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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-7. Additional Indicators of Housing Quality--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

Selected Amenities@1

Porch, deck, balcony, or patio		 9858 5318 4540 438 481 291 911 1559 1905 2186 9858 4740 3943 1175 8515 592 1343 738 584 1125 1907 5831 996
Telephone available 12496 6010 6486 467 644 399 1123 1970 2406 3029 12496 6364 4779 1353 10903 666 1593 875 687 2214 2340 6811 1131
Usable fireplace 2400 1859 541 237 198 33 85 280 362 246 2400 825 1400 175 1921 58 479 350 117 169 365 1447 418
Separate dining room 5788 3758 2030 298 225 182 400 936 825 1122 5788 2904 2397 486 5045 205 742 441 281 1060 1187 3054 487
With 2 or more living rooms or
recreation rooms, etc.		 2333 1990 344 185 163 32 127 394 232 279 2333 894 1161 278 1866 113 467 283 165 232 337 1537 228
Garage or carport included with home 4793 3500 1293 341 67 124 270 835 665 702 4793 2197 2191 405 4209 207 584 370 198 540 1116 2280 858
Not included 8173 2677 5497 189 600 307 903 1201 1885 2467 8173 4418 2746 1009 7085 486 1088 550 523 1803 1300 4762 309
Off-street parking included 6191 2148 4043 176 558 206 655 838 1522 1813 6191 2811 2474 906 5174 429 1017 526 476 810 930 4186 264
Off-street parking not reported 17 4 13 0 2 0 0 5 4 6 17 15 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 13 0 4 0
Garage or carport not reported 38 16 22 0 0 0 5 9 7 1 38 20 17 0 31 0 6 6 0 19 9 8 1

Cars and Trucks Available@1

No cars, trucks, or vans		 2578 495 2083 34 80 132 348 642 610 1288 2578 1789 553 236 2397 137 181 79 99 893 455 1096 134
Other households without cars 977 532 445 41 68 38 81 115 164 173 977 490 368 120 814 53 163 96 67 132 202 572 70
1 car with or without trucks or vans 6383 2940 3443 289 310 183 587 944 1400 1456 6383 3108 2535 740 5556 368 827 445 371 897 1280 3571 634
2 cars 2412 1707 705 139 166 62 144 298 331 218 2412 1019 1147 245 2010 93 401 239 152 335 393 1438 246
3 or more cars 655 519 136 28 43 16 19 45 52 36 655 230 352 73 548 42 106 68 31 104 94 373 83
With cars, no trucks or vans 6589 3026 3562 282 297 216 532 943 1435 1368 6589 3262 2709 618 5873 331 716 407 287 1045 1324 3532 688
1 truck or van with or without cars 2926 1984 943 168 195 71 227 361 406 399 2926 1222 1276 429 2364 176 563 303 253 314 490 1867 255
2 or more trucks or vans 911 688 223 46 95 12 72 99 106 115 911 363 417 131 692 49 219 137 82 109 156 555 91

Owner or Manager on Property

Rental, multiunit@8		 4685 0 4685 101 0 190 462 491 1483 1465 4685 2909 1509 268 4593 223 91 44 45 1271 927 2015 473
Owner or manager lives on property 1462 0 1462 35 0 62 108 154 488 367 1462 767 635 61 1414 40 48 25 21 320 268 622 252
Neither owner nor manager lives
on property		 3223 0 3223 66 0 128 354 337 995 1098 3223 2142 874 207 3179 183 43 19 24 951 658 1392 221

Selected Deficiencies@1

Signs of rats in last 3 months		 185 60 125 3 18 30 59 22 26 93 185 113 37 35 165 15 20 0 20 44 20 114 8
Signs of mice in last 3 months 1179 452 727 23 68 65 244 163 159 410 1179 787 244 148 998 59 181 89 89 465 172 500 41
Signs of rodents, not sure which kind
in last 3 months		 73 28 46 0 2 5 20 13 18 23 73 35 27 12 65 4 9 0 9 5 7 55 6
Holes in floors 229 66 163 2 11 44 119 35 42 111 229 156 45 28 200 10 29 11 18 52 25 141 11
Open cracks or holes (interior) 1111 371 739 13 32 97 400 163 224 405 1111 684 267 159 1003 98 108 44 61 253 201 589 68
Broken plaster or peeling paint
(interior)		 565 210 355 0 21 73 275 99 87 227 565 385 107 73 499 39 66 32 34 144 102 286 33
No electrical wiring 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Exposed wiring 68 28 39 4 0 8 8 15 20 27 68 23 31 14 56 6 12 5 7 18 7 37 6
Rooms without electric outlets 264 117 147 7 11 23 52 41 66 94 264 123 98 44 217 12 47 15 32 67 35 141 22

Water Leakage During Last 12 Months

No leakage from inside structure		 11371 5586 5785 483 591 338 855 1905 2221 2733 11371 5724 4419 1227 9825 591 1545 877 637 1984 2110 6242 1035
With leakage from inside structure@1 1388 494 894 38 69 90 283 113 296 378 1388 775 439 174 1267 95 121 43 78 290 267 721 110
Fixtures backed up or overflowed 444 157 287 24 32 41 85 29 108 126 444 264 138 42 384 10 60 27 32 82 93 223 45
Pipes leaked 677 223 453 11 22 42 162 58 163 209 677 364 217 96 621 56 56 16 39 172 117 338 50
Broken water heater 114 56 58 5 14 7 13 11 12 42 114 56 30 28 96 10 18 0 18 12 19 74 9
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 290 84 206 5 8 22 57 28 50 59 290 164 102 24 285 22 5 2 3 58 67 149 16
Interior leakage not reported 245 113 132 9 7 3 40 27 39 61 245 136 97 13 233 7 12 6 6 87 47 88 23

No leakage from outside structure		 11326 5338 5988 487 573 339 829 1823 2284 2739 11326 5705 4404 1218 9850 612 1477 840 606 1977 2067 6195 1087
With leakage from outside structure@1 1437 746 691 33 87 89 311 199 235 379 1437 789 463 185 1250 74 188 77 111 301 306 765 66
Roof 820 410 410 24 66 54 220 131 123 236 820 443 232 145 675 61 145 61 84 149 111 519 41
Basement 356 250 106 9 0 14 36 53 31 63 356 229 116 11 346 3 10 3 7 110 168 78 0
Walls, closed windows, or doors 314 123 191 3 21 26 73 27 66 99 314 184 106 24 283 3 31 11 21 88 50 146 30
Other or unknown
(includes not reported)		 170 81 89 0 17 18 47 23 42 52 170 83 56 31 149 12 21 3 19 26 36 103 5
Exterior leakage not reported 240 108 132 9 7 3 38 23 37 52 240 141 88 11 226 7 14 10 4 83 52 90 15

Overall Opinion of Structure

1 (worst)		 136 27 109 0 12 15 45 21 31 80 136 78 35 23 112 9 24 10 14 28 21 79 9
2 92 7 85 0 0 0 24 2 42 41 92 64 19 9 90 7 2 0 2 27 28 36 1
3 170 26 144 3 5 23 44 6 50 73 170 111 50 9 161 6 9 6 3 46 32 83 10
4 204 40 164 0 7 17 42 28 55 75 204 132 60 12 194 5 10 3 7 34 35 112 23
5 1051 348 703 13 66 52 174 138 204 284 1051 608 304 138 945 73 105 36 65 196 212 526 116
6 902 289 614 11 28 47 118 111 203 218 902 559 262 82 849 48 53 19 34 217 164 430 90
7 1806 711 1095 48 70 57 134 194 389 401 1806 1028 635 143 1628 68 178 101 75 375 414 818 198
8 3113 1512 1601 94 91 76 235 444 633 633 3113 1590 1191 332 2773 152 340 154 180 596 540 1732 245
9 1622 976 646 97 115 31 95 281 253 289 1622 691 751 180 1357 98 264 178 81 274 262 908 178
10 (best) 3215 1958 1257 239 248 93 213 706 564 884 3215 1390 1389 436 2586 202 628 381 234 381 585 2004 244
Not reported 695 300 395 24 24 19 54 114 133 193 695 385 259 51 629 25 66 39 26 187 132 322 54

Selected Physical Problems

Severe physical problems@1		 430 167 264 3 27 430 0 83 54 156 430 252 132 46 364 13 66 31 32 118 66 222 25
Plumbing 262 110 152 3 12 262 0 60 24 97 262 139 91 32 214 11 47 23 21 64 42 145 10
Heating 139 42 96 0 7 139 0 15 24 37 139 98 34 6 130 3 9 5 4 49 21 57 11
Electric 8 7 1 0 0 8 0 1 3 3 8 5 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 3 3 2 0
Upkeep 30 11 19 0 8 30 0 7 5 22 30 17 5 8 23 0 8 0 8 3 2 22 3
Hallways 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

Moderate physical problems@1		 1178 453 725 11 52 0 1178 244 240 418 1178 596 308 274 941 140 237 103 134 166 130 797 86
Plumbing 49 6 43 0 0 0 49 0 11 15 49 33 11 5 47 5 3 3 0 11 8 27 3
Heating 515 314 201 0 41 0 515 175 71 219 515 163 151 201 315 94 200 93 107 6 0 498 11
Upkeep 353 114 239 2 11 0 353 49 60 134 353 225 61 67 316 42 37 12 25 87 56 191 19
Hallways 50 3 47 0 0 0 50 1 11 27 50 41 9 0 50 0 0 0 0 27 11 12 0
Kitchen 305 39 266 8 9 0 305 37 101 73 305 190 92 23 287 9 18 5 13 55 59 137 54
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@8Two or more units of any tenure in the structure.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@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