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Detailed Tables for Total Occupied Housing Units
WHAT'S IN THE HOMES? - Table 2-4
Occupied
housing units
Equipment 1/
2,289,000 Lacking complete kitchen facilities
With complete kitchen (sink, refrigerator
97,198,000 and oven or burners)
98,878,000 Kitchen sink
99,017,000 Refrigerator
98,318,000 Cooking stove or range
247,000 Burners, no stove or range
454,000 Microwave oven only
53,116,000 Dishwasher
75,901,000 Washing machine
71,669,000 Clothes dryer
41,984,000 Disposal in kitchen sink
3,615,000 Trash compactor
Air conditioning:
49,896,000 Central
2,407,000 Additional central
16,350,000 1 room unit
7,055,000 2 room units
2,728,000 3 room units or more
Main Heating Equipment
58,603,000 Warm-air furnace
12,929,000 Steam or hot water system
11,101,000 Electric heat pump
4,531,000 Built-in electric units
5,588,000 Floor, wall, or other built-in
hot air units without ducts
1,584,000 Room heaters with flue
1,754,000 Room heaters without flue
708,000 Portable electric heaters
1 142,000 Stoves
143,000 Fireplaces with inserts
82,000 Fireplaces without inserts
582,000 Other
123,000 Cooking stove
617,000 None
Other Heating Equipment 1/
675,000 Warm-air furnace
180,000 Steam or hot water system
291,000 Electric heat pump
3,157,000 Built-in electric units
295,000 Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air units
without ducts
825,000 Room heaters with flue
2,308,000 Room heaters without flue
7,455,000 Portable electric heaters
4,556,000 Stoves
3,946,000 Fireplaces with inserts
3,749,000 Fireplaces without inserts
637,000 Other
535,000 Cooking stove
74,419,000 None
4,219,000 Used as parallel heating equipment 1/
313,000 Warm-air furnace
63,000 Steam or hot water system
115,000 Electric heat pump
1,365,000 Built-in electric units
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air units
114,000 without ducts
354,000 Room heaters with flue
1,013,000 Stoves
372,000 Fireplaces with inserts
418,000 Fireplaces with no inserts
156,000 Cooking stove
142,000 Other
20,233,000 Used as supplemental heating
equipment 1/
350,000 Warm-air furnace
108,000 Steam or hot water system
164,000 Electric heat pump
1,785,000 Built-in electric units
177,000 Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air units
without ducts
471,000 Room heaters with flue
2,308,000 Room heaters without flue
7,455,000 Portable electric heaters
3,533,000 Stoves
2,863,000 Fireplaces with inserts
3,317,000 Fireplaces with no inserts
375,000 Cooking stove
460,000 Other
Plumbing
98,320,000 With all plumbing facilities
Lacking some or all plumbing
1,167,000 facilities 1/
385,000 No hot piped water
328,000 No bathtub nor shower
286,000 No flush toilet
707,000 No exclusive use
Primary Source of Water
88,008,000 Public system or private company
11,055,000 Well serving 1 to 5 units
9,493,000 Drilled
898,000 Dug
664,000 Not reported
424,000 Other
Safety of Primary Source of Water
99,479,000 Selected primary water sources 2/
87,109,000 Safe to drink
10,957,000 Not safe to drink
1,413,000 Safety not reported
Source of Drinking Water
10,957,000 Primary source not safe to drink
2,763,000 Drinking and primary water source the same
2,668,000 Public or private system
91,000 Individual well
2,000 Spring
- Cistern
2,000 Stream or lake
- Other
8,175,000 Drinking and primary water source
different
17,000 Public or private system
93,000 Individual well
152,000 Spring
17,000 Cistern
18,000 Stream or lake
6,360,000 Commercial bottled water
1,518,000 Other
12,000 Source of drinking water not reported
Means of Sewage Disposal
76,906,000 Public sewer
22,479,000 Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet
102,000 Other
1/ Figures may not add to total because more
than one category may apply to a unit.
2/ Excludes units where primary source of
water is commercial bottled water.
Go to American Housing Survey: 1997
Contact the American Housing Survey Branch by email or by phone at 301-763-3235 or 1-888-518-7365, or visit ask.census.gov for further information on American Housing Survey Data.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005
