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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 6-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 9814 4731 5083 408 438 319 715 1104 2333 1938 9814 4508 4498 808 8868 392 946 521 416 1488 749 3604 3973

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 261 35 226 4 0 29 231 23 93 78 261 162 98 1 247 0 14 13 1 72 17 65 106
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 9553 4696 4857 405 438 289 484 1081 2240 1860 9553 4346 4400 807 8621 392 933 509 415 1416 731 3539 3867
Kitchen sink 9778 4729 5049 408 438 305 692 1097 2326 1922 9778 4479 4490 808 8831 392 946 521 416 1469 745 3599 3964
Refrigerator 9759 4719 5039 408 438 310 668 1092 2313 1919 9759 4473 4479 807 8819 392 940 516 415 1468 745 3588 3958
Cooking stove or range 9693 4703 4990 408 436 299 682 1087 2296 1905 9693 4438 4453 801 8757 386 936 512 415 1458 745 3560 3930
Burners, no stove or range 44 8 36 0 0 3 0 3 15 13 44 24 17 3 40 3 5 5 0 10 0 19 15
Microwave oven only 42 14 28 0 3 9 5 2 12 6 42 26 14 3 42 3 0 0 0 13 2 17 10
Dishwasher 3767 2261 1505 340 110 50 113 341 1022 403 3767 1338 2182 246 3342 113 425 287 134 345 217 1659 1545
Washing machine 6377 4326 2051 344 341 141 396 794 1127 1064 6377 2584 3153 640 5577 298 800 449 342 737 453 2577 2609
Clothes dryer 5339 3872 1467 335 265 85 259 629 965 662 5339 2032 2757 550 4621 239 718 398 311 439 441 2247 2213
Disposal in kitchen sink 4269 2172 2097 299 61 91 164 370 1205 574 4269 1684 2426 160 3981 107 288 232 53 175 245 1433 2416
Trash compactor 329 189 139 16 7 3 15 44 63 52 329 151 160 17 302 4 26 11 13 44 16 124 144

Air conditioning:
Central		 4738 2746 1993 340 223 62 153 512 1250 694 4738 1888 2531 320 4278 191 461 323 129 200 329 2672 1538
Additional central 293 221 72 27 4 3 13 36 54 32 293 101 177 15 268 10 26 18 5 14 20 182 77
1 room unit 1609 505 1104 26 83 85 166 198 376 453 1609 846 596 167 1444 69 164 66 98 479 202 392 537
2 room units 747 333 415 11 29 31 118 85 101 141 747 432 227 89 678 42 70 22 47 326 88 266 68
3 room units or more 324 213 112 0 16 3 87 53 36 44 324 179 112 33 299 15 25 6 19 108 19 169 29

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 4896 2772 2125 268 309 99 183 543 1197 844 4896 2171 2318 407 4399 215 497 300 193 340 541 1904 2112
Steam or hot water system 1207 288 918 1 2 99 111 145 215 328 1207 790 382 35 1167 18 40 23 18 1013 104 28 62
Electric heat pump 1072 603 469 110 30 14 31 101 353 128 1072 374 636 61 968 36 104 74 25 4 8 827 233
Built-in electric units 339 93 246 11 7 13 19 32 108 92 339 139 152 49 292 22 47 21 26 72 38 57 172
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1309 451 858 6 24 57 70 106 267 282 1309 545 691 74 1237 31 72 30 43 33 35 193 1048
Room heaters with flue 153 53 100 4 13 2 8 20 34 36 153 73 60 21 125 6 28 13 15 10 15 51 78
Room heaters without flue 258 189 69 0 7 0 258 55 22 62 258 152 36 71 225 46 34 9 25 0 0 240 19
Portable electric heaters 269 145 124 6 37 13 18 51 60 66 269 126 100 43 215 16 54 27 26 0 2 183 84
Stoves 71 57 14 3 8 3 3 22 6 26 71 5 26 40 21 0 50 10 40 0 2 16 53
Fireplaces with inserts 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 7 2 5 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 7
Fireplaces without inserts 11 5 6 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 11 4 7 0 8 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 10
Other 50 15 35 0 2 2 0 4 14 16 50 23 23 4 44 0 6 3 4 0 2 21 26
Cooking stove 52 36 16 0 0 3 3 12 7 20 52 32 17 3 45 3 8 8 0 11 0 34 7
None 116 19 98 0 0 12 9 12 46 37 116 74 43 0 116 0 0 0 0 2 2 50 63

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 91 64 28 7 8 0 8 12 15 11 91 32 53 5 80 2 11 7 3 2 20 44 26
Steam or hot water system 78 15 63 2 0 7 20 11 6 32 78 72 6 0 78 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 2
Electric heat pump 77 66 11 5 1 0 0 11 14 10 77 6 71 0 75 0 2 2 0 0 0 75 2
Built-in electric units 179 92 88 4 2 9 13 37 27 25 179 62 89 29 159 16 21 8 13 22 19 59 80
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 52 34 18 2 3 2 11 4 5 14 52 11 37 4 46 3 6 5 1 0 6 15 31
Room heaters with flue 44 26 18 0 4 2 6 6 3 8 44 21 14 8 26 0 17 9 8 7 2 17 18
Room heaters without flue 69 32 37 0 0 0 17 2 12 17 69 38 14 17 60 11 9 3 6 14 8 40 8
Portable electric heaters 764 445 318 12 49 25 90 99 123 134 764 339 340 85 652 39 112 66 46 107 35 292 330
Stoves 118 99 19 4 5 8 5 21 20 29 118 12 58 48 68 14 50 16 33 12 8 26 72
Fireplaces with inserts 271 209 62 22 4 5 21 35 43 25 271 74 163 34 206 11 65 43 22 10 25 96 140
Fireplaces without inserts 300 221 79 18 5 5 13 19 56 35 300 121 156 23 276 10 24 11 13 11 17 68 204
Other 40 27 13 0 0 8 3 14 5 12 40 19 12 9 30 3 9 4 5 14 0 7 19
Cooking stove 251 130 121 5 7 8 40 45 43 67 251 110 121 19 233 10 17 8 10 46 15 158 32
None 7755 3521 4234 337 359 235 512 831 1962 1560 7755 3644 3524 587 7080 284 675 363 303 1224 621 2822 3088

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 401 249 153 0 3 21 53 80 68 97 401 173 167 61 352 34 49 23 27 74 29 144 154
Warm-air furnace 31 24 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 31 9 21 0 29 0 2 2 0 2 6 16 7
Steam or hot water system 38 10 28 0 0 3 7 8 6 20 38 36 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Built-in electric units 85 42 43 0 0 4 8 13 13 10 85 36 42 6 81 6 3 3 0 16 9 26 34
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 29 19 11 0 0 2 9 3 5 13 29 8 19 3 29 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 19
Room heaters with flue 21 13 8 0 0 0 3 6 3 3 21 14 5 2 17 0 4 2 2 2 0 12 7
Stoves 24 24 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 11 24 0 13 11 16 3 8 0 8 2 0 7 15
Fireplaces with inserts 84 59 25 0 1 5 12 20 10 22 84 26 40 18 62 9 21 12 9 7 12 22 43
Fireplaces with no inserts 47 36 11 0 2 3 10 2 9 4 47 20 15 12 39 7 8 3 5 2 2 12 31
Cooking stove 44 22 22 0 0 4 12 9 13 23 44 27 11 6 44 6 0 0 0 7 2 32 2
Other 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 13 0 8 5 9 3 4 2 2 2 0 0 11

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 1607 995 612 71 75 49 157 193 258 254 1607 638 794 176 1370 76 238 138 100 194 101 624 688
Warm-air furnace 54 37 17 7 8 0 8 7 4 11 54 19 30 5 47 2 7 3 3 0 14 25 15
Steam or hot water system 36 3 33 0 0 1 13 3 0 9 36 34 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 59 48 11 3 1 0 0 8 14 10 59 6 53 0 56 0 2 2 0 0 0 59 0
Built-in electric units 91 48 42 4 2 5 5 24 10 15 91 24 45 22 73 9 17 5 13 6 6 33 46
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 23 16 7 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 23 3 19 1 17 0 6 5 1 0 4 7 12
Room heaters with flue 20 13 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 20 4 9 6 7 0 13 7 6 2 2 5 10
Room heaters without flue 69 32 37 0 0 0 17 2 12 17 69 38 14 17 60 11 9 3 6 14 8 40 8
Portable electric heaters 764 445 318 12 49 25 90 99 123 134 764 339 340 85 652 39 112 66 46 107 35 292 330
Stoves 92 73 19 4 5 8 2 7 18 15 92 12 43 37 53 11 39 14 25 10 8 19 55
Fireplaces with inserts 188 150 37 22 3 0 10 15 33 3 188 48 123 16 144 3 44 30 13 3 13 74 98
Fireplaces with no inserts 250 182 68 18 3 3 3 17 47 31 250 98 141 10 234 3 16 8 8 9 16 55 170
Cooking stove 190 97 92 5 7 5 29 33 28 45 190 76 100 13 178 4 12 2 10 39 13 118 20
Other 25 14 11 0 0 8 3 9 2 8 25 17 4 3 20 0 5 2 3 12 0 7 6

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 9644 4683 4961 408 429 148 715 1069 2284 1877 9644 4431 4422 791 8714 384 930 514 407 1446 732 3559 3907
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 170 48 122 0 9 170 0 34 50 62 170 77 76 17 153 8 17 8 9 42 17 45 66
No hot piped water 35 18 17 0 9 35 0 14 11 20 35 22 5 7 22 0 13 5 7 6 2 12 15
No bathtub and no shower 28 13 15 0 9 28 0 11 7 13 28 17 5 5 17 0 11 5 5 8 2 9 9
No flush toilet 35 13 22 0 9 35 0 11 11 18 35 25 5 5 25 0 11 5 5 16 2 9 9
No exclusive use 130 30 100 0 0 130 0 20 38 39 130 49 71 10 126 8 4 2 2 26 15 33 56

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 9477 4467 5009 398 355 309 711 1067 2289 1875 9477 4496 4305 675 8770 384 707 406 292 1445 702 3471 3859
Well serving 1 to 5 units 324 254 69 9 81 9 4 33 42 61 324 10 186 128 89 8 235 115 119 43 42 133 104
Drilled 291 234 57 9 75 9 4 33 32 57 291 8 176 107 84 8 207 108 98 43 37 116 95
Dug 22 18 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 7 15 3 0 19 4 15 0 4 9 9
Not reported 11 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 11 3 11 2 3 6 2 0 9 3 6 0 2 9 0
Other 14 10 4 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 14 2 7 5 9 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 10

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 9808 4727 5081 408 438 319 715 1104 2331 1938 9808 4506 4493 808 8861 392 946 521 416 1488 747 3604 3968
Safe to drink 7394 3718 3676 333 330 194 517 916 1748 1381 7394 3355 3343 695 6586 326 808 434 369 1147 655 2957 2634
Not safe to drink 2315 970 1344 64 107 121 191 179 545 530 2315 1096 1109 110 2183 66 132 85 44 315 88 611 1300
Safety not reported 99 39 60 12 1 3 8 9 38 27 99 56 41 3 93 0 7 2 3 26 3 36 34

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 2315 970 1344 64 107 121 191 179 545 530 2315 1096 1109 110 2183 66 132 85 44 315 88 611 1300
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 333 138 195 18 15 16 25 28 67 87 333 189 128 16 317 5 16 5 11 77 29 91 136
Public or private system 324 134 191 18 11 16 25 28 67 87 324 189 126 9 315 5 10 5 5 77 29 87 132
Individual well 6 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 4 2
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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Drinking and primary water source
different		 1979 832 1147 46 92 105 166 151 478 441 1979 906 978 94 1864 61 116 80 33 237 59 521 1162
Public or private system 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Individual well 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Spring 48 23 25 0 0 3 2 7 24 12 48 26 23 0 46 0 2 2 0 12 0 34 3
Cistern 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Stream or lake 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Commercial bottled water 1555 642 913 40 79 72 128 105 371 362 1555 682 786 86 1451 55 103 70 31 118 44 400 992
Other 361 165 196 7 13 30 36 36 83 64 361 194 159 9 351 6 10 7 3 107 13 84 157
Source of drinking water not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 9107 4190 4917 353 267 305 689 1008 2239 1783 9107 4468 4085 554 8625 384 482 305 171 1413 697 3292 3705
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 702 536 166 56 166 8 27 90 94 150 702 40 407 254 242 8 459 211 246 75 52 307 268
Other 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 0
@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