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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 3-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Owner 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
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 72265 4690 6001 948 2009 6318 4731 17513 5723 6713 72265 16870 39420 15975 49500 4841 22764 11384 11133 12987 18049 26715 14514

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 380 17 26 53 326 77 35 89 46 78 380 114 196 70 272 21 108 59 49 103 74 132 71
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 71885 4673 5975 894 1683 6241 4696 17424 5677 6635 71885 16756 39224 15905 49229 4821 22656 11325 11084 12884 17974 26583 14444
Kitchen sink 72176 4686 5998 917 1951 6291 4729 17495 5718 6682 72176 16839 39378 15959 49443 4839 22732 11366 11119 12972 18026 26671 14506
Refrigerator 72091 4685 5977 901 1882 6260 4719 17487 5703 6663 72091 16824 39341 15926 49400 4829 22690 11347 11097 12958 18014 26632 14487
Cooking stove or range 71863 4674 5961 919 1887 6272 4703 17436 5666 6627 71863 16757 39226 15881 49233 4822 22630 11324 11059 12931 17960 26510 14462
Burners, no stove or range 73 2 3 0 5 6 8 18 5 18 73 29 18 26 44 5 29 8 21 14 10 44 5
Microwave oven only 222 5 29 5 35 13 14 34 33 38 222 49 120 53 155 14 68 29 39 25 60 103 35
Dishwasher 48852 4256 2933 388 680 2803 2261 10137 4205 3112 48852 10605 29402 8845 34820 2768 14032 7762 6077 8648 10957 18021 11225
Washing machine 68950 4611 5552 788 1752 5820 4326 16503 5300 6086 68950 15622 37954 15374 46958 4674 21991 11050 10700 12127 17345 25580 13899
Clothes dryer 66752 4582 5343 705 1593 5284 3872 15500 5203 5523 66752 14866 36988 14897 45370 4534 21382 10777 10364 11544 17142 24610 13456
Disposal in kitchen sink 34329 3068 939 233 361 1950 2172 7264 3372 2044 34329 9126 20700 4502 28181 2062 6148 3564 2441 3524 8659 11555 10591
Trash compactor 3305 257 99 8 39 184 189 758 243 249 3305 796 1987 521 2469 153 835 448 368 438 533 1298 1036

Air conditioning:
Central		 45494 4069 3715 392 572 3754 2746 10484 4037 3585 45494 10188 26568 8738 32298 2783 13196 7066 5955 4226 12362 22001 6905
Additional central 3322 507 147 18 35 226 221 641 365 228 3322 758 2035 529 2397 178 925 550 350 202 453 2046 621
1 room unit 7888 145 941 164 477 780 505 2334 522 1106 7888 1845 3513 2531 4676 701 3212 1357 1830 2456 2414 1704 1315
2 room units 4869 45 399 103 379 663 333 1235 251 543 4869 1250 2389 1230 3219 387 1650 802 843 1940 1187 1474 268
3 room units or more 2762 19 105 36 221 391 213 589 99 236 2762 863 1450 449 2124 166 639 356 283 1443 306 913 101

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 47867 3394 4611 542 635 4082 2772 11155 4006 4153 47867 11671 26146 10050 34265 3395 13603 6771 6655 5960 15318 15989 10600
Steam or hot water system 7801 168 23 140 149 619 288 2212 367 575 7801 2016 4458 1328 5742 417 2059 1142 910 5628 1182 491 501
Electric heat pump 8099 934 862 45 65 678 603 1686 853 676 8099 1533 4956 1610 4941 315 3158 1806 1295 210 442 6554 894
Built-in electric units 2385 39 61 28 29 115 93 616 147 201 2385 323 1243 819 1212 214 1173 568 605 655 475 580 674
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2365 77 97 44 52 251 451 736 167 338 2365 691 1129 545 1722 174 643 269 372 222 287 834 1022
Room heaters with flue 866 19 63 25 24 130 53 338 38 196 866 135 295 437 364 89 502 154 348 91 130 499 146
Room heaters without flue 1019 3 90 32 987 303 189 351 39 250 1019 241 288 490 500 149 519 179 340 22 23 947 27
Portable electric heaters 390 3 68 12 26 67 145 86 33 73 390 143 167 80 262 16 128 64 64 2 9 315 64
Stoves 917 20 97 47 31 39 57 203 22 169 917 29 416 472 155 40 762 330 432 155 144 309 308
Fireplaces with inserts 121 6 0 0 2 10 6 25 6 16 121 11 58 53 37 3 84 35 49 9 15 38 59
Fireplaces without inserts 49 2 7 3 2 6 5 18 0 6 49 3 33 14 25 2 25 13 12 2 3 22 23
Other 163 15 17 8 2 10 15 33 15 20 163 40 82 41 91 12 72 38 29 21 14 81 47
Cooking stove 74 2 0 9 3 5 36 22 6 27 74 23 39 12 57 2 18 8 10 4 5 31 34
None 146 9 5 13 5 2 19 32 24 12 146 11 109 26 128 14 19 7 12 5 2 24 115

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 837 41 63 15 11 81 64 267 30 106 837 196 431 210 534 26 303 117 184 78 301 284 175
Steam or hot water system 186 6 6 0 5 28 15 48 18 20 186 65 94 26 154 9 32 15 18 105 44 17 20
Electric heat pump 529 42 42 2 11 36 66 148 43 52 529 86 312 131 350 51 179 97 80 15 56 366 92
Built-in electric units 2230 48 64 25 104 128 92 567 102 171 2230 446 1055 729 1252 205 978 454 524 512 449 663 606
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 201 4 10 5 9 34 34 65 2 15 201 51 115 35 129 9 72 46 26 22 41 74 65
Room heaters with flue 761 17 51 15 30 60 26 234 35 91 761 128 334 299 362 58 399 158 242 177 153 266 166
Room heaters without flue 1545 49 190 33 147 155 32 423 61 189 1545 182 695 668 647 140 898 370 528 348 260 854 83
Portable electric heaters 6318 180 436 94 301 602 445 1767 283 559 6318 1647 3296 1375 4339 408 1979 980 967 1029 1534 2126 1629
Stoves 4385 78 265 95 93 135 99 1017 172 352 4385 387 2363 1636 1740 311 2646 1296 1325 1248 842 1017 1278
Fireplaces with inserts 4423 440 237 32 88 279 209 819 371 259 4423 753 2500 1170 2491 247 1932 993 923 475 814 1785 1349
Fireplaces without inserts 3412 315 137 47 76 317 221 599 344 179 3412 787 2083 542 2445 170 966 575 372 304 557 1409 1142
Other 574 17 31 8 14 9 27 126 18 47 574 81 288 205 257 43 317 155 162 149 116 148 161
Cooking stove 766 30 60 21 44 112 130 232 29 121 766 193 434 139 568 45 198 91 94 94 184 353 134
None 50680 3557 4621 615 1261 4607 3521 12408 4361 4965 50680 12637 27817 10226 36547 3382 14134 7122 6844 9195 13498 18985 9002

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 3471 86 190 79 141 254 249 853 177 324 3471 660 1722 1089 1913 248 1558 713 841 727 649 1107 988
Warm-air furnace 281 18 19 3 0 18 24 67 14 28 281 60 153 69 176 7 105 42 62 35 90 96 61
Steam or hot water system 71 4 0 0 3 20 10 20 9 15 71 46 21 4 64 2 7 5 2 51 12 5 2
Electric heat pump 147 13 13 0 5 9 14 48 9 12 147 24 78 44 100 23 47 23 22 5 13 112 18
Built-in electric units 805 7 10 12 41 51 42 180 53 65 805 196 374 235 503 71 302 138 164 198 184 203 220
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 77 0 0 2 9 13 19 27 0 8 77 26 41 9 64 7 12 10 2 5 9 28 34
Room heaters with flue 249 0 7 5 15 14 13 88 23 29 249 44 122 83 119 11 131 59 72 75 35 96 44
Stoves 897 16 66 34 24 43 24 238 17 66 897 56 471 370 313 61 584 274 309 272 141 215 269
Fireplaces with inserts 634 20 35 13 27 48 59 152 34 74 634 116 323 195 334 40 300 142 156 66 100 226 242
Fireplaces with no inserts 358 7 27 5 15 29 36 55 23 17 358 67 200 90 222 19 135 64 71 37 42 125 153
Cooking stove 64 2 8 4 18 13 22 27 0 20 64 30 18 16 49 5 15 3 12 9 7 44 5
Other 133 3 8 6 0 2 13 18 8 11 133 16 42 75 64 20 69 14 55 35 31 18 48

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 18417 1027 1169 245 621 1444 995 4323 1164 1438 18417 3628 9990 4798 11051 1209 7366 3699 3590 3126 3941 6734 4615
Warm-air furnace 515 19 42 12 11 60 37 180 14 73 515 128 251 136 332 18 183 66 118 38 209 174 94
Steam or hot water system 95 0 3 0 3 5 3 23 5 5 95 16 60 20 75 7 20 7 13 46 29 8 13
Electric heat pump 303 24 26 2 4 19 48 77 27 31 303 44 196 63 205 24 99 60 39 5 39 218 41
Built-in electric units 1418 38 54 13 60 78 48 384 45 106 1418 248 676 494 748 134 670 310 360 314 260 458 386
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 113 4 10 3 0 19 16 34 2 7 113 16 74 23 55 2 58 36 22 15 29 43 26
Room heaters with flue 466 17 42 10 14 43 13 132 12 55 466 79 194 194 213 39 253 99 155 91 113 153 109
Room heaters without flue 1545 49 190 33 147 155 32 423 61 189 1545 182 695 668 647 140 898 370 528 348 260 854 83
Portable electric heaters 6318 180 436 94 301 602 445 1767 283 559 6318 1647 3296 1375 4339 408 1979 980 967 1029 1534 2126 1629
Stoves 3470 59 199 61 69 92 73 773 147 282 3470 331 1878 1261 1421 250 2050 1014 1011 974 696 799 1002
Fireplaces with inserts 3771 421 202 19 61 231 150 667 337 185 3771 632 2167 972 2142 207 1630 851 765 403 714 1553 1101
Fireplaces with no inserts 3038 307 110 42 61 287 182 537 319 162 3038 715 1878 446 2215 148 823 506 298 266 512 1282 978
Cooking stove 599 23 46 17 19 86 97 176 29 88 599 148 358 93 455 34 144 73 59 71 151 274 103
Other 421 11 23 2 12 4 14 105 8 31 421 62 231 128 185 23 236 131 105 107 81 122 110

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 71595 4690 5930 278 2009 6241 4683 17294 5681 6585 71595 16710 39064 15820 49046 4800 22549 11282 11020 12817 17885 26477 14416
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 670 0 71 670 0 77 48 219 41 128 670 159 356 155 455 41 216 102 114 170 164 239 98
No hot piped water 135 0 32 135 0 23 18 50 5 62 135 23 47 65 35 0 99 34 65 24 14 76 21
No bathtub and no shower 110 0 14 110 0 17 13 45 3 48 110 22 42 46 35 0 75 29 46 18 19 57 17
No flush toilet 93 0 14 93 0 14 13 37 3 42 93 20 38 36 33 0 61 25 36 16 12 51 15
No exclusive use 526 0 41 526 0 55 30 162 39 64 526 134 307 84 417 41 109 66 43 145 143 163 75

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 60126 3887 4103 767 1658 5750 4467 14568 5004 5434 60126 16449 32910 10767 47458 4676 12668 6456 6091 10159 14428 22329 13210
Well serving 1 to 5 units 11767 785 1834 143 337 561 254 2800 706 1209 11767 414 6394 4959 2022 164 9745 4823 4796 2736 3534 4237 1260
Drilled 10520 739 1637 115 315 466 234 2494 648 1060 10520 393 5762 4364 1825 138 8695 4342 4226 2375 3151 3819 1174
Dug 892 34 145 23 18 86 18 226 24 112 892 9 431 453 115 14 777 338 439 262 225 333 72
Not reported 355 13 51 5 4 9 2 80 35 37 355 12 202 142 82 12 273 143 130 99 157 85 14
Other 372 18 65 38 14 7 10 145 12 70 372 8 116 249 20 2 352 105 247 92 87 149 45

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 72253 4690 5999 945 2007 6316 4727 17508 5723 6711 72253 16868 39413 15972 49493 4841 22760 11382 11131 12987 18047 26710 14509
Safe to drink 66542 4270 5480 857 1706 5600 3718 16571 5108 6064 66542 15177 36206 15159 45079 4584 21464 10660 10576 12103 17190 24642 12607
Not safe to drink 4936 353 467 80 245 612 970 770 527 555 4936 1479 2751 706 3825 217 1111 606 488 774 687 1759 1716
Safety not reported 775 67 52 8 55 104 39 167 88 93 775 212 456 107 590 40 185 116 67 109 170 310 187

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 4936 353 467 80 245 612 970 770 527 555 4936 1479 2751 706 3825 217 1111 606 488 774 687 1759 1716
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 933 74 102 15 43 86 138 155 74 125 933 273 504 156 707 47 226 117 109 170 210 303 251
Public or private system 870 74 84 13 38 82 134 139 74 114 870 270 468 131 691 47 178 94 84 163 188 284 234
Individual well 57 0 18 0 2 5 4 14 0 8 57 3 31 23 16 0 41 19 23 5 21 17 14
Spring 4 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
Stream or lake 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drinking and primary water source
different		 3982 278 364 60 190 513 832 610 453 418 3982 1194 2244 544 3103 170 879 489 374 599 477 1443 1462
Public or private system 13 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 13 0 8 5 5 0 7 3 5 0 7 0 6
Individual well 30 0 12 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 30 0 22 7 12 2 17 12 5 3 9 13 5
Spring 125 1 11 0 9 24 23 22 19 19 125 36 68 21 99 2 25 7 19 51 9 53 11
Cistern 10 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 10 5 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8
Stream or lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Commercial bottled water 2881 225 276 55 129 431 642 431 311 328 2881 872 1612 397 2188 111 692 392 286 408 339 1086 1048
Other 925 51 63 5 47 55 165 154 117 72 925 281 530 114 788 54 137 75 59 135 114 291 385
Source of drinking water not reported 20 0 0 5 12 12 0 5 0 12 20 12 2 6 15 0 6 0 6 5 0 12 3

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 52502 3112 2680 674 1402 5308 4190 12797 4434 4600 52502 16212 28571 7720 45457 4514 7045 3758 3205 9146 13572 17838 11946
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 19720 1578 3313 233 608 1004 536 4692 1286 2092 19720 658 10830 8231 4038 327 15681 7612 7904 3838 4470 8849 2563
Other 43 0 9 41 0 6 5 24 3 22 43 0 19 24 5 0 38 14 24 3 7 28 6
@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