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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1B-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--In Central Cities

(Numbers in thousands)
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 34760 182 34578 31439 16703 14736 3139 1316 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1897 22 1876 792 113 679 1084 329 32.1 146 88 110 410 58 23
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 32863 161 32702 30648 16590 14057 2055 986 6.5 192 145 425 308 1224 645
Kitchen sink 34395 173 34223 31247 16673 14574 2976 1272 8.0 318 229 522 635 1274 665
Refrigerator 33784 171 33613 31263 16658 14606 2349 1088 6.9 212 157 483 409 1247 653
Cooking stove or range 33492 163 33330 31037 16591 14446 2292 1067 6.8 246 175 449 355 1264 654
Burners, no stove or range 77 0 77 77 29 48 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Microwave oven only 175 1 174 151 49 102 23 3 3.1 0 2 3 15 3 0
Dishwasher 16650 77 16572 15456 10503 4954 1116 450 8.3 155 95 299 118 1122 360
Washing machine 22253 62 22191 21500 15466 6035 691 157 2.5 97 56 244 138 990 542
Clothes dryer 20863 83 20780 19770 14715 5055 1010 236 4.5 131 59 311 273 996 552
Disposal in kitchen sink 16096 78 16019 14863 9023 5840 1155 529 8.2 123 100 267 136 1047 233
Trash compactor 1220 5 1214 1125 789 336 89 27 7.5 22 2 23 15 89 10

Air conditioning:
Central		 17134 76 17057 15752 10101 5651 1305 577 9.2 159 116 311 142 1062 444
Additional central 1004 11 993 944 753 191 50 18 8.3 7 6 16 3 90 23
1 room unit 5841 29 5813 5253 1826 3426 560 223 6.1 28 40 97 172 42 90
2 room units 2674 32 2642 2511 1243 1268 131 36 2.7 19 9 28 40 23 27
3 room units or more 1271 0 1271 1234 860 374 37 12 3.0 8 0 11 7 14 3

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 20511 112 20399 18669 11541 7128 1730 723 9.1 232 130 270 376 916 547
Steam or hot water system 5919 16 5903 5401 2008 3393 502 233 6.4 40 46 74 110 44 4
Electric heat pump 3006 30 2976 2670 1525 1145 306 116 9.1 19 25 112 34 214 85
Built-in electric units 1291 5 1285 1177 319 858 108 66 7.1 7 10 17 9 46 9
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2295 5 2289 2068 679 1389 221 104 7.0 26 12 21 57 23 13
Room heaters with flue 425 4 421 362 133 228 59 15 6.1 2 2 11 30 23 5
Room heaters without flue 520 0 520 460 240 220 60 15 6.3 4 0 10 31 0 0
Portable electric heaters 335 5 329 294 142 152 35 15 8.9 0 3 6 12 0 6
Stoves 42 0 42 36 29 7 6 2 19.1 0 0 2 2 3 0
Fireplaces with inserts 18 0 18 18 10 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Fireplaces without inserts 10 0 10 9 3 6 1 1 16.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 134 3 131 93 40 53 38 19 26.8 5 3 3 8 4 0
Cooking stove 84 0 84 77 23 54 7 2 4.1 0 2 0 2 0 0
None 171 2 169 105 11 94 63 3 3.5 4 0 10 46 3 0

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 325 0 325 310 194 116 15 13 10.0 2 0 0 0 15 3
Steam or hot water system 245 0 245 233 65 169 12 7 4.2 0 0 0 5 2 0
Electric heat pump 91 0 91 89 85 4 2 2 34.1 0 0 0 0 5 2
Built-in electric units 722 2 721 693 440 254 28 15 5.7 4 3 0 6 16 6
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 77 0 77 75 51 25 2 2 7.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Room heaters with flue 174 0 174 163 126 36 11 4 9.4 5 0 2 0 0 7
Room heaters without flue 277 0 277 269 181 88 9 2 2.1 2 2 0 2 3 14
Portable electric heaters 2536 2 2533 2504 1627 877 29 8 0.9 4 2 8 8 38 66
Stoves 449 0 449 433 382 51 16 1 2.0 4 3 0 9 3 29
Fireplaces with inserts 929 0 929 896 743 153 33 4 2.2 7 6 9 7 65 13
Fireplaces without inserts 1048 2 1046 992 777 215 54 27 11.0 13 7 4 4 63 4
Other 144 10 134 122 80 42 12 2 3.6 2 1 3 5 0 0
Cooking stove 462 1 460 438 191 247 22 9 3.6 2 0 3 8 0 18
None 27963 147 27816 25150 12520 12630 2666 1186 8.5 279 208 467 527 1091 552

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 34056 170 33886 30951 16545 14406 2935 1257 8.0 328 219 513 618 1270 656
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 704 12 692 488 158 330 204 59 14.9 10 14 21 100 12 12
No hot piped water 283 10 273 125 22 103 148 32 23.5 10 9 12 85 7 9
No bathtub and no shower 251 12 238 134 22 112 104 26 18.7 7 5 7 60 0 0
No flush toilet 253 10 243 140 19 120 103 26 17.7 7 5 7 59 0 0
No exclusive use 364 0 364 330 133 197 33 21 9.4 0 3 7 2 5 3

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 34253 170 34083 30988 16285 14703 3095 1306 8.1 338 230 525 696 1240 564
Well serving 1 to 5 units 477 12 465 438 411 27 27 4 12.4 0 2 8 14 42 101
Drilled 440 12 428 413 390 23 15 4 14.3 0 0 5 6 42 97
Dug 11 0 11 11 9 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Not reported 26 0 26 14 12 2 12 0 0.0 0 2 2 7 0 0
Other 30 0 30 13 8 6 16 5 48.6 0 0 2 8 0 3

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 34757 182 34574 31435 16701 14734 3139 1316 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668
Safe to drink 30280 158 30123 27430 15030 12401 2692 1199 8.8 299 213 444 536 1147 593
Not safe to drink 3728 5 3723 3586 1462 2124 137 49 2.3 14 6 29 39 93 54
Safety not reported 748 19 729 419 210 210 309 67 24.0 25 14 61 143 42 21

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 33920 147 33773 30688 16050 14638 3085 1303 8.1 334 228 529 691 1213 547
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 812 26 787 746 654 93 40 12 11.6 2 2 5 19 70 121
Other 28 10 19 5 0 5 13 0 0.0 2 2 0 9 0 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