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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 7-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8368 7224 1144 241 0 141 462 904 627 355 1966 8368 2212 3786 2369 5862 912 2506 1031 1457 415 1153 4692 2108
2 6305 5134 1171 140 0 119 136 413 194 263 1055 6305 1515 3246 1544 4486 537 1819 805 1007 1612 2136 1499 1060
3 3756 2953 803 66 0 64 68 365 98 159 672 3756 1152 1902 703 2929 259 827 384 443 1661 1260 538 297
4 to 6 1053 544 509 12 0 36 47 152 80 50 259 1053 525 449 80 989 46 64 31 33 535 239 193 87
7 or more 719 162 557 2 0 36 24 157 65 52 269 719 442 256 22 717 20 2 0 2 390 131 151 48

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3526 961 2565 86 0 140 176 479 276 346 980 3526 1677 1588 261 3351 172 175 86 89 1409 817 729 571
None (on same floor) 1075 315 760 19 0 30 52 129 77 121 228 1075 447 514 115 981 60 95 39 56 363 278 252 181
1 (up or down) 773 233 540 21 0 34 50 85 60 81 228 773 329 381 63 721 36 52 25 27 300 173 138 162
2 or more (up or down) 1678 412 1266 47 0 75 73 265 139 143 525 1678 902 693 82 1650 76 28 22 6 745 366 339 227

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3526 961 2565 86 0 140 176 479 276 346 980 3526 1677 1588 261 3351 172 175 86 89 1409 817 729 571
No common stairways 163 51 112 1 0 4 14 18 13 33 33 163 54 94 16 149 9 14 8 6 53 40 45 26
With common stairways 3269 885 2384 85 0 133 150 432 253 301 924 3269 1569 1462 237 3114 157 155 75 80 1322 760 653 534
No loose steps 2914 799 2115 75 0 111 132 382 198 261 812 2914 1398 1302 213 2775 142 139 67 72 1167 683 595 468
Railings not loose 2440 674 1766 55 0 78 105 317 152 218 673 2440 1163 1093 185 2332 138 108 62 47 1005 554 497 385
Railings loose 401 102 299 17 0 29 19 60 37 36 118 401 206 173 23 377 1 24 3 21 128 112 86 76
No railings 49 18 32 3 0 0 5 4 5 5 7 49 22 24 4 45 0 4 0 4 23 13 10 3
Status of railings not reported 23 5 18 0 0 3 3 0 3 2 13 23 8 13 2 20 2 3 3 0 11 5 2 5
Loose steps 355 86 270 10 0 22 18 51 55 40 112 355 171 160 24 339 15 16 8 9 155 77 58 66
Railings not loose 335 83 252 10 0 18 18 44 50 38 106 335 157 156 22 319 14 16 8 9 145 71 58 62
Railings loose 11 0 11 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 7 11 9 0 2 11 2 0 0 0 5 6 0 0
No railings 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 9 4 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 4
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 0
Status of stairways not reported 94 25 69 0 0 3 12 30 10 12 23 94 54 32 8 88 5 5 3 3 34 18 31 11

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4118 1071 3047 104 0 148 215 538 332 427 1213 4118 1847 1841 430 3830 265 288 123 164 1453 968 1001 695
No public halls 480 106 373 12 0 19 19 43 27 61 137 480 137 230 113 403 64 77 28 49 87 121 165 107
No light fixtures in public halls 89 27 62 0 0 4 9 7 5 2 27 89 25 58 6 79 5 10 9 1 16 10 43 20
All in working order 3264 862 2402 78 0 112 161 437 281 330 948 3264 1559 1427 277 3086 174 178 75 103 1263 791 712 498
Some in working order 19 3 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11 19 7 8 4 19 4 0 0 0 5 2 3 9
None in working order 144 36 108 13 0 11 14 26 9 22 56 144 66 65 13 138 11 5 3 3 40 24 34 45
Not reported 123 37 86 0 0 3 13 25 10 9 35 123 53 53 17 106 7 17 8 9 42 20 45 16

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3526 961 2565 86 0 140 176 479 276 346 980 3526 1677 1588 261 3351 172 175 86 89 1409 817 729 571
With 1 or more elevators working 1477 378 1099 47 0 55 59 222 106 143 460 1477 743 663 71 1458 62 19 11 8 592 339 326 221
With elevator, none in working condition 7 0 7 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 2 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2
No elevator 2042 583 1459 39 0 82 114 257 170 203 518 2042 927 925 190 1886 109 156 75 81 814 477 403 348
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 112 14 98 0 0 9 4 22 17 2 39 112 79 26 7 112 7 0 0 0 80 17 11 4

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 16083 14947 1137 356 0 248 522 1453 732 453 3008 16083 3999 7797 4287 11153 1509 4930 2128 2778 3159 3950 6071 2903
With basement under all of building 5418 5141 278 77 0 70 53 437 64 102 855 5418 1363 2797 1259 3901 461 1517 715 798 2116 2223 750 329
With basement under part of building 1853 1752 101 12 0 30 16 108 57 24 265 1853 337 918 598 1121 195 733 329 403 507 684 437 225
With crawl space 4618 4274 344 73 0 101 353 554 225 126 1027 4618 1076 1864 1677 2861 577 1757 647 1100 217 667 2567 1167
On concrete slab 4055 3669 386 184 0 36 91 352 371 192 825 4055 1192 2153 710 3194 274 861 415 437 307 353 2255 1140
Other 139 111 28 10 0 11 9 2 15 9 36 139 30 65 43 77 3 62 21 41 11 22 63 43

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 378 274 104 0 33 22 52 80 28 20 114 378 114 149 115 244 39 134 57 77 65 87 182 45
Missing roofing material 668 502 166 11 26 36 50 99 64 12 216 668 240 277 151 495 51 173 72 101 129 175 234 130
Hole in roof 315 235 80 5 40 19 53 90 41 7 120 315 113 120 82 196 22 119 59 60 46 69 175 26
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 336 238 98 8 18 17 52 75 45 19 112 336 104 124 108 224 36 112 40 72 71 73 159 33
Sloping outside walls 213 147 67 3 18 24 41 52 12 17 75 213 50 94 69 123 19 91 38 51 27 35 131 21
Boarded up windows 116 73 43 6 6 10 16 33 5 5 37 116 40 41 35 76 7 40 11 28 38 25 48 5
Broken windows 575 451 124 9 82 32 88 162 35 29 170 575 148 210 217 303 53 271 108 163 103 128 274 70
Bars on windows 1097 760 337 4 14 23 75 370 232 26 285 1097 760 287 50 1054 28 44 22 22 273 129 425 271
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 483 404 79 4 25 13 58 74 19 8 121 483 144 180 159 286 32 197 70 127 103 169 139 72
None of the above 17899 14711 3188 551 1249 286 477 1300 703 804 3597 17899 4481 8834 4584 12689 1628 5210 2208 2956 3863 4330 6409 3297
Not reported 395 328 67 4 20 8 20 50 18 10 64 395 120 201 74 299 26 95 48 48 117 92 135 50

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1454 1368 86 134 1454 17 27 76 29 72 351 1454 172 699 583 582 106 872 372 476 172 179 714 389
First site 1118 1074 44 111 1118 7 10 45 16 43 266 1118 143 536 439 459 76 659 278 363 142 128 538 310
Moved from another site 250 225 24 19 250 5 17 31 3 3 68 250 15 115 120 65 22 184 80 98 20 44 142 43
Don't know 49 37 13 4 49 0 0 0 4 9 7 49 7 26 17 36 8 13 5 8 4 6 13 26
Not reported 37 32 5 0 37 5 0 0 5 18 10 37 7 23 7 21 0 16 8 7 6 2 20 9

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 2075 1649 426 595 401 13 34 120 90 300 394 2075 325 1196 554 1199 138 876 440 416 221 450 906 499
Not previously occupied 1415 1260 155 492 304 8 15 61 58 174 228 1415 210 794 411 753 86 662 317 325 156 298 613 348
Not reported 29 18 11 3 4 0 2 2 0 14 10 29 5 19 5 19 1 10 6 4 1 5 19 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