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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1D-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan
Statistical Areas
[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		 26058 1913 24145 20957 15975 4982 3188 657 11.5 406 156 1146 823 1471 4090

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1621 413 1209 196 70 126 1012 209 59.8 163 58 144 438 57 276
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 24437 1500 22937 20761 15905 4856 2176 448 8.3 243 98 1002 384 1415 3814
Kitchen sink 25679 1747 23932 20923 15959 4965 3009 634 11.2 395 151 1125 703 1453 4041
Refrigerator 25000 1677 23323 20885 15926 4959 2438 501 9.1 264 114 1077 480 1423 3871
Cooking stove or range 24720 1571 23149 20792 15881 4911 2357 493 9.0 303 103 1037 420 1422 3844
Burners, no stove or range 51 4 47 47 26 21 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Microwave oven only 105 15 90 73 53 20 17 8 29.1 0 1 2 5 1 21
Dishwasher 11587 466 11121 10183 8845 1338 938 137 9.2 162 39 478 122 1125 1446
Washing machine 20312 627 19685 18440 15374 3065 1245 127 3.9 135 35 700 248 1280 3262
Clothes dryer 19826 700 19126 17673 14897 2776 1453 176 5.9 166 51 737 322 1272 3204
Disposal in kitchen sink 6544 265 6280 5640 4502 1137 640 122 9.6 95 28 331 64 575 328
Trash compactor 715 66 649 576 521 55 73 12 18.4 9 5 39 7 35 53

Air conditioning:
Central		 11904 318 11586 10533 8738 1795 1053 176 8.9 169 29 507 172 1123 2043
Additional central 639 14 624 575 529 47 49 3 6.7 5 0 21 20 103 87
1 room unit 4766 338 4428 3888 2531 1358 540 120 8.1 43 26 171 180 84 806
2 room units 1894 72 1822 1696 1230 466 127 45 8.8 17 2 37 26 32 268
3 room units or more 594 14 581 535 449 86 46 6 6.6 7 2 22 9 3 72

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 15173 792 14381 12757 10050 2707 1624 336 10.9 239 63 616 369 943 3087
Steam or hot water system 1966 47 1919 1746 1328 418 173 46 9.9 26 6 65 29 72 10
Electric heat pump 2338 109 2229 1910 1610 300 319 52 14.8 46 8 168 44 349 430
Built-in electric units 1885 193 1692 1432 819 613 260 68 9.9 30 13 115 34 19 51
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1104 104 1001 798 545 253 203 45 14.2 17 35 50 56 38 104
Room heaters with flue 842 65 777 669 437 232 107 16 6.3 9 3 32 46 7 61
Room heaters without flue 931 42 889 705 490 215 184 43 16.5 21 17 37 66 3 88
Portable electric heaters 190 33 157 133 80 53 24 7 12.3 2 0 6 9 7 64
Stoves 918 220 698 610 472 139 88 9 5.9 3 0 26 50 14 98
Fireplaces with inserts 82 16 66 56 53 3 10 0 0.0 3 0 5 2 0 4
Fireplaces without inserts 36 12 23 18 14 4 5 0 0.0 2 0 0 3 0 7
Other 153 45 109 62 41 21 47 14 37.2 4 2 11 17 15 6
Cooking stove 25 2 23 22 12 10 2 2 14.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
None 415 233 182 40 26 14 142 19 52.0 3 9 14 97 4 80

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 270 9 261 251 210 41 10 3 7.5 3 0 3 0 6 52
Steam or hot water system 29 0 29 29 26 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Electric heat pump 163 0 163 156 131 24 7 0 0.0 3 0 4 0 9 13
Built-in electric units 946 22 924 882 729 153 42 8 5.1 5 3 20 5 22 45
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 56 4 52 48 35 13 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 4 3 6
Room heaters with flue 360 8 352 329 299 29 23 3 8.7 4 3 10 4 14 17
Room heaters without flue 868 6 862 821 668 154 40 7 4.2 11 0 15 7 20 161
Portable electric heaters 1867 56 1811 1767 1375 392 44 5 1.3 2 2 30 4 38 212
Stoves 2098 112 1986 1832 1636 196 154 15 7.1 25 0 77 36 47 183
Fireplaces with inserts 1401 35 1366 1293 1170 123 73 8 6.0 14 3 38 10 107 150
Fireplaces without inserts 831 112 719 647 542 105 72 9 8.1 12 3 23 25 51 53
Other 253 14 238 223 205 18 15 1 6.9 3 0 5 5 11 31
Cooking stove 231 9 222 208 139 69 15 3 4.6 5 0 4 2 6 35
None 17791 1244 16547 14105 10226 3879 2442 553 12.3 302 133 903 550 1144 3094

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 25134 1543 23590 20692 15820 4872 2899 630 11.3 388 138 1112 631 1454 3903
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 925 370 555 265 155 110 289 27 19.4 18 18 34 192 18 187
No hot piped water 717 341 376 96 65 31 280 25 44.2 18 17 31 189 18 168
No bathtub and no shower 514 301 213 66 46 21 146 14 40.5 7 6 21 98 4 83
No flush toilet 473 276 198 55 36 20 142 16 44.7 7 6 19 94 4 81
No exclusive use 161 0 161 155 84 70 7 2 2.5 0 2 2 2 0 19

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18269 884 17385 14998 10767 4231 2387 598 12.2 322 139 785 542 1104 2599
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7191 800 6391 5673 4959 714 717 54 6.9 78 17 321 248 354 1332
Drilled 6124 638 5486 4943 4364 579 543 46 7.3 60 10 264 164 331 1134
Dug 622 63 559 517 453 64 43 4 6.4 9 2 10 18 16 108
Not reported 444 99 345 214 142 72 132 3 4.5 10 5 47 66 7 89
Other 598 230 369 285 249 36 84 5 12.0 6 0 40 33 14 159

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 26034 1893 24140 20952 15972 4980 3188 657 11.5 406 156 1146 823 1471 4088
Safe to drink 23792 1419 22373 19699 15159 4540 2674 602 11.5 356 144 984 588 1376 3628
Not safe to drink 1453 214 1240 1086 706 380 154 19 4.7 9 7 60 60 57 312
Safety not reported 788 261 528 168 107 60 360 36 37.0 42 5 102 175 39 147

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 13730 481 13249 11433 7720 3713 1817 475 11.2 237 110 651 344 641 1363
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 12015 1223 10793 9490 8231 1258 1303 173 12.1 170 46 485 428 828 2685
Other 313 210 103 35 24 11 69 8 43.7 0 0 9 51 3 42
@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