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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1A-1. Introductory Characteristics--All Housing Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 119117 3078 116038 106261 72265 33996 9777 2916 7.8 1243 731 2594 2293 6817 8876

Units in Structure

1, detached		 73427 1900 71527 67129 59239 7890 4399 526 6.2 858 364 1268 1384 3783 0
1, attached 8428 167 8261 7305 3722 3583 956 334 8.5 78 72 250 222 652 0
2 to 4 9354 105 9249 8200 1291 6909 1049 545 7.3 57 62 192 194 228 0
5 to 9 5682 62 5619 4994 503 4490 626 384 7.8 17 21 128 77 215 0
10 to 19 5367 63 5304 4620 502 4118 684 393 8.6 25 62 167 38 420 0
20 to 49 3898 65 3833 3253 391 2862 580 351 10.8 24 53 95 56 243 0
50 or more 4084 89 3995 3543 615 2927 453 219 6.9 20 27 150 37 174 0
Manufactured/mobile home or trailer 8876 626 8249 7219 6001 1218 1031 165 11.9 165 71 345 285 1102 8876

Cooperatives and Condominiums

Cooperatives		 703 33 670 571 396 175 99 21 10.5 13 2 56 8 13 79
Condominiums 5934 332 5602 4745 3407 1338 857 119 8.1 117 65 457 98 506 26

Year Structure Built@14

2000 to 2004		 3119 74 3045 2573 2094 479 471 150 23.8 109 71 94 48 3119 413
1995 to 1999 8883 198 8685 8021 6378 1643 664 209 11.2 94 61 196 104 3698 1687
1990 to 1994 7203 172 7031 6521 5193 1328 510 113 7.8 96 37 193 72 0 1087
1985 to 1989 8878 200 8678 8045 5330 2715 633 222 7.5 60 45 236 71 0 887
1980 to 1984 7664 197 7467 6788 4370 2418 679 199 7.6 78 57 249 96 0 993
1975 to 1979 12009 280 11729 10801 7449 3351 928 281 7.7 99 68 296 184 0 1302
1970 to 1974 11520 395 11124 10116 6419 3697 1008 366 8.9 86 45 317 195 0 1389
1960 to 1969 15894 477 15417 14396 9741 4655 1021 314 6.3 114 66 253 273 0 845
1950 to 1959 13779 366 13413 12501 9068 3433 912 211 5.7 154 75 187 284 0 159
1940 to 1949 8284 246 8038 7278 4775 2504 760 224 8.2 84 49 165 239 0 44
1930 to 1939 6593 188 6405 5728 3403 2325 677 191 7.5 94 50 115 226 0 69
1920 to 1929 5465 80 5384 4863 2850 2014 521 161 7.3 67 39 103 152 0 0
1919 or earlier 9827 204 9622 8630 5195 3434 992 276 7.4 108 67 190 351 0 0
Median 1969 1969 1969 1969 1970 1967 1970 1971 ... 1970 1972 1974 1956 1999 1983

Suitability for Year-Round Use@11

Built and heated for year-round use		 117996 1958 116038 106261 72265 33996 9777 2916 7.8 1243 731 2594 2293 6804 8663
Not suitable 984 984 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 10 178
Not reported 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 35

Time Sharing

Vacant, including URE		 12855 3078 9777 0 0 0 9777 2916 91.4 1243 731 2594 2293 964 1657
Ownership time-shared 58 10 49 0 0 0 49 14 100.0 3 0 24 7 0 0
Not time-shared 12797 3068 9728 0 0 0 9728 2902 91.4 1240 731 2569 2287 964 1657

Duration of Vacancy

Vacant units		 11014 2290 8724 0 0 0 8724 2916 91.6 1243 731 1541 2293 833 1424
Less than 1 month vacant 2051 457 1594 0 0 0 1594 767 87.2 173 188 283 184 197 217
1 month up to 2 months 784 115 669 0 0 0 669 346 88.9 75 62 89 96 34 67
2 months up to 6 months 2078 345 1732 0 0 0 1732 704 92.4 292 164 267 304 143 301
6 months up to 1 year 937 143 794 0 0 0 794 226 93.0 158 56 151 203 50 178
1 year up to 2 years 715 63 651 0 0 0 651 149 95.1 152 56 88 207 36 104
2 years or more 1847 404 1443 0 0 0 1443 213 93.1 132 66 219 813 19 258
Never occupied 489 221 268 0 0 0 268 76 100.0 54 49 41 48 225 25
Don't know 2114 541 1573 0 0 0 1573 436 97.0 208 90 401 439 128 273

Last Used as a Permanent Residence

Vacant seasonal		 3078 3078 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 155 626
Less than 1 month since occupied
as permanent home		 127 127 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 23 31
1 month up to 2 months 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2 months up to 6 months 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 13 15
6 months up to 1 year 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1 year up to 2 years 49 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 13
2 years or more 564 564 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 122
Never occupied as permanent home 1578 1578 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 105 272
Don't know 580 580 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 171
Not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Metropolitan/Nonmetropolitan Areas

Inside metropolitan statistical areas		 93058 1165 91893 85304 56290 29014 6589 2259 7.2 837 575 1448 1470 5346 4786
In central cities 35076 184 34892 31731 16870 14861 3161 1326 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674
Suburbs 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112
Outside metropolitan statistical areas 26058 1913 24145 20957 15975 4982 3188 657 11.5 406 156 1146 823 1471 4090

Regions

Northeast		 22347 691 21656 20321 12987 7334 1335 354 4.6 141 128 361 351 539 690
Midwest 27748 785 26963 24758 18049 6709 2205 760 10.1 321 176 464 484 1375 1546
South 43571 1020 42551 38068 26715 11353 4483 1253 9.9 556 260 1294 1120 3382 4994
West 25450 582 24868 23115 14514 8600 1754 549 6.0 225 166 476 338 1522 1645

Urbanized Areas

Inside urbanized areas		 S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
In central cities of MSAs S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Urban fringe S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Outside urbanized areas S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Other urban S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S
Rural S S S S S S S S ... S S S S S S

Place Size

Less than 2,500 persons		 5919 279 5640 5059 3816 1243 581 121 8.7 106 48 157 148 206 533
2,500 to 9,999 persons 14067 316 13751 12568 9029 3539 1184 312 8.0 182 71 389 229 557 868
10,000 to 19,999 persons 10089 94 9995 9233 6276 2958 762 283 8.6 104 83 155 138 395 354
20,000 to 49,999 persons 15710 105 15605 14513 9367 5146 1092 411 7.3 132 92 242 215 624 319
50,000 to 99,999 persons 11267 59 11208 10415 6363 4053 792 307 7.0 89 63 180 153 458 205
100,000 to 249,999 persons 9293 20 9273 8541 4861 3679 732 309 7.7 69 69 92 193 349 147
250,000 to 499,999 persons 6675 20 6655 6054 3265 2789 601 280 9.1 81 42 78 120 243 87
500,000 to 999,999 persons 4244 53 4191 3845 2101 1744 346 172 8.9 39 22 39 74 180 52
1,000,000 persons or more 7710 14 7696 7062 2900 4163 634 258 5.8 49 60 95 171 165 21

Homes Currently for Sale or Rent

Up for rent only		 3137 0 3137 69 69 0 3068 2743 100.0 0 0 325 0 281 143
Up for rent or for sale 248 0 248 54 54 0 194 172 100.0 0 0 21 0 19 33
For sale only 2466 0 2466 1154 1154 0 1312 0 0.0 1243 0 68 0 249 317
Not on the market 74945 0 74945 69742 69742 0 5203 0 0.0 0 731 2179 2293 4862 6418
Not reported 1246 0 1246 1246 1246 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 87 121

Reasons Extra Unit Owned@1

Extra units		 5600 3006 2594 0 0 0 2594 0 0.0 0 0 2594 0 346 938
Previous usual residence 676 186 490 0 0 0 490 0 0.0 0 0 490 0 29 121
Used for recreational purposes 2974 1974 1000 0 0 0 1000 0 0.0 0 0 1000 0 217 567
Investment purposes 813 338 475 0 0 0 475 0 0.0 0 0 475 0 73 40
Unable to sell property 90 45 44 0 0 0 44 0 0.0 0 0 44 0 7 16
Inherited property 311 172 139 0 0 0 139 0 0.0 0 0 139 0 0 15
Other reasons 943 430 513 0 0 0 513 0 0.0 0 0 513 0 68 193
Not reported 397 162 235 0 0 0 235 0 0.0 0 0 235 0 11 39

Location of Extra Unit

Within 150 miles of current residence		 2887 1568 1318 0 0 0 1318 0 0.0 0 0 1318 0 175 491
150 miles or more from current residence 1998 1115 883 0 0 0 883 0 0.0 0 0 883 0 126 351
Not reported 715 323 393 0 0 0 393 0 0.0 0 0 393 0 45 96

Nights Owner Spent at Extra Unit

0 to 2 nights		 1306 594 711 0 0 0 711 0 0.0 0 0 711 0 77 186
3 to 7 nights 266 180 86 0 0 0 86 0 0.0 0 0 86 0 4 47
8 nights or more 3028 1724 1304 0 0 0 1304 0 0.0 0 0 1304 0 229 575
Not reported 1001 508 492 0 0 0 492 0 0.0 0 0 492 0 36 129

Nights Owner Rented Extra Unit

0 to 2 nights		 3878 2190 1688 0 0 0 1688 0 0.0 0 0 1688 0 238 774
3 to 7 nights 44 28 16 0 0 0 16 0 0.0 0 0 16 0 0 8
8 nights or more 757 344 413 0 0 0 413 0 0.0 0 0 413 0 66 69
Not reported 921 444 477 0 0 0 477 0 0.0 0 0 477 0 42 86

Manufactured/Mobile Home Tiedowns

Manufactured/mobile homes		 8876 626 8249 7219 6001 1218 1031 165 11.9 165 71 345 285 1102 8876
Anchored by tiedowns, bolts
or other means		 6540 360 6180 5491 4687 804 689 110 12.0 103 38 279 159 939 6540
Not anchored 1365 122 1243 1033 883 150 209 33 17.6 33 17 31 94 94 1365
Anchoring not reported 971 144 826 694 431 264 132 22 7.6 29 15 34 32 69 971

Manufactured/Mobile Home Set Up

Manufactured/mobile homes		 8876 626 8249 7219 6001 1218 1031 165 11.9 165 71 345 285 1102 8876
Set on permanent masonry foundation 1466 51 1415 1284 1118 166 131 22 11.6 22 16 30 42 263 1466
Resting on concrete pad 1584 79 1505 1322 1142 179 183 22 10.6 27 13 78 45 210 1584
Up on blocks, but not on concrete pad 5007 390 4617 4000 3238 763 617 109 12.5 106 30 200 171 563 5007
Set up in some other way 561 66 494 446 407 40 48 4 9.6 5 8 20 11 67 561
Set up not reported 258 40 217 167 96 70 51 8 10.1 5 4 18 17 0 258
@14For manufactured/mobile homes, oldest category is 1939 or earlier.
@11If occupied year-round, assumed to be suitable for year-round use.
@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