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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-6. Failures in Equipment--Occupied Units With Black Householder
[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 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		 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 13211 6296 6915 594 689 390 1181 2052 2542 3292 13211 6930 4801 1481 11594 693 1617 792 788 2368 2492 7131 1220
No stoppage in last 3 months 12543 6072 6471 565 659 333 1092 1984 2373 3108 12543 6553 4574 1416 10997 669 1546 763 747 2243 2381 6759 1160
With stoppage in last 3 months 486 138 348 22 19 55 60 47 131 128 486 268 160 57 429 24 57 23 33 107 77 245 57
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 143 33 110 6 7 9 12 17 49 30 143 78 52 13 134 9 10 6 4 27 23 75 18
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 198 59 139 5 6 22 34 25 46 66 198 101 62 35 175 15 23 3 20 46 33 99 20
2 times 71 21 51 6 3 7 3 3 15 18 71 37 27 7 59 0 13 5 7 14 15 36 7
3 times 19 0 19 0 0 3 3 0 7 0 19 19 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 11 3 5 0
4 times or more 49 20 29 5 3 14 8 2 14 11 49 31 16 2 40 0 9 7 2 10 3 24 12
Number of times not reported 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 5 0
Stoppage not reported 182 86 96 6 11 3 29 21 37 55 182 108 66 8 168 0 14 6 8 17 34 128 3

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 13239 6305 6934 594 692 418 1181 2059 2547 3308 13239 6940 4803 1495 11613 699 1626 795 796 2370 2497 7149 1223
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 12352 6048 6305 566 646 317 971 1959 2253 2997 12352 6372 4553 1427 10797 668 1555 763 758 2209 2321 6668 1155
None working some time in last 3 months 654 150 504 22 33 70 178 63 249 245 654 425 184 46 606 21 48 24 24 136 132 331 56
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 275 69 206 15 16 23 36 34 124 73 275 189 70 15 246 5 28 18 10 50 44 153 28
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 216 64 152 7 6 23 43 25 74 78 216 131 67 18 206 11 10 3 7 44 48 102 21
2 times 65 7 58 0 3 12 12 0 7 40 65 44 16 5 63 3 2 0 2 19 15 28 3
3 times 46 6 41 0 0 4 42 2 18 24 46 25 21 0 44 0 2 2 0 9 12 21 4
4 times or more 51 3 48 0 8 8 43 0 26 30 51 34 9 8 45 2 6 0 6 14 12 25 0
Number of times not reported 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Breakdowns not reported 232 107 125 6 14 30 31 37 45 67 232 144 66 23 210 9 22 9 14 26 45 150 12

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With public sewer		 12078 5308 6770 438 265 429 1013 1782 2472 3014 12078 6894 4201 984 11457 697 621 319 287 2342 2458 6072 1207
No breakdowns in last 3 months 11723 5195 6528 428 252 389 928 1748 2360 2891 11723 6672 4100 951 11117 672 607 313 278 2289 2358 5905 1171
With breakdowns in last 3 months 355 113 242 10 13 40 85 34 112 123 355 221 100 34 340 25 15 6 9 53 100 167 35
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 125 54 70 4 8 3 20 17 41 36 125 73 34 17 118 13 7 3 4 17 31 66 11
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 145 44 101 6 3 15 37 17 45 43 145 91 44 11 138 6 8 3 5 22 42 61 21
2 times 27 7 20 0 0 7 6 0 3 14 27 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 1 11 11 4
3 times 27 5 22 0 0 2 13 0 14 18 27 19 8 0 27 0 0 0 0 7 7 13 0
4 times or more 31 3 28 0 2 14 8 0 9 13 31 11 14 5 31 5 0 0 0 6 8 17 0

With septic tank or cesspool		 1197 1002 195 156 427 25 168 285 85 319 1197 72 612 514 191 5 1007 478 509 45 45 1092 16
No breakdowns in last 3 months 1181 986 195 156 427 23 166 281 85 316 1181 72 600 509 186 5 995 472 504 45 45 1075 16
With breakdowns in last 3 months 16 16 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 16 0 12 5 5 0 11 7 5 0 0 16 0
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 2 7 0 7 0 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 7 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 0 0 7 2 5 0 0 7 0
2 times 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
3 times 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 times or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heating Problems

With heating equipment and
occupied last winter		 11501 6029 5473 462 641 430 1024 1986 803 2818 11501 5916 4221 1365 9977 593 1524 716 772 2150 2162 6158 1031
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 9927 5381 4546 411 573 191 797 1799 638 2315 9927 4987 3724 1215 8570 533 1357 638 682 1745 1840 5453 889
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 1362 552 810 45 57 228 189 158 133 439 1362 805 417 139 1208 57 153 71 82 374 278 580 130
Equipment breakdowns 539 200 339 13 10 199 63 56 54 160 539 324 169 46 498 19 41 14 27 177 138 174 50
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 18 10 8 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 18 7 11 0 18 0 0 0 0 5 0 13 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 238 134 104 10 8 9 29 37 18 66 238 132 73 33 209 12 29 9 20 64 67 85 22
2 times 91 26 66 2 0 2 28 5 6 24 91 80 7 4 85 0 7 2 4 16 37 25 14
3 times 54 12 42 0 0 54 0 5 6 10 54 26 24 4 52 2 2 0 2 28 3 19 5
4 times or more 130 18 112 0 2 130 0 9 21 51 130 74 51 5 128 5 3 3 0 59 31 30 9
Number of times not reported 6 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0
Other causes 864 368 496 35 49 46 136 101 80 299 864 517 250 97 745 38 119 60 59 207 147 422 88
Utility interruption 234 144 90 19 21 3 10 33 20 60 234 117 73 44 168 14 66 36 30 19 20 178 16
Inadequate heating capacity 243 64 179 1 10 11 56 19 35 111 243 169 61 14 232 7 11 5 7 72 53 96 23
Inadequate insulation 181 59 122 3 5 9 40 17 32 67 181 123 46 12 166 5 14 7 7 61 44 46 29
Cost of heating 113 54 59 3 2 0 16 6 10 43 113 57 43 13 103 8 11 5 6 31 24 28 31
Other 199 76 123 9 11 20 37 28 12 54 199 123 54 23 177 7 22 6 16 54 30 94 21
Not reported 7 2 5 0 1 3 0 4 0 3 7 6 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 7 0
Reason for discomfort not reported 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 3 3 4 17 10 7 0 17 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 0
Discomfort not reported 213 96 116 6 11 11 38 30 31 63 213 123 79 10 199 2 14 6 8 32 43 125 13

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 13277 6303 6974 594 692 469 1168 2078 2557 3328 13277 6956 4815 1507 11635 701 1642 800 806 2387 2503 7165 1223
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 11539 5478 6060 535 620 369 958 1839 2200 2878 11539 5944 4219 1376 10058 648 1481 717 727 2055 2079 6334 1070
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 1401 677 724 49 59 91 176 175 288 346 1401 804 479 119 1260 51 141 73 68 287 348 643 123
1 time 640 335 305 25 20 27 63 95 128 126 640 346 226 68 563 30 77 39 38 131 139 307 63
2 times 352 186 166 21 24 25 46 41 83 83 352 212 124 16 321 0 31 16 16 64 91 178 20
3 times 141 56 84 3 12 24 9 20 37 50 141 77 43 20 131 14 9 3 7 19 40 64 17
4 times or more 259 94 164 0 3 15 57 17 40 83 259 159 85 15 235 7 24 16 8 70 76 92 21
Number of times not reported 10 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 10 9 1 0 10 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3
Problem not reported or don't know 337 148 190 9 12 10 34 64 69 104 337 208 117 13 318 2 20 9 10 44 76 187 29
@5Other causes and equipment breakdowns may not add to total as both may be reported.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005