U.S. Census Bureau
 American Housing Survey (AHS)




American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


To print this entire table, use 8.50 x 11 inch paper and landscape orientation.
Table 3-1. Introductory Characteristics--Owner 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
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 72265 4690 6001 948 2009 6318 4731 17513 5723 6713 72265 16870 39420 15975 49500 4841 22764 11384 11133 12987 18049 26715 14514

Tenure

Owner occupied		 72265 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 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Renter occupied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Race and Origin

White		 62465 3921 5268 787 1470 0 3559 15824 4705 5394 62465 12887 34827 14752 41362 4415 21104 10548 10337 11670 16461 21926 12409
Non-Hispanic 58907 3775 5087 741 1249 0 0 15199 4402 4943 58907 11607 32920 14379 38313 4257 20593 10258 10123 11387 16199 20375 10946
Hispanic 3559 146 181 46 221 0 3559 625 303 451 3559 1279 1907 372 3048 158 511 290 214 283 262 1551 1463
Black 6318 436 557 112 453 6318 103 1380 456 970 6318 2785 2616 917 5080 318 1238 619 599 814 1199 3852 454
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 301 11 49 6 10 0 25 50 34 61 301 47 101 153 151 39 150 36 114 18 37 97 148
Asian and Pacific Islander 1810 180 21 15 25 0 50 176 243 102 1810 606 1151 53 1670 25 140 106 29 305 194 337 973
Other 1371 141 106 28 51 0 994 84 285 187 1371 546 725 100 1239 45 132 74 55 180 158 503 530
Total Hispanic@21 4731 264 288 73 278 103 4731 712 561 610 4731 1775 2480 476 4086 203 645 363 273 389 382 2010 1950

Units in Structure

1, detached		 59239 3339 0 744 1555 4934 3909 14149 4259 5023 59239 13549 32647 13044 41202 4269 18037 9132 8775 10151 15736 21414 11938
1, attached 3722 296 0 33 57 560 259 914 425 372 3722 1384 2144 194 3386 100 335 232 94 1249 569 1221 682
2 to 4 1291 33 0 26 100 143 128 370 116 127 1291 682 521 88 1208 56 83 46 32 523 320 189 259
5 to 9 503 38 0 13 15 24 27 130 50 31 503 138 340 25 455 20 48 40 5 94 111 154 144
10 to 19 502 48 0 7 26 38 49 157 79 31 502 153 331 18 485 11 17 10 7 115 99 150 137
20 to 49 391 14 0 8 10 22 25 159 36 50 391 158 225 8 382 5 9 6 3 100 74 149 69
50 or more 615 11 0 18 31 41 47 261 57 63 615 336 277 3 610 3 5 3 0 240 97 173 106
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 6001 911 6001 100 215 557 288 1375 702 1018 6001 471 2936 2595 1772 376 4230 1915 2219 515 1042 3265 1179

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 396 9 32 20 18 44 37 141 41 46 396 273 114 9 377 2 18 12 7 303 28 38 25
Condominiums 3407 291 9 32 89 158 226 1091 468 305 3407 901 2370 136 3149 76 257 189 59 591 747 1070 999

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2094 2094 372 11 19 170 121 221 1305 153 2094 321 1352 421 1167 73 927 569 348 187 441 1047 419
1995 to 1999 6378 2596 1326 24 38 559 354 749 521 439 6378 867 4155 1356 3374 319 3004 1871 1038 590 1351 3039 1398
1990 to 1994 5193 0 843 40 75 365 285 675 394 369 5193 773 3294 1125 3075 209 2118 1166 916 550 1136 2312 1195
1985 to 1989 5330 0 625 35 104 339 283 816 441 376 5330 841 3518 971 3612 208 1717 917 763 888 965 2325 1152
1980 to 1984 4370 0 659 38 81 316 286 833 291 386 4370 834 2656 880 3039 253 1331 675 627 506 785 2137 942
1975 to 1979 7449 0 851 66 160 404 440 1423 524 659 7449 1260 4240 1949 4563 467 2886 1394 1482 839 1658 3098 1854
1970 to 1974 6419 0 787 94 173 558 448 1675 391 689 6419 1213 3670 1536 4194 415 2226 1096 1121 892 1356 2701 1471
1960 to 1969 9741 0 422 128 236 942 629 3079 495 885 9741 2543 5385 1813 7438 660 2303 1139 1153 1660 2424 3583 2073
1950 to 1959 9068 0 72 165 297 883 805 3308 441 889 9068 2605 4941 1521 7446 666 1622 764 855 1976 2587 2800 1705
1940 to 1949 4775 0 14 82 261 559 468 1558 279 515 4775 1636 2129 1010 3729 421 1046 456 589 1033 1269 1493 980
1930 to 1939 3403 0 31 75 186 475 265 891 220 399 3403 1332 1224 847 2527 278 876 300 569 889 1044 911 559
1920 to 1929 2850 0 0 83 134 319 151 786 162 298 2850 1181 982 687 2194 270 656 240 416 966 1014 509 361
1919 or earlier 5195 0 0 106 244 428 196 1498 260 656 5195 1461 1875 1859 3142 602 2053 796 1256 2010 2019 760 406
Median 1970 1999 1986 1957 1956 1965 1967 1962 1981 1966 1970 1960 1974 1970 1967 1962 1976 1978 1973 1958 1964 1975 1973

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 56290 3698 3406 721 1327 5401 4255 12921 4601 4638 56290 16870 39420 0 44659 0 11631 11384 0 11313 13011 19773 12194
In central cities 16870 701 471 228 562 2785 1775 4235 1343 1629 16870 16870 0 0 16623 0 247 0 0 2513 4082 5813 4462
Suburbs 39420 2996 2936 493 764 2616 2480 8686 3258 3009 39420 0 39420 0 28036 0 11384 11384 0 8800 8929 13959 7732
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 15975 992 2595 227 683 917 476 4592 1122 2075 15975 0 0 15975 4841 4841 11133 0 11133 1674 5038 6942 2320

Regions

Northeast		 12987 406 515 222 226 814 389 3434 771 1007 12987 2513 8800 1674 8972 344 4015 2665 1331 12987 0 0 0
Midwest 18049 963 1042 236 306 1199 382 4240 1304 1344 18049 4082 8929 5038 12137 1666 5911 2511 3372 0 18049 0 0
South 26715 2315 3265 327 1234 3852 2010 6611 2273 3198 26715 5813 13959 6942 16464 1752 10251 4974 5191 0 0 26715 0
West 14514 1006 1179 162 242 454 1950 3229 1375 1165 14514 4462 7732 2320 11928 1080 2587 1233 1240 0 0 0 14514

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
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
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
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
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
Rural 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		 3816 131 336 59 123 154 149 1073 190 430 3816 0 1830 1985 427 0 3389 1404 1985 646 1478 1209 483
2,500 to 9,999 persons 9029 387 585 94 239 529 532 2340 748 865 9029 3 6678 2348 8962 2334 67 53 14 1704 2299 3328 1698
10,000 to 19,999 persons 6276 236 240 132 179 484 402 1575 462 549 6276 76 4926 1273 6215 1271 61 59 2 1211 1801 2410 853
20,000 to 49,999 persons 9367 404 231 107 183 818 740 2304 738 711 9367 1903 6399 1065 9316 1055 51 41 10 1475 2609 2995 2288
50,000 to 99,999 persons 6363 298 143 75 114 483 620 1506 505 473 6363 2938 3425 0 6333 0 30 11 0 998 1849 1470 2047
100,000 to 249,999 persons 4861 221 120 86 126 599 473 1065 467 390 4861 3510 1352 0 4803 0 58 2 0 400 988 1566 1907
250,000 to 499,999 persons 3265 118 51 36 102 528 392 741 271 311 3265 3204 61 0 3233 0 32 0 0 177 652 1228 1209
500,000 to 999,999 persons 2101 78 40 13 117 438 332 566 159 216 2101 2101 0 0 2096 0 5 0 0 75 490 904 632
1,000,000 persons or more 2900 56 18 47 129 799 383 746 168 317 2900 2900 0 0 2897 0 3 0 0 1171 635 465 629
@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.

Go to American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001
Contact the American Housing Survey Branch by email or by phone at 301-763-3235 or 1-888-518-7365, or visit ask.census.gov for further information on American Housing Survey Data.

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