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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 4-2. Height and Condition of Building--Renter 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		 33727 1164 1210 1168 2508 6937 5037 4270 11322 7829 33727 14736 14050 4941 29406 2604 4321 1927 2337 7345 6625 11325 8432

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8390 260 0 213 778 1663 1508 1144 2761 2194 8390 2967 3476 1947 6777 956 1612 614 991 334 926 4220 2910
2 12298 374 0 388 771 2502 1915 1171 4600 2543 12298 5125 5613 1560 11067 944 1232 587 616 1897 2440 4231 3731
3 7491 384 0 232 554 1541 732 803 2525 1516 7491 3535 3233 724 6871 458 620 338 265 2389 2389 1603 1111
4 to 6 2885 57 0 226 247 658 543 509 723 647 2885 1947 807 132 2827 107 59 34 25 1811 435 311 328
7 or more 1453 28 0 93 95 437 190 557 236 549 1453 1090 331 32 1451 30 2 0 2 845 261 225 121

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18742 706 0 787 1456 4112 2917 2565 6404 4196 18742 9676 7603 1463 17850 1132 892 526 332 5497 3937 5013 4295
None (on same floor) 6286 281 0 191 438 1332 999 760 2415 1388 6286 2896 2752 637 5904 473 382 207 164 1456 1301 1975 1554
1 (up or down) 5069 117 0 198 423 1060 736 540 1807 1032 5069 2473 2187 409 4784 307 285 166 101 1298 1150 1275 1346
2 or more (up or down) 7387 308 0 398 596 1720 1182 1266 2182 1776 7387 4307 2663 418 7162 351 226 153 67 2744 1486 1763 1395

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18742 706 0 787 1456 4112 2917 2565 6404 4196 18742 9676 7603 1463 17850 1132 892 526 332 5497 3937 5013 4295
No common stairways 1421 78 0 44 116 335 155 112 611 283 1421 594 658 169 1304 133 117 78 36 287 400 433 301
With common stairways 16972 615 0 732 1301 3671 2699 2384 5687 3809 16972 8870 6836 1267 16208 977 765 443 290 5075 3474 4499 3925
No loose steps 14716 559 0 591 1044 3110 2112 2115 4999 3226 14716 7554 5996 1166 14007 892 709 406 274 4311 3133 3899 3373
Railings not loose 12141 489 0 436 787 2584 1631 1766 4085 2641 12141 6219 4935 987 11519 752 621 363 235 3635 2586 3200 2720
Railings loose 2133 61 0 120 213 455 408 299 735 481 2133 1143 849 141 2059 109 74 36 32 575 422 585 551
No railings 301 9 0 17 30 52 56 32 118 76 301 120 154 28 287 22 14 8 6 78 92 76 55
Status of railings not reported 141 0 0 18 15 19 18 18 60 28 141 72 58 10 141 10 0 0 0 23 33 37 48
Loose steps 2257 56 0 140 257 561 587 270 689 583 2257 1316 840 100 2201 84 56 37 16 765 341 600 551
Railings not loose 1969 56 0 101 181 475 505 252 597 485 1969 1166 720 83 1927 69 41 24 14 667 303 525 474
Railings loose 254 0 0 37 67 78 66 11 85 97 254 132 104 18 242 16 12 10 2 84 36 73 61
No railings 27 0 0 3 5 7 11 7 4 2 27 18 9 0 27 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 16
Status of railings not reported 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 349 13 0 11 39 106 63 69 106 104 349 212 109 28 338 22 11 5 6 135 63 81 69

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 21153 784 0 830 1689 4610 3388 3047 7258 4962 21153 10576 8560 2018 19940 1488 1213 649 529 5633 4315 6079 5127
No public halls 3134 109 0 76 258 661 530 373 1259 743 3134 1241 1369 524 2803 371 331 175 152 357 696 1167 915
No light fixtures in public halls 540 32 0 15 75 126 96 62 237 173 540 240 198 102 494 80 46 24 22 56 84 200 200
All in working order 15284 601 0 619 1062 3295 2355 2402 4960 3463 15284 7955 6154 1174 14524 858 759 415 316 4659 3108 4061 3456
Some in working order 541 4 0 41 61 137 89 16 187 130 541 287 217 38 525 31 16 9 7 146 115 150 130
None in working order 1105 32 0 61 178 239 228 108 419 294 1105 555 444 106 1070 90 35 17 15 229 212 342 321
Not reported 550 6 0 17 55 153 90 86 196 158 550 299 177 74 524 57 27 10 17 186 101 159 104

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18742 706 0 787 1456 4112 2917 2565 6404 4196 18742 9676 7603 1463 17850 1132 892 526 332 5497 3937 5013 4295
With 1 or more elevators working 3074 94 0 158 216 732 433 1099 628 880 3074 1977 989 109 3055 100 19 11 8 1419 605 440 610
With elevator, none in working condition 59 0 0 7 7 14 11 7 16 25 59 47 12 0 59 0 0 0 0 27 10 16 7
No elevator 15608 612 0 621 1234 3366 2473 1459 5760 3290 15608 7651 6602 1355 14735 1031 873 515 323 4051 3322 4557 3678
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1342 94 0 111 160 321 207 98 404 279 1342 816 479 47 1289 42 53 48 5 604 273 285 180

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 11364 319 0 322 756 2191 1499 1137 3587 2487 11364 4088 4900 2377 9052 1008 2312 924 1369 1643 2137 4510 3074
With basement under all of building 2648 29 0 65 100 534 191 278 731 533 2648 1108 1050 490 2167 226 480 214 264 1081 1037 302 228
With basement under part of building 859 0 0 41 56 93 62 101 229 150 859 253 283 323 558 116 300 94 206 191 343 185 140
With crawl space 3230 51 0 107 407 648 426 344 984 816 3230 1056 1162 1011 2246 388 984 352 623 114 320 1802 994
On concrete slab 4471 230 0 107 179 896 805 386 1598 941 4471 1619 2330 523 3960 263 512 245 259 238 405 2158 1670
Other 156 8 0 2 15 20 15 28 44 47 156 52 74 30 121 13 36 19 17 20 31 64 42

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 1026 14 63 80 220 213 165 104 338 301 1026 408 371 248 799 125 227 104 123 189 219 430 189
Missing roofing material 1635 30 54 101 296 367 278 166 497 457 1635 708 627 300 1365 131 270 101 169 329 344 576 386
Hole in roof 909 10 51 78 255 241 169 80 239 267 909 438 311 160 746 73 163 76 87 189 167 356 198
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1453 24 63 111 308 361 268 98 479 402 1453 647 558 248 1204 113 249 114 135 251 331 533 337
Sloping outside walls 838 14 73 74 197 199 142 67 270 241 838 336 325 176 654 84 184 91 92 160 196 307 175
Boarded up windows 656 0 37 71 122 230 108 43 180 233 656 343 192 121 564 55 92 26 66 143 146 232 134
Broken windows 2007 10 134 193 396 488 423 124 630 591 2007 916 675 416 1645 198 362 144 219 442 452 646 468
Bars on windows 2289 17 16 182 265 810 604 337 516 637 2289 1821 436 32 2254 16 35 19 16 845 222 516 706
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1248 9 44 110 302 285 191 79 355 402 1248 548 430 270 1029 160 219 110 110 264 305 426 253
None of the above 24518 1071 893 623 1256 4593 3293 3188 8595 5386 24518 9814 10991 3713 21217 1976 3301 1510 1736 4816 4908 8596 6198
Not reported 397 5 17 17 37 118 46 67 116 106 397 212 135 49 363 34 34 16 15 142 62 114 78

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1210 61 1210 16 62 135 149 86 477 380 1210 72 591 547 413 109 796 354 438 70 173 735 232
First site 435 37 435 7 20 56 37 44 101 99 435 23 235 177 120 26 315 164 151 24 40 272 99
Moved from another site 192 15 192 4 14 13 15 24 40 79 192 16 84 92 44 9 148 60 83 17 46 98 32
Don't know 298 9 298 2 18 30 53 13 162 112 298 24 120 155 141 52 157 55 102 19 43 169 67
Not reported 285 0 285 3 10 36 44 5 174 90 285 10 152 123 108 21 177 75 101 11 44 196 34

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 3452 1164 279 36 139 489 384 426 1706 593 3452 1038 1806 608 2769 310 683 382 298 260 655 1557 980
Not previously occupied 762 512 76 5 16 131 107 155 333 120 762 205 415 143 547 53 215 126 90 88 146 342 186
Not reported 184 53 25 0 4 17 14 11 118 40 184 54 109 20 135 12 49 41 8 19 31 91 42
@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