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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4329 2666 1663 102 0 131 592 904 693 1145 4329 1968 1519 842 3546 427 782 354 415 84 286 3469 490
2 3975 1473 2502 157 0 140 256 413 1007 960 3975 2036 1681 258 3728 179 248 153 80 516 864 2065 531
3 2887 1346 1541 133 0 87 182 365 542 642 2887 1864 975 48 2816 33 71 57 14 955 1022 778 132
4 to 6 867 210 658 23 0 71 83 152 137 184 867 655 207 5 867 5 0 0 0 542 180 118 27
7 or more 473 35 437 6 0 32 26 157 73 203 473 373 98 2 473 2 0 0 0 292 105 67 9

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4349 237 4112 112 0 250 365 479 1265 1315 4349 2770 1402 176 4255 152 93 60 25 1356 895 1641 456
None (on same floor) 1411 79 1332 22 0 63 116 129 479 422 1411 828 491 92 1366 68 45 14 25 300 270 701 140
1 (up or down) 1118 58 1060 25 0 59 101 85 341 287 1118 695 385 39 1084 39 35 32 0 315 233 399 171
2 or more (up or down) 1819 99 1720 64 0 127 147 265 445 606 1819 1247 527 45 1806 45 14 14 0 741 393 541 145

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4349 237 4112 112 0 250 365 479 1265 1315 4349 2770 1402 176 4255 152 93 60 25 1356 895 1641 456
No common stairways 341 6 335 12 0 18 34 18 135 90 341 188 124 29 325 29 15 12 0 41 89 180 31
With common stairways 3878 207 3671 89 0 223 314 432 1089 1193 3878 2488 1243 147 3800 123 78 47 25 1257 782 1427 412
No loose steps 3304 194 3110 80 0 183 251 382 927 1008 3304 2106 1074 125 3228 100 76 45 25 1050 707 1220 328
Railings not loose 2744 160 2584 74 0 143 177 317 772 829 2744 1768 869 107 2678 85 66 40 22 878 571 1007 288
Railings loose 488 34 455 5 0 33 69 60 122 158 488 305 171 12 478 10 10 5 2 155 120 179 34
No railings 52 0 52 0 0 4 3 4 28 15 52 20 29 3 52 3 0 0 0 13 15 24 0
Status of railings not reported 19 0 19 0 0 3 2 0 5 7 19 13 4 2 19 2 0 0 0 3 0 11 5
Loose steps 574 13 561 10 0 40 63 51 163 185 574 382 170 23 572 23 2 2 0 207 75 207 85
Railings not loose 489 13 475 10 0 27 37 44 136 153 489 330 138 21 489 21 0 0 0 186 56 172 75
Railings loose 78 0 78 0 0 14 27 2 27 31 78 45 31 2 76 2 2 2 0 21 19 35 3
No railings 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Status of railings 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
Status of stairways not reported 130 24 106 11 0 9 17 30 41 32 130 95 35 0 130 0 0 0 0 58 25 34 12

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4877 266 4610 115 0 263 448 538 1440 1549 4877 3050 1567 260 4756 219 121 71 41 1384 948 2029 516
No public halls 691 30 661 12 0 30 62 43 227 238 691 371 249 71 666 66 25 17 6 70 106 426 89
No light fixtures in public halls 126 0 126 0 0 3 35 7 59 76 126 80 35 12 126 12 0 0 0 6 33 66 21
All in working order 3495 200 3295 85 0 188 261 437 998 1022 3495 2221 1135 139 3416 108 79 46 30 1151 694 1307 343
Some in working order 137 0 137 0 0 15 18 0 42 54 137 82 47 9 137 9 0 0 0 42 35 46 14
None in working order 252 13 239 14 0 19 56 26 69 122 252 163 64 25 239 20 13 5 5 48 52 122 29
Not reported 175 22 153 5 0 8 15 25 46 37 175 133 37 5 173 5 3 3 0 67 26 61 21

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4349 237 4112 112 0 250 365 479 1265 1315 4349 2770 1402 176 4255 152 93 60 25 1356 895 1641 456
With 1 or more elevators working 788 57 732 24 0 64 62 222 153 291 788 564 223 2 788 2 0 0 0 435 170 114 69
With elevator, none in working condition 14 0 14 0 0 5 2 0 3 2 14 9 5 0 14 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 0
No elevator 3547 180 3366 87 0 182 300 257 1109 1022 3547 2198 1174 175 3453 150 93 60 25 910 725 1524 387
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 328 7 321 19 0 25 37 22 75 94 328 236 90 3 326 3 2 2 0 163 58 96 11

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 7655 5464 2191 305 0 198 692 1453 1011 1585 7655 3845 2914 896 6675 428 980 493 468 1005 1508 4468 674
With basement under all of building 2384 1849 534 83 0 36 106 437 242 363 2384 1515 809 59 2291 27 92 58 32 790 1007 539 47
With basement under part of building 450 357 93 8 0 15 35 108 36 84 450 235 179 36 401 18 50 31 18 91 176 159 24
With crawl space 2166 1519 648 31 0 86 404 554 263 562 2166 1005 619 543 1643 253 523 220 290 34 120 1785 228
On concrete slab 2614 1718 896 180 0 62 141 352 458 561 2614 1074 1294 246 2312 126 302 179 120 85 199 1960 370
Other 40 20 20 3 0 0 7 2 12 15 40 16 13 12 28 4 13 5 8 5 6 25 4

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 420 206 213 3 36 32 135 80 83 173 420 225 86 108 323 50 97 38 58 50 92 269 8
Missing roofing material 728 361 367 10 43 63 172 99 134 256 728 393 240 95 615 47 113 65 48 103 146 414 65
Hole in roof 497 256 241 0 54 47 169 90 71 171 497 283 140 74 403 36 95 57 38 77 108 282 31
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 659 298 361 4 59 48 199 75 144 255 659 379 184 95 534 35 124 65 60 89 172 355 42
Sloping outside walls 345 146 199 3 40 34 119 52 66 137 345 190 93 63 261 20 85 40 43 46 65 216 18
Boarded up windows 343 114 230 0 44 50 87 33 73 153 343 215 74 54 280 20 64 29 34 56 81 196 10
Broken windows 855 367 488 3 75 118 217 162 137 331 855 519 196 140 721 60 134 54 80 144 209 438 64
Bars on windows 1549 740 810 15 9 97 160 370 179 374 1549 1207 277 65 1496 31 54 20 34 415 271 625 239
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 528 243 285 3 27 46 172 74 89 213 528 350 110 68 461 40 67 39 28 105 143 257 23
None of the above 9062 4470 4593 554 534 194 548 1300 1824 2169 9062 4309 3610 1143 7816 535 1246 605 607 1466 1607 5228 762
Not reported 297 179 118 8 5 14 20 50 37 47 297 175 99 23 279 7 18 3 15 73 61 133 30

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 691 556 135 173 691 8 35 76 93 190 691 29 316 346 151 51 540 236 295 2 15 665 9
First site 471 415 56 139 471 6 20 45 33 130 471 22 229 221 90 29 381 180 192 0 7 458 6
Moved from another site 130 117 13 26 130 2 7 31 19 42 130 0 47 83 18 14 112 42 70 0 2 128 0
Don't know 32 2 30 4 32 0 6 0 9 6 32 5 3 24 14 6 18 0 18 2 3 24 3
Not reported 58 22 36 5 58 0 2 0 31 11 58 3 38 17 29 2 29 14 15 0 3 55 0

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1584 1095 489 594 405 14 40 120 425 270 1584 331 998 255 1043 72 541 345 183 100 153 1179 152
Not previously occupied 938 807 131 475 317 3 12 61 192 144 938 171 579 188 540 47 397 253 141 53 95 719 71
Not reported 37 19 17 4 0 0 0 2 8 7 37 2 28 6 22 0 14 8 6 4 3 29 0
@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