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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 25665 1330 0 343 1037 2680 2982 7284 1922 2963 25665 6863 12921 5880 18345 2081 7320 3447 3799 900 2997 14435 7333
2 22418 1549 0 235 392 1481 909 5176 1802 1580 22418 4753 12996 4669 15554 1422 6864 3569 3247 4337 7347 6183 4551
3 15403 836 0 214 287 1354 405 2970 1114 928 15403 3650 9135 2617 11360 862 4043 2265 1754 5850 5994 2358 1201
4 to 6 2312 47 0 53 60 211 129 546 137 165 2312 823 1275 214 2009 99 302 186 114 1165 601 361 185
7 or more 466 16 0 3 19 36 19 163 47 59 466 310 157 0 461 0 5 3 0 221 68 112 65

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3001 138 0 71 155 238 227 965 311 250 3001 1352 1537 112 2849 69 152 97 43 1047 670 665 619
None (on same floor) 1139 65 0 20 63 79 97 317 137 73 1139 444 635 59 1057 31 82 45 28 389 254 233 263
1 (up or down) 726 27 0 23 34 59 48 235 70 58 726 318 382 26 690 17 36 27 9 241 178 138 170
2 or more (up or down) 1137 46 0 28 58 100 82 414 104 119 1137 590 520 27 1103 21 34 26 5 418 238 294 187

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3001 138 0 71 155 238 227 965 311 250 3001 1352 1537 112 2849 69 152 97 43 1047 670 665 619
No common stairways 263 35 0 4 13 6 11 52 48 8 263 104 149 10 236 7 27 16 2 76 58 50 79
With common stairways 2645 93 0 64 136 208 212 889 257 227 2645 1209 1341 94 2527 56 117 76 38 937 594 603 510
No loose steps 2394 84 0 62 110 195 179 803 218 204 2394 1095 1210 89 2285 53 109 70 36 847 552 547 448
Railings not loose 1950 58 0 44 86 161 136 677 178 172 1950 910 969 71 1873 48 76 50 23 696 459 444 351
Railings loose 376 26 0 17 18 34 34 103 33 28 376 160 198 18 348 5 28 15 13 128 86 88 75
No railings 61 0 0 0 3 0 6 18 6 4 61 23 38 0 59 0 2 2 0 20 8 13 20
Status of railings not reported 8 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 0 0 8 2 5 0 5 0 3 3 0 3 0 2 2
Loose steps 250 10 0 2 26 13 34 86 39 23 250 114 131 5 242 3 8 6 2 90 42 56 62
Railings not loose 237 10 0 2 19 13 34 84 39 23 237 109 122 5 228 3 8 6 2 88 37 53 58
Railings loose 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0
No railings 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Status of railings 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
Status of stairways not reported 94 10 0 3 6 24 3 25 6 14 94 39 47 8 86 6 8 6 3 34 17 13 30

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 3303 144 0 71 181 267 275 1076 337 301 3303 1467 1694 142 3140 96 163 105 46 1072 701 815 715
No public halls 447 38 0 13 18 30 35 107 54 30 447 155 251 41 410 31 37 18 10 102 68 140 138
No light fixtures in public halls 77 0 0 2 8 0 5 27 10 7 77 23 49 5 72 3 5 2 2 21 10 19 27
All in working order 2494 84 0 46 134 201 210 866 248 233 2494 1171 1235 88 2394 57 100 66 31 872 563 588 471
Some in working order 20 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 3 0 20 10 10 0 20 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 8
None in working order 151 12 0 5 11 13 13 37 14 17 151 54 98 0 145 0 7 7 0 34 39 48 31
Not reported 113 10 0 3 10 23 11 37 9 13 113 53 51 8 100 6 13 11 3 39 14 20 40

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3001 138 0 71 155 238 227 965 311 250 3001 1352 1537 112 2849 69 152 97 43 1047 670 665 619
With 1 or more elevators working 855 25 0 26 36 57 43 379 90 95 855 443 404 9 847 9 9 6 0 298 145 258 154
With elevator, none in working condition 4 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 2 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
No elevator 2142 113 0 45 114 181 182 586 221 153 2142 908 1133 101 1998 58 143 92 43 745 524 408 465
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 84 10 0 5 8 7 7 14 8 4 84 50 34 0 84 0 0 0 0 38 28 13 6

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 62961 3635 0 777 1613 5494 4168 15063 4684 5395 62961 14932 34791 13238 44589 4369 18372 9364 8869 11400 16305 22635 12620
With basement under all of building 21917 1129 0 282 278 1861 558 5175 1419 1497 21917 5101 12528 4288 15592 1461 6325 3455 2827 7614 9464 3281 1558
With basement under part of building 7639 209 0 109 170 359 200 1767 453 515 7639 1328 4271 2040 4914 595 2725 1271 1446 2113 3179 1365 983
With crawl space 15574 581 0 253 841 1528 1237 4314 1044 1807 15574 3593 7220 4760 9755 1515 5819 2554 3245 674 2282 8037 4581
On concrete slab 17434 1681 0 119 298 1726 2141 3694 1719 1514 17434 4849 10558 2027 14105 776 3329 2008 1251 935 1295 9792 5413
Other 396 35 0 13 25 20 32 112 49 62 396 61 214 122 222 22 175 75 99 65 86 160 85

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1561 25 249 55 215 207 131 276 152 252 1561 407 712 441 993 132 567 252 309 286 422 589 264
Missing roofing material 2458 46 200 86 229 363 223 507 152 399 2458 668 1217 574 1706 191 753 365 383 429 638 821 570
Hole in roof 1160 13 194 46 218 258 113 237 93 264 1160 349 484 327 774 114 386 173 213 147 308 489 216
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1674 39 199 51 254 299 183 240 143 302 1674 465 718 491 1054 145 620 273 346 306 470 594 304
Sloping outside walls 968 26 191 39 192 147 121 148 84 176 968 248 411 309 567 66 400 150 242 124 195 465 184
Boarded up windows 498 14 94 23 87 114 54 73 31 137 498 134 212 151 300 38 197 84 113 71 114 232 80
Broken windows 2570 35 360 101 317 369 294 454 186 460 2570 681 1170 720 1593 227 977 480 492 374 638 1059 500
Bars on windows 2440 26 43 32 133 745 612 767 136 327 2440 1514 785 140 2301 70 139 69 70 375 299 1054 712
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1836 39 92 47 239 244 138 408 129 235 1836 547 755 534 1207 157 629 246 377 365 601 532 337
None of the above 60213 4386 4933 665 1132 4490 3345 14818 4893 5121 60213 12977 33817 13419 40893 4026 19320 9706 9393 10785 15213 22239 11976
Not reported 1624 108 138 27 51 180 136 330 122 154 1624 426 867 331 1131 89 493 245 242 343 355 644 282

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 6001 911 6001 100 215 557 288 1375 702 1018 6001 471 2936 2595 1772 376 4230 1915 2219 515 1042 3265 1179
First site 4169 732 4169 52 97 416 188 1078 356 655 4169 347 2067 1756 1269 265 2900 1355 1491 388 688 2230 863
Moved from another site 1197 141 1197 22 87 117 48 227 105 243 1197 48 560 589 245 63 952 401 526 82 223 747 146
Don't know 336 27 336 18 24 2 26 37 65 65 336 48 154 134 144 36 192 87 98 25 59 146 106
Not reported 299 11 299 8 7 22 26 32 175 55 299 28 155 116 113 12 186 73 104 20 72 142 65

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 13665 4690 2541 75 132 1095 760 1646 2220 961 13665 1962 8801 2902 7616 600 6049 3606 2302 1327 2928 6398 3012
Not previously occupied 9654 4094 1786 49 62 807 524 1258 1284 665 9654 1309 6172 2173 5122 401 4532 2679 1772 948 2064 4599 2044
Not reported 268 94 79 2 18 19 11 18 53 51 268 29 160 80 142 17 126 63 63 23 37 162 46
@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