U.S. Census Bureau
 Property Owners & Managers Survey (POMS)



                        PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS SURVEY
                  MULTI FAMILY PROPERTIES:  PRIMARY METHOD OF SCREENING TENANTS
                                  TABLE 49

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!                     !          !          TYPE OF MULTI FAMILY PROPERTY                   !
!                     !          !__________________________________________________________!
!                     !  TOTAL   !         !        !        !         !          ! 50 OR   !
!                     ! UNITED   !         ! 3 TO 4 ! 5 TO 9 ! 10 TO 19! 20 TO 49 ! MORE    !
!                     ! STATES   ! 2 UNITS ! UNITS  ! UNITS  !  UNITS  !  UNITS   ! UNITS   !
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!TOTAL UNITED STATES  ! 20584822 ! 3084750 !2471070 !1894445 ! 1467786 !  2223786 ! 9442986 !
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!PRIMARY METHOD OF    !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
!SCREENING TENANTS    !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
!_____________________!          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
!PERSONAL INTERVIEWS  !  3010076 !  831165 ! 640155 ! 475165 !  210092 !   275121 !  578378 !
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!RESPONSES ON THE     !   603254 !   58463 !  94512 !  52537 !   42870 !   102088 !  252784 !
!APPLICATION FORM     !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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!CREDIT REFERENCES OR !  4738560 !  400697 ! 325651 ! 270654 !  361022 !   577444 ! 2803092 !
!CHECKS               !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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!EMPLOYMENT CHECKS OR !  1040365 !  156722 ! 154351 !  90690 !  116128 !   147398 !  375076 !
!REFERENCES           !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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!PERSONAL REFERENCES  !   614648 !  196767 ! 131282 !  97844 !   25859 !    46506 !  116390 !
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!BANK REFERENCES      !    71359 !   20082 !   3262 !   8938 !       0 !    12531 !   26546 !
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!REFERENCES FROM      !  3550374 !  354810 ! 380551 ! 281057 !  260811 !   395872 ! 1877273 !
!PREVIOUS RESIDENCE   !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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!PROOF OF MEETING     !  1367003 !  105944 !  86920 !  98938 !   92853 !   159724 !  822624 !
!INCOME REQUIREMENTS  !          !         !        !        !         !          !         !
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!OTHER                !  1137775 !  196867 !  78726 !  55310 !   53654 !   118819 !  634399 !
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!NOT REPORTED         !  4451403 !  763232 ! 575659 ! 463311 !  304495 !   388283 ! 1956423 !
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Go to Multi-family New Tenants/Screening/Section 8

Contact the Financial and Market Characteristics Branch at 301-763-3199 or visit ask.census.gov for further information on Property Owners & Managers Survey (POMS) Data.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: December 17, 2004