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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-1. Introductory Characteristics--Owner Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Tenure

Owner occupied		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230
Percent of all occupied 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Renter occupied 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Race and Origin

White		 61978 3920 5243 780 1458 0 3523 15707 4676 5355 61978 12754 34593 14631 41002 4369 20976 10496 10262 11688 16253 21873 12165
Non-Hispanic 58455 3774 5063 735 1239 0 0 15089 4376 4909 58455 11488 32705 14262 37985 4212 20469 10207 10050 11404 15995 20325 10730
Hispanic 3523 146 180 45 219 0 3523 618 300 446 3523 1266 1889 369 3016 157 507 289 212 283 258 1548 1434
Black 6286 436 556 111 451 6286 102 1372 454 966 6286 2765 2606 914 5050 317 1236 618 598 815 1184 3842 445
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 297 11 48 6 10 0 24 49 34 60 297 46 100 151 149 38 148 36 112 18 36 97 146
Asian and Pacific Islander 1790 180 21 15 25 0 50 173 240 101 1790 598 1139 53 1650 24 139 106 28 306 192 337 956
Other 1357 141 105 28 51 0 984 83 282 186 1357 540 718 99 1226 44 131 74 55 180 156 501 520
Total Hispanic@21 4684 265 285 72 276 102 4684 704 555 604 4684 1756 2456 472 4043 201 641 361 271 390 377 2005 1911

Units in Structure

1, detached		 58744 3338 0 737 1544 4905 3868 14036 4227 4984 58744 13401 32414 12928 40827 4224 17917 9082 8705 10167 15526 21357 11693
1, attached 3708 297 0 32 57 559 258 911 424 371 3708 1378 2136 194 3373 100 335 232 94 1251 566 1219 672
2 to 4 1283 33 0 25 100 143 126 368 115 126 1283 677 519 87 1200 55 83 46 32 524 316 189 254
5 to 9 500 38 0 13 15 24 27 129 49 30 500 137 338 25 452 20 48 40 5 94 110 153 143
10 to 19 499 48 0 7 25 38 48 156 79 31 499 152 329 18 482 11 17 10 7 115 99 149 135
20 to 49 389 14 0 8 10 21 25 158 36 50 389 157 224 8 380 5 9 6 3 100 73 149 67
50 or more 612 11 0 18 31 40 46 260 56 63 612 334 275 3 607 3 5 3 0 240 96 172 103
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 5974 911 5974 99 214 556 285 1368 699 1012 5974 467 2922 2585 1756 373 4218 1911 2212 515 1035 3261 1162

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 395 9 31 20 18 44 37 141 41 46 395 273 113 9 377 2 18 12 6 304 28 38 25
Condominiums 3387 291 9 32 89 157 225 1086 466 304 3387 894 2357 135 3129 76 257 189 59 591 742 1068 986

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 2093 2093 372 11 19 170 121 222 1304 153 2093 321 1352 421 1166 73 927 569 348 187 441 1047 418
1995 to 1999 6377 2595 1326 24 38 559 355 751 521 439 6377 867 4154 1356 3373 319 3004 1871 1038 590 1351 3039 1397
1990 to 1994 5192 0 843 40 75 365 285 676 394 369 5192 773 3294 1125 3075 209 2118 1166 916 550 1136 2312 1194
1985 to 1989 5329 0 625 35 104 339 284 817 441 376 5329 841 3517 971 3612 208 1717 916 763 888 964 2325 1151
1980 to 1984 4369 0 659 38 81 316 286 834 291 386 4369 834 2656 880 3039 253 1330 675 627 506 785 2137 941
1975 to 1979 7352 0 841 65 158 401 434 1407 517 652 7352 1240 4187 1925 4497 460 2856 1381 1465 841 1629 3085 1797
1970 to 1974 6343 0 778 93 172 555 442 1657 385 682 6343 1195 3628 1520 4138 410 2205 1087 1110 894 1332 2690 1427
1960 to 1969 9627 0 416 127 233 935 620 3050 489 877 9627 2510 5322 1794 7345 651 2282 1129 1143 1664 2383 3569 2011
1950 to 1959 8967 0 71 164 295 876 792 3278 435 881 8967 2572 4891 1504 7361 657 1606 757 846 1980 2544 2789 1655
1940 to 1949 4721 0 14 81 259 555 460 1543 275 510 4721 1615 2106 999 3684 416 1036 452 583 1035 1248 1487 951
1930 to 1939 3367 0 30 74 185 472 262 883 217 395 3367 1317 1212 838 2500 275 867 297 563 891 1026 907 542
1920 to 1929 2821 0 0 82 133 317 149 780 160 295 2821 1168 975 678 2172 267 649 238 412 968 996 507 350
1919 or earlier 5150 0 0 106 242 426 194 1487 257 651 5150 1449 1863 1837 3117 595 2033 791 1242 2014 1985 757 394
Median 1970 1999 1986 1957 1956 1965 1967 1962 1981 1966 1970 1960 1974 1970 1967 1962 1976 1978 1973 1958 1964 1976 1974

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 55860 3696 3389 715 1317 5372 4212 12826 4571 4606 55860 16703 39157 0 44284 0 11576 11329 0 11330 12851 19726 11953
In central cities 16703 701 467 226 558 2765 1756 4198 1331 1615 16703 16703 0 0 16457 0 246 0 0 2517 4025 5796 4366
Suburbs 39157 2995 2922 489 760 2606 2456 8628 3240 2991 39157 0 39157 0 27828 0 11329 11329 0 8813 8826 13930 7588
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 15848 992 2585 225 678 914 472 4559 1114 2061 15848 0 0 15848 4792 4792 11056 0 11056 1677 4970 6924 2277

Regions

Northeast		 13007 406 515 222 227 815 390 3439 772 1008 13007 2517 8813 1677 8986 344 4020 2669 1333 13007 0 0 0
Midwest 17821 963 1035 233 302 1184 377 4186 1291 1327 17821 4025 8826 4970 11981 1642 5840 2483 3328 0 17821 0 0
South 26651 2314 3261 326 1230 3842 2005 6595 2269 3190 26651 5796 13930 6924 16421 1746 10229 4965 5178 0 0 26651 0
West 14230 1005 1162 158 237 445 1911 3165 1353 1141 14230 4366 7588 2277 11688 1060 2542 1212 1217 0 0 0 14230

Urbanized Areas

Inside urbanized areas		 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
In central cities of MSAs S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Urban fringe S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Outside urbanized areas S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Other urban S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Rural S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 3785 131 334 58 122 154 148 1066 189 427 3785 0 1821 1964 425 0 3360 1396 1964 647 1457 1206 475
2,500 to 9,999 persons 8967 387 581 93 238 527 528 2324 742 858 8967 3 6641 2324 8901 2310 67 53 14 1707 2271 3320 1669
10,000 to 19,999 persons 6232 235 238 130 178 482 398 1564 459 545 6232 76 4895 1261 6171 1259 61 59 2 1213 1779 2404 835
20,000 to 49,999 persons 9284 404 229 106 181 814 734 2284 732 704 9284 1887 6344 1053 9233 1043 51 41 10 1478 2577 2987 2242
50,000 to 99,999 persons 6297 297 141 75 113 479 611 1492 500 469 6297 2913 3384 0 6268 0 30 11 0 999 1825 1465 2008
100,000 to 249,999 persons 4805 221 118 85 124 596 466 1054 462 386 4805 3475 1330 0 4747 0 58 2 0 401 975 1561 1868
250,000 to 499,999 persons 3226 118 51 35 101 524 387 733 268 308 3226 3167 59 0 3194 0 32 0 0 177 642 1224 1182
500,000 to 999,999 persons 2074 78 39 13 115 434 328 560 157 213 2074 2074 0 0 2069 0 5 0 0 75 482 901 616
1,000,000 persons or more 2873 56 18 46 128 793 379 740 166 315 2873 2873 0 0 2871 0 3 0 0 1173 625 463 612
@21Because Hispanics may be of any race,data can overlap slightly with other groups. Most Hispanics report
themselves as White, but some report themsleves as Black or in other categories.
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005