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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Elderly Householder

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 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		 21812 17513 4299 594 1462 416 768 2078 1104 958 4602 21812 6066 10407 5338 15687 1898 6125 2636 3440 4777 5163 7805 4067

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 245 89 156 13 3 31 215 36 23 35 100 245 108 100 37 211 13 34 10 24 70 61 67 48
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 21567 17424 4143 580 1459 386 554 2042 1081 923 4502 21567 5958 10308 5301 15476 1885 6091 2626 3416 4707 5102 7738 4019
Kitchen sink 21756 17495 4261 592 1462 388 741 2064 1097 943 4573 21756 6036 10394 5327 15645 1898 6112 2634 3429 4757 5152 7793 4054
Refrigerator 21754 17487 4267 589 1459 396 730 2065 1092 943 4578 21754 6034 10388 5332 15637 1898 6116 2633 3434 4760 5152 7789 4053
Cooking stove or range 21661 17436 4225 588 1459 395 709 2061 1087 930 4530 21661 6000 10352 5309 15572 1895 6089 2627 3413 4738 5131 7762 4030
Burners, no stove or range 23 18 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16 23 5 4 13 5 0 18 4 13 14 0 7 2
Microwave oven only 58 34 24 1 2 2 8 2 2 12 18 58 24 27 7 51 2 7 2 5 10 13 16 20
Dishwasher 11355 10137 1218 491 680 95 160 457 341 527 1704 11355 2792 6274 2289 8436 855 2919 1455 1434 2263 2274 4188 2629
Washing machine 18192 16503 1689 518 1333 229 568 1495 794 562 3382 18192 4507 8886 4798 12522 1652 5670 2475 3146 3593 4324 6863 3412
Clothes dryer 16889 15500 1389 510 1239 188 453 1163 629 534 2921 16889 4042 8371 4476 11588 1560 5301 2337 2916 3201 4214 6251 3223
Disposal in kitchen sink 8940 7264 1676 357 369 70 104 402 370 502 1376 8940 2658 4761 1521 7509 801 1431 684 719 1127 2265 2864 2684
Trash compactor 833 758 74 31 31 3 10 44 44 44 135 833 245 445 143 651 65 182 102 78 115 121 349 247

Air conditioning:
Central		 12156 10484 1672 522 940 135 171 840 512 624 2186 12156 3127 6323 2706 9056 1049 3100 1416 1656 1319 3207 5763 1867
Additional central 703 641 62 57 47 7 7 40 36 47 128 703 178 356 168 510 58 193 78 110 55 83 419 147
1 room unit 3481 2334 1147 28 221 83 232 453 198 150 960 3481 1037 1342 1102 2287 371 1194 451 731 1170 940 892 479
2 room units 1629 1235 394 5 69 32 140 251 85 37 362 1629 532 728 368 1173 125 456 208 243 753 280 514 82
3 room units or more 655 589 66 4 15 12 89 104 53 2 149 655 233 305 117 530 55 125 63 62 292 61 281 20

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 12995 11155 1841 391 1155 169 152 1148 543 538 2475 12995 3577 6287 3131 9546 1184 3449 1467 1948 1889 4009 4410 2688
Steam or hot water system 3216 2212 1004 31 10 90 82 342 145 92 674 3216 1180 1547 488 2632 202 584 297 287 2325 530 209 152
Electric heat pump 1995 1686 309 144 204 12 19 93 101 158 378 1995 449 1115 431 1315 109 681 344 322 62 125 1557 251
Built-in electric units 1101 616 484 16 21 34 24 62 32 90 264 1101 193 543 364 691 152 409 197 212 333 273 203 292
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1034 736 298 6 18 26 14 119 106 38 298 1034 336 463 235 789 94 245 103 141 106 112 365 451
Room heaters with flue 456 338 118 0 5 20 13 83 20 7 182 456 104 110 242 215 57 242 56 185 27 63 311 55
Room heaters without flue 454 351 103 0 13 11 443 171 55 14 168 454 124 112 218 244 80 210 72 138 0 7 441 6
Portable electric heaters 134 86 48 2 10 9 9 20 51 13 39 134 52 65 17 97 4 37 24 13 2 3 98 31
Stoves 244 203 42 2 20 25 4 24 22 0 83 244 5 81 159 33 9 211 61 150 13 35 140 57
Fireplaces with inserts 27 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 27 5 7 16 9 0 18 2 16 0 2 7 18
Fireplaces without inserts 18 18 0 2 4 0 2 6 0 0 6 18 3 9 6 11 2 6 2 4 0 0 6 11
Other 54 33 21 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 13 54 17 19 17 38 2 15 0 15 15 2 27 9
Cooking stove 28 22 6 0 0 7 2 2 12 2 6 28 14 12 2 20 0 8 5 2 4 0 17 7
None 55 32 23 0 0 11 5 6 12 6 8 55 8 37 10 45 3 11 4 7 0 2 15 38

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 315 267 48 14 21 5 6 46 12 10 69 315 86 139 90 221 25 94 30 64 17 120 133 46
Steam or hot water system 91 48 43 2 2 8 3 22 11 2 44 91 55 34 2 81 0 10 8 2 76 9 2 2
Electric heat pump 167 148 19 8 7 0 7 6 11 10 38 167 34 82 51 126 32 41 22 19 7 14 113 33
Built-in electric units 685 567 117 13 17 17 24 49 37 21 116 685 135 302 248 419 86 266 104 162 120 113 264 188
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 76 65 10 1 0 0 0 6 4 1 12 76 25 38 13 53 8 23 18 5 3 9 36 28
Room heaters with flue 259 234 25 7 12 7 18 17 6 9 75 259 42 103 114 127 27 132 45 87 65 31 115 47
Room heaters without flue 464 423 41 0 53 12 40 61 2 5 92 464 58 178 229 198 56 266 93 173 82 50 305 27
Portable electric heaters 2074 1767 307 33 131 40 95 206 99 39 368 2074 512 970 592 1411 212 663 271 380 341 440 786 507
Stoves 1081 1017 64 8 81 32 26 48 21 18 194 1081 83 587 412 377 66 704 344 346 276 180 343 282
Fireplaces with inserts 865 819 46 35 53 12 11 38 35 30 106 865 151 431 283 455 72 410 199 210 101 116 376 272
Fireplaces without inserts 628 599 28 22 18 12 7 41 19 16 90 628 145 334 148 419 45 208 100 104 62 86 264 216
Other 142 126 16 2 5 5 12 7 14 2 26 142 31 56 54 71 17 70 33 37 45 30 31 36
Cooking stove 328 232 95 5 20 12 34 64 45 13 107 328 123 135 70 263 35 65 17 35 60 77 150 41
None 15980 12408 3572 457 1135 282 518 1563 831 813 3557 15980 4834 7659 3488 12178 1333 3802 1617 2155 3708 4080 5503 2688

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 981 853 127 11 39 40 49 90 80 32 206 981 209 436 336 567 91 414 169 245 199 158 380 244
Warm-air furnace 81 67 14 0 4 0 0 9 2 5 22 81 17 42 22 59 5 21 5 17 5 25 34 16
Steam or hot water system 47 20 27 2 0 5 0 11 8 2 28 47 39 6 2 45 0 2 0 2 40 7 0 0
Electric heat pump 51 48 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 1 5 51 15 24 12 37 7 14 9 5 0 5 39 7
Built-in electric units 235 180 54 0 3 9 15 18 13 10 45 235 50 96 89 156 35 79 26 53 43 44 80 66
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 31 27 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 31 15 9 7 29 6 3 2 1 1 4 14 12
Room heaters with flue 93 88 6 3 3 0 11 3 6 6 20 93 21 42 31 53 5 40 14 26 37 7 37 12
Stoves 250 238 12 1 22 16 5 24 14 2 41 250 12 128 110 69 15 181 86 95 67 25 93 66
Fireplaces with inserts 159 152 7 0 3 12 4 12 20 5 32 159 27 84 48 76 9 83 44 39 12 26 69 52
Fireplaces with no inserts 55 55 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 9 55 10 26 20 35 4 20 5 16 5 9 19 23
Cooking stove 29 27 3 0 0 0 13 8 9 3 9 29 13 8 8 23 2 6 0 6 0 2 27 0
Other 21 18 3 0 3 0 0 2 5 2 7 21 2 8 11 15 7 6 2 4 5 4 5 8

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 4910 4323 587 122 285 89 186 422 193 112 865 4910 1014 2347 1549 2928 470 1982 886 1078 852 915 1985 1159
Warm-air furnace 214 180 34 12 15 5 6 35 7 5 43 214 63 86 65 148 21 67 22 45 10 92 89 24
Steam or hot water system 36 23 13 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 13 36 16 20 0 31 0 5 5 0 31 2 0 2
Electric heat pump 91 77 13 5 4 0 2 6 8 7 24 91 14 44 32 72 23 18 9 10 7 10 58 16
Built-in electric units 448 384 63 13 14 7 7 32 24 11 70 448 85 204 159 263 50 185 76 109 77 68 181 122
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 39 34 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 39 5 29 6 19 2 20 16 4 0 5 19 15
Room heaters with flue 148 132 16 4 7 7 6 14 0 2 49 148 19 53 76 64 20 85 29 56 20 25 68 35
Room heaters without flue 464 423 41 0 53 12 40 61 2 5 92 464 58 178 229 198 56 266 93 173 82 50 305 27
Portable electric heaters 2074 1767 307 33 131 40 95 206 99 39 368 2074 512 970 592 1411 212 663 271 380 341 440 786 507
Stoves 820 773 46 6 59 16 21 24 7 14 149 820 68 454 297 303 51 516 256 246 207 150 248 214
Fireplaces with inserts 706 667 39 35 50 0 7 26 15 25 74 706 124 347 235 379 63 327 155 172 89 89 308 220
Fireplaces with no inserts 565 537 28 22 16 10 7 37 17 14 81 565 133 306 126 379 38 186 94 88 57 76 244 188
Cooking stove 256 176 79 5 20 10 18 55 33 7 83 256 94 108 54 212 33 44 11 21 41 70 111 34
Other 116 105 11 2 3 5 12 5 9 0 19 116 26 46 44 54 10 62 28 33 37 26 24 28

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 21473 17294 4179 594 1444 77 768 2024 1069 949 4486 21473 5979 10237 5256 15450 1879 6023 2596 3378 4679 5100 7686 4008
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 339 219 120 0 18 339 0 54 34 9 116 339 87 171 82 238 20 102 40 62 98 63 119 59
No hot piped water 85 50 34 0 10 85 0 26 14 4 45 85 29 14 41 33 2 51 12 39 17 14 44 9
No bathtub and no shower 78 45 33 0 8 78 0 20 11 2 38 78 31 17 30 34 0 45 15 30 20 12 35 11
No flush toilet 68 37 32 0 8 68 0 19 11 2 32 68 28 14 25 31 0 37 12 25 20 6 34 9
No exclusive use 239 162 78 0 8 239 0 28 20 4 69 239 51 154 35 197 18 42 25 17 76 45 70 48

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18682 14568 4114 515 1061 337 642 1917 1067 904 3883 18682 5952 8915 3815 15226 1863 3456 1490 1952 4079 4319 6546 3738
Well serving 1 to 5 units 2971 2800 170 79 364 60 120 153 33 49 661 2971 114 1453 1403 459 35 2512 1109 1368 652 814 1188 317
Drilled 2639 2494 145 72 317 53 113 120 33 41 572 2639 112 1299 1228 419 28 2219 985 1200 556 733 1059 291
Dug 247 226 21 6 39 7 5 30 0 3 72 247 0 111 136 23 3 224 91 134 71 40 118 19
Not reported 85 80 5 0 9 0 2 3 0 5 17 85 2 44 39 17 5 68 34 34 25 41 11 7
Other 159 145 14 0 36 19 7 7 4 5 58 159 0 40 120 3 0 157 37 120 47 30 71 12

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 21807 17508 4299 594 1459 414 766 2075 1104 958 4600 21807 6066 10405 5336 15687 1898 6120 2634 3437 4777 5163 7800 4067
Safe to drink 20494 16571 3923 565 1364 379 676 1905 916 867 4300 20494 5609 9766 5120 14636 1821 5858 2511 3298 4477 5006 7322 3689
Not safe to drink 1104 770 334 22 77 29 75 158 179 70 264 1104 400 530 173 886 58 218 102 116 244 117 406 337
Safety not reported 209 167 42 7 19 6 14 12 9 20 36 209 57 109 43 165 19 44 20 24 57 40 72 41

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 1104 770 334 22 77 29 75 158 179 70 264 1104 400 530 173 886 58 218 102 116 244 117 406 337
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 222 155 67 8 14 2 11 21 28 25 60 222 86 92 43 172 14 50 21 29 61 43 86 32
Public or private system 204 139 66 8 8 2 9 21 28 25 54 204 86 83 35 170 14 35 14 21 61 35 79 30
Individual well 16 14 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 10 6 2 0 13 7 6 0 8 5 3
Spring 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 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
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 0
Other 0 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		 876 610 267 14 62 22 64 137 151 45 204 876 314 435 127 712 44 165 81 83 180 74 320 302
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 0
Individual well 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 3 3 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Spring 34 22 12 0 0 0 5 9 7 4 11 34 19 10 4 30 2 4 2 2 10 2 19 3
Cistern 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0
Commercial bottled water 643 431 211 12 51 18 52 108 105 23 154 643 244 313 86 521 28 122 63 58 125 55 227 236
Other 192 154 38 2 11 4 7 20 36 18 36 192 51 107 34 153 11 39 16 23 42 17 72 61
Source of drinking water not reported 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 3

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 16781 12797 3984 413 775 316 564 1782 1008 834 3505 16781 5909 7909 2963 14758 1819 2023 874 1144 3846 4163 5382 3389
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 5000 4692 307 181 681 71 204 288 90 123 1082 5000 158 2489 2353 930 79 4070 1752 2274 928 1000 2396 675
Other 31 24 8 0 5 29 0 8 5 0 16 31 0 10 22 0 0 31 10 22 3 0 26 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