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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-9. Household Composition--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

Population in housing units		 33248 17044 16204 1426 2107 1112 2839 3931 6247 8170 33248 16407 13308 3533 28652 1705 4596 2692 1828 6188 6052 18139 2869

Total		 13004 6193 6811 530 667 430 1178 2045 2557 3171 13004 6635 4955 1414 11325 693 1679 926 721 2361 2424 7050 1168

Persons

1 person		 4073 1492 2581 114 107 150 442 974 842 1178 4073 2291 1333 449 3657 234 416 192 215 814 819 2065 376
2 persons 3333 1740 1593 158 167 79 285 657 658 672 3333 1688 1303 342 2874 173 459 283 169 483 635 1872 343
3 persons 2409 1204 1205 126 149 87 189 212 515 478 2409 1135 970 304 2066 135 344 165 169 428 395 1403 184
4 persons 1681 916 765 63 103 66 139 95 283 396 1681 783 706 192 1469 88 212 109 104 307 282 957 135
5 persons 907 492 414 49 78 36 73 62 170 256 907 435 385 87 756 41 150 99 46 168 181 462 97
6 persons 374 209 165 15 43 8 34 22 68 97 374 194 163 17 309 7 65 55 10 106 77 173 18
7 persons or more 227 139 87 5 21 4 16 23 20 95 227 109 94 24 195 16 31 23 8 55 35 120 16

Number of Single Children Under 18
Years Old

None		 7412 3598 3814 245 256 253 727 1823 1286 1619 7412 3921 2661 829 6499 415 913 481 415 1366 1425 3910 711
1 2447 1204 1244 135 158 69 186 140 528 556 2447 1185 1028 234 2143 101 304 163 133 413 433 1388 214
2 1759 806 954 92 147 75 135 46 411 440 1759 839 704 216 1485 99 274 152 117 321 278 1040 120
3 882 384 498 44 53 26 79 17 215 314 882 417 359 106 780 65 101 58 41 161 178 455 87
4 360 135 224 14 45 5 35 13 92 164 360 191 148 21 298 11 62 53 9 64 74 193 29
5 85 38 48 0 0 0 7 6 15 38 85 56 27 3 78 3 7 7 0 25 26 33 2
6 or more 58 29 29 0 8 2 9 1 9 41 58 26 27 5 42 0 17 12 5 11 11 32 4

Persons 65 Years Old and Over

None		 10718 4662 6056 495 584 342 919 0 2455 2426 10718 5427 4198 1093 9438 571 1280 740 522 1899 1986 5886 947
1 person 1829 1146 683 32 67 73 222 1590 89 638 1829 959 609 261 1526 109 303 139 152 384 360 916 169
2 persons or more 457 385 73 3 15 15 38 454 13 107 457 249 148 60 361 13 96 48 46 78 78 249 52

Age of Householder

Under 25 years		 983 119 864 43 30 33 105 0 476 438 983 529 346 108 923 75 60 23 32 130 196 565 91
25 to 29 1017 234 783 86 26 29 89 0 451 267 1017 568 345 104 911 61 106 63 42 156 201 580 80
30 to 34 1492 492 1000 69 99 37 119 0 478 352 1492 744 613 135 1344 83 148 89 52 275 276 828 113
35 to 44 2906 1318 1589 176 141 93 240 0 623 577 2906 1482 1174 250 2597 121 310 179 128 544 508 1565 289
45 to 54 2904 1615 1289 94 228 116 257 0 329 464 2904 1423 1155 326 2469 158 435 264 169 523 512 1595 274
55 to 64 1657 1059 598 31 71 39 125 0 117 371 1657 805 659 193 1401 82 256 138 112 329 338 861 128
65 to 74 1172 775 397 23 24 46 128 1172 54 344 1172 602 432 138 982 51 190 98 87 249 227 562 134
75 years and over 873 581 292 6 48 37 116 873 30 359 873 482 231 161 699 61 174 71 99 155 165 495 59
Median 45 50 39 38 46 47 46 73 33 44 45 44 44 48 44 45 49 49 51 46 45 44 45

Household Composition by Age of
Householder

2-or-more-person households		 8931 4701 4230 416 560 281 736 1071 1714 1992 8931 4344 3622 965 7669 460 1262 735 506 1547 1605 4986 793
Married-couple families,
no nonrelatives		 3736 2669 1067 207 216 91 230 516 473 385 3736 1624 1693 419 3080 170 656 386 250 609 586 2169 371
Under 25 years 99 23 76 7 4 4 6 0 42 14 99 48 46 4 94 2 4 2 2 9 6 64 20
25 to 29 years 181 89 92 17 2 8 8 0 67 32 181 97 67 17 155 8 26 17 9 20 25 123 13
30 to 34 years 431 225 206 37 41 5 23 0 103 43 431 177 202 52 348 21 83 45 31 83 53 261 33
35 to 44 years 994 664 331 79 57 34 51 0 150 67 994 404 497 94 850 46 144 94 48 181 149 545 120
45 to 64 years 1514 1219 295 59 101 24 103 0 93 109 1514 652 669 192 1235 75 279 156 118 241 261 884 129
65 years and over 516 450 66 8 11 16 39 516 18 120 516 246 211 59 397 17 119 73 42 75 93 293 56
Other male householder 1108 445 663 35 67 36 108 110 284 214 1108 580 401 126 998 80 110 64 47 180 219 590 118
Under 45 years 682 191 491 32 36 14 54 0 262 134 682 367 237 79 630 50 52 23 28 108 138 365 70
45 to 64 years 315 173 142 3 24 17 36 0 18 58 315 156 136 24 272 16 44 35 8 50 60 169 37
65 years and over 110 81 30 0 6 5 17 110 4 21 110 58 29 24 96 14 15 5 10 22 21 56 11
Other female householder 4087 1587 2501 173 278 154 398 444 958 1394 4087 2140 1527 420 3591 210 496 285 210 758 800 2226 303
Under 45 years 2428 620 1808 127 126 88 239 0 799 962 2428 1294 882 252 2202 148 226 120 104 389 500 1370 170
45 to 64 years 1215 662 553 42 112 49 101 0 145 272 1215 599 512 104 1031 49 184 129 55 271 232 617 94
65 years and over 444 304 140 4 40 17 59 444 13 160 444 246 134 64 358 14 87 36 51 98 68 239 40
1-person households 4073 1492 2581 114 107 150 442 974 842 1178 4073 2291 1333 449 3657 234 416 192 215 814 819 2065 376
Male householder 1837 584 1253 45 67 68 214 312 450 449 1837 1019 602 216 1635 118 202 97 98 360 367 934 177
Under 45 years 851 198 653 32 26 19 85 0 313 176 851 494 298 59 797 41 55 37 18 168 179 428 76
45 to 64 years 674 241 432 14 31 35 62 0 112 148 674 358 214 101 576 53 98 47 48 121 133 341 79
65 years and over 312 144 168 0 10 13 67 312 25 125 312 167 90 55 263 24 50 14 32 71 54 165 22
Female householder 2236 908 1328 69 40 82 228 661 393 730 2236 1272 731 233 2022 116 214 95 117 454 452 1131 199
Under 45 year 732 153 578 43 4 20 86 0 292 205 732 443 251 39 697 24 35 18 14 147 132 382 71
45 to 64 years 843 378 465 8 32 30 80 0 78 247 843 462 282 98 756 47 87 36 51 169 164 445 64
65 years and over 661 377 285 18 4 32 63 661 23 277 661 367 199 96 569 44 93 41 52 138 156 304 63

Adults and Single Children Under
18 Years Old

Total households with children		 5592 2595 2997 284 410 178 451 222 1271 1552 5592 2713 2294 585 4826 278 765 445 306 995 999 3140 457
Married couples 2141 1441 700 122 203 56 104 72 316 221 2141 905 1014 222 1748 81 393 240 141 383 301 1256 201
One child under 6 only 241 134 107 18 10 12 13 2 61 29 241 104 118 19 218 7 23 11 12 48 28 131 34
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 448 305 143 36 90 9 21 7 76 33 448 174 232 42 321 10 128 95 32 78 49 278 43
Two or more under 6 only 122 64 58 11 5 8 3 0 34 13 122 52 63 7 103 2 19 15 4 23 18 65 16
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17		 139 72 67 9 12 4 4 1 29 37 139 53 72 14 112 7 27 20 7 32 21 75 10
One or more 6 to 17 only 1190 866 325 48 85 23 64 61 116 110 1190 522 528 140 994 55 196 99 85 202 184 706 98
Other households with two or more
adults		 1311 611 700 58 89 41 156 116 247 405 1311 664 515 131 1146 71 165 104 61 271 253 687 101
One child under 6 only 221 68 153 6 7 9 17 9 71 48 221 120 86 15 195 5 26 16 10 40 36 130 15
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 210 88 122 8 7 11 24 17 43 91 210 115 80 15 188 7 22 14 8 53 40 106 12
Two or more under 6 only 73 26 47 3 9 6 18 4 16 24 73 35 27 12 57 9 17 14 3 13 19 41 0
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17		 69 27 43 0 5 2 16 2 15 40 69 37 30 2 62 2 7 7 0 11 7 37 14
One or more 6 to 17 only 738 403 335 41 61 13 82 84 102 202 738 358 292 87 646 48 92 52 40 155 150 374 59
Households with one adult or none 2140 543 1597 104 118 81 190 34 708 925 2140 1144 765 231 1932 127 208 101 105 342 445 1198 155
One child under 6 only 245 33 212 20 0 13 13 0 108 125 245 132 95 18 243 15 3 0 3 27 48 135 35
One under 6, one or more 6 to 17 381 68 313 21 14 13 29 0 143 177 381 207 126 48 353 28 28 8 20 58 93 218 12
Two or more under 6 only 113 8 105 3 10 12 22 0 59 79 113 61 31 21 97 8 17 2 13 17 17 75 4
Two or more under 6, one or more
6 to 17		 87 4 84 3 9 2 18 0 33 68 87 37 26 24 71 17 16 9 7 12 23 48 5
One or more 6 to 17 only 1313 430 884 58 85 42 108 34 363 476 1313 706 487 120 1169 58 144 82 62 227 265 722 99
Total households with no children 7412 3598 3814 245 256 253 727 1823 1286 1619 7412 3921 2661 829 6499 415 913 481 415 1366 1425 3910 711
Married couples 1695 1306 389 85 61 45 128 451 159 172 1695 746 747 202 1387 90 308 189 111 244 296 977 179
Other households with two or more
adults		 1710 820 889 49 89 59 164 398 296 310 1710 924 607 179 1521 91 189 100 88 325 318 908 159
Households with one adult 4008 1472 2536 112 107 148 436 974 831 1138 4008 2252 1307 449 3591 234 416 192 215 798 812 2025 374

Own Never Married Children Under
18 Years Old

No own children under 18 years		 8324 4145 4179 280 350 284 807 2010 1410 1904 8324 4340 3059 924 7253 453 1071 582 472 1552 1567 4417 788
With own children under 18 years 4680 2048 2632 250 317 147 372 34 1147 1267 4680 2295 1895 490 4072 241 608 345 249 809 858 2633 381
Under 6 years only 838 245 593 53 35 47 64 3 313 281 838 424 338 77 759 39 79 39 38 127 145 473 93
1 580 176 405 39 22 25 33 3 210 182 580 301 237 43 542 22 39 18 21 85 99 321 75
2 220 48 172 12 12 23 23 0 90 85 220 107 82 31 187 14 33 14 17 37 35 135 13
3 or more 38 21 17 2 0 0 8 0 12 14 38 16 19 3 30 3 8 8 0 5 12 17 5
6 to 17 years only 2810 1406 1404 121 203 70 218 27 535 663 2810 1380 1126 304 2435 143 375 202 161 504 529 1563 214
1 1493 788 705 80 129 28 122 20 268 275 1493 726 598 169 1263 75 230 126 94 261 292 839 101
2 835 419 417 34 63 32 61 1 156 197 835 379 353 103 720 55 115 68 48 144 132 492 67
3 or more 482 199 283 7 11 9 35 5 112 190 482 275 175 32 452 13 30 9 19 100 105 231 46
Both age groups 1031 397 635 76 79 29 89 4 299 323 1031 491 431 109 878 59 153 103 50 177 183 597 74
2 444 170 274 39 7 17 27 4 141 80 444 220 185 39 401 17 43 20 22 89 67 263 25
3 or more 587 227 360 38 73 12 62 0 158 243 587 271 246 70 476 42 111 83 28 88 116 334 48

Persons Other Than Spouse or Children@1

With other relatives		 3638 2207 1431 110 243 136 312 675 411 831 3638 1795 1449 394 3120 164 518 285 230 755 659 1923 301
Single adult offspring 18 to 29 1789 1076 713 65 115 76 155 85 158 358 1789 864 741 184 1552 78 237 131 106 370 342 946 131
Single adult offspring 30 years of age
or over		 730 537 193 13 57 20 80 389 34 162 730 358 300 72 604 23 126 78 49 164 124 398 44
Households with three generations 681 428 253 22 79 27 60 117 74 208 681 317 286 79 551 37 130 86 41 162 106 358 54
Households with 1 subfamily 538 312 226 6 64 19 51 65 61 163 538 255 231 51 443 26 95 69 26 131 91 281 35
Subfamily householder age under 30 329 177 153 0 48 13 28 12 43 107 329 138 155 36 256 14 73 51 22 64 58 180 28
30 to 64 208 135 73 6 16 6 23 53 19 56 208 117 76 15 187 11 21 18 4 67 33 100 7
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Households with 2 or more subfamilies 18 11 7 3 3 1 0 4 5 7 18 2 13 3 13 0 5 2 3 3 2 11 2
Households with other types of relatives 1412 842 570 43 90 60 105 316 205 379 1412 709 530 173 1208 74 204 102 100 302 250 715 144
With nonrelatives 1075 399 676 52 112 43 110 76 305 187 1075 565 401 110 936 72 139 102 37 188 210 573 105
Co-owners or co-renters 240 33 207 18 6 4 12 3 115 31 240 113 91 36 232 33 8 5 3 42 51 122 24
Lodgers 136 41 95 6 0 7 20 20 43 25 136 79 53 3 131 3 5 5 0 21 35 60 20
Unrelated children, under 18 years old 161 107 54 7 60 1 9 10 10 41 161 52 99 10 102 2 59 52 8 26 30 87 17
Other nonrelatives 614 257 357 24 55 32 74 48 143 105 614 342 206 66 535 35 79 49 31 119 117 326 52
One or more secondary families 25 15 10 0 8 0 2 6 0 11 25 9 15 2 17 0 8 7 2 4 7 11 3
2-person households, none related to
each other		 429 108 321 23 25 7 50 34 168 59 429 236 136 57 400 44 29 16 13 68 87 230 43
3-to-8-person households, none related
to each other		 52 12 40 8 2 0 2 6 18 12 52 21 24 7 45 3 7 2 4 8 11 26 6

Educational Attainment of the
Householder

Less than 9th grade		 825 409 416 6 70 30 140 512 98 385 825 395 229 201 616 83 209 85 118 146 102 542 34
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2357 990 1367 36 173 101 286 592 404 1006 2357 1268 795 294 1998 129 359 190 165 437 424 1359 138
High school graduate
(includes equivalency)		 4226 1914 2313 111 291 134 359 497 853 1080 4226 2230 1488 509 3644 263 583 323 245 799 811 2335 282
Additional vocational training 356 186 170 17 31 13 17 37 41 50 356 173 142 42 300 25 56 39 17 69 64 191 33
Some college, no degree 2545 1109 1436 136 69 64 238 181 585 459 2545 1370 974 202 2334 104 211 113 98 354 547 1303 341
Associate degree 836 446 390 55 17 36 48 60 179 102 836 419 342 75 753 39 83 42 36 164 173 410 89
Bachelor's degree 1586 886 700 138 43 50 91 122 336 108 1586 700 782 104 1399 59 186 139 45 332 276 792 185
Graduate or professional degree 629 439 190 48 4 15 17 80 102 30 629 253 346 30 581 16 48 35 14 130 91 308 100
Percent high school graduate or higher 75.5 77.4 73.8 92.1 63.6 69.4 63.9 46.0 80.4 56.1 75.5 74.9 79.3 65.0 76.9 69.4 66.2 70.3 60.7 75.3 78.3 73.0 85.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 17.0 21.4 13.1 35.2 7.1 15.0 9.2 9.9 17.1 4.4 17.0 14.4 22.8 9.5 17.5 10.8 14.0 18.7 8.1 19.6 15.1 15.6 24.4

Citizenship of Householder

Citizen of the United States		 12453 6053 6401 518 667 397 1137 2035 2381 3086 12453 6330 4712 1412 10796 693 1657 908 718 2136 2371 6828 1118
Naturalized citizen of the
United States		 500 268 232 23 5 10 15 71 66 72 500 253 245 2 485 2 15 15 0 247 22 187 45

Year Foreign Born Householder
Immigrated to the United States

2005 to 2009		 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 to 2004 97 6 91 0 0 10 5 0 55 16 97 56 41 0 91 0 6 6 0 24 16 43 13
1995 to 1999 218 65 153 3 0 11 12 0 59 39 218 114 102 3 212 0 5 3 3 75 19 112 12
1990 to 1994 125 47 78 8 2 0 12 0 44 13 125 66 59 0 120 0 5 5 0 54 12 42 17
1980 to 1989 350 147 203 10 2 10 22 17 61 52 350 195 154 2 343 2 8 8 0 181 22 129 18
1979 or before 260 143 117 14 0 13 5 64 23 36 260 128 132 0 249 0 12 12 0 137 4 83 35

Year Householder Moved Into Unit

2000 to 2004		 5628 1352 4276 496 165 171 491 266 2557 1520 5628 2931 2200 497 5167 331 461 291 165 845 1104 3127 552
1995 to 1999 2965 1611 1354 29 335 119 215 283 0 594 2965 1376 1267 321 2496 138 469 276 183 600 519 1560 285
1990 to 1994 1359 824 535 2 95 47 117 201 0 298 1359 702 507 150 1171 61 188 96 89 274 235 724 126
1985 to 1989 819 588 231 0 27 20 82 166 0 188 819 380 315 124 706 52 113 38 72 180 154 438 47
1980 to 1984 470 321 149 0 18 12 53 154 0 105 470 275 133 61 384 21 85 40 40 141 66 241 21
1975 to 1979 569 450 119 0 14 27 47 183 0 112 569 331 172 66 470 23 99 56 43 112 105 308 44
1970 to 1974 439 383 55 3 9 11 39 213 0 101 439 218 151 70 336 13 103 44 56 75 108 229 27
1960 to 1969 496 428 69 0 6 8 82 349 0 139 496 276 146 74 403 40 93 59 35 92 98 260 46
1950 to 1959 200 186 14 0 0 8 30 176 0 84 200 121 49 31 154 6 46 17 25 40 26 118 16
1940 to 1949 47 39 8 0 0 6 17 41 0 25 47 19 9 19 32 8 15 4 10 3 9 33 2
1939 or earlier 13 10 2 0 0 3 4 13 0 6 13 5 5 2 5 0 7 5 2 0 1 11 0
Median 1998 1994 2000+ 2000+ 1997 1998 1997 1981 2000+ 1999 1998 1998 1998 1996 1999 1999 1995 1996 1994 1997 1998 1998 1999

Household Moves and Formation in
Last Year

Total with a move in last year		 3203 686 2517 213 76 78 301 135 2557 927 3203 1657 1242 303 2913 197 289 181 106 463 641 1753 346
Household all moved here from one unit 2234 314 1920 172 47 48 199 78 2234 680 2234 1182 846 206 2067 141 167 100 65 316 465 1203 250
Householder of previous unit did not
move here		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Householder of previous unit moved
here		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Householder of previous unit not
reported		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Household moved here from two or more
units		 229 45 184 24 5 0 29 5 229 54 229 105 95 29 212 22 18 11 7 27 35 159 9
No previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2 or more previous householders moved
here		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Previous householder(s) not reported ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Some already here, rest moved in 739 326 413 17 23 30 73 52 93 194 739 370 301 68 634 33 105 70 35 121 140 391 87
No previous householder moved here ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 or more previous householders moved
here		 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Previous householder(s) not reported ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Number of previous units not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
@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