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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 3-9. Household Composition--Owner Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units
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

Population in housing units
191402 13271 13939 2373 4434 17044 17687 31134 15264 14299 191402 43466 108691 39245 131402 11636 60000 31717 27609 35272 46643 68797 40691

Total
72238 4673 5514 932 1795 6193 5106 17350 5609 6058 72238 16701 39724 15813 49307 4844 22931 11702 10969 12964 17889 26699 14686

Persons

1 person
15455 652 1449 300 541 1492 641 6791 1086 2354 15455 4160 7640 3655 11079 1324 4375 2007 2330 2635 3946 5948 2925
2 persons 25471 1675 1853 267 563 1740 1140 8633 1933 1860 25471 5609 13662 6200 16519 1800 8952 4444 4400 4338 6465 9613 5055
3 persons 12165 873 884 128 280 1204 974 1210 1022 632 12165 2670 6933 2561 8286 761 3879 2021 1800 2206 2840 4681 2438
4 persons 11512 901 789 123 238 916 1042 394 921 521 11512 2442 6927 2144 7905 582 3608 2010 1561 2288 2835 4019 2371
5 persons 5061 432 358 65 97 492 729 183 434 324 5061 1125 3078 858 3611 258 1451 829 600 1034 1216 1643 1169
6 persons 1656 101 120 27 51 209 313 68 140 179 1656 425 980 251 1219 67 437 254 184 326 412 503 415
7 persons or more 919 39 60 21 25 139 268 71 73 187 919 270 505 144 689 51 230 136 93 138 175 292 313

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None
46213 2414 3474 628 1218 3598 2272 16638 3116 4311 46213 10969 24344 10900 31359 3428 14855 7221 7473 8299 11566 17274 9075
1 11038 881 851 119 236 1204 1002 480 1030 650 11038 2445 6420 2172 7600 636 3437 1854 1536 1904 2591 4285 2258
2 9909 922 800 108 213 806 1007 156 936 536 9909 2175 5888 1846 6759 531 3150 1798 1315 1836 2441 3489 2142
3 3728 371 275 48 94 384 572 46 396 326 3728 774 2306 648 2658 181 1069 588 467 733 946 1187 862
4 939 70 90 9 25 135 160 18 105 105 939 228 547 163 654 54 284 175 109 138 251 319 230
5 232 12 14 13 6 38 61 9 16 53 232 65 132 35 167 7 66 37 29 36 59 74 64
6 or more 180 4 12 6 5 29 33 3 11 76 180 44 87 48 110 7 69 29 41 18 34 72 56

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None
52772 4022 3994 664 1261 4662 4097 0 5037 3303 52772 12070 29840 10863 36088 3243 16685 8860 7620 9240 13260 19392 10880
1 person 12259 361 1026 168 402 1146 672 10322 362 1977 12259 3059 6088 3112 8493 1062 3766 1685 2050 2326 2806 4756 2370
2 persons or more 7207 289 494 100 132 385 338 7028 210 778 7207 1573 3796 1838 4727 539 2480 1156 1299 1397 1823 2551 1436

Age of Householder

Under 25 years
1272 159 160 20 46 119 127 0 378 218 1272 292 668 311 898 136 374 191 175 181 369 497 224
25 to 29 3207 515 370 60 87 234 350 0 876 155 3207 871 1640 696 2204 207 1003 488 489 442 938 1162 666
30 to 34 5845 784 460 52 144 492 621 0 1014 312 5845 1516 3266 1062 4191 310 1654 868 752 933 1493 2211 1208
35 to 44 15406 1381 1179 202 329 1318 1392 0 1470 811 15406 3342 9207 2857 10564 823 4842 2750 2033 2897 3863 5496 3150
45 to 54 16661 780 1095 197 412 1615 1139 0 883 843 16661 3829 9353 3479 11549 1096 5112 2684 2383 2940 4070 6118 3534
55 to 64 12497 518 887 156 290 1059 719 0 577 1193 12497 2729 6923 2845 8183 781 4314 2209 2064 2280 2885 4672 2661
65 to 74 8876 363 706 113 230 775 422 8876 289 1020 8876 2030 4524 2321 5762 681 3114 1440 1641 1663 2085 3459 1669
75 years and over 8474 172 658 132 256 581 337 8474 121 1506 8474 2091 4142 2242 5955 810 2519 1072 1431 1629 2186 3084 1575
Median 51 41 50 51 52 50 45 74 38 60 51 51 50 53 50 53 52 50 53 51 50 51 50

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households
56783 4020 4065 632 1254 4701 4465 10559 4523 3704 56783 12541 32084 12158 38228 3520 18556 9695 8638 10329 13943 20751 11761
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives
44684 3321 2911 459 795 2669 3367 8506 3296 2278 44684 9232 25669 9782 29487 2718 15196 7960 7064 8151 11127 16235 9171
Under 25 years 465 62 62 5 16 23 45 0 144 37 465 88 246 131 311 53 154 76 78 54 153 182 77
25 to 29 years 1948 355 218 41 46 89 224 0 529 90 1948 478 1019 451 1282 121 666 326 330 245 553 719 431
30 to 34 years 3848 589 288 32 75 225 455 0 649 132 3848 881 2253 715 2678 196 1170 624 518 571 932 1529 816
35 to 44 years 10719 1053 716 102 165 664 1063 0 906 389 10719 2066 6676 1978 7087 508 3632 2117 1470 2101 2668 3755 2195
45 to 64 years 19197 918 1029 166 354 1219 1214 0 820 793 19197 3897 11000 4300 12641 1202 6556 3400 3098 3564 4669 6999 3965
65 years and over 8506 344 597 113 139 450 365 8506 248 836 8506 1822 4477 2206 5487 637 3019 1417 1569 1616 2151 3051 1687
Other male householder 4363 290 419 48 154 445 409 548 516 337 4363 1171 2342 849 3106 278 1256 650 572 794 1081 1461 1027
Under 45 years 2220 209 220 15 73 191 225 0 411 130 2220 605 1194 420 1586 134 634 333 286 394 636 701 489
45 to 64 years 1594 65 144 26 56 173 143 0 97 137 1594 429 857 308 1131 104 463 245 203 278 316 590 410
65 years and over 548 17 55 7 26 81 41 548 8 69 548 136 291 121 389 39 159 72 82 122 129 170 128
Other female householder 7737 409 735 125 304 1587 689 1506 711 1090 7737 2138 4073 1527 5635 524 2103 1085 1003 1384 1735 3055 1563
Under 45 years 3130 254 353 54 104 620 308 0 494 409 3130 842 1619 669 2288 268 842 429 401 514 785 1242 589
45 to 64 years 3102 120 250 51 117 662 263 0 194 397 3102 897 1694 511 2300 165 802 456 346 568 652 1189 693
65 years and over 1506 35 132 19 83 304 118 1506 23 284 1506 399 760 346 1047 90 459 200 257 301 298 624 282
1-person households 15455 652 1449 300 541 1492 641 6791 1086 2354 15455 4160 7640 3655 11079 1324 4375 2007 2330 2635 3946 5948 2925
Male householder 6078 266 655 116 233 584 296 1664 576 667 6078 1625 3052 1401 4174 421 1904 909 980 1001 1560 2275 1242
Under 45 years 2074 166 224 48 84 198 110 0 375 186 2074 614 1077 383 1516 108 557 280 275 352 557 761 404
45 to 64 years 2340 72 286 41 73 241 114 0 161 266 2340 562 1206 572 1525 163 815 401 409 335 590 872 543
65 years and over 1664 29 145 28 76 144 73 1664 40 215 1664 448 769 447 1133 150 531 228 297 314 413 642 295
Female householder 9376 386 794 183 308 908 345 5126 510 1687 9376 2535 4588 2254 6905 904 2471 1098 1350 1635 2386 3673 1683
Under 45 year 1325 152 87 37 44 153 59 0 230 122 1325 447 699 179 1108 87 218 113 92 222 379 478 247
45 to 64 years 2925 123 273 69 102 378 124 0 189 442 2925 772 1519 633 2136 242 789 390 391 475 727 1139 584
65 years and over 5126 111 435 78 163 377 162 5126 91 1123 5126 1315 2369 1442 3662 575 1464 595 867 937 1280 2057 852

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children
26025 2259 2041 304 577 2595 2834 712 2493 1747 26025 5732 15380 4912 17949 1416 8076 4481 3496 4665 6323 9425 5612
Married couples 20541 1868 1444 222 357 1441 2253 349 1875 879 20541 4309 12423 3809 14014 1020 6527 3659 2789 3743 5016 7345 4438
One child under 6 only 2602 352 195 26 37 134 250 28 424 73 2602 548 1620 435 1852 130 750 430 305 441 617 1007 537
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 3318 364 298 33 66 305 460 23 354 149 3318 726 2018 573 2283 135 1034 579 438 623 826 1141 728
Two or more under 6 only 1757 294 100 27 41 64 165 5 279 71 1757 409 1072 275 1227 79 530 323 196 335 442 556 423
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17
929 102 87 21 11 72 145 9 109 113 929 189 566 174 651 53 278 157 121 121 241 313 253
One or more 6 to 17 only 11935 756 763 115 203 866 1232 286 709 473 11935 2437 7147 2351 8000 623 3935 2169 1728 2221 2889 4328 2496
Other households with two or more
adults
2751 163 300 33 130 611 361 294 293 409 2751 747 1443 561 1994 185 757 369 376 499 641 971 640
One child under 6 only 360 15 57 7 4 68 34 33 51 41 360 90 183 87 250 28 110 52 58 51 103 120 87
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 346 24 43 9 15 88 54 24 47 71 346 116 151 80 252 26 94 37 54 50 85 132 79
Two or more under 6 only 153 12 24 1 16 26 30 19 34 29 153 37 76 40 100 25 53 37 16 23 29 55 46
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17
131 1 8 2 9 27 46 2 21 42 131 37 78 16 101 7 30 21 9 20 16 47 47
One or more 6 to 17 only 1761 111 168 14 86 403 196 217 140 227 1761 468 955 338 1291 99 470 222 239 355 407 617 381
Households with one adult or none 2733 227 297 49 90 543 221 69 325 459 2733 676 1514 542 1941 211 792 453 331 423 666 1109 534
One child under 6 only 176 18 13 0 2 33 11 2 32 22 176 53 93 30 143 13 33 15 17 34 40 75 26
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 254 21 16 3 6 68 23 0 44 47 254 68 131 55 177 18 77 39 37 35 77 92 50
Two or more under 6 only 61 4 12 4 0 8 6 1 12 7 61 10 24 27 34 8 27 8 19 6 19 11 26
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17
32 0 8 4 0 4 1 0 13 11 32 16 13 2 24 0 8 6 2 0 16 11 5
One or more 6 to 17 only 2210 184 247 38 81 430 180 65 224 372 2210 529 1252 428 1563 173 647 385 256 348 513 920 429
Total households with no children 46213 2414 3474 628 1218 3598 2272 16638 3116 4311 46213 10969 24344 10900 31359 3428 14855 7221 7473 8299 11566 17274 9075
Married couples 24717 1481 1555 247 442 1306 1184 8190 1468 1441 24717 5037 13598 6082 15848 1729 8868 4422 4353 4505 6227 9102 4882
Other households with two or more
adults
6180 290 477 88 240 820 451 1655 578 566 6180 1798 3190 1193 4545 391 1635 803 802 1196 1418 2278 1288
Households with one adult 15316 643 1442 292 536 1472 637 6793 1070 2305 15316 4134 7557 3626 10965 1308 4351 1996 2318 2598 3920 5893 2905

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years
48729 2532 3756 681 1308 4145 2581 17227 3321 4695 48729 11598 25758 11373 33100 3564 15629 7653 7809 8727 12076 18259 9667
With own children under 18 years 23509 2141 1758 250 487 2048 2526 123 2288 1363 23509 5103 13966 4440 16208 1280 7302 4049 3160 4237 5813 8440 5020
Under 6 years only 4628 675 354 58 88 245 420 3 787 213 4628 1035 2779 814 3255 252 1373 785 562 829 1157 1632 1010
1 2808 374 230 28 37 176 244 3 476 133 2808 632 1688 489 2011 149 797 442 340 483 689 1078 558
2 1595 258 112 26 39 48 152 0 264 61 1595 365 946 283 1098 93 496 298 190 282 418 493 402
3 or more 225 43 12 5 12 21 24 0 47 19 225 38 144 43 146 11 79 45 32 64 50 61 50
6 to 17 years only 14559 981 1057 138 315 1406 1527 113 972 863 14559 3117 8580 2862 9934 831 4625 2547 2031 2657 3533 5342 3027
1 7120 464 529 65 174 788 674 94 459 389 7120 1589 4041 1490 4822 450 2298 1231 1040 1240 1656 2775 1450
2 5488 390 436 58 91 419 546 16 369 294 5488 1105 3349 1034 3688 278 1800 1024 756 1036 1397 1912 1142
3 or more 1951 127 92 15 50 199 307 3 144 181 1951 422 1191 338 1424 103 527 292 235 381 480 655 435
Both age groups 4322 485 346 54 85 397 579 6 530 287 4322 952 2607 763 3018 196 1304 717 567 751 1123 1466 983
2 2077 233 133 11 42 170 229 6 266 72 2077 467 1227 383 1482 112 594 315 271 391 518 748 420
3 or more 2246 253 213 43 43 227 350 0 264 215 2246 485 1380 381 1536 84 710 402 296 360 605 718 563

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives
16501 623 1043 252 467 2207 1844 2931 801 1411 16501 4097 9246 3159 11840 983 4661 2445 2176 3371 3741 5889 3501
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 9619 363 514 149 225 1076 1016 298 345 567 9619 2223 5503 1893 6829 597 2790 1474 1296 2036 2370 3208 2005
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over
2957 48 217 52 110 537 298 1843 58 392 2957 822 1609 527 2190 163 767 401 364 687 578 1120 571
Households with three generations 2227 110 207 48 77 428 432 451 133 306 2227 611 1263 353 1633 116 594 356 237 406 376 837 608
Households with 1 subfamily 1699 76 172 28 57 312 342 378 120 216 1699 492 952 254 1257 81 442 269 173 311 309 594 484
Subfamily householder age under 30 762 33 110 19 24 177 154 46 49 105 762 227 392 144 511 36 251 143 108 97 175 277 213
30 to 64 804 27 55 5 26 135 153 331 56 97 804 231 469 104 629 41 175 112 63 191 125 266 223
65 and over 133 15 7 4 7 0 36 0 15 14 133 34 92 7 116 5 16 14 2 24 9 52 48
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 81 3 6 0 0 11 32 17 4 8 81 26 43 11 67 6 13 8 5 12 7 24 38
Households with other types of relatives 4713 202 349 76 167 842 704 1020 391 590 4713 1252 2607 854 3423 263 1290 681 591 848 908 1852 1105
With nonrelatives 4383 315 519 50 152 399 343 360 650 319 4383 1172 2345 866 3085 283 1298 693 584 802 1037 1495 1049
Co-owners or co-renters 898 81 75 3 24 33 73 66 179 28 898 248 504 145 646 53 251 156 92 209 234 230 225
Lodgers 545 54 27 2 22 41 66 51 103 28 545 193 304 48 477 32 69 52 16 92 120 140 193
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 683 44 136 10 22 107 44 43 94 87 683 146 372 165 426 37 256 129 128 111 164 267 141
Other nonrelatives 2649 169 343 39 106 257 196 218 356 209 2649 694 1353 602 1816 190 834 403 412 458 608 1003 581
One or more secondary families 111 13 10 2 9 15 15 6 25 15 111 34 52 24 73 7 38 21 18 18 26 46 21
2-person households, none related to
each other
2189 169 227 24 74 108 88 242 364 114 2189 616 1177 396 1568 126 621 336 269 411 520 762 497
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other
163 14 13 2 8 12 21 17 25 16 163 62 79 22 131 8 33 15 14 29 23 51 61

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade
3638 104 441 111 274 409 1101 2198 161 930 3638 949 1531 1158 2177 248 1461 543 910 421 702 1828 687
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 6861 238 1044 144 376 990 715 2674 320 1171 6861 1446 3519 1896 4042 462 2819 1372 1434 1233 1506 3104 1018
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)
22543 1168 2494 259 524 1914 1318 6023 1510 2035 22543 4271 12051 6221 13817 1738 8726 4163 4482 4359 6565 8073 3546
Additional vocational training 2389 127 251 23 40 186 128 527 169 152 2389 496 1222 671 1511 187 878 373 484 432 709 799 449
Some college, no degree 12390 867 920 165 237 1109 834 2534 1038 891 12390 3157 6738 2495 8772 821 3618 1880 1674 1646 2993 4626 3125
Associate degree 5342 419 269 57 77 446 276 622 490 249 5342 1267 3034 1040 3782 379 1559 872 661 1000 1322 1788 1232
Bachelor's degree 13422 1282 276 114 205 886 585 1963 1387 493 13422 3332 8172 1918 10275 745 3147 1928 1173 2501 3069 4659 3193
Graduate or professional degree 8043 594 69 83 101 439 278 1337 703 289 8043 2280 4678 1084 6442 450 1601 944 634 1805 1732 2620 1886
Percent high school graduate or higher 85.5 92.7 73.1 72.7 63.8 77.4 64.4 71.9 91.4 65.3 85.5 85.7 87.3 80.7 87.4 85.3 81.3 83.6 78.6 87.2 87.7 81.5 88.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 29.7 40.1 6.3 21.1 17.1 21.4 16.9 19.0 37.3 12.9 29.7 33.6 32.3 19.0 33.9 24.7 20.7 24.5 16.5 33.2 26.8 27.3 34.6

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States
70178 4508 5430 896 1719 6053 4078 17179 5268 5823 70178 15967 38484 15727 47444 4812 22733 11560 10916 12625 17641 26024 13888
Naturalized citizen of the
United States
3871 293 109 48 68 268 1165 863 367 286 3871 1266 2463 142 3527 69 344 267 74 788 437 1158 1487

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
2000 to 2004 122 27 6 2 0 6 43 0 53 19 122 42 75 5 115 3 7 4 3 18 17 46 42
1995 to 1999 501 53 23 8 12 65 176 12 129 35 501 157 324 19 447 5 53 37 14 97 79 190 135
1990 to 1994 760 76 21 13 19 47 254 17 128 57 760 278 470 12 704 4 56 48 8 97 110 263 291
1980 to 1989 1774 138 77 19 40 147 783 72 224 158 1774 569 1152 53 1628 28 146 121 25 291 152 569 762
1979 or before 2774 163 65 42 73 143 937 933 174 252 2774 954 1682 138 2496 62 278 199 76 625 328 765 1056

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004
17655 4312 1610 205 366 1352 1621 1423 5609 1113 17655 4142 10087 3427 12483 1167 5172 2820 2260 2488 4119 6833 4215
1995 to 1999 17427 331 1946 179 341 1611 1406 1984 0 1198 17427 3978 9954 3495 11746 1031 5681 3125 2464 2790 4216 6674 3747
1990 to 1994 10246 7 823 144 272 824 760 1723 0 802 10246 2345 5685 2216 7042 628 3204 1581 1589 1717 2565 3860 2104
1985 to 1989 7254 11 465 106 215 588 460 1586 0 589 7254 1536 4051 1667 5004 536 2250 1114 1131 1430 1864 2523 1438
1980 to 1984 3976 8 337 59 118 321 195 1129 0 327 3976 879 2130 966 2601 294 1375 683 672 894 942 1463 676
1975 to 1979 4788 0 189 54 111 450 200 1685 0 460 4788 1093 2453 1242 3098 346 1691 795 895 959 1314 1625 890
1970 to 1974 3359 3 114 45 104 383 152 1608 0 393 3359 761 1687 912 2145 256 1214 554 655 746 834 1256 523
1960 to 1969 4248 0 27 61 167 428 191 3232 0 589 4248 1144 2115 989 2998 320 1250 573 669 1005 1145 1455 642
1950 to 1959 2405 0 3 52 56 186 90 2185 0 390 2405 641 1180 584 1686 179 719 309 405 671 645 739 350
1940 to 1949 654 0 0 17 39 39 30 575 0 150 654 124 297 233 377 61 277 105 172 186 189 211 68
1939 or earlier 227 0 0 11 4 10 2 220 0 46 227 59 85 83 128 27 99 43 56 78 56 59 34
Median 1994 2000+ 1997 1992 1991 1994 1996 1977 2000+ 1990 1994 1994 1995 1992 1994 1993 1994 1995 1992 1991 1993 1995 1995

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year
9274 1696 708 110 237 686 973 741 5609 674 9274 2232 5305 1736 6583 550 2691 1475 1186 1299 2153 3499 2323
Household all moved here from one unit 4935 1291 367 56 124 314 476 389 4935 331 4935 1164 2835 935 3457 275 1477 801 661 676 1115 1886 1258
Householder of previous unit did not
move here
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Householder of previous unit moved
here
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Householder of previous unit not
reported
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Household moved here from two or more
units
487 76 42 4 20 45 49 9 487 30 487 131 263 93 377 50 110 64 43 64 133 178 113
No previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2 or more previous householders moved
here
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Previous householder(s) not reported ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Some already here, rest moved in 3852 329 299 49 93 326 447 343 187 313 3852 937 2207 708 2748 225 1104 610 483 559 905 1435 952
No previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 or more previous householders moved
here
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Previous householder(s) not reported ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
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
@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