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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 34145 25665 8480 1590 0 558 1821 4354 4511 8438 4710 5179 34145 9867 16436 7842 25200 3044 8945 4066 4798 1234 3934 18667 10310
2 34824 22418 12406 1923 0 627 1172 4000 2843 6357 6440 4145 34824 9930 18651 6243 26720 2375 8104 4158 3868 6230 9817 10424 8352
3 22942 15403 7539 1221 0 448 844 2903 1141 3777 3654 2454 22942 7210 12383 3348 18275 1326 4667 2604 2023 8235 8415 3964 2328
4 to 6 5208 2312 2896 104 0 279 308 869 672 1057 864 814 5208 2776 2084 347 4846 208 362 220 139 2973 1042 672 520
7 or more 1925 466 1458 44 0 97 114 474 209 722 285 610 1925 1403 489 32 1917 30 7 3 2 1065 332 338 189

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21872 3001 18871 844 0 864 1623 4369 3165 3545 6760 4473 21872 11099 9185 1587 20824 1211 1048 625 377 6535 4655 5689 4992
None (on same floor) 7468 1139 6330 346 0 212 505 1418 1103 1082 2569 1471 7468 3364 3403 701 7004 508 465 252 193 1842 1570 2213 1844
1 (up or down) 5837 726 5110 144 0 223 462 1125 791 778 1892 1098 5837 2813 2584 439 5514 328 323 193 111 1536 1342 1416 1542
2 or more (up or down) 8567 1137 7430 354 0 428 656 1827 1270 1685 2300 1905 8567 4922 3198 447 8307 375 260 180 72 3157 1743 2061 1607

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21872 3001 18871 844 0 864 1623 4369 3165 3545 6760 4473 21872 11099 9185 1587 20824 1211 1048 625 377 6535 4655 5689 4992
No common stairways 1695 263 1431 113 0 48 130 343 168 164 663 294 1695 704 810 180 1550 142 144 94 38 363 463 483 386
With common stairways 19733 2645 17088 708 0 802 1448 3896 2930 3287 5985 4061 19733 10144 8219 1370 18848 1041 885 520 330 6005 4111 5111 4506
No loose steps 17211 2394 14816 643 0 658 1163 3319 2306 2930 5252 3451 17211 8705 7242 1264 16390 953 821 478 311 5151 3724 4454 3882
Railings not loose 14172 1950 12223 546 0 484 879 2757 1778 2453 4292 2830 14172 7174 5933 1066 13473 806 700 414 260 4326 3077 3651 3119
Railings loose 2524 376 2148 87 0 139 233 491 444 404 773 512 2524 1311 1052 160 2422 115 102 51 46 702 513 674 635
No railings 365 61 304 9 0 17 33 53 63 50 125 81 365 144 193 28 349 22 16 10 6 98 101 89 77
Status of railings not reported 149 8 142 0 0 18 18 19 20 23 61 28 149 76 64 10 147 10 3 3 0 25 33 39 51
Loose steps 2522 250 2272 66 0 144 285 577 625 357 733 610 2522 1439 977 106 2458 88 64 43 18 854 387 657 624
Railings not loose 2218 237 1981 66 0 104 200 491 542 337 640 511 2218 1282 848 88 2168 72 50 30 16 754 343 579 542
Railings loose 263 8 256 0 0 37 75 79 67 11 86 97 263 138 107 18 251 16 12 10 2 83 41 75 63
No railings 34 6 28 0 0 3 5 8 11 9 4 2 34 19 15 0 34 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 20
Status of railings not reported 7 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 4 0 3 3 0 5 0 2 0
Status of stairways not reported 444 94 351 23 0 14 45 130 66 94 113 119 444 252 156 36 426 28 19 10 9 168 81 94 100

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 24609 3303 21306 928 0 907 1886 4900 3690 4141 7649 5298 24609 12125 10309 2174 23227 1596 1381 756 579 6696 5069 6907 5937
No public halls 3608 447 3161 148 0 89 279 695 570 483 1323 779 3608 1408 1630 569 3237 405 371 195 164 458 771 1309 1069
No light fixtures in public halls 622 77 545 32 0 18 85 127 103 90 250 182 622 266 248 108 571 83 51 26 24 77 95 220 231
All in working order 17881 2494 15387 684 0 670 1204 3511 2581 3281 5243 3719 17881 9184 7426 1271 17018 922 862 482 348 5524 3709 4657 3990
Some in working order 566 20 546 4 0 44 61 138 91 19 191 131 566 299 228 38 550 31 16 9 7 150 124 150 141
None in working order 1266 151 1115 44 0 67 191 254 244 145 436 314 1266 613 546 106 1224 91 42 23 15 263 254 391 358
Not reported 667 113 553 16 0 20 66 176 101 124 207 172 667 355 229 83 627 63 40 20 19 224 116 179 147

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21872 3001 18871 844 0 864 1623 4369 3165 3545 6760 4473 21872 11099 9185 1587 20824 1211 1048 625 377 6535 4655 5689 4992
With 1 or more elevators working 3947 855 3092 119 0 185 253 791 478 1483 722 980 3947 2431 1397 119 3919 110 28 17 8 1714 757 699 776
With elevator, none in working condition 64 4 60 0 0 7 11 14 13 7 16 27 64 49 12 2 64 2 0 0 0 31 10 16 7
No elevator 17861 2142 15719 725 0 671 1359 3565 2674 2055 6022 3467 17861 8619 7776 1466 16841 1098 1020 608 368 4790 3888 4974 4209
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1432 84 1347 104 0 117 169 329 215 112 414 285 1432 869 516 47 1378 42 53 48 5 641 304 298 189

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 74434 62961 11473 3954 0 1102 2374 7700 5685 16209 8303 7905 74434 19062 39735 15638 53731 5387 20703 10294 10251 13041 18472 27159 15762
With basement under all of building 24586 21917 2668 1159 0 347 379 2398 750 5455 2158 2034 24586 6217 13584 4784 17776 1690 6809 3670 3094 8693 10517 3584 1792
With basement under part of building 8507 7639 868 209 0 151 226 453 263 1869 685 667 8507 1584 4556 2367 5479 713 3029 1366 1654 2303 3528 1550 1127
With crawl space 18840 15574 3266 632 0 361 1250 2180 1670 4661 2038 2630 18840 4663 8397 5779 12030 1906 6810 2908 3873 787 2606 9845 5601
On concrete slab 21947 17434 4513 1911 0 228 479 2628 2956 4084 3330 2464 21947 6484 12908 2554 18103 1041 3844 2255 1513 1173 1704 11955 7115
Other 554 396 158 44 0 15 40 41 47 140 93 110 554 113 289 152 344 36 211 94 116 85 117 224 128

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 2595 1561 1035 39 313 135 437 422 298 381 494 556 2595 818 1086 691 1800 259 796 357 432 474 644 1021 456
Missing roofing material 4108 2458 1649 76 253 188 528 732 504 674 654 860 4108 1382 1848 877 3083 323 1025 466 554 758 986 1398 965
Hole in roof 2077 1160 916 23 246 125 476 500 284 317 333 533 2077 791 797 488 1526 188 550 249 301 336 477 846 418
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 3141 1674 1467 63 262 162 564 663 454 339 627 707 3141 1118 1281 742 2270 259 871 388 483 557 806 1129 649
Sloping outside walls 1812 968 845 40 264 114 391 347 265 215 356 419 1812 587 739 486 1227 150 585 241 336 283 394 772 363
Boarded up windows 1160 498 662 14 131 95 210 345 163 117 214 373 1160 481 406 273 869 93 290 110 180 215 263 465 217
Broken windows 4598 2570 2027 45 495 295 716 861 722 579 823 1056 4598 1606 1851 1141 3255 427 1343 625 713 815 1097 1707 979
Bars on windows 4750 2440 2310 43 60 216 400 1561 1223 1106 658 970 4750 3351 1226 173 4575 86 175 88 87 1219 525 1571 1436
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 3096 1836 1260 49 137 158 543 531 331 487 488 640 3096 1100 1188 807 2246 319 850 356 488 629 910 960 597
None of the above 84919 60213 24706 5457 5832 1294 2398 9105 6667 18027 13552 10547 84919 22872 44886 17161 62278 6019 22642 11224 11141 15594 20182 30854 18289
Not reported 2023 1624 399 113 155 44 88 298 183 397 240 261 2023 640 1003 380 1496 123 527 261 257 485 418 758 361

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 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
First site 4607 4169 438 770 4607 59 118 471 226 1123 457 755 4607 370 2303 1933 1391 291 3216 1520 1642 411 728 2503 964
Moved from another site 1390 1197 193 156 1390 27 102 130 63 251 146 322 1390 64 645 682 289 72 1101 461 610 98 269 845 178
Don't know 636 336 300 35 636 20 42 32 79 50 229 178 636 72 274 290 287 89 350 142 201 44 103 315 174
Not reported 585 299 287 11 585 10 17 58 70 37 350 146 585 38 308 239 222 33 364 148 206 31 116 339 100

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 17115 13665 3450 5853 2820 110 272 1583 1143 2072 3925 1554 17115 2999 10606 3510 10383 910 6732 3988 2599 1587 3582 7954 3991
Not previously occupied 10416 9654 762 4606 1862 54 78 937 631 1413 1617 785 10416 1514 6587 2316 5669 454 4747 2805 1861 1036 2210 4941 2230
Not reported 452 268 183 146 104 3 22 37 25 29 171 91 452 83 268 101 277 30 175 104 71 42 68 253 88
@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