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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Sample size		 42487 28703 13784 2279 2330 855 1822 4824 4102 9017 6712 5823 42487 12569 21398 8520 31741 3131 10746 5259 5389 8370 10258 14885 8974

Total		 106261 72265 33996 5853 7219 2126 4537 13292 9814 21812 17134 14602 106261 31731 53574 20957 79146 7469 27115 13321 13488 20321 24758 38068 23115

Tenure

Owner occupied		 72265 72265 0 4690 6001 948 2009 6318 4731 17513 5723 6713 72265 16870 39420 15975 49500 4841 22764 11384 11133 12987 18049 26715 14514
Percent of all occupied 68.0 100.0 0.0 80.1 83.1 44.6 44.3 47.5 48.2 80.3 33.4 46.0 68.0 53.2 73.6 76.2 62.5 64.8 84.0 85.5 82.5 63.9 72.9 70.2 62.8
Renter occupied 33996 0 33996 1163 1218 1178 2528 6974 5083 4299 11412 7889 33996 14861 14153 4982 29646 2627 4351 1938 2355 7334 6709 11353 8600

Race and Origin

White		 85292 62465 22826 4797 6242 1396 2937 0 6508 19182 12392 9862 85292 21330 45173 18789 60501 6457 24791 12199 12332 16480 21398 28883 18531
Non-Hispanic 78784 58907 19877 4563 5999 1217 2468 0 0 18267 11206 8696 78784 18520 42003 18261 54689 6221 24094 11801 12040 15637 20942 26427 15778
Hispanic 6508 3559 2949 234 243 180 469 0 6508 915 1187 1166 6508 2810 3170 528 5812 236 696 398 292 843 456 2456 2753
Black 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 13292 272 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 618 301 318 19 52 20 43 0 52 68 135 187 618 157 173 289 381 96 237 44 193 33 113 185 287
Asian and Pacific Islander 3331 1810 1521 245 31 87 135 0 77 278 753 355 3331 1435 1805 91 3155 58 176 137 33 621 375 575 1761
Other 3728 1371 2357 199 202 151 240 0 2905 207 1297 858 3728 1841 1606 281 3461 156 267 140 125 800 369 1246 1314
Total Hispanic@21 9814 4731 5083 408 438 319 715 272 9814 1104 2333 1938 9814 4508 4498 808 8868 392 946 521 416 1488 749 3604 3973

Units in Structure

1, detached		 67129 59239 7890 3437 0 964 2201 6265 4906 14981 6493 6713 67129 16032 35948 15149 46975 5077 20154 9940 10072 11121 17307 24576 14125
1, attached 7305 3722 3583 517 0 138 173 1435 780 1228 1810 1192 7305 3030 3787 489 6756 310 549 354 179 1920 1165 2583 1637
2 to 4 8200 1291 6909 182 0 236 701 1613 1207 1171 2429 1747 8200 4081 2992 1126 7523 796 677 326 330 2544 1860 1953 1843
5 to 9 4994 503 4490 179 0 198 366 1095 791 573 1755 1158 4994 2222 2309 462 4644 319 349 194 144 942 1077 1714 1261
10 to 19 4620 502 4118 312 0 146 336 888 655 491 1677 829 4620 1962 2387 271 4387 214 232 166 58 820 884 1757 1159
20 to 49 3253 391 2862 151 0 154 262 541 593 639 1049 607 3253 1707 1354 193 3157 151 96 52 41 936 595 805 917
50 or more 3543 615 2927 104 0 173 220 763 444 1267 739 957 3543 2154 1267 122 3516 115 27 18 6 1454 654 678 757
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 7219 6001 1218 972 7219 117 278 692 438 1462 1182 1400 7219 544 3530 3145 2188 486 5030 2271 2659 584 1217 4002 1416

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 571 396 175 13 34 35 25 84 60 195 59 85 571 380 177 13 538 2 33 22 11 414 57 60 40
Condominiums 4745 3407 1338 331 9 72 187 376 405 1295 905 521 4745 1420 3087 238 4391 149 355 254 89 871 885 1549 1439

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2573 2094 479 2573 381 11 30 253 187 273 1718 242 2573 487 1616 470 1582 108 991 619 362 212 527 1293 541
1995 to 1999 8021 6378 1643 3280 1495 39 104 790 543 923 1290 728 8021 1352 4996 1673 4617 463 3404 2098 1211 694 1645 3872 1811
1990 to 1994 6521 5193 1328 0 944 61 139 540 413 875 916 584 6521 1160 3994 1366 4185 339 2336 1270 1027 681 1410 2790 1639
1985 to 1989 8045 5330 2715 0 731 83 222 788 610 1114 1517 852 8045 1646 5177 1221 5989 339 2056 1123 883 1159 1379 3409 2098
1980 to 1984 6788 4370 2418 0 800 94 192 766 625 1145 1257 916 6788 1539 3943 1306 5117 474 1671 810 832 714 1075 3442 1557
1975 to 1979 10801 7449 3351 0 1083 189 345 1037 941 1969 1640 1449 10801 2577 5695 2529 7400 764 3401 1616 1765 1239 2345 4404 2813
1970 to 1974 10116 6419 3697 0 1010 211 385 1372 959 2178 1695 1619 10116 2781 5279 2057 7478 720 2639 1287 1337 1421 2123 4125 2448
1960 to 1969 14396 9741 4655 0 594 274 562 1961 1344 3694 1916 1929 14396 4529 7568 2299 11643 909 2753 1349 1390 2558 3316 5104 3418
1950 to 1959 12501 9068 3433 0 101 277 589 1695 1434 3708 1429 1775 12501 4273 6298 1930 10595 910 1906 879 1020 2665 3209 3855 2771
1940 to 1949 7278 4775 2504 0 24 182 551 1222 1000 1860 994 1169 7278 2992 2938 1348 5963 599 1315 564 750 1694 1694 2317 1574
1930 to 1939 5728 3403 2325 0 56 190 446 1054 667 1154 820 1035 5728 2619 1849 1260 4538 494 1190 402 765 1643 1533 1480 1072
1920 to 1929 4863 2850 2014 0 0 191 317 775 449 1029 721 801 4863 2478 1461 925 4001 386 863 324 539 1804 1547 823 689
1919 or earlier 8630 5195 3434 0 0 325 656 1042 642 1889 1220 1503 8630 3297 2761 2572 6040 963 2590 979 1609 3837 2955 1154 684
Median 1969 1970 1967 1999 1984 1956 1955 1964 1965 1963 1974 1965 1969 1960 1973 1970 1967 1964 1975 1977 1972 1954 1964 1975 1972

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 85304 56290 29014 4665 4074 1754 3411 11785 9006 16474 14230 11018 85304 31731 53574 0 71678 0 13627 13321 0 18102 18214 29044 19945
In central cities 31731 16870 14861 1079 544 855 1843 6968 4508 6066 6165 5337 31731 31731 0 0 31425 0 305 0 0 6337 6893 10301 8200
Suburbs 53574 39420 14153 3586 3530 900 1567 4817 4498 10407 8065 5680 53574 0 53574 0 40252 0 13321 13321 0 11765 11321 18743 11745
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 20957 15975 4982 1189 3145 372 1126 1507 808 5338 2904 3584 20957 0 0 20957 7469 7469 13488 0 13488 2219 6544 9024 3170

Regions

Northeast		 20321 12987 7334 460 584 641 762 2387 1488 4777 2337 2777 20321 6337 11765 2219 15587 602 4734 3094 1617 20321 0 0 0
Midwest 24758 18049 6709 1188 1217 447 742 2503 749 5163 3639 2892 24758 6893 11321 6544 17832 2484 6926 2823 4060 0 24758 0 0
South 38068 26715 11353 2903 4002 570 2268 7180 3604 7805 6783 6123 38068 10301 18743 9024 25840 2789 12228 5879 6235 0 0 38068 0
West 23115 14514 8600 1302 1416 468 765 1223 3973 4067 4376 2810 23115 8200 11745 3170 19887 1593 3227 1527 1576 0 0 0 23115

Urbanized Areas

Inside urbanized areas		 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
In central cities of MSAs S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Urban fringe S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Outside urbanized areas S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Other urban S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Rural S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 5059 3816 1243 180 415 96 219 260 244 1287 557 743 5059 0 2372 2687 596 0 4463 1776 2687 856 1914 1647 642
2,500 to 9,999 persons 12568 9029 3539 461 753 202 472 952 924 2867 2060 1801 12568 3 9140 3425 12475 3400 93 68 25 2362 3082 4780 2345
10,000 to 19,999 persons 9233 6276 2958 330 314 187 378 1020 682 1984 1531 1260 9233 134 7062 2037 9127 2033 106 102 4 1801 2533 3550 1349
20,000 to 49,999 persons 14513 9367 5146 557 272 268 471 1801 1443 2966 2544 1792 14513 3188 9509 1816 14433 1798 80 59 18 2314 3678 4706 3816
50,000 to 99,999 persons 10415 6363 4053 400 183 206 403 1172 1388 1949 1931 1322 10415 5032 5383 0 10376 0 40 14 0 1848 2667 2490 3410
100,000 to 249,999 persons 8541 4861 3679 307 137 213 433 1613 1060 1485 1742 1185 8541 6291 2250 0 8475 0 65 7 0 1030 1569 2795 3147
250,000 to 499,999 persons 6054 3265 2789 194 61 109 304 1369 821 1043 1352 987 6054 5913 141 0 6003 0 51 0 0 396 1133 2248 2277
500,000 to 999,999 persons 3845 2101 1744 145 45 76 237 963 655 759 756 579 3845 3845 0 0 3837 0 8 0 0 223 939 1560 1123
1,000,000 persons or more 7062 2900 4163 127 21 350 582 2089 1505 1331 1041 1467 7062 7062 0 0 7053 0 9 0 0 3359 1239 944 1520
@21Because Hispanics may be of any race,data can overlap slightly with other groups. Most Hispanics report
themselves as White, but some report themsleves as Black or in other categories.
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.

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