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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-9. Household Composition--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 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

Population in housing units		 37346 31313 6034 1028 2412 682 1275 4050 2409 1599 7169 37346 10269 18324 8753 26624 2897 10722 4783 5856 8194 8495 13357 7300

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

Persons

1 person		 9938 6882 3056 219 672 228 435 970 394 491 2745 9938 3041 4404 2493 7493 1046 2445 982 1448 2244 2501 3509 1685
2 persons 9738 8770 967 343 688 135 246 665 440 367 1472 9738 2365 4891 2482 6612 756 3126 1366 1726 1993 2253 3554 1938
3 persons 1283 1124 159 12 59 41 50 228 112 55 219 1283 390 654 239 941 65 342 169 173 338 266 450 228
4 persons 518 458 60 15 29 2 18 119 79 27 79 518 148 280 91 381 24 138 71 67 117 94 186 122
5 persons 142 115 27 0 10 8 6 38 25 7 51 142 60 75 7 111 2 31 27 5 42 20 36 45
6 persons 121 101 20 4 3 2 7 32 28 8 16 121 37 71 13 93 2 28 17 11 35 17 42 27
7 persons or more 72 62 10 0 0 0 6 25 25 3 19 72 26 32 14 57 4 15 4 10 9 13 28 22

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 20996 16854 4142 579 1399 394 719 1812 969 904 4382 20996 5797 10008 5192 15074 1845 5923 2527 3347 4610 5022 7501 3863
1 507 415 92 13 51 12 30 149 71 36 125 507 164 251 92 374 32 132 72 60 93 82 201 131
2 200 164 36 0 10 5 4 67 39 4 54 200 68 101 31 159 16 41 25 16 49 41 61 49
3 60 47 12 2 2 5 2 22 18 10 21 60 15 36 9 42 0 18 9 9 13 5 28 14
4 29 16 13 0 0 0 8 13 5 3 11 29 9 10 10 23 4 6 0 6 8 4 10 7
5 15 10 5 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 10 15 11 0 4 13 2 2 0 2 5 6 4 0
6 or more 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 person 14156 10533 3623 334 1005 294 595 1602 740 658 3401 14156 4208 6491 3457 10449 1329 3706 1553 2128 3216 3326 5045 2570
2 persons or more 7656 6980 676 259 457 122 174 476 364 300 1201 7656 1858 3917 1881 5238 570 2418 1083 1312 1562 1837 2760 1497

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 to 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 to 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 to 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 to 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 to 74 10755 8856 1898 359 736 195 391 1146 675 551 1970 10755 2961 5192 2602 7481 826 3273 1465 1777 2379 2403 3905 2068
75 years and over 11057 8657 2401 234 725 222 378 931 428 407 2632 11057 3106 5216 2736 8206 1073 2851 1171 1663 2398 2759 3900 1999
Median 75+ 74 75+ 73 74 75+ 74 74 73 73 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 74 73 74 75+ 75+ 74 74

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 11874 10631 1243 375 790 188 333 1108 710 467 1857 11874 3026 6004 2845 8194 853 3680 1654 1992 2534 2662 4296 2382
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 9182 8482 700 314 569 130 195 524 475 335 1304 9182 2142 4742 2297 6173 679 3009 1357 1618 1854 2137 3351 1841
Under 25 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 to 29 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 to 34 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 to 44 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 9182 8482 700 314 569 130 195 524 475 335 1304 9182 2142 4742 2297 6173 679 3009 1357 1618 1854 2137 3351 1841
Other male householder 692 537 155 17 57 7 24 119 48 53 120 692 225 322 145 503 47 189 91 98 175 144 212 160
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 692 537 155 17 57 7 24 119 48 53 120 692 225 322 145 503 47 189 91 98 175 144 212 160
Other female householder 2000 1612 388 44 163 51 113 465 186 79 433 2000 658 939 403 1519 127 481 206 276 505 381 733 381
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 2000 1612 388 44 163 51 113 465 186 79 433 2000 658 939 403 1519 127 481 206 276 505 381 733 381
1-person households 9938 6882 3056 219 672 228 435 970 394 491 2745 9938 3041 4404 2493 7493 1046 2445 982 1448 2244 2501 3509 1685
Male householder 2433 1620 813 51 166 82 134 278 107 150 525 2433 764 1104 565 1795 193 638 258 373 565 595 823 450
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 2433 1620 813 51 166 82 134 278 107 150 525 2433 764 1104 565 1795 193 638 258 373 565 595 823 450
Female householder 7505 5262 2243 168 506 146 301 692 287 341 2220 7505 2276 3300 1928 5698 853 1806 724 1075 1678 1906 2686 1235
Under 45 year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 7505 5262 2243 168 506 146 301 692 287 341 2220 7505 2276 3300 1928 5698 853 1806 724 1075 1678 1906 2686 1235

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 816 659 157 15 63 22 49 265 135 54 220 816 270 400 146 614 53 202 109 93 167 140 304 204
Married couples 329 299 30 8 28 10 20 76 57 16 65 329 83 188 57 231 17 98 58 40 44 57 136 92
One child under 6 only 44 44 0 4 8 0 3 5 7 0 12 44 5 32 7 31 5 13 10 2 11 0 18 14
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 23 22 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 23 10 12 2 16 0 7 5 2 0 2 9 12
Two or more under 6 only 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 10 3 4 2 3 0 7 4 2 0 3 4 2
One or more 6 to 17 only 245 217 28 4 20 10 15 63 38 16 49 245 62 138 46 174 13 71 38 33 33 49 101 62
Other households with two or more adults 395 310 86 7 27 7 20 135 69 35 106 395 145 180 70 309 25 87 41 46 102 68 132 93
One child under 6 only 59 45 14 0 8 2 2 16 9 7 14 59 19 32 8 38 0 21 14 8 15 8 22 13
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 41 30 11 0 0 0 4 17 0 2 21 41 12 19 11 27 4 14 7 7 13 10 15 3
Two or more under 6 only 25 12 13 0 5 0 0 4 11 5 8 25 0 18 7 21 3 5 0 5 8 2 6 8
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 16 11 5 0 2 0 2 12 0 3 5 16 6 4 6 14 4 2 0 2 3 3 10 0
One or more 6 to 17 only 254 211 43 7 11 5 11 85 49 17 58 254 108 107 39 209 14 44 20 24 63 44 78 69
Households with one adult or none 91 50 42 0 8 5 9 55 9 2 49 91 41 32 18 74 11 18 10 7 21 16 37 18
One child under 6 only 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Two or more under 6 only 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
One or more 6 to 17 only 82 43 39 0 6 5 9 48 9 2 42 82 36 32 14 65 7 18 10 7 18 16 30 18
Total households with no children 20996 16854 4142 579 1399 394 719 1812 969 904 4382 20996 5797 10008 5192 15074 1845 5923 2527 3347 4610 5022 7501 3863
Married couples 8899 8221 678 306 544 120 178 459 423 323 1252 8899 2074 4575 2251 5977 666 2922 1303 1584 1823 2091 3224 1761
Other households with two or more adults 2160 1752 408 54 183 46 106 383 151 91 384 2160 682 1029 448 1604 133 556 241 315 544 431 768 417
Households with one adult 9938 6882 3056 219 672 228 435 970 394 491 2745 9938 3041 4404 2493 7493 1046 2445 982 1448 2244 2501 3509 1685

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 21683 17426 4257 594 1456 409 756 2043 1084 948 4569 21683 6022 10345 5315 15586 1892 6097 2624 3423 4752 5148 7758 4025
With own children under 18 years 129 88 42 0 6 8 12 35 19 9 33 129 44 62 23 101 7 28 12 16 25 15 47 42
Under 6 years only 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 to 17 years only 123 83 40 0 6 8 12 33 18 9 30 123 44 56 23 97 7 26 10 16 23 15 45 40
1 96 66 30 0 6 3 10 20 15 9 23 96 30 44 22 71 7 25 10 15 13 12 38 33
2 18 9 9 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 5 18 11 7 0 18 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 5
3 or more 9 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 9 2 5 2 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 2
Both age groups 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 3460 2935 525 65 230 81 156 691 349 128 633 3460 1084 1706 671 2536 189 924 442 482 885 680 1225 671
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 394 321 73 0 16 14 13 74 67 11 71 394 130 206 57 303 8 91 41 50 121 72 87 114
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 2119 1838 281 37 141 39 93 389 222 67 349 2119 674 1037 409 1574 125 545 261 284 508 409 790 411
Households with three generations 438 376 62 8 23 7 21 108 85 24 87 438 138 238 62 334 24 104 66 38 107 77 154 100
Households with 1 subfamily 415 380 35 8 23 3 19 66 77 26 69 415 107 255 53 308 17 107 70 36 98 69 137 111
Subfamily householder age under 30 70 62 7 0 5 0 3 12 16 5 9 70 15 39 16 49 9 21 14 7 19 5 25 20
30 to 64 344 316 28 8 18 3 16 54 61 21 60 344 92 215 36 260 8 84 56 27 80 63 110 90
65 and over 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 3 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0
Households with other types of relatives 1234 1011 223 27 85 37 65 371 137 56 279 1234 418 573 244 889 67 345 168 177 295 251 463 226
With nonrelatives 503 365 137 16 49 8 16 68 43 45 105 503 174 243 86 392 32 111 57 53 114 80 157 152
Co-owners or co-renters 124 71 53 8 17 2 2 17 7 13 22 124 40 64 20 98 3 26 9 17 32 14 32 46
Lodgers 61 45 16 0 0 2 2 14 13 5 5 61 29 29 3 56 0 5 2 3 16 9 18 18
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 34 22 12 0 2 0 3 15 10 6 12 34 19 10 4 30 0 4 0 4 9 5 10 9
Other nonrelatives 316 250 66 8 29 4 11 33 26 29 71 316 105 150 61 239 30 77 46 31 69 52 105 90
One or more secondary families 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2-person households, none related to
each other		 362 266 96 14 39 6 6 36 21 24 74 362 115 185 62 277 25 85 48 37 79 58 106 119
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 38 24 14 2 2 0 5 8 5 9 5 38 17 10 10 30 2 8 0 8 11 0 22 5

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 3356 2335 1021 67 291 135 245 596 471 151 1146 3356 991 1237 1128 2113 292 1243 403 836 637 687 1582 451
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3858 2963 895 102 357 88 177 568 203 195 1052 3858 1090 1730 1038 2613 359 1245 561 680 932 938 1457 530
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 7374 6144 1230 172 525 108 212 502 228 291 1360 7374 1749 3798 1828 5228 653 2146 948 1175 1778 2086 2325 1185
Additional vocational training 671 567 103 16 71 5 14 37 25 42 108 671 162 336 173 481 51 190 68 121 157 179 211 123
Some college, no degree 2965 2413 552 113 181 40 58 169 90 124 505 2965 919 1427 619 2328 283 637 288 336 440 693 1009 823
Associate degree 670 554 115 23 46 10 12 47 21 49 120 670 174 374 121 499 42 171 92 79 135 117 233 184
Bachelor's degree 2163 1866 297 70 49 29 45 117 55 87 264 2163 682 1105 375 1726 163 437 222 212 484 403 739 536
Graduate or professional degree 1426 1237 189 47 12 7 20 79 36 60 155 1426 460 737 229 1180 106 246 121 123 372 238 459 357
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.9 69.7 55.4 71.6 55.7 46.6 45.2 44.0 39.0 63.8 52.2 66.9 65.7 71.5 59.4 69.9 65.7 59.4 63.4 55.9 67.2 68.5 61.1 75.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 16.5 17.7 11.3 19.6 4.2 8.6 8.4 9.4 8.3 15.4 9.1 16.5 18.8 17.7 11.3 18.5 14.2 11.1 13.0 9.7 17.9 12.4 15.4 22.0

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 21487 17346 4141 587 1449 404 755 2069 984 925 4490 21487 5920 10252 5314 15400 1890 6087 2614 3424 4682 5136 7732 3937
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 1281 877 403 36 24 32 38 47 308 56 333 1281 537 690 54 1194 27 87 60 27 402 159 325 395

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 0
2000 to 2004 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
1995 to 1999 45 10 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 19 45 21 24 0 45 0 0 0 0 18 10 0 17
1990 to 1994 50 18 32 0 5 5 0 0 18 2 28 50 20 30 0 42 0 8 8 0 10 0 16 24
1980 to 1989 164 57 107 7 2 11 6 10 45 32 55 164 100 60 3 156 0 7 4 3 47 8 26 83
1979 or before 1342 960 382 36 29 28 46 46 359 45 338 1342 541 727 74 1233 34 109 70 40 420 168 353 401

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 1354 654 700 315 120 23 68 149 100 958 332 1354 412 659 284 1050 119 304 139 165 251 263 499 341
1995 to 1999 3446 2080 1366 262 427 73 92 284 211 0 856 3446 869 1749 829 2487 315 959 438 514 584 779 1320 763
1990 to 1994 2422 1705 717 0 241 29 83 195 129 0 538 2422 678 1133 611 1763 239 659 271 371 470 556 887 508
1985 to 1989 2083 1630 453 13 219 47 82 186 115 0 452 2083 520 1037 526 1500 181 583 238 345 384 500 764 435
1980 to 1984 1473 1163 310 0 194 21 49 179 82 0 293 1473 422 714 337 1069 133 404 184 204 338 291 578 266
1975 to 1979 1961 1761 200 0 127 41 49 191 107 0 389 1961 595 872 494 1382 167 579 252 327 376 488 698 398
1970 to 1974 1824 1669 155 0 96 34 73 236 110 0 333 1824 494 884 446 1271 156 553 261 289 394 414 707 309
1960 to 1969 3549 3327 222 4 35 58 134 370 137 0 689 3549 1099 1653 796 2637 281 912 394 515 918 863 1216 553
1950 to 1959 2610 2516 94 0 3 46 71 222 90 0 452 2610 739 1263 609 1884 192 726 306 417 725 724 792 369
1940 to 1949 789 739 50 0 0 28 54 47 19 0 168 789 173 332 284 481 79 308 103 205 248 211 252 78
1939 or earlier 301 269 32 0 0 17 13 21 4 0 102 301 67 111 123 164 36 137 50 87 88 74 92 46
Median 1979 1975 1994 2000+ 1991 1978 1978 1978 1985 2000+ 1982 1979 1978 1980 1979 1980 1981 1978 1979 1978 1975 1978 1981 1985

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 1319 760 558 218 103 16 65 173 99 958 327 1319 406 624 289 1003 105 315 132 184 245 258 495 321
Household all moved here from one unit 917 408 509 208 63 11 47 107 53 917 258 917 302 416 199 713 76 204 81 123 178 172 361 205
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 42 8 35 2 2 0 2 9 9 42 6 42 20 17 5 40 5 2 2 0 0 9 21 13
Householder of previous unit moved here 734 319 415 158 45 11 31 84 41 734 191 734 238 332 164 572 65 162 62 100 156 148 291 139
Householder of previous unit not reported 140 81 59 48 15 0 14 14 2 140 60 140 45 66 29 101 6 39 17 23 22 16 49 53
Household moved here from two or more units 32 16 16 9 9 0 2 7 7 32 7 32 6 14 12 20 3 11 3 9 3 7 6 16
No previous householder moved here 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 previous householder moved here 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 7 2 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 2
2 or more previous householders moved here 19 11 8 9 9 0 2 7 3 19 5 19 0 7 12 10 3 9 0 9 3 3 4 9
Previous householder(s) not reported 7 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 7 4 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Some already here, rest moved in 370 337 33 0 31 5 15 60 39 9 62 370 97 195 78 270 26 100 48 52 64 79 128 100
No previous householder moved here 97 82 15 0 9 0 8 22 17 2 19 97 32 45 20 71 5 26 11 15 20 7 40 30
1 or more previous householders moved here 206 195 11 0 18 0 4 22 17 2 28 206 41 118 47 144 19 62 34 28 37 51 66 53
Previous householder(s) not reported 67 60 7 0 4 5 3 15 6 5 14 67 24 32 11 56 2 11 2 9 7 21 22 18
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 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