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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1A-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 118196 3055 115141 105435 71708 33727 9705 2893 7.8 1234 726 2577 2275 6817 8831

Stories in Structure@18

1		 38392 1323 37069 33819 25429 8390 3250 721 7.9 502 230 849 948 1814 0
2 38072 720 37353 34530 22232 12298 2823 1009 7.5 294 214 729 577 2213 0
3 24901 240 24661 22799 15308 7491 1862 714 8.6 219 170 410 350 1444 0
4 to 6 5712 52 5660 5187 2301 2885 474 179 5.8 33 26 142 93 154 0
7 or more 2287 98 2189 1917 464 1453 272 107 6.8 21 16 105 24 89 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25051 357 24694 21726 2984 18742 2968 1638 8.0 125 214 651 341 1183 0
None (on same floor) 8428 81 8347 7417 1131 6286 930 517 7.5 52 56 188 117 438 0
1 (up or down) 6673 84 6589 5790 721 5069 799 445 8.0 24 74 162 94 214 0
2 or more (up or down) 9951 193 9758 8519 1131 7387 1240 676 8.3 49 83 301 130 531 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25051 357 24694 21726 2984 18742 2968 1638 8.0 125 214 651 341 1183 0
No common stairways 1954 26 1928 1682 261 1421 246 134 8.5 19 10 46 38 131 0
With common stairways 22568 327 22242 19602 2629 16972 2640 1483 8.0 96 192 589 281 1030 0
No loose steps 19717 305 19412 17096 2381 14716 2315 1304 8.1 79 177 530 225 928 0
Railings not loose 16336 275 16061 14079 1938 12141 1982 1102 8.2 66 159 477 177 800 0
Railings loose 2783 24 2759 2507 374 2133 252 154 6.7 13 6 46 33 112 0
No railings 437 5 432 362 61 301 70 44 12.4 0 9 5 12 16 0
Status of railings not reported 161 1 160 148 7 141 12 5 3.1 0 2 2 3 0 0
Loose steps 2851 21 2830 2505 249 2257 325 179 7.3 16 15 58 56 101 0
Railings not loose 2473 21 2453 2204 235 1969 249 145 6.8 8 15 52 28 101 0
Railings loose 318 0 318 261 7 254 57 29 10.1 9 0 5 15 0 0
No railings 50 0 50 33 6 27 17 5 15.3 0 0 2 10 0 0
Status of railings not reported 10 0 10 7 0 7 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 529 5 525 442 93 349 83 21 5.7 10 12 17 23 23 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 28187 383 27805 24436 3283 21153 3369 1878 8.1 141 224 727 399 1280 0
No public halls 4147 55 4092 3579 445 3134 513 320 9.2 37 24 72 60 189 0
No light fixtures in public halls 740 9 730 616 76 540 114 65 10.7 3 0 31 15 39 0
All in working order 20404 294 20110 17763 2479 15284 2347 1299 7.8 81 183 545 240 978 0
Some in working order 602 1 601 561 20 541 40 23 4.1 0 0 14 3 4 0
None in working order 1396 2 1394 1255 150 1105 139 90 7.5 6 0 23 20 53 0
Not reported 898 21 877 662 112 550 215 81 12.7 15 16 41 61 16 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 25051 357 24694 21726 2984 18742 2968 1638 8.0 125 214 651 341 1183 0
With 1 or more elevators working 4581 132 4449 3925 851 3074 523 221 6.7 40 38 180 44 228 0
With elevator, none in working condition 77 0 77 63 4 59 14 8 11.9 0 0 4 2 0 0
No elevator 20393 225 20168 17737 2128 15608 2431 1408 8.2 85 176 468 295 955 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1685 24 1662 1426 84 1342 236 155 10.3 2 11 42 26 123 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 81178 2051 79128 73816 62452 11364 5312 851 6.9 928 432 1507 1593 4435 0
With basement under all of building 25975 294 25681 24412 21764 2648 1269 159 5.6 267 132 284 427 1251 0
With basement under part of building 8985 126 8859 8429 7571 859 430 59 6.4 78 38 126 129 235 0
With crawl space 21313 803 20510 18643 15413 3230 1866 285 8.0 273 132 543 634 733 0
On concrete slab 23992 586 23406 21781 17310 4471 1625 335 6.9 294 123 512 361 2160 0
Other 913 241 672 550 394 156 122 13 7.7 17 7 41 42 56 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 3378 185 3193 2573 1546 1026 621 123 10.5 70 60 51 317 61 492
Missing roofing material 5091 198 4894 4070 2435 1635 824 166 9.1 75 63 112 408 103 389
Hole in roof 2586 108 2478 2057 1149 909 421 67 6.8 39 29 44 243 37 342
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 4039 164 3875 3110 1658 1453 764 155 9.6 93 50 89 377 70 386
Sloping outside walls 2391 160 2231 1797 959 838 434 85 9.1 56 35 40 218 55 391
Boarded up windows 1885 110 1774 1149 493 656 626 134 16.7 50 34 68 340 15 246
Broken windows 5639 164 5474 4553 2545 2007 922 206 9.3 112 57 110 436 62 709
Bars on windows 5041 39 5002 4703 2414 2289 299 162 6.6 17 21 37 62 43 61
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 3621 114 3507 3064 1816 1248 442 87 6.5 35 38 49 233 53 191
None of the above 93733 2467 91265 84285 59767 24518 6980 2190 8.1 953 556 2099 1182 6371 7009
Not reported 2235 29 2206 2010 1613 397 196 31 7.3 24 9 53 79 113 180

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 8831 622 8208 7184 5974 1210 1025 164 11.9 164 70 343 284 1102 8831
First site 5504 303 5201 4587 4152 435 614 92 17.2 109 47 254 113 847 5504
Moved from another site 1775 175 1599 1384 1192 192 216 48 20.0 21 10 49 88 189 1775
Don't know 953 144 810 631 333 298 178 24 7.5 33 13 25 83 55 953
Not reported 598 0 598 582 297 285 17 0 0.0 2 0 15 0 11 598
@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