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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1999


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Table 2-2. Height and Condition of Building--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 In MSAs
Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Urban
Total		 Outside
MSAs		 Rural
Total		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Regions
Northeast		 Midwest South West

Total		 102803 68796 34007 5881 6785 2052 4826 12936 9041 21423 17447 14264 102803 31131 48780 22891 73259 7912 29544 14420 14979 19958 24360 36389 22096

Stories in Structure@18

1		 33413 24502 8911 1582 0 601 1993 4447 4029 8370 4910 5065 33413 9250 15410 8753 23208 3355 10205 4718 5398 1266 4023 18071 10053
2 33790 21304 12485 1791 0 608 1223 3855 2626 6297 6344 4029 33790 10052 17018 6721 25062 2534 8728 4490 4186 6178 9719 9979 7914
3 21894 14709 7185 1141 0 424 810 2731 1124 3662 3840 2424 21894 7183 11114 3597 16789 1359 5105 2863 2237 7937 8082 3661 2214
4 to 6 5081 2258 2823 85 0 225 321 845 668 1039 902 857 5081 2857 1847 376 4645 239 435 298 137 3004 1027 606 443
7 or more 1841 374 1467 13 0 99 122 472 193 693 327 511 1841 1441 370 30 1832 28 9 7 2 1009 331 327 174

Stories Between Main and Apartment
Entrances

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21622 2881 18742 702 0 829 1634 4241 3034 3534 6902 4568 21622 11722 8084 1816 20356 1362 1267 791 454 6636 4627 5546 4814
None (on same floor) 7188 1120 6068 225 0 238 516 1320 908 1101 2428 1429 7188 3420 2950 818 6610 579 578 329 240 1858 1534 2109 1687
1 (up or down) 5939 713 5225 193 0 200 440 1180 868 764 1970 1152 5939 3055 2362 522 5556 371 383 226 151 1591 1392 1454 1502
2 or more (up or down) 8495 1047 7449 284 0 391 677 1741 1258 1669 2504 1988 8495 5247 2772 476 8190 412 305 236 64 3187 1702 1982 1625

Common Stairways

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21622 2881 18742 702 0 829 1634 4241 3034 3534 6902 4568 21622 11722 8084 1816 20356 1362 1267 791 454 6636 4627 5546 4814
No common stairways 1964 322 1642 60 0 48 162 348 172 229 746 349 1964 831 812 321 1776 247 189 109 75 495 497 510 462
With common stairways 18970 2465 16505 613 0 758 1430 3737 2780 3173 5939 4004 18970 10484 7028 1458 17930 1091 1040 655 367 5922 4025 4799 4225
No loose steps 16317 2203 14114 532 0 603 1135 3180 2252 2774 5072 3305 16317 8889 6148 1280 15412 959 905 568 322 5152 3515 4097 3552
Railings not loose 13370 1808 11562 441 0 466 850 2594 1791 2297 4139 2635 13370 7354 4994 1021 12644 772 726 462 249 4251 2985 3344 2789
Railings loose 2330 324 2006 72 0 103 231 460 389 393 698 521 2330 1219 928 183 2194 138 136 92 44 750 395 609 576
No railings 452 57 395 16 0 27 46 86 46 59 148 90 452 243 157 53 429 37 23 8 16 118 116 108 110
Status of railings not reported 165 14 151 4 0 8 7 40 24 25 87 59 165 72 69 24 145 11 20 7 13 33 19 36 77
Loose steps 2653 262 2391 81 0 155 295 557 528 399 867 699 2653 1595 881 178 2519 132 135 87 46 769 510 702 673
Railings not loose 2265 237 2028 81 0 107 155 456 443 358 732 574 2265 1364 771 130 2155 94 110 72 36 669 439 589 568
Railings loose 339 25 314 0 0 46 130 88 84 32 107 112 339 207 93 39 318 31 20 13 8 82 61 104 90
No railings 35 0 35 0 0 2 9 11 0 6 19 7 35 13 12 9 30 6 4 2 2 18 7 6 4
Status of railings not reported 15 0 15 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 8 7 15 11 4 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10
Status of stairways not reported 688 94 594 29 0 22 42 156 82 132 217 215 688 407 244 37 650 25 38 27 12 219 105 237 127

Light Fixtures in Public Halls

2 or more units in structure		 24518 3177 21341 794 0 921 1924 4863 3527 4134 7895 5379 24518 12821 9183 2515 22850 1819 1669 948 696 6822 5070 6832 5794
No public halls 3973 459 3515 135 0 95 313 782 611 538 1562 918 3973 1618 1642 713 3551 509 422 208 205 525 747 1462 1240
No light fixtures in public halls 619 84 535 3 0 11 60 121 69 71 204 135 619 279 236 104 555 67 65 27 37 67 136 234 183
All in working order 17247 2356 14891 574 0 672 1212 3380 2422 3165 5248 3581 17247 9479 6308 1460 16228 1055 1019 601 405 5534 3687 4304 3722
Some in working order 580 17 563 4 0 46 67 115 96 37 197 158 580 359 197 24 560 22 20 16 2 130 145 124 181
None in working order 1171 141 1030 41 0 72 208 235 205 177 391 292 1171 558 469 144 1063 107 108 71 37 309 199 378 285
Not reported 927 121 806 36 0 26 63 230 124 147 292 294 927 528 331 69 893 59 34 25 9 257 157 331 182

Elevator on Floor

Multiunits, 2 or more floors		 21622 2881 18742 702 0 829 1634 4241 3034 3534 6902 4568 21622 11722 8084 1816 20356 1362 1267 791 454 6636 4627 5546 4814
With 1 or more elevators working 4776 811 3965 117 0 196 360 959 648 1426 1175 1105 4776 2971 1581 223 4632 167 143 87 56 1898 961 1062 855
With elevator, none in working condition 220 19 201 7 0 16 15 78 13 96 46 58 220 126 87 6 220 6 0 0 0 86 43 54 37
No elevator 16627 2051 14576 578 0 616 1259 3204 2372 2011 5681 3405 16627 8625 6416 1587 15504 1189 1123 704 398 4652 3624 4430 3922
Units 3 or more floors from main entrance 1535 122 1414 84 0 102 167 319 234 162 515 366 1535 1012 457 66 1475 59 60 52 7 709 314 315 197

Foundation

1 unit bldg. excl. mobile homes		 71499 59969 11530 3818 0 1036 2545 7487 5113 15927 8430 7507 71499 17963 36575 16961 48686 5695 22813 11428 11266 12572 18111 25812 15005
With basement under all of building 23706 21244 2462 1064 0 316 370 2309 699 5405 2175 1953 23706 5990 12594 5123 16449 1738 7258 3870 3385 8415 10200 3405 1686
With basement under part of building 8197 7291 905 263 0 113 236 428 213 1832 707 636 8197 1473 4239 2485 5013 729 3183 1426 1756 2178 3446 1508 1064
With crawl space 18421 14854 3567 731 0 343 1349 2244 1523 4553 2177 2508 18421 4356 7704 6361 11069 1996 7352 2951 4366 729 2646 9547 5499
On concrete slab 20539 16120 4419 1706 0 249 538 2469 2592 4003 3268 2305 20539 5992 11713 2834 15772 1194 4766 3047 1640 1152 1701 11083 6603
Other 636 459 177 54 0 15 51 37 86 133 103 105 636 152 326 158 382 38 254 134 120 98 119 269 152

External Building Conditions@1

Sagging roof		 2407 1417 990 42 223 129 409 401 231 341 425 480 2407 740 979 687 1619 251 788 352 436 411 606 835 555
Missing roofing material 3700 2185 1516 47 184 170 475 527 434 661 592 715 3700 1267 1533 901 2614 325 1087 508 576 688 977 1104 932
Hole in roof 1877 1016 861 41 180 119 431 434 206 296 299 457 1877 676 689 512 1361 208 516 213 303 356 431 634 456
Missing bricks, siding, other outside
wall material		 2485 1256 1229 46 157 179 473 495 294 310 459 565 2485 905 857 723 1744 270 742 286 453 480 643 814 548
Sloping outside walls 1582 814 769 26 173 151 300 294 169 194 339 389 1582 546 573 464 1108 175 475 186 289 279 374 569 361
Boarded up windows 1030 442 587 19 70 84 222 260 175 118 229 309 1030 485 326 219 800 79 230 90 140 208 269 343 209
Broken windows 4171 2311 1860 42 423 240 687 756 627 495 776 976 4171 1537 1452 1183 2890 394 1281 492 789 669 1066 1379 1057
Bars on windows 4811 2415 2396 43 41 172 407 1594 1171 1050 802 1024 4811 3443 1170 198 4580 119 231 153 79 1211 545 1480 1575
Foundation crumbling or has open crack
or hole		 2831 1612 1218 44 73 176 464 479 263 417 475 527 2831 1041 1021 769 2067 316 763 310 454 559 856 852 563
None of the above 81502 57265 24237 5507 5557 1272 2731 8729 6100 17750 13558 10086 81502 21940 40787 18775 56708 6447 24794 12329 12328 15330 19815 29507 16850
Not reported 2739 1928 811 145 211 46 88 431 222 464 444 481 2739 866 1307 566 2012 158 728 318 408 550 477 1167 545

Site Placement

Mobile homes		 6785 5649 1136 1270 6785 95 357 586 401 1362 1123 1378 6785 348 3022 3415 1723 397 5062 2044 3017 564 1179 3745 1298
First site 4275 3869 406 1014 4275 33 180 425 225 1008 415 717 4275 208 1993 2073 1083 195 3191 1313 1878 377 706 2395 797
Moved from another site 1282 1089 193 175 1282 40 107 79 64 214 146 324 1282 36 466 780 213 91 1069 379 690 89 252 791 149
Don't know 704 370 334 45 704 14 53 49 64 70 224 207 704 81 318 306 261 59 444 197 247 51 139 333 181
Not reported 525 321 203 35 525 8 17 33 48 70 338 130 525 23 246 255 166 52 358 156 203 47 82 226 170

Previous Occupancy

Unit built 1990 or later		 13949 11274 2676 5881 2400 99 300 1259 890 1677 3245 1243 13949 2120 8229 3600 7362 701 6588 3669 2900 1337 2969 6395 3248
Not previously occupied 9172 8517 654 4660 1728 59 106 766 511 1204 1377 656 9172 1094 5498 2579 4359 424 4813 2645 2156 957 1897 4365 1952
Not reported 321 198 122 121 80 0 35 64 17 16 88 88 321 60 178 83 159 5 161 83 78 30 36 207 47
@18Figures exclude 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: February 18, 2005