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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total
5645 1490 700 51 158 449 544 418 5645 441 5645 1325 3198 1122 3998 412 1647 900 710 756 1292 2238 1358

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States
5645 1490 700 51 158 449 544 418 5645 441 5645 1325 3198 1122 3998 412 1647 900 710 756 1292 2238 1358
House 3350 942 317 29 65 220 291 297 3350 241 3350 764 1862 725 2408 300 942 494 425 425 768 1331 827
Apartment 1488 325 100 20 38 178 187 46 1488 61 1488 439 905 144 1190 67 298 216 77 257 351 515 364
Manufactured/mobile home 440 131 226 0 30 31 39 23 440 75 440 33 212 195 161 32 279 114 163 39 100 258 45
Other 193 31 29 0 5 8 18 20 193 22 193 52 121 19 128 6 64 51 13 20 33 74 66
Not reported 174 61 27 3 20 12 9 31 174 42 174 37 98 39 111 7 63 25 32 16 41 61 56

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment, Manufactured
mobile home in the United States
5279 1399 644 49 133 429 517 366 5279 377 5279 1236 2979 1064 3759 399 1520 824 665 721 1219 2104 1236
Owner occupied 2737 876 367 18 49 133 188 318 2737 211 2737 557 1540 640 1835 217 903 461 423 370 686 1094 587
Renter occupied 2542 523 277 31 84 297 329 49 2542 167 2542 679 1439 424 1925 182 617 363 242 350 533 1009 649

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States
5279 1399 644 49 133 429 517 366 5279 377 5279 1236 2979 1064 3759 399 1520 824 665 721 1219 2104 1236
1 person 623 146 80 7 15 65 24 85 623 66 623 175 316 133 470 48 153 64 85 92 137 238 156
2 persons 1697 471 200 18 40 99 119 215 1697 99 1697 370 984 342 1177 115 520 282 228 252 364 691 390
3 persons 1004 280 105 3 34 93 75 27 1004 38 1004 258 539 207 724 90 280 160 117 125 271 410 199
4 persons 1015 282 135 5 21 59 145 13 1015 57 1015 213 590 212 669 57 346 182 155 140 260 395 220
5 persons 478 125 67 5 10 44 66 5 478 50 478 95 297 85 346 34 131 75 51 67 96 198 117
6 persons 136 30 5 8 10 33 27 0 136 13 136 41 78 18 116 12 20 15 5 13 28 57 38
7 persons or more 86 15 8 3 2 5 37 0 86 21 86 26 44 16 60 6 26 15 11 2 14 30 40
Not reported 240 48 44 0 2 30 24 22 240 34 240 59 131 50 197 37 43 30 13 30 49 84 77

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States
5279 1399 644 49 133 429 517 366 5279 377 5279 1236 2979 1064 3759 399 1520 824 665 721 1219 2104 1236
Owned or rented by a mover 4606 1234 493 43 115 378 461 337 4606 297 4606 1071 2621 914 3254 317 1351 724 596 646 1034 1831 1095
Owned or rented by other 564 137 124 6 19 48 53 8 564 67 564 140 310 114 407 53 157 96 61 59 170 244 91
By a relative 340 88 84 6 7 28 42 3 340 42 340 82 184 74 218 28 122 76 46 34 109 143 54
By a nonrelative 224 49 40 0 12 20 11 4 224 25 224 58 126 40 189 25 35 20 15 25 61 101 37
Not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 109 28 27 0 0 3 3 22 109 13 109 25 48 36 97 28 12 4 8 16 14 29 50

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States
5279 1399 644 49 133 429 517 366 5279 377 5279 1236 2979 1064 3759 399 1520 824 665 721 1219 2104 1236
Increased with move 3372 963 320 24 69 281 358 115 3372 172 3372 786 2038 548 2506 226 866 523 322 430 792 1296 853
Decreased 784 173 188 7 19 28 55 94 784 62 784 183 354 247 483 73 301 121 174 132 188 301 163
Stayed about the same 925 225 122 15 39 109 82 117 925 115 925 220 482 223 629 79 296 150 144 122 191 432 180
Don't know 172 30 13 3 7 12 23 27 172 23 172 48 85 38 122 20 50 28 19 32 43 65 32
Not reported 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 13 27 5 27 0 20 7 19 1 8 2 6 5 5 11 7

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