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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 11038 5106 5931 470 447 325 711 1221 2544 2205 11038 5031 5153 855 10016 431 1022 581 424 1739 946 3881 4472

Stories in Structure@18

1		 4826 3085 1741 184 0 98 344 657 908 916 4826 1967 2396 464 4339 257 487 275 207 44 96 2169 2518
2 3264 1040 2224 156 0 76 207 241 960 593 3264 1477 1595 192 3042 97 222 127 96 373 387 1040 1463
3 1512 566 946 84 0 41 59 107 402 270 1512 751 689 73 1415 39 97 64 33 574 385 294 260
4 to 6 730 115 615 10 0 65 73 99 153 218 730 556 170 5 722 2 8 6 2 544 39 95 52
7 or more 258 26 232 2 0 26 15 82 41 81 258 199 59 0 258 0 0 0 0 193 13 38 14

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3787 308 3480 90 0 155 310 324 1199 936 3787 2266 1432 90 3710 62 77 50 28 1175 379 1037 1197
None (on same floor) 1281 107 1174 42 0 41 103 83 462 302 1281 699 528 54 1241 31 40 17 23 278 143 403 458
1 (up or down) 949 92 858 10 0 27 55 62 318 228 949 544 392 14 927 12 22 21 2 216 107 267 359
2 or more (up or down) 1557 109 1448 38 0 87 152 179 419 406 1557 1023 512 22 1542 19 15 12 3 681 129 368 380

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3787 308 3480 90 0 155 310 324 1199 936 3787 2266 1432 90 3710 62 77 50 28 1175 379 1037 1197
No common stairways 235 56 179 10 0 5 24 9 77 47 235 112 106 17 224 9 11 2 9 27 35 75 98
With common stairways 3468 244 3224 80 0 147 278 307 1092 865 3468 2100 1298 70 3402 51 66 47 19 1122 333 935 1078
No loose steps 2675 204 2471 59 0 115 187 229 830 672 2675 1611 1004 60 2621 47 53 40 13 853 286 712 823
Railings not loose 2046 166 1880 46 0 76 134 173 632 500 2046 1265 749 32 2008 23 38 30 8 641 240 513 652
Railings loose 566 35 531 11 0 37 50 51 176 162 566 318 229 19 554 18 12 10 2 193 40 184 150
No railings 44 3 41 3 0 0 3 4 14 6 44 26 12 7 41 3 4 0 4 12 4 11 17
Status of railings not reported 19 0 19 0 0 2 0 1 8 3 19 2 14 3 19 3 0 0 0 7 2 5 4
Loose steps 793 40 753 21 0 32 92 78 263 193 793 489 294 10 780 4 13 7 6 270 46 223 254
Railings not loose 654 39 615 17 0 25 41 74 216 155 654 405 241 7 641 2 13 7 6 229 45 174 207
Railings loose 122 1 121 3 0 6 48 3 39 32 122 74 45 2 122 2 0 0 0 36 2 44 41
No railings 9 0 9 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 9 6 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 1
Status of railings not reported 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 3 5 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
Status of stairways not reported 84 8 77 0 0 2 8 9 30 24 84 54 28 3 84 3 0 0 0 25 11 27 21

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4364 368 3995 103 0 171 366 384 1398 1168 4364 2520 1709 135 4260 100 103 69 35 1190 386 1257 1530
No public halls 527 77 450 14 0 14 42 31 226 144 527 277 231 18 496 12 31 24 6 26 34 217 250
No light fixtures in public halls 99 2 97 6 0 4 15 0 43 43 99 48 31 20 97 20 2 2 0 8 7 17 67
All in working order 3164 251 2912 74 0 128 236 326 940 815 3164 1867 1222 75 3107 51 57 34 24 1023 298 862 981
Some in working order 139 6 133 0 0 10 14 1 33 39 139 88 46 5 139 5 0 0 0 38 15 41 45
None in working order 281 18 263 10 0 10 54 21 103 89 281 164 106 11 271 7 10 6 5 64 23 80 115
Not reported 154 14 141 0 0 5 5 6 52 39 154 76 73 6 151 6 3 3 0 31 9 42 72

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3787 308 3480 90 0 155 310 324 1199 936 3787 2266 1432 90 3710 62 77 50 28 1175 379 1037 1197
With 1 or more elevators working 593 69 524 9 0 51 61 138 109 156 593 429 164 0 593 0 0 0 0 361 25 121 86
With elevator, none in working condition 29 1 28 0 0 0 3 4 6 5 29 24 5 0 29 0 0 0 0 17 3 7 3
No elevator 3166 238 2928 82 0 104 246 183 1084 775 3166 1813 1263 90 3088 62 77 50 28 797 351 909 1108
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 283 8 275 7 0 19 30 20 93 93 283 215 61 8 277 8 6 6 0 185 32 30 36

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 6227 4464 1763 333 0 135 332 801 1066 910 6227 2430 3199 598 5516 295 711 402 303 538 534 2379 2777
With basement under all of building 948 726 222 54 0 22 15 108 147 123 948 392 464 92 821 35 126 70 57 378 324 110 135
With basement under part of building 317 238 79 11 0 10 9 56 55 33 317 140 136 41 268 14 49 22 27 68 102 40 106
With crawl space 1825 1222 603 21 0 42 192 254 283 335 1825 742 805 278 1561 129 264 115 149 46 56 770 953
On concrete slab 3118 2271 848 247 0 57 116 381 580 411 3118 1149 1787 182 2850 114 268 195 68 41 50 1455 1572
Other 19 8 12 0 0 5 0 1 2 8 19 7 7 5 16 2 3 0 3 5 2 3 10

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 314 115 199 2 38 29 56 28 68 95 314 150 117 47 281 30 33 16 17 39 16 121 138
Missing roofing material 483 188 296 7 13 27 61 50 106 131 483 248 189 46 436 25 48 27 21 79 25 172 208
Hole in roof 244 102 143 0 23 27 45 21 48 77 244 127 89 28 216 14 29 15 14 43 13 82 106
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 415 139 275 6 28 29 97 39 113 139 415 235 140 40 359 14 55 23 26 59 25 182 149
Sloping outside walls 241 74 166 1 25 19 61 24 65 81 241 135 69 37 204 19 37 12 18 43 12 110 76
Boarded up windows 187 63 124 3 7 14 22 13 45 62 187 109 70 9 168 6 19 16 3 36 9 73 69
Broken windows 612 211 401 4 52 38 72 24 120 202 612 311 239 62 539 32 73 44 30 106 33 228 245
Bars on windows 1237 538 699 11 14 53 142 203 186 285 1237 867 364 6 1222 5 15 14 2 287 28 359 563
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 303 92 211 6 14 29 62 16 102 85 303 143 121 39 268 21 35 16 19 60 29 123 92
None of the above 7884 3888 3996 430 324 164 351 839 1898 1419 7884 3226 3996 663 7068 322 816 465 341 1084 751 2830 3219
Not reported 244 135 108 3 4 5 14 30 41 43 244 112 117 15 233 9 11 5 6 51 26 69 97

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 447 274 173 33 447 19 13 36 80 127 447 81 245 122 239 36 208 110 86 11 26 244 165
First site 212 146 65 26 212 12 6 13 13 49 212 41 110 61 112 6 100 39 55 3 18 107 84
Moved from another site 84 69 15 7 84 0 0 14 8 35 84 15 47 23 26 0 58 29 23 0 0 62 22
Don't know 91 22 69 0 91 2 7 2 14 28 91 16 46 29 58 23 34 28 5 2 7 56 27
Not reported 60 36 23 0 60 5 0 6 45 15 60 9 42 9 44 6 15 13 3 6 1 20 32

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 1473 992 481 470 114 16 35 113 406 170 1473 432 930 112 1178 40 294 211 72 83 109 657 623
Not previously occupied 643 573 70 307 53 7 16 62 124 54 643 168 417 59 477 13 166 114 46 20 47 315 261
Not reported 27 14 12 4 12 0 2 4 8 2 27 13 13 0 15 0 12 5 0 2 0 14 11
@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