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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 34903 17839 17064 1760 2065 1257 3148 4050 6549 8808 34903 18019 13038 3845 30536 1748 4367 2180 2097 6522 6516 18753 3111

Total		 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223

Persons

1 person		 3868 1425 2443 95 131 158 366 970 751 1164 3868 2166 1235 467 3433 227 435 184 240 704 793 1997 374
2 persons 3441 1740 1701 140 164 105 306 665 664 706 3441 1770 1312 359 3009 171 432 235 188 579 610 1917 335
3 persons 2482 1226 1256 164 168 74 199 228 549 530 2482 1283 869 330 2140 161 342 164 169 370 467 1447 199
4 persons 1944 1050 894 108 122 58 132 119 325 479 1944 924 823 196 1708 75 236 115 121 393 343 1044 165
5 persons 922 522 399 65 68 49 99 38 171 245 922 463 365 94 778 38 144 81 56 176 137 503 106
6 persons 378 209 169 16 17 14 50 32 57 111 378 233 114 31 349 13 29 11 18 100 94 144 39
7 persons or more 257 145 112 5 21 13 28 25 39 105 257 130 99 29 232 16 26 12 13 66 59 127 5

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 7162 3538 3625 225 282 263 627 1812 1194 1637 7162 3806 2520 837 6272 394 890 426 443 1316 1383 3774 689
1 2700 1231 1468 118 172 84 228 149 587 577 2700 1403 1014 282 2364 120 336 164 162 458 476 1526 240
2 1989 979 1011 167 156 48 140 67 435 513 1989 957 786 247 1723 115 266 131 132 293 366 1175 155
3 885 344 540 59 44 44 88 22 210 334 885 475 321 89 785 45 99 52 44 212 149 437 86
4 378 155 223 20 29 18 73 13 84 171 378 229 108 40 340 21 38 19 20 69 79 184 46
5 115 42 73 5 6 8 15 13 25 73 115 69 37 10 105 7 10 7 3 24 35 51 5
6 or more 63 30 34 0 4 5 10 3 22 36 63 30 31 2 58 0 5 2 2 14 13 33 3

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 10918 4728 6189 558 603 396 945 0 2429 2569 10918 5667 4102 1149 9677 574 1241 640 575 1901 2038 5958 1020
1 person 1890 1185 706 30 75 57 200 1602 104 642 1890 1024 573 293 1571 108 320 124 184 403 370 958 159
2 persons or more 484 405 79 6 14 19 36 476 23 129 484 277 142 65 400 19 84 38 46 83 95 264 43

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 1013 105 909 52 42 36 115 0 556 431 1013 609 282 123 931 86 83 40 37 136 233 540 104
25 to 29 1203 236 967 68 56 64 115 0 494 335 1203 662 394 147 1079 78 124 55 69 218 196 709 80
30 to 34 1474 530 945 94 110 45 96 0 432 314 1474 712 639 123 1345 74 130 78 49 229 274 808 164
35 to 44 3238 1506 1733 206 170 85 269 0 567 628 3238 1640 1310 288 2902 135 337 180 153 584 558 1767 329
45 to 54 2716 1562 1154 86 186 107 237 0 282 536 2716 1401 1000 314 2333 129 383 189 186 477 519 1492 228
55 to 64 1569 1000 569 61 52 64 125 0 113 376 1569 789 598 183 1340 84 229 123 99 329 318 777 146
65 to 74 1146 780 367 20 31 53 100 1146 64 375 1146 627 353 167 965 53 182 63 114 248 223 578 98
75 years and over 931 600 331 7 45 18 124 931 50 345 931 528 241 162 754 63 177 75 99 165 183 509 75
Median 44 50 38 39 43 45 44 74 32 44 44 44 43 47 43 43 48 47 50 45 44 43 43

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 9424 4893 4531 498 561 314 814 1108 1806 2176 9424 4802 3582 1040 8215 474 1209 618 566 1683 1710 5182 848
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 4066 2844 1221 226 237 116 244 524 525 470 4066 1852 1737 477 3445 192 620 319 285 675 643 2354 393
Under 25 years 97 22 75 3 11 5 6 0 54 18 97 43 45 9 89 6 9 5 3 12 19 55 12
25 to 29 years 249 74 175 27 11 15 20 0 88 36 249 112 92 44 215 17 34 8 26 36 30 160 22
30 to 34 years 494 280 214 40 41 12 33 0 120 45 494 210 241 43 440 19 55 28 24 70 80 290 54
35 to 44 years 1109 749 360 89 63 18 53 0 154 82 1109 490 506 113 961 47 148 82 65 210 156 620 123
45 to 64 years 1592 1262 330 62 94 50 97 0 92 161 1592 722 675 194 1321 81 271 150 114 269 273 924 125
65 years and over 524 457 67 4 17 16 34 524 17 128 524 273 178 73 420 21 104 47 52 78 85 304 57
Other male householder 1120 433 688 52 60 36 112 119 301 188 1120 566 419 135 1001 69 119 48 66 184 172 635 129
Under 45 years 699 184 515 28 17 19 68 0 244 104 699 378 255 66 651 31 48 13 35 105 102 397 95
45 to 64 years 303 174 129 22 40 14 32 0 39 62 303 119 136 48 244 27 58 32 21 57 38 188 20
65 years and over 119 75 44 2 3 3 12 119 19 22 119 70 28 21 106 12 13 4 9 22 32 51 14
Other female householder 4238 1616 2622 220 263 162 459 465 979 1518 4238 2384 1426 429 3768 213 470 251 215 824 896 2193 326
Under 45 years 2733 722 2011 187 181 100 297 0 847 1090 2733 1520 939 273 2470 166 263 152 107 468 573 1493 199
45 to 64 years 1041 563 478 25 44 48 105 0 114 273 1041 600 355 86 930 31 111 56 55 236 239 464 103
65 years and over 465 331 133 9 38 14 57 465 19 156 465 264 131 70 368 16 96 43 53 121 84 236 24
1-person households 3868 1425 2443 95 131 158 366 970 751 1164 3868 2166 1235 467 3433 227 435 184 240 704 793 1997 374
Male householder 1747 543 1204 38 77 94 202 278 385 470 1747 960 581 205 1540 96 207 89 109 297 350 921 179
Under 45 years 867 222 645 22 45 45 93 0 290 173 867 484 309 74 787 40 80 43 34 135 174 459 99
45 to 64 years 602 203 398 15 27 31 62 0 72 176 602 316 198 88 517 41 84 35 47 105 120 316 61
65 years and over 278 118 160 1 6 18 47 278 24 120 278 161 74 44 236 16 43 12 28 56 57 146 19
Female householder 2121 882 1239 58 54 64 165 692 366 694 2121 1206 654 262 1893 131 228 94 131 407 443 1076 195
Under 45 year 681 124 557 24 9 15 25 0 252 160 681 386 236 59 643 47 38 22 13 132 128 349 72
45 to 64 years 748 360 388 22 32 29 66 0 79 239 748 433 234 81 661 34 87 40 47 139 167 377 65
65 years and over 692 398 293 11 13 20 74 692 35 294 692 387 183 121 589 51 103 32 71 136 148 351 58

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 6130 2781 3349 368 410 208 553 265 1363 1703 6130 3163 2297 670 5375 308 754 376 363 1071 1119 3406 534
Married couples 2426 1555 872 154 172 80 137 76 399 272 2426 1115 1034 278 2072 101 355 171 177 410 337 1437 242
One child under 6 only 325 170 155 21 12 11 14 5 96 22 325 149 147 29 295 14 30 15 15 63 51 182 30
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 500 309 191 40 33 19 26 5 70 76 500 231 221 48 420 14 80 43 34 120 60 270 50
Two or more under 6 only 148 61 87 8 10 5 2 0 56 28 148 54 80 14 136 8 12 6 7 23 33 77 16
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 136 80 56 10 4 5 10 3 42 36 136 69 54 13 124 7 11 5 6 27 18 70 20
One or more 6 to 17 only 1318 935 382 75 113 41 85 63 134 110 1318 611 532 174 1097 58 221 101 116 178 176 838 125
Other households with two or more adults 1382 655 727 76 91 45 143 135 263 407 1382 763 481 137 1229 65 153 72 72 312 308 652 110
One child under 6 only 212 73 139 5 4 6 25 16 78 52 212 134 57 20 186 9 26 14 11 51 42 104 14
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 220 104 116 16 10 12 28 17 44 81 220 122 69 29 199 19 21 11 10 55 57 96 12
Two or more under 6 only 70 27 43 0 4 3 3 4 16 34 70 28 33 9 63 2 7 0 7 11 18 33 9
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 76 37 39 10 15 0 16 12 15 42 76 47 16 13 66 9 10 6 5 20 19 33 4
One or more 6 to 17 only 804 413 391 45 58 24 71 85 110 199 804 432 307 65 715 26 89 41 39 176 171 386 71
Households with one adult or none 2322 571 1750 138 147 84 273 55 701 1024 2322 1285 782 255 2075 142 247 134 113 348 474 1317 182
One child under 6 only 282 23 259 3 2 10 30 2 114 127 282 162 92 29 260 18 22 11 11 37 63 166 17
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 394 69 325 18 20 18 49 5 118 230 394 248 90 55 360 37 34 15 19 46 98 222 28
Two or more under 6 only 149 7 142 10 5 8 18 0 73 66 149 93 32 24 138 16 11 3 8 30 22 83 14
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 130 23 108 7 15 14 15 0 50 91 130 77 41 12 115 10 16 13 3 33 28 62 8
One or more 6 to 17 only 1366 449 917 100 104 34 162 48 345 510 1366 704 528 134 1201 61 165 91 73 203 263 784 116
Total households with no children 7162 3538 3625 225 282 263 627 1812 1194 1637 7162 3806 2520 837 6272 394 890 426 443 1316 1383 3774 689
Married couples 1711 1341 370 74 74 39 110 459 137 209 1711 768 730 212 1432 93 279 151 119 277 318 951 164
Other households with two or more adults 1667 775 892 60 76 69 156 383 344 305 1667 914 590 163 1486 76 181 94 87 341 288 877 161
Households with one adult 3785 1422 2363 92 131 155 361 970 714 1123 3785 2123 1200 462 3355 224 430 181 237 698 778 1945 364

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 8174 4144 4029 272 367 304 734 2043 1350 1982 8174 4329 2891 953 7113 436 1061 523 517 1481 1575 4341 777
With own children under 18 years 5119 2174 2945 321 325 167 447 35 1207 1358 5119 2639 1926 554 4535 265 584 279 289 906 928 2839 446
Under 6 years only 1024 245 779 49 38 34 74 2 406 275 1024 539 364 122 936 67 89 34 55 183 199 548 94
1 704 175 528 31 23 18 54 2 263 165 704 382 243 79 641 42 63 25 37 128 138 379 58
2 277 64 213 16 15 13 18 0 112 92 277 136 102 39 254 26 22 9 13 44 50 150 33
3 or more 44 6 38 2 0 2 2 0 31 18 44 21 19 4 40 0 4 0 4 11 11 19 2
6 to 17 years only 2990 1515 1475 192 245 73 268 33 500 650 2990 1499 1167 324 2596 136 394 193 189 486 542 1718 244
1 1611 831 781 79 142 34 134 20 247 292 1611 810 627 174 1382 70 229 112 104 282 278 908 144
2 931 512 420 95 86 13 58 9 177 200 931 451 369 111 802 49 129 66 63 111 176 582 62
3 or more 448 173 275 18 17 26 76 4 75 157 448 238 171 39 411 17 36 14 22 93 88 229 37
Both age groups 1104 413 691 80 42 60 105 0 302 433 1104 601 395 108 1003 62 100 51 46 237 186 572 108
2 444 190 254 46 10 17 31 0 127 114 444 219 178 47 411 31 33 17 16 92 80 249 22
3 or more 660 223 437 34 32 43 74 0 175 319 660 382 217 61 593 31 67 35 30 145 106 323 86

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 3702 2321 1381 136 224 122 329 691 404 842 3702 1893 1405 404 3182 157 520 265 248 769 711 1932 290
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 1773 1133 640 47 93 56 126 74 156 342 1773 905 712 157 1580 75 193 106 82 377 408 860 128
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 695 536 160 16 48 32 66 389 34 135 695 369 234 92 561 31 134 74 61 167 114 383 32
Households with three generations 679 447 232 25 54 24 66 108 56 184 679 352 256 71 574 35 105 66 35 158 134 357 30
Households with 1 subfamily 421 299 122 23 44 15 37 66 37 136 421 214 163 44 349 21 72 50 22 96 92 217 16
Subfamily householder age under 30 260 182 78 10 33 5 18 12 23 88 260 130 101 29 218 13 42 26 17 44 62 143 10
30 to 64 156 115 41 13 11 10 16 54 14 48 156 81 60 14 126 8 30 24 6 52 27 71 6
65 and over 5 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 27 22 5 0 3 0 3 3 3 9 27 18 9 0 24 0 3 3 0 6 8 13 0
Households with other types of relatives 1633 939 693 73 98 63 165 371 224 453 1633 845 583 205 1387 76 246 113 129 338 299 855 140
With nonrelatives 1169 402 768 65 71 45 116 68 383 213 1169 637 409 123 1071 74 98 44 48 242 195 581 151
Co-owners or co-renters 348 53 295 13 10 16 27 17 142 61 348 197 135 16 338 14 10 8 2 84 39 182 44
Lodgers 144 51 93 2 0 2 17 14 46 22 144 79 58 7 134 2 9 5 5 25 28 51 39
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 182 92 91 2 16 3 21 15 27 29 182 85 81 16 159 2 23 10 13 31 36 90 26
Other nonrelatives 633 266 367 50 62 24 69 33 197 111 633 339 204 91 556 56 77 37 35 128 117 333 55
One or more secondary families 41 18 23 0 0 0 7 3 8 9 41 22 19 0 41 0 0 0 0 13 13 11 5
2-person households, none related to
each other		 480 124 356 29 19 25 49 36 183 94 480 284 145 51 453 38 26 13 13 101 79 232 68
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 59 15 44 4 7 0 3 8 25 13 59 26 28 5 52 3 7 5 2 9 3 39 8

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 892 471 421 42 97 60 141 596 91 409 892 434 238 220 650 88 242 105 132 146 112 591 43
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2612 1045 1567 46 133 121 347 568 516 1053 2612 1433 875 304 2276 144 335 168 160 439 520 1518 134
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 4235 1941 2294 169 295 121 304 502 816 1088 4235 2322 1391 522 3702 246 533 244 276 832 763 2255 385
Additional vocational training 403 205 199 38 29 2 25 37 84 64 403 209 164 30 353 17 50 38 12 88 69 210 36
Some college, no degree 2597 1154 1443 127 99 85 228 169 576 487 2597 1392 962 243 2347 109 250 115 134 355 587 1335 320
Associate degree 841 427 414 47 31 29 51 47 177 98 841 457 304 80 754 38 87 39 42 141 165 452 84
Bachelor's degree 1459 827 632 111 31 47 84 117 282 152 1459 631 721 107 1314 63 145 99 44 317 240 706 196
Graduate or professional degree 657 453 204 52 6 9 25 79 98 53 657 300 326 30 604 12 53 32 18 157 115 324 61
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.6 76.0 71.5 85.2 66.7 61.7 58.7 44.0 76.2 56.2 73.6 73.2 76.9 65.2 74.9 66.8 64.9 66.0 63.8 75.5 74.7 70.6 85.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 15.9 20.3 12.0 27.5 5.4 11.8 9.3 9.4 14.9 6.1 15.9 13.4 21.7 9.1 16.5 10.8 12.1 16.3 7.6 19.9 14.2 14.3 21.0

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 12811 6206 6605 571 692 442 1151 2069 2417 3235 12811 6637 4670 1504 11169 699 1642 800 806 2139 2473 7006 1193
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 398 180 218 11 3 16 9 47 53 66 398 213 178 7 393 4 5 2 3 213 11 123 51

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 22 3 19 0 0 0 3 0 11 11 22 15 7 0 22 0 0 0 0 7 0 15 0
1995 to 1999 139 21 117 5 0 0 9 0 54 21 139 83 56 0 139 0 0 0 0 54 11 56 18
1990 to 1994 168 28 140 8 0 11 13 0 39 42 168 120 49 0 168 0 0 0 0 85 5 65 14
1980 to 1989 307 90 218 10 3 26 15 10 70 55 307 186 119 2 307 2 0 0 0 180 15 94 18
1979 or before 243 150 93 11 0 8 0 46 20 42 243 141 94 7 236 5 7 4 3 135 10 67 31

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 3576 704 2872 314 132 132 323 149 2557 1043 3576 1961 1326 289 3312 205 265 174 84 489 668 2043 377
1995 to 1999 4530 1929 2601 270 391 171 338 284 0 1041 4530 2174 1875 481 3957 217 573 296 264 864 822 2394 450
1990 to 1994 1673 930 743 0 91 57 153 195 0 430 1673 908 585 180 1468 63 205 83 117 304 335 863 171
1985 to 1989 924 631 293 6 33 32 77 186 0 207 924 457 334 133 804 65 120 49 67 179 190 494 61
1980 to 1984 514 347 167 0 15 14 68 179 0 125 514 308 128 77 420 21 94 32 57 153 77 260 23
1975 to 1979 638 504 134 0 17 25 41 191 0 131 638 376 174 87 535 33 103 48 55 128 121 353 36
1970 to 1974 511 454 57 0 4 14 43 236 0 108 511 261 164 86 401 21 110 43 65 90 119 265 37
1960 to 1969 583 507 76 4 7 13 71 370 0 143 583 338 146 99 489 52 94 47 47 123 109 302 48
1950 to 1959 261 246 14 0 0 6 41 222 0 78 261 151 70 40 210 12 51 20 28 49 53 143 16
1940 to 1949 63 51 11 0 2 5 21 47 0 27 63 23 11 29 38 8 25 4 20 5 8 48 2
1939 or earlier 21 16 5 0 0 2 4 21 0 6 21 10 5 6 14 4 7 5 2 3 3 15 0
Median 1996 1992 1998 2000+ 1997 1996 1996 1978 2000+ 1996 1996 1996 1997 1995 1996 1996 1995 1996 1992 1995 1996 1996 1997

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 3271 841 2430 268 168 115 304 173 2557 968 3271 1775 1211 284 2962 169 309 187 116 475 633 1827 335
Household all moved here from one unit 2201 410 1792 200 90 69 190 107 2201 647 2201 1221 820 161 2033 116 168 121 45 277 441 1244 240
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 460 40 420 32 23 19 40 9 460 152 460 255 163 42 421 29 39 26 13 71 106 227 57
Householder of previous unit moved here 1520 346 1174 153 68 47 128 84 1520 416 1520 837 578 105 1402 76 118 89 29 168 280 917 156
Householder of previous unit not reported 221 24 197 16 0 3 21 14 221 79 221 129 79 13 210 11 11 6 2 39 56 100 27
Household moved here from two or more units 256 35 221 32 0 3 37 7 256 86 256 147 83 26 240 19 16 5 8 39 30 167 20
No previous householder moved here 54 2 52 6 0 0 7 0 54 27 54 36 13 6 54 6 0 0 0 18 6 31 0
1 previous householder moved here 84 9 75 8 0 3 15 0 84 27 84 45 32 8 73 2 11 3 5 5 8 65 6
2 or more previous householders moved here 68 18 50 16 0 0 8 7 68 24 68 31 32 5 63 3 4 2 2 3 12 41 11
Previous householder(s) not reported 50 6 44 2 0 0 7 0 50 8 50 36 6 8 50 8 0 0 0 14 4 30 3
Some already here, rest moved in 814 396 418 35 77 43 78 60 100 236 814 407 308 98 689 34 125 61 64 159 162 417 76
No previous householder moved here 445 223 222 20 59 19 35 22 17 157 445 228 159 58 364 15 81 38 43 89 84 234 39
1 or more previous householders moved here 262 128 134 10 11 19 32 22 72 52 262 130 111 22 231 12 31 21 10 54 55 130 23
Previous householder(s) not reported 106 44 62 4 6 5 11 15 10 27 106 50 39 18 94 7 13 2 11 17 24 53 13
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