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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4354 2680 1674 102 0 132 595 909 697 1152 4354 1982 1527 845 3570 429 784 355 416 84 290 3479 502
2 4000 1481 2518 157 0 140 258 415 1013 965 4000 2051 1689 260 3751 180 248 154 80 515 874 2069 541
3 2903 1354 1549 133 0 88 183 367 544 645 2903 1876 979 48 2832 34 71 57 14 954 1035 780 134
4 to 6 869 211 659 23 0 71 83 153 137 185 869 656 208 5 869 5 0 0 0 542 182 118 27
7 or more 474 36 439 6 0 32 26 157 73 203 474 374 98 2 474 2 0 0 0 291 106 68 9

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4369 238 4132 112 0 251 367 481 1271 1321 4369 2784 1408 177 4276 152 94 60 25 1354 907 1645 464
None (on same floor) 1418 79 1338 22 0 63 117 130 481 424 1418 833 492 93 1372 68 45 14 25 299 273 702 143
1 (up or down) 1125 59 1066 26 0 60 102 86 344 288 1125 699 386 39 1090 39 35 32 0 315 236 400 174
2 or more (up or down) 1827 100 1727 64 0 127 148 266 447 609 1827 1252 530 45 1813 45 14 14 0 740 398 543 147

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4369 238 4132 112 0 251 367 481 1271 1321 4369 2784 1408 177 4276 152 94 60 25 1354 907 1645 464
No common stairways 343 6 337 12 0 18 34 18 136 91 343 189 125 29 327 29 15 12 0 41 90 180 32
With common stairways 3896 208 3689 89 0 223 316 434 1095 1198 3896 2500 1249 148 3818 123 78 47 25 1255 792 1430 419
No loose steps 3319 195 3125 80 0 183 252 383 931 1013 3319 2116 1078 125 3243 100 76 45 25 1049 716 1222 333
Railings not loose 2757 161 2596 74 0 144 178 319 775 833 2757 1776 873 107 2691 85 66 41 22 877 578 1009 293
Railings loose 491 34 457 5 0 33 69 60 122 159 491 307 171 12 481 10 10 5 2 155 122 179 35
No railings 53 0 53 0 0 4 3 4 28 15 53 21 29 3 53 3 0 0 0 13 16 24 0
Status of railings not reported 19 0 19 0 0 3 2 0 5 7 19 13 4 2 19 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 5
Loose steps 577 13 564 10 0 40 64 51 164 185 577 384 171 23 575 23 2 2 0 206 76 208 86
Railings not loose 491 13 478 10 0 27 37 44 137 154 491 331 139 21 491 21 0 0 0 185 57 172 76
Railings loose 79 0 79 0 0 14 27 2 27 31 79 45 31 2 76 2 2 2 0 21 19 35 3
No railings 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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 130 24 106 11 0 9 17 30 41 32 130 95 35 0 130 0 0 0 0 58 25 34 13

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4900 267 4633 115 0 264 450 540 1448 1557 4900 3065 1573 261 4779 220 121 71 41 1382 960 2033 525
No public halls 695 30 664 12 0 30 63 43 227 239 695 373 250 71 669 66 26 17 6 70 107 427 90
No light fixtures in public halls 127 0 127 0 0 3 35 7 59 76 127 81 35 12 127 12 0 0 0 6 34 66 21
All in working order 3511 201 3310 85 0 189 262 439 1003 1027 3511 2232 1140 139 3431 109 80 46 30 1149 703 1310 349
Some in working order 138 0 138 0 0 15 19 0 42 55 138 82 47 9 138 9 0 0 0 42 36 46 14
None in working order 254 13 240 14 0 19 56 26 69 122 254 164 64 25 240 20 13 5 5 48 53 123 30
Not reported 176 23 154 5 0 8 15 25 46 38 176 134 37 5 174 5 3 3 0 66 27 61 22

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4369 238 4132 112 0 251 367 481 1271 1321 4369 2784 1408 177 4276 152 94 60 25 1354 907 1645 464
With 1 or more elevators working 791 57 734 24 0 64 62 223 154 292 791 565 224 2 791 2 0 0 0 434 172 115 69
With elevator, none in working condition 14 0 14 0 0 5 2 0 3 2 14 9 5 0 14 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 0
No elevator 3565 181 3384 87 0 182 302 259 1115 1027 3565 2210 1179 175 3471 151 94 60 25 909 734 1527 394
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 329 7 321 19 0 25 37 22 75 95 329 236 90 3 326 3 2 2 0 162 59 96 11

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 7700 5494 2206 305 0 200 695 1462 1017 1593 7700 3873 2927 900 6717 430 983 495 470 1003 1528 4481 689
With basement under all of building 2398 1861 537 83 0 36 107 440 243 365 2398 1526 813 59 2306 27 93 58 32 789 1021 541 48
With basement under part of building 453 359 94 8 0 15 35 109 36 84 453 237 180 36 403 18 50 32 18 91 178 160 25
With crawl space 2180 1528 652 31 0 86 405 557 265 565 2180 1012 623 545 1655 254 525 221 291 34 122 1790 234
On concrete slab 2628 1726 902 179 0 63 141 354 460 564 2628 1082 1299 247 2325 127 303 179 120 85 202 1965 376
Other 41 20 20 3 0 0 7 2 12 15 41 16 13 12 28 4 13 5 8 5 6 25 4

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 422 207 214 3 36 32 136 81 83 173 422 226 87 109 325 50 97 39 59 50 93 270 8
Missing roofing material 732 363 369 10 43 63 173 100 134 257 732 396 240 96 619 48 113 65 48 103 147 415 66
Hole in roof 500 258 242 0 54 47 170 90 71 172 500 285 140 74 405 36 95 57 38 77 109 283 32
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 663 299 363 4 59 48 200 76 146 256 663 383 185 95 538 36 124 65 60 89 175 356 42
Sloping outside walls 347 147 200 3 40 34 119 52 67 138 347 191 93 63 262 20 85 40 43 46 66 217 18
Boarded up windows 345 114 231 0 44 50 88 33 74 154 345 216 74 55 282 20 64 29 34 56 82 197 10
Broken windows 861 369 492 3 75 119 218 163 138 333 861 523 197 140 727 60 134 54 80 144 212 440 65
Bars on windows 1561 745 816 15 9 97 161 373 180 377 1561 1217 279 65 1507 31 54 20 34 414 275 627 246
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 531 244 287 3 27 46 173 74 90 214 531 353 110 68 464 41 67 40 28 105 145 257 24
None of the above 9105 4490 4616 553 535 195 550 1306 1832 2178 9105 4335 3624 1146 7856 538 1249 606 608 1463 1627 5240 775
Not reported 298 180 118 8 5 14 20 50 37 47 298 176 100 23 280 7 18 3 15 72 62 134 31

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 692 557 135 173 692 8 35 76 93 190 692 29 317 346 151 51 541 236 295 2 15 666 9
First site 471 416 56 139 471 6 20 45 33 130 471 22 229 221 90 29 381 180 192 0 7 458 6
Moved from another site 130 117 14 26 130 2 7 31 19 42 130 0 47 84 18 14 112 42 70 0 2 128 0
Don't know 32 2 30 4 32 0 6 0 9 6 32 5 3 24 14 6 18 0 18 2 3 24 3
Not reported 58 22 36 5 58 0 2 0 31 11 58 3 38 17 29 2 29 14 15 0 3 55 0

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1583 1095 488 594 405 14 40 120 425 270 1583 331 997 255 1042 72 541 345 183 100 152 1179 152
Not previously occupied 937 807 130 475 317 3 12 61 192 144 937 171 579 188 540 47 397 253 141 53 95 719 71
Not reported 37 19 17 4 0 0 0 2 8 7 37 2 28 6 22 0 14 8 6 4 3 29 0
@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