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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 4-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Total		 33604 1018 1340 1038 2525 6811 5931 4277 11633 7902 33604 14599 14041 4965 29061 2643 4543 2154 2323 7169 6599 11446 8390

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8468 225 0 218 751 1600 1741 1209 2966 2222 8468 2872 3635 1961 6763 1002 1705 734 959 314 985 4401 2768
2 12199 327 0 334 845 2453 2224 1147 4550 2663 12199 5218 5450 1532 10996 909 1203 550 623 1898 2459 4107 3736
3 7282 311 0 204 498 1506 946 727 2585 1503 7282 3372 3144 766 6594 477 688 384 288 2240 2288 1585 1169
4 to 6 2880 75 0 182 247 715 615 541 758 667 2880 1973 797 110 2812 86 68 44 23 1823 403 344 310
7 or more 1436 30 0 57 92 406 232 531 282 453 1436 1075 329 31 1429 27 6 0 4 803 259 251 123

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18980 608 0 645 1504 4169 3480 2484 6654 4363 18980 9899 7606 1475 18053 1106 927 519 370 5458 3829 5184 4509
None (on same floor) 6526 219 0 177 525 1430 1174 784 2455 1498 6526 3084 2790 652 6138 471 388 198 181 1473 1293 2109 1652
1 (up or down) 5063 135 0 158 398 1038 858 489 1911 1094 5063 2475 2186 402 4798 297 265 155 105 1270 1116 1311 1366
2 or more (up or down) 7390 253 0 310 581 1701 1448 1211 2288 1771 7390 4340 2629 421 7118 337 273 167 84 2714 1420 1764 1491

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18980 608 0 645 1504 4169 3480 2484 6654 4363 18980 9899 7606 1475 18053 1106 927 519 370 5458 3829 5184 4509
No common stairways 1412 46 0 26 114 326 179 124 528 325 1412 604 626 182 1303 129 109 56 53 284 372 471 285
With common stairways 17095 552 0 608 1340 3690 3224 2279 5988 3925 17095 9043 6780 1272 16292 960 803 454 311 5003 3389 4579 4123
No loose steps 14285 454 0 487 1062 3060 2471 1919 5011 3205 14285 7533 5645 1108 13577 840 708 402 268 4149 2942 3799 3395
Railings not loose 11259 383 0 343 797 2359 1880 1510 3929 2463 11259 5982 4414 863 10681 642 578 324 221 3281 2403 2929 2645
Railings loose 2612 60 0 126 233 587 531 356 919 620 2612 1327 1078 206 2497 174 115 78 32 790 425 748 650
No railings 293 6 0 12 21 88 41 30 120 82 293 164 96 33 277 18 15 0 15 50 80 87 76
Status of railings not reported 122 6 0 6 12 25 19 22 43 39 122 59 57 5 122 5 0 0 0 28 35 35 25
Loose steps 2809 98 0 121 278 631 753 360 977 721 2809 1510 1135 164 2714 121 95 51 44 855 447 780 728
Railings not loose 2416 89 0 98 150 506 615 330 839 591 2416 1281 1005 130 2331 91 86 47 39 736 381 651 647
Railings loose 332 8 0 20 115 110 121 29 108 115 332 195 108 29 330 27 2 0 2 99 57 111 65
No railings 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 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 473 10 0 12 49 153 77 82 139 113 473 252 200 21 459 16 15 9 5 170 68 134 101

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 21561 688 0 721 1745 4685 3995 2997 7630 5162 21561 10822 8680 2059 20283 1484 1277 664 575 5604 4261 6343 5353
No public halls 2968 96 0 71 237 630 450 324 1243 745 2968 1250 1177 541 2660 367 308 131 174 350 603 1188 828
No light fixtures in public halls 595 33 0 12 75 133 97 65 246 155 595 248 237 110 516 79 79 48 31 62 135 202 196
All in working order 15490 515 0 520 1089 3284 2912 2352 5295 3568 15490 8084 6213 1194 14730 878 761 413 316 4663 3067 4123 3638
Some in working order 539 6 0 35 59 116 133 20 165 138 539 298 208 33 524 29 14 10 5 100 123 188 127
None in working order 1222 24 0 66 216 305 263 129 453 343 1222 597 492 133 1136 94 86 45 39 239 224 432 328
Not reported 746 14 0 17 69 216 141 108 229 213 746 346 354 46 718 36 28 18 10 190 109 210 237

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 18980 608 0 645 1504 4169 3480 2484 6654 4363 18980 9899 7606 1475 18053 1106 927 519 370 5458 3829 5184 4509
With 1 or more elevators working 3139 108 0 141 243 708 524 1078 688 826 3139 2018 1029 92 3100 87 39 31 6 1434 552 513 640
With elevator, none in working condition 64 0 0 0 11 19 28 8 20 22 64 50 14 0 64 0 0 0 0 31 9 19 6
No elevator 15776 500 0 504 1250 3442 2928 1397 5946 3515 15776 7831 6562 1383 14889 1019 888 488 364 3992 3269 4652 3863
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 1249 66 0 67 146 323 275 97 413 287 1249 785 404 60 1198 58 50 48 2 582 263 262 142

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 10704 279 0 274 687 1996 1763 1156 3511 2346 10704 3689 4675 2340 8311 1018 2393 1047 1323 1474 2133 4344 2753
With basement under all of building 2542 32 0 62 88 523 222 274 754 519 2542 1053 970 519 2052 249 490 220 270 934 1066 295 247
With basement under part of building 917 4 0 21 39 90 79 121 272 129 917 271 318 328 566 102 351 122 226 207 364 202 144
With crawl space 3363 52 0 97 414 636 603 358 1037 921 3363 1081 1262 1021 2324 420 1039 422 601 116 338 1955 953
On concrete slab 3765 191 0 77 136 724 848 391 1411 742 3765 1254 2060 451 3301 244 464 252 208 205 340 1833 1388
Other 117 0 0 17 10 23 12 13 37 35 117 31 65 21 68 4 50 33 17 13 24 59 21

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 969 6 78 97 202 243 199 65 303 316 969 413 349 207 769 122 200 115 85 181 176 395 216
Missing roofing material 1620 22 26 92 217 335 296 181 485 473 1620 715 628 276 1370 145 250 119 131 388 316 498 419
Hole in roof 835 10 53 85 183 210 143 73 240 281 835 365 328 142 693 75 142 75 67 175 164 308 188
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 1343 10 63 116 277 299 275 98 409 470 1343 615 457 271 1087 133 256 118 138 247 268 524 304
Sloping outside walls 753 6 46 66 188 169 166 53 252 280 753 337 254 162 607 82 146 66 80 136 143 327 148
Boarded up windows 534 11 27 39 125 174 124 45 179 235 534 291 143 100 445 50 90 39 50 112 96 206 121
Broken windows 1711 21 96 117 307 435 401 89 551 567 1711 811 578 322 1437 171 274 108 151 349 362 591 409
Bars on windows 2155 9 9 103 245 742 699 234 517 585 2155 1754 363 38 2122 22 32 17 16 802 187 463 703
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 1130 16 37 101 262 252 211 63 363 375 1130 476 397 257 908 135 222 98 122 237 291 407 195
None of the above 24712 925 1072 579 1409 4507 3996 3254 9077 5408 24712 9767 11107 3838 21134 2016 3578 1713 1822 4686 4996 8898 6133
Not reported 626 13 22 8 60 200 108 103 190 183 626 295 281 50 561 26 65 36 24 214 93 186 133

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1340 51 1340 43 93 130 173 123 492 394 1340 88 686 566 467 141 872 442 425 91 205 758 285
First site 514 36 514 23 27 67 65 65 72 136 514 26 294 194 141 25 372 203 169 35 76 295 107
Moved from another site 181 7 181 4 7 6 15 28 50 38 181 12 78 91 43 6 138 48 85 14 40 98 30
Don't know 336 4 336 10 38 41 69 15 149 128 336 30 161 145 143 55 193 103 90 22 38 205 70
Not reported 309 3 309 7 22 17 23 15 220 92 309 19 152 137 140 55 169 87 82 20 51 160 77

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 3822 1018 336 46 169 599 481 475 1739 750 3822 1150 2030 642 2986 324 836 509 318 292 729 1719 1081
Not previously occupied 632 367 107 5 26 94 70 160 193 149 632 148 364 120 424 52 208 139 69 73 140 277 143
Not reported 63 12 14 0 3 19 12 4 33 15 63 12 40 10 40 0 23 12 10 6 6 40 12
@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