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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units With Black Householder
(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 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		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Tenure

Owner occupied		 6286 6286 0 436 556 111 451 1372 454 966 6286 2765 2606 914 5050 317 1236 618 598 815 1184 3842 445
Percent of all occupied 47.5 100.0 0.0 73.5 80.5 23.7 38.4 66.4 17.8 29.1 47.5 39.9 54.3 60.9 43.6 45.3 75.3 77.2 74.4 34.1 47.9 53.6 37.1
Renter occupied 6937 0 6937 158 135 358 724 694 2090 2358 6937 4158 2191 588 6532 382 405 182 206 1576 1287 3320 754

Race and Origin

White		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian and Pacific Islander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Hispanic@21 271 102 169 11 10 8 25 24 75 62 271 147 92 32 246 18 25 11 14 93 24 137 18

Units in Structure

1, detached		 6227 4905 1322 242 0 161 608 1274 697 1211 6227 2906 2474 846 5280 385 946 469 462 595 1305 3794 532
1, attached 1428 559 869 64 0 37 84 179 314 373 1428 939 440 50 1395 43 34 24 7 410 203 674 142
2 to 4 1604 143 1462 29 0 65 178 160 454 560 1604 1071 391 143 1557 113 47 14 30 459 387 623 135
5 to 9 1089 24 1065 9 0 69 97 51 374 358 1089 613 417 60 1047 57 42 36 3 172 213 577 127
10 to 19 885 38 847 38 0 35 62 58 300 226 885 480 361 43 862 41 23 17 2 172 120 486 107
20 to 49 539 21 517 21 0 34 64 69 188 125 539 343 190 5 530 0 9 3 5 182 76 197 84
50 or more 760 40 720 19 0 61 47 201 125 280 760 542 208 9 760 9 0 0 0 399 152 146 62
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 691 556 135 173 691 8 35 76 93 190 691 29 316 346 151 51 540 236 295 2 15 665 9

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 83 44 40 0 0 8 3 19 2 17 83 63 18 2 80 0 4 2 2 56 11 12 5
Condominiums 374 157 217 20 0 15 41 47 93 79 374 168 198 9 354 9 20 17 0 62 56 179 77

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 253 170 83 253 41 0 3 5 205 50 253 77 165 12 184 7 69 65 4 16 44 182 11
1995 to 1999 790 559 231 341 275 0 8 64 133 124 790 131 491 169 465 50 325 197 119 42 54 628 66
1990 to 1994 540 365 175 0 88 14 29 51 87 96 540 123 342 75 394 15 146 83 60 42 54 370 74
1985 to 1989 788 339 448 0 59 23 40 53 212 155 788 209 482 97 675 37 113 51 59 44 33 545 166
1980 to 1984 766 316 450 0 65 21 46 102 187 182 766 209 439 118 622 39 144 60 79 36 60 585 84
1975 to 1979 1029 401 628 0 74 46 75 100 226 265 1029 469 401 158 863 73 165 81 84 75 149 698 106
1970 to 1974 1362 555 808 0 52 36 95 186 293 358 1362 630 519 214 1172 101 190 68 113 124 207 926 105
1960 to 1969 1947 935 1012 0 21 69 166 340 327 463 1947 1023 755 168 1792 95 155 82 73 300 378 1098 170
1950 to 1959 1682 876 806 0 10 74 186 337 263 431 1682 1001 539 142 1574 81 107 45 60 313 395 792 182
1940 to 1949 1213 555 658 0 1 26 189 239 182 336 1213 873 235 105 1146 55 66 15 50 235 288 587 102
1930 to 1939 1046 472 575 0 4 54 124 216 128 323 1046 747 180 120 960 66 87 29 54 307 285 381 73
1920 to 1929 771 317 454 0 0 38 75 161 111 219 771 626 96 48 742 30 28 10 18 328 239 180 23
1919 or earlier 1037 426 611 0 0 68 139 212 189 321 1037 807 153 77 992 48 45 15 30 529 284 191 34
Median 1964 1965 1963 1999 1993 1956 1953 1956 1971 1960 1964 1954 1974 1972 1962 1967 1979 1984 1975 1941 1953 1971 1970

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 11721 5372 6349 490 346 412 936 1739 2350 2824 11721 6924 4797 0 10884 0 837 801 0 2361 2373 5809 1179
In central cities 6924 2765 4158 133 29 259 632 1148 1403 1841 6924 6924 0 0 6887 0 37 0 0 1655 1670 2972 626
Suburbs 4797 2606 2191 357 316 154 304 591 947 983 4797 0 4797 0 3997 0 801 801 0 706 702 2837 552
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 1502 914 588 104 346 57 239 328 194 499 1502 0 0 1502 698 698 804 0 804 30 98 1354 20

Regions

Northeast		 2391 815 1576 32 2 156 163 414 330 590 2391 1655 706 30 2340 16 51 37 14 2391 0 0 0
Midwest 2471 1184 1287 73 15 82 178 400 473 611 2471 1670 702 98 2416 86 56 43 13 0 2471 0 0
South 7162 3842 3320 445 665 194 782 1084 1465 1885 7162 2972 2837 1354 5675 576 1487 684 778 0 0 7162 0
West 1199 445 754 43 9 38 52 169 275 237 1199 626 552 20 1151 20 48 36 0 0 0 0 1199

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		 259 154 106 9 35 10 42 56 32 59 259 0 113 146 46 0 213 67 146 20 29 202 9
2,500 to 9,999 persons 949 527 422 15 29 32 90 124 219 247 949 0 746 203 946 203 3 3 0 79 142 681 48
10,000 to 19,999 persons 1016 482 534 43 77 35 75 142 169 279 1016 22 717 277 1008 277 8 8 0 118 186 671 40
20,000 to 49,999 persons 1793 814 979 37 8 62 153 256 399 405 1793 435 1141 217 1773 212 19 12 5 236 303 1044 209
50,000 to 99,999 persons 1165 479 686 26 8 36 93 135 267 265 1165 663 502 0 1152 0 13 0 0 252 259 485 170
100,000 to 249,999 persons 1604 596 1008 31 9 71 155 231 374 432 1604 1403 201 0 1601 0 2 0 0 287 238 877 202
250,000 to 499,999 persons 1358 524 834 35 3 22 103 219 357 401 1358 1358 0 0 1356 0 3 0 0 145 300 678 235
500,000 to 999,999 persons 956 434 522 15 0 29 57 171 162 225 956 956 0 0 956 0 0 0 0 45 335 523 53
1,000,000 persons or more 2076 793 1283 30 0 122 207 376 274 519 2076 2076 0 0 2070 0 6 0 0 1044 598 245 190
@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