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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 4-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Renter 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		 33996 1163 1218 1178 2528 6974 5083 4299 11412 7889 33996 14861 14153 4982 29646 2627 4351 1938 2355 7334 6709 11353 8600

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1266 31 2 150 1116 253 226 156 455 394 1266 685 455 126 1170 65 96 35 61 353 237 308 368
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 32730 1132 1215 1028 1412 6721 4857 4143 10957 7495 32730 14176 13699 4856 28476 2562 4255 1903 2294 6981 6472 11045 8232
Kitchen sink 33753 1158 1218 1083 2380 6927 5049 4261 11332 7768 33753 14697 14091 4965 29419 2624 4334 1936 2340 7252 6670 11319 8513
Refrigerator 33768 1162 1215 1107 2371 6910 5039 4267 11311 7786 33768 14729 14079 4959 29439 2622 4329 1933 2337 7261 6667 11310 8531
Cooking stove or range 33495 1159 1198 1053 2315 6877 4990 4225 11218 7656 33495 14568 14016 4911 29204 2599 4291 1921 2312 7195 6625 11231 8443
Burners, no stove or range 96 0 0 6 16 15 36 5 40 38 96 49 26 21 82 12 13 5 9 23 9 28 35
Microwave oven only 177 1 19 40 46 17 28 24 69 83 177 103 54 20 154 6 23 9 14 47 35 47 47
Dishwasher 13501 992 281 224 596 2061 1505 1218 5461 1846 13501 4989 7174 1338 12064 756 1437 825 582 1673 2118 5624 4087
Washing machine 16612 845 962 387 1062 2983 2051 1689 5315 3373 16612 6080 7467 3065 13446 1388 3166 1461 1677 2892 3036 6577 4106
Clothes dryer 14840 838 839 265 841 2311 1467 1389 5002 2606 14840 5097 6967 2776 11921 1251 2919 1366 1525 2188 2956 5937 3759
Disposal in kitchen sink 14276 878 81 297 707 2427 2097 1676 5549 2307 14276 5901 7238 1137 13384 813 892 536 325 1137 2753 4968 5418
Trash compactor 706 44 6 14 27 171 139 74 244 148 706 337 314 55 653 35 53 33 20 138 101 268 198

Air conditioning:
Central		 14624 940 537 277 688 3022 1993 1672 5906 2830 14624 5687 7142 1795 13005 1075 1619 876 720 1022 2665 8236 2702
Additional central 414 24 13 7 30 98 72 62 140 81 414 192 175 47 367 22 46 22 25 22 53 253 85
1 room unit 7542 60 298 361 701 1606 1104 1147 2060 1988 7542 3452 2732 1358 6363 649 1179 450 709 2540 2265 1485 1252
2 room units 2753 26 125 95 303 536 415 394 651 636 2753 1273 1015 466 2319 223 434 192 243 1234 499 852 169
3 room units or more 747 8 32 31 115 145 112 66 155 124 747 375 286 86 644 48 103 65 38 318 78 297 54

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 17395 668 963 412 957 3651 2125 1841 6395 3806 17395 7194 7494 2707 15055 1461 2340 1069 1246 2154 4515 6521 4205
Steam or hot water system 5640 44 6 403 437 1237 918 1004 1213 1370 5640 3404 1818 418 5332 255 308 142 164 4034 1009 240 357
Electric heat pump 2981 311 96 51 113 698 469 309 1270 580 2981 1149 1532 300 2589 164 392 245 135 83 124 2363 410
Built-in electric units 2678 65 16 83 137 361 246 484 913 659 2678 869 1196 613 2211 346 467 188 267 610 681 348 1039
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2978 46 20 122 203 486 858 298 937 724 2978 1415 1311 253 2801 156 177 78 97 248 228 575 1927
Room heaters with flue 676 8 25 23 54 151 100 118 178 223 676 231 213 232 466 85 209 59 147 102 86 288 199
Room heaters without flue 539 0 28 13 526 225 69 103 149 201 539 221 102 215 384 105 155 43 110 12 9 493 25
Portable electric heaters 356 6 39 15 29 64 124 48 128 111 356 153 150 53 285 21 71 40 31 8 10 244 94
Stoves 214 10 16 18 26 27 14 42 25 46 214 7 68 139 37 8 177 46 131 24 31 87 72
Fireplaces with inserts 24 5 0 3 2 0 2 2 11 3 24 8 12 3 24 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 18
Fireplaces without inserts 15 0 0 2 0 4 6 0 6 5 15 6 4 4 8 0 6 2 4 0 0 8 6
Other 128 0 4 5 8 12 35 21 43 50 128 54 54 21 104 3 24 5 19 12 10 66 40
Cooking stove 118 0 4 10 11 34 16 6 41 50 118 54 54 10 107 8 12 10 2 39 3 41 35
None 255 0 0 18 24 26 98 23 100 62 255 95 145 14 242 12 13 10 2 5 4 74 172

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 261 12 9 5 13 101 28 48 64 64 261 117 103 41 235 25 26 9 16 15 89 93 64
Steam or hot water system 195 0 0 23 33 92 63 43 16 81 195 169 24 3 191 0 5 2 3 162 22 7 5
Electric heat pump 58 0 0 0 0 15 11 19 4 23 58 4 29 24 47 20 11 7 4 2 4 49 3
Built-in electric units 684 22 18 33 49 122 88 117 177 162 684 256 274 153 524 67 160 73 87 134 85 207 259
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 78 1 0 2 6 12 18 10 24 28 78 25 40 13 70 10 8 5 3 1 15 17 45
Room heaters with flue 121 5 9 6 30 12 18 25 25 40 121 37 54 29 74 10 47 27 20 33 21 41 26
Room heaters without flue 349 5 54 17 84 70 37 41 67 100 349 88 107 154 156 32 193 71 122 40 60 220 29
Portable electric heaters 2055 16 92 123 266 369 318 307 473 450 2055 887 776 392 1661 166 394 168 226 396 337 656 666
Stoves 449 9 45 23 31 34 19 64 123 103 449 52 201 196 170 28 278 110 168 63 52 114 220
Fireplaces with inserts 514 16 43 13 24 68 62 46 200 63 514 155 236 123 349 30 164 71 93 42 53 202 216
Fireplaces without inserts 644 24 7 8 54 89 79 28 288 53 644 217 322 105 540 53 104 49 52 64 65 220 294
Other 100 0 5 8 18 16 13 16 33 35 100 42 40 18 75 8 25 15 10 12 5 48 34
Cooking stove 483 2 13 37 76 184 121 95 99 182 483 248 166 69 440 46 43 20 22 134 82 208 58
None 28612 1049 950 917 1955 5973 4234 3572 9892 6688 28612 12735 11998 3879 25457 2196 3155 1420 1683 6382 5935 9516 6779

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 930 19 17 45 113 181 153 127 282 278 930 366 344 220 706 91 223 95 129 189 114 289 337
Warm-air furnace 109 3 4 3 2 42 7 14 36 24 109 42 48 19 102 12 7 0 7 4 27 46 32
Steam or hot water system 98 0 0 13 7 43 28 27 14 53 98 87 11 0 98 0 0 0 0 75 13 6 5
Electric heat pump 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 5 12 0 4 7 7 5 5 2 2 0 0 12 0
Built-in electric units 296 5 2 16 29 56 43 54 85 82 296 124 112 60 231 30 65 35 30 62 30 90 114
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 43 1 0 2 3 6 11 5 20 19 43 12 20 11 38 10 6 5 1 1 11 12 19
Room heaters with flue 46 5 4 0 10 2 8 6 18 13 46 16 16 14 32 2 14 2 12 14 7 19 5
Stoves 113 0 2 7 9 12 0 12 24 29 113 8 45 59 35 5 78 23 54 9 13 28 62
Fireplaces with inserts 92 5 5 2 8 6 25 7 34 23 92 28 38 26 61 10 31 15 16 6 12 21 53
Fireplaces with no inserts 86 0 0 2 22 7 11 0 37 10 86 18 52 16 63 11 23 19 4 9 5 37 35
Cooking stove 72 0 0 6 22 24 22 3 17 31 72 35 21 16 65 12 7 3 4 19 10 34 9
Other 23 0 0 3 6 4 0 3 16 10 23 9 8 5 21 3 2 0 2 0 0 9 14

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 4246 92 238 205 446 799 612 587 1135 870 4246 1633 1715 897 3253 327 992 419 570 741 657 1486 1362
Warm-air furnace 136 9 5 2 10 59 17 34 22 33 136 69 45 22 122 13 14 5 9 9 60 45 23
Steam or hot water system 89 0 0 7 21 45 33 13 2 23 89 76 11 3 84 0 5 2 3 78 9 2 0
Electric heat pump 41 0 0 0 0 9 11 13 2 16 41 4 20 17 35 15 6 5 2 2 4 35 0
Built-in electric units 380 17 16 17 21 66 42 63 87 80 380 132 158 90 288 36 91 38 53 72 52 117 139
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 32 0 0 0 2 6 7 6 0 8 32 13 17 2 29 0 2 0 2 0 4 4 22
Room heaters with flue 60 0 4 6 18 7 6 16 7 19 60 16 29 15 32 7 28 20 8 13 12 22 13
Room heaters without flue 349 5 54 17 84 70 37 41 67 100 349 88 107 154 156 32 193 71 122 40 60 220 29
Portable electric heaters 2055 16 92 123 266 369 318 307 473 450 2055 887 776 392 1661 166 394 168 226 396 337 656 666
Stoves 324 9 43 17 22 21 19 46 97 71 324 39 153 133 130 23 194 84 110 51 34 84 155
Fireplaces with inserts 422 11 38 11 15 62 37 39 167 40 422 127 198 97 288 20 133 56 77 36 41 181 163
Fireplaces with no inserts 551 24 7 6 31 81 68 28 249 41 551 198 268 85 475 42 76 30 43 55 61 181 255
Cooking stove 343 2 7 29 50 147 92 79 56 138 343 180 118 45 327 31 17 3 14 102 60 143 38
Other 61 0 2 6 8 10 11 11 16 15 61 26 26 8 43 2 18 12 6 12 3 29 16

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 33290 1157 1209 472 2528 6795 4961 4179 11212 7645 33290 14528 13891 4872 29035 2577 4255 1918 2294 7133 6564 11193 8400
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 706 6 9 706 0 179 122 120 200 244 706 333 263 110 611 50 95 19 61 201 145 160 200
No hot piped water 157 2 0 157 0 59 17 34 56 89 157 104 21 31 119 12 38 6 19 39 37 46 34
No bathtub and no shower 167 2 0 167 0 37 15 33 60 88 167 114 33 21 134 4 34 4 17 51 38 27 51
No flush toilet 171 2 0 171 0 40 22 32 65 93 171 122 29 20 138 6 33 4 13 56 34 32 49
No exclusive use 497 5 9 497 0 115 100 78 125 139 497 199 228 70 447 34 50 13 36 145 99 107 146

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 32451 1133 872 1135 2402 6865 5009 4114 10998 7560 32451 14828 13392 4231 29428 2604 3023 1349 1627 7025 6341 10725 8361
Well serving 1 to 5 units 1478 31 336 31 124 105 69 170 399 308 1478 27 736 714 200 23 1278 575 691 296 367 596 218
Drilled 1178 27 275 20 99 83 57 145 318 232 1178 23 576 579 163 20 1015 445 559 207 306 491 174
Dug 142 4 25 9 18 20 4 21 30 44 142 2 76 64 18 3 124 64 60 35 31 57 19
Not reported 158 0 37 2 8 3 9 5 51 33 158 2 83 72 19 0 139 67 72 54 30 48 26
Other 68 0 9 12 2 4 4 14 15 21 68 6 25 36 18 0 50 13 36 13 2 32 21

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 33985 1163 1218 1178 2528 6972 5081 4299 11407 7889 33985 14859 14146 4980 29636 2627 4348 1938 2353 7332 6709 11351 8593
Safe to drink 29108 1026 1037 919 2015 6001 3676 3923 9751 6719 29108 12501 12068 4540 25200 2387 3908 1700 2153 6293 6200 10014 6602
Not safe to drink 4404 114 154 247 477 898 1344 334 1478 1056 4404 2147 1877 380 4029 204 375 200 176 909 444 1175 1877
Safety not reported 472 23 26 12 35 73 60 42 179 113 472 211 201 60 407 36 65 38 24 130 66 162 115

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 4404 114 154 247 477 898 1344 334 1478 1056 4404 2147 1877 380 4029 204 375 200 176 909 444 1175 1877
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 692 24 23 48 67 143 195 67 199 184 692 360 266 65 631 37 61 33 28 184 94 183 231
Public or private system 672 24 21 48 63 140 191 66 195 182 672 360 253 59 626 37 46 25 21 181 88 178 225
Individual well 18 0 2 0 5 3 2 2 4 2 18 0 11 7 2 0 15 8 7 2 7 4 4
Spring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 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		 3705 90 131 200 410 753 1147 267 1278 867 3705 1783 1607 315 3391 167 314 167 148 723 350 989 1643
Public or private system 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 2 2 0
Individual well 21 0 3 2 0 0 5 5 5 7 21 4 10 7 14 3 7 2 4 7 0 9 5
Spring 99 0 0 16 20 30 25 12 26 41 99 52 34 12 91 9 8 4 4 54 3 33 8
Cistern 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Stream or lake 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 2982 76 112 138 327 653 913 211 1021 701 2982 1414 1306 262 2730 141 252 130 122 462 267 831 1421
Other 590 12 17 43 61 69 196 38 224 118 590 308 250 31 546 16 44 28 16 199 72 115 204
Source of drinking water not reported 7 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 7 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 31368 1084 563 1112 2295 6770 4917 3984 10702 7284 31368 14762 12893 3713 29148 2586 2220 1047 1127 6867 6244 10102 8155
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 2608 78 654 47 233 195 166 307 707 595 2608 94 1257 1258 493 41 2115 889 1217 467 464 1235 443
Other 20 2 0 20 0 8 0 8 3 10 20 5 4 11 4 0 15 2 11 0 2 15 3
@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