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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1C-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Suburbs
[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		 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1724 135 1589 651 196 455 938 182 27.9 195 113 125 323 132 182
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 56258 846 55412 52923 39224 13699 2489 751 5.2 301 228 785 424 3931 3930
Kitchen sink 57699 942 56757 53469 39378 14091 3288 910 6.0 482 319 885 692 4046 4080
Refrigerator 57129 914 56215 53421 39341 14079 2795 820 5.5 338 248 857 532 3981 4014
Cooking stove or range 56858 869 55989 53242 39226 14016 2748 833 5.6 386 263 792 474 3991 3930
Burners, no stove or range 50 0 50 44 18 26 6 2 6.7 4 0 0 0 2 0
Microwave oven only 205 1 203 173 120 54 30 3 4.9 2 5 16 4 3 31
Dishwasher 38871 479 38392 36576 29402 7174 1816 532 6.9 267 180 573 265 3708 1725
Washing machine 47391 524 46867 45421 37954 7467 1446 259 3.3 188 138 569 293 3683 3353
Clothes dryer 46257 594 45663 43955 36988 6967 1708 311 4.3 241 163 623 370 3688 3244
Disposal in kitchen sink 29860 376 29484 27938 20700 7238 1546 544 7.0 175 150 455 221 2934 619
Trash compactor 2539 67 2473 2301 1987 314 172 33 9.5 25 16 75 23 251 56

Air conditioning:
Central		 35969 462 35507 33710 26568 7142 1797 539 7.0 299 186 503 270 3549 2370
Additional central 2358 35 2323 2210 2035 175 113 31 15.2 14 17 30 20 408 67
1 room unit 6881 124 6758 6245 3513 2732 513 125 4.4 59 37 135 157 131 686
2 room units 3551 44 3507 3404 2389 1015 103 19 1.8 22 7 28 27 30 305
3 room units or more 1807 22 1784 1736 1450 286 48 9 3.0 2 3 22 13 12 72

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 35911 367 35544 33641 26146 7494 1903 539 6.7 327 190 403 444 2786 3061
Steam or hot water system 6514 30 6483 6276 4458 1818 207 67 3.5 22 19 53 48 122 15
Electric heat pump 7336 234 7102 6488 4956 1532 614 148 8.8 85 65 240 76 915 596
Built-in electric units 2737 70 2667 2439 1243 1196 228 74 5.8 23 20 86 24 84 61
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2694 65 2629 2440 1129 1311 189 70 5.0 19 24 49 28 94 103
Room heaters with flue 585 29 556 507 295 213 48 7 3.2 2 0 15 24 17 53
Room heaters without flue 463 33 429 391 288 102 39 5 4.6 6 2 9 17 1 50
Portable electric heaters 366 20 346 317 167 150 29 5 3.1 4 0 12 8 5 60
Stoves 540 35 505 484 416 68 21 0 0.0 0 3 6 13 16 40
Fireplaces with inserts 74 4 70 70 58 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Fireplaces without inserts 53 5 48 37 33 4 10 0 0.0 2 0 6 3 2 0
Other 179 9 170 136 82 54 34 4 6.4 5 3 9 13 0 25
Cooking stove 103 7 96 93 39 54 3 3 5.1 0 0 0 0 2 4
None 429 74 356 254 109 145 102 12 7.2 3 15 22 50 14 44

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 553 0 553 533 431 103 20 7 6.0 2 0 11 0 36 29
Steam or hot water system 120 0 120 118 94 24 1 1 5.3 0 0 0 0 2 2
Electric heat pump 350 0 350 341 312 29 9 4 11.6 0 3 2 0 31 26
Built-in electric units 1381 12 1369 1330 1055 274 39 6 2.2 3 9 17 4 34 37
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 161 0 161 155 115 40 6 0 0.0 0 0 3 3 2 3
Room heaters with flue 401 4 398 389 334 54 9 3 4.4 0 3 3 0 8 36
Room heaters without flue 827 6 820 803 695 107 18 0 0.0 3 0 11 3 30 80
Portable electric heaters 4149 30 4119 4071 3296 776 48 7 0.8 1 2 20 18 124 280
Stoves 2663 35 2628 2563 2363 201 65 7 3.2 16 3 29 11 49 142
Fireplaces with inserts 2801 16 2785 2736 2500 236 48 11 4.3 4 8 20 6 318 122
Fireplaces without inserts 2521 24 2497 2405 2083 322 92 14 4.1 31 7 23 17 256 106
Other 336 0 336 328 288 40 7 1 2.8 0 0 3 4 9 16
Cooking stove 613 2 611 600 434 166 11 4 2.1 2 3 0 2 32 20
None 43451 771 42680 39815 27817 11998 2865 852 6.6 420 291 720 581 3207 3248

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 57091 888 56203 52955 39064 13891 3248 909 6.1 482 324 883 649 4051 4020
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 891 93 798 619 356 263 180 24 8.4 14 17 28 98 12 92
No hot piped water 295 75 220 68 47 21 152 12 35.4 8 15 21 96 10 62
No bathtub and no shower 254 77 177 75 42 33 102 11 25.4 9 13 18 51 7 44
No flush toilet 247 75 172 67 38 29 105 11 27.5 9 13 18 54 7 44
No exclusive use 562 2 560 535 307 228 25 10 4.3 4 2 7 3 2 32

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 50090 782 49308 46302 32910 13392 3006 896 6.2 433 289 783 605 3529 2916
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7666 160 7506 7131 6394 736 376 29 3.7 58 44 119 127 523 1155
Drilled 6748 102 6646 6339 5762 576 307 22 3.7 53 35 101 95 479 1022
Dug 550 28 522 507 431 76 15 1 1.8 3 4 0 7 22 74
Not reported 368 29 339 285 202 83 54 5 5.5 3 4 17 25 22 58
Other 227 40 187 141 116 25 46 8 24.9 5 8 9 15 12 42

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 57955 976 56980 53559 39413 14146 3421 930 6.1 496 341 910 743 4062 4106
Safe to drink 52051 832 51218 48274 36206 12068 2944 832 6.4 430 299 781 601 3649 3625
Not safe to drink 4804 60 4743 4628 2751 1877 115 34 1.8 7 9 35 32 333 371
Safety not reported 1101 83 1018 656 456 201 362 65 24.1 59 33 94 111 81 110

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 44721 603 44118 41464 28571 12893 2655 867 6.3 358 257 690 482 3084 2051
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 13144 322 12822 12087 10830 1257 735 61 4.6 135 84 211 245 975 2035
Other 118 57 61 23 19 4 38 5 59.8 3 0 10 20 4 27
@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