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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 2-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units

(Numbers in thousands)
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 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		 105435 71708 33727 5853 7184 2108 4503 13223 9720 21655 17007 14495 105435 31439 53207 20789 78482 7397 26953 13257 13393 20352 24446 37976 22662

Stories in Structure@18

1		 33819 25429 8390 1590 0 553 1808 4329 4455 8368 4667 5135 33819 9757 16279 7783 24933 3019 8886 4041 4764 1235 3883 18616 10085
2 34530 22232 12298 1922 0 621 1160 3975 2816 6305 6390 4111 34530 9826 18520 6184 26483 2349 8047 4136 3835 6240 9691 10400 8198
3 22799 15308 7491 1220 0 444 838 2887 1135 3756 3633 2438 22799 7154 12331 3314 18161 1311 4638 2594 2004 8247 8306 3956 2291
4 to 6 5187 2301 2885 104 0 278 307 867 671 1053 859 812 5187 2765 2077 345 4826 206 360 220 139 2978 1029 670 509
7 or more 1917 464 1453 44 0 96 114 473 209 719 283 608 1917 1398 487 32 1910 30 7 3 2 1067 328 337 185

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21726 2984 18742 844 0 857 1611 4349 3142 3526 6713 4444 21726 11019 9132 1575 20681 1200 1044 624 375 6546 4599 5677 4904
None (on same floor) 7417 1131 6286 346 0 211 500 1411 1095 1075 2551 1461 7417 3337 3384 696 6953 504 464 252 192 1845 1552 2208 1812
1 (up or down) 5790 721 5069 144 0 221 457 1118 784 773 1877 1089 5790 2788 2567 435 5469 324 321 193 110 1539 1326 1412 1513
2 or more (up or down) 8519 1131 7387 354 0 425 653 1819 1263 1678 2285 1894 8519 4894 3180 444 8259 372 260 179 72 3162 1721 2056 1579

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21726 2984 18742 844 0 857 1611 4349 3142 3526 6713 4444 21726 11019 9132 1575 20681 1200 1044 624 375 6546 4599 5677 4904
No common stairways 1682 261 1421 113 0 48 129 341 166 163 658 291 1682 697 806 179 1539 141 144 94 38 363 458 483 379
With common stairways 19602 2629 16972 708 0 796 1437 3878 2910 3269 5943 4035 19602 10071 8170 1360 18720 1032 882 520 328 6014 4061 5100 4426
No loose steps 17096 2381 14716 643 0 653 1154 3304 2290 2914 5215 3429 17096 8642 7200 1255 16279 945 818 477 310 5159 3679 4444 3814
Railings not loose 14079 1938 12141 546 0 480 873 2744 1766 2440 4262 2813 14079 7123 5899 1058 13382 799 698 413 258 4332 3040 3643 3064
Railings loose 2507 374 2133 87 0 138 231 488 442 401 768 509 2507 1302 1046 159 2405 114 101 51 45 703 506 673 624
No railings 362 61 301 9 0 17 32 52 62 49 124 80 362 142 192 28 346 22 16 10 6 98 100 89 75
Status of railings not reported 148 7 141 0 0 18 17 19 20 23 60 28 148 75 63 10 145 10 3 3 0 25 33 39 50
Loose steps 2505 249 2257 66 0 143 283 574 620 355 728 606 2505 1429 971 105 2441 87 64 43 18 855 382 656 612
Railings not loose 2204 235 1969 66 0 103 199 489 539 335 636 508 2204 1274 842 88 2155 71 49 30 16 755 339 578 532
Railings loose 261 7 254 0 0 37 74 78 66 11 85 97 261 137 107 18 249 16 12 10 2 84 41 75 61
No railings 33 6 27 0 0 3 5 7 11 9 4 2 33 18 15 0 33 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 19
Status of railings not reported 7 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 7 0 7 0 4 0 3 3 0 5 0 2 0
Status of stairways not reported 442 93 349 23 0 14 45 130 66 94 112 118 442 251 155 36 423 28 19 10 9 169 80 94 98

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 24436 3283 21153 928 0 900 1870 4877 3661 4118 7594 5261 24436 12033 10244 2159 23060 1583 1376 754 575 6706 5009 6892 5829
No public halls 3579 445 3134 148 0 89 276 691 564 480 1313 773 3579 1395 1619 564 3210 402 368 194 163 459 763 1306 1051
No light fixtures in public halls 616 76 540 32 0 17 83 126 102 89 248 180 616 263 246 107 566 83 50 26 24 77 93 219 227
All in working order 17763 2479 15284 684 0 665 1196 3495 2564 3264 5206 3695 17763 9119 7382 1261 16904 914 859 481 347 5533 3664 4647 3919
Some in working order 561 20 541 4 0 44 61 137 90 19 189 130 561 297 226 38 545 31 16 9 7 150 122 150 138
None in working order 1255 150 1105 44 0 66 189 252 242 144 433 312 1255 608 542 106 1213 90 42 23 15 263 250 390 351
Not reported 662 112 550 16 0 20 65 175 100 123 205 171 662 352 228 83 622 63 40 20 19 225 115 179 144

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21726 2984 18742 844 0 857 1611 4349 3142 3526 6713 4444 21726 11019 9132 1575 20681 1200 1044 624 375 6546 4599 5677 4904
With 1 or more elevators working 3925 851 3074 119 0 184 252 788 476 1477 717 975 3925 2418 1390 118 3898 109 28 17 8 1717 749 697 762
With elevator, none in working condition 63 4 59 0 0 7 11 14 13 7 16 27 63 49 12 2 63 2 0 0 0 31 10 16 7
No elevator 17737 2128 15608 725 0 666 1348 3547 2653 2042 5980 3443 17737 8552 7729 1455 16720 1089 1017 607 366 4797 3840 4963 4136
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1426 84 1342 104 0 116 168 328 214 112 412 283 1426 866 513 47 1373 42 53 48 5 642 300 298 186

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 73816 62452 11364 3953 0 1092 2357 7655 5625 16083 8238 7842 73816 18867 39450 15499 53253 5331 20563 10238 10168 13061 18229 27087 15439
With basement under all of building 24412 21764 2648 1158 0 344 376 2384 745 5418 2141 2020 24412 6161 13513 4739 17644 1670 6768 3654 3069 8707 10380 3574 1751
With basement under part of building 8429 7571 859 209 0 150 224 450 261 1853 678 660 8429 1565 4526 2339 5428 702 3001 1357 1636 2307 3477 1545 1100
With crawl space 18643 15413 3230 632 0 357 1242 2166 1644 4618 2018 2608 18643 4605 8304 5734 11882 1889 6761 2887 3845 788 2571 9815 5469
On concrete slab 21781 17310 4471 1911 0 226 475 2614 2929 4055 3308 2446 21781 6424 12821 2536 17957 1034 3824 2246 1503 1174 1685 11929 6994
Other 550 394 156 44 0 15 40 40 46 139 92 109 550 112 287 151 341 36 209 94 115 85 116 224 125

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 2573 1546 1026 39 311 134 433 420 295 378 489 551 2573 811 1077 685 1783 256 790 355 429 475 635 1017 445
Missing roofing material 4070 2435 1635 76 252 186 523 728 499 668 648 853 4070 1369 1833 869 3053 319 1016 463 549 759 973 1395 943
Hole in roof 2057 1149 909 23 243 124 471 497 281 315 331 528 2057 783 791 484 1512 186 546 248 298 336 470 843 407
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 3110 1658 1453 63 260 161 560 659 450 336 621 702 3110 1106 1270 734 2247 256 864 385 478 558 794 1125 633
Sloping outside walls 1797 959 838 40 263 113 388 345 262 213 353 416 1797 582 733 482 1216 149 581 240 333 284 388 770 355
Boarded up windows 1149 493 656 14 131 94 208 343 161 116 211 369 1149 476 402 271 861 92 288 110 179 215 259 464 211
Broken windows 4553 2545 2007 45 491 293 709 855 714 575 814 1047 4553 1589 1834 1130 3220 422 1333 621 707 817 1080 1701 955
Bars on windows 4703 2414 2289 43 59 215 397 1549 1209 1097 651 961 4703 3319 1212 171 4529 86 174 88 86 1221 517 1567 1399
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 3064 1816 1248 49 136 156 538 528 328 483 483 634 3064 1089 1178 797 2223 315 842 354 483 630 896 957 582
None of the above 84285 59767 24518 5456 5805 1282 2381 9062 6605 17899 13458 10473 84285 22665 44592 17029 61772 5963 22513 11172 11066 15618 19934 30783 17951
Not reported 2010 1613 397 113 155 44 88 297 181 395 238 259 2010 635 997 378 1485 122 525 260 256 486 413 756 355

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 7184 5974 1210 972 7184 116 276 691 435 1454 1176 1392 7184 539 3513 3132 2169 482 5014 2265 2649 585 1208 3997 1394
First site 4587 4152 435 770 4587 59 117 471 224 1118 456 751 4587 367 2293 1927 1379 289 3208 1516 1639 412 724 2501 951
Moved from another site 1384 1192 192 156 1384 27 101 130 63 250 145 320 1384 63 642 679 287 72 1097 460 606 98 267 844 175
Don't know 631 333 298 35 631 20 41 32 78 49 227 176 631 72 272 288 284 88 348 141 200 44 102 315 171
Not reported 582 297 285 11 582 10 17 58 70 37 348 145 582 38 306 238 220 33 362 148 205 31 115 338 98

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 17114 13663 3452 5853 2820 110 272 1584 1145 2075 3925 1555 17114 3000 10605 3510 10383 911 6731 3988 2599 1587 3582 7954 3991
Not previously occupied 10415 9653 762 4605 1862 54 78 938 632 1415 1617 786 10415 1514 6586 2316 5668 455 4747 2805 1861 1036 2210 4941 2229
Not reported 452 268 184 146 104 3 22 37 25 29 171 91 452 83 268 100 277 30 175 104 71 42 68 253 88
@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