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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units
192156 13322 14848 2484 5270 17839 16547 31313 15797 15301 192156 44402 107825 39929 132562 11695 59594 30725 28234 35352 47562 68908 40334

Total
72265 4690 6001 948 2009 6318 4731 17513 5723 6713 72265 16870 39420 15975 49500 4841 22764 11384 11133 12987 18049 26715 14514

Persons

1 person
15398 613 1618 267 562 1425 570 6882 1069 2612 15398 4157 7493 3748 10913 1291 4485 1986 2457 2653 3942 5920 2883
2 persons 25448 1689 2084 295 568 1740 1119 8770 1933 2210 25448 5565 13745 6138 16761 1796 8687 4248 4342 4346 6329 9694 5080
3 persons 11971 912 987 151 374 1226 822 1124 1076 637 11971 2721 6689 2561 8098 757 3873 2019 1803 2199 2916 4587 2269
4 persons 11762 965 782 124 286 1050 1020 458 986 569 11762 2536 7039 2187 8153 606 3609 1987 1582 2280 3009 4078 2395
5 persons 5058 379 368 51 112 522 592 115 443 355 5058 1161 2998 898 3595 276 1463 824 622 998 1267 1671 1122
6 persons 1642 98 91 33 61 209 320 101 123 172 1642 430 936 277 1255 89 387 199 188 348 393 461 440
7 persons or more 985 34 71 27 46 145 288 62 93 158 985 299 520 166 726 27 259 120 139 163 192 304 326

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None
45994 2419 3831 606 1233 3538 2107 16854 3112 4987 45994 10921 24196 10877 31207 3307 14787 7062 7570 8305 11531 17227 8931
1 11019 940 1006 161 349 1231 913 415 1094 584 11019 2551 6243 2225 7581 704 3439 1873 1521 1935 2634 4254 2197
2 10159 924 762 99 247 979 942 164 1013 577 10159 2189 6069 1901 7121 572 3038 1674 1329 1818 2557 3568 2216
3 3664 317 270 40 114 344 502 47 367 313 3664 835 2162 668 2604 193 1060 573 475 727 950 1195 792
4 960 70 79 22 43 155 168 16 83 144 960 244 504 211 684 60 276 124 152 140 252 333 234
5 271 18 20 13 14 42 52 10 30 76 271 69 151 51 175 3 96 48 48 36 87 76 72
6 or more 197 3 32 7 10 30 47 5 22 33 197 60 96 41 128 2 69 30 39 25 37 63 72

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None
52745 4076 4465 675 1475 4728 3841 0 5173 3451 52745 12127 29616 11002 36117 3222 16628 8651 7780 9090 13437 19409 10810
1 person 12382 371 1090 179 384 1185 569 10533 351 2239 12382 3105 6082 3194 8562 1087 3820 1686 2107 2519 2883 4651 2328
2 persons or more 7138 243 446 93 149 405 322 6980 199 1024 7138 1637 3722 1778 4821 532 2317 1046 1246 1378 1729 2655 1376

Age of Householder

Under 25 years
1320 182 234 18 52 105 131 0 448 252 1320 345 689 285 882 107 438 247 178 161 345 557 257
25 to 29 3256 494 491 52 137 236 313 0 869 166 3256 866 1715 676 2242 181 1014 495 495 438 867 1306 646
30 to 34 5711 780 493 81 130 530 533 0 966 258 5711 1406 3342 963 4104 304 1607 923 660 960 1506 2133 1113
35 to 44 16359 1310 1368 203 481 1506 1359 0 1613 862 16359 3686 9487 3186 11306 915 5053 2723 2271 2895 4131 5850 3483
45 to 54 16650 846 1129 215 420 1562 1045 0 879 921 16650 3849 9270 3531 11473 1060 5177 2664 2471 2987 4198 5977 3487
55 to 64 11456 604 911 121 292 1000 638 0 517 1176 11456 2482 6233 2741 7518 749 3937 1906 1992 2112 2761 4282 2301
65 to 74 8856 305 689 114 253 780 435 8856 285 1346 8856 2087 4459 2311 5818 682 3039 1377 1629 1755 2078 3378 1645
75 years and over 8657 169 685 144 245 600 277 8657 145 1732 8657 2148 4227 2281 6157 844 2499 1049 1438 1679 2162 3233 1584
Median 50 41 48 50 49 50 45 74 38 62 50 50 49 53 50 53 51 49 52 51 50 50 50

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households
56867 4077 4383 681 1447 4893 4161 10631 4654 4101 56867 12713 31927 12227 38588 3551 18279 9398 8676 10333 14107 20795 11631
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives
44618 3269 2976 469 971 2844 3141 8482 3410 2655 44618 9200 25615 9803 29660 2721 14958 7715 7082 8111 11286 16210 9012
Under 25 years 490 93 87 2 10 22 61 0 185 46 490 85 277 128 294 41 196 109 86 48 130 211 101
25 to 29 years 2039 339 256 36 85 74 211 0 539 67 2039 478 1075 486 1388 141 652 292 345 249 563 825 402
30 to 34 years 3744 562 267 27 68 280 393 0 622 97 3744 824 2273 648 2613 192 1132 652 456 642 997 1373 732
35 to 44 years 11182 959 765 134 246 749 971 0 1049 372 11182 2211 6865 2107 7485 550 3697 2099 1557 2075 2847 3897 2363
45 to 64 years 18681 1029 1055 169 392 1262 1117 0 778 945 18681 3731 10703 4247 12283 1160 6398 3264 3087 3477 4723 6716 3765
65 years and over 8482 286 545 101 169 457 388 8482 237 1128 8482 1871 4423 2187 5598 637 2884 1299 1550 1621 2024 3188 1649
Other male householder 4419 283 503 67 148 433 349 537 519 345 4419 1183 2340 896 3065 283 1355 704 613 823 1043 1518 1036
Under 45 years 2377 186 306 43 85 184 222 0 367 131 2377 634 1273 471 1666 155 711 375 317 390 611 814 562
45 to 64 years 1505 80 143 20 47 174 98 0 131 137 1505 387 799 319 1018 93 488 244 226 301 311 541 351
65 years and over 537 17 53 4 16 75 29 537 22 77 537 163 268 106 381 35 156 85 71 131 120 163 123
Other female householder 7829 525 905 144 329 1616 671 1612 725 1101 7829 2330 3972 1528 5863 547 1966 979 981 1400 1779 3067 1584
Under 45 years 3290 356 501 61 157 722 307 0 540 476 3290 980 1655 655 2426 228 864 430 427 471 782 1401 635
45 to 64 years 2927 127 250 51 94 563 253 0 147 341 2927 896 1506 524 2257 217 670 363 307 563 673 1041 650
65 years and over 1612 42 153 33 78 331 111 1612 37 284 1612 453 811 348 1180 102 432 186 246 366 323 625 299
1-person households 15398 613 1618 267 562 1425 570 6882 1069 2612 15398 4157 7493 3748 10913 1291 4485 1986 2457 2653 3942 5920 2883
Male householder 5950 275 718 129 254 543 237 1620 542 707 5950 1671 2920 1360 4099 379 1851 848 980 967 1517 2295 1170
Under 45 years 2228 165 292 33 106 222 109 0 363 213 2228 702 1113 413 1638 118 590 288 295 350 574 872 433
45 to 64 years 2103 80 275 54 88 203 78 0 143 231 2103 541 1045 517 1362 133 741 347 384 294 525 842 442
65 years and over 1620 31 150 42 60 118 50 1620 36 262 1620 429 762 429 1099 129 521 212 301 324 419 582 295
Female householder 9448 338 900 138 308 882 333 5262 527 1905 9448 2486 4573 2388 6813 911 2634 1138 1477 1686 2424 3625 1713
Under 45 year 1295 106 111 18 42 124 62 0 232 134 1295 390 703 202 1024 82 271 142 120 230 343 453 269
45 to 64 years 2890 134 317 41 91 360 136 0 196 443 2890 777 1448 665 2072 206 818 352 458 464 728 1118 580
65 years and over 5262 98 472 78 174 398 134 5262 99 1328 5262 1319 2422 1522 3717 623 1545 644 898 992 1353 2054 863

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children
26271 2271 2171 342 777 2781 2624 659 2610 1727 26271 5949 15224 5098 18294 1535 7977 4322 3564 4682 6517 9488 5583
Married couples 20609 1812 1420 253 531 1555 2053 299 1950 857 20609 4385 12272 3951 14181 1113 6428 3513 2839 3744 5198 7264 4402
One child under 6 only 2516 331 184 45 96 170 225 44 395 70 2516 614 1480 421 1781 135 735 434 286 463 655 951 447
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 3467 367 293 56 86 309 482 22 375 197 3467 760 2067 640 2410 163 1057 570 477 624 813 1238 792
Two or more under 6 only 1749 233 99 9 40 61 153 7 298 55 1749 373 1094 283 1273 96 476 282 186 357 443 531 418
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 867 93 81 13 27 80 133 10 98 81 867 205 525 137 600 28 267 156 109 145 234 292 196
One or more 6 to 17 only 12010 789 763 129 281 935 1060 217 784 454 12010 2434 7106 2471 8117 690 3893 2071 1780 2155 3053 4252 2550
Other households with two or more adults 2821 182 357 45 121 655 373 310 283 393 2821 812 1450 558 2070 175 751 352 383 546 675 989 611
One child under 6 only 393 31 69 12 18 73 43 45 51 29 393 119 196 77 258 20 135 70 58 78 118 138 59
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 366 16 52 11 19 104 68 30 37 58 366 104 171 91 267 22 99 30 69 52 74 145 95
Two or more under 6 only 141 0 17 0 3 27 35 12 17 35 141 50 71 20 117 9 23 13 11 22 42 42 35
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 121 11 14 0 22 37 29 11 14 49 121 38 54 29 102 16 19 6 13 13 27 51 30
One or more 6 to 17 only 1800 123 205 22 59 413 199 211 164 222 1800 500 958 341 1324 108 476 233 233 381 413 613 392
Households with one adult or none 2842 278 394 43 125 571 198 50 377 477 2842 752 1502 588 2043 247 799 457 342 392 644 1236 570
One child under 6 only 226 31 28 6 7 23 13 4 37 35 226 66 106 53 172 21 54 21 32 30 64 86 47
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 241 18 24 8 14 69 22 2 36 56 241 78 102 61 169 25 72 36 36 24 57 124 36
Two or more under 6 only 58 8 10 0 0 7 9 0 15 20 58 19 33 7 46 7 13 13 0 3 12 26 18
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 50 3 3 0 4 23 9 0 15 19 50 18 24 7 40 3 10 5 5 14 7 20 8
One or more 6 to 17 only 2266 218 328 29 99 449 145 43 274 347 2266 570 1236 460 1616 192 650 382 269 322 504 980 460
Total households with no children 45994 2419 3831 606 1233 3538 2107 16854 3112 4987 45994 10921 24196 10877 31207 3307 14787 7062 7570 8305 11531 17227 8931
Married couples 24588 1491 1623 232 462 1341 1165 8221 1524 1848 24588 4936 13652 6000 15848 1642 8740 4298 4358 4494 6219 9110 4766
Other households with two or more adults 6159 333 602 107 212 775 373 1752 560 571 6159 1869 3143 1147 4574 379 1586 790 767 1189 1395 2266 1309
Households with one adult 15246 595 1606 267 559 1422 569 6882 1028 2568 15246 4115 7401 3730 10785 1285 4461 1974 2445 2622 3917 5851 2856

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years
48565 2567 4120 652 1359 4144 2423 17426 3334 5393 48565 11605 25597 11363 32987 3430 15578 7483 7933 8755 12023 18277 9510
With own children under 18 years 23699 2123 1881 296 650 2174 2308 88 2389 1321 23699 5265 13823 4611 16513 1412 7186 3901 3200 4231 6026 8438 5005
Under 6 years only 4537 612 363 55 142 245 396 5 784 180 4537 1075 2651 811 3256 273 1280 720 538 842 1200 1577 918
1 2740 373 240 46 105 175 236 5 465 92 2740 678 1552 510 1937 161 803 439 350 495 731 1023 492
2 1558 207 107 9 35 64 141 0 274 82 1558 363 947 248 1162 104 396 245 144 300 406 490 362
3 or more 238 33 16 0 2 6 19 0 45 7 238 34 151 53 157 8 81 36 45 48 64 63 64
6 to 17 years only 14861 1043 1160 157 389 1515 1355 83 1086 817 14861 3248 8589 3024 10254 936 4607 2468 2088 2619 3762 5334 3146
1 7164 507 623 78 195 831 586 66 522 361 7164 1600 4059 1505 4893 505 2271 1249 1000 1246 1690 2735 1493
2 5675 422 421 59 125 512 477 9 426 268 5675 1199 3353 1123 3909 318 1765 940 804 963 1514 1983 1215
3 or more 2022 114 116 19 69 173 292 7 138 188 2022 449 1176 397 1452 113 571 279 284 410 558 616 439
Both age groups 4301 467 358 84 119 413 557 0 519 323 4301 942 2584 776 3003 203 1299 713 574 770 1063 1528 941
2 2142 253 162 31 42 190 240 0 259 90 2142 424 1312 406 1488 120 655 361 286 396 512 793 441
3 or more 2159 215 195 53 77 223 318 0 260 233 2159 518 1272 370 1515 83 644 352 287 375 551 735 499

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives
16491 737 1150 212 530 2321 1684 2935 853 1401 16491 4202 9138 3151 11756 914 4735 2463 2238 3388 3768 5951 3384
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 9541 385 493 105 253 1133 922 321 408 587 9541 2308 5359 1874 6717 536 2824 1467 1338 1998 2416 3239 1888
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over
3031 85 229 57 100 536 276 1838 73 377 3031 879 1606 547 2246 161 785 394 386 677 640 1134 580
Households with three generations 2235 143 177 37 79 447 413 376 155 257 2235 669 1228 339 1670 106 565 330 233 433 420 828 554
Households with 1 subfamily 1639 101 125 25 61 299 327 380 127 209 1639 493 926 220 1247 75 392 243 145 320 300 557 462
Subfamily householder age under 30 808 55 78 13 34 182 184 62 68 110 808 251 425 132 595 49 214 131 83 118 170 297 223
30 to 64 745 40 44 13 24 115 129 316 56 99 745 216 445 83 577 24 168 104 60 177 123 237 208
65 and over 86 6 3 0 3 3 14 2 3 0 86 26 55 4 75 2 11 9 2 25 7 23 31
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 75 2 0 0 5 22 19 7 0 8 75 35 30 10 61 0 14 5 10 13 13 16 33
Households with other types of relatives 4814 275 462 68 203 939 707 1011 375 539 4814 1350 2611 853 3500 246 1314 695 607 881 902 1928 1102
With nonrelatives 4325 300 568 87 135 402 326 365 597 336 4325 1195 2253 877 3080 271 1245 615 605 807 1010 1427 1081
Co-owners or co-renters 870 82 112 16 25 53 81 71 154 69 870 216 459 195 634 75 237 116 120 190 179 253 248
Lodgers 574 25 34 9 14 51 67 45 87 24 574 233 296 45 512 18 62 34 28 83 124 137 230
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 753 33 129 17 31 92 64 22 87 86 753 149 397 207 450 37 303 133 170 152 189 246 166
Other nonrelatives 2570 180 358 48 89 266 170 250 346 203 2570 699 1347 524 1783 164 787 403 360 480 611 923 556
One or more secondary families 146 8 16 0 11 18 19 3 26 12 146 27 82 37 104 13 42 18 24 36 40 35 35
2-person households, none related to
each other
2156 160 237 52 41 124 94 266 304 141 2156 651 1114 391 1610 130 546 272 260 378 491 744 543
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other
181 9 23 4 3 15 10 24 44 31 181 73 84 23 146 9 35 20 15 31 30 54 65

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade
3864 122 484 122 294 471 1035 2335 165 1000 3864 1011 1570 1283 2325 283 1539 530 1000 462 756 1945 702
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 7696 381 1225 135 419 1045 773 2963 581 1394 7696 1668 3872 2156 4616 561 3080 1468 1595 1351 1708 3524 1113
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)
22969 1233 2554 273 578 1941 1184 6144 1532 2230 22969 4542 12156 6272 14300 1777 8669 4093 4494 4530 6689 8073 3677
Additional vocational training 2457 171 236 28 40 205 120 567 205 173 2457 506 1316 635 1600 186 856 392 449 485 688 806 478
Some college, no degree 12355 886 996 128 273 1154 749 2413 1101 932 12355 3144 6739 2472 8787 786 3567 1817 1686 1574 3076 4695 3010
Associate degree 4963 335 284 73 86 427 243 554 417 297 4963 1232 2820 911 3534 310 1430 807 601 854 1262 1708 1139
Bachelor's degree 12827 1228 373 138 228 827 499 1866 1343 592 12827 3208 7793 1826 9903 690 2924 1748 1136 2428 2916 4367 3116
Graduate or professional degree 7590 505 84 78 132 453 250 1237 583 268 7590 2064 4471 1054 6036 434 1555 921 621 1787 1641 2404 1758
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.0 89.3 71.5 72.8 64.5 76.0 61.8 69.7 87.0 64.3 84.0 84.1 86.2 78.5 86.0 82.6 79.7 82.4 76.7 86.0 86.4 79.5 87.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 28.3 37.0 7.6 22.8 17.9 20.3 15.8 17.7 33.7 12.8 28.3 31.3 31.1 18.0 32.2 23.2 19.7 23.4 15.8 32.5 25.3 25.3 33.6

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States
70244 4521 5875 898 1952 6206 3826 17346 5359 6483 70244 16137 38230 15877 47685 4803 22559 11240 11074 12660 17796 26051 13737
Naturalized citizen of the
United States
3687 213 96 38 75 180 1063 877 313 337 3687 1294 2255 138 3373 43 314 217 95 826 427 1012 1421

Year Foreign Born Householder
Immigrated to the United States

2005 to 2009
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 to 2004 61 6 2 0 0 3 24 0 34 10 61 27 34 0 57 0 5 5 0 8 11 26 15
1995 to 1999 370 42 21 12 5 21 119 10 108 13 370 99 256 14 333 5 38 28 10 60 44 130 136
1990 to 1994 583 68 18 13 14 28 158 18 125 64 583 208 359 16 544 9 38 30 7 102 97 194 190
1980 to 1989 1756 148 109 26 45 90 757 57 235 154 1756 639 1055 62 1620 20 136 94 42 304 160 551 741
1979 or before 2938 117 73 35 69 150 909 960 175 326 2938 1053 1741 144 2634 48 303 205 95 679 368 776 1115

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004
9100 2368 1037 98 254 704 823 654 5723 631 9100 2104 5247 1748 6486 628 2614 1449 1121 1268 2068 3582 2182
1995 to 1999 20975 2236 2532 288 522 1929 1664 2080 0 1552 20975 4830 11841 4304 14235 1269 6740 3583 3035 3187 5069 8058 4661
1990 to 1994 11824 31 1005 160 294 930 871 1705 0 949 11824 2727 6593 2504 8210 722 3614 1795 1782 1876 3005 4482 2461
1985 to 1989 8123 20 608 91 233 631 435 1630 0 706 8123 1753 4542 1829 5617 550 2506 1217 1279 1549 2133 2837 1605
1980 to 1984 4541 19 398 40 131 347 229 1163 0 416 4541 1005 2463 1074 3013 326 1528 761 748 1025 1074 1659 784
1975 to 1979 5290 10 235 67 133 504 227 1761 0 557 5290 1255 2641 1393 3436 391 1854 852 1002 1000 1463 1847 979
1970 to 1974 3780 3 138 42 112 454 165 1669 0 452 3780 866 1934 980 2443 273 1337 624 707 842 958 1392 587
1960 to 1969 4728 4 45 74 180 507 182 3327 0 720 4728 1308 2343 1077 3413 366 1314 595 712 1148 1220 1643 717
1950 to 1959 2791 0 3 48 90 246 108 2516 0 486 2791 784 1361 646 1995 199 796 347 447 769 764 856 402
1940 to 1949 830 0 0 27 53 51 22 739 0 162 830 170 355 306 492 79 338 111 227 240 226 275 89
1939 or earlier 282 0 0 13 7 16 4 269 0 81 282 67 101 113 160 39 122 47 75 83 69 84 46
Median 1992 2000+ 1996 1992 1991 1992 1995 1975 2000+ 1988 1992 1992 1993 1991 1992 1991 1992 1993 1991 1989 1991 1993 1994

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year
9574 1798 1151 135 304 841 971 760 5723 755 9574 2341 5356 1877 6763 652 2811 1529 1225 1355 2224 3692 2303
Household all moved here from one unit 5016 1338 590 46 132 410 475 408 5016 408 5016 1167 2873 976 3563 363 1453 803 612 688 1122 2019 1187
Householder of previous unit did not
move here
396 92 81 6 10 40 39 8 396 52 396 102 225 69 300 43 95 69 26 32 113 177 73
Householder of previous unit moved here 4126 1126 427 38 102 346 399 319 4126 273 4126 944 2369 813 2903 278 1223 658 534 597 924 1657 949
Householder of previous unit not reported 494 120 82 3 20 24 37 81 494 82 494 122 279 94 360 42 135 76 52 59 85 185 166
Household moved here from two or more units 517 135 80 3 19 35 61 16 517 23 517 127 290 100 370 29 147 76 71 54 154 184 125
No previous householder moved here 75 9 14 0 3 2 6 0 75 3 75 14 48 13 49 6 26 19 7 7 30 24 13
1 previous householder moved here 180 58 29 0 9 9 18 3 180 6 180 48 92 40 124 6 56 23 34 21 66 62 31
2 or more previous householders moved here 201 59 28 3 4 18 22 11 201 11 201 51 114 36 146 8 56 27 29 15 48 82 56
Previous householder(s) not reported 60 10 9 0 2 6 15 2 60 3 60 13 36 11 51 8 9 7 3 10 9 15 26
Some already here, rest moved in 4041 324 481 86 154 396 434 337 190 323 4041 1047 2193 801 2831 260 1210 649 541 613 949 1488 991
No previous householder moved here 2192 168 283 40 85 223 253 82 36 191 2192 559 1198 435 1487 123 705 374 312 352 518 797 524
1 or more previous householders moved here 1342 104 156 24 58 128 114 195 139 77 1342 335 731 275 978 116 363 204 159 182 310 525 325
Previous householder(s) not reported 508 52 42 22 11 44 67 60 15 56 508 153 264 91 366 21 142 72 70 80 121 167 141
Number of previous units 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
@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