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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--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

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 9961 5389 4573 420 493 280 869 1567 1775 2286 9961 4980 3786 1195 8629 557 1332 668 638 1186 1928 5863 985
Telephone available 12676 6087 6589 535 656 413 1126 2009 2342 3076 12676 6587 4642 1447 11113 677 1563 759 770 2264 2382 6876 1154
Usable fireplace 2407 1859 548 243 207 35 96 291 380 280 2407 888 1313 205 1965 62 442 290 143 157 375 1452 423
Separate dining room 5855 3698 2157 258 223 172 439 984 903 1156 5855 3090 2283 483 5231 214 625 348 269 1104 1253 3035 463
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 2409 2117 292 212 164 40 153 418 289 267 2409 933 1167 309 1923 115 487 280 194 248 409 1522 231
Garage or carport included with home 4947 3543 1404 293 39 116 282 851 659 790 4947 2459 2111 377 4439 190 508 308 187 576 1248 2264 860
Not included 8327 2761 5566 300 653 355 899 1221 1898 2544 8327 4500 2697 1130 7190 511 1136 494 618 1798 1255 4911 363
Off-street parking included 6248 2111 4138 260 501 244 613 846 1527 1842 6248 2972 2306 970 5325 449 924 387 521 895 901 4174 278
Off-street parking not reported 6 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Garage or carport not reported 19 15 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 19 9 9 0 19 0 0 0 0 13 0 6 0

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 2783 529 2254 23 87 173 358 691 640 1410 2783 1907 618 258 2577 148 206 93 110 928 506 1174 175
Other households without cars 852 478 374 45 69 41 91 122 158 163 852 399 337 116 691 38 161 76 77 99 184 478 91
1 car with or without trucks or vans 6325 2996 3329 341 371 188 500 908 1267 1412 6325 3154 2380 792 5505 362 821 375 430 912 1251 3578 584
2 cars 2640 1743 896 131 138 54 204 286 416 291 2640 1250 1118 272 2282 120 357 203 152 362 423 1564 290
3 or more cars 692 572 120 53 26 15 27 71 76 64 692 258 364 69 592 34 99 55 36 85 139 386 82
With cars, no trucks or vans 6942 3276 3666 344 305 176 564 969 1471 1400 6942 3542 2747 653 6271 361 671 363 292 1097 1351 3811 684
1 truck or van with or without cars 2794 1942 852 190 236 94 200 333 376 404 2794 1200 1150 444 2238 150 556 254 294 249 538 1709 298
2 or more trucks or vans 773 572 201 36 64 29 59 86 70 126 773 320 302 152 561 42 212 92 109 113 108 486 66

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 4633 0 4633 106 0 256 434 481 1430 1525 4633 2884 1488 261 4517 220 116 66 41 1271 891 1965 506
Owner or manager lives on property 1545 0 1545 37 0 69 107 160 542 475 1545 896 583 66 1496 49 50 29 18 362 246 666 271
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 3087 0 3087 69 0 187 327 321 888 1050 3087 1988 905 195 3021 172 66 37 23 909 644 1299 235

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 229 47 182 2 14 38 75 38 45 93 229 154 52 23 210 16 19 12 7 60 24 110 35
Signs of mice in last 3 months 1349 513 835 37 106 112 206 195 220 475 1349 941 252 156 1184 60 164 64 96 508 251 518 72
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 104 43 61 0 19 7 21 6 13 28 104 59 37 9 76 2 28 22 7 23 14 54 12
Holes in floors 246 55 192 0 23 65 125 24 40 125 246 158 49 39 208 18 38 17 21 71 52 104 18
Open cracks or holes (interior) 1155 372 783 25 63 118 413 142 227 420 1155 748 315 91 1058 51 96 53 41 263 239 578 74
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 641 199 442 16 15 91 298 69 104 256 641 412 177 52 585 26 56 31 25 172 138 281 50
No electrical wiring 15 15 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 12 15 12 2 0 12 0 2 2 0 0 0 15 0
Exposed wiring 71 22 48 4 4 2 7 9 29 32 71 42 21 7 60 3 10 6 4 12 14 42 3
Rooms without electric outlets 190 76 114 0 15 31 50 32 60 70 190 101 62 26 158 14 32 20 12 38 30 105 17

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 11376 5576 5800 552 605 316 837 1907 2170 2779 11376 5854 4180 1342 9887 627 1489 737 715 2017 2151 6148 1060
With leakage from inside structure@1 1707 641 1066 36 77 150 312 149 353 500 1707 987 562 158 1565 74 142 59 83 351 312 888 156
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 577 236 340 10 16 58 131 49 116 154 577 335 182 60 541 34 36 9 26 117 125 266 69
Pipes leaked 843 277 566 22 48 72 164 77 186 274 843 540 232 71 773 27 70 25 44 201 161 426 56
Broken water heater 149 65 84 3 14 21 29 13 17 46 149 82 46 21 123 8 26 12 13 13 23 101 12
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 347 133 213 6 15 33 47 28 73 99 347 175 153 19 319 10 28 19 9 71 53 194 29
Interior leakage not reported 209 101 109 6 11 5 32 21 34 61 209 127 74 8 195 0 14 6 8 19 40 144 6

No leakage from outside structure		 11478 5335 6143 544 630 336 814 1812 2321 2879 11478 5901 4229 1348 10008 612 1470 697 736 2082 1986 6300 1110
With leakage from outside structure@1 1619 882 737 43 51 130 338 243 205 413 1619 950 518 151 1458 89 161 98 62 285 480 749 105
Roof 937 519 417 13 27 80 235 144 116 254 937 530 291 116 815 73 121 78 43 135 217 518 67
Basement 382 266 116 18 0 17 38 56 38 54 382 254 118 10 366 8 16 14 2 102 220 60 0
Walls, closed windows, or doors 343 144 200 15 17 47 89 44 43 106 343 200 117 27 313 9 30 13 18 55 101 158 30
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 202 75 126 0 15 26 36 28 32 55 202 123 70 8 195 3 7 2 5 51 36 103 12
Exterior leakage not reported 195 101 94 6 11 5 29 23 31 48 195 117 71 8 182 0 14 6 8 19 37 131 8

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 198 25 173 3 6 43 76 23 48 100 198 124 49 24 177 11 21 7 13 37 42 89 29
2 90 19 71 0 12 4 27 5 25 41 90 46 33 11 80 7 10 6 4 13 16 54 7
3 184 21 163 0 14 13 36 9 56 63 184 110 60 13 165 7 19 12 7 39 34 106 4
4 200 22 178 0 2 29 42 8 53 64 200 123 60 17 186 10 14 7 7 69 28 88 16
5 1249 323 926 8 22 91 199 179 290 483 1249 762 387 100 1154 54 95 46 46 317 228 570 133
6 880 329 551 19 42 43 84 67 160 208 880 523 272 85 820 44 60 15 41 181 195 432 72
7 1809 644 1164 44 45 51 143 191 399 420 1809 1022 619 168 1662 83 147 54 85 339 371 909 189
8 3215 1586 1629 136 113 78 227 470 611 655 3215 1726 1160 328 2869 170 346 181 158 594 590 1680 351
9 1672 1028 643 120 140 27 82 292 255 311 1672 765 684 222 1398 98 274 149 125 269 296 991 116
10 (best) 3181 1991 1190 249 260 76 213 710 564 851 3181 1417 1263 501 2578 201 604 289 299 432 566 1935 248
Not reported 616 330 286 14 35 15 49 124 96 144 616 350 229 37 559 16 56 36 21 97 137 325 58

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 471 112 360 0 8 471 0 71 81 171 471 260 154 57 416 30 56 26 27 155 83 195 38
Plumbing 256 77 179 0 3 256 0 54 46 94 256 139 72 45 210 20 45 18 24 65 46 128 16
Heating 185 30 155 0 2 185 0 14 27 61 185 100 75 10 179 7 5 3 2 87 34 49 14
Electric 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 6 6 5 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
Upkeep 41 7 35 0 3 41 0 4 8 16 41 32 6 3 38 3 3 3 0 9 5 13 14
Hallways 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 1181 453 728 3 35 0 1181 224 241 468 1181 636 305 240 970 107 211 76 133 163 180 785 53
Plumbing 85 7 78 0 6 0 85 0 39 49 85 56 23 6 79 0 6 0 6 18 22 42 4
Heating 504 288 216 0 17 0 504 162 69 226 504 192 110 202 342 92 162 50 110 4 0 497 3
Upkeep 393 123 270 3 16 0 393 50 68 153 393 265 91 38 353 20 40 22 18 93 97 184 19
Hallways 26 0 26 0 0 0 26 0 11 18 26 18 6 2 26 2 0 0 0 0 6 18 3
Kitchen 270 67 204 0 3 0 270 20 75 86 270 168 87 15 258 7 12 5 8 59 63 121 27
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@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