,145,000   First site
        1,238,000   Moved from another site
        1,157,000   Don't know
            5,000   Not reported

                    Previous Occupancy

       10,637,000        Unit built 1990 or later
        7,706,000   Not previously occupied
          408,000   Not reported



1/ Figures may not add to total because more                
     than one category may apply to a unit.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005