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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 7-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 37072 31080 5992 1029 2400 677 1268 4029 2384 1591 7123 37072 10183 18199 8690 26410 2871 10662 4759 5820 8207 8387 13324 7154

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

Persons

1 person		 9869 6833 3036 219 668 227 433 965 391 488 2728 9869 3018 4376 2475 7437 1036 2431 979 1438 2247 2469 3500 1652
2 persons 9666 8706 960 344 685 134 244 662 436 366 1463 9666 2344 4858 2464 6558 749 3108 1358 1715 1996 2224 3546 1901
3 persons 1274 1117 157 13 59 41 49 227 111 55 218 1274 388 649 237 934 65 340 168 172 339 263 449 223
4 persons 514 455 60 15 29 2 18 118 78 27 79 514 146 278 90 377 23 137 70 67 117 92 186 119
5 persons 140 114 27 0 10 8 6 38 25 7 51 140 59 74 7 109 2 31 27 5 42 19 36 44
6 persons 120 100 20 4 3 2 7 32 27 8 16 120 37 71 13 92 2 28 17 11 35 17 42 27
7 persons or more 72 61 10 0 0 0 6 25 24 3 19 72 25 32 14 57 4 15 4 10 9 13 28 22

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 20846 16732 4114 580 1392 391 715 1803 960 899 4354 20846 5750 9942 5154 14957 1829 5889 2515 3326 4617 4959 7483 3787
1 502 411 91 13 51 12 30 148 71 36 124 502 163 248 91 371 32 132 72 60 93 81 200 128
2 199 163 35 0 10 5 4 67 38 4 54 199 67 100 31 158 15 41 25 16 49 41 61 48
3 59 47 12 2 2 5 2 22 18 10 21 59 14 36 9 41 0 18 9 9 13 5 28 14
4 29 16 13 0 0 0 8 13 5 3 11 29 9 10 10 23 4 6 0 6 8 4 10 7
5 15 10 5 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 10 15 11 0 4 12 2 2 0 2 5 6 4 0
6 or more 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 2

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 person 14057 10458 3599 335 1000 292 592 1593 733 654 3379 14057 4176 6448 3433 10370 1317 3687 1546 2116 3221 3284 5033 2520
2 persons or more 7598 6928 671 260 454 121 172 473 360 299 1194 7598 1841 3891 1867 5195 564 2403 1077 1303 1564 1814 2753 1467

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 to 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 to 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 to 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 to 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 to 74 10680 8795 1885 360 733 193 388 1141 669 548 1958 10680 2938 5158 2585 7424 819 3256 1458 1766 2383 2373 3896 2029
75 years and over 10975 8590 2385 235 721 220 376 926 425 405 2614 10975 3080 5181 2715 8140 1062 2835 1165 1653 2402 2725 3890 1958
Median 75+ 74 75+ 73 74 75+ 74 74 73 73 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 75+ 74 73 74 75+ 75+ 74 74

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 11786 10552 1234 376 786 187 331 1102 702 465 1845 11786 3000 5962 2825 8128 845 3659 1645 1980 2538 2628 4286 2335
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 9114 8419 695 315 567 129 194 521 471 334 1296 9114 2123 4711 2280 6122 673 2992 1350 1608 1857 2110 3342 1805
Under 25 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 to 29 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 to 34 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 to 44 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 9114 8419 695 315 567 129 194 521 471 334 1296 9114 2123 4711 2280 6122 673 2992 1350 1608 1857 2110 3342 1805
Other male householder 687 533 154 17 57 7 24 118 47 53 119 687 223 320 144 498 46 188 90 98 176 142 212 156
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 687 533 154 17 57 7 24 118 47 53 119 687 223 320 144 498 46 188 90 98 176 142 212 156
Other female householder 1986 1601 385 44 162 50 113 463 184 78 431 1986 654 932 400 1507 126 479 205 274 506 376 732 373
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 1986 1601 385 44 162 50 113 463 184 78 431 1986 654 932 400 1507 126 479 205 274 506 376 732 373
1-person households 9869 6833 3036 219 668 227 433 965 391 488 2728 9869 3018 4376 2475 7437 1036 2431 979 1438 2247 2469 3500 1652
Male householder 2416 1608 808 51 165 81 133 277 107 149 522 2416 758 1097 561 1781 191 635 257 370 566 588 820 442
Under 45 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 2416 1608 808 51 165 81 133 277 107 149 522 2416 758 1097 561 1781 191 635 257 370 566 588 820 442
Female householder 7453 5225 2228 168 503 145 300 688 285 339 2206 7453 2260 3279 1914 5656 846 1797 721 1069 1681 1882 2680 1211
Under 45 year 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 to 64 years 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 years and over 7453 5225 2228 168 503 145 300 688 285 339 2206 7453 2260 3279 1914 5656 846 1797 721 1069 1681 1882 2680 1211

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 809 653 156 15 62 22 49 264 133 53 218 809 267 396 145 608 53 201 108 93 167 139 303 199
Married couples 326 296 30 8 28 10 20 76 56 16 65 326 83 186 57 229 17 97 58 40 44 56 135 90
One child under 6 only 43 43 0 4 8 0 3 5 7 0 12 43 5 31 7 30 5 13 10 2 11 0 18 14
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 23 21 2 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 23 9 11 2 16 0 7 5 2 0 2 9 12
Two or more under 6 only 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 5 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 10 10 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0 2 10 3 4 2 3 0 7 4 2 0 3 4 2
One or more 6 to 17 only 243 215 28 4 20 10 15 63 37 16 48 243 61 137 46 173 13 71 38 33 33 49 101 61
Other households with two or more adults 392 307 85 7 27 7 20 134 68 35 105 392 144 178 70 306 24 86 41 46 102 67 131 91
One child under 6 only 59 44 14 0 8 2 2 16 9 7 14 59 19 32 8 37 0 21 14 8 15 8 22 13
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 41 30 11 0 0 0 4 17 0 2 21 41 12 19 11 27 4 14 7 7 13 10 15 3
Two or more under 6 only 25 12 13 0 5 0 0 4 11 5 8 25 0 18 7 20 3 5 0 5 8 2 6 8
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 16 11 5 0 2 0 2 12 0 3 5 16 6 4 6 14 4 2 0 2 3 3 10 0
One or more 6 to 17 only 252 209 43 7 11 5 11 84 48 17 58 252 107 106 39 207 14 44 20 24 63 44 77 67
Households with one adult or none 91 49 41 0 8 5 9 54 9 2 48 91 41 32 18 73 11 17 10 7 21 16 37 18
One child under 6 only 4 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 2 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 2 0 2 5 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Two or more under 6 only 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two or more under 6, one or more 6 to 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
One or more 6 to 17 only 81 43 39 0 6 5 9 47 9 2 41 81 36 32 14 64 7 17 10 7 18 16 30 18
Total households with no children 20846 16732 4114 580 1392 391 715 1803 960 899 4354 20846 5750 9942 5154 14957 1829 5889 2515 3326 4617 4959 7483 3787
Married couples 8833 8160 673 307 541 119 177 456 419 321 1245 8833 2055 4545 2234 5929 660 2905 1296 1574 1826 2064 3216 1727
Other households with two or more adults 2144 1739 405 54 183 45 105 382 150 90 382 2144 678 1021 445 1591 132 553 240 313 545 425 766 408
Households with one adult 9869 6833 3036 219 668 227 433 965 391 488 2728 9869 3018 4376 2475 7437 1036 2431 979 1438 2247 2469 3500 1652

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 21527 17299 4228 595 1448 406 752 2032 1074 943 4540 21527 5974 10276 5277 15464 1875 6063 2612 3402 4759 5083 7739 3945
With own children under 18 years 129 87 42 0 6 8 12 35 19 9 32 129 44 62 23 101 7 28 11 16 25 15 47 42
Under 6 years only 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
1 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 7 0 7 0 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 2
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 to 17 years only 122 82 40 0 6 8 12 33 17 9 30 122 44 55 23 96 7 26 10 16 23 15 45 40
1 95 66 30 0 6 3 10 20 15 9 23 95 30 44 21 71 7 24 10 15 13 11 38 33
2 18 9 9 0 0 3 0 9 0 0 5 18 11 7 0 18 0 0 0 0 7 3 2 5
3 or more 9 7 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 9 2 5 2 7 0 2 0 2 2 0 4 2
Both age groups 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 3435 2914 522 65 230 80 155 688 345 128 630 3435 1076 1693 667 2516 187 919 440 479 886 671 1222 656
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 391 319 72 0 16 14 13 74 66 11 71 391 129 205 57 300 7 91 41 50 122 71 86 112
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 2104 1824 279 37 141 39 93 387 219 67 347 2104 669 1028 406 1562 124 542 259 282 509 404 788 402
Households with three generations 434 373 61 8 23 7 21 108 83 24 87 434 137 236 61 331 23 103 65 38 107 76 153 98
Households with 1 subfamily 412 377 35 8 23 3 18 65 76 26 69 412 106 253 53 305 17 106 70 36 99 68 137 108
Subfamily householder age under 30 69 62 7 0 5 0 3 12 16 5 9 69 15 39 16 48 9 21 14 7 19 5 25 20
30 to 64 341 313 28 8 18 3 16 54 60 21 59 341 91 214 36 257 8 84 56 27 80 63 110 88
65 and over 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 3 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0
Households with other types of relatives 1225 1003 222 27 85 37 65 369 135 56 277 1225 415 568 242 882 66 343 167 176 295 248 461 221
With nonrelatives 498 362 136 16 48 7 16 68 42 45 103 498 172 241 85 388 32 110 57 53 114 79 157 148
Co-owners or co-renters 123 71 52 8 17 2 2 17 7 13 22 123 39 64 20 97 3 26 9 18 32 14 32 45
Lodgers 60 45 16 0 0 2 2 14 12 5 5 60 29 29 2 56 0 5 2 2 16 9 18 18
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 33 22 12 0 2 0 3 15 10 6 12 33 19 10 4 30 0 4 0 4 9 5 10 9
Other nonrelatives 313 247 66 8 29 3 11 33 26 29 70 313 104 149 60 236 29 77 46 31 69 51 105 88
One or more secondary families 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2-person households, none related to
each other		 359 264 95 14 38 6 6 36 21 24 73 359 114 183 62 274 25 85 48 37 79 57 106 116
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 38 24 14 2 2 0 5 8 5 9 5 38 17 10 10 30 2 8 0 8 11 0 22 5

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 3334 2319 1015 67 291 134 243 593 466 150 1139 3334 984 1228 1121 2097 290 1236 401 831 637 678 1577 441
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 3833 2944 890 102 355 87 176 565 201 195 1046 3833 1082 1720 1031 2595 355 1239 559 676 934 926 1454 520
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 7320 6099 1222 173 522 108 211 499 226 289 1351 7320 1735 3773 1813 5187 647 2134 944 1167 1780 2060 2319 1161
Additional vocational training 666 563 103 16 71 5 14 37 25 42 108 666 161 334 171 477 51 189 68 121 158 176 211 121
Some college, no degree 2940 2393 547 113 180 40 58 167 89 123 501 2940 910 1416 615 2308 281 633 287 334 440 685 1007 808
Associate degree 664 551 114 23 46 9 12 47 21 49 118 664 173 371 120 494 42 170 91 78 136 116 233 180
Bachelor's degree 2146 1852 295 70 49 28 44 116 55 86 263 2146 676 1098 372 1712 162 434 221 211 485 398 738 526
Graduate or professional degree 1417 1228 188 47 12 7 20 79 36 60 154 1417 457 733 227 1172 105 245 120 122 372 236 458 351
Percent high school graduate or higher 66.9 69.7 55.4 71.6 55.6 46.6 45.1 43.9 39.0 63.8 52.2 66.9 65.7 71.5 59.4 69.9 65.7 59.4 63.4 55.9 67.2 68.5 61.1 75.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 16.5 17.7 11.3 19.6 4.2 8.6 8.4 9.4 8.3 15.4 9.1 16.5 18.8 17.7 11.3 18.5 14.2 11.1 13.0 9.7 17.9 12.4 15.4 22.0

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 21333 17220 4113 588 1442 401 751 2058 975 920 4461 21333 5873 10185 5276 15280 1873 6053 2602 3403 4689 5071 7713 3860
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 1270 870 400 36 23 32 37 47 305 56 330 1270 533 684 53 1184 26 86 59 27 402 157 325 387

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 0
2000 to 2004 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 3 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
1995 to 1999 44 9 35 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 19 44 21 24 0 44 0 0 0 0 18 10 0 17
1990 to 1994 49 17 32 0 5 5 0 0 18 2 28 49 19 30 0 41 0 8 8 0 10 0 16 24
1980 to 1989 162 56 105 7 2 11 5 10 44 31 54 162 99 60 3 154 0 7 4 3 47 8 26 81
1979 or before 1332 952 380 36 28 28 45 46 356 45 336 1332 537 721 74 1223 34 108 69 39 421 166 353 392

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 1347 652 695 316 119 23 67 148 100 952 330 1347 409 656 282 1044 118 303 139 164 252 260 498 337
1995 to 1999 3429 2073 1357 262 425 72 91 282 210 0 851 3429 863 1742 825 2473 312 957 437 512 585 772 1318 754
1990 to 1994 2409 1697 712 0 240 29 83 194 128 0 534 2409 673 1128 608 1752 238 657 270 370 471 551 886 501
1985 to 1989 2069 1620 449 13 218 46 82 185 114 0 449 2069 516 1031 523 1489 180 580 237 343 385 494 763 427
1980 to 1984 1463 1155 308 0 193 21 49 178 82 0 291 1463 420 709 335 1062 132 402 183 203 338 287 577 260
1975 to 1979 1941 1742 198 0 126 40 48 190 106 0 385 1941 589 862 490 1366 165 575 250 324 377 481 696 388
1970 to 1974 1808 1654 154 0 95 34 73 234 109 0 331 1808 489 877 442 1259 155 549 260 287 395 408 705 301
1960 to 1969 3519 3298 220 4 35 57 134 367 135 0 684 3519 1090 1639 789 2614 278 905 391 511 919 849 1212 538
1950 to 1959 2588 2494 94 0 3 46 70 221 88 0 448 2588 732 1253 603 1867 190 721 304 413 727 713 789 359
1940 to 1949 783 734 50 0 0 28 53 47 19 0 167 783 171 330 282 477 78 306 102 204 248 208 251 76
1939 or earlier 299 266 32 0 0 17 13 21 4 0 101 299 66 111 122 163 35 136 50 86 88 73 92 45
Median 1979 1975 1994 2000+ 1991 1978 1978 1978 1985 2000+ 1982 1979 1978 1980 1979 1980 1981 1978 1979 1978 1975 1978 1981 1985

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 1310 756 554 218 103 16 64 173 99 952 325 1310 402 621 287 996 104 314 131 183 245 255 494 316
Household all moved here from one unit 912 406 506 209 63 11 47 107 52 912 256 912 300 414 198 709 76 203 81 122 178 171 361 202
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 42 8 34 2 2 0 2 9 9 42 6 42 20 17 5 40 5 2 2 0 0 8 21 13
Householder of previous unit moved here 730 318 413 158 45 11 31 84 41 730 190 730 236 331 163 569 64 162 62 99 156 147 291 136
Householder of previous unit not reported 139 81 59 48 15 0 13 14 2 139 60 139 44 66 29 100 6 39 17 23 22 16 49 52
Household moved here from two or more units 32 16 16 9 9 0 2 7 7 32 7 32 6 14 12 20 3 11 3 9 3 7 6 16
No previous householder moved here 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 previous householder moved here 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 7 2 4 0 4 0 3 3 0 0 3 2 2
2 or more previous householders moved here 19 11 8 9 9 0 2 7 3 19 5 19 0 7 12 10 3 9 0 9 3 3 4 9
Previous householder(s) not reported 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 6 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Some already here, rest moved in 367 334 33 0 31 5 15 60 39 9 61 367 96 193 78 267 26 100 48 52 64 78 127 98
No previous householder moved here 96 81 15 0 9 0 8 22 16 2 19 96 32 44 20 70 5 26 11 15 20 7 40 29
1 or more previous householders moved here 204 194 11 0 17 0 4 22 17 2 28 204 41 117 47 142 19 62 34 28 37 50 66 52
Previous householder(s) not reported 66 59 7 0 4 5 3 15 6 5 14 66 24 32 11 55 2 11 2 9 7 20 22 17
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 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