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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-25. Units in Structure by Selected Characteristics--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Multiunit
Total 1, detached 1, attached Total 2 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 or more Manu-
factured/
mobile homes

Total		 106261 67129 7305 24609 8200 4994 4620 3253 3543 7219

Race and Origin

White		 85292 57454 5083 16514 5598 3315 3088 2205 2309 6242
Non-Hispanic 78784 53811 4648 14326 4909 2857 2677 1848 2034 5999
Hispanic 6508 3643 434 2188 688 457 411 357 275 243
Black 13292 6265 1435 4900 1613 1095 888 541 763 692
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 618 349 23 195 86 34 43 15 17 52
Asian and Pacific Islander 3331 1628 360 1312 301 226 299 220 266 31
Other 3728 1432 405 1689 602 324 301 273 188 202
Total Hispanic@21 9814 4906 780 3690 1207 791 655 593 444 438

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 571 34 47 455 27 35 47 90 257 34
Condominiums 4745 319 1561 2856 549 615 641 464 587 9

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2573 1559 257 376 82 73 107 70 44 381
1995 to 1999 8021 4716 621 1190 266 265 365 177 118 1495
1990 to 1994 6521 4027 549 1000 247 192 283 161 117 944
1985 to 1989 8045 4158 820 2336 415 594 673 326 328 731
1980 to 1984 6788 3273 682 2034 563 491 437 273 270 800
1975 to 1979 10801 6404 861 2453 613 617 508 297 418 1083
1970 to 1974 10116 5314 695 3097 727 647 657 390 676 1010
1960 to 1969 14396 9714 632 3456 874 659 756 539 628 594
1950 to 1959 12501 10054 482 1865 740 310 234 228 353 101
1940 to 1949 7278 5436 392 1426 687 270 147 150 172 24
1930 to 1939 5728 3951 372 1348 739 235 103 155 117 56
1920 to 1929 4863 3037 356 1471 807 197 110 187 170 0
1919 or earlier 8630 5487 586 2556 1441 444 240 300 131 0
Median 1969 1965 1975 1970 1955 1972 1975 1970 1971 1984

Rooms

1 room		 394 6 11 377 44 56 39 103 135 0
2 rooms 993 85 97 795 156 147 131 132 229 17
3 rooms 8800 834 810 6937 1478 1279 1444 1272 1464 219
4 rooms 19003 5197 1850 9701 3285 2212 1939 1134 1132 2255
5 rooms 24798 15211 1917 4842 2026 1008 857 500 450 2828
6 rooms 22768 18401 1633 1537 926 251 168 93 99 1197
7 rooms 14032 12639 602 299 194 36 31 18 21 492
8 rooms 8137 7776 179 47 35 4 5 0 2 135
9 rooms 3765 3654 63 23 15 0 0 0 8 25
10 rooms or more 3571 3326 142 52 42 2 6 0 3 51

Bedrooms

None		 820 31 57 731 95 104 98 184 250 0
1 11984 1411 1073 9178 2038 1700 1937 1549 1954 322
2 29281 11551 3150 11616 4333 2594 2254 1295 1140 2964
3 44786 36020 2519 2730 1537 546 287 189 172 3517
4 or more 19391 18115 505 353 196 50 45 36 26 417

Complete Bathrooms

None		 681 309 46 280 76 47 42 55 60 45
1 42113 19194 2874 17788 6222 3400 3152 2422 2592 2257
1 1/2 16548 12045 1494 2252 804 571 418 188 271 756
2 or more 46920 35580 2891 4289 1097 977 1007 589 619 4160

Square Footage of Unit

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74347 67129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7219
Less than 500 725 472 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 253
500 to 749 2080 1240 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 840
750 to 999 5542 3805 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1737
1,000 to 1,499 18306 15843 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2464
1,500 to 1,999 17492 16448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1044
2,000 to 2,499 11699 11473 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 226
2,500 to 2,999 5955 5893 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63
3,000 to 3,999 5231 5196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35
4,000 or more 2854 2787 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
Not reported 4463 3973 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490
Median 1736 1810 500- 500- 500- 500- 500- 500- 500- 1108

Persons per Room

0.50 or less		 74006 47885 5148 16304 5223 3375 3117 2067 2522 4669
0.51 to 1.00 29595 18124 1959 7234 2612 1386 1365 997 874 2279
1.01 to 1.50 2151 966 157 802 297 201 99 112 94 226
1.51 or more 509 154 42 268 68 32 38 77 53 45

Square Feet Per Person

Single detached and
manufactured/mobile homes		 74347 67129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7219
Less than 200 1744 1218 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 526
200 to 299 4365 3528 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 837
300 to 399 6432 5521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 911
400 to 499 7386 6483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 903
500 to 599 6968 6358 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 610
600 to 699 6897 6285 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 613
700 to 799 5704 5148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 556
800 to 899 4485 4061 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 424
900 to 999 4142 3766 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 377
1,000 to 1,499 12137 11400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 737
1,500 or more 9623 9389 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 235
Not reported 4463 3973 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 490
Median 720 742 200- 200- 200- 200- 200- 200- 200- 530

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1646 269 33 1317 415 286 217 191 207 28
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 104615 66860 7272 23292 7785 4707 4403 3062 3335 7191
Kitchen sink 105929 67033 7294 24385 8186 4950 4582 3191 3477 7216
Refrigerator 105859 66965 7283 24418 8168 4949 4596 3204 3502 7193
Cooking stove or range 105358 66725 7257 24217 8090 4928 4579 3161 3459 7160
Burners, no stove or range 169 88 17 61 30 13 7 8 2 3
Microwave oven only 399 197 21 133 41 19 9 28 35 48
Dishwasher 62352 43452 4675 11012 2658 2432 2882 1492 1549 3214
Washing machine 85562 64332 5534 9182 4146 1816 1714 811 695 6514
Clothes dryer 81591 62089 5161 8158 3658 1678 1631 667 525 6183
Disposal in kitchen sink 48604 31174 4360 12050 2708 2778 3025 1803 1737 1020
Trash compactor 4010 2968 273 664 135 125 124 108 172 105

Air conditioning:
Central		 60118 40444 4457 10966 2604 2615 2723 1462 1562 4252
Additional central 3736 3118 182 275 63 57 50 56 49 160
1 room unit 15431 7925 765 5501 2104 972 787 779 858 1239
2 room units 7622 4726 508 1865 818 270 225 241 311 523
3 room units or more 3510 2497 347 528 274 38 33 59 125 138

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 65262 43791 4440 11458 3881 2606 2387 1262 1322 5574
Steam or hot water system 13441 6934 916 5562 1922 758 680 938 1265 29
Electric heat pump 11080 6774 965 2383 465 565 687 370 296 958
Built-in electric units 5063 2318 338 2330 677 496 450 341 365 77
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 5343 2874 414 1938 724 404 328 259 223 118
Room heaters with flue 1542 1079 67 308 190 51 27 20 21 88
Room heaters without flue 1558 1271 31 137 110 20 2 2 3 118
Portable electric heaters 746 455 44 140 102 16 6 10 5 107
Stoves 1131 997 12 9 9 0 0 0 0 113
Fireplaces with inserts 145 128 2 15 5 0 3 3 4 0
Fireplaces without inserts 64 50 2 5 3 0 2 0 0 7
Other 292 170 12 89 32 17 18 15 8 21
Cooking stove 193 108 15 67 37 20 5 4 0 4
None 401 179 47 169 42 41 26 29 31 5

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 104885 66457 7219 24069 8053 4884 4536 3169 3427 7139
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 1376 672 86 539 147 109 84 84 115 80
No hot piped water 292 134 15 110 31 16 7 21 35 32
No bathtub and no shower 277 115 11 137 24 18 15 35 45 14
No flush toilet 264 99 9 142 27 20 18 35 42 14
No exclusive use 1022 514 69 390 111 88 68 52 71 50

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 92576 55978 7182 24442 8053 4988 4620 3248 3534 4975
Well serving 1 to 5 units 13245 10816 114 145 142 1 0 2 0 2170
Drilled 11698 9587 94 105 104 1 0 0 0 1912
Dug 1035 822 10 31 29 0 0 2 0 170
Not reported 513 406 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 88
Other 440 335 10 21 5 5 0 3 8 74

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 106193 67088 7303 24591 8194 4991 4620 3246 3540 7212
Piped gas 64949 42956 4701 15253 5747 2965 2360 1954 2227 2039
Bottled gas 9442 6907 147 359 202 51 49 22 36 2029
Fuel oil 15125 8904 889 4688 1304 535 655 853 1342 644
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1678 1170 29 58 33 9 7 2 6 422
Coal or coke 236 219 5 6 4 0 0 2 0 6
Wood 10861 9430 264 474 217 97 104 32 24 692
Solar energy 189 157 5 20 7 0 2 6 5 8
Other 850 533 51 218 44 36 29 57 51 49

All electric units		 26246 12446 2314 8537 1998 1972 2164 1218 1185 2949

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 88834 61349 5901 15495 5690 3388 3177 1671 1569 6089
Telephone available 102722 65432 6936 23453 7824 4752 4406 3072 3399 6902
Usable fireplace 35097 29790 1824 2449 836 614 596 269 134 1035
Separate dining room 50125 38680 3345 6185 2513 1147 1160 607 758 1915
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 30451 27477 1202 826 469 115 138 39 64 947
Garage or carport included with home 64547 52716 3470 6441 2520 1133 1124 704 961 1919
Not included 41593 14326 3825 18142 5673 3854 3495 2547 2574 5299
Off-street parking included 33730 12350 2859 13866 4099 3205 3071 1806 1685 4656
Off-street parking not reported 29 8 0 20 5 5 3 0 7 2
Garage or carport not reported 121 86 9 25 7 6 1 2 8 0

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 1021 569 64 301 92 54 35 68 52 86
Signs of mice in last 3 months 7086 4252 481 1559 580 238 210 261 269 794
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 379 186 28 106 38 16 21 14 16 60
Holes in floors 1148 517 72 353 130 90 46 39 48 207
Open cracks or holes (interior) 5697 3055 404 1761 664 351 290 240 215 477
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 2707 1425 214 996 305 167 216 151 157 71
No electrical wiring 72 59 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 8
Exposed wiring 535 296 49 137 49 31 15 16 25 54
Rooms without electric outlets 1308 760 122 331 116 60 51 50 52 95

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 2126 964 138 907 236 198 146 154 173 117
Plumbing 1376 672 86 539 147 109 84 84 115 80
Heating 614 218 36 326 80 75 57 61 52 34
Electric 79 52 3 18 6 3 0 7 2 7
Upkeep 111 43 19 43 5 14 4 9 11 6
Hallways 7 0 0 7 0 3 4 0 0 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 4537 2201 173 1886 701 366 336 262 220 278
Plumbing 261 108 29 97 40 27 18 12 0 27
Heating 1513 1233 29 137 110 20 2 2 3 114
Upkeep 1454 747 98 471 179 72 95 75 50 138
Hallways 98 0 0 98 15 24 29 18 12 0
Kitchen 1443 219 26 1182 402 256 205 161 157 15

Persons

1 person		 28149 12946 2483 10764 2978 2164 2048 1516 2058 1956
2 persons 34653 22943 2281 7049 2398 1422 1425 917 888 2379
3 persons 17178 11555 1111 3283 1252 691 640 414 287 1229
4 persons 15619 11672 843 2154 944 445 333 230 202 950
5 persons 6846 5137 368 849 376 189 118 111 55 493
6 persons 2367 1787 139 321 148 61 35 44 35 120
7 persons or more 1449 1089 80 188 104 22 22 22 19 92

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 82031 50411 5878 20154 6916 4356 4088 2579 2215 5587
1 person 16383 10579 993 3646 1016 545 399 529 1158 1165
2 persons or more 7847 6139 434 809 267 93 133 146 169 466

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 6206 1613 632 3545 1022 887 838 468 330 416
25 to 29 8143 3260 803 3435 1188 760 739 428 321 646
30 to 34 10454 5851 947 2957 1087 626 594 360 291 699
35 to 44 23882 15803 1541 4900 1789 975 1034 607 496 1638
45 to 54 21646 15495 1266 3553 1219 750 637 489 457 1332
55 to 64 14117 10125 889 2077 723 423 288 262 381 1026
65 to 74 10755 7655 584 1779 537 281 230 295 436 736
75 years and over 11057 7326 644 2362 635 292 260 345 831 725
Median 47 49 43 39 39 37 36 41 52 46

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 78113 54183 4822 13844 5222 2829 2572 1737 1485 5263
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 53710 41760 2647 5917 2217 1088 1066 789 757 3386
Under 25 years 1297 546 121 483 170 92 131 62 29 146
25 to 29 years 3378 1953 253 855 311 187 175 106 76 316
30 to 34 years 5413 3795 381 885 346 164 174 111 90 352
35 to 44 years 13575 10803 582 1330 504 249 261 177 139 860
45 to 64 years 20867 17356 839 1530 629 285 189 185 242 1142
65 years and over 9182 7307 472 834 257 112 136 148 181 569
Other male householder 8581 4463 685 2744 954 583 574 384 249 689
Under 45 years 5772 2537 503 2288 785 508 509 297 188 445
45 to 64 years 2116 1458 141 331 106 69 52 67 38 187
65 years and over 692 467 42 126 63 6 13 21 24 57
Other female householder 15821 7960 1490 5183 2050 1158 932 564 479 1188
Under 45 years 9421 3766 990 3931 1523 923 747 426 312 734
45 to 64 years 4400 2759 394 955 371 206 164 113 101 291
65 years and over 2000 1435 106 297 155 29 21 25 66 163
1-person households 28149 12946 2483 10764 2978 2164 2048 1516 2058 1956
Male householder 12146 5239 1004 4975 1420 1004 1014 768 770 928
Under 45 years 5903 2016 587 2892 860 618 666 426 322 408
45 to 64 years 3809 1832 288 1335 398 254 263 200 220 354
65 years and over 2433 1391 128 748 162 132 85 142 227 166
Female householder 16003 7707 1479 5789 1558 1161 1034 748 1288 1027
Under 45 year 3928 1112 506 2173 585 507 541 257 282 137
45 to 64 years 4570 2215 493 1479 439 360 258 186 237 384
65 years and over 7505 4381 480 2137 534 294 235 305 768 506

Household Income

Less than $5,000		 6095 2938 560 2117 640 462 377 238 400 479
$5,000 to $9,999 6252 2614 481 2474 756 487 339 307 585 682
$10,000 to $14,999 7054 3478 452 2434 733 559 428 362 351 691
$15,000 to $19,999 6786 3440 400 2161 735 466 394 294 272 784
$20,000 to $24,999 7017 3623 464 2154 798 438 407 291 220 777
$25,000 to $29,999 6969 3852 558 1930 705 408 355 218 245 629
$30,000 to $34,999 7028 4138 490 1878 624 403 359 307 185 522
$35,000 to $39,999 5629 3245 440 1531 558 286 350 191 147 412
$40,000 to $49,999 9853 6051 784 2273 804 439 467 303 259 745
$50,000 to $59,999 8378 5639 562 1626 504 345 353 182 241 551
$60,000 to $79,999 13004 9655 912 1907 652 385 395 233 241 530
$80,000 to $99,999 8004 6502 473 824 267 130 177 132 118 205
$100,000 to $119,999 4815 4008 253 458 164 79 70 79 65 96
$120,000 or more 9378 7945 476 842 258 106 149 116 213 115
Median 40304 50326 37812 27499 28094 26038 30153 28077 23724 26555

As percent of poverty level:
Less than 50 percent		 6986 3268 654 2462 803 530 424 284 422 602
50 to 99 7616 3445 538 2836 944 628 405 323 535 798
100 to 149 9974 5116 650 3068 992 671 491 470 444 1140
150 to 199 9532 5391 570 2634 944 517 490 333 350 937
200 percent or more 72153 49909 4892 13610 4517 2648 2810 1843 1791 3742

Income of Families and Primary
Individuals

Less than $5,000		 6777 3180 622 2460 770 555 431 288 416 515
$5,000 to $9,999 6490 2671 498 2625 782 531 383 334 595 697
$10,000 to $14,999 7505 3609 485 2667 842 594 467 390 375 744
$15,000 to $19,999 7096 3595 436 2266 804 472 409 315 266 799
$20,000 to $24,999 7347 3790 498 2278 832 469 444 300 233 782
$25,000 to $29,999 7148 3966 605 1952 701 408 376 227 240 626
$30,000 to $34,999 7242 4253 511 1917 637 406 361 311 202 561
$35,000 to $39,999 5588 3315 452 1454 537 277 329 175 136 368
$40,000 to $49,999 9618 6064 757 2088 744 400 438 254 253 709
$50,000 to $59,999 8074 5575 522 1441 456 289 303 172 221 536
$60,000 to $79,999 12256 9349 817 1592 511 309 345 194 233 499
$80,000 to $99,999 7527 6192 425 730 230 112 158 121 110 179
$100,000 to $119,999 4524 3833 221 379 127 65 54 69 64 91
$120,000 or more 9070 7739 456 760 228 106 122 105 199 115
Median 38155 48555 34976 25020 25505 23675 27327 25007 22551 25584

Monthly Housing Costs

Less than $100		 1448 554 91 477 126 93 104 72 81 326
$100 to $199 7330 4744 308 1151 284 235 145 119 369 1128
$200 to $249 5252 3695 214 719 218 121 115 97 167 624
$250 to $299 4973 3644 227 737 234 147 108 90 157 365
$300 to $349 4806 3307 263 797 282 159 130 102 123 439
$350 to $399 4486 2756 270 1021 371 250 153 152 95 439
$400 to $449 4429 2292 266 1380 561 294 230 181 115 490
$450 to $499 4627 2423 348 1403 513 338 259 138 156 453
$500 to $599 9542 4594 740 3394 1324 728 619 404 319 815
$600 to $699 8820 4172 709 3381 1076 745 720 523 316 559
$700 to $799 7793 4062 658 2666 771 597 611 391 296 406
$800 to $999 12339 7552 1055 3222 933 635 749 412 493 510
$1,000 to $1,249 9577 6848 839 1725 535 304 357 243 286 166
$1,250 to $1,499 6292 4983 441 736 231 110 115 117 162 132
$1,500 or more 12346 10348 633 1240 474 148 138 147 334 125
No cash rent 2201 1155 243 561 267 90 65 65 74 242
Median (excludes no cash rent) 658 719 714 627 604 611 657 645 648 417

Monthly Housing Costs as Percent of
Current Income@3

Less than 5 percent		 5217 4046 242 425 97 88 80 64 95 505
5 to 9 percent 12267 9520 569 1178 407 184 220 165 202 1001
10 to 14 percent 15166 10882 791 2259 793 445 425 295 301 1234
15 to 19 percent 14879 10078 1002 2871 965 551 570 424 361 927
20 to 24 percent 12616 8074 937 3047 970 668 685 351 375 558
25 to 29 percent 9555 5482 734 2824 909 622 564 318 410 515
30 to 34 percent 6840 3924 513 2001 684 404 362 266 285 402
35 to 39 percent 4758 2642 389 1401 468 298 269 202 164 325
40 to 49 percent 5882 3019 431 1974 705 405 328 301 235 458
50 to 59 percent 3595 1861 328 1226 376 247 199 198 206 181
60 to 69 percent 2228 1116 171 795 261 191 144 93 106 147
70 to 99 percent 3098 1459 253 1148 397 208 201 148 195 238
100 percent or more@4 5068 2506 414 1897 619 377 308 239 354 252
Zero or negative income 2889 1364 288 1001 282 216 199 124 181 236
No cash rent 2201 1155 243 561 267 90 65 65 74 242
Median (excludes 2 previous lines) 21.2 18.8 24.1 28.0 28.2 28.2 26.7 28.6 28.7 18.4
Median (excludes 3 lines before medians) 20.2 18.2 23.0 26.4 26.5 26.7 25.3 26.7 26.6 17.7
@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.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@3Beginning with 1989, this item uses current income in its calculation, see Appendix A.
@4May reflect a temporary situation, living off savings, or response error.

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