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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1B-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
[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		 35076 184 34892 31731 16870 14861 3161 1326 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1914 22 1892 799 114 685 1093 332 32.1 148 89 111 414 58 23
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 33162 162 33000 30932 16756 14176 2068 993 6.5 193 145 427 310 1224 650
Kitchen sink 34706 174 34533 31536 16839 14697 2996 1281 8.0 321 230 525 639 1274 671
Refrigerator 34090 172 33918 31553 16824 14729 2364 1096 6.9 214 158 485 412 1247 658
Cooking stove or range 33796 164 33632 31324 16757 14568 2307 1075 6.8 248 176 451 357 1264 660
Burners, no stove or range 78 0 78 78 29 49 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Microwave oven only 177 1 176 153 49 103 23 3 3.1 0 2 3 15 3 0
Dishwasher 16793 77 16716 15594 10605 4989 1122 452 8.2 156 95 300 118 1122 362
Washing machine 22458 62 22396 21701 15622 6080 695 158 2.5 97 56 245 139 990 546
Clothes dryer 21062 83 20979 19963 14866 5097 1016 238 4.4 132 60 312 275 997 556
Disposal in kitchen sink 16267 78 16189 15026 9126 5901 1163 532 8.2 124 101 268 137 1047 235
Trash compactor 1229 5 1224 1134 796 337 90 27 7.5 22 2 23 15 89 10

Air conditioning:
Central		 17263 77 17187 15875 10188 5687 1312 580 9.2 160 116 312 143 1062 447
Additional central 1011 11 1000 950 758 192 50 18 8.3 7 6 16 3 90 23
1 room unit 5891 29 5862 5297 1845 3452 565 225 6.1 28 40 98 173 42 91
2 room units 2687 32 2654 2523 1250 1273 131 36 2.7 19 9 28 40 23 27
3 room units or more 1276 0 1276 1239 863 375 37 12 3.0 8 0 11 7 14 3

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 20720 112 20608 18865 11671 7194 1743 728 9.1 234 131 271 379 916 551
Steam or hot water system 5941 17 5924 5420 2016 3404 504 235 6.4 40 46 74 110 44 4
Electric heat pump 3019 30 2990 2682 1533 1149 307 117 9.1 19 25 112 34 214 85
Built-in electric units 1307 5 1301 1192 323 869 109 67 7.1 7 10 17 9 46 9
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2335 5 2330 2106 691 1415 224 106 6.9 26 13 22 58 23 13
Room heaters with flue 429 4 425 365 135 231 60 15 6.1 2 2 11 30 23 5
Room heaters without flue 522 0 522 462 241 221 60 15 6.3 4 0 10 32 0 0
Portable electric heaters 338 5 332 296 143 153 36 15 8.9 0 3 6 12 0 6
Stoves 43 0 43 36 29 7 6 2 18.7 0 0 2 2 3 0
Fireplaces with inserts 19 0 19 19 11 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Fireplaces without inserts 10 0 10 9 3 6 1 1 16.9 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 135 3 132 94 40 54 39 20 26.7 5 3 3 9 4 0
Cooking stove 85 0 85 78 23 54 7 3 4.2 0 2 0 2 0 0
None 173 2 171 107 11 95 64 4 3.5 4 0 10 47 3 0

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 329 0 329 314 196 117 15 13 9.9 3 0 0 0 15 3
Steam or hot water system 246 0 246 233 65 169 12 7 4.2 0 0 0 5 2 0
Electric heat pump 92 0 92 90 86 4 2 2 33.9 0 0 0 0 5 2
Built-in electric units 732 2 730 702 446 256 28 16 5.7 4 3 0 6 16 6
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 78 0 78 77 51 25 2 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Room heaters with flue 176 0 176 164 128 37 11 4 9.4 5 0 2 0 0 7
Room heaters without flue 279 0 279 270 182 88 9 2 2.1 2 2 0 2 3 14
Portable electric heaters 2567 2 2564 2535 1647 887 29 8 0.8 4 2 8 8 38 66
Stoves 455 0 455 439 387 52 16 1 2.0 4 3 0 9 3 29
Fireplaces with inserts 941 0 941 908 753 155 33 4 2.2 7 6 9 7 65 13
Fireplaces without inserts 1061 2 1058 1004 787 217 55 27 11.0 13 7 4 4 63 4
Other 145 10 135 123 81 42 12 2 3.6 2 2 3 5 0 0
Cooking stove 464 1 463 441 193 248 22 9 3.6 2 0 3 8 0 18
None 28204 148 28057 25372 12637 12735 2685 1195 8.5 282 209 469 531 1091 556

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 34365 171 34193 31238 16710 14528 2955 1266 8.0 331 220 516 623 1270 661
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 711 13 698 492 159 333 206 60 15.0 10 14 21 101 12 12
No hot piped water 286 10 276 127 23 104 149 33 23.4 10 9 12 86 7 9
No bathtub and no shower 254 13 241 136 22 114 105 26 18.7 7 5 7 60 0 0
No flush toilet 256 10 246 142 20 122 104 26 17.7 7 5 7 60 0 0
No exclusive use 366 0 366 333 134 199 34 21 9.4 0 3 7 2 5 3

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 34565 172 34394 31276 16449 14828 3117 1316 8.1 341 232 527 701 1240 569
Well serving 1 to 5 units 480 12 468 441 414 27 28 4 12.3 0 2 8 14 42 101
Drilled 443 12 431 416 393 23 15 4 14.3 0 0 5 6 42 97
Dug 11 0 11 11 9 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Not reported 26 0 26 14 12 2 12 0 0.0 0 2 2 8 0 0
Other 30 0 30 14 8 6 16 5 48.1 0 0 2 9 0 3

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 35072 184 34888 31727 16868 14859 3161 1326 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674
Safe to drink 30548 159 30389 27677 15177 12501 2711 1208 8.8 302 214 447 540 1148 598
Not safe to drink 3770 5 3764 3626 1479 2147 138 50 2.3 14 6 30 39 93 55
Safety not reported 755 20 735 423 212 211 312 67 24.0 25 14 61 144 42 21

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 34229 148 34081 30974 16212 14762 3107 1313 8.1 337 229 532 696 1213 552
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 817 26 792 751 658 94 41 12 11.5 2 2 5 19 70 122
Other 29 10 19 5 0 5 13 0 0.0 2 2 0 9 0 0
@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