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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 4-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--Renter 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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total		 11259 606 481 231 849 2146 1875 576 11259 2713 11259 4694 4820 1744 9850 1068 1408 712 676 1528 2389 4342 3000

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States		 11259 606 481 231 849 2146 1875 576 11259 2713 11259 4694 4820 1744 9850 1068 1408 712 676 1528 2389 4342 3000
House 4801 244 191 100 341 841 655 262 4801 1119 4801 1889 2088 824 4072 495 729 392 329 580 1095 1859 1267
Apartment 5193 269 135 111 406 1092 1041 219 5193 1164 5193 2394 2211 588 4791 409 402 211 179 806 1062 1892 1433
Manufactured/mobile home 526 24 133 16 44 44 63 55 526 166 526 103 200 223 322 94 204 75 129 34 80 311 101
Other 391 44 9 0 36 69 71 19 391 142 391 179 145 67 357 50 33 16 17 38 79 161 113
Not reported 347 25 14 5 22 100 45 21 347 122 347 129 176 42 308 20 40 17 22 70 72 119 86

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 10521 537 459 226 791 1977 1759 537 10521 2449 10521 4386 4499 1635 9185 999 1335 678 637 1419 2237 4062 2802
Owner occupied 2423 146 129 56 158 356 252 222 2423 525 2423 887 1102 434 2024 267 400 225 167 313 546 984 581
Renter occupied 8097 391 330 170 633 1621 1507 315 8097 1925 8097 3499 3397 1201 7162 731 936 453 470 1106 1692 3079 2221

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 10521 537 459 226 791 1977 1759 537 10521 2449 10521 4386 4499 1635 9185 999 1335 678 637 1419 2237 4062 2802
1 person 1630 123 68 35 118 316 129 252 1630 382 1630 697 663 270 1456 189 173 90 81 257 393 560 420
2 persons 2838 154 131 44 229 453 333 175 2838 479 2838 1195 1228 415 2468 239 370 181 176 357 668 1108 706
3 persons 2163 108 76 52 170 446 366 37 2163 472 2163 843 976 344 1857 212 305 172 132 290 452 883 538
4 persons 1625 72 79 45 105 309 340 16 1625 428 1625 686 687 252 1419 139 206 93 113 191 330 641 464
5 persons 949 34 51 17 66 191 221 14 949 243 949 399 398 152 823 93 126 67 59 124 171 364 290
6 persons 446 10 16 14 39 97 139 9 446 157 446 181 198 67 401 42 46 21 25 47 83 170 146
7 persons or more 291 8 12 7 33 39 111 7 291 127 291 125 106 60 239 26 52 15 34 53 43 104 92
Not reported 579 28 27 12 32 127 120 26 579 162 579 260 244 75 522 59 57 40 17 101 99 233 146

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 10521 537 459 226 791 1977 1759 537 10521 2449 10521 4386 4499 1635 9185 999 1335 678 637 1419 2237 4062 2802
Owned or rented by a mover 7813 438 362 157 603 1388 1279 468 7813 1733 7813 3221 3341 1252 6818 769 995 495 483 1017 1683 3009 2104
Owned or rented by other 2403 84 84 64 164 521 438 46 2403 629 2403 1031 1029 343 2098 200 305 160 143 347 500 937 619
By a relative 1511 56 56 51 116 367 276 23 1511 428 1511 663 618 230 1317 139 195 100 92 217 309 615 371
By a nonrelative 887 28 28 14 48 152 162 23 887 201 887 367 407 113 776 61 110 59 51 130 188 321 248
Not reported 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Not reported 305 15 13 5 23 69 42 23 305 87 305 135 130 40 269 29 35 24 11 56 54 116 79

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 10521 537 459 226 791 1977 1759 537 10521 2449 10521 4386 4499 1635 9185 999 1335 678 637 1419 2237 4062 2802
Increased with move 4964 294 180 102 342 884 848 162 4964 1049 4964 2085 2184 695 4389 420 575 289 275 663 1036 1879 1386
Decreased 2894 125 137 62 262 527 459 172 2894 735 2894 1159 1202 532 2492 335 402 195 198 356 617 1146 774
Stayed about the same 2234 96 116 50 157 485 385 153 2234 529 2234 988 905 342 1937 205 297 160 136 324 515 859 535
Don't know 332 16 22 6 30 61 61 38 332 107 332 111 167 53 282 25 50 22 28 57 57 138 80
Not reported 97 6 3 5 0 20 6 11 97 28 97 43 41 13 86 13 11 11 0 19 12 40 26


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