Previous Residence of Householder, Renter-occupied housing units,
1996 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey
| Previous Residence Of Householder | Total Renter Occupied | Controlled | Total Stabilized | Stabilized Built Pre-47 | Stabilized Built 1947 or Later | Mitchell Lama | Public Housing | All Other Renter Housing |
| Total | 1946165 | 70572 | 1014751 | 734575 | 280176 | 69259 | 165647 | 625936 |
| Always Lived In This Unit | 17036 | 4430 | 4573 | 3887 | 687 | 514 | 2800 | 4718 |
| Other Unit In Same Building | 57081 | 2262 | 36186 | 28931 | 7255 | 1746 | 5564 | 11322 |
| Same Borough But Another Building | 1162576 | 42816 | 565667 | 418512 | 147155 | 40295 | 120332 | 393466 |
| Bronx | 38999 | 1790 | 21749 | 14973 | 6777 | 1693 | 5671 | 8095 |
| Brooklyn | 62873 | 2376 | 28098 | 19071 | 9027 | 3312 | 6182 | 22905 |
| Manhattan | 73827 | 4803 | 37769 | 28270 | 9498 | 2683 | 6620 | 21953 |
| Queens | 44990 | 888 | 25367 | 18868 | 6500 | 1939 | 3050 | 13745 |
| Staten Island | 5497 | 321 | 2977 | 2627 | 350 | 0 | 362 | 1837 |
| NY, NJ, Connecticut | 53567 | 376 | 28732 | 19973 | 8759 | 1466 | 1307 | 21686 |
| Other State | 61140 | 2175 | 33536 | 24127 | 9409 | 1647 | 887 | 22895 |
| Puerto Rico | 5566 | 428 | 4200 | 3640 | 560 | 0 | 149 | 789 |
| Dominican Republic | 5016 | 186 | 4295 | 4121 | 174 | 0 | 153 | 383 |
| Caribbean (Other Than PR & Dom Rep) | 5492 | 0 | 1917 | 1326 | 591 | 311 | 165 | 3099 |
| Mexico, Central America, S. America | 11985 | 206 | 6700 | 5275 | 1425 | 249 | 333 | 4498 |
| Europe | 14107 | 1042 | 8783 | 6643 | 2140 | 594 | 0 | 3688 |
| USSR/Russia | 21543 | 0 | 15825 | 9636 | 6190 | 154 | 249 | 5315 |
| China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 8087 | 338 | 4839 | 4505 | 334 | 0 | 0 | 2909 |
| Korea | 1516 | 0 | 1242 | 904 | 337 | 0 | 0 | 274 |
| India, Pakistan, Bangladesh | 3695 | 0 | 1471 | 1034 | 437 | 0 | 0 | 2224 |
| Philippines | 517 | 0 | 170 | 170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 347 |
| Southeast Asia | 1318 | 0 | 1318 | 1318 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Asia | 5151 | 0 | 3579 | 1993 | 1586 | 0 | 0 | 1572 |
| Africa | 3831 | 0 | 2553 | 2040 | 514 | 446 | 0 | 831 |
| All Other Countries | 2632 | 0 | 1752 | 822 | 930 | 167 | 0 | 713 |
| Not Reported | 278123 | 6134 | 171452 | 111910 | 59542 | 12042 | 11823 | 76671 |
| Previous Residence Of Householder (Percentage) | Total Renter Occupied | Controlled | Total Stabilized | Stabilized Built Pre-47 | Stabilized Built 1947 or Later | Mitchell Lama | Public Housing | All Other Renter Housing |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Always Lived In This Unit | 1.0 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Other Unit In Same Building | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 2.1 |
| Same Borough But Another Building | 69.7 | 66.4 | 67.1 | 67.2 | 66.7 | 70.4 | 78.2 | 71.6 |
| Bronx | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
| Brooklyn | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
| Manhattan | 4.4 | 7.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Queens | 2.7 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Staten Island | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| NY, NJ, Connecticut | 3.2 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 4.0 |
| Other State | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| Puerto Rico | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Caribbean (Other Than PR & Dom Rep) | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Mexico, Central America, S. America | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Europe | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| USSR/Russia | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
| China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Korea | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| India, Pakistan, Bangladesh | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Philippines | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Southeast Asia | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Other Asia | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Africa | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| All Other Countries | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Not Reported | (x) | (x) | (x) | (x) | (x) | (x) | (x) | (x) |