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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-1. Introductory Characteristics--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black alone Hispanic 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		 21627 17350 4277 672 1487 386 738 2045 1221 991 3853 21627 5853 10455 5318 15349 1872 6278 2778 3446 4617 5188 7678 4144

Tenure

Owner occupied		 17350 17350 0 535 1364 244 487 1356 759 410 2527 17350 4121 8666 4563 11717 1491 5633 2512 3072 3291 4271 6543 3244
Percent of all occupied 80.2 100.0 0.0 79.6 91.7 63.2 65.9 66.3 62.2 41.4 65.6 80.2 70.4 82.9 85.8 76.3 79.6 89.7 90.4 89.1 71.3 82.3 85.2 78.3
Renter occupied 4277 0 4277 137 123 142 252 689 461 581 1327 4277 1732 1789 756 3632 381 645 266 375 1325 917 1135 900

Race and Origin

White alone		 18955 15570 3385 634 1382 295 476 0 1136 862 3045 18955 4547 9497 4912 13156 1730 5799 2582 3181 4111 4738 6486 3620
Non-Hispanic 17819 14848 2971 609 1347 261 392 0 0 795 2751 17819 4044 8967 4808 12156 1692 5663 2511 3116 3916 4637 6030 3235
Hispanic 1136 722 415 25 36 34 84 0 1136 66 294 1136 503 530 103 1000 38 136 71 65 195 101 456 384
Black alone 2045 1356 689 30 72 83 244 2045 43 83 703 2045 1084 663 299 1681 113 363 169 186 404 391 1057 192
Non-Hispanic 2002 1342 660 30 72 79 238 2002 0 66 688 2002 1059 655 289 1645 109 357 169 179 385 389 1037 190
Hispanic 43 14 29 0 0 4 6 43 43 17 15 43 25 8 10 37 4 6 0 6 19 2 20 3
American Indian or Alaska Native alone 69 52 16 2 6 0 3 0 4 9 13 69 9 26 34 38 11 31 8 23 9 8 14 37
Asian alone 324 201 123 2 5 6 9 0 10 24 59 324 148 169 7 317 2 7 2 5 51 29 27 217
Pacific Islander alone@99 22 12 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 22 0 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21
Two or more races 212 159 53 4 20 2 6 0 28 11 27 212 66 79 67 135 16 77 16 52 41 20 94 57
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)@21 1221 759 461 25 36 38 90 43 1221 83 315 1221 551 557 113 1073 42 148 76 72 231 106 484 400

Units in Structure

1, detached		 14961 14071 890 335 0 230 470 1243 738 342 2312 14961 3464 7359 4138 10023 1417 4938 2188 2721 2653 3838 5696 2774
1, attached 1134 867 267 75 0 24 13 165 64 109 207 1134 447 585 101 1004 52 130 78 50 402 184 312 235
2 to 4 1194 379 815 26 0 35 52 161 95 109 313 1194 473 507 214 1026 131 168 86 83 438 286 267 204
5 to 9 590 135 455 14 0 21 33 74 64 78 157 590 209 310 71 533 44 57 30 27 140 167 148 135
10 to 19 433 146 287 9 0 9 26 56 38 31 92 433 167 237 29 407 15 26 12 14 127 96 120 90
20 to 49 600 146 454 28 0 13 39 72 61 77 154 600 290 239 71 568 50 32 11 21 179 150 141 129
50 or more 1228 242 986 51 0 46 56 201 126 133 363 1228 616 550 62 1203 56 25 19 6 513 255 274 185
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 1487 1364 123 133 1487 8 49 72 36 111 256 1487 187 667 633 585 107 902 354 525 164 212 719 391

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 191 138 53 6 31 7 8 10 8 12 30 191 119 65 7 186 7 5 5 0 120 9 36 26
Condominiums 1246 1026 220 69 0 21 37 54 64 94 166 1246 304 872 70 1148 42 98 70 28 233 293 465 255

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 621 490 132 621 133 8 11 30 22 181 87 621 94 352 176 356 56 265 145 120 72 153 275 121
1995 to 1999 973 807 166 51 208 5 17 66 41 96 128 973 142 556 275 507 64 466 248 211 100 203 447 223
1990 to 1994 905 728 177 0 128 2 29 56 50 59 147 905 166 513 226 598 79 307 148 147 97 213 344 251
1985 to 1989 1150 897 254 0 145 11 23 58 59 92 172 1150 239 659 252 791 53 360 158 199 205 217 467 262
1980 to 1984 1161 867 294 0 213 12 18 91 29 60 214 1161 264 619 278 849 120 312 149 158 137 211 535 278
1975 to 1979 2096 1514 582 0 261 32 58 115 123 140 355 2096 429 1136 531 1400 181 697 347 350 301 429 825 541
1970 to 1974 2116 1593 523 0 230 22 74 229 107 99 408 2116 515 1076 525 1476 185 640 291 340 352 406 916 442
1960 to 1969 3667 3008 659 0 143 66 104 330 189 103 605 3667 957 1919 792 2744 316 924 436 475 671 887 1395 714
1950 to 1959 3473 3103 369 0 16 58 110 325 235 59 524 3473 1051 1795 627 2764 241 709 323 386 843 958 1078 594
1940 to 1949 1694 1402 292 0 6 51 117 222 148 28 396 1694 561 700 434 1266 162 428 154 272 428 370 593 304
1930 to 1939 1078 839 240 0 3 43 51 191 79 14 243 1078 454 311 313 764 109 315 106 205 265 283 348 182
1920 to 1929 976 739 238 0 0 28 66 147 61 33 222 976 419 297 260 741 98 236 74 162 397 296 179 104
1919 or earlier 1715 1363 351 0 0 48 58 186 77 28 351 1715 562 522 630 1094 208 621 199 422 747 562 276 130
Median 1965 1964 1969 2000+ 1981 1953 1957 1958 1960 1979 1963 1965 1958 1968 1964 1963 1963 1968 1971 1965 1955 1961 1969 1970

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 16309 12787 3521 483 854 305 503 1746 1107 747 2829 16309 5853 10455 0 13477 0 2832 2778 0 3985 3488 5401 3435
In central cities 5853 4121 1732 99 187 145 266 1084 551 274 1168 5853 5853 0 0 5799 0 54 0 0 1341 1221 1968 1323
Suburbs 10455 8666 1789 384 667 160 237 663 557 473 1661 10455 0 10455 0 7678 0 2778 2778 0 2644 2266 3433 2113
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 5318 4563 756 189 633 81 236 299 113 245 1024 5318 0 0 5318 1872 1872 3446 0 3446 632 1701 2277 709

Regions

Northeast		 4617 3291 1325 84 164 108 102 404 231 136 832 4617 1341 2644 632 3525 181 1092 635 451 4617 0 0 0
Midwest 5188 4271 917 163 212 89 72 391 106 255 807 5188 1221 2266 1701 3602 626 1586 512 1075 0 5188 0 0
South 7678 6543 1135 295 719 141 504 1057 484 322 1630 7678 1968 3433 2277 4771 695 2907 1304 1582 0 0 7678 0
West 4144 3244 900 130 391 48 61 192 400 279 584 4144 1323 2113 709 3451 371 693 327 338 0 0 0 4144

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 1249 1059 190 22 72 24 31 41 40 39 274 1249 0 496 753 116 0 1133 380 753 217 477 405 151
2,500 to 9,999 persons 2870 2329 541 74 164 34 103 142 118 171 515 2870 0 1877 992 2849 983 21 11 9 574 757 1027 513
10,000 to 19,999 persons 1858 1471 387 53 51 19 69 144 84 95 280 1858 17 1359 482 1842 480 16 14 2 442 570 621 225
20,000 to 49,999 persons 2898 2245 653 80 69 39 64 249 203 166 463 2898 711 1808 380 2882 371 17 7 9 551 783 830 734
50,000 to 99,999 persons 1899 1473 426 38 50 39 45 145 160 77 273 1899 948 951 0 1888 0 11 2 0 401 523 452 524
100,000 to 249,999 persons 1436 1066 371 16 53 22 60 199 121 70 273 1436 1049 387 0 1431 0 5 0 0 216 249 469 502
250,000 to 499,999 persons 953 661 292 11 18 20 41 185 89 47 188 953 929 24 0 948 0 5 0 0 90 156 342 366
500,000 to 999,999 persons 733 534 200 16 13 27 54 164 116 32 166 733 733 0 0 731 0 2 0 0 35 162 365 171
1,000,000 persons or more 1371 786 585 10 3 57 54 403 165 49 354 1371 1371 0 0 1371 0 0 0 0 752 239 121 259
@21Because Hispanics may be of any race,data can overlap slightly with other groups. Most Hispanics report
themselves as White, but some report themselves as Black or in other categories.
@99Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.


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