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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1B-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
[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		 35076 184 34892 31731 16870 14861 3161 1326 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10685 51 10634 9867 6863 3003 767 231 7.1 126 57 143 210 372 0
2 10963 34 10929 9930 4753 5177 999 516 9.0 85 74 109 214 445 0
3 8085 37 8049 7210 3650 3560 838 365 9.2 89 76 118 189 281 0
4 to 6 3068 13 3054 2776 823 1954 278 128 6.1 18 16 50 66 75 0
7 or more 1601 26 1575 1403 310 1094 172 75 6.4 15 11 55 16 47 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12714 84 12630 11099 1352 9747 1530 905 8.4 65 91 241 229 422 0
None (on same floor) 3807 18 3789 3364 444 2920 425 255 8.0 23 12 57 78 135 0
1 (up or down) 3237 18 3220 2813 318 2495 407 251 9.1 12 24 59 61 74 0
2 or more (up or down) 5670 49 5621 4922 590 4332 699 399 8.4 30 55 125 89 213 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12714 84 12630 11099 1352 9747 1530 905 8.4 65 91 241 229 422 0
No common stairways 822 1 820 704 104 599 116 72 10.7 6 0 12 26 35 0
With common stairways 11564 79 11485 10144 1209 8934 1342 819 8.3 52 80 211 180 373 0
No loose steps 9925 77 9849 8705 1095 7610 1144 710 8.5 40 74 181 139 317 0
Railings not loose 8225 72 8153 7174 910 6264 979 586 8.5 35 70 171 117 269 0
Railings loose 1434 4 1430 1311 160 1152 119 95 7.6 5 0 7 13 38 0
No railings 178 0 178 144 23 121 34 25 16.9 0 2 0 7 10 0
Status of railings not reported 89 1 88 76 2 73 12 5 5.8 0 2 2 3 0 0
Loose steps 1639 2 1636 1439 114 1325 198 109 7.6 12 5 31 41 55 0
Railings not loose 1424 2 1421 1282 109 1173 139 85 6.8 5 5 26 18 55 0
Railings loose 183 0 183 138 5 133 45 20 13.2 7 0 5 13 0 0
No railings 30 0 30 19 0 19 11 4 15.9 0 0 0 7 0 0
Status of railings not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 328 4 324 252 39 214 72 14 5.9 7 12 17 23 15 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 13868 84 13784 12125 1467 10659 1658 978 8.4 70 96 269 246 438 0
No public halls 1636 8 1628 1408 155 1253 220 131 9.4 16 11 17 44 58 0
No light fixtures in public halls 300 0 300 266 23 243 34 24 9.1 0 0 6 4 15 0
All in working order 10396 69 10327 9184 1171 8012 1143 708 8.1 40 69 202 124 352 0
Some in working order 324 0 324 299 10 289 24 14 4.7 0 0 7 3 0 0
None in working order 696 2 693 613 54 560 80 51 8.4 3 0 7 19 9 0
Not reported 517 5 512 355 53 301 157 49 13.6 11 16 29 52 5 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12714 84 12630 11099 1352 9747 1530 905 8.4 65 91 241 229 422 0
With 1 or more elevators working 2727 29 2697 2431 443 1988 267 132 6.2 20 25 63 27 99 0
With elevator, none in working condition 60 0 60 49 2 47 11 7 12.8 0 0 2 2 0 0
No elevator 9927 55 9872 8619 908 7712 1253 766 9.0 45 67 176 199 323 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1019 13 1006 869 50 819 137 88 9.6 2 7 22 19 47 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 20534 77 20457 19062 14932 4130 1395 337 7.5 263 138 208 449 782 0
With basement under all of building 6699 12 6687 6217 5101 1116 470 99 8.1 91 63 55 162 146 0
With basement under part of building 1680 0 1680 1584 1328 256 96 18 6.6 21 12 4 41 21 0
With crawl space 5067 20 5048 4663 3593 1070 384 97 8.2 64 38 53 133 95 0
On concrete slab 6939 40 6900 6484 4849 1635 416 117 6.6 80 25 92 102 499 0
Other 149 6 143 113 61 52 30 7 11.4 7 0 5 11 21 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1015 9 1006 818 407 411 188 48 10.3 17 12 12 100 16 37
Missing roofing material 1667 4 1663 1382 668 715 281 77 9.7 25 20 24 134 36 23
Hole in roof 938 0 938 791 349 442 147 24 5.2 13 10 8 91 11 25
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1399 0 1399 1118 465 654 280 75 10.2 31 19 27 128 23 16
Sloping outside walls 718 2 716 587 248 339 129 36 9.5 13 7 9 64 16 23
Boarded up windows 775 1 774 481 134 346 293 87 19.8 17 16 18 155 0 9
Broken windows 1974 0 1974 1606 681 926 367 114 10.9 38 18 30 167 12 54
Bars on windows 3633 24 3609 3351 1514 1837 258 145 7.3 10 18 30 55 29 14
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1265 1 1263 1100 547 553 163 47 7.7 11 15 15 76 10 3
None of the above 25041 143 24898 22872 12977 9896 2026 917 8.4 247 172 393 297 1152 544
Not reported 729 0 729 640 426 214 89 17 7.5 7 2 30 33 30 11

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 674 22 651 544 471 73 108 10 12.1 8 0 61 29 63 674
First site 471 16 455 370 347 23 85 5 17.6 8 0 58 15 53 471
Moved from another site 82 0 82 64 48 16 19 5 24.6 0 0 2 11 7 82
Don't know 82 6 76 72 48 24 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 4 4 82
Not reported 38 0 38 38 28 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 38
@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