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American Housing Survey - Basic Stats for Healthy Housing

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The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the Nation's housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers.

 

The Census Bureau conducts the survey for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The results and details are available at www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/ahs.html The Census Bureau collects national data in odd numbered years, and data for each of 46 selected Metropolitan Areas about every six years. The national sample covers an average 55,000 housing units. Each metropolitan area sample covers 4,100 or more housing units. The AHS returns to the same housing units year after year to gather data; therefore, this survey is ideal for analyzing the flow of households through housing.

 

The National Center for Healthy Housing identified the aspects of the AHS data that are directly related to the health and safety of residents living in the home.  From this analysis, NCHH developed a series of reports:

Use the table below to find the reports for each of the 47 MSAs. Please note that the MSA reports only list the national data if the MSA data is more than 20% higher or lower than the national data and it is more than 0.25 points different.  If you want to see the full report by the Census Bureau, click on the second column.  The full reports are more than 300 pages long. 

 

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) set a Healthy People 2010 goal of cutting the number of homes with severe and moderate physical problems to 3.1 million homes by 2010.  There were almost 6.2 million homes in 2005.  If you have questions, contact NCHH's Tom Neltner at tneltner@nchh.org or 443.539.4160.  

 

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

Recent MSA Year

Comparable National Year

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Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange County), CA

2002

2003

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Atlanta, GA

2004

2005

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Baltimore, MD

1998

1999

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Baltimore, MD

2007

2007

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Birmingham, AL

1998

1999

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Boston, MA

1998

1999

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Boston, MA

2007

2007

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Buffalo, NY

2002

2003

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Charlotte, NC-SC

2002

2003

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Chicago, IL

2003

2003

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Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

1998

1999

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Cleveland, OH

2004

2005

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Columbus, OH

2002

2003

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Dallas, TX

2002

2003

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Denver, CO

2004

2005

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Detroit, MI

2003

2003

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Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

2002

2003

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Hartford, CT

2004

2005

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Houston, TX

1998

1999

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Houston, TX

2007

2007

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Indianapolis, IN

2004

2005

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Kansas City, MO-KS

2002

2003

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Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA

2003

2003

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Memphis, TN-AR-MS

2004

2005

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Miami-Hialeah, FL

2002

2003

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Miami-Hialeah, FL

2007

2007

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Milwaukee, WI

2002

2003

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Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN

1998

1999

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Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN

2007

2007

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New Orleans, LA

2004

2005

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New York City, NY

1999

1999
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Northern, NJ

2003

2003

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Norfolk/Newport News, VA

1998

1999

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Oakland, CA

1998

1999

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Oklahoma City, OK

2004

2005

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Philadelphia, PA-NJ

2003

2003

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Phoenix, AZ

2002

2003

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Pittsburgh, PA

2004

2005

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Portland, OR-WA

2002

2003

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Providence, RI

1998

1999

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Rochester, NY

1998

1999

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Sacramento, CA

2004

2005

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Saint Louis, MO-IL

2004

2005

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Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT

1998

1999

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San Antonio, TX

2004

2005

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San Bernardino-Riverside

2002

2003

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San Diego, CA

2002

2003

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San Francisco, CA

1998

1999

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San Jose, CA

1998

1999

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Seattle, WA

2004

2005

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Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

1998

1999

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Tampa-Saint Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

2007

2007

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Washington, DC-MD-VA

1998

1999

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Washington, DC-MD-VA

2007

2007

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