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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units With Elderly Householder

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 Black Hispanic 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		 21812 17513 4299 594 1462 416 768 2078 1104 958 4602 21812 6066 10407 5338 15687 1898 6125 2636 3440 4777 5163 7805 4067

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8438 7284 1154 241 0 142 465 909 634 357 1980 8438 2233 3820 2385 5918 920 2520 1037 1465 414 1167 4705 2151
2 6357 5176 1181 139 0 120 137 415 196 265 1063 6357 1531 3268 1558 4524 543 1833 811 1015 1609 2164 1502 1082
3 3777 2970 807 66 0 64 68 367 99 160 676 3777 1159 1909 709 2945 262 832 385 448 1658 1278 540 301
4 to 6 1057 546 511 12 0 36 47 153 79 50 259 1057 527 450 80 993 47 64 31 33 534 241 193 89
7 or more 722 163 559 2 0 36 25 157 66 53 270 722 443 257 22 720 20 2 0 2 389 133 151 49

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3545 965 2580 86 0 141 177 481 277 348 985 3545 1687 1596 263 3370 173 175 86 90 1406 827 731 582
None (on same floor) 1082 317 765 19 0 30 52 130 78 122 229 1082 450 516 116 987 60 95 39 56 363 281 253 185
1 (up or down) 778 235 544 21 0 35 51 86 60 82 229 778 331 383 64 726 36 52 25 27 300 175 138 165
2 or more (up or down) 1685 414 1271 47 0 76 74 266 139 144 526 1685 906 696 83 1657 77 28 22 6 744 370 339 231

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3545 965 2580 86 0 141 177 481 277 348 985 3545 1687 1596 263 3370 173 175 86 90 1406 827 731 582
No common stairways 164 52 113 1 0 4 14 18 13 33 33 164 54 94 16 150 9 14 8 6 52 40 45 27
With common stairways 3287 889 2398 85 0 134 151 434 254 303 928 3287 1578 1470 239 3131 158 156 75 81 1320 769 654 544
No loose steps 2930 803 2127 75 0 111 133 383 199 263 816 2930 1407 1308 215 2790 143 140 67 72 1165 691 596 477
Railings not loose 2453 677 1776 55 0 79 106 319 153 219 676 2453 1169 1098 186 2345 139 109 62 47 1003 560 498 392
Railings loose 404 103 301 17 0 30 19 60 37 36 119 404 208 174 23 380 1 24 3 21 128 113 86 77
No railings 50 18 32 3 0 0 5 4 5 5 7 50 22 24 4 46 0 4 0 4 23 14 10 3
Status of railings not reported 23 5 18 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 13 23 8 13 2 21 2 3 3 0 11 5 2 5
Loose steps 357 86 271 10 0 23 18 51 55 40 113 357 172 161 24 341 16 16 8 9 155 77 58 67
Railings not loose 337 84 253 10 0 18 18 44 50 38 106 337 158 157 22 321 14 16 8 9 145 72 58 63
Railings loose 11 0 11 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 7 11 9 0 2 11 2 0 0 0 5 6 0 0
No railings 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 9 4 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4
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 0
Status of stairways not reported 94 25 69 0 0 3 12 30 11 12 23 94 54 32 8 88 5 5 3 3 34 18 31 11

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4141 1076 3066 104 0 149 217 540 334 430 1219 4141 1858 1851 433 3852 267 289 124 165 1451 979 1003 708
No public halls 483 107 376 12 0 19 19 43 27 61 138 483 138 232 113 406 64 77 29 49 87 122 165 109
No light fixtures in public halls 90 27 63 0 0 4 9 7 5 2 27 90 25 58 6 80 5 10 9 1 16 10 43 20
All in working order 3281 866 2415 78 0 112 162 439 282 332 953 3281 1568 1434 279 3102 176 179 76 103 1261 799 714 507
Some in working order 19 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 19 7 8 4 19 4 0 0 0 5 2 3 9
None in working order 145 37 108 13 0 11 14 26 9 22 56 145 66 66 13 140 11 5 3 3 40 25 34 46
Not reported 124 37 87 0 0 3 13 25 10 9 35 124 53 54 17 106 7 17 8 9 42 20 45 16

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3545 965 2580 86 0 141 177 481 277 348 985 3545 1687 1596 263 3370 173 175 86 90 1406 827 731 582
With 1 or more elevators working 1483 379 1104 47 0 55 59 223 106 144 461 1483 746 666 71 1464 63 19 11 8 591 342 326 224
With elevator, none in working condition 7 0 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2
No elevator 2055 586 1469 39 0 83 115 259 171 204 521 2055 933 930 191 1898 110 156 75 81 813 483 404 355
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 112 14 98 0 0 9 4 22 17 2 39 112 79 27 7 112 7 0 0 0 80 17 11 4

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 16209 15063 1146 355 0 250 524 1462 740 455 3030 16209 4035 7853 4321 11247 1524 4962 2139 2798 3154 4004 6088 2964
With basement under all of building 5455 5175 280 77 0 70 53 440 64 103 860 5455 1374 2811 1270 3928 466 1527 718 804 2113 2253 752 336
With basement under part of building 1869 1767 102 12 0 30 16 109 58 24 267 1869 340 924 605 1130 197 739 332 407 506 694 439 230
With crawl space 4661 4314 347 73 0 102 355 557 228 127 1036 4661 1088 1884 1689 2893 582 1768 651 1107 217 676 2574 1194
On concrete slab 4084 3694 390 184 0 36 91 354 375 192 830 4084 1202 2167 714 3218 276 865 417 439 307 358 2259 1159
Other 140 112 28 10 0 11 9 2 16 9 37 140 30 66 44 77 3 63 22 41 11 23 63 44

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 381 276 105 0 33 22 53 81 28 20 115 381 114 150 116 246 39 135 58 77 64 88 182 46
Missing roofing material 674 507 167 11 27 36 50 100 64 12 218 674 242 279 152 500 51 174 73 101 129 177 234 133
Hole in roof 317 237 80 5 40 19 53 90 41 7 121 317 113 121 83 197 22 120 59 61 46 70 175 26
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 339 240 99 8 18 17 52 76 45 19 112 339 105 125 109 226 36 113 40 73 71 74 159 34
Sloping outside walls 215 148 67 3 18 24 42 52 12 17 76 215 51 94 70 123 19 91 38 51 27 35 131 21
Boarded up windows 117 73 43 6 6 10 16 33 5 5 38 117 40 41 35 77 7 40 12 28 38 26 48 5
Broken windows 579 454 124 9 82 33 88 163 36 29 171 579 149 211 219 306 54 273 108 164 103 129 275 72
Bars on windows 1106 767 339 4 14 23 75 373 234 27 287 1106 766 290 51 1063 29 44 22 22 272 130 427 278
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 487 408 80 4 25 13 59 74 19 8 122 487 145 182 160 289 32 199 71 128 103 171 139 74
None of the above 18027 14818 3209 550 1256 288 480 1306 710 808 3620 18027 4518 8892 4617 12789 1643 5239 2218 2974 3857 4385 6424 3361
Not reported 397 330 67 4 20 8 20 50 18 10 64 397 121 202 74 301 26 96 48 48 117 93 135 51

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1462 1375 87 134 1462 18 27 76 30 72 353 1462 174 703 584 588 107 874 373 477 172 180 714 395
First site 1123 1078 45 111 1123 7 10 45 16 43 267 1123 145 539 440 464 77 660 279 363 142 128 539 315
Moved from another site 251 227 24 19 251 5 17 31 3 3 68 251 15 116 120 66 22 185 81 98 20 44 142 44
Don't know 50 37 13 4 50 0 0 0 5 9 7 50 7 26 17 37 8 14 5 8 4 6 13 27
Not reported 37 32 5 0 37 5 0 0 5 18 10 37 7 23 7 22 0 16 8 7 6 2 20 9

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 2072 1646 426 594 400 13 34 120 90 300 394 2072 324 1195 553 1197 138 875 439 415 221 449 905 497
Not previously occupied 1413 1258 155 491 304 8 15 61 58 174 227 1413 210 793 410 752 85 661 317 324 156 297 613 347
Not reported 29 18 11 3 4 0 2 2 0 14 10 29 5 19 5 19 1 10 6 4 1 5 19 3
@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