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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 34722 17750 16972 1760 2064 1251 3133 4029 6516 8763 34722 17901 12987 3834 30364 1741 4358 2176 2093 6532 6432 18708 3050

Total		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Persons

1 person		 3848 1418 2430 95 131 157 365 965 747 1158 3848 2153 1229 465 3413 226 434 183 239 705 783 1992 367
2 persons 3423 1731 1692 140 164 105 304 662 661 703 3423 1758 1307 358 2992 170 431 234 188 580 603 1912 328
3 persons 2470 1220 1249 164 168 74 198 227 546 528 2470 1275 866 329 2128 160 342 164 168 371 461 1443 195
4 persons 1935 1045 889 108 122 58 131 118 324 477 1935 919 820 196 1698 75 236 115 121 393 339 1041 161
5 persons 917 520 397 65 68 49 99 38 170 244 917 459 364 94 773 38 143 81 56 176 135 502 103
6 persons 375 208 167 16 17 14 50 32 57 110 375 231 113 31 347 13 29 11 18 100 93 144 38
7 persons or more 256 144 112 5 21 12 28 25 39 105 256 129 98 29 231 16 25 12 13 66 58 127 5

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 7124 3519 3606 225 281 262 625 1803 1188 1629 7124 3782 2508 834 6236 392 888 425 442 1319 1366 3765 675
1 2686 1225 1461 118 172 84 227 148 584 574 2686 1395 1011 281 2351 119 335 164 162 459 470 1522 235
2 1980 974 1005 167 156 48 139 67 433 510 1980 950 783 246 1714 114 266 131 132 294 362 1173 151
3 880 343 538 59 44 44 88 22 210 332 880 472 320 89 781 45 99 52 44 213 147 436 84
4 375 154 221 20 29 18 72 13 83 170 375 227 108 40 337 21 38 19 20 69 78 183 45
5 114 41 73 5 6 8 15 12 25 73 114 68 37 10 104 7 10 7 3 24 35 51 5
6 or more 63 29 33 0 4 5 10 3 21 36 63 30 31 2 58 0 5 2 2 14 13 33 3

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 10861 4705 6156 558 603 394 940 0 2417 2556 10861 5630 4085 1145 9622 572 1238 639 574 1904 2012 5944 1001
1 person 1881 1178 702 30 75 56 199 1593 104 639 1881 1018 571 292 1562 108 319 124 184 404 366 955 156
2 persons or more 481 403 78 6 14 19 36 473 23 129 481 275 141 65 398 19 84 38 46 83 94 263 42

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 1008 104 904 52 42 35 115 0 553 428 1008 605 280 122 925 86 83 40 37 137 230 539 102
25 to 29 1198 235 963 68 56 64 114 0 492 333 1198 659 393 147 1074 78 124 55 69 219 194 708 78
30 to 34 1466 527 939 94 110 44 95 0 429 312 1466 706 637 122 1336 74 129 78 49 229 270 806 160
35 to 44 3222 1498 1723 206 170 84 267 0 564 625 3222 1630 1304 287 2885 134 336 179 153 585 551 1763 322
45 to 54 2702 1554 1148 86 186 106 236 0 280 533 2702 1393 996 313 2320 128 382 189 185 478 512 1488 224
55 to 64 1561 995 566 61 52 64 125 0 112 374 1561 784 595 182 1332 83 229 122 99 329 314 775 143
65 to 74 1141 775 365 20 31 53 99 1141 63 374 1141 623 351 166 959 53 181 63 113 248 220 577 96
75 years and over 926 597 329 7 45 18 123 926 50 344 926 525 240 162 749 62 177 75 99 166 180 507 73
Median 44 50 38 39 43 45 44 74 32 44 44 44 43 47 43 43 48 47 50 45 44 43 43

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 9375 4868 4507 499 560 313 810 1102 1797 2166 9375 4771 3568 1037 8169 472 1207 617 565 1686 1688 5170 832
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 4045 2830 1216 226 237 116 243 521 523 468 4045 1840 1730 475 3427 191 619 319 284 677 635 2348 386
Under 25 years 97 22 75 3 11 5 6 0 54 17 97 43 45 9 88 6 9 5 3 12 18 55 11
25 to 29 years 248 73 174 27 11 15 20 0 88 36 248 112 92 44 214 17 34 8 26 37 29 160 22
30 to 34 years 492 279 213 40 41 12 32 0 119 45 492 209 240 43 437 19 55 28 24 70 79 289 53
35 to 44 years 1104 745 359 89 63 18 53 0 153 82 1104 487 504 112 956 47 148 82 65 210 154 619 121
45 to 64 years 1584 1255 329 63 94 50 97 0 92 161 1584 718 673 194 1314 80 270 149 113 269 270 922 123
65 years and over 521 455 67 4 17 16 34 521 17 128 521 271 177 73 418 21 104 47 52 78 84 303 56
Other male householder 1114 431 683 52 60 35 111 118 300 187 1114 563 417 134 995 69 119 48 65 184 169 634 126
Under 45 years 695 183 512 28 17 19 67 0 242 103 695 375 254 66 647 30 48 13 35 105 101 396 93
45 to 64 years 301 173 128 22 40 14 32 0 39 62 301 118 135 48 243 27 58 32 21 57 37 187 20
65 years and over 118 74 44 2 3 3 12 118 19 22 118 69 28 21 105 12 13 4 9 22 31 51 13
Other female householder 4216 1608 2608 221 263 161 456 463 975 1511 4216 2368 1420 428 3747 213 469 250 215 825 884 2188 319
Under 45 years 2718 718 2000 187 181 100 295 0 843 1084 2718 1510 936 273 2456 166 262 151 107 468 565 1490 195
45 to 64 years 1035 560 475 25 44 47 105 0 113 271 1035 596 354 85 924 30 111 56 55 236 236 462 101
65 years and over 463 330 133 9 38 14 56 463 19 155 463 262 131 69 367 16 96 43 53 121 83 235 24
1-person households 3848 1418 2430 95 131 157 365 965 747 1158 3848 2153 1229 465 3413 226 434 183 239 705 783 1992 367
Male householder 1737 541 1197 38 77 93 201 277 383 468 1737 955 578 205 1531 96 207 89 109 297 346 919 176
Under 45 years 862 221 641 22 45 45 93 0 288 172 862 481 308 74 782 40 80 43 34 135 171 458 97
45 to 64 years 598 202 396 15 27 30 61 0 71 176 598 314 197 88 514 40 84 34 47 105 118 315 59
65 years and over 277 118 159 1 6 18 46 277 24 119 277 160 73 43 234 16 43 12 28 56 56 145 19
Female householder 2110 877 1233 58 54 63 164 688 364 690 2110 1199 651 261 1882 130 228 94 130 408 437 1073 191
Under 45 year 678 123 555 24 9 15 24 0 251 159 678 384 235 59 640 46 38 22 13 132 127 348 71
45 to 64 years 744 358 386 22 32 29 65 0 78 238 744 430 233 81 657 33 87 40 47 139 165 376 64
65 years and over 688 396 292 11 13 20 74 688 35 293 688 385 182 121 585 50 103 32 70 136 146 350 56

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 6099 2768 3331 369 410 208 550 264 1356 1695 6099 3141 2289 668 5345 307 753 376 362 1072 1105 3398 524
Married couples 2415 1548 867 154 172 80 136 76 397 271 2415 1107 1030 277 2061 100 354 171 177 411 333 1434 237
One child under 6 only 323 169 155 21 12 11 14 5 96 22 323 148 146 29 293 14 30 15 15 63 50 182 29
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 498 308 190 40 33 18 25 5 70 75 498 230 221 48 418 14 80 43 34 120 59 270 49
Two or more under 6 only 147 60 87 8 10 5 2 0 56 28 147 53 79 14 135 8 12 6 7 23 33 76 15
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 135 80 56 10 4 5 10 3 42 36 135 69 54 13 124 7 11 5 6 27 18 70 20
One or more 6 to 17 only 1311 931 380 75 113 40 85 63 134 110 1311 607 530 174 1091 58 220 101 116 178 174 836 123
Other households with two or more adults 1374 651 723 76 91 45 143 134 262 405 1374 758 479 137 1222 65 152 71 72 313 303 650 108
One child under 6 only 210 73 138 5 4 6 25 16 78 52 210 133 57 20 185 9 26 14 11 51 42 104 14
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 219 104 115 16 10 12 28 17 44 80 219 121 68 29 198 19 21 11 10 55 57 95 12
Two or more under 6 only 69 26 43 0 4 3 3 4 16 34 69 27 33 9 63 2 7 0 7 11 17 33 8
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 76 37 38 10 15 0 16 12 15 41 76 46 16 13 65 9 10 6 5 20 19 33 4
One or more 6 to 17 only 800 411 389 45 58 24 71 84 109 198 800 430 305 65 711 26 89 40 39 176 169 385 70
Households with one adult or none 2310 569 1741 138 146 83 272 54 698 1018 2310 1276 780 254 2063 141 247 133 113 349 468 1314 179
One child under 6 only 281 23 258 3 2 10 30 2 114 126 281 160 91 29 259 18 22 11 11 37 62 166 16
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 392 69 323 18 20 18 49 5 118 229 392 247 90 55 358 37 34 15 19 46 97 221 28
Two or more under 6 only 149 7 141 10 5 8 18 0 73 66 149 93 32 24 138 16 11 3 8 30 22 83 14
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 130 23 107 7 15 14 14 0 50 90 130 77 41 12 114 10 16 13 3 33 28 61 8
One or more 6 to 17 only 1359 447 912 100 104 34 161 47 343 507 1359 699 526 134 1194 61 164 91 73 203 260 782 113
Total households with no children 7124 3519 3606 225 281 262 625 1803 1188 1629 7124 3782 2508 834 6236 392 888 425 442 1319 1366 3765 675
Married couples 1702 1333 368 74 74 39 109 456 136 208 1702 763 727 211 1423 93 278 150 118 278 314 949 161
Other households with two or more adults 1658 771 887 60 76 69 156 382 342 303 1658 908 587 163 1477 76 181 94 87 341 285 875 157
Households with one adult 3765 1414 2350 92 131 154 360 965 710 1118 3765 2111 1194 460 3336 223 429 181 237 699 768 1941 357

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 8130 4123 4008 272 367 303 730 2032 1343 1973 8130 4302 2878 949 7072 434 1059 522 515 1483 1555 4330 762
With own children under 18 years 5093 2164 2929 321 325 166 445 35 1201 1351 5093 2621 1919 553 4510 264 583 279 289 907 916 2832 437
Under 6 years only 1019 244 775 49 38 34 73 2 404 274 1019 536 362 122 931 67 89 34 54 184 197 547 92
1 700 174 526 31 23 18 53 2 261 164 700 379 242 78 638 41 63 25 37 128 136 378 57
2 275 64 212 16 15 13 18 0 111 92 275 135 101 39 253 26 22 9 13 44 49 150 33
3 or more 44 6 38 2 0 2 2 0 31 18 44 21 19 4 40 0 4 0 4 11 11 19 2
6 to 17 years only 2975 1508 1467 192 245 73 267 33 497 646 2975 1489 1163 324 2581 135 394 193 188 486 535 1715 239
1 1603 827 777 79 142 34 134 20 246 291 1603 805 625 173 1375 69 228 112 104 282 274 906 141
2 927 509 417 95 86 13 58 9 176 199 927 447 368 111 798 49 129 66 62 111 174 581 61
3 or more 445 172 273 18 17 26 75 4 74 157 445 236 170 39 409 17 36 14 22 93 87 228 37
Both age groups 1098 411 687 80 42 60 105 0 301 431 1098 597 393 107 998 62 100 51 46 238 184 571 106
2 442 189 253 46 10 17 31 0 127 114 442 218 177 47 409 31 33 17 16 93 79 248 22
3 or more 656 222 434 34 32 43 73 0 174 317 656 379 217 60 589 31 67 35 30 145 105 323 84

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 3684 2310 1374 136 224 121 327 688 403 838 3684 1882 1399 403 3164 156 519 265 247 770 701 1928 284
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 1764 1127 636 47 93 56 125 74 155 340 1764 899 708 156 1571 74 192 106 82 378 402 858 126
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 693 533 159 16 47 32 66 387 34 135 693 367 234 92 558 31 134 74 60 167 112 382 31
Households with three generations 676 445 231 25 54 24 65 108 56 183 676 349 255 71 571 35 104 66 35 159 132 356 29
Households with 1 subfamily 419 298 121 23 44 15 37 65 37 135 419 213 163 44 347 21 72 50 22 96 91 216 16
Subfamily householder age under 30 258 181 77 10 33 5 18 12 23 88 258 129 100 29 216 13 42 25 17 44 62 143 10
30 to 64 155 114 41 13 11 10 16 54 14 47 155 81 60 14 125 8 30 24 6 52 27 71 6
65 and over 5 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 26 22 5 0 3 0 3 3 3 8 26 18 9 0 24 0 3 3 0 6 8 13 0
Households with other types of relatives 1624 934 690 73 98 62 164 369 224 451 1624 839 580 205 1379 76 245 113 129 339 295 853 137
With nonrelatives 1163 400 763 65 71 45 116 68 381 212 1163 633 407 122 1065 74 98 44 48 242 192 580 148
Co-owners or co-renters 346 53 293 13 10 16 27 17 141 61 346 196 134 16 336 14 10 8 2 84 38 181 43
Lodgers 142 50 92 2 0 2 17 14 46 21 142 78 57 7 133 2 9 5 5 25 28 51 38
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 181 91 90 2 16 3 21 15 27 29 181 85 81 16 158 2 23 10 13 31 35 90 25
Other nonrelatives 630 264 365 50 62 24 69 33 196 110 630 337 203 90 553 56 77 37 35 128 116 332 54
One or more secondary families 40 18 22 0 0 0 7 3 8 9 40 22 19 0 40 0 0 0 0 13 13 11 4
2-person households, none related to
each other		 477 123 354 29 19 25 49 36 181 93 477 282 144 51 450 38 26 13 13 101 78 231 67
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 59 15 43 4 7 0 3 8 25 13 59 26 28 5 51 3 7 5 2 9 3 39 8

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 889 469 419 42 97 59 141 593 91 407 889 431 237 220 647 88 241 104 132 147 111 589 42
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2599 1040 1558 46 133 120 345 565 514 1048 2599 1424 872 303 2264 144 335 167 159 440 514 1514 131
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 4212 1932 2281 169 294 120 302 499 811 1083 4212 2308 1384 520 3681 245 532 244 275 833 753 2249 377
Additional vocational training 401 204 198 38 29 2 25 37 83 64 401 208 164 30 351 17 50 38 12 88 68 210 35
Some college, no degree 2581 1146 1434 127 99 85 226 167 573 483 2581 1381 957 243 2332 109 249 115 134 355 580 1332 314
Associate degree 836 424 412 47 31 29 51 47 177 97 836 454 303 80 750 38 87 39 42 141 162 451 83
Bachelor's degree 1452 823 629 111 31 47 84 116 281 152 1452 627 718 107 1307 63 145 98 44 318 237 705 193
Graduate or professional degree 654 451 203 52 6 9 25 79 98 53 654 299 325 30 601 12 53 32 18 157 114 323 60
Percent high school graduate or higher 73.6 76.0 71.5 85.2 66.7 61.7 58.6 43.9 76.2 56.2 73.6 73.2 76.9 65.2 74.9 66.8 64.9 66.0 63.8 75.5 74.7 70.6 85.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 15.9 20.3 12.0 27.5 5.4 11.9 9.3 9.4 14.9 6.2 15.9 13.4 21.8 9.1 16.5 10.8 12.1 16.3 7.6 19.9 14.2 14.3 21.0

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 12743 6174 6569 571 691 440 1145 2058 2405 3219 12743 6594 4650 1499 11104 696 1639 798 804 2142 2442 6989 1170
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 396 179 217 11 3 16 9 47 53 65 396 212 177 7 392 4 5 2 3 213 11 123 50

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 22 3 19 0 0 0 3 0 11 11 22 15 7 0 22 0 0 0 0 7 0 15 0
1995 to 1999 138 21 117 5 0 0 9 0 53 21 138 82 56 0 138 0 0 0 0 54 11 56 18
1990 to 1994 168 28 140 8 0 11 13 0 38 42 168 119 49 0 168 0 0 0 0 85 5 65 13
1980 to 1989 307 89 217 10 3 26 15 10 70 55 307 186 119 2 307 2 0 0 0 180 15 93 18
1979 or before 242 150 92 11 0 8 0 46 20 42 242 141 94 7 235 5 7 4 3 135 10 67 30

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 3558 701 2857 314 132 131 321 148 2544 1037 3558 1949 1321 288 3293 204 264 174 84 490 660 2039 370
1995 to 1999 4508 1921 2587 270 391 171 336 282 0 1036 4508 2160 1868 480 3936 216 572 296 264 865 812 2389 443
1990 to 1994 1663 925 739 0 91 57 153 194 0 428 1663 902 582 179 1459 63 204 83 116 304 331 861 167
1985 to 1989 919 628 291 6 33 31 77 185 0 206 919 454 332 132 800 65 119 49 67 180 187 492 60
1980 to 1984 512 346 167 0 15 14 68 178 0 125 512 307 128 77 419 21 93 32 57 154 76 260 23
1975 to 1979 634 500 134 0 17 25 41 190 0 131 634 374 173 87 531 33 102 48 54 128 119 351 35
1970 to 1974 507 451 57 0 4 14 43 234 0 108 507 259 163 85 398 21 110 43 64 90 117 264 36
1960 to 1969 579 503 76 4 7 13 71 367 0 142 579 336 145 98 486 52 94 47 47 124 108 301 47
1950 to 1959 259 245 14 0 0 6 41 221 0 78 259 150 70 39 208 12 51 20 28 49 52 142 16
1940 to 1949 62 51 11 0 2 5 21 47 0 27 62 23 10 29 38 8 24 4 20 5 8 48 2
1939 or earlier 21 16 5 0 0 2 4 21 0 6 21 10 5 6 14 4 7 5 2 3 3 15 0
Median 1996 1992 1998 2000+ 1997 1996 1996 1978 2000+ 1996 1996 1996 1997 1995 1996 1996 1995 1996 1992 1995 1996 1996 1997

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 3254 837 2417 268 167 114 302 173 2544 963 3254 1764 1207 284 2945 168 308 187 116 476 625 1823 329
Household all moved here from one unit 2190 408 1782 200 90 69 188 107 2190 643 2190 1213 817 160 2022 115 168 121 45 278 436 1241 236
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 458 40 418 32 23 19 40 9 458 151 458 253 162 42 418 29 39 26 13 71 104 226 56
Householder of previous unit moved here 1513 345 1168 153 68 46 128 84 1513 414 1513 832 577 104 1395 75 117 88 29 168 277 915 153
Householder of previous unit not reported 220 23 196 16 0 3 21 14 220 78 220 128 78 13 208 11 11 6 2 39 55 99 26
Household moved here from two or more units 255 35 220 32 0 3 36 7 255 85 255 146 83 26 239 19 16 5 8 39 30 167 19
No previous householder moved here 54 2 52 6 0 0 7 0 54 27 54 36 13 6 54 6 0 0 0 18 6 31 0
1 previous householder moved here 83 9 74 8 0 3 15 0 83 27 83 44 31 8 72 2 11 3 5 5 7 65 6
2 or more previous householders moved here 67 18 49 16 0 0 8 7 67 24 67 30 32 5 63 3 4 2 2 3 12 41 11
Previous householder(s) not reported 50 6 44 2 0 0 7 0 50 8 50 36 6 8 50 8 0 0 0 14 4 29 3
Some already here, rest moved in 809 394 415 35 77 43 77 60 99 235 809 404 307 98 685 34 125 61 63 159 160 416 74
No previous householder moved here 443 223 220 20 59 19 35 22 17 156 443 226 159 58 362 15 81 38 43 89 82 233 39
1 or more previous householders moved here 261 127 133 10 11 19 31 22 72 52 261 128 110 22 230 12 31 21 10 54 54 130 23
Previous householder(s) not reported 106 44 62 4 6 5 11 15 10 27 106 50 38 18 93 7 13 2 11 17 24 52 13
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