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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 4-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 78461 2614 3256 2872 6143 16972 15959 5992 26552 18927 78461 34068 32920 11473 67926 5752 10535 4706 5721 16554 14172 26277 21458

Total		 33727 1164 1210 1168 2508 6937 5037 4270 11322 7829 33727 14736 14050 4941 29406 2604 4321 1927 2337 7345 6625 11325 8432

Persons

1 person		 12656 382 336 461 914 2430 973 3036 3759 3297 12656 5754 5056 1846 11206 1025 1449 591 821 2982 2798 4172 2703
2 persons 9132 391 292 262 621 1692 1049 960 3449 1623 9132 3827 3932 1373 7910 742 1222 585 631 1945 1894 3061 2232
3 persons 5168 202 240 170 412 1249 1026 157 1982 1104 5168 2254 2188 726 4509 387 659 314 340 1036 856 1891 1385
4 persons 3822 135 167 136 267 889 972 60 1236 801 3822 1610 1688 525 3296 264 526 265 261 781 637 1280 1124
5 persons 1771 34 124 91 167 397 559 27 570 542 1771 754 707 310 1468 128 303 113 182 333 266 577 596
6 persons 718 4 29 23 70 167 261 20 214 240 718 318 302 99 614 35 104 40 64 175 111 192 240
7 persons or more 459 15 21 25 55 112 198 10 112 222 459 219 178 62 401 23 58 19 39 93 62 152 152

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 21418 796 636 749 1463 3606 2268 4114 6990 4383 21418 9467 8890 3061 18851 1670 2567 1129 1391 4938 4460 7013 5008
1 5473 158 213 156 444 1461 986 91 2017 1210 5473 2328 2340 805 4748 426 725 343 379 1109 981 1979 1404
2 4088 141 195 129 306 1005 1019 35 1408 1093 4088 1704 1756 629 3498 326 590 284 303 750 744 1384 1210
3 1762 55 105 86 156 538 476 12 578 613 1762 776 714 272 1481 116 281 119 157 351 259 608 544
4 670 0 43 33 95 221 182 13 230 324 670 303 237 130 560 54 110 34 76 134 128 230 178
5 210 14 15 5 32 73 74 5 70 136 210 102 74 34 168 7 42 16 26 42 35 78 56
6 or more 106 0 2 11 12 33 31 0 28 70 106 56 40 9 100 5 6 2 4 21 19 33 32

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 29048 1024 1115 989 2217 6156 4552 0 10723 6226 29048 12725 12165 4158 25356 2218 3691 1701 1940 5906 5651 9993 7498
1 person 3976 111 75 149 264 702 416 3599 493 1407 3976 1729 1581 665 3476 345 499 172 320 1206 840 1177 752
2 persons or more 704 29 20 30 27 78 69 671 106 196 704 282 304 118 573 42 131 54 76 233 134 155 182

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 4845 320 181 151 350 904 727 0 3069 1408 4845 2288 1743 814 4325 550 520 246 264 665 1154 1855 1170
25 to 29 4848 190 154 163 378 963 847 0 2244 877 4848 2137 2091 619 4368 354 480 209 266 914 964 1752 1218
30 to 34 4703 154 205 135 344 939 773 0 1747 813 4703 1987 2058 659 4026 300 677 312 359 958 846 1610 1289
35 to 44 7462 191 268 254 536 1723 1206 0 2071 1375 7462 3177 3335 950 6505 466 958 466 484 1543 1360 2552 2008
45 to 54 4956 114 202 201 451 1148 738 0 1137 1080 4956 2174 2075 707 4233 336 723 341 371 1174 910 1556 1317
55 to 64 2642 76 114 107 180 566 355 0 529 763 2642 1154 1038 451 2262 229 380 146 222 747 479 809 608
65 to 74 1885 54 47 80 137 365 238 1885 263 620 1885 868 728 289 1652 143 233 87 146 625 321 525 414
75 years and over 2385 65 40 77 132 329 151 2385 260 894 2385 952 982 451 2035 227 350 121 224 720 591 666 408
Median 38 32 37 40 38 38 36 75+ 30 40 38 38 38 38 38 37 40 39 40 42 37 36 37

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 21071 782 874 707 1593 4507 4064 1234 7563 4532 21071 8982 8994 3095 18199 1579 2872 1336 1516 4363 3826 7153 5729
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 9017 353 407 281 527 1216 1961 695 2808 1279 9017 3383 4198 1436 7503 627 1514 691 808 1900 1437 3044 2636
Under 25 years 799 57 59 27 33 75 202 0 501 144 799 324 300 175 670 115 129 66 60 80 158 334 228
25 to 29 years 1326 53 59 39 99 174 334 0 586 172 1326 491 636 200 1143 93 183 74 107 193 241 461 430
30 to 34 years 1654 60 84 46 110 213 386 0 578 197 1654 582 812 260 1347 99 307 143 161 315 258 600 481
35 to 44 years 2373 77 95 65 121 359 535 0 594 287 2373 843 1172 358 1975 141 398 178 217 511 332 824 707
45 to 64 years 2169 77 86 75 137 329 417 0 451 305 2169 874 962 333 1797 137 372 171 196 568 337 663 601
65 years and over 695 28 24 29 26 67 87 695 98 175 695 269 317 110 571 42 124 57 67 233 111 163 189
Other male householder 4125 163 185 128 298 683 830 154 1825 559 4125 1755 1815 555 3636 303 489 234 253 767 787 1392 1179
Under 45 years 3366 159 137 101 231 512 668 0 1603 394 3366 1454 1485 427 2993 241 373 184 186 578 663 1168 956
45 to 64 years 606 5 43 24 59 128 143 0 191 122 606 240 276 89 523 50 83 44 39 145 100 174 187
65 years and over 154 0 4 3 8 44 19 154 31 43 154 62 54 39 121 12 33 6 27 44 24 49 36
Other female householder 7929 266 282 297 769 2608 1273 385 2930 2694 7929 3844 2981 1104 7061 649 868 411 455 1696 1602 2717 1914
Under 45 years 6083 237 232 214 578 2000 917 0 2606 2132 6083 2917 2294 872 5426 532 657 315 339 1150 1312 2200 1422
45 to 64 years 1461 27 41 66 155 475 281 0 284 415 1461 723 560 178 1298 92 163 77 86 407 234 409 412
65 years and over 385 2 9 18 36 133 75 385 41 148 385 204 127 54 336 25 49 19 29 139 57 109 80
1-person households 12656 382 336 461 914 2430 973 3036 3759 3297 12656 5754 5056 1846 11206 1025 1449 591 821 2982 2798 4172 2703
Male householder 6147 164 209 251 530 1197 514 808 1990 1280 6147 2746 2504 897 5351 472 795 344 424 1333 1303 2049 1462
Under 45 years 3645 120 115 128 294 641 345 0 1519 589 3645 1662 1518 466 3247 259 398 184 206 706 775 1248 915
45 to 64 years 1694 24 78 84 163 396 112 0 358 429 1694 751 646 296 1413 150 280 114 147 385 354 560 394
65 years and over 808 20 16 39 73 159 57 808 113 262 808 333 340 135 691 63 117 46 71 242 174 240 152
Female householder 6509 218 127 211 385 1233 458 2228 1768 2017 6509 3008 2552 949 5855 553 654 247 397 1649 1495 2123 1242
Under 45 year 2612 91 26 84 141 555 166 0 1145 558 2612 1316 1011 285 2423 189 189 88 96 545 585 934 547
45 to 64 years 1669 57 67 60 117 386 141 0 383 572 1669 740 668 261 1464 136 205 80 125 416 364 558 330
65 years and over 2228 70 34 68 126 292 151 2228 240 887 2228 952 873 403 1968 228 260 80 175 688 546 631 364

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 12309 368 574 419 1045 3331 2768 156 4332 3446 12309 5269 5160 1880 10555 934 1754 798 946 2408 2165 4312 3424
Married couples 5380 165 270 166 363 867 1526 30 1736 868 5380 2056 2483 841 4497 366 883 398 475 1014 762 1869 1734
One child under 6 only 1084 37 61 30 67 155 249 0 486 111 1084 428 515 141 935 69 149 78 72 208 168 392 316
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 1016 34 34 37 62 190 356 2 306 206 1016 402 466 148 845 57 172 78 91 210 151 325 330
Two or more under 6 only 666 24 32 20 42 87 176 0 260 134 666 253 291 122 578 70 87 36 52 110 106 210 240
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 374 7 23 17 38 56 153 0 151 126 374 136 189 50 298 16 77 41 34 80 53 115 127
One or more 6 to 17 only 2239 63 120 62 154 380 592 28 534 292 2239 836 1022 381 1841 155 398 166 226 406 285 826 722
Other households with two or more adults 2573 50 125 105 241 723 662 85 901 691 2573 1197 1008 367 2223 168 350 151 199 559 452 795 767
One child under 6 only 532 14 20 15 58 138 118 14 268 117 532 236 220 77 462 39 71 33 38 108 92 195 138
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 409 7 13 16 39 115 124 11 144 142 409 201 122 86 350 41 59 15 45 74 101 117 116
Two or more under 6 only 205 3 19 9 13 43 61 13 92 74 205 84 88 33 176 14 30 10 20 44 49 50 63
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 143 3 14 9 12 38 40 5 64 61 143 70 53 21 125 13 18 10 8 40 23 40 41
One or more 6 to 17 only 1283 22 59 55 120 389 319 43 333 298 1283 607 526 150 1110 61 173 83 89 291 188 394 410
Households with one adult or none 4356 154 179 149 441 1741 581 41 1694 1886 4356 2016 1669 671 3835 399 521 249 272 835 951 1648 922
One child under 6 only 614 16 25 24 55 258 51 0 311 244 614 255 242 117 535 70 79 33 47 112 161 250 92
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 643 26 31 28 73 323 101 2 251 378 643 328 210 105 560 61 83 39 44 98 154 280 112
Two or more under 6 only 282 21 13 14 30 141 50 0 162 171 282 146 95 40 261 30 21 11 10 56 49 120 57
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 174 12 21 14 19 107 28 0 74 131 174 95 54 25 139 10 36 21 15 34 46 72 22
One or more 6 to 17 only 2642 78 89 68 264 912 352 39 895 961 2642 1192 1067 384 2340 228 302 146 156 535 541 927 640
Total households with no children 21418 796 636 749 1463 3606 2268 4114 6990 4383 21418 9467 8890 3061 18851 1670 2567 1129 1391 4938 4460 7013 5008
Married couples 3866 200 149 124 181 368 541 673 1157 430 3866 1428 1807 631 3204 279 662 306 351 929 712 1243 983
Other households with two or more adults 5153 231 155 171 379 887 752 405 2178 743 5153 2410 2132 611 4673 382 480 246 230 1099 998 1690 1366
Households with one adult 12399 365 333 454 903 2350 976 3036 3655 3210 12399 5629 4951 1820 10974 1009 1425 578 810 2910 2750 4080 2659

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 22866 841 695 812 1572 4008 2569 4228 7454 4802 22866 10164 9465 3237 20129 1772 2737 1225 1466 5254 4704 7507 5401
With own children under 18 years 10861 322 515 356 936 2929 2467 42 3868 3027 10861 4572 4585 1704 9277 833 1584 703 871 2091 1921 3818 3031
Under 6 years only 3206 110 152 108 258 775 669 2 1516 824 3206 1317 1380 509 2788 278 418 187 231 608 602 1140 856
1 2141 62 100 66 175 526 419 2 1018 471 2141 873 943 325 1856 171 285 131 154 416 406 784 534
2 895 37 47 30 70 212 207 0 400 278 895 377 372 146 783 80 112 46 65 156 165 309 265
3 or more 170 11 5 12 14 38 43 0 98 75 170 67 65 39 149 27 22 10 12 35 31 47 57
6 to 17 years only 5351 130 256 138 492 1467 1133 40 1496 1325 5351 2260 2253 839 4560 396 791 343 443 1036 885 1876 1554
1 2721 66 104 53 256 777 497 30 759 602 2721 1169 1133 419 2346 215 376 166 204 562 478 961 721
2 1791 53 92 50 126 417 433 9 537 429 1791 712 801 278 1509 136 281 138 143 309 302 606 573
3 or more 839 11 60 34 110 273 203 2 199 294 839 379 320 141 705 45 135 39 96 165 105 309 261
Both age groups 2303 83 107 111 186 687 665 0 856 878 2303 996 952 356 1929 159 375 173 197 447 433 803 620
2 986 51 23 32 64 253 279 0 386 254 986 424 413 149 847 82 139 72 67 199 210 338 239
3 or more 1317 32 83 79 121 434 386 0 470 624 1317 572 539 206 1081 76 235 101 130 248 223 465 381

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 5131 86 172 240 404 1374 1429 522 1205 1161 5131 2411 2171 549 4541 249 590 287 300 1325 798 1565 1443
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 2342 30 92 107 177 636 623 72 438 483 2342 1111 1008 224 2096 114 246 136 110 642 394 616 690
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 581 12 8 23 62 159 131 279 86 139 581 265 232 84 498 32 83 31 52 191 75 188 127
Households with three generations 720 12 31 26 79 231 217 61 175 221 720 360 270 90 648 46 72 24 44 162 97 275 186
Households with 1 subfamily 549 6 28 34 61 121 230 35 143 178 549 259 213 77 499 47 50 20 30 101 95 156 196
Subfamily householder age under 30 327 6 24 13 36 77 138 7 88 124 327 167 107 53 297 36 30 13 17 58 53 92 123
30 to 64 207 0 4 20 25 41 91 28 56 54 207 83 101 24 188 11 19 7 12 40 39 61 68
65 and over 14 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 14 9 5 0 14 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 5
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 27 0 3 4 0 5 20 0 6 11 27 21 5 0 27 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 12
Households with other types of relatives 2375 53 83 134 181 690 698 222 671 584 2375 1163 958 254 2111 116 264 123 138 576 345 795 660
With nonrelatives 5391 261 209 149 433 763 896 136 2622 814 5391 2434 2249 708 4810 426 581 294 282 1035 1048 1741 1567
Co-owners or co-renters 2463 176 51 55 181 293 264 52 1381 387 2463 1113 1067 282 2268 191 195 101 92 430 482 803 747
Lodgers 813 9 37 32 45 92 220 16 329 92 813 415 328 69 759 37 54 19 32 149 129 255 279
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 522 23 28 10 51 90 116 12 199 93 522 224 214 84 441 38 81 35 46 84 92 174 173
Other nonrelatives 2111 61 126 65 205 365 426 66 931 312 2111 919 853 339 1794 191 317 169 148 455 418 699 539
One or more secondary families 150 4 15 5 12 22 52 0 60 21 150 73 52 25 124 7 26 8 18 16 15 70 49
2-person households, none related to
each other		 2841 151 80 67 216 354 289 95 1434 388 2841 1322 1174 345 2568 229 273 155 116 552 602 890 796
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 611 52 11 15 53 43 108 14 334 72 611 303 239 69 581 52 30 10 17 102 92 217 200

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 2653 68 139 162 249 419 1177 1015 583 1094 2653 1248 918 487 2235 207 418 135 281 580 326 980 768
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 5447 130 289 263 474 1558 1220 890 1769 2056 5447 2550 2056 841 4744 412 704 273 429 1216 1087 1996 1149
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 10001 321 507 301 712 2281 1261 1222 3284 2361 10001 3968 4303 1730 8425 890 1577 716 841 2280 2275 3249 2197
Additional vocational training 934 58 41 16 69 198 89 103 334 196 934 329 456 149 796 71 138 59 79 224 229 246 235
Some college, no degree 6665 286 164 189 530 1434 686 547 2586 1314 6665 2930 2791 944 5948 580 718 344 364 1001 1381 2398 1886
Associate degree 2015 70 55 46 118 412 200 114 727 238 2015 844 883 289 1743 139 272 115 149 389 364 705 557
Bachelor's degree 4855 225 41 155 311 629 358 295 1707 564 4855 2224 2167 464 4431 288 424 235 176 1248 878 1401 1328
Graduate or professional degree 2090 63 14 54 114 203 135 188 667 202 2090 973 932 185 1881 88 209 109 97 632 314 597 547
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.0 83.0 64.6 63.7 71.2 71.5 52.4 55.4 79.2 59.8 76.0 74.2 78.8 73.1 76.3 76.2 74.0 78.8 69.6 75.6 78.7 73.7 77.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 20.6 24.7 4.5 17.9 17.0 12.0 9.8 11.3 21.0 9.8 20.6 21.7 22.1 13.1 21.5 14.4 14.6 17.9 11.7 25.6 18.0 17.6 22.2

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 30148 1093 1134 994 2205 6569 3156 4113 10009 6982 30148 12758 12576 4815 25964 2536 4184 1849 2278 6380 6322 10394 7052
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 1872 53 27 74 114 217 716 400 423 434 1872 1033 776 62 1808 33 63 34 30 608 151 385 728

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 405 13 2 9 52 19 137 5 297 105 405 211 181 14 388 10 17 13 4 112 39 137 117
1995 to 1999 1286 41 25 54 79 117 571 35 510 252 1286 642 591 53 1242 31 44 22 22 364 127 377 418
1990 to 1994 972 18 19 45 67 140 427 32 281 229 972 557 387 27 941 11 31 15 16 284 89 231 368
1980 to 1989 1552 20 46 94 130 217 829 105 412 363 1552 951 554 47 1496 16 56 25 31 416 105 335 696
1979 or before 1235 32 10 45 88 92 633 380 236 332 1235 650 537 48 1183 33 52 38 15 397 94 236 509

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 15273 925 634 411 1067 2857 2356 695 11322 3407 15273 6508 6460 2305 13442 1384 1832 890 921 2230 3091 5909 4043
1995 to 1999 12076 235 419 462 919 2587 1849 1357 0 2652 12076 5189 5255 1632 10565 833 1510 689 799 2830 2368 3736 3143
1990 to 1994 3081 0 86 118 256 739 445 712 0 825 3081 1447 1163 471 2663 210 417 153 260 981 612 805 683
1985 to 1989 1318 4 29 69 89 291 153 449 0 334 1318 593 531 195 1118 82 200 82 113 434 257 346 282
1980 to 1984 724 0 21 33 56 167 97 308 0 185 724 355 271 97 595 20 129 48 77 293 115 185 131
1975 to 1979 461 0 12 37 37 134 78 198 0 137 461 255 139 67 401 24 60 17 43 227 60 101 72
1970 to 1974 266 0 5 13 24 57 31 154 0 99 266 121 90 56 215 20 51 15 36 101 42 78 45
1960 to 1969 321 0 2 12 43 76 19 220 0 116 321 190 79 52 262 10 59 17 41 157 40 96 28
1950 to 1959 112 0 0 4 7 14 9 94 0 27 112 48 32 32 84 10 28 6 22 53 22 34 3
1940 to 1949 63 0 2 5 3 11 0 50 0 26 63 23 20 20 44 9 19 8 10 29 12 22 0
1939 or earlier 32 0 0 4 7 5 0 32 0 20 32 7 10 15 15 0 17 2 15 10 6 14 3
Median 1999 2000+ 2000+ 1998 1998 1998 1999 1994 2000+ 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 2000+ 1998 1999 1998 1997 1999 2000+ 1999

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 13170 775 547 365 938 2417 2187 554 11322 3002 13170 5608 5554 2008 11567 1213 1602 787 795 1992 2629 5035 3513
Household all moved here from one unit 9286 571 391 223 633 1782 1393 506 9286 2162 9286 3922 3939 1426 8115 833 1171 566 592 1302 1894 3704 2386
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 1716 83 80 55 146 418 302 34 1716 543 1716 745 676 295 1529 195 187 87 100 231 373 659 453
Householder of previous unit moved here 6524 434 280 136 405 1168 929 413 6524 1312 6524 2677 2829 1018 5635 573 889 435 445 837 1339 2679 1671
Householder of previous unit not reported 1045 54 30 31 82 196 162 59 1045 308 1045 499 434 113 951 66 94 44 47 235 181 367 262
Household moved here from two or more units 1644 137 76 32 128 220 251 16 1644 326 1644 703 642 299 1489 232 155 83 67 204 334 658 449
No previous householder moved here 409 23 21 9 35 52 55 0 409 89 409 169 169 71 354 49 55 30 22 53 91 174 91
1 previous householder moved here 503 44 21 13 42 74 49 4 503 86 503 214 202 87 443 58 60 28 29 55 115 191 143
2 or more previous householders moved here 382 42 12 2 27 49 53 8 382 73 382 167 148 67 361 53 21 7 14 33 78 170 100
Previous householder(s) not reported 351 27 21 8 23 44 95 4 351 79 351 153 123 74 331 72 19 17 2 62 50 123 115
Some already here, rest moved in 2240 67 80 110 177 415 543 33 392 514 2240 983 973 283 1963 147 277 138 136 486 402 673 679
No previous householder moved here 1137 36 52 58 87 220 262 15 87 290 1137 495 488 154 980 77 157 81 77 240 186 363 348
1 or more previous householders moved here 748 27 19 37 61 133 176 11 246 157 748 322 336 89 670 50 78 39 39 153 166 213 216
Previous householder(s) not reported 355 4 9 15 29 62 104 7 60 68 355 165 150 40 313 19 42 18 21 92 50 98 115
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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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division