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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 6-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 9814 4731 5083 408 438 319 715 1104 2333 1938 9814 4508 4498 808 8868 392 946 521 416 1488 749 3604 3973

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 7293 4132 3161 308 330 144 472 848 1667 1296 7293 3088 3551 654 6503 323 789 450 331 605 522 3046 3121
Telephone available 9407 4601 4806 366 421 304 670 1067 2191 1815 9407 4317 4324 766 8509 375 898 499 390 1403 723 3464 3817
Usable fireplace 1907 1460 447 138 47 28 57 216 372 177 1907 704 1075 128 1665 49 243 161 79 120 121 589 1077
Separate dining room 3557 2332 1225 202 73 71 244 393 653 493 3557 1554 1711 292 3212 119 345 169 173 525 298 1460 1273
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 1480 1333 146 100 25 9 71 203 237 110 1480 521 837 122 1308 68 172 116 54 143 131 599 607
Garage or carport included with home 5041 3424 1617 256 123 99 282 588 965 682 5041 2035 2650 356 4581 180 460 280 176 310 404 1630 2697
Not included 4769 1303 3466 153 315 220 434 514 1368 1256 4769 2470 1847 452 4283 212 487 242 240 1178 341 1974 1276
Off-street parking included 3488 1068 2420 140 263 110 272 366 1118 837 3488 1552 1542 394 3064 188 424 213 206 455 241 1762 1029
Off-street parking not reported 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Garage or carport not reported 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 1311 188 1123 20 35 124 150 305 332 647 1311 894 363 55 1243 26 69 41 28 589 61 308 353
Other households without cars 1329 697 633 57 83 22 140 100 299 292 1329 606 583 140 1172 69 157 81 72 82 77 635 536
1 car with or without trucks or vans 4482 2106 2375 184 184 135 297 490 1175 747 4482 2002 2064 415 4046 207 436 225 209 544 395 1714 1828
2 cars 2107 1324 784 126 123 27 106 154 447 212 2107 790 1148 169 1876 74 232 135 95 224 186 765 932
3 or more cars 584 416 168 22 13 10 22 56 80 40 584 216 339 29 531 16 53 40 13 48 29 182 324
With cars, no trucks or vans 4157 1789 2368 178 175 98 258 444 1127 671 4157 1849 2032 277 3855 150 302 171 127 617 365 1472 1703
1 truck or van with or without cars 3135 1899 1236 164 152 73 197 276 653 455 3135 1253 1557 325 2758 154 377 201 172 206 231 1282 1417
2 or more trucks or vans 1210 854 356 46 77 23 111 79 221 165 1210 513 546 151 1012 61 198 109 90 76 91 543 500

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 3415 0 3415 99 0 196 338 285 1172 865 3415 1994 1300 121 3312 97 103 78 24 929 284 976 1226
Owner or manager lives on property 1403 0 1403 23 0 73 106 94 526 293 1403 784 596 22 1362 17 41 36 5 204 100 442 656
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 2012 0 2012 77 0 123 232 192 646 573 2012 1209 704 99 1950 80 62 43 19 725 184 534 569

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 241 87 154 0 2 41 66 20 60 88 241 142 94 5 232 5 9 9 0 55 2 84 101
Signs of mice in last 3 months 823 277 546 4 33 73 108 65 158 286 823 509 238 77 745 38 78 38 39 308 62 182 272
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 39 13 25 2 4 2 9 2 11 15 39 21 16 2 32 0 6 4 2 14 4 7 14
Holes in floors 217 76 141 3 20 36 69 10 44 82 217 135 62 20 205 9 12 1 11 63 15 63 75
Open cracks or holes (interior) 814 319 495 7 39 96 217 80 134 243 814 491 286 37 754 13 60 37 24 169 63 289 293
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 388 127 261 2 3 52 132 32 82 119 388 260 110 18 374 13 14 9 5 117 33 128 110
No electrical wiring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Exposed wiring 60 21 39 0 0 7 9 8 23 27 60 29 31 0 60 0 0 0 0 18 8 21 12
Rooms without electric outlets 142 56 86 0 7 16 26 20 26 39 142 75 55 12 128 6 14 7 6 42 12 32 56

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 8721 4322 4399 391 380 243 538 1013 2063 1685 8721 3951 4063 707 7879 342 842 470 365 1218 671 3239 3593
With leakage from inside structure@1 1026 372 654 18 58 76 175 85 257 229 1026 529 399 98 932 50 94 46 48 259 69 348 351
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 312 120 192 7 8 20 78 25 80 78 312 165 131 16 286 10 26 20 6 58 21 100 133
Pipes leaked 518 164 354 4 43 42 85 34 139 108 518 262 196 60 465 30 53 22 30 152 17 156 193
Broken water heater 74 38 36 3 2 9 3 3 7 4 74 38 28 8 66 0 8 0 8 15 4 44 11
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 251 96 156 3 12 22 42 29 61 66 251 144 87 21 230 9 21 10 11 70 29 91 62
Interior leakage not reported 67 37 29 0 0 0 2 6 14 25 67 27 36 3 56 0 10 5 3 12 8 17 30

No leakage from outside structure		 8749 4145 4604 385 368 258 525 1001 2143 1681 8749 3986 4047 716 7946 362 804 442 354 1287 615 3189 3658
With leakage from outside structure@1 996 552 443 23 71 61 185 100 167 233 996 492 413 91 861 30 134 74 61 191 127 395 282
Roof 598 370 228 10 52 40 107 64 91 134 598 281 250 68 489 17 109 58 51 100 56 283 160
Basement 112 82 31 2 0 0 8 14 15 23 112 55 48 9 92 0 20 11 9 33 63 3 13
Walls, closed windows, or doors 281 117 163 7 12 24 65 20 47 75 281 149 105 27 261 14 20 7 13 63 20 91 106
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 132 67 65 6 12 10 25 3 32 25 132 67 57 9 120 4 12 7 5 33 10 46 42
Exterior leakage not reported 69 33 36 0 0 0 5 2 23 25 69 30 38 2 60 0 9 5 2 10 6 20 33

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 78 5 73 0 3 11 16 6 23 28 78 39 38 2 76 2 2 2 0 27 5 18 27
2 36 4 32 0 4 2 7 0 20 7 36 18 17 1 32 0 4 3 1 5 2 18 12
3 100 16 84 0 5 9 20 7 50 33 100 69 24 7 96 5 4 2 2 30 2 35 33
4 171 27 143 0 9 22 23 11 50 36 171 105 59 6 160 0 11 5 6 41 11 47 71
5 729 185 544 10 35 63 91 50 230 213 729 372 290 67 689 38 40 11 29 148 49 230 302
6 604 189 416 17 29 24 37 65 148 121 604 282 259 63 544 28 60 26 35 124 50 205 225
7 1351 532 819 34 40 42 134 106 313 222 1351 723 551 77 1252 42 99 64 35 213 114 510 514
8 2579 1301 1277 112 103 51 170 255 576 443 2579 1175 1181 224 2324 118 255 150 105 369 189 928 1093
9 1253 706 547 36 72 33 41 136 270 201 1253 533 635 85 1133 46 120 77 39 174 97 461 521
10 (best) 2625 1599 1027 192 127 55 160 449 597 574 2625 1048 1319 258 2300 105 326 170 153 326 205 1027 1068
Not reported 288 167 121 9 10 8 17 20 55 61 288 146 124 19 263 7 25 12 11 32 23 126 107

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 319 73 245 0 19 319 0 51 54 130 319 183 115 20 300 9 19 8 11 108 23 54 134
Plumbing 170 48 122 0 9 170 0 34 50 62 170 77 76 17 153 8 17 8 9 42 17 45 66
Heating 122 24 98 0 10 122 0 12 3 54 122 82 37 3 120 1 2 0 2 50 6 3 63
Electric 5 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 3 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Upkeep 28 4 24 0 0 28 0 3 1 13 28 28 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 18 0 6 4
Hallways 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 715 278 437 7 13 0 715 76 162 189 715 439 201 76 665 51 50 25 25 138 31 342 203
Plumbing 31 7 24 0 0 0 31 0 7 15 31 22 7 3 28 0 3 0 3 6 0 16 9
Heating 258 189 69 0 7 0 258 55 22 62 258 152 36 71 225 46 34 9 25 0 0 240 19
Upkeep 199 66 133 3 7 0 199 10 38 60 199 129 62 8 193 8 6 6 0 67 15 40 77
Hallways 32 0 32 0 0 0 32 0 9 14 32 28 4 0 32 0 0 0 0 14 2 6 11
Kitchen 231 34 198 4 0 0 231 17 85 62 231 137 95 0 219 0 13 13 0 58 16 62 95
@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