| Householder | All Rental Units | Controlled | Stabilized | Other Regulated | Unregulated | Public Housing | In Rem |
| White | 776,520 | 46,578 | 440,402 | 38,481 | 237,706 | 12,589 | 1,288 |
| 39.9% | 66.0% | 43.4% | 30.3% | 43.6% | 7.6% | 5.6% | |
| Black | 500,164 | 9,527 | 203,965 | 52,832 | 132,483 | 88,124 | 13,059 |
| 25.7% | 13.5% | 20.1% | 41.6% | 24.3% | 53.2% | 56.8% | |
| Puerto Rican | 272,463 | 7,269 | 171,493 | 11,049 | 65,424 | 14,577 | 3,265 |
| 14.0% | 10.3% | 16.9% | 8.7% | 12.0% | 8.8% | 14.2% | |
| Non Puerto Rican Hispanic | 253,001 | 5,575 | 123,800 | 19,050 | 52,884 | 46,216 | 5,334 |
| 13.0% | 7.9% | 12.2% | 15.0% | 9.7% | 27.9% | 23.2% | |
| Asian | 132,339 | 1,270 | 70,018 | 4,953 | 53,429 | 2,485 | 23 |
| 6.8% | 1.8% | 6.9% | 3.9% | 9.8% | 1.5% | 0.1% | |
| Other | 11,677 | 353 | 5,074 | 635 | 3,271 | 1,491 | 69 |
| 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.3% | |
| Total* | 1,946,165 | 70,572 | 1,014,751 | 127,001 | 545,198 | 165,647 | 22,992 |
| 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| Immigrants** | 933,292 | 24,912 | 535,789 | 48,514 | 258,969 | 56,486 | 8,622 |
| 47.7 | 35.3 | 52.8 | 38.2 | 47.5 | 34.1 | 37.5 |
* Universe: All Occupied Units
** A household is defined to be an immigrant household if the householder was foreign born and both of his or her parents were foreign born.
From: Housing Conditions and Problems In New York City: An Analysis of the 1996 Housing and Vacancy Survey by Michael H. Schill and Benjamin P. Scafidi
Source: 1996 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey Data File, U.S. Bureau of the Census