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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 6-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 9720 4684 5037 409 435 315 709 1094 2312 1920 9720 4465 4455 801 8781 388 940 518 413 1490 739 3596 3895

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4455 2947 1508 159 0 92 339 627 852 825 4455 1879 2129 447 4014 238 441 228 209 33 102 2082 2237
2 2816 902 1915 158 0 71 198 194 875 493 2816 1300 1361 155 2622 88 194 127 67 331 286 951 1249
3 1135 403 732 46 0 50 75 98 320 206 1135 557 536 41 1067 22 68 49 19 448 266 230 192
4 to 6 671 128 543 4 0 66 66 80 143 176 671 506 156 9 662 4 9 4 5 501 38 86 46
7 or more 209 19 190 0 0 17 17 65 25 83 209 169 40 0 209 0 0 0 0 160 14 28 7

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3142 225 2917 87 0 185 305 276 1015 749 3142 1886 1173 83 3064 66 78 61 17 999 306 857 981
None (on same floor) 1095 97 999 45 0 44 89 77 416 219 1095 587 454 54 1049 41 46 32 14 246 107 341 401
1 (up or down) 784 47 736 15 0 42 85 60 236 196 784 422 342 19 773 18 10 9 1 192 92 202 297
2 or more (up or down) 1263 81 1182 27 0 99 131 139 363 334 1263 877 376 10 1242 8 22 19 2 560 107 313 283

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3142 225 2917 87 0 185 305 276 1015 749 3142 1886 1173 83 3064 66 78 61 17 999 306 857 981
No common stairways 166 11 155 9 0 13 6 13 56 41 166 81 69 17 153 13 13 10 3 28 19 51 68
With common stairways 2910 211 2699 78 0 172 296 253 946 694 2910 1771 1075 64 2846 50 64 51 14 956 279 791 884
No loose steps 2290 178 2112 70 0 111 194 198 761 514 2290 1379 855 56 2233 42 56 43 14 719 243 623 704
Railings not loose 1766 135 1631 59 0 74 132 152 571 394 1766 1054 672 40 1719 31 46 38 9 539 192 492 544
Railings loose 442 34 408 11 0 29 55 37 166 97 442 270 158 14 432 9 10 5 5 165 33 117 128
No railings 62 6 56 0 0 0 5 5 18 18 62 34 25 3 62 3 0 0 0 12 17 12 21
Status of railings not reported 20 2 18 0 0 7 3 3 7 5 20 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 12
Loose steps 620 34 587 7 0 62 102 55 185 179 620 392 220 8 613 8 8 8 0 237 36 168 180
Railings not loose 539 34 505 7 0 45 75 50 159 142 539 340 191 8 533 8 5 5 0 215 32 150 141
Railings loose 66 0 66 0 0 14 22 3 20 35 66 44 22 0 66 0 0 0 0 11 4 17 34
No railings 11 0 11 0 0 3 2 2 4 2 11 9 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6
Status of railings not reported 5 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 5 0 5 0 2 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0
Status of stairways not reported 66 3 63 0 0 0 2 10 12 14 66 34 29 3 66 3 0 0 0 15 7 15 28

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 3661 274 3388 103 0 197 364 332 1194 898 3661 2121 1414 126 3559 102 103 78 24 1005 323 1070 1263
No public halls 564 34 530 20 0 20 49 27 220 120 564 298 221 45 539 41 25 21 4 38 52 196 278
No light fixtures in public halls 102 5 96 4 0 5 20 5 49 39 102 49 45 8 102 8 0 0 0 2 2 39 58
All in working order 2564 209 2355 75 0 147 229 281 779 609 2564 1531 971 62 2486 41 78 58 20 857 246 721 740
Some in working order 90 1 89 0 0 10 3 0 25 27 90 58 32 0 90 0 0 0 0 29 5 14 43
None in working order 242 13 228 4 0 14 56 9 88 66 242 122 111 8 242 8 0 0 0 48 11 73 110
Not reported 100 10 90 0 0 0 7 10 33 36 100 63 33 4 100 4 0 0 0 32 6 28 34

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3142 225 2917 87 0 185 305 276 1015 749 3142 1886 1173 83 3064 66 78 61 17 999 306 857 981
With 1 or more elevators working 476 43 433 6 0 37 38 106 88 142 476 352 124 0 476 0 0 0 0 294 23 97 63
With elevator, none in working condition 13 2 11 0 0 0 3 0 3 10 13 13 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 2
No elevator 2653 180 2473 80 0 148 263 170 924 597 2653 1521 1049 83 2575 66 78 61 17 698 282 756 916
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 214 7 207 4 0 36 38 17 56 66 214 172 42 0 210 0 5 5 0 142 35 15 23

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 5625 4125 1499 265 0 99 332 732 1021 884 5625 2290 2809 526 5015 250 609 329 276 467 383 2306 2468
With basement under all of building 745 554 191 19 0 14 19 64 144 105 745 330 358 57 669 21 76 40 36 318 222 85 120
With basement under part of building 261 198 62 8 0 9 9 57 36 38 261 104 129 27 227 9 33 15 18 69 74 38 80
With crawl space 1644 1218 426 34 0 42 202 225 252 276 1644 683 717 245 1416 103 228 87 141 25 42 661 916
On concrete slab 2929 2123 805 200 0 34 92 371 584 457 2929 1158 1582 189 2668 117 260 183 73 52 44 1505 1328
Other 46 31 15 4 0 0 9 15 4 7 46 15 23 8 34 0 12 4 8 3 1 17 25

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 295 130 165 7 24 24 42 28 65 88 295 157 102 37 259 13 36 12 23 38 26 141 90
Missing roofing material 499 220 278 14 11 40 67 64 117 140 499 263 178 58 458 34 41 16 25 72 36 216 175
Hole in roof 281 112 169 7 7 28 55 41 61 89 281 168 83 30 261 12 20 3 17 51 23 115 91
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 450 182 268 16 14 32 78 45 98 118 450 237 164 49 405 19 44 14 30 45 39 201 164
Sloping outside walls 262 120 142 7 21 25 52 12 60 55 262 117 102 43 231 15 31 4 27 48 23 114 78
Boarded up windows 161 53 108 2 7 20 24 5 27 69 161 72 77 12 150 6 11 5 7 23 4 56 79
Broken windows 714 291 423 2 55 46 118 35 174 216 714 338 267 109 623 57 91 39 53 134 56 248 276
Bars on windows 1209 605 604 5 4 58 144 232 190 312 1209 805 390 14 1193 10 15 11 4 230 36 451 492
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 328 136 191 4 24 28 68 19 76 101 328 185 94 49 298 33 30 14 16 52 25 140 111
None of the above 6605 3312 3293 376 331 164 352 703 1672 1127 6605 2723 3329 553 5884 261 721 421 292 878 536 2434 2756
Not reported 181 135 46 7 2 5 12 18 26 35 181 83 84 14 163 3 18 7 11 19 10 80 72

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 435 285 149 41 435 19 13 29 97 138 435 53 232 149 207 37 227 110 113 18 33 219 164
First site 224 187 37 37 224 7 9 16 27 38 224 18 138 68 106 10 118 60 58 11 19 113 82
Moved from another site 63 47 15 4 63 4 0 3 5 27 63 8 29 25 14 0 49 19 25 5 3 29 26
Don't know 78 25 53 0 78 3 2 4 49 36 78 18 31 29 55 20 23 14 9 2 0 27 49
Not reported 70 25 44 0 70 5 3 5 16 36 70 9 34 26 32 6 38 17 20 0 12 51 7

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1145 761 384 409 96 5 12 90 312 151 1145 342 703 100 907 40 237 173 60 55 80 566 443
Not previously occupied 632 525 107 294 57 2 7 58 116 52 632 183 404 45 478 14 154 123 32 16 49 333 234
Not reported 25 11 14 10 5 0 0 0 9 16 25 11 8 5 17 1 8 4 4 6 0 16 3
@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