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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001

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1980 Weighting--American Housing Survey 2001
Table 3-10. Previous Unit of Recent Movers--Owner Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.]
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic 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

HOUSEHOLDER MOVED DURING PAST YEAR FROM
WITHIN THE UNITED STATES

Total		 5641 1489 699 51 158 446 548 417 5641 439 5641 1274 3090 1278 3693 398 1949 1060 880 759 1297 2231 1354

Structure Type of Previous Residence

Moved from within
the United States		 5641 1489 699 51 158 446 548 417 5641 439 5641 1274 3090 1278 3693 398 1949 1060 880 759 1297 2231 1354
House 3347 942 314 28 65 220 293 297 3347 240 3347 713 1845 789 2204 279 1143 629 510 423 771 1329 823
Apartment 1486 325 100 20 38 176 187 46 1486 62 1486 454 848 184 1121 70 365 248 114 259 351 512 364
Manufactured/mobile home 444 132 230 0 30 30 42 24 444 75 444 26 179 239 146 33 298 90 206 42 101 255 46
Other 192 31 28 0 5 8 17 20 192 20 192 52 117 23 115 6 77 60 17 20 33 73 66
Not reported 173 59 27 3 20 12 9 31 173 42 173 28 102 42 107 9 66 33 33 15 41 61 56

Tenure of Previous Residence

House, apartment, Manufactured
mobile home in the United States		 5277 1399 644 48 133 426 522 366 5277 377 5277 1194 2871 1212 3470 382 1806 967 830 724 1224 2097 1233
Owner occupied 2730 870 361 17 50 130 188 317 2730 209 2730 519 1498 714 1663 192 1068 543 521 371 689 1088 582
Renter occupied 2546 529 283 31 84 296 334 49 2546 168 2546 675 1373 498 1808 189 739 424 309 353 534 1009 650

Persons--Previous Residence

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 5277 1399 644 48 133 426 522 366 5277 377 5277 1194 2871 1212 3470 382 1806 967 830 724 1224 2097 1233
1 person 624 148 84 7 15 65 23 84 624 66 624 158 321 146 434 49 190 91 96 92 139 239 154
2 persons 1699 470 200 17 40 99 120 215 1699 100 1699 361 953 385 1089 117 610 339 268 253 364 689 392
3 persons 1000 278 105 3 33 93 76 27 1000 39 1000 262 500 238 671 85 329 176 153 123 271 409 196
4 persons 1018 286 138 6 21 58 149 13 1018 56 1018 197 565 256 620 66 398 205 190 142 260 392 223
5 persons 477 124 65 5 10 43 66 5 477 49 477 92 288 97 331 32 146 81 66 67 97 196 117
6 persons 136 31 5 8 10 33 26 0 136 13 136 34 85 18 104 13 33 28 5 13 28 57 38
7 persons or more 87 15 7 3 2 5 38 0 87 21 87 23 47 16 61 5 26 15 10 2 14 31 40
Not reported 235 47 39 0 2 30 24 22 235 34 235 66 113 56 161 14 74 32 42 30 49 83 73

Previous Home Owned or Rented by Someone
Who Moved Here

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 5277 1399 644 48 133 426 522 366 5277 377 5277 1194 2871 1212 3470 382 1806 967 830 724 1224 2097 1233
Owned or rented by a mover 4608 1234 498 42 115 376 466 336 4608 298 4608 1021 2527 1060 3014 329 1594 854 731 650 1038 1824 1097
Owned or rented by other 563 137 123 6 19 48 53 8 563 66 563 151 293 120 387 50 177 106 70 58 171 244 90
By a relative 339 87 83 6 7 27 42 3 339 42 339 86 173 80 210 26 128 75 53 34 110 142 54
By a nonrelative 225 49 40 0 12 21 11 5 225 24 225 65 120 40 177 23 48 31 17 24 61 103 36
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
Not reported 105 28 23 0 0 3 3 22 105 14 105 22 51 32 70 3 35 7 29 16 14 29 46

Change in Housing Costs

House, apartment, manufactured/
mobile home in the United States		 5277 1399 644 48 133 426 522 366 5277 377 5277 1194 2871 1212 3470 382 1806 967 830 724 1224 2097 1233
Increased with move 3369 964 317 23 68 279 363 116 3369 172 3369 792 1935 643 2328 218 1041 610 425 434 792 1291 851
Decreased 784 173 189 7 19 28 54 94 784 62 784 155 361 268 437 66 347 145 202 130 190 300 163
Stayed about the same 924 224 125 15 39 108 82 116 924 115 924 207 462 255 572 79 352 177 176 123 192 431 179
Don't know 173 30 13 3 7 12 23 27 173 23 173 40 93 39 117 18 55 31 21 32 44 64 32
Not reported 27 8 0 0 0 0 0 13 27 6 27 0 20 7 17 1 10 5 6 5 5 11 7
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey Branch
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: August 12, 2008