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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-2. Height and Condition of Building--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

Stories in Structure@18

1		 8452 7244 1209 271 0 168 397 887 657 390 1671 8452 2187 3911 2354 5843 898 2609 1130 1456 444 1165 4631 2211
2 6350 5202 1147 158 0 98 143 441 241 258 930 6350 1502 3301 1547 4469 558 1881 884 989 1568 2196 1476 1109
3 3611 2884 727 83 0 58 79 334 107 114 550 3611 1061 1861 688 2785 246 825 384 442 1542 1268 509 292
4 to 6 1045 504 541 22 0 26 41 161 99 62 241 1045 494 474 77 986 45 59 27 33 531 223 197 94
7 or more 682 152 531 5 0 28 30 148 82 56 204 682 422 241 19 680 17 2 0 2 367 123 145 47

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3401 917 2484 99 0 101 183 506 324 329 883 3401 1600 1535 266 3222 187 180 100 80 1348 782 682 589
None (on same floor) 1124 340 784 51 0 25 36 120 83 146 234 1124 435 566 124 1035 80 89 45 44 385 287 234 219
1 (up or down) 688 199 489 12 0 16 45 104 62 59 199 688 305 323 60 630 29 58 27 30 286 137 126 140
2 or more (up or down) 1589 379 1211 36 0 60 102 283 179 124 450 1589 860 647 83 1556 77 33 27 6 678 358 323 231

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3401 917 2484 99 0 101 183 506 324 329 883 3401 1600 1535 266 3222 187 180 100 80 1348 782 682 589
No common stairways 196 72 124 6 0 2 2 11 9 26 52 196 65 102 29 189 24 8 2 6 54 56 46 40
With common stairways 3100 822 2279 92 0 98 178 463 307 289 805 3100 1475 1399 227 2933 155 168 96 72 1244 712 601 543
No loose steps 2659 740 1919 78 0 79 156 397 229 244 668 2659 1237 1222 200 2504 136 155 92 64 1042 633 532 452
Railings not loose 2107 597 1510 54 0 65 118 310 173 195 529 2107 1002 948 157 1980 108 127 77 50 837 514 416 340
Railings loose 483 127 356 22 0 14 33 73 51 41 118 483 200 250 33 461 23 22 12 10 184 99 103 97
No railings 41 11 30 0 0 0 0 9 4 5 7 41 23 11 7 35 3 7 3 4 13 10 7 12
Status of railings not reported 27 5 22 3 0 0 5 4 1 3 13 27 12 13 3 27 3 0 0 0 8 10 7 2
Loose steps 442 82 360 14 0 19 23 67 78 45 137 442 238 177 27 429 19 13 4 9 202 79 69 92
Railings not loose 408 78 330 14 0 17 13 59 74 45 130 408 220 166 22 395 14 13 4 9 192 67 65 84
Railings loose 33 4 29 0 0 3 9 8 3 0 6 33 17 11 5 33 5 0 0 0 10 12 4 7
No railings 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Status of railings 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 0
Status of stairways not reported 104 23 82 1 0 0 3 32 9 15 26 104 59 35 10 100 8 4 2 2 49 14 35 6

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 4046 1048 2997 128 0 124 207 565 384 428 1078 4046 1756 1844 446 3738 296 308 158 150 1397 954 950 744
No public halls 473 149 324 15 0 11 14 37 31 72 110 473 116 233 123 406 79 66 22 44 75 108 163 126
No light fixtures in public halls 82 18 65 7 0 3 0 9 0 8 12 82 15 57 10 52 7 30 27 3 4 25 36 17
All in working order 3162 810 2352 94 0 99 169 450 326 311 853 3162 1484 1397 281 2974 185 188 92 96 1221 750 652 539
Some in working order 22 2 20 0 0 5 1 7 1 3 8 22 14 6 2 22 2 0 0 0 3 6 7 6
None in working order 172 43 129 11 0 6 16 15 21 18 49 172 62 94 16 156 13 16 12 4 48 38 50 36
Not reported 135 27 108 1 0 0 8 48 6 16 46 135 64 57 14 126 10 8 4 4 46 27 43 19

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 3401 917 2484 99 0 101 183 506 324 329 883 3401 1600 1535 266 3222 187 180 100 80 1348 782 682 589
With 1 or more elevators working 1433 355 1078 56 0 51 80 219 138 124 405 1433 722 644 66 1400 61 33 27 6 572 297 344 221
With elevator, none in working condition 8 0 8 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 4 8 8 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 1
No elevator 1960 562 1397 43 0 50 100 285 183 205 474 1960 870 890 200 1813 126 147 72 74 774 484 335 367
Units 3 or more floors from main
entrance		 105 8 97 1 0 0 13 28 20 7 32 105 80 19 5 103 5 1 1 0 68 30 5 2

Foundation

1-unit building, excluding
manufactured/mobile homes		 16094 14938 1156 411 0 254 483 1408 801 452 2519 16094 3911 7944 4240 11026 1469 5068 2266 2771 3055 4022 6008 3009
With basement under all of building 5313 5039 274 106 0 73 51 418 108 88 676 5313 1319 2740 1255 3790 452 1523 715 803 2028 2266 702 317
With basement under part of building 1970 1849 121 17 0 15 32 88 56 37 273 1970 320 1014 636 1161 192 810 366 444 510 741 486 234
With crawl space 4560 4202 358 84 0 101 305 535 254 113 912 4560 1072 1886 1602 2793 535 1767 690 1066 212 666 2458 1225
On concrete slab 4169 3779 391 202 0 53 89 362 381 214 640 4169 1185 2261 723 3234 285 935 482 438 296 334 2318 1221
Other 81 69 13 2 0 12 6 4 1 0 17 81 15 43 23 48 4 33 14 19 9 16 44 12

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 296 230 65 4 30 23 54 68 28 4 78 296 76 120 100 182 30 113 43 70 61 52 142 41
Missing roofing material 571 390 181 7 23 27 50 87 50 11 142 571 188 237 146 387 35 183 73 111 110 126 234 100
Hole in roof 294 221 73 4 20 22 45 71 21 4 82 294 94 127 73 204 20 90 37 53 47 60 131 56
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 344 246 98 6 9 30 55 87 39 11 97 344 121 105 118 220 31 124 37 87 76 81 139 49
Sloping outside walls 153 100 53 4 9 16 34 36 24 5 48 153 53 62 38 107 14 46 22 24 21 33 82 18
Boarded up windows 105 60 45 5 6 6 12 33 13 6 39 105 45 30 30 76 8 29 7 21 21 26 47 11
Broken windows 430 341 89 12 49 23 45 108 24 9 133 430 129 165 136 276 43 154 57 93 68 97 199 67
Bars on windows 885 651 234 5 6 20 64 293 203 16 219 885 600 260 26 854 13 31 18 12 179 87 334 284
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 340 277 63 7 5 21 33 47 16 9 64 340 110 119 111 208 28 132 49 83 66 117 99 58
None of the above 18325 15071 3254 629 1341 283 473 1349 839 862 3052 18325 4427 9188 4710 12796 1672 5529 2449 3038 3863 4539 6458 3465
Not reported 477 374 103 18 18 5 17 82 30 35 95 477 196 215 66 371 30 106 63 36 147 100 164 66

Site Placement

Manufactured/mobile homes		 1487 1364 123 133 1487 8 49 72 36 111 256 1487 187 667 633 585 107 902 354 525 164 212 719 391
First site 1100 1035 65 118 1100 6 19 40 13 45 150 1100 153 480 466 461 76 639 232 391 137 161 507 295
Moved from another site 252 224 28 10 252 0 23 27 14 11 78 252 16 124 112 52 16 199 95 96 25 35 153 39
Don't know 42 27 15 4 42 0 5 4 2 9 13 42 5 22 15 22 5 20 11 9 0 3 16 23
Not reported 94 79 15 0 94 2 2 0 6 46 15 94 13 41 39 50 11 44 15 29 3 14 44 34

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 2499 2025 475 672 469 15 57 151 113 336 362 2499 402 1421 677 1461 199 1038 541 478 269 569 1067 595
Not previously occupied 1460 1300 160 482 289 8 33 69 62 127 192 1460 209 819 432 751 96 709 354 336 150 331 668 311
Not reported 23 20 4 7 7 0 5 3 4 7 4 23 7 10 6 13 2 11 6 4 4 0 15 4
@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