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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 106261 72265 33996 5853 7219 2126 4537 13292 9814 21812 17134 14602 106261 31731 53574 20957 79146 7469 27115 13321 13488 20321 24758 38068 23115

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1646 380 1266 48 28 203 1443 330 261 245 501 472 1646 799 651 196 1442 86 204 94 110 455 312 440 439
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 104615 71885 32730 5805 7191 1923 3095 12962 9553 21567 16633 14130 104615 30932 52923 20761 77705 7383 26911 13228 13378 19866 24446 37628 22676
Kitchen sink 105929 72176 33753 5844 7216 2000 4331 13218 9778 21756 17050 14450 105929 31536 53469 20923 78862 7463 27066 13301 13460 20224 24696 37989 23019
Refrigerator 105859 72091 33768 5847 7193 2008 4253 13170 9759 21754 17014 14449 105859 31553 53421 20885 78840 7451 27019 13280 13434 20218 24681 37942 23018
Cooking stove or range 105358 71863 33495 5833 7160 1972 4202 13149 9693 21661 16884 14283 105358 31324 53242 20792 78437 7421 26922 13245 13371 20126 24585 37742 22906
Burners, no stove or range 169 73 96 2 3 6 21 21 44 23 45 56 169 78 44 47 126 17 42 12 30 37 19 73 40
Microwave oven only 399 222 177 5 48 45 81 30 42 58 101 121 399 153 173 73 308 20 91 38 53 72 95 150 82
Dishwasher 62352 48852 13501 5248 3214 611 1276 4864 3767 11355 9666 4958 62352 15594 36576 10183 46883 3524 15469 8586 6659 10321 13074 23645 15312
Washing machine 85562 68950 16612 5456 6514 1175 2814 8803 6377 18192 10615 9459 85562 21701 45421 18440 60405 6062 25157 12511 12377 15019 20381 32157 18005
Clothes dryer 81591 66752 14840 5420 6183 970 2434 7595 5339 16889 10204 8129 81591 19963 43955 17673 57291 5785 24300 12143 11888 13732 20098 30547 17214
Disposal in kitchen sink 48604 34329 14276 3946 1020 530 1068 4377 4269 8940 8921 4351 48604 15026 27938 5640 41565 2874 7040 4100 2765 4661 11412 16523 16009
Trash compactor 4010 3305 706 301 105 22 66 354 329 833 487 396 4010 1134 2301 576 3122 188 888 481 388 576 635 1566 1234

Air conditioning:
Central		 60118 45494 14624 5008 4252 669 1260 6776 4738 12156 9942 6415 60118 15875 33710 10533 45303 3858 14816 7943 6675 5248 15026 30236 9608
Additional central 3736 3322 414 531 160 25 65 323 293 703 505 309 3736 950 2210 575 2765 200 971 571 375 225 506 2299 706
1 room unit 15431 7888 7542 204 1239 525 1178 2386 1609 3481 2582 3094 15431 5297 6245 3888 11039 1350 4391 1808 2539 4996 4679 3188 2567
2 room units 7622 4869 2753 71 523 198 683 1198 747 1629 902 1179 7622 2523 3404 1696 5538 610 2084 994 1086 3173 1686 2326 437
3 room units or more 3510 2762 747 28 138 66 337 536 324 655 254 359 3510 1239 1736 535 2768 214 742 421 321 1761 384 1210 155

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 65262 47867 17395 4062 5574 953 1591 7732 4896 12995 10402 7959 65262 18865 33641 12757 49320 4856 15942 7840 7901 8114 19833 22510 14805
Steam or hot water system 13441 7801 5640 212 29 543 586 1855 1207 3216 1580 1945 13441 5420 6276 1746 11075 672 2367 1283 1074 9661 2190 732 858
Electric heat pump 11080 8099 2981 1245 958 96 177 1376 1072 1995 2123 1256 11080 2682 6488 1910 7530 479 3550 2052 1431 293 566 8917 1304
Built-in electric units 5063 2385 2678 104 77 111 166 476 339 1101 1059 860 5063 1192 2439 1432 3422 560 1641 756 872 1266 1156 928 1713
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 5343 2365 2978 123 118 166 255 737 1309 1034 1104 1062 5343 2106 2440 798 4523 329 820 347 468 470 515 1409 2949
Room heaters with flue 1542 866 676 26 88 49 78 281 153 456 216 419 1542 365 507 669 831 174 711 214 495 193 216 787 345
Room heaters without flue 1558 1019 539 3 118 45 1513 528 258 454 188 451 1558 462 391 705 883 254 674 222 450 34 32 1440 52
Portable electric heaters 746 390 356 9 107 26 55 131 269 134 161 185 746 296 317 133 547 37 199 104 95 10 18 560 158
Stoves 1131 917 214 30 113 65 57 66 71 244 48 215 1131 36 484 610 192 48 939 377 563 180 175 396 380
Fireplaces with inserts 145 121 24 11 0 3 4 10 9 27 17 19 145 19 70 56 61 6 84 35 49 12 15 41 77
Fireplaces without inserts 64 49 15 2 7 5 2 10 11 18 6 11 64 9 37 18 33 2 31 15 16 2 3 30 30
Other 292 163 128 15 21 13 10 22 50 54 58 70 292 94 136 62 196 14 96 43 48 34 24 147 87
Cooking stove 193 74 118 2 4 20 14 39 52 28 47 77 193 78 93 22 163 10 29 18 12 44 7 72 69
None 401 146 255 9 5 31 29 29 116 55 124 74 401 107 254 40 370 26 31 17 14 10 6 98 287

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 1098 837 261 53 72 19 24 182 91 315 95 170 1098 314 533 251 769 50 329 126 201 93 390 377 238
Steam or hot water system 381 186 195 6 6 23 39 120 78 91 34 101 381 233 118 29 344 9 37 17 20 266 65 24 25
Electric heat pump 586 529 58 42 42 2 11 51 77 167 47 75 586 90 341 156 396 72 190 104 84 17 61 414 95
Built-in electric units 2914 2230 684 70 82 58 153 250 179 685 280 332 2914 702 1330 882 1776 272 1138 527 610 646 534 870 865
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 280 201 78 5 10 7 14 46 52 76 26 43 280 77 155 48 199 19 80 51 29 24 56 91 109
Room heaters with flue 882 761 121 23 60 21 60 72 44 259 60 131 882 164 389 329 436 67 446 185 261 209 174 307 192
Room heaters without flue 1894 1545 349 54 245 50 231 225 69 464 128 289 1894 270 803 821 803 171 1091 441 650 388 321 1074 111
Portable electric heaters 8373 6318 2055 196 529 217 567 971 764 2074 756 1009 8373 2535 4071 1767 6000 574 2373 1148 1193 1425 1870 2782 2295
Stoves 4834 4385 449 87 310 119 124 169 118 1081 295 455 4834 439 2563 1832 1910 339 2924 1406 1493 1311 894 1131 1498
Fireplaces with inserts 4937 4423 514 457 280 45 111 347 271 865 572 322 4937 908 2736 1293 2840 276 2097 1064 1017 517 868 1987 1565
Fireplaces without inserts 4055 3412 644 339 144 55 131 406 300 628 632 232 4055 1004 2405 647 2985 223 1071 624 424 367 622 1629 1437
Other 674 574 100 17 36 17 32 25 40 142 51 82 674 123 328 223 332 51 342 170 172 162 121 196 196
Cooking stove 1249 766 483 32 73 57 120 296 251 328 127 303 1249 441 600 208 1008 91 240 112 116 229 266 561 192
None 79292 50680 28612 4606 5572 1532 3216 10579 7755 15980 14253 11653 79292 25372 39815 14105 62003 5579 17289 8542 8527 15577 19433 28500 15781

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 4401 3471 930 106 207 124 254 435 401 981 459 602 4401 1027 2065 1308 2619 339 1782 808 969 916 762 1397 1325
Warm-air furnace 390 281 109 21 23 5 2 60 31 81 50 52 390 101 201 88 278 19 112 42 69 39 117 142 93
Steam or hot water system 168 71 98 4 0 13 9 64 38 47 23 68 168 133 32 4 161 2 7 5 2 126 25 10 7
Electric heat pump 159 147 12 13 13 0 5 14 14 51 11 17 159 24 83 52 107 28 52 26 24 5 13 124 18
Built-in electric units 1101 805 296 13 12 28 69 107 85 235 138 147 1101 320 485 296 734 102 367 174 194 260 214 293 334
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 120 77 43 1 0 4 12 20 29 31 20 28 120 38 62 20 102 17 18 15 3 6 20 40 53
Room heaters with flue 295 249 46 5 12 5 25 17 21 93 41 42 295 60 138 98 150 14 145 61 84 89 42 115 49
Stoves 1010 897 113 16 68 41 34 55 24 250 41 95 1010 64 517 429 349 66 661 297 364 281 154 243 331
Fireplaces with inserts 726 634 92 25 40 15 35 54 84 159 68 97 726 144 361 222 395 50 332 157 172 72 112 246 295
Fireplaces with no inserts 444 358 86 7 27 7 37 37 47 55 60 27 444 86 253 106 285 30 159 83 75 46 47 163 188
Cooking stove 136 64 72 2 8 9 39 37 44 29 17 51 136 65 39 32 114 17 22 7 15 27 17 77 14
Other 156 133 23 3 8 9 6 6 13 21 25 21 156 26 51 80 85 23 71 14 57 35 31 28 62

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 22662 18417 4246 1119 1407 450 1066 2244 1607 4910 2299 2308 22662 5262 11705 5696 14304 1536 8358 4118 4160 3867 4598 8219 5977
Warm-air furnace 651 515 136 29 47 14 22 119 54 214 36 107 651 197 296 158 453 31 197 70 127 47 268 219 117
Steam or hot water system 184 95 89 0 3 7 23 49 36 36 8 28 184 91 71 23 160 7 25 9 15 124 38 10 13
Electric heat pump 344 303 41 24 26 2 4 28 59 91 29 47 344 48 216 80 239 39 105 64 41 7 43 253 41
Built-in electric units 1798 1418 380 54 69 30 81 143 91 448 132 186 1798 380 834 583 1036 170 761 348 413 386 312 575 525
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 144 113 32 4 10 3 2 24 23 39 2 15 144 29 90 26 85 2 60 36 24 15 33 48 48
Room heaters with flue 526 466 60 17 46 16 32 50 20 148 19 74 526 94 223 209 244 46 281 119 162 105 125 175 122
Room heaters without flue 1894 1545 349 54 245 50 231 225 69 464 128 289 1894 270 803 821 803 171 1091 441 650 388 321 1074 111
Portable electric heaters 8373 6318 2055 196 529 217 567 971 764 2074 756 1009 8373 2535 4071 1767 6000 574 2373 1148 1193 1425 1870 2782 2295
Stoves 3794 3470 324 68 242 78 91 113 92 820 244 353 3794 370 2031 1394 1551 273 2243 1098 1120 1025 730 883 1157
Fireplaces with inserts 4193 3771 422 432 240 30 76 293 188 706 504 225 4193 759 2365 1069 2430 227 1763 907 843 440 755 1734 1264
Fireplaces with no inserts 3590 3038 551 332 117 48 92 369 250 565 569 203 3590 913 2145 531 2690 190 900 536 341 321 573 1463 1233
Cooking stove 943 599 343 25 53 46 68 233 190 256 84 226 943 328 476 139 782 66 161 75 73 173 211 417 142
Other 482 421 61 11 26 8 19 14 25 116 24 46 482 88 258 136 228 25 254 143 111 119 84 151 127

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 104885 71595 33290 5847 7139 750 4537 13036 9644 21473 16893 14230 104885 31238 52955 20692 78081 7378 26804 13200 13314 19950 24449 37669 22817
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 1376 670 706 6 80 1376 0 256 170 339 241 372 1376 492 619 265 1065 91 311 121 174 371 309 399 298
No hot piped water 292 135 157 2 32 292 0 81 35 85 61 151 292 127 68 96 154 12 137 41 84 63 51 122 55
No bathtub and no shower 277 110 167 2 14 277 0 54 28 78 63 135 277 136 75 66 169 4 109 33 63 69 56 84 69
No flush toilet 264 93 171 2 14 264 0 54 35 68 67 134 264 142 67 55 170 6 93 29 49 72 46 83 63
No exclusive use 1022 526 497 5 50 1022 0 170 130 239 164 202 1022 333 535 155 864 75 159 79 80 290 242 270 221

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 92576 60126 32451 5020 4975 1902 4060 12616 9477 18682 16002 12995 92576 31276 46302 14998 76886 7280 15690 7805 7718 17184 20769 33054 21570
Well serving 1 to 5 units 13245 11767 1478 816 2170 174 461 666 324 2971 1105 1517 13245 441 7131 5673 2222 187 11023 5398 5487 3032 3901 4833 1479
Drilled 11698 10520 1178 766 1912 135 414 548 291 2639 966 1292 11698 416 6339 4943 1987 158 9710 4787 4785 2582 3458 4310 1348
Dug 1035 892 142 38 170 32 35 106 22 247 53 155 1035 11 507 517 133 17 901 402 499 296 256 391 92
Not reported 513 355 158 13 88 7 11 12 11 85 86 70 513 14 285 214 101 12 411 210 202 153 187 133 39
Other 440 372 68 18 74 49 16 11 14 159 28 90 440 14 141 285 38 2 402 118 283 105 89 181 66

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 106238 72253 33985 5853 7216 2124 4535 13288 9808 21807 17130 14600 106238 31727 53559 20952 79130 7469 27108 13319 13484 20319 24756 38061 23102
Safe to drink 95651 66542 29108 5297 6517 1776 3722 11601 7394 20494 14859 12782 95651 27677 48274 19699 70279 6970 25372 12360 12729 18396 23390 34656 19208
Not safe to drink 9340 4936 4404 467 621 328 723 1511 2315 1104 2005 1611 9340 3626 4628 1086 7853 422 1486 805 664 1683 1131 2933 3593
Safety not reported 1247 775 472 89 78 20 90 177 99 209 267 206 1247 423 656 168 997 77 250 154 91 239 235 471 301

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 9340 4936 4404 467 621 328 723 1511 2315 1104 2005 1611 9340 3626 4628 1086 7853 422 1486 805 664 1683 1131 2933 3593
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 1625 933 692 99 125 63 110 229 333 222 274 309 1625 633 770 222 1338 85 287 150 137 353 304 486 482
Public or private system 1541 870 672 99 105 61 101 222 324 204 269 296 1541 630 721 190 1317 85 224 119 105 344 276 462 459
Individual well 75 57 18 0 21 0 7 7 6 16 4 11 75 3 42 30 18 0 57 27 30 8 28 21 18
Spring 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 2 0
Cistern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stream or lake 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
Other 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Drinking and primary water source
different		 7687 3982 3705 369 496 260 600 1266 1979 876 1731 1285 7687 2977 3851 859 6494 337 1193 655 521 1322 827 2432 3106
Public or private system 17 13 4 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 10 6 5 0 11 5 6 0 9 2 6
Individual well 50 30 21 0 14 2 5 3 5 5 7 7 50 4 32 14 26 5 24 15 9 10 9 22 10
Spring 224 125 99 1 11 16 29 54 48 34 45 59 224 88 102 33 190 11 33 11 23 106 12 86 19
Cistern 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 15 5 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12
Stream or lake 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
Commercial bottled water 5863 2881 2982 301 388 193 456 1084 1555 643 1332 1029 5863 2285 2918 659 4918 251 944 522 408 870 606 1918 2469
Other 1514 925 590 63 80 48 108 125 361 192 341 190 1514 589 780 145 1334 70 181 103 75 334 185 405 589
Source of drinking water not reported 28 20 7 0 0 5 12 15 2 5 0 17 28 15 7 6 22 0 6 0 6 8 0 15 5

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 83870 52502 31368 4196 3243 1786 3697 12078 9107 16781 15136 11884 83870 30974 41464 11433 74605 7100 9265 4805 4332 16014 19815 27940 20101
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 22328 19720 2608 1656 3967 280 840 1200 702 5000 1994 2687 22328 751 12087 9490 4532 368 17796 8501 9121 4305 4934 10084 3005
Other 63 43 20 2 9 60 0 14 5 31 5 32 63 5 23 35 9 0 53 16 35 3 9 43 8
@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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Housing Survey Branch
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: November 29, 2005