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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--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

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 9906 5360 4546 420 492 278 865 1558 1766 2274 9906 4944 3771 1191 8577 554 1329 667 636 1188 1903 5849 966
Telephone available 12610 6056 6554 535 656 411 1121 1999 2330 3060 12610 6545 4623 1442 11050 674 1560 758 768 2267 2352 6860 1131
Usable fireplace 2394 1849 545 243 207 35 95 289 379 279 2394 881 1309 204 1953 62 441 289 142 157 371 1450 416
Separate dining room 5824 3679 2145 258 223 171 437 978 899 1149 5824 3068 2274 482 5201 213 623 347 268 1106 1237 3028 454
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 2397 2107 291 213 164 40 152 416 288 266 2397 926 1163 308 1912 114 486 280 194 248 404 1518 227
Garage or carport included with home 4911 3520 1390 293 38 115 280 845 654 784 4911 2435 2100 376 4404 189 507 307 187 577 1232 2258 844
Not included 8294 2751 5542 301 653 354 895 1217 1890 2533 8294 4479 2688 1126 7160 509 1134 493 617 1801 1240 4899 355
Off-street parking included 6223 2103 4120 261 500 243 610 842 1521 1834 6223 2957 2299 967 5301 447 922 387 520 896 890 4164 273
Off-street parking not reported 6 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Garage or carport not reported 19 15 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 6 19 9 9 0 19 0 0 0 0 13 0 6 0

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 2771 527 2244 23 87 173 356 688 637 1403 2771 1899 615 257 2566 147 205 93 110 930 499 1170 172
Other households without cars 847 476 371 45 69 41 91 121 157 162 847 396 335 115 686 38 161 76 77 99 181 477 89
1 car with or without trucks or vans 6292 2982 3310 341 371 187 498 903 1260 1405 6292 3132 2370 789 5473 360 819 375 429 914 1236 3570 573
2 cars 2626 1734 892 131 138 53 203 284 414 290 2626 1241 1114 271 2269 119 357 202 152 363 418 1560 285
3 or more cars 688 568 119 53 26 15 27 71 76 64 688 256 362 69 588 33 99 55 36 85 137 385 80
With cars, no trucks or vans 6905 3259 3646 344 305 175 561 963 1463 1393 6905 3518 2736 651 6235 360 670 363 291 1098 1334 3802 671
1 truck or van with or without cars 2778 1932 846 190 235 93 199 330 374 402 2778 1189 1146 443 2223 149 555 253 293 249 532 1705 292
2 or more trucks or vans 770 569 200 36 64 29 59 85 69 125 770 318 301 151 558 42 211 92 109 113 107 485 65

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 4610 0 4610 106 0 255 432 479 1423 1517 4610 2869 1481 260 4495 219 116 66 41 1273 879 1961 497
Owner or manager lives on property 1538 0 1538 37 0 69 107 159 539 473 1538 892 580 66 1488 48 50 29 18 363 243 665 267
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 3073 0 3073 69 0 186 325 320 883 1045 3073 1978 901 194 3006 171 66 37 23 910 636 1296 229

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 228 47 180 2 14 38 75 38 45 92 228 153 52 23 208 15 19 12 7 60 24 110 34
Signs of mice in last 3 months 1343 510 832 37 106 112 205 195 219 473 1343 937 250 155 1179 59 164 64 96 509 247 516 70
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 104 43 61 0 19 7 21 6 13 28 104 58 37 9 76 2 28 22 7 23 14 54 12
Holes in floors 245 54 190 0 23 64 124 24 40 124 245 157 49 39 207 18 38 17 21 71 52 104 18
Open cracks or holes (interior) 1149 370 779 25 63 117 411 141 226 418 1149 744 314 91 1053 50 96 53 41 263 236 576 73
Broken plaster or peeling paint (interior) 638 198 439 16 15 90 296 69 103 254 638 410 176 52 582 26 56 31 25 172 136 280 49
No electrical wiring 15 15 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 12 15 12 2 0 12 0 2 2 0 0 0 15 0
Exposed wiring 70 22 48 4 4 2 7 9 29 32 70 42 21 7 60 3 10 6 4 12 14 42 3
Rooms without electric outlets 189 76 113 0 15 31 50 32 60 70 189 101 62 26 157 14 32 20 12 38 30 105 17

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 11317 5548 5769 552 604 315 833 1897 2160 2765 11317 5817 4163 1337 9831 624 1486 736 713 2020 2124 6133 1039
With leakage from inside structure@1 1698 638 1060 36 76 149 311 149 351 498 1698 981 560 157 1556 74 141 58 83 351 308 886 153
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 573 235 338 10 15 57 130 49 115 154 573 333 181 60 538 34 36 9 26 117 124 265 67
Pipes leaked 839 275 563 22 48 72 163 77 185 272 839 537 231 71 769 27 69 25 44 201 159 425 55
Broken water heater 148 65 83 3 14 21 29 13 17 46 148 81 46 21 123 7 26 12 13 13 23 101 12
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 345 133 213 6 15 32 46 28 73 99 345 174 152 19 318 10 28 19 9 72 52 193 29
Interior leakage not reported 208 100 108 6 11 5 31 21 34 61 208 126 74 8 194 0 14 6 8 20 39 143 6

No leakage from outside structure		 11419 5309 6110 544 630 334 810 1802 2310 2866 11419 5864 4211 1344 9952 610 1467 696 734 2085 1961 6285 1088
With leakage from outside structure@1 1609 876 733 43 51 129 336 242 203 410 1609 943 515 151 1449 89 160 98 62 286 474 747 103
Roof 931 516 415 13 27 80 234 143 115 253 931 527 289 115 810 72 121 78 43 136 214 516 65
Basement 379 264 115 18 0 16 38 56 38 53 379 252 117 10 363 8 16 14 2 103 217 60 0
Walls, closed windows, or doors 341 143 199 15 17 47 88 44 43 106 341 198 116 27 311 9 30 13 18 55 100 158 29
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 201 75 126 0 15 26 36 28 31 55 201 123 70 8 194 3 7 2 5 51 36 102 11
Exterior leakage not reported 195 101 94 6 11 5 29 23 31 48 195 116 70 8 181 0 14 6 8 20 37 130 8

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 196 25 171 3 6 42 76 23 48 99 196 123 49 24 175 11 21 7 13 37 41 89 29
2 90 19 70 0 12 4 27 5 25 41 90 46 33 11 80 7 10 6 4 13 16 54 7
3 183 21 162 0 14 13 36 9 56 63 183 109 60 13 164 7 19 12 7 39 34 106 4
4 199 22 177 0 2 29 42 8 53 64 199 122 60 17 185 10 14 7 7 69 27 88 15
5 1242 321 921 8 22 90 198 178 288 481 1242 757 385 100 1147 54 95 46 46 318 225 568 130
6 875 327 549 19 41 43 84 66 159 207 875 520 271 85 815 44 60 15 41 182 192 431 71
7 1798 641 1157 44 45 50 143 190 396 417 1798 1014 616 167 1652 83 146 54 85 340 367 907 184
8 3198 1577 1621 136 113 78 226 468 608 652 3198 1715 1156 327 2853 169 345 181 157 595 582 1676 344
9 1664 1024 640 120 140 27 82 290 254 309 1664 761 682 221 1391 97 273 149 124 270 292 989 114
10 (best) 3167 1982 1184 249 260 76 212 706 561 847 3167 1409 1259 499 2564 200 603 289 299 432 559 1931 244
Not reported 612 328 284 14 35 15 49 123 95 143 612 347 228 37 556 16 56 36 21 97 135 324 56

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 469 111 358 0 8 469 0 71 81 170 469 259 154 57 414 30 56 26 27 156 82 194 38
Plumbing 255 77 178 0 3 255 0 54 46 93 255 138 72 44 209 20 45 18 24 66 46 128 15
Heating 184 30 154 0 2 184 0 14 27 61 184 100 75 10 179 7 5 3 2 87 34 49 14
Electric 6 0 6 0 0 6 0 2 0 6 6 5 0 2 6 2 0 0 0 5 0 2 0
Upkeep 41 7 34 0 3 41 0 4 8 15 41 32 6 3 38 3 3 3 0 9 5 13 14
Hallways 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 1175 451 724 3 35 0 1175 223 240 466 1175 632 304 239 965 107 210 76 132 163 178 782 52
Plumbing 85 7 78 0 6 0 85 0 39 49 85 56 23 6 79 0 6 0 6 18 21 42 4
Heating 503 287 216 0 17 0 503 161 69 225 503 192 109 202 341 92 162 50 110 4 0 495 3
Upkeep 391 122 269 3 16 0 391 50 67 152 391 263 90 37 351 19 40 22 18 93 96 183 19
Hallways 26 0 26 0 0 0 26 0 11 17 26 18 6 2 26 2 0 0 0 0 6 17 3
Kitchen 268 66 202 0 3 0 268 20 74 85 268 167 86 15 256 7 12 5 8 59 62 121 26
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in the structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@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