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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total		 2512 366 2146 193 52 48 240 82 2512 766 2512 1333 948 232 2325 161 187 114 71 342 524 1390 255

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States		 2512 366 2146 193 52 48 240 82 2512 766 2512 1333 948 232 2325 161 187 114 71 342 524 1390 255
House 1014 173 841 80 20 21 92 39 1014 319 1014 533 371 110 927 71 87 48 39 112 230 577 96
Apartment 1246 154 1092 84 17 25 110 35 1246 357 1246 706 465 75 1185 59 61 44 16 201 262 650 133
Manufactured/mobile home 56 12 44 7 13 1 13 4 56 16 56 15 19 22 36 13 20 11 9 0 3 46 8
Other 80 11 69 11 0 0 11 3 80 36 80 33 34 13 71 11 9 6 3 5 11 51 13
Not reported 115 16 100 11 3 0 14 2 115 38 115 45 57 12 106 7 9 4 5 25 19 66 6

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 2317 339 1977 171 49 48 215 78 2317 692 2317 1255 856 206 2148 142 169 103 64 312 495 1273 237
Owner occupied 471 115 356 57 10 10 31 20 471 127 471 209 199 63 422 32 49 18 31 54 93 272 52
Renter occupied 1846 224 1621 114 39 38 184 58 1846 565 1846 1046 657 143 1726 110 120 85 33 258 402 1001 185

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 2317 339 1977 171 49 48 215 78 2317 692 2317 1255 856 206 2148 142 169 103 64 312 495 1273 237
1 person 365 49 316 27 8 14 37 28 365 92 365 194 128 43 339 33 26 15 11 58 74 190 44
2 persons 560 106 453 46 17 6 58 26 560 137 560 324 195 41 521 26 39 24 15 55 112 325 68
3 persons 502 56 446 29 8 7 33 10 502 138 502 247 212 44 465 38 37 30 5 67 110 273 52
4 persons 362 53 309 27 3 18 33 1 362 138 362 202 135 25 340 13 23 11 11 44 83 206 30
5 persons 221 31 191 20 4 0 21 4 221 82 221 129 76 16 210 14 11 9 2 36 52 116 18
6 persons 113 15 97 3 0 3 15 1 113 38 113 56 46 11 105 5 8 2 6 21 23 55 14
7 persons or more 45 6 39 0 0 0 5 0 45 21 45 17 15 13 34 5 11 4 8 14 4 24 3
Not reported 149 23 127 18 9 0 13 7 149 45 149 86 49 15 135 9 15 9 5 17 37 86 9

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 2317 339 1977 171 49 48 215 78 2317 692 2317 1255 856 206 2148 142 169 103 64 312 495 1273 237
Owned or rented by a mover 1675 287 1388 138 35 36 156 65 1675 493 1675 921 612 142 1552 104 123 83 38 223 364 911 177
Owned or rented by other 562 41 521 29 11 12 52 9 562 167 562 278 225 59 516 33 46 20 26 77 114 321 50
By a relative 395 28 367 21 11 12 41 1 395 128 395 197 153 45 363 26 31 13 19 49 71 237 38
By a nonrelative 165 14 152 8 0 0 11 8 165 39 165 81 70 14 151 7 15 8 7 28 42 83 12
Not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Not reported 80 11 69 4 3 0 7 4 80 32 80 56 19 5 80 5 0 0 0 13 17 41 9

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment,
manufactured/mobile home in
the United States		 2317 339 1977 171 49 48 215 78 2317 692 2317 1255 856 206 2148 142 169 103 64 312 495 1273 237
Increased with move 1107 223 884 128 21 21 95 22 1107 284 1107 556 462 89 1023 57 84 51 31 122 229 614 142
Decreased 561 34 527 14 11 6 69 34 561 210 561 302 187 73 523 54 38 19 19 89 108 317 47
Stayed about the same 548 63 485 20 15 15 47 14 548 161 548 333 177 38 509 27 39 28 11 85 144 283 36
Don't know 79 18 61 6 3 7 4 7 79 28 79 46 27 6 72 4 8 5 2 12 13 44 10
Not reported 21 1 20 3 0 0 0 0 21 10 21 18 3 0 21 0 0 0 0 4 1 14 2


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