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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--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

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 88834 65479 23354 5037 6089 1373 3340 9961 7293 18236 13143 10804 88834 23990 46772 18072 64674 6264 24160 12090 11808 14600 20836 33575 19823
Telephone available 102722 70387 32335 5317 6902 1972 4331 12676 9407 21252 16180 13802 102722 30436 51957 20329 76421 7248 26301 12932 13081 19651 24075 36714 22282
Usable fireplace 35097 31079 4018 2830 1035 328 684 2407 1907 6603 4183 2266 35097 8279 21598 5219 25818 1590 9278 5514 3629 5349 7266 12238 10244
Separate dining room 50125 40568 9556 2984 1915 716 1607 5855 3557 10066 6123 5023 50125 14171 27256 8698 37868 3052 12256 6478 5646 10707 11702 18264 9451
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 30451 28300 2151 2139 947 257 634 2409 1480 6141 2845 1871 30451 6769 18114 5569 22017 1948 8434 4732 3621 5635 7757 10239 6820
Garage or carport included with home 64547 53778 10769 4041 1919 797 1627 4947 5041 14499 7685 5856 64547 16700 35636 12211 48065 4430 16482 8540 7781 9711 17376 19964 17496
Not included 41593 18397 23197 1812 5299 1329 2904 8327 4769 7275 9447 8719 41593 14994 17873 8726 30978 3023 10616 4769 5703 10543 7362 18073 5616
Off-street parking included 33730 15559 18171 1612 4656 903 2146 6248 3488 5757 7896 6729 33730 10094 15903 7732 24222 2683 9508 4329 5050 6891 6084 16067 4688
Off-street parking not reported 29 10 20 0 2 6 0 6 3 8 2 13 29 15 12 2 23 0 7 4 2 20 5 4 0
Garage or carport not reported 121 90 31 0 0 0 7 19 4 38 3 27 121 36 65 20 104 15 17 12 5 67 20 31 3

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 9342 2699 6643 159 490 558 901 2783 1311 3697 1813 3977 9342 5090 2896 1356 8171 661 1171 457 696 3424 1730 2762 1427
Other households without cars 11828 8273 3555 735 1347 207 615 852 1329 1489 2117 1462 11828 2985 5733 3111 7881 1012 3947 1808 2099 1451 2816 4764 2797
1 car with or without trucks or vans 51749 34657 17092 2849 3823 948 2096 6325 4482 12272 8666 7059 51749 15062 25662 11024 38126 3917 13623 6401 7107 8938 12401 19332 11078
2 cars 25866 20234 5632 1716 1244 321 760 2640 2107 3635 3875 1737 25866 6906 14674 4286 19477 1526 6389 3519 2760 5019 6043 8907 5898
3 or more cars 7476 6401 1075 395 315 92 165 692 584 719 663 368 7476 1687 4610 1179 5491 353 1985 1137 827 1490 1769 2303 1915
With cars, no trucks or vans 50031 31832 18199 2651 2706 886 1926 6942 4157 11779 9103 6601 50031 16249 26255 7527 40823 3270 9208 4824 4257 10465 11463 17179 10924
1 truck or van with or without cars 33775 26617 7158 2192 2714 518 1206 2794 3135 4970 4759 2981 33775 7852 17644 8278 22625 2602 11150 5375 5676 4794 8224 13012 7744
2 or more trucks or vans 13113 11116 1997 851 1308 165 504 773 1210 1365 1459 1044 13113 2539 6778 3795 7528 936 5585 2665 2859 1638 3341 5114 3019

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 21306 0 21306 784 0 836 1704 4633 3415 3066 7312 4997 21306 10659 8615 2032 20087 1500 1219 651 533 5624 4368 6092 5222
Owner or manager lives on property 8371 0 8371 347 0 304 615 1545 1403 1113 3030 1740 8371 3948 3842 581 7948 442 423 279 138 1664 1410 2426 2871
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 12935 0 12935 437 0 532 1089 3087 2012 1953 4282 3257 12935 6710 4773 1452 12139 1058 796 372 394 3960 2958 3667 2351

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 1021 482 539 13 86 105 238 229 241 139 177 263 1021 496 424 101 879 40 142 75 60 202 67 413 340
Signs of mice in last 3 months 7086 4379 2707 186 794 289 668 1349 823 1062 1018 1363 7086 2475 2795 1816 4371 396 2715 1260 1420 1868 1710 2191 1317
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 379 194 185 27 60 25 52 104 39 55 96 99 379 161 158 61 269 19 110 69 42 93 52 135 100
Holes in floors 1148 550 598 23 207 177 447 246 217 143 209 353 1148 482 397 269 862 95 286 111 174 275 237 387 248
Open cracks or holes (interior) 5697 2896 2801 169 477 382 1502 1155 814 635 976 1269 5697 2411 2214 1073 4474 412 1223 554 661 1153 1261 2026 1257
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 2707 1274 1433 34 71 245 964 641 388 304 420 612 2707 1290 1014 403 2296 188 411 190 215 682 700 795 530
No electrical wiring 72 65 7 9 8 44 12 15 0 9 5 30 72 21 23 28 27 0 45 16 28 6 21 27 18
Exposed wiring 535 300 235 31 54 43 39 71 60 105 144 140 535 184 267 84 416 31 120 67 53 102 83 218 133
Rooms without electric outlets 1308 706 602 44 95 116 170 190 142 220 311 259 1308 423 593 292 970 107 338 153 185 290 276 457 285

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 94920 65675 29244 5477 6341 1631 3186 11376 8721 20437 15066 12797 94920 27760 48107 19052 70074 6623 24845 12133 12429 18073 22324 33853 20669
With leakage from inside structure@1 9985 5649 4336 329 798 480 1245 1707 1026 1094 1897 1543 9985 3502 4807 1676 8030 765 1955 1026 911 2013 2119 3653 2200
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 3057 1757 1300 90 204 157 473 577 312 281 606 451 3057 1106 1470 481 2555 243 502 256 238 581 647 1056 773
Pipes leaked 4440 2291 2149 147 394 247 611 843 518 481 920 804 4440 1640 1931 870 3537 390 903 420 480 1017 904 1507 1012
Broken water heater 1045 679 365 17 146 51 130 149 74 125 104 114 1045 321 524 199 776 80 269 139 120 156 230 464 195
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 2334 1379 954 95 163 105 216 347 251 286 473 343 2334 821 1232 281 1923 139 411 270 141 436 513 934 451
Interior leakage not reported 1357 940 416 48 80 15 106 209 67 281 172 262 1357 468 660 229 1042 81 315 162 148 234 314 562 246

No leakage from outside structure		 92373 62241 30131 5397 6323 1671 3070 11478 8749 19621 15386 12790 92373 27381 46805 18186 68867 6436 23506 11472 11751 17237 20282 33810 21043
With leakage from outside structure@1 12536 9086 3450 409 818 438 1366 1619 996 1905 1572 1569 12536 3885 6109 2542 9226 944 3310 1694 1598 2852 4166 3705 1813
Roof 6430 4628 1802 166 581 241 856 937 598 998 752 965 6430 1987 3065 1378 4673 530 1758 900 849 1266 1669 2420 1076
Basement 3861 3257 604 98 5 81 207 382 112 621 345 248 3861 1054 1932 875 2743 316 1117 556 559 1276 2021 415 149
Walls, closed windows, or doors 2552 1530 1022 136 204 139 422 343 281 257 437 375 2552 941 1250 361 2033 140 519 290 221 535 788 724 505
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 1319 847 472 34 124 76 152 202 132 190 248 178 1319 473 641 205 1035 68 284 142 137 244 319 467 290
Exterior leakage not reported 1352 937 415 48 78 17 101 195 69 286 177 243 1352 464 660 228 1053 89 300 156 140 232 310 552 258

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 542 143 399 7 61 85 144 198 78 97 134 211 542 239 201 102 427 37 115 44 65 113 95 204 131
2 324 109 215 6 60 18 92 90 36 27 85 91 324 117 143 64 228 17 96 50 47 44 72 134 74
3 785 249 536 22 98 52 119 184 100 65 251 196 785 336 282 166 612 65 173 72 101 175 131 319 160
4 1237 423 814 13 134 86 167 200 171 131 283 288 1237 531 482 224 999 101 238 107 123 222 300 401 313
5 6099 2710 3389 104 571 299 612 1249 729 913 1382 1425 6099 2345 2572 1182 4757 465 1342 617 717 1277 1303 2124 1394
6 5606 2857 2750 157 494 183 372 880 604 681 1088 840 5606 2016 2545 1045 4473 421 1133 504 625 1098 1244 1963 1302
7 14704 8533 6171 535 968 315 717 1809 1351 1810 2880 1785 14704 5061 7096 2547 11711 1080 2993 1481 1467 2701 3441 4986 3576
8 29082 20204 8879 1315 1610 433 979 3215 2579 5344 4715 3284 29082 8749 14824 5509 22063 2022 7019 3460 3487 5490 7063 10107 6423
9 15619 11861 3758 1194 918 210 382 1672 1253 3343 2106 1581 15619 4130 8423 3066 11565 1094 4054 2035 1973 2937 3667 5564 3451
10 (best) 28421 22420 6000 2301 1971 376 772 3181 2625 8622 3673 4285 28421 7008 15057 6356 19430 1924 8991 4456 4431 5473 6579 10743 5625
Not reported 3842 2757 1084 199 333 69 181 616 288 779 537 615 3842 1198 1948 695 2881 242 961 497 454 791 862 1523 666

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 2126 948 1178 21 117 2126 0 471 319 416 328 589 2126 855 900 372 1704 136 423 169 236 641 447 570 468
Plumbing 1376 670 706 6 80 1376 0 256 170 339 241 372 1376 492 619 265 1065 91 311 121 174 371 309 399 298
Heating 614 221 393 8 34 614 0 185 122 60 56 172 614 293 249 72 536 32 78 35 41 235 110 127 142
Electric 79 57 22 11 7 79 0 6 5 13 8 33 79 14 19 46 32 9 47 10 37 19 27 12 21
Upkeep 111 29 82 0 6 111 0 41 28 7 23 40 111 78 21 13 105 9 6 3 3 34 15 37 25
Hallways 7 0 7 0 0 7 0 4 3 3 0 3 7 3 4 0 5 0 2 2 0 3 0 4 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 4537 2009 2528 67 278 0 4537 1181 715 768 955 1201 4537 1843 1567 1126 3430 447 1107 426 679 762 742 2268 765
Plumbing 261 96 166 3 27 0 261 85 31 7 86 106 261 107 99 56 197 16 64 24 40 50 49 116 47
Heating 1513 987 526 0 114 0 1513 504 258 443 186 445 1513 455 375 683 868 249 645 209 434 31 32 1402 48
Upkeep 1454 684 769 15 138 0 1454 393 199 128 230 366 1454 649 519 286 1170 123 284 121 162 306 382 472 294
Hallways 98 6 93 6 0 0 98 26 32 0 39 34 98 63 30 5 98 5 0 0 0 19 29 30 20
Kitchen 1443 326 1116 46 15 0 1443 270 231 215 446 359 1443 692 595 156 1291 82 152 78 74 398 281 388 376
@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.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in structure.
@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.

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