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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units With Black Alone Householder
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 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		 13004 6193 6811 530 667 430 1178 2045 2557 3171 13004 6635 4955 1414 11325 693 1679 926 721 2361 2424 7050 1168

Tenure

Owner occupied		 6193 6193 0 383 537 167 453 1356 377 938 6193 2599 2770 824 4899 288 1294 739 536 833 1100 3743 516
Percent of all occupied 47.6 100.0 0.0 72.2 80.5 38.7 38.4 66.3 14.8 29.6 47.6 39.2 55.9 58.3 43.3 41.5 77.1 79.7 74.4 35.3 45.4 53.1 44.2
Renter occupied 6811 0 6811 147 130 264 725 689 2179 2233 6811 4036 2185 590 6427 406 385 188 184 1528 1324 3307 652

Race and Origin

White alone		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Black alone 13004 6193 6811 530 667 430 1178 2045 2557 3171 13004 6635 4955 1414 11325 693 1679 926 721 2361 2424 7050 1168
Non-Hispanic 12548 6046 6502 508 663 404 1148 2002 2445 3066 12548 6366 4794 1387 10904 682 1644 907 706 2143 2390 6897 1119
Hispanic 456 147 309 21 4 27 31 43 111 105 456 269 161 27 421 12 35 20 15 219 35 154 49
American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asian alone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pacific Islander alone@99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Two or more races 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)@21 456 147 309 21 4 27 31 43 111 105 456 269 161 27 421 12 35 20 15 219 35 154 49

Units in Structure

1, detached		 6104 4718 1386 321 0 158 582 1243 730 1206 6104 2734 2571 799 5113 392 992 568 407 542 1241 3766 555
1, attached 1220 610 610 65 0 40 64 165 253 282 1220 734 450 36 1169 30 50 40 6 396 155 575 93
2 to 4 1705 180 1525 26 0 52 193 161 508 573 1705 1148 408 149 1657 118 48 17 31 475 426 662 141
5 to 9 1154 28 1126 10 0 60 122 74 398 360 1154 654 433 67 1137 63 17 13 4 210 228 606 110
10 to 19 869 46 823 27 0 41 85 56 289 190 869 449 388 33 851 27 18 10 5 160 142 463 104
20 to 49 549 22 527 19 0 16 37 72 153 141 549 345 193 11 541 6 9 4 5 196 79 187 86
50 or more 736 51 684 21 0 38 44 201 173 234 736 548 179 9 736 9 0 0 0 378 138 155 65
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 667 537 130 41 667 27 52 72 52 185 667 22 333 312 122 49 545 274 263 5 14 636 13

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 82 50 32 0 0 6 2 10 11 6 82 61 22 0 80 0 2 2 0 46 12 22 2
Condominiums 348 183 165 25 0 9 10 54 81 60 348 145 196 7 340 7 8 8 0 59 75 145 69

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 496 351 145 496 38 3 11 30 194 53 496 103 345 49 361 23 135 110 25 23 61 355 58
1995 to 1999 812 539 273 33 276 27 30 66 107 161 812 148 496 167 459 48 353 226 119 49 49 652 62
1990 to 1994 590 409 181 0 117 12 15 56 84 120 590 158 356 76 431 24 159 104 53 32 59 408 91
1985 to 1989 731 320 411 0 34 13 54 58 163 135 731 222 416 93 639 29 92 26 64 58 67 474 133
1980 to 1984 763 302 460 0 56 18 43 91 196 176 763 232 439 92 643 41 119 63 52 34 59 584 86
1975 to 1979 1032 413 619 0 46 25 76 115 250 243 1032 437 454 141 886 76 146 81 65 103 148 662 120
1970 to 1974 1309 526 783 0 68 44 123 229 300 329 1309 581 536 192 1107 85 202 88 106 138 214 866 91
1960 to 1969 1827 891 936 0 20 75 153 330 314 432 1827 932 759 136 1657 72 170 106 64 273 356 1025 172
1950 to 1959 1579 787 792 0 9 52 181 325 238 391 1579 936 507 136 1487 87 92 43 49 316 365 765 134
1940 to 1949 1176 530 647 0 2 41 130 222 209 356 1176 832 244 100 1115 64 61 23 36 252 279 554 91
1930 to 1939 974 438 536 0 2 53 130 191 172 279 974 717 142 115 904 73 69 22 42 286 264 348 76
1920 to 1929 752 323 429 0 0 32 118 147 131 226 752 596 110 46 723 30 29 13 16 322 208 197 25
1919 or earlier 963 364 599 0 0 37 114 186 199 271 963 740 151 72 911 42 52 22 30 476 297 160 31
Median 1965 1967 1964 2000+ 1994 1960 1955 1958 1970 1961 1965 1954 1975 1972 1963 1967 1980 1985 1976 1943 1954 1972 1973

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 11590 5369 6221 474 355 385 904 1746 2322 2663 11590 6635 4955 0 10632 0 958 926 0 2338 2342 5771 1139
In central cities 6635 2599 4036 108 22 252 596 1084 1354 1749 6635 6635 0 0 6604 0 31 0 0 1669 1618 2750 598
Suburbs 4955 2770 2185 366 333 132 308 663 968 914 4955 0 4955 0 4028 0 926 926 0 669 724 3021 541
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 1414 824 590 56 312 46 274 299 235 508 1414 0 0 1414 693 693 721 0 721 23 83 1279 29

Regions

Northeast		 2361 833 1528 25 5 118 166 404 353 541 2361 1669 669 23 2302 9 59 45 14 2361 0 0 0
Midwest 2424 1100 1324 63 14 66 130 391 529 639 2424 1618 724 83 2371 76 53 46 7 0 2424 0 0
South 7050 3743 3307 382 636 222 797 1057 1409 1806 7050 2750 3021 1279 5520 579 1530 808 700 0 0 7050 0
West 1168 516 652 60 13 25 86 192 265 185 1168 598 541 29 1132 29 36 27 0 0 0 0 1168

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 240 156 84 3 39 7 46 41 39 78 240 0 114 127 37 0 203 77 127 12 20 202 7
2,500 to 9,999 persons 998 515 482 22 23 24 100 142 214 219 998 0 780 217 998 217 0 0 0 106 140 716 36
10,000 to 19,999 persons 985 445 539 19 65 40 126 144 196 220 985 19 717 249 977 249 8 8 0 99 193 661 32
20,000 to 49,999 persons 1695 819 876 61 5 34 125 249 375 318 1695 368 1102 225 1685 218 10 3 7 226 319 957 194
50,000 to 99,999 persons 1145 441 704 20 6 41 66 145 280 250 1145 657 488 0 1133 0 12 0 0 241 238 489 177
100,000 to 249,999 persons 1503 569 934 29 9 45 139 199 386 438 1503 1299 204 0 1500 0 2 0 0 264 213 818 207
250,000 to 499,999 persons 1230 446 783 47 0 58 104 185 280 362 1230 1228 2 0 1225 0 5 0 0 145 255 632 197
500,000 to 999,999 persons 954 419 534 3 0 22 90 164 214 227 954 954 0 0 954 0 0 0 0 54 325 498 76
1,000,000 persons or more 2097 811 1286 26 0 87 169 403 281 511 2097 2097 0 0 2092 0 5 0 0 1060 630 217 190
@21Because Hispanics may be of any race,data can overlap slightly with other groups. Most Hispanics report
themselves as White, but some report themselves as Black or in other categories.
@99Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.


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