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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1A-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 119117 3078 116038 106261 72265 33996 9777 2916 7.8 1243 731 2594 2293 6817 8876

Stories in Structure@18

1		 38757 1334 37423 34145 25665 8480 3278 728 7.9 507 231 856 956 1814 0
2 38393 725 37669 34824 22418 12406 2845 1017 7.5 296 216 734 582 2213 0
3 25058 242 24816 22942 15403 7539 1875 719 8.6 221 171 412 352 1444 0
4 to 6 5736 53 5683 5208 2312 2896 476 180 5.8 34 26 142 94 154 0
7 or more 2296 99 2198 1925 466 1458 273 107 6.8 21 16 105 24 89 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25219 359 24860 21872 3001 18871 2988 1650 8.0 126 215 654 344 1183 0
None (on same floor) 8486 81 8405 7468 1139 6330 936 521 7.5 53 57 189 118 438 0
1 (up or down) 6726 84 6641 5837 726 5110 805 449 8.0 24 75 163 95 214 0
2 or more (up or down) 10008 194 9814 8567 1137 7430 1247 680 8.3 49 83 303 131 531 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25219 359 24860 21872 3001 18871 2988 1650 8.0 126 215 654 344 1183 0
No common stairways 1968 26 1942 1695 263 1431 248 135 8.6 19 10 46 38 131 0
With common stairways 22718 329 22390 19733 2645 17088 2657 1493 8.0 96 193 591 283 1030 0
No loose steps 19848 307 19541 17211 2394 14816 2330 1313 8.1 80 178 533 226 928 0
Railings not loose 16444 277 16167 14172 1950 12223 1995 1110 8.2 66 161 479 179 800 0
Railings loose 2802 24 2777 2524 376 2148 253 154 6.7 13 6 47 33 112 0
No railings 440 5 435 365 61 304 70 44 12.4 0 9 5 12 16 0
Status of railings not reported 163 1 161 149 8 142 12 5 3.1 0 2 2 3 0 0
Loose steps 2870 21 2849 2522 250 2272 327 180 7.3 16 15 59 56 101 0
Railings not loose 2489 21 2468 2218 237 1981 250 146 6.8 8 15 52 29 101 0
Railings loose 321 0 320 263 8 256 57 29 10.1 9 0 5 15 0 0
No railings 51 0 51 34 6 28 17 5 15.3 0 0 2 10 0 0
Status of railings not reported 10 0 10 7 0 7 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 533 5 528 444 94 351 84 22 5.7 10 12 17 23 23 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 28385 385 28001 24609 3303 21306 3392 1892 8.1 142 225 731 402 1280 0
No public halls 4180 55 4126 3608 447 3161 518 323 9.2 38 24 73 60 189 0
No light fixtures in public halls 747 10 738 622 77 545 116 66 10.7 3 0 32 16 39 0
All in working order 20538 296 20242 17881 2494 15387 2361 1307 7.8 81 184 547 241 978 0
Some in working order 607 1 606 566 20 546 40 23 4.1 0 0 14 3 4 0
None in working order 1409 2 1406 1266 151 1115 141 91 7.5 6 0 23 20 54 0
Not reported 904 21 883 667 113 553 216 82 12.7 15 16 42 61 16 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25219 359 24860 21872 3001 18871 2988 1650 8.0 126 215 654 344 1183 0
With 1 or more elevators working 4605 132 4473 3947 855 3092 526 223 6.7 40 38 181 44 228 0
With elevator, none in working condition 78 0 78 64 4 60 14 8 12.0 0 0 4 2 0 0
No elevator 20537 227 20310 17861 2142 15719 2448 1419 8.2 86 177 470 297 955 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1692 24 1668 1432 84 1347 237 156 10.3 2 11 42 26 123 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 81855 2067 79788 74434 62961 11473 5354 859 6.9 936 435 1518 1606 4435 0
With basement under all of building 26162 297 25865 24586 21917 2668 1279 161 5.6 269 133 286 431 1252 0
With basement under part of building 9069 127 8942 8507 7639 868 434 60 6.4 79 39 127 130 236 0
With crawl space 21531 810 20721 18840 15574 3266 1881 287 8.0 275 133 547 638 733 0
On concrete slab 24176 591 23585 21947 17434 4513 1638 338 6.9 295 123 516 364 2160 0
Other 918 242 676 554 396 158 122 14 7.7 18 7 42 43 56 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 3408 187 3221 2595 1561 1035 626 124 10.5 70 61 51 319 61 495
Missing roofing material 5138 200 4939 4108 2458 1649 831 167 9.1 76 63 113 411 103 392
Hole in roof 2610 109 2502 2077 1160 916 425 68 6.8 40 29 44 245 37 345
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 4077 165 3912 3141 1674 1467 771 157 9.6 94 50 90 380 70 389
Sloping outside walls 2411 161 2250 1812 968 845 437 85 9.1 57 35 40 220 55 393
Boarded up windows 1903 112 1791 1160 498 662 632 135 16.7 50 34 69 344 15 247
Broken windows 5694 166 5528 4598 2570 2027 930 208 9.3 113 57 112 440 62 714
Bars on windows 5092 40 5052 4750 2440 2310 302 164 6.6 17 21 37 63 43 62
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 3657 115 3542 3096 1836 1260 446 88 6.5 35 38 49 235 53 192
None of the above 94432 2485 91947 84919 60213 24706 7028 2207 8.1 960 560 2111 1191 6371 7042
Not reported 2250 29 2221 2023 1624 399 198 31 7.3 24 9 53 79 113 180

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 8876 626 8249 7219 6001 1218 1031 165 11.9 165 71 345 285 1102 8876
First site 5528 305 5223 4607 4169 438 617 92 17.2 109 47 255 114 847 5528
Moved from another site 1783 176 1607 1390 1197 193 217 48 20.1 21 10 49 88 189 1783
Don't know 962 145 816 636 336 300 180 24 7.5 33 13 26 83 55 962
Not reported 602 0 602 585 299 287 17 0 0.0 2 0 15 0 11 602
@18Figures exclude manufactured/mobile homes.
@1Figures 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