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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 2-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Total		 105842 72238 33604 5691 6854 1970 4320 13004 11038 21627 17242 13960 105842 31300 53765 20778 78369 7486 27474 13856 13291 20133 24488 38145 23077

Stories in Structure@18

1		 34244 25777 8468 1746 0 575 1676 4238 4826 8452 5006 4865 34244 9629 16782 7834 24924 3064 9320 4454 4770 1214 3999 18778 10254
2 34915 22715 12199 1950 0 591 1208 3931 3264 6350 6372 4170 34915 10010 18674 6230 26752 2371 8163 4228 3860 6173 9849 10426 8467
3 22842 15560 7282 1227 0 402 762 2791 1512 3611 3709 2351 22842 7037 12375 3430 18070 1367 4772 2669 2062 8178 8206 4056 2402
4 to 6 5126 2246 2880 150 0 226 312 925 730 1045 917 805 5126 2736 2041 348 4760 192 365 207 156 2963 983 684 496
7 or more 1862 426 1436 34 0 73 98 452 258 682 321 481 1862 1365 464 33 1852 29 9 3 4 1037 312 341 173

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 22083 3103 18980 752 0 734 1666 4483 3787 3401 6995 4626 22083 11316 9145 1622 21007 1207 1076 617 415 6580 4525 5879 5100
None (on same floor) 7788 1262 6526 293 0 222 578 1536 1281 1124 2594 1589 7788 3595 3455 738 7313 526 475 246 213 1917 1569 2377 1926
1 (up or down) 5785 722 5063 176 0 176 443 1121 949 688 1994 1161 5785 2801 2555 429 5474 314 311 189 116 1533 1281 1458 1512
2 or more (up or down) 8510 1120 7390 284 0 336 645 1825 1557 1589 2406 1876 8510 4920 3135 455 8220 368 291 182 87 3129 1675 2044 1662

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 22083 3103 18980 752 0 734 1666 4483 3787 3401 6995 4626 22083 11316 9145 1622 21007 1207 1076 617 415 6580 4525 5879 5100
No common stairways 1814 402 1412 72 0 31 132 360 235 196 587 355 1814 767 844 203 1683 148 131 70 55 373 466 585 389
With common stairways 19700 2605 17095 664 0 689 1480 3960 3468 3100 6262 4150 19700 10253 8054 1393 18774 1038 926 533 355 6002 3972 5128 4597
No loose steps 16621 2336 14285 553 0 553 1176 3303 2675 2659 5256 3406 16621 8592 6806 1222 15799 914 822 475 309 5034 3476 4293 3817
Railings not loose 13131 1872 11259 453 0 392 887 2550 2046 2107 4116 2622 13131 6841 5338 953 12474 711 657 383 241 3984 2834 3334 2979
Railings loose 3006 394 2612 86 0 144 255 635 566 483 961 654 3006 1503 1278 225 2869 175 137 82 50 939 515 830 722
No railings 346 54 293 8 0 12 23 90 44 41 133 86 346 180 126 40 321 22 25 7 18 74 89 94 89
Status of railings not reported 138 16 122 6 0 6 12 28 19 27 46 44 138 68 64 5 135 5 2 2 0 38 38 35 27
Loose steps 3079 269 2809 111 0 136 304 657 793 442 1006 744 3079 1661 1247 170 2975 125 104 58 46 968 496 835 780
Railings not loose 2667 251 2416 103 0 111 164 528 654 408 867 610 2667 1423 1107 137 2575 95 92 50 41 844 421 707 696
Railings loose 351 18 332 8 0 21 128 114 122 33 109 119 351 203 118 29 346 27 5 2 2 104 67 111 69
No railings 40 0 40 0 0 3 10 9 9 1 17 12 40 25 11 4 33 2 7 5 2 17 6 12 4
Status of railings not reported 21 0 21 0 0 0 2 6 8 0 13 2 21 10 11 0 21 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 11
Status of stairways not reported 570 96 473 16 0 15 53 162 84 104 145 122 570 296 247 27 550 21 19 14 5 204 86 165 114

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 24963 3402 21561 846 0 820 1918 5013 4364 4046 7994 5464 24963 12310 10411 2242 23521 1617 1442 773 625 6747 4994 7169 6053
No public halls 3487 519 2968 117 0 79 260 642 527 473 1295 779 3487 1394 1512 581 3140 395 348 156 186 456 687 1366 977
No light fixtures in public halls 678 83 595 38 0 12 84 145 99 82 257 162 678 280 285 112 596 81 81 50 31 71 173 213 220
All in working order 17993 2503 15490 619 0 594 1211 3549 3164 3162 5549 3798 17993 9266 7415 1312 17125 969 869 490 344 5576 3628 4680 4109
Some in working order 561 23 539 10 0 36 61 120 139 22 171 139 561 309 217 36 547 31 14 10 5 103 127 201 131
None in working order 1381 158 1222 42 0 77 229 325 281 172 482 359 1381 662 569 149 1284 100 96 45 49 309 251 467 353
Not reported 863 117 746 20 0 22 73 231 154 135 239 227 863 398 413 52 829 42 33 23 10 232 128 241 262

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 22083 3103 18980 752 0 734 1666 4483 3787 3401 6995 4626 22083 11316 9145 1622 21007 1207 1076 617 415 6580 4525 5879 5100
With 1 or more elevators working 3969 829 3139 134 0 165 273 773 593 1433 773 901 3969 2443 1425 100 3924 94 45 36 6 1744 693 768 764
With elevator, none in working condition 69 5 64 0 0 0 11 19 29 8 20 22 69 51 18 0 69 0 0 0 0 31 10 19 10
No elevator 18045 2269 15776 618 0 569 1382 3691 3166 1960 6202 3703 18045 8821 7701 1522 17013 1113 1032 581 410 4805 3822 5091 4326
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 1351 102 1249 76 0 71 158 342 283 105 428 294 1351 846 441 64 1300 61 50 48 2 614 304 277 156

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 74026 63322 10704 4261 0 1047 2138 7324 6227 16094 8331 7208 74026 18467 39925 15633 52838 5407 21188 10789 10227 12818 18354 27115 15739
With basement under all of building 24449 21908 2542 1273 0 329 354 2271 948 5313 2131 1902 24449 6026 13524 4899 17517 1731 6933 3724 3168 8484 10503 3646 1817
With basement under part of building 8618 7701 917 214 0 116 185 396 317 1970 802 616 8618 1564 4655 2399 5540 716 3078 1382 1683 2382 3543 1571 1122
With crawl space 18869 15506 3363 735 0 333 1157 2148 1825 4560 2129 2508 18869 4592 8525 5752 11887 1901 6982 3095 3850 773 2601 9907 5587
On concrete slab 21674 17909 3765 2022 0 244 422 2470 3118 4169 3207 2110 21674 6204 12975 2495 17645 1041 4028 2492 1454 1133 1619 11797 7125
Other 416 299 117 17 0 25 19 40 19 81 63 72 416 82 245 89 249 17 167 96 71 46 88 194 88

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 2281 1312 969 20 287 154 391 404 314 296 425 546 2281 702 956 623 1562 248 719 344 375 408 510 906 457
Missing roofing material 3639 2019 1620 62 125 182 381 517 483 571 636 710 3639 1229 1607 803 2701 308 938 441 495 753 834 1177 875
Hole in roof 1850 1016 835 21 225 149 364 379 244 294 301 455 1850 634 821 396 1316 160 534 294 236 297 388 766 400
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 2831 1488 1343 49 201 181 470 497 415 344 552 720 2831 1013 1082 735 1986 273 844 376 462 551 707 1016 557
Sloping outside walls 1461 708 753 18 168 105 313 279 241 153 346 426 1461 496 585 380 1001 134 460 205 246 229 304 665 263
Boarded up windows 973 438 534 17 82 68 176 234 187 105 230 342 973 449 322 203 744 77 229 103 125 162 192 399 219
Broken windows 3827 2115 1711 56 408 198 521 763 612 430 693 936 3827 1388 1510 929 2783 346 1044 441 583 675 899 1426 827
Bars on windows 4226 2071 2155 33 49 151 352 1366 1237 885 633 836 4226 3029 1082 115 4077 54 149 88 61 1127 409 1289 1402
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 2694 1564 1130 58 93 160 439 433 303 340 498 580 2694 920 1037 737 1920 261 774 288 475 563 776 884 470
None of the above 86252 61540 24712 5354 5721 1251 2476 9210 7884 18325 13909 10115 86252 23047 45842 17363 62881 6158 23371 11893 11205 15678 20288 31762 18524
Not reported 2384 1758 626 100 104 35 104 388 244 477 308 394 2384 755 1280 349 1844 128 539 311 220 620 550 790 423

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 6854 5514 1340 583 6854 103 265 667 447 1487 917 1288 6854 522 3429 2903 2010 463 4844 2295 2440 568 1140 3861 1286
First site 4280 3766 514 479 4280 54 111 474 212 1100 187 641 4280 352 2138 1789 1225 257 3055 1446 1532 375 678 2379 848
Moved from another site 1282 1101 181 72 1282 20 81 105 84 252 113 295 1282 60 589 633 246 58 1036 435 575 93 239 827 123
Don't know 592 257 336 17 592 17 47 64 91 42 200 169 592 47 330 215 239 67 353 204 149 37 92 320 143
Not reported 700 391 309 15 700 11 27 25 60 94 417 183 700 64 371 265 299 81 401 211 184 62 131 335 171

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 19493 15671 3822 5691 2826 165 313 1898 1473 2499 3906 1683 19493 3502 12183 3808 11844 951 7650 4635 2858 1812 4041 9063 4577
Not previously occupied 10137 9505 632 4040 1657 67 114 910 643 1460 1271 692 10137 1420 6474 2242 5351 404 4785 2877 1838 965 2152 4940 2081
Not reported 208 145 63 63 63 0 9 38 27 23 75 26 208 46 132 31 123 4 85 52 26 28 31 112 37
@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
Last Revised: May 27, 2005