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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units With Black Householder
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate 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		 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223

Tenure

Owner occupied		 6318 6318 0 436 557 112 453 1380 456 970 6318 2785 2616 917 5080 318 1238 619 599 814 1199 3852 454
Percent of all occupied 47.5 100.0 0.0 73.5 80.4 23.7 38.3 66.4 17.8 29.0 47.5 40.0 54.3 60.9 43.6 45.4 75.3 77.2 74.4 34.1 47.9 53.6 37.1
Renter occupied 6974 0 6974 157 135 360 728 698 2101 2370 6974 4183 2201 590 6568 383 406 183 206 1573 1304 3328 769

Race and Origin

White		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Hispanic@21 272 103 170 11 10 8 25 24 75 62 272 148 92 32 247 18 25 11 15 92 25 137 18

Units in Structure

1, detached		 6265 4934 1331 242 0 162 611 1282 701 1218 6265 2930 2485 850 5317 387 949 471 463 594 1323 3805 544
1, attached 1435 560 875 64 0 37 84 180 316 375 1435 943 442 50 1401 43 34 24 7 409 205 676 145
2 to 4 1613 143 1470 29 0 65 179 161 456 563 1613 1077 392 144 1566 113 47 14 30 458 392 625 139
5 to 9 1095 24 1071 9 0 69 97 51 376 360 1095 617 419 60 1053 57 42 36 3 172 216 578 129
10 to 19 888 38 851 38 0 35 62 58 302 227 888 483 362 43 866 41 23 17 2 171 121 487 109
20 to 49 541 22 519 21 0 34 64 69 188 126 541 344 191 5 532 0 9 3 5 181 77 197 85
50 or more 763 41 722 19 0 61 47 201 125 280 763 544 209 9 763 9 0 0 0 399 154 147 63
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 692 557 135 173 692 8 35 76 93 190 692 29 317 346 151 51 541 236 295 2 15 666 9

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 84 44 40 0 0 8 3 19 2 17 84 63 18 2 80 0 4 2 2 56 11 12 5
Condominiums 376 158 218 20 0 15 42 48 93 79 376 169 199 9 356 9 20 17 0 62 57 179 78

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 253 170 83 253 41 0 3 5 205 50 253 77 165 12 184 7 69 65 4 16 44 182 11
1995 to 1999 790 559 230 340 275 0 8 64 133 124 790 131 490 169 464 50 325 197 119 42 54 627 66
1990 to 1994 540 365 175 0 88 14 29 51 87 96 540 123 342 75 394 15 146 83 60 42 54 370 74
1985 to 1989 788 339 448 0 59 23 40 53 212 155 788 209 482 97 675 37 113 51 59 44 33 545 166
1980 to 1984 766 316 449 0 65 21 46 102 187 182 766 209 439 118 622 39 144 60 79 36 60 585 84
1975 to 1979 1037 404 633 0 74 46 75 101 227 267 1037 473 405 159 871 74 166 81 85 75 152 700 109
1970 to 1974 1372 558 814 0 53 36 95 187 296 360 1372 635 523 214 1181 101 191 69 113 124 210 929 108
1960 to 1969 1961 942 1018 0 21 69 167 342 330 465 1961 1030 761 169 1805 96 155 82 73 299 383 1102 175
1950 to 1959 1695 883 813 0 10 74 187 339 266 434 1695 1009 544 143 1587 82 108 45 61 312 401 794 188
1940 to 1949 1222 559 662 0 1 26 191 240 184 338 1222 880 237 105 1155 55 66 15 50 235 292 589 105
1930 to 1939 1054 475 578 0 4 54 125 217 129 325 1054 752 181 121 966 67 87 29 54 307 289 382 75
1920 to 1929 775 319 456 0 0 39 75 162 111 221 775 630 97 49 747 30 29 10 18 328 243 181 24
1919 or earlier 1042 428 614 0 0 69 139 213 190 322 1042 811 153 78 997 48 45 15 30 528 288 191 35
Median 1964 1965 1963 1999 1993 1956 1953 1956 1971 1960 1964 1954 1974 1972 1962 1967 1979 1984 1975 1941 1953 1971 1970

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 11785 5401 6384 489 346 414 941 1749 2363 2839 11785 6968 4817 0 10946 0 839 802 0 2357 2403 5823 1202
In central cities 6968 2785 4183 133 29 260 636 1155 1412 1853 6968 6968 0 0 6931 0 37 0 0 1652 1693 2981 641
Suburbs 4817 2616 2201 356 317 154 305 594 951 987 4817 0 4817 0 4015 0 802 802 0 705 710 2842 561
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 1507 917 590 104 346 57 240 329 194 501 1507 0 0 1507 701 701 806 0 806 30 100 1357 21

Regions

Northeast		 2387 814 1573 32 2 155 163 413 330 589 2387 1652 705 30 2337 16 51 37 14 2387 0 0 0
Midwest 2503 1199 1304 73 15 83 180 405 479 619 2503 1693 710 100 2447 87 56 44 13 0 2503 0 0
South 7180 3852 3328 445 666 195 785 1087 1468 1890 7180 2981 2842 1357 5690 578 1490 685 779 0 0 7180 0
West 1223 454 769 43 9 38 53 172 280 242 1223 641 561 21 1175 21 48 36 0 0 0 0 1223

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		 260 154 106 9 35 10 42 56 32 59 260 0 114 147 46 0 214 67 147 20 29 202 9
2,500 to 9,999 persons 952 529 424 15 29 33 91 125 220 248 952 0 748 204 950 204 3 3 0 79 143 682 48
10,000 to 19,999 persons 1020 484 536 43 77 35 75 143 169 281 1020 22 720 278 1012 278 8 8 0 118 189 673 41
20,000 to 49,999 persons 1801 818 983 37 9 63 154 257 401 406 1801 437 1146 218 1782 213 19 12 5 236 307 1047 212
50,000 to 99,999 persons 1172 483 690 26 8 36 94 136 269 266 1172 666 506 0 1159 0 13 0 0 251 262 486 173
100,000 to 249,999 persons 1613 599 1014 31 9 71 156 232 376 435 1613 1410 203 0 1611 0 2 0 0 286 241 879 206
250,000 to 499,999 persons 1369 528 841 35 3 23 104 220 359 404 1369 1369 0 0 1366 0 3 0 0 145 304 680 240
500,000 to 999,999 persons 963 438 526 15 0 29 58 172 163 227 963 963 0 0 963 0 0 0 0 45 339 525 55
1,000,000 persons or more 2089 799 1290 30 0 122 208 378 276 523 2089 2089 0 0 2083 0 6 0 0 1042 606 245 195
@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.

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