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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 7-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black Hispanic 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		 21655 17385 4270 595 1454 413 764 2067 1094 952 4573 21655 6017 10338 5300 15565 1881 6090 2623 3418 4785 5098 7786 3987

Tenure

Owner occupied		 17385 17385 0 475 1368 256 495 1372 704 429 3059 17385 4198 8628 4559 11878 1511 5507 2415 3048 3439 4186 6595 3165
Percent of all occupied 80.3 100.0 0.0 79.9 94.1 62.0 64.8 66.4 64.4 45.1 66.9 80.3 69.8 83.5 86.0 76.3 80.3 90.4 92.1 89.2 71.9 82.1 84.7 79.4
Renter occupied 4270 0 4270 119 86 157 269 694 389 523 1514 4270 1819 1710 740 3687 370 583 208 371 1346 911 1191 822

Race and Origin

White		 19043 15707 3335 545 1365 300 521 0 906 766 3703 19043 4636 9509 4898 13366 1729 5677 2467 3169 4261 4651 6590 3540
Non-Hispanic 18136 15089 3047 531 1346 265 456 0 0 741 3407 18136 4239 9070 4827 12550 1703 5586 2421 3124 4119 4597 6196 3223
Hispanic 906 618 288 14 18 35 65 0 906 24 296 906 397 439 70 816 26 91 46 45 142 54 394 317
Black 2067 1372 694 27 76 71 223 2067 24 113 718 2067 1148 591 328 1709 115 358 137 213 414 400 1084 169
American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 67 49 18 0 2 5 2 0 2 1 20 67 12 17 38 38 15 30 7 23 5 10 27 26
Asian and Pacific Islander 273 173 100 5 0 19 8 0 15 19 56 273 120 146 7 266 3 7 2 4 36 15 32 191
Other 205 83 122 16 11 19 10 0 146 54 76 205 101 75 29 187 20 19 10 9 69 22 54 61
Total Hispanic@21 1094 704 389 26 29 51 75 24 1094 62 351 1094 489 504 101 985 47 109 56 53 197 71 449 377

Units in Structure

1, detached		 14861 14036 825 276 0 230 509 1274 672 358 2726 14861 3504 7185 4172 10049 1449 4812 2067 2724 2770 3742 5721 2629
1, attached 1222 911 311 80 0 18 12 179 60 95 282 1222 494 613 115 1104 61 118 61 54 389 208 351 274
2 to 4 1164 368 796 16 0 31 72 160 79 106 330 1164 497 481 186 1019 104 145 62 82 426 281 278 178
5 to 9 569 129 440 12 0 29 34 51 47 65 171 569 222 273 73 508 41 61 29 32 145 162 141 120
10 to 19 488 156 332 24 0 23 24 58 55 42 124 488 176 278 35 456 13 32 11 22 142 98 165 84
20 to 49 636 158 477 17 0 14 29 69 57 77 149 636 295 270 70 598 48 38 16 22 208 151 151 125
50 or more 1261 260 1002 36 0 52 56 201 94 138 438 1261 656 539 66 1250 59 12 5 6 532 276 266 188
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 1454 1368 86 134 1454 17 27 76 29 72 351 1454 172 699 583 582 106 872 372 476 172 179 714 389

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 195 141 54 0 16 12 5 19 18 5 49 195 117 69 8 178 2 16 10 6 134 13 33 14
Condominiums 1288 1086 202 65 7 27 35 47 57 79 209 1288 315 893 80 1201 47 88 55 33 236 295 494 264

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 274 222 52 274 66 2 2 5 8 183 63 274 28 160 86 145 14 128 56 72 31 63 109 71
1995 to 1999 925 751 174 321 209 6 15 64 42 80 173 925 142 542 240 486 45 438 238 194 98 165 453 208
1990 to 1994 877 676 200 0 126 5 16 51 40 37 158 877 154 494 228 567 79 309 145 149 92 222 344 219
1985 to 1989 1115 817 298 0 154 8 23 53 54 99 221 1115 238 634 243 768 62 347 163 182 190 192 464 269
1980 to 1984 1146 834 311 0 216 7 31 102 26 57 269 1146 260 611 274 835 103 310 135 171 160 212 541 233
1975 to 1979 1946 1407 540 0 264 45 20 100 115 97 437 1946 414 1034 499 1319 178 627 307 320 279 411 756 500
1970 to 1974 2156 1657 498 0 258 41 72 186 115 82 495 2156 547 1092 517 1538 190 618 282 327 362 411 914 469
1960 to 1969 3658 3050 609 0 137 60 97 340 142 103 662 3658 966 1898 795 2774 330 885 413 464 709 827 1428 694
1950 to 1959 3674 3278 397 0 19 71 131 337 236 76 638 3674 1100 1873 702 2926 271 748 318 430 875 1016 1198 585
1940 to 1949 1843 1543 299 0 4 39 122 239 133 51 383 1843 617 769 457 1400 176 442 160 280 443 392 656 351
1930 to 1939 1144 883 261 0 3 28 60 216 57 26 287 1144 480 349 315 829 113 315 110 202 310 285 378 171
1920 to 1929 1022 780 241 0 0 31 65 161 58 19 259 1022 455 308 258 768 89 254 84 169 423 290 210 98
1919 or earlier 1877 1487 390 0 0 69 109 212 66 43 528 1877 617 574 686 1210 230 667 211 457 813 611 336 117
Median 1963 1962 1968 1999 1981 1955 1951 1956 1959 1978 1962 1963 1957 1966 1962 1962 1961 1966 1970 1963 1954 1959 1967 1969

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 16356 12826 3530 421 871 315 505 1739 993 741 3278 16356 6017 10338 0 13684 0 2672 2623 0 4176 3437 5406 3337
In central cities 6017 4198 1819 82 172 123 266 1148 489 309 1361 6017 6017 0 0 5969 0 49 0 0 1405 1254 2074 1285
Suburbs 10338 8628 1710 339 699 193 240 591 504 432 1917 10338 0 10338 0 7715 0 2623 2623 0 2771 2183 3332 2052
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 5300 4559 740 174 583 98 259 328 101 211 1295 5300 0 0 5300 1881 1881 3418 0 3418 609 1661 2380 650

Regions

Northeast		 4785 3439 1346 78 172 132 86 414 197 181 985 4785 1405 2771 609 3679 177 1106 669 432 4785 0 0 0
Midwest 5098 4186 911 110 179 80 95 400 71 180 909 5098 1254 2183 1661 3581 635 1517 491 1026 0 5098 0 0
South 7786 6595 1191 259 714 127 514 1084 449 369 1983 7786 2074 3332 2380 4955 715 2831 1147 1665 0 0 7786 0
West 3987 3165 822 148 389 74 70 169 377 223 696 3987 1285 2052 650 3350 355 637 317 295 0 0 0 3987

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 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 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 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 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 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 S

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 1278 1066 212 22 81 20 37 56 34 56 304 1278 0 491 786 117 0 1161 375 786 229 478 436 134
2,500 to 9,999 persons 2849 2324 524 57 175 52 87 124 130 136 613 2849 0 1897 951 2833 949 16 13 2 629 671 1065 483
10,000 to 19,999 persons 1971 1564 406 36 36 44 75 142 88 85 424 1971 22 1435 514 1953 510 17 14 4 472 613 653 233
20,000 to 49,999 persons 2941 2284 657 55 81 50 64 256 174 142 548 2941 739 1797 405 2923 394 18 7 11 540 798 883 720
50,000 to 99,999 persons 1931 1492 440 35 53 34 46 135 156 90 374 1931 1000 931 0 1923 0 8 0 0 465 471 456 539
100,000 to 249,999 persons 1471 1054 417 18 51 34 47 231 99 70 304 1471 1096 375 0 1466 0 5 0 0 236 275 506 454
250,000 to 499,999 persons 1032 733 299 16 15 13 52 219 77 62 216 1032 1006 26 0 1027 0 5 0 0 98 187 384 363
500,000 to 999,999 persons 751 560 190 16 12 6 57 171 91 45 174 751 751 0 0 748 0 2 0 0 38 167 375 171
1,000,000 persons or more 1323 740 582 13 2 51 60 376 152 48 372 1323 1323 0 0 1323 0 0 0 0 723 246 122 231
@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