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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4238 2638 1600 139 0 119 570 887 664 1131 4238 1793 1649 796 3440 436 799 426 360 69 259 3430 481
2 3931 1477 2453 206 0 122 263 441 1022 902 3931 1981 1690 260 3680 178 251 158 83 552 897 1974 509
3 2791 1285 1506 113 0 95 191 334 552 589 2791 1759 988 44 2709 29 81 65 15 899 961 790 140
4 to 6 925 210 715 23 0 47 85 161 189 202 925 708 215 2 922 2 3 3 0 570 201 138 16
7 or more 452 45 406 8 0 20 17 148 77 163 452 372 80 0 452 0 0 0 0 267 92 83 10

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4483 313 4169 99 0 192 400 506 1354 1272 4483 2898 1421 164 4422 141 60 35 23 1396 965 1685 437
None (on same floor) 1536 107 1430 32 0 57 158 120 561 451 1536 937 515 85 1492 65 45 22 20 366 285 737 149
1 (up or down) 1121 83 1038 22 0 45 95 104 346 296 1121 703 378 40 1115 37 6 3 2 307 286 404 124
2 or more (up or down) 1825 124 1701 45 0 90 148 283 447 524 1825 1258 528 39 1815 39 10 10 0 723 394 543 164

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4483 313 4169 99 0 192 400 506 1354 1272 4483 2898 1421 164 4422 141 60 35 23 1396 965 1685 437
No common stairways 360 34 326 8 0 11 31 11 121 120 360 226 116 19 353 14 7 3 4 83 78 172 28
With common stairways 3960 269 3690 86 0 178 349 463 1203 1127 3960 2565 1255 140 3909 122 50 30 18 1259 853 1454 394
No loose steps 3303 243 3060 76 0 139 270 397 1006 919 3303 2155 1039 108 3259 95 44 28 13 1056 725 1198 323
Railings not loose 2550 190 2359 64 0 91 198 310 778 677 2550 1659 815 75 2518 66 31 22 9 851 559 902 238
Railings loose 635 48 587 9 0 41 68 73 181 187 635 410 192 33 622 29 13 6 4 183 131 255 66
No railings 90 2 88 3 0 7 1 9 41 41 90 68 22 0 90 0 0 0 0 17 26 37 10
Status of railings not reported 28 3 25 0 0 0 2 4 5 14 28 17 11 0 28 0 0 0 0 6 9 4 9
Loose steps 657 26 631 10 0 39 79 67 197 208 657 410 216 31 651 27 7 2 5 203 128 255 72
Railings not loose 528 22 506 7 0 31 27 59 158 163 528 318 182 29 522 24 7 2 5 148 98 214 68
Railings loose 114 4 110 3 0 5 51 8 30 43 114 83 28 3 114 3 0 0 0 52 28 32 1
No railings 9 0 9 0 0 3 2 0 3 2 9 9 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
Status of railings not reported 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
Status of stairways not reported 162 10 153 5 0 3 20 32 30 25 162 107 50 5 160 5 3 3 0 54 34 59 15

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 5013 328 4685 103 0 206 480 565 1522 1498 5013 3144 1601 268 4921 223 91 44 45 1419 1014 2073 507
No public halls 642 12 630 7 0 19 79 37 265 256 642 373 190 80 617 60 25 5 20 82 96 385 79
No light fixtures in public halls 145 11 133 3 0 5 22 9 37 47 145 95 37 13 143 11 2 0 2 11 31 78 24
All in working order 3549 265 3284 78 0 144 272 450 1033 957 3549 2270 1145 134 3503 121 46 30 13 1154 757 1290 349
Some in working order 120 4 116 3 0 7 20 7 22 45 120 84 34 3 120 3 0 0 0 23 33 62 3
None in working order 325 20 305 5 0 29 66 15 111 120 325 186 103 36 312 26 13 3 10 78 56 165 26
Not reported 231 15 216 7 0 3 21 48 54 73 231 137 92 2 225 2 5 5 0 72 41 92 26

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 4483 313 4169 99 0 192 400 506 1354 1272 4483 2898 1421 164 4422 141 60 35 23 1396 965 1685 437
With 1 or more elevators working 773 65 708 22 0 38 47 219 129 246 773 561 209 2 773 2 0 0 0 420 137 140 75
With elevator, none in working condition 19 0 19 0 0 0 6 3 9 11 19 17 2 0 19 0 0 0 0 12 3 4 0
No elevator 3691 248 3442 77 0 153 348 285 1216 1015 3691 2320 1209 162 3630 139 60 35 23 964 826 1540 362
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 342 18 323 10 0 21 51 28 70 70 342 269 73 0 342 0 0 0 0 174 82 78 8

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 7324 5328 1996 386 0 197 646 1408 982 1488 7324 3468 3021 835 6282 422 1042 608 413 938 1396 4341 649
With basement under all of building 2271 1748 523 83 0 70 95 418 269 382 2271 1421 785 65 2168 37 103 73 27 728 980 505 58
With basement under part of building 396 306 90 13 0 11 36 88 43 59 396 194 182 19 353 5 43 28 15 82 143 142 28
With crawl space 2148 1512 636 46 0 74 409 535 262 612 2148 921 699 528 1595 259 553 270 269 34 94 1808 211
On concrete slab 2470 1746 724 244 0 42 97 362 403 423 2470 919 1332 219 2139 119 331 226 100 91 176 1851 351
Other 40 17 23 0 0 0 9 4 6 12 40 13 23 4 27 2 13 11 2 2 3 34 0

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 404 161 243 0 42 41 137 68 65 170 404 210 103 91 303 43 101 53 48 84 66 245 9
Missing roofing material 517 182 335 3 12 37 101 87 99 195 517 308 144 65 453 30 64 28 35 98 93 278 47
Hole in roof 379 169 210 1 41 36 114 71 58 149 379 206 106 67 295 28 84 45 39 54 55 251 19
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 497 198 299 3 24 49 138 87 102 208 497 295 134 69 422 43 76 50 26 91 81 301 24
Sloping outside walls 279 110 169 2 29 29 99 36 64 131 279 132 93 54 202 25 77 48 29 42 41 183 13
Boarded up windows 234 60 174 0 5 17 77 33 76 123 234 172 37 25 204 11 30 15 15 51 41 133 10
Broken windows 763 328 435 8 55 64 185 108 142 302 763 451 194 118 654 52 109 43 65 143 160 416 45
Bars on windows 1366 624 742 8 3 55 136 293 224 372 1366 1085 246 34 1337 22 29 17 12 407 214 514 231
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 433 181 252 0 11 50 113 47 117 175 433 264 95 73 381 41 52 16 33 81 75 248 29
None of the above 9210 4703 4507 497 542 238 624 1349 1873 2017 9210 4176 3946 1089 7845 530 1366 778 559 1365 1726 5336 784
Not reported 388 188 200 14 18 10 30 82 61 84 388 220 142 26 347 6 40 21 20 126 73 168 21

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 667 537 130 41 667 27 52 72 52 185 667 22 333 312 122 49 545 274 263 5 14 636 13
First site 474 407 67 30 474 16 24 40 6 110 474 16 253 204 76 21 398 207 183 0 5 465 3
Moved from another site 105 99 6 3 105 5 18 27 4 51 105 4 40 61 15 8 90 37 53 0 3 102 0
Don't know 64 23 41 7 64 4 10 4 24 17 64 0 31 32 12 6 52 26 26 0 3 61 0
Not reported 25 8 17 0 25 2 0 0 19 6 25 3 8 14 20 14 5 5 0 5 3 8 10

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1898 1299 599 530 431 41 57 151 384 334 1898 409 1197 292 1251 95 647 440 197 103 168 1416 211
Not previously occupied 910 816 94 356 296 20 19 69 115 130 910 125 600 185 494 48 416 280 137 27 63 744 77
Not reported 38 19 19 11 8 0 5 3 16 11 38 6 24 8 30 0 8 0 8 5 4 28 2
@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