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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total		 16684 5645 11039 2202 1180 319 922 2507 2185 940 16684 2978 16684 5954 7845 2885 13691 1500 2993 1554 1385 2200 3591 6628 4265

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States		 16684 5645 11039 2202 1180 319 922 2507 2185 940 16684 2978 16684 5954 7845 2885 13691 1500 2993 1554 1385 2200 3591 6628 4265
House 8094 3350 4744 1243 543 152 413 1043 926 519 8094 1333 8094 2548 3916 1630 6418 822 1677 840 808 935 1832 3243 2083
Apartment 6502 1488 5014 644 192 131 370 1222 1022 270 6502 1102 6502 2861 2955 686 5841 440 662 402 246 1036 1364 2432 1671
Manufactured/mobile home 943 440 503 162 356 18 52 74 130 52 943 243 943 134 426 383 503 137 440 192 245 66 175 533 169
Other 632 193 439 71 47 15 36 84 70 40 632 179 632 229 295 107 523 74 109 73 33 83 123 210 215
Not reported 512 174 339 82 42 3 52 85 38 59 512 121 512 182 252 79 406 26 107 47 53 80 97 210 125

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment, Manufactured
mobile home in the United States		 15540 5279 10261 2049 1091 301 835 2339 2078 841 15540 2678 15540 5543 7297 2699 12762 1400 2778 1434 1299 2036 3371 6208 3924
Owner occupied 5301 2737 2564 1076 483 75 223 522 460 504 5301 818 5301 1473 2694 1133 3999 505 1301 650 628 687 1265 2149 1200
Renter occupied 10239 2542 7697 973 608 227 611 1817 1618 338 10239 1860 10239 4070 4603 1566 8763 895 1476 784 671 1349 2106 4060 2724

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 15540 5279 10261 2049 1091 301 835 2339 2078 841 15540 2678 15540 5543 7297 2699 12762 1400 2778 1434 1299 2036 3371 6208 3924
1 person 2331 623 1707 282 121 51 104 347 172 343 2331 396 2331 925 1025 381 1981 206 350 165 176 331 475 934 591
2 persons 4372 1697 2675 673 299 77 215 539 395 349 4372 527 4372 1554 2081 737 3534 342 838 430 395 626 920 1783 1043
3 persons 3106 1004 2101 416 233 43 188 510 372 65 3106 521 3106 1065 1478 563 2565 310 540 285 253 332 703 1321 749
4 persons 2706 1015 1692 394 209 35 142 351 502 30 2706 458 2706 904 1301 502 2159 247 547 284 254 333 619 1048 708
5 persons 1313 478 836 146 122 41 79 251 220 7 1313 283 1313 412 679 222 1048 108 265 138 114 195 282 518 318
6 persons 586 136 450 46 29 15 39 117 130 5 586 168 586 203 281 103 483 61 103 61 42 78 140 196 172
7 persons or more 415 86 329 32 27 23 43 78 168 3 415 166 415 197 141 78 348 37 68 27 41 37 82 147 150
Not reported 710 240 470 60 51 15 24 145 118 40 710 160 710 284 313 113 643 89 67 43 23 105 149 262 194

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 15540 5279 10261 2049 1091 301 835 2339 2078 841 15540 2678 15540 5543 7297 2699 12762 1400 2778 1434 1299 2036 3371 6208 3924
Owned or rented by a mover 12201 4606 7595 1757 804 215 598 1730 1579 766 12201 1829 12201 4203 5884 2113 9882 1032 2318 1194 1082 1607 2607 4923 3064
Owned or rented by other 3009 564 2445 261 255 77 230 553 466 44 3009 784 3009 1196 1287 526 2575 325 435 231 201 375 697 1177 760
By a relative 1929 340 1589 174 156 59 161 406 271 29 1929 547 1929 768 815 346 1611 201 318 171 145 252 514 725 438
By a nonrelative 1069 224 845 84 99 17 69 139 195 16 1069 229 1069 423 469 178 953 121 116 60 56 120 181 446 322
Not reported 11 0 11 3 0 0 0 8 0 0 11 8 11 5 3 3 11 3 0 0 0 3 3 6 0
Not reported 330 109 221 31 32 9 7 56 33 31 330 66 330 144 126 59 305 43 25 9 16 55 66 108 100

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 15540 5279 10261 2049 1091 301 835 2339 2078 841 15540 2678 15540 5543 7297 2699 12762 1400 2778 1434 1299 2036 3371 6208 3924
Increased with move 8291 3372 4919 1342 501 155 423 1150 1075 311 8291 1208 8291 2890 4209 1192 6859 623 1432 831 569 1090 1820 3086 2295
Decreased 3501 784 2718 325 321 71 227 515 438 220 3501 655 3501 1275 1476 750 2852 392 649 285 359 450 774 1439 839
Stayed about the same 3189 925 2264 335 239 70 160 573 493 237 3189 701 3189 1197 1334 659 2589 327 600 264 331 394 644 1479 672
Don't know 489 172 317 39 28 5 21 84 69 58 489 94 489 159 243 87 407 57 82 50 29 93 122 175 99
Not reported 69 27 42 8 3 0 3 16 2 16 69 21 69 23 35 11 55 1 14 5 10 9 11 30 20

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