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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 2-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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 alone Hispanic 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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total		 16789 5530 11259 1978 907 294 997 2512 2412 983 16789 3088 16789 6000 7988 2801 13758 1404 3031 1592 1397 2287 3677 6436 4388

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States		 16789 5530 11259 1978 907 294 997 2512 2412 983 16789 3088 16789 6000 7988 2801 13758 1404 3031 1592 1397 2287 3677 6436 4388
House 8242 3441 4801 1163 419 141 413 1014 942 570 8242 1347 8242 2630 4054 1559 6425 714 1817 953 844 1001 1914 3190 2138
Apartment 6646 1452 5193 554 210 125 464 1246 1257 267 6646 1238 6646 2854 3054 738 5981 483 665 388 255 1065 1393 2379 1809
Manufactured/mobile home 818 292 526 106 223 17 54 56 85 68 818 200 818 132 336 350 420 121 398 169 230 65 127 472 155
Other 556 165 391 84 16 0 36 80 80 26 556 149 556 221 255 80 485 55 71 46 25 62 113 199 181
Not reported 527 180 347 71 38 11 29 115 49 52 527 154 527 164 289 74 447 31 80 37 43 94 130 197 105

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 15706 5185 10521 1823 852 283 931 2317 2283 905 15706 2786 15706 5615 7443 2647 12826 1318 2880 1509 1329 2130 3433 6040 4102
Owner occupied 5236 2812 2423 987 365 75 204 471 432 538 5236 707 5236 1411 2778 1047 3897 446 1339 729 600 671 1202 2088 1275
Renter occupied 10470 2373 8097 836 487 208 728 1846 1851 367 10470 2079 10470 4204 4665 1601 8929 872 1541 780 729 1460 2231 3952 2827

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 15706 5185 10521 1823 852 283 931 2317 2283 905 15706 2786 15706 5615 7443 2647 12826 1318 2880 1509 1329 2130 3433 6040 4102
1 person 2237 607 1630 222 114 52 148 365 166 318 2237 439 2237 861 984 392 1914 237 323 162 155 320 542 816 559
2 persons 4555 1716 2838 627 232 60 267 560 450 396 4555 569 4555 1610 2205 739 3654 353 901 498 387 591 1072 1779 1113
3 persons 3187 1024 2163 330 154 53 179 502 482 60 3187 519 3187 1080 1557 550 2597 290 590 318 260 440 693 1243 811
4 persons 2539 914 1625 328 170 58 132 362 436 27 2539 482 2539 863 1217 459 2025 185 514 238 274 328 507 1004 699
5 persons 1411 462 949 166 100 24 76 221 314 34 1411 287 1411 499 665 247 1133 115 278 147 132 176 299 533 403
6 persons 578 132 446 37 18 15 53 113 157 13 578 178 578 228 272 77 503 42 75 36 35 69 117 205 188
7 persons or more 363 72 291 23 12 8 35 45 131 10 363 132 363 153 145 65 297 26 66 25 39 64 55 123 121
Not reported 837 258 579 91 51 13 42 149 147 48 837 180 837 321 399 117 704 69 134 86 48 143 148 337 210

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 15706 5185 10521 1823 852 283 931 2317 2283 905 15706 2786 15706 5615 7443 2647 12826 1318 2880 1509 1329 2130 3433 6040 4102
Owned or rented by a mover 12366 4553 7813 1581 679 208 720 1675 1738 803 12366 2016 12366 4284 5967 2115 10023 1044 2343 1237 1071 1614 2727 4761 3264
Owned or rented by other 2904 501 2403 198 148 68 185 562 486 63 2904 671 2904 1162 1276 466 2448 242 457 226 224 429 631 1105 740
By a relative 1806 295 1511 122 101 54 131 395 307 29 1806 456 1806 721 761 324 1513 168 294 136 155 269 386 709 442
By a nonrelative 1092 206 887 76 48 15 54 165 179 34 1092 215 1092 440 510 142 929 74 163 91 69 160 241 394 298
Not reported 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 6 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
Not reported 436 131 305 45 25 6 26 80 60 39 436 99 436 169 200 66 356 32 80 46 34 87 75 174 99

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 15706 5185 10521 1823 852 283 931 2317 2283 905 15706 2786 15706 5615 7443 2647 12826 1318 2880 1509 1329 2130 3433 6040 4102
Increased with move 8110 3146 4964 1149 306 122 416 1107 1199 288 8110 1191 8110 2825 4069 1216 6675 586 1435 787 630 1127 1776 2966 2241
Decreased 3773 879 2894 300 282 67 287 561 527 280 3773 825 3773 1371 1643 759 3088 416 685 323 343 455 806 1524 988
Stayed about the same 3175 941 2234 296 213 76 191 548 470 250 3175 604 3175 1213 1403 558 2565 272 610 318 287 424 732 1274 745
Don't know 503 172 332 59 43 12 37 79 78 71 503 131 503 156 268 80 394 29 109 58 51 80 103 223 97
Not reported 144 47 97 20 9 5 0 21 9 16 144 34 144 51 59 34 104 16 41 23 18 44 16 53 31


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005