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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1A-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--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

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 5260 570 4690 1646 380 1266 3044 724 35.5 506 260 380 1175 247 481
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 113857 2508 111349 104615 71885 32730 6733 2192 6.2 738 471 2214 1118 6570 8395
Kitchen sink 118085 2863 115222 105929 72176 33753 9293 2825 7.7 1198 700 2536 2034 6773 8792
Refrigerator 116219 2764 113455 105859 72091 33768 7597 2417 6.6 816 521 2419 1424 6651 8542
Cooking stove or range 115374 2604 112770 105358 71863 33495 7412 2401 6.6 936 543 2281 1251 6678 8434
Burners, no stove or range 178 4 174 169 73 96 6 2 1.9 4 0 0 0 4 3
Microwave oven only 487 18 469 399 222 177 70 14 7.4 2 8 21 25 8 52
Dishwasher 67251 1023 66228 62352 48852 13501 3876 1120 7.6 585 314 1351 505 5955 3533
Washing machine 90160 1213 88947 85562 68950 16612 3385 543 3.2 420 229 1514 679 5953 7160
Clothes dryer 87145 1378 85767 81591 66752 14840 4176 724 4.6 539 273 1672 967 5957 7004
Disposal in kitchen sink 52671 718 51953 48604 34329 14276 3348 1198 7.7 394 280 1054 422 4555 1182
Trash compactor 4483 138 4345 4010 3305 706 335 73 9.3 56 22 137 46 376 119

Air conditioning:
Central		 65137 857 64280 60118 45494 14624 4162 1295 8.1 629 331 1322 585 5733 4859
Additional central 4008 60 3948 3736 3322 414 212 52 11.2 26 23 67 43 601 177
1 room unit 17539 491 17048 15431 7888 7542 1617 470 5.8 130 103 403 511 256 1583
2 room units 8131 148 7984 7622 4869 2753 362 100 3.5 58 18 93 93 85 600
3 room units or more 3677 36 3641 3510 2762 747 131 27 3.4 17 5 55 29 30 147

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 71804 1272 70533 65262 47867 17395 5270 1604 8.4 801 383 1291 1192 4645 6699
Steam or hot water system 14420 94 14326 13441 7801 5640 884 348 5.8 87 71 193 187 238 29
Electric heat pump 12693 373 12320 11080 8099 2981 1240 317 9.5 151 98 521 154 1478 1111
Built-in electric units 5929 269 5660 5063 2385 2678 597 209 7.2 59 43 218 67 149 121
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 6133 174 5959 5343 2365 2978 616 220 6.8 62 71 120 142 156 220
Room heaters with flue 1856 98 1758 1542 866 676 216 38 5.3 13 6 59 100 47 120
Room heaters without flue 1916 75 1841 1558 1019 539 283 63 10.4 31 19 56 114 4 139
Portable electric heaters 893 58 835 746 390 356 89 27 7.1 5 3 24 30 12 130
Stoves 1501 255 1246 1131 917 214 115 10 4.6 3 3 34 65 33 138
Fireplaces with inserts 175 20 155 145 121 24 10 0 0.0 3 0 5 2 11 4
Fireplaces without inserts 99 17 81 64 49 15 17 1 7.9 4 0 6 6 2 7
Other 467 56 411 292 163 128 119 37 21.8 14 8 23 38 19 30
Cooking stove 213 9 205 193 74 118 12 7 5.6 0 2 0 2 2 4
None 1017 309 709 401 146 255 308 35 11.6 10 24 45 193 21 124

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 1152 9 1143 1098 837 261 45 23 8.0 8 0 15 0 56 84
Steam or hot water system 395 0 395 381 186 195 14 9 4.3 0 0 0 5 6 6
Electric heat pump 605 0 605 586 529 58 19 6 9.4 3 3 7 0 45 42
Built-in electric units 3059 36 3023 2914 2230 684 109 30 4.2 11 15 37 15 72 87
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 295 4 291 280 201 78 12 2 2.4 0 0 3 7 5 10
Room heaters with flue 937 12 925 882 761 121 44 9 7.0 9 6 16 4 23 60
Room heaters without flue 1973 12 1961 1894 1545 349 67 9 2.4 16 2 27 13 54 255
Portable electric heaters 8582 88 8494 8373 6318 2055 121 20 0.9 7 6 58 30 199 559
Stoves 5216 147 5069 4834 4385 449 235 23 4.8 45 5 106 56 100 354
Fireplaces with inserts 5143 52 5091 4937 4423 514 154 23 4.1 24 18 67 23 490 285
Fireplaces without inserts 4412 138 4274 4055 3412 644 219 51 7.2 55 18 49 47 370 164
Other 733 24 709 674 574 100 35 4 3.9 5 2 10 14 20 47
Cooking stove 1308 12 1296 1249 766 483 47 16 3.2 9 3 7 13 38 73
None 89446 2163 87283 79292 50680 28612 7991 2600 8.3 1004 633 2092 1662 5442 6899

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 116589 2603 113987 104885 71595 33290 9102 2806 7.7 1202 681 2510 1903 6775 8585
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 2527 476 2051 1376 670 706 675 110 13.4 42 49 83 390 42 291
No hot piped water 1297 425 872 292 135 157 580 69 30.3 36 41 64 370 35 239
No bathtub and no shower 1022 391 631 277 110 167 354 51 23.5 23 24 46 210 11 126
No flush toilet 976 361 615 264 93 171 352 53 23.7 23 24 44 208 11 124
No exclusive use 1090 2 1088 1022 526 497 65 33 6.2 4 6 16 6 7 54

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 102924 1837 101087 92576 60126 32451 8510 2811 7.9 1095 660 2096 1848 5873 6085
Well serving 1 to 5 units 15337 972 14365 13245 11767 1478 1121 86 5.5 136 63 448 388 918 2587
Drilled 13315 752 12563 11698 10520 1178 865 72 5.7 113 45 371 265 852 2253
Dug 1184 91 1092 1035 892 142 58 6 3.9 11 6 10 25 38 187
Not reported 838 128 710 513 355 158 197 8 5.0 12 12 67 98 28 147
Other 855 270 586 440 372 68 146 19 21.8 11 8 51 57 26 204

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 119061 3053 116008 106238 72253 33985 9770 2913 7.8 1243 731 2594 2290 6816 8867
Safe to drink 106390 2410 103980 95651 66542 29108 8329 2643 8.3 1088 657 2212 1729 6172 7851
Not safe to drink 10026 279 9747 9340 4936 4404 408 102 2.3 29 21 125 131 483 738
Safety not reported 2644 363 2281 1247 775 472 1034 168 26.0 126 52 257 430 161 278

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 92680 1232 91449 83870 52502 31368 7578 2655 7.7 932 596 1873 1522 4937 3966
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 25977 1570 24406 22328 19720 2608 2078 247 8.6 306 132 701 692 1872 4841
Other 459 276 183 63 43 20 120 14 41.0 5 2 19 79 8 68
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@1Figures may not add to total because more than one category may apply to a unit.
@13Excludes units where primary source of water is commercial bottled water.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005