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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 190641 13316 14785 2462 5232 17750 16370 31080 15686 15186 190641 43947 107092 39603 131398 11570 59243 30578 28032 35407 46958 68741 39535

Total		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Persons

1 person		 15283 614 1609 265 559 1418 564 6833 1062 2594 15283 4119 7444 3720 10823 1279 4460 1976 2441 2657 3893 5906 2827
2 persons 25255 1689 2075 292 564 1731 1110 8706 1922 2195 25255 5510 13654 6091 16620 1779 8635 4226 4312 4353 6248 9670 4984
3 persons 11881 912 984 150 371 1220 815 1117 1070 634 11881 2696 6645 2540 8029 749 3852 2010 1791 2202 2879 4576 2224
4 persons 11669 964 779 123 284 1045 1010 455 978 565 11669 2508 6992 2169 8080 599 3589 1979 1570 2284 2971 4069 2345
5 persons 5017 378 366 51 112 520 585 114 439 352 5017 1149 2978 890 3563 273 1455 820 618 999 1251 1667 1100
6 persons 1628 98 90 32 61 208 316 100 122 170 1628 426 929 274 1244 88 384 198 186 349 388 460 432
7 persons or more 975 34 71 27 45 144 284 61 92 156 975 295 516 164 718 27 257 120 138 163 190 303 319

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 45644 2419 3812 601 1225 3519 2087 16732 3094 4953 45644 10817 24034 10794 30944 3275 14700 7027 7518 8317 11385 17185 8757
1 10937 939 1003 160 347 1225 904 411 1087 580 10937 2526 6203 2208 7517 697 3420 1865 1511 1938 2601 4244 2154
2 10078 923 760 98 245 974 933 163 1006 573 10078 2165 6028 1885 7056 566 3021 1667 1319 1821 2526 3559 2172
3 3635 316 268 39 112 343 496 47 364 310 3635 826 2148 661 2582 190 1053 570 471 728 938 1192 777
4 951 70 79 22 43 154 166 16 83 143 951 242 500 209 678 59 274 123 150 140 249 332 230
5 268 18 20 13 13 41 51 10 30 75 268 68 150 50 173 3 95 48 47 36 86 76 70
6 or more 195 3 32 7 10 29 47 5 22 33 195 59 95 41 126 2 68 29 39 25 36 63 70

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 52331 4074 4445 669 1464 4705 3802 0 5137 3425 52331 12003 29417 10911 35802 3188 16529 8609 7723 9104 13267 19362 10598
1 person 12293 371 1085 178 383 1178 563 10458 350 2224 12293 3078 6042 3173 8494 1078 3800 1679 2095 2523 2846 4640 2284
2 persons or more 7084 244 444 92 148 403 319 6928 198 1017 7084 1622 3697 1764 4781 527 2303 1041 1238 1380 1707 2649 1348

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 1309 182 233 18 52 104 129 0 445 250 1309 342 685 282 874 106 436 246 177 162 341 556 251
25 to 29 3230 493 490 51 136 235 310 0 863 164 3230 857 1703 670 2221 179 1009 493 492 438 856 1303 634
30 to 34 5667 779 491 80 128 527 528 0 959 256 5667 1390 3321 956 4069 300 1598 919 655 961 1487 2128 1091
35 to 44 16229 1309 1361 201 477 1498 1345 0 1601 855 16229 3647 9422 3160 11206 905 5023 2710 2254 2899 4079 5836 3415
45 to 54 16519 846 1124 213 417 1554 1035 0 874 915 16519 3810 9208 3501 11373 1049 5146 2651 2453 2992 4145 5962 3419
55 to 64 11369 605 907 120 290 995 632 0 515 1168 11369 2459 6190 2720 7456 742 3913 1896 1978 2116 2726 4271 2256
65 to 74 8795 305 686 113 251 775 430 8795 284 1338 8795 2070 4430 2295 5773 676 3022 1371 1619 1757 2053 3370 1615
75 years and over 8590 170 682 143 244 597 274 8590 145 1721 8590 2128 4199 2264 6106 836 2485 1044 1428 1682 2134 3224 1551
Median 50 41 48 50 49 50 45 74 38 62 50 50 49 53 50 53 51 49 52 51 50 50 50

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 56425 4075 4365 674 1437 4868 4120 10552 4623 4072 56425 12584 31713 12128 38254 3514 18172 9353 8614 10349 13928 20745 11403
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 44273 3267 2964 465 964 2830 3110 8419 3387 2637 44273 9106 25445 9723 29405 2692 14868 7678 7030 8123 11144 16171 8836
Under 25 years 486 93 86 2 10 22 61 0 183 45 486 84 275 127 291 41 194 109 86 48 129 210 99
25 to 29 years 2022 339 255 35 85 73 209 0 535 67 2022 473 1067 482 1374 139 648 291 343 249 556 823 394
30 to 34 years 3716 561 266 27 67 279 388 0 618 96 3716 815 2258 643 2591 190 1125 649 453 643 985 1370 718
35 to 44 years 11095 958 761 133 245 745 961 0 1041 369 11095 2186 6819 2089 7419 544 3676 2089 1545 2078 2812 3888 2317
45 to 64 years 18536 1030 1052 168 390 1255 1107 0 774 938 18536 3694 10631 4211 12179 1148 6358 3248 3064 3483 4663 6699 3691
65 years and over 8419 287 543 100 168 455 384 8419 236 1121 8419 1854 4394 2171 5551 630 2867 1292 1540 1623 1999 3180 1617
Other male householder 4382 283 500 66 147 431 346 533 516 342 4382 1171 2323 889 3035 279 1347 701 609 824 1028 1514 1016
Under 45 years 2357 186 305 42 84 183 220 0 364 130 2357 626 1263 467 1649 153 707 373 314 391 603 812 551
45 to 64 years 1493 80 142 20 46 173 97 0 130 136 1493 383 793 317 1009 92 485 243 224 302 307 540 344
65 years and over 533 17 53 4 16 74 28 533 22 76 533 161 266 105 377 35 155 84 71 131 119 163 120
Other female householder 7769 525 901 143 326 1608 664 1601 721 1093 7769 2308 3945 1516 5813 542 1956 975 975 1402 1756 3060 1552
Under 45 years 3264 356 499 61 156 718 304 0 537 472 3264 970 1644 650 2405 226 859 428 424 471 772 1398 623
45 to 64 years 2904 127 249 50 93 560 251 0 147 338 2904 887 1496 520 2237 215 667 361 306 564 664 1038 637
65 years and over 1601 43 153 32 77 330 110 1601 37 283 1601 450 805 346 1171 101 430 185 245 367 319 623 292
1-person households 15283 614 1609 265 559 1418 564 6833 1062 2594 15283 4119 7444 3720 10823 1279 4460 1976 2441 2657 3893 5906 2827
Male householder 5905 275 714 129 253 541 234 1608 538 702 5905 1655 2900 1349 4064 376 1840 844 973 969 1499 2290 1147
Under 45 years 2210 165 291 32 105 221 108 0 360 212 2210 695 1105 410 1624 117 586 287 293 350 567 870 424
45 to 64 years 2086 80 273 54 87 202 77 0 142 230 2086 535 1038 513 1350 131 736 345 382 294 518 840 434
65 years and over 1608 31 150 42 60 118 50 1608 36 260 1608 425 757 426 1090 127 518 212 299 324 414 580 289
Female householder 9378 339 895 137 306 877 330 5225 524 1892 9378 2464 4544 2371 6759 903 2619 1132 1468 1688 2394 3616 1680
Under 45 year 1286 106 111 18 42 123 62 0 230 133 1286 387 698 200 1016 81 269 141 120 231 339 452 264
45 to 64 years 2868 134 315 41 91 358 135 0 196 440 2868 769 1439 660 2055 204 813 349 455 464 719 1116 569
65 years and over 5225 98 469 78 174 396 133 5225 98 1319 5225 1307 2406 1511 3688 618 1537 641 893 993 1336 2049 847

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 26064 2270 2162 339 771 2768 2597 653 2592 1713 26064 5887 15123 5055 18132 1517 7932 4303 3538 4689 6435 9466 5473
Married couples 20447 1810 1414 251 527 1548 2032 296 1936 850 20447 4339 12191 3918 14057 1100 6390 3497 2818 3750 5134 7247 4317
One child under 6 only 2498 330 183 45 96 169 223 43 393 69 2498 608 1471 419 1766 134 732 432 285 463 647 949 438
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 3440 367 292 56 86 308 477 21 372 195 3440 751 2054 635 2388 162 1052 568 474 625 803 1235 777
Two or more under 6 only 1735 232 99 9 40 60 152 7 295 54 1735 368 1087 280 1261 95 473 281 185 358 438 530 410
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 860 93 80 13 27 80 131 10 97 81 860 202 522 136 595 28 265 155 108 146 231 291 192
One or more 6 to 17 only 11914 788 760 128 279 931 1048 215 778 451 11914 2408 7058 2448 8046 682 3868 2061 1766 2159 3015 4242 2499
Other households with two or more adults 2797 182 356 45 120 651 368 307 281 390 2797 803 1440 554 2050 173 747 350 381 547 665 986 598
One child under 6 only 390 31 69 12 18 73 42 44 50 29 390 118 195 77 256 20 134 70 57 78 117 137 58
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 363 16 52 10 19 104 67 30 37 57 363 103 170 90 264 22 98 30 68 53 73 144 93
Two or more under 6 only 139 0 17 0 3 26 34 12 17 35 139 49 70 20 116 9 23 12 11 22 41 42 34
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 120 11 14 0 22 37 29 11 13 48 120 37 54 29 101 16 18 6 13 13 27 51 29
One or more 6 to 17 only 1785 123 204 22 59 411 196 209 163 220 1785 496 952 338 1312 107 473 232 231 382 408 612 384
Households with one adult or none 2820 278 392 43 124 569 197 49 375 474 2820 744 1493 583 2026 244 795 455 339 392 636 1233 559
One child under 6 only 224 31 28 6 7 23 13 4 37 35 224 66 106 53 171 21 53 21 32 30 63 86 46
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 239 18 24 8 14 69 22 2 36 55 239 78 102 60 168 24 72 36 36 24 57 124 36
Two or more under 6 only 58 8 10 0 0 7 9 0 14 20 58 19 33 6 45 6 13 13 0 3 12 26 18
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 49 3 3 0 4 23 9 0 15 19 49 18 24 7 39 3 10 5 5 14 7 20 8
One or more 6 to 17 only 2249 218 327 29 98 447 144 43 273 345 2249 564 1228 457 1602 190 647 380 267 322 498 978 451
Total households with no children 45644 2419 3812 601 1225 3519 2087 16732 3094 4953 45644 10817 24034 10794 30944 3275 14700 7027 7518 8317 11385 17185 8757
Married couples 24400 1491 1615 230 459 1333 1155 8160 1515 1836 24400 4887 13560 5953 15714 1626 8687 4276 4326 4501 6140 9087 4672
Other households with two or more adults 6112 333 599 106 211 771 369 1739 556 567 6112 1852 3121 1139 4534 376 1577 786 763 1191 1377 2260 1284
Households with one adult 15133 596 1598 265 555 1414 564 6833 1022 2550 15133 4078 7353 3702 10697 1273 4436 1965 2429 2626 3869 5837 2800

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 48194 2568 4100 647 1350 4123 2399 17299 3314 5357 48194 11494 25424 11277 32708 3397 15486 7446 7880 8769 11871 18232 9322
With own children under 18 years 23514 2121 1874 293 645 2164 2285 87 2372 1310 23514 5209 13733 4572 16369 1395 7145 3884 3176 4238 5950 8418 4908
Under 6 years only 4502 612 362 55 141 244 392 5 778 179 4502 1064 2634 804 3228 270 1274 717 535 843 1186 1573 900
1 2721 372 239 46 104 174 234 5 462 91 2721 672 1543 507 1922 159 799 437 348 495 722 1021 483
2 1545 207 107 9 34 64 140 0 272 81 1545 359 941 245 1151 103 394 244 143 300 401 489 354
3 or more 237 33 16 0 2 6 18 0 44 6 237 34 150 53 156 8 81 36 45 48 63 63 63
6 to 17 years only 14743 1043 1156 155 386 1508 1341 82 1079 810 14743 3214 8532 2998 10164 925 4579 2456 2072 2623 3715 5322 3084
1 7109 507 621 78 194 827 580 66 519 358 7109 1583 4034 1492 4851 500 2258 1243 992 1248 1669 2729 1463
2 5629 422 420 58 124 509 472 9 423 266 5629 1185 3330 1113 3874 314 1755 936 799 964 1495 1979 1191
3 or more 2005 114 115 19 68 172 289 7 136 186 2005 445 1167 393 1439 111 566 277 281 410 551 614 429
Both age groups 4269 467 356 83 119 411 552 0 515 321 4269 932 2567 770 2976 200 1292 711 569 772 1050 1524 924
2 2126 252 162 30 42 189 237 0 257 90 2126 420 1304 403 1475 118 651 360 284 396 506 791 433
3 or more 2142 214 194 53 77 222 314 0 258 231 2142 512 1263 367 1501 82 641 351 285 375 544 733 490

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 16363 737 1145 210 527 2310 1666 2914 847 1391 16363 4162 9073 3127 11654 904 4709 2451 2223 3393 3719 5936 3314
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 9465 384 490 104 252 1127 913 319 405 582 9465 2286 5322 1858 6658 529 2807 1460 1329 2002 2384 3231 1848
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 3008 85 229 57 99 533 273 1824 73 375 3008 872 1593 543 2228 160 780 392 383 678 632 1131 567
Households with three generations 2216 143 176 37 79 445 408 373 154 254 2216 662 1218 336 1655 105 562 328 231 434 414 826 542
Households with 1 subfamily 1625 101 125 25 60 298 323 377 126 208 1625 488 919 218 1234 74 390 242 144 321 296 555 453
Subfamily householder age under 30 801 55 78 13 34 181 182 62 68 109 801 248 422 131 589 49 212 130 83 118 168 296 219
30 to 64 738 40 44 13 23 114 127 313 56 98 738 214 442 82 571 23 167 103 59 178 121 236 203
65 and over 85 6 3 0 3 3 14 2 3 0 85 26 55 4 74 2 11 9 2 25 7 23 31
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 74 2 0 0 5 22 19 7 0 8 74 35 30 9 60 0 14 5 9 13 13 15 33
Households with other types of relatives 4776 275 460 67 201 934 699 1003 371 535 4776 1337 2592 848 3469 244 1307 691 604 882 891 1923 1080
With nonrelatives 4287 300 566 85 133 400 322 362 593 333 4287 1180 2236 870 3048 268 1239 613 602 809 996 1424 1059
Co-owners or co-renters 864 82 112 16 24 53 81 71 153 68 864 214 456 194 628 74 236 116 120 190 177 252 244
Lodgers 567 25 34 9 14 50 67 45 86 24 567 229 293 45 506 17 62 34 27 83 122 136 225
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 747 33 129 17 30 91 63 22 87 85 747 148 394 205 445 36 302 133 169 152 187 245 163
Other nonrelatives 2548 180 356 48 89 264 168 247 343 201 2548 691 1337 520 1765 162 783 401 358 481 603 921 544
One or more secondary families 144 8 16 0 11 18 19 3 26 12 144 27 81 36 102 13 42 18 24 36 40 34 34
2-person households, none related to
each other		 2138 160 235 51 40 123 93 264 302 139 2138 644 1106 388 1595 129 544 271 259 378 485 742 533
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 179 9 23 4 3 15 10 24 44 30 179 72 83 23 144 9 35 20 15 31 30 54 64

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 3834 122 482 121 292 469 1023 2319 164 994 3834 1002 1557 1275 2303 281 1531 527 994 462 746 1939 687
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 7644 382 1220 135 416 1040 764 2944 577 1385 7644 1654 3848 2143 4579 556 3065 1462 1587 1354 1686 3515 1090
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 22794 1233 2542 271 574 1932 1172 6099 1522 2215 22794 4501 12075 6219 14179 1758 8615 4073 4461 4537 6602 8052 3603
Additional vocational training 2437 171 234 28 40 204 120 563 204 172 2437 501 1307 629 1587 184 851 390 445 485 679 804 468
Some college, no degree 12250 885 990 127 271 1146 742 2393 1094 924 12250 3110 6689 2451 8706 778 3544 1806 1673 1577 3036 4684 2952
Associate degree 4921 335 283 72 86 424 241 551 414 294 4921 1219 2799 903 3501 306 1420 802 597 856 1245 1704 1117
Bachelor's degree 12731 1228 371 137 226 823 495 1852 1335 589 12731 3175 7745 1812 9822 684 2910 1741 1128 2432 2883 4358 3059
Graduate or professional degree 7534 505 84 77 131 451 248 1228 580 266 7534 2043 4445 1046 5987 430 1547 918 616 1789 1622 2399 1723
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.0 89.3 71.5 72.8 64.5 76.0 61.9 69.7 87.0 64.3 84.0 84.1 86.2 78.4 86.0 82.5 79.7 82.4 76.7 86.0 86.4 79.5 87.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 28.3 37.0 7.6 22.7 17.9 20.3 15.8 17.7 33.7 12.8 28.3 31.2 31.1 18.0 32.2 23.2 19.7 23.5 15.8 32.5 25.3 25.4 33.6

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 69708 4520 5849 891 1938 6174 3790 17220 5325 6438 69708 15979 37978 15752 47281 4755 22427 11186 10997 12680 17572 25988 13469
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 3653 213 95 38 75 179 1052 870 311 334 3653 1281 2236 137 3341 43 313 216 94 828 422 1010 1393

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
2000 to 2004 60 6 2 0 0 3 24 0 33 10 60 27 34 0 56 0 4 4 0 8 11 26 15
1995 to 1999 366 42 21 12 5 21 118 9 107 13 366 98 254 14 329 4 37 28 10 61 43 130 133
1990 to 1994 578 68 17 13 14 28 156 17 124 63 578 206 356 15 539 9 38 30 7 102 96 193 187
1980 to 1989 1739 148 107 26 45 89 748 56 233 153 1739 632 1046 61 1603 20 135 94 41 304 158 550 727
1979 or before 2910 117 72 35 69 150 900 952 174 324 2910 1042 1725 143 2608 48 302 204 95 680 363 775 1093

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 9039 2367 1033 97 252 701 815 652 5685 626 9039 2085 5218 1736 6435 621 2604 1445 1115 1270 2047 3575 2147
1995 to 1999 20832 2235 2523 285 518 1921 1650 2073 0 1544 20832 4782 11775 4274 14123 1258 6709 3571 3016 3192 5014 8043 4583
1990 to 1994 11739 31 1001 158 292 925 863 1697 0 942 11739 2701 6551 2487 8144 716 3595 1787 1771 1878 2970 4473 2418
1985 to 1989 8059 20 605 90 232 628 431 1620 0 701 8059 1735 4510 1814 5568 544 2490 1210 1270 1551 2105 2830 1573
1980 to 1984 4507 19 396 40 131 346 226 1155 0 414 4507 996 2446 1065 2989 322 1519 757 743 1027 1059 1655 767
1975 to 1979 5232 10 232 66 132 500 223 1742 0 552 5232 1241 2613 1378 3395 386 1837 845 992 1002 1439 1840 951
1970 to 1974 3744 3 137 42 111 451 163 1654 0 449 3744 856 1917 971 2418 270 1326 620 701 844 943 1387 571
1960 to 1969 4685 4 44 74 179 503 180 3298 0 714 4685 1296 2322 1068 3382 362 1304 591 705 1150 1201 1637 698
1950 to 1959 2768 0 3 48 90 245 106 2494 0 483 2768 777 1352 640 1977 197 790 345 443 771 753 853 391
1940 to 1949 824 0 0 27 53 51 22 734 0 161 824 168 352 303 487 78 336 111 226 240 223 274 86
1939 or earlier 280 0 0 13 7 16 4 266 0 81 280 67 101 112 158 38 121 47 74 84 68 84 45
Median 1992 2000+ 1996 1992 1991 1992 1995 1975 2000+ 1988 1992 1992 1993 1991 1992 1991 1992 1993 1991 1989 1991 1993 1994

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 9504 1797 1146 134 302 837 960 756 5685 749 9504 2318 5323 1863 6705 645 2799 1524 1219 1357 2199 3684 2264
Household all moved here from one unit 4984 1338 587 46 131 408 470 406 4984 405 4984 1157 2857 969 3536 360 1448 801 610 689 1111 2016 1168
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 392 92 81 6 10 40 38 8 392 52 392 101 223 68 298 42 95 69 26 32 112 177 71
Householder of previous unit moved here 4100 1126 425 37 101 345 395 318 4100 272 4100 936 2357 807 2881 275 1219 656 532 597 915 1654 934
Householder of previous unit not reported 491 120 82 3 19 23 37 81 491 82 491 120 277 94 357 42 134 76 52 59 84 185 163
Household moved here from two or more units 513 135 80 3 19 35 60 16 513 23 513 125 288 100 366 28 147 76 71 54 152 184 124
No previous householder moved here 75 9 14 0 3 2 6 0 75 3 75 14 47 13 49 6 26 19 6 7 30 24 13
1 previous householder moved here 179 57 29 0 9 9 18 3 179 6 179 47 92 40 122 6 56 23 34 21 65 62 30
2 or more previous householders moved here 200 59 28 3 4 18 21 11 200 11 200 51 113 36 144 8 56 27 28 15 48 82 55
Previous householder(s) not reported 60 10 9 0 2 6 15 2 60 3 60 13 36 11 51 8 9 7 3 10 9 15 25
Some already here, rest moved in 4007 324 479 85 152 394 430 334 188 320 4007 1036 2177 794 2803 257 1204 647 538 614 936 1485 972
No previous householder moved here 2174 168 282 40 84 223 251 81 36 189 2174 554 1189 431 1473 122 701 372 310 353 511 795 514
1 or more previous householders moved here 1330 104 155 24 57 127 112 194 138 76 1330 331 727 272 969 114 361 203 158 182 306 523 319
Previous householder(s) not reported 503 52 42 22 11 44 66 59 15 55 503 151 262 91 362 20 142 71 70 80 119 166 138
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
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.

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