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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 4-2. Height and Condition of Building--Renter 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		 33996 1163 1218 1178 2528 6974 5083 4299 11412 7889 33996 14861 14153 4982 29646 2627 4351 1938 2355 7334 6709 11353 8600

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8480 260 0 215 785 1674 1528 1154 2788 2216 8480 3003 3515 1962 6855 963 1625 619 999 334 937 4232 2977
2 12406 374 0 392 780 2518 1934 1181 4638 2565 12406 5177 5655 1574 11166 953 1240 590 621 1894 2471 4241 3801
3 7539 384 0 234 557 1549 736 807 2541 1526 7539 3560 3248 731 6915 463 624 339 268 2385 2421 1606 1127
4 to 6 2896 57 0 226 248 659 543 511 727 649 2896 1954 809 133 2837 108 59 34 25 1808 441 311 335
7 or more 1458 28 0 94 95 439 191 559 238 551 1458 1094 333 32 1456 30 2 0 2 844 264 226 124

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18871 706 0 793 1468 4132 2938 2580 6450 4224 18871 9747 7648 1475 17975 1141 896 527 334 5488 3986 5024 4373
None (on same floor) 6330 281 0 192 442 1338 1006 765 2431 1398 6330 2920 2768 641 5947 477 383 207 164 1453 1316 1979 1581
1 (up or down) 5110 117 0 200 428 1066 744 544 1822 1040 5110 2495 2202 413 4824 310 286 166 102 1295 1165 1278 1372
2 or more (up or down) 7430 308 0 401 598 1727 1188 1271 2197 1786 7430 4332 2678 421 7204 354 226 154 67 2739 1505 1767 1420

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18871 706 0 793 1468 4132 2938 2580 6450 4224 18871 9747 7648 1475 17975 1141 896 527 334 5488 3986 5024 4373
No common stairways 1431 78 0 44 118 337 156 113 615 286 1431 599 661 171 1314 135 117 78 36 286 405 434 307
With common stairways 17088 615 0 738 1311 3689 2718 2398 5728 3834 17088 8934 6878 1276 16321 985 768 444 292 5067 3517 4508 3996
No loose steps 14816 559 0 596 1052 3125 2127 2127 5034 3247 14816 7610 6031 1175 14105 900 712 407 276 4304 3172 3907 3433
Railings not loose 12223 489 0 440 793 2596 1642 1776 4114 2657 12223 6264 4964 995 11599 758 624 363 237 3629 2618 3207 2768
Railings loose 2148 61 0 121 214 457 410 301 740 485 2148 1152 854 142 2074 110 74 36 33 574 427 587 560
No railings 304 9 0 17 30 53 56 32 119 76 304 121 155 28 290 22 14 8 6 78 93 76 56
Status of railings not reported 142 0 0 18 15 19 18 18 61 28 142 73 59 10 142 10 0 0 0 23 33 37 49
Loose steps 2272 56 0 141 259 564 591 271 694 587 2272 1325 846 101 2216 85 56 37 16 763 345 601 562
Railings not loose 1981 56 0 101 182 478 508 253 602 488 1981 1173 725 83 1940 69 41 25 14 666 307 526 483
Railings loose 256 0 0 37 67 79 67 11 86 97 256 133 105 18 244 16 12 10 2 83 36 73 63
No railings 28 0 0 3 5 8 11 7 4 2 28 19 9 0 28 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 16
Status of railings not reported 7 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 4 0 3 3 0 5 0 2 0
Status of stairways not reported 351 13 0 11 39 106 64 69 107 105 351 214 109 28 340 22 11 5 6 135 64 82 71

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 21306 784 0 836 1704 4633 3415 3066 7312 4997 21306 10659 8615 2032 20087 1500 1219 651 533 5624 4368 6092 5222
No public halls 3161 109 0 77 261 664 536 376 1269 749 3161 1253 1379 528 2827 374 333 177 154 356 703 1169 931
No light fixtures in public halls 545 32 0 15 77 127 98 63 240 174 545 243 200 103 499 81 46 24 22 56 85 201 204
All in working order 15387 601 0 624 1070 3310 2371 2415 4995 3486 15387 8012 6191 1183 14625 865 762 416 317 4652 3146 4070 3520
Some in working order 546 4 0 42 61 138 90 16 188 131 546 289 218 38 530 31 16 9 7 146 116 150 133
None in working order 1115 32 0 62 180 240 230 108 422 296 1115 560 448 106 1079 91 35 17 15 229 215 343 327
Not reported 553 6 0 17 56 154 90 87 198 159 553 301 178 74 527 57 27 10 17 185 102 159 106

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18871 706 0 793 1468 4132 2938 2580 6450 4224 18871 9747 7648 1475 17975 1141 896 527 334 5488 3986 5024 4373
With 1 or more elevators working 3092 94 0 160 217 734 434 1104 633 885 3092 1988 994 110 3072 101 19 11 8 1416 612 441 622
With elevator, none in working condition 60 0 0 7 7 14 11 7 16 25 60 47 12 0 60 0 0 0 0 27 10 16 7
No elevator 15719 612 0 626 1245 3384 2492 1469 5801 3313 15719 7712 6642 1365 14843 1040 876 516 325 4045 3364 4566 3744
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1347 94 0 112 161 321 207 98 406 280 1347 819 481 47 1294 42 53 48 5 603 276 286 182

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 11473 319 0 325 761 2206 1517 1146 3619 2510 11473 4130 4944 2400 9142 1017 2331 930 1382 1641 2167 4523 3142
With basement under all of building 2668 29 0 65 101 537 192 280 738 537 2668 1116 1057 496 2184 229 484 215 267 1079 1052 303 233
With basement under part of building 868 0 0 42 56 94 63 102 232 151 868 256 285 327 564 118 304 95 209 190 349 185 143
With crawl space 3266 51 0 108 409 652 433 347 993 824 3266 1070 1177 1019 2275 392 991 355 628 114 325 1808 1019
On concrete slab 4513 230 0 109 180 902 814 390 1611 950 4513 1635 2351 527 3997 265 516 247 262 238 410 2163 1702
Other 158 8 0 2 15 20 15 28 44 47 158 52 75 31 122 14 36 19 17 20 31 64 43

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1035 14 63 80 222 214 166 105 342 303 1035 411 374 250 806 126 229 105 124 189 222 432 193
Missing roofing material 1649 30 54 102 299 369 281 167 501 461 1649 715 632 303 1377 132 272 101 171 329 348 577 395
Hole in roof 916 10 52 79 258 242 171 80 241 269 916 442 313 161 752 73 164 77 88 189 169 357 202
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1467 24 63 112 311 363 271 99 484 405 1467 654 563 250 1216 114 251 115 136 251 336 535 345
Sloping outside walls 845 14 73 75 199 200 143 67 272 242 845 339 328 178 660 84 185 92 93 159 198 308 179
Boarded up windows 662 0 37 72 123 231 109 43 182 235 662 346 194 122 569 55 93 26 67 143 148 233 137
Broken windows 2027 10 135 194 399 492 428 124 637 596 2027 926 681 421 1661 200 366 145 221 441 459 648 480
Bars on windows 2310 17 16 184 267 816 611 339 522 643 2310 1837 441 33 2275 16 36 19 17 844 225 518 724
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1260 9 45 111 304 287 193 80 359 406 1260 553 433 273 1039 163 221 110 111 264 309 427 260
None of the above 24706 1071 899 629 1266 4616 3322 3209 8659 5426 24706 9896 11069 3742 21385 1993 3322 1517 1749 4809 4969 8615 6313
Not reported 399 5 17 17 37 118 47 67 117 107 399 214 136 49 365 34 34 16 15 142 63 115 79

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1218 61 1218 17 62 135 151 87 480 382 1218 73 595 550 417 110 801 356 440 70 175 737 236
First site 438 37 438 7 20 56 37 45 101 100 438 23 237 178 121 26 317 165 151 24 41 273 101
Moved from another site 193 15 193 4 15 14 16 24 40 79 193 16 84 93 44 9 149 61 84 17 46 98 32
Don't know 300 9 300 3 18 30 54 13 164 113 300 24 120 156 142 53 158 55 103 19 44 170 68
Not reported 287 0 287 3 10 36 44 5 175 91 287 10 153 124 109 22 178 75 102 11 44 196 35

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 3450 1163 279 36 139 488 383 426 1705 593 3450 1038 1805 608 2768 310 682 382 298 260 654 1557 979
Not previously occupied 762 512 76 5 16 130 107 155 333 120 762 205 414 143 547 53 215 125 90 88 146 342 186
Not reported 183 53 25 0 4 17 14 11 117 40 183 54 109 20 135 12 49 41 8 19 31 91 42
@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