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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1B-2. Height and Condition of Building--All Housing Units--In Central Cities

(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		 34760 182 34578 31439 16703 14736 3139 1316 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668

Stories in Structure@18

1		 10569 51 10518 9757 6790 2967 761 229 7.1 125 56 143 208 372 0
2 10850 34 10816 9826 4700 5125 991 512 9.0 84 74 109 212 445 0
3 8023 36 7987 7154 3619 3535 833 362 9.2 88 76 118 188 281 0
4 to 6 3055 13 3042 2765 819 1947 276 127 6.1 17 16 50 66 75 0
7 or more 1596 26 1569 1398 308 1090 171 75 6.4 15 11 55 16 47 0

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12622 83 12539 11019 1343 9676 1520 899 8.4 64 91 240 227 423 0
None (on same floor) 3776 18 3758 3337 441 2896 422 253 8.0 22 12 56 78 135 0
1 (up or down) 3209 17 3191 2788 315 2473 403 249 9.1 11 23 59 61 74 0
2 or more (up or down) 5638 48 5589 4894 588 4307 695 397 8.4 30 55 124 88 213 0

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12622 83 12539 11019 1343 9676 1520 899 8.4 64 91 240 227 423 0
No common stairways 814 1 812 697 104 594 115 71 10.7 6 0 12 26 35 0
With common stairways 11483 78 11404 10071 1202 8870 1333 814 8.3 52 79 210 178 373 0
No loose steps 9854 76 9779 8642 1088 7554 1136 705 8.5 39 74 180 138 317 0
Railings not loose 8167 71 8096 7123 904 6219 973 582 8.5 35 69 171 116 269 0
Railings loose 1424 4 1420 1302 159 1143 118 94 7.6 4 0 7 13 38 0
No railings 176 0 176 142 23 120 34 25 16.9 0 2 0 7 10 0
Status of railings not reported 88 1 87 75 2 72 12 5 5.7 0 2 2 3 0 0
Loose steps 1628 2 1626 1429 113 1316 197 109 7.6 12 5 31 40 55 0
Railings not loose 1415 2 1413 1274 108 1166 139 85 6.8 5 5 26 18 55 0
Railings loose 181 0 181 137 5 132 45 20 13.2 7 0 5 13 0 0
No railings 29 0 29 18 0 18 11 3 15.9 0 0 0 7 0 0
Status of railings not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 326 4 322 251 38 212 72 14 6.0 7 12 17 23 15 0

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 13764 83 13680 12033 1457 10576 1647 972 8.4 69 96 267 244 438 0
No public halls 1620 8 1612 1395 154 1241 217 130 9.4 16 11 17 43 58 0
No light fixtures in public halls 296 0 296 263 23 240 34 24 9.2 0 0 6 4 15 0
All in working order 10324 68 10256 9119 1164 7955 1136 703 8.1 40 68 201 124 352 0
Some in working order 321 0 321 297 10 287 24 14 4.7 0 0 7 3 0 0
None in working order 689 2 687 608 53 555 79 51 8.4 2 0 7 19 9 0
Not reported 513 5 508 352 53 299 156 49 13.6 11 16 29 52 5 0

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 12622 83 12539 11019 1343 9676 1520 899 8.4 64 91 240 227 423 0
With 1 or more elevators working 2712 29 2683 2418 441 1977 265 131 6.2 20 24 63 27 99 0
With elevator, none in working condition 60 0 60 49 2 47 11 7 12.7 0 0 2 2 0 0
No elevator 9851 54 9796 8552 901 7651 1244 760 9.0 44 66 175 198 323 0
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1015 13 1002 866 50 816 137 88 9.6 2 7 21 19 47 0

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 20328 77 20251 18867 14779 4088 1384 334 7.5 261 137 207 445 781 0
With basement under all of building 6639 12 6627 6161 5053 1108 466 98 8.1 90 63 54 161 146 0
With basement under part of building 1660 0 1660 1565 1311 253 95 18 6.6 21 12 4 40 21 0
With crawl space 5005 20 4986 4605 3549 1056 381 96 8.2 63 37 52 132 95 0
On concrete slab 6877 39 6837 6424 4806 1619 413 116 6.6 80 25 92 101 499 0
Other 148 6 142 112 61 52 30 7 11.4 7 0 5 11 21 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1006 9 997 811 403 408 186 47 10.3 17 12 11 99 16 37
Missing roofing material 1651 4 1647 1369 661 708 279 77 9.7 25 20 24 133 36 22
Hole in roof 929 0 929 783 345 438 146 24 5.2 13 10 8 91 11 24
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1384 0 1384 1106 460 647 278 74 10.2 31 19 27 127 23 16
Sloping outside walls 712 2 710 582 246 336 128 36 9.5 13 7 9 64 16 22
Boarded up windows 767 1 766 476 133 343 290 86 19.7 17 16 18 153 0 9
Broken windows 1953 0 1953 1589 673 916 364 113 10.9 37 18 30 166 12 53
Bars on windows 3599 24 3575 3319 1498 1821 255 143 7.2 10 18 30 54 29 14
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1252 1 1251 1089 541 548 162 46 7.7 11 15 15 75 10 3
None of the above 24820 142 24678 22665 12850 9814 2013 911 8.4 246 171 391 295 1152 540
Not reported 724 0 724 635 423 212 89 17 7.5 7 2 30 33 30 11

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 668 22 646 539 467 72 107 10 12.1 8 0 61 29 63 668
First site 468 16 452 367 344 23 85 5 17.6 8 0 58 15 53 468
Moved from another site 82 0 82 63 48 16 18 5 24.4 0 0 2 11 7 82
Don't know 81 6 75 72 48 24 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 4 4 81
Not reported 38 0 38 38 28 10 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 38
@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