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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1C-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Suburbs

(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		 57584 976 56608 53207 39157 14050 3401 925 6.1 493 338 904 740 4063 4091

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1709 135 1574 645 195 450 929 180 27.9 193 112 124 319 132 180
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 55876 842 55034 52562 38962 13600 2472 745 5.2 300 226 780 421 3930 3910
Kitchen sink 57304 937 56367 53104 39115 13989 3264 902 6.0 479 317 880 686 4045 4059
Refrigerator 56740 909 55830 53055 39078 13977 2775 813 5.5 336 247 851 528 3980 3993
Cooking stove or range 56470 864 55606 52878 38964 13914 2728 826 5.6 383 262 787 470 3991 3909
Burners, no stove or range 49 0 49 44 17 26 6 2 6.7 4 0 0 0 2 0
Microwave oven only 203 1 201 172 119 53 29 3 4.9 2 5 16 4 3 31
Dishwasher 38636 477 38159 36353 29222 7131 1806 528 6.9 266 179 570 263 3708 1717
Washing machine 47079 523 46556 45119 37701 7418 1437 257 3.3 187 137 565 290 3682 3337
Clothes dryer 45956 592 45364 43667 36744 6923 1697 309 4.3 240 162 619 367 3688 3229
Disposal in kitchen sink 29627 374 29253 27719 20538 7180 1534 540 7.0 174 150 452 219 2933 612
Trash compactor 2522 66 2456 2285 1973 312 171 33 9.5 25 16 75 23 251 56

Air conditioning:
Central		 35776 461 35315 33526 26417 7109 1789 536 7.0 298 186 501 268 3548 2362
Additional central 2348 35 2313 2200 2026 174 113 31 15.2 14 17 30 20 408 66
1 room unit 6829 123 6706 6198 3488 2710 508 124 4.3 58 36 133 156 131 682
2 room units 3535 44 3492 3389 2378 1011 103 19 1.8 22 7 28 27 30 303
3 room units or more 1803 22 1780 1733 1447 285 48 9 3.0 2 2 22 13 12 71

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 35634 365 35270 33382 25941 7442 1887 535 6.7 325 189 400 439 2785 3044
Steam or hot water system 6505 30 6475 6269 4454 1815 206 66 3.5 22 18 53 48 122 15
Electric heat pump 7318 234 7084 6472 4944 1528 612 147 8.7 85 65 240 76 915 594
Built-in electric units 2715 70 2645 2419 1234 1185 226 73 5.8 22 20 86 24 84 61
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2651 64 2587 2400 1112 1288 186 69 5.0 18 23 48 28 94 102
Room heaters with flue 579 29 550 502 292 210 48 7 3.2 2 0 15 24 17 53
Room heaters without flue 461 33 428 389 287 102 39 5 4.6 6 2 9 16 1 50
Portable electric heaters 363 20 343 314 166 149 28 5 3.1 4 0 12 8 5 60
Stoves 533 34 499 478 411 67 21 0 0.0 0 3 6 13 16 40
Fireplaces with inserts 73 3 69 69 57 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Fireplaces without inserts 52 5 47 37 33 4 10 0 0.0 2 0 6 3 2 0
Other 178 9 169 135 82 53 34 4 6.4 5 3 9 13 0 25
Cooking stove 101 6 95 92 39 54 3 3 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 4
None 422 73 349 248 107 142 100 11 7.3 3 15 21 49 14 43

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 548 0 548 528 427 102 20 6 6.0 2 0 11 0 36 29
Steam or hot water system 119 0 119 118 94 24 1 1 5.4 0 0 0 0 2 2
Electric heat pump 349 0 349 340 311 29 9 4 11.5 0 3 2 0 31 26
Built-in electric units 1369 12 1357 1318 1047 271 39 6 2.2 3 9 17 4 34 36
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 159 0 159 153 114 39 6 0 0.0 0 0 3 3 2 3
Room heaters with flue 398 4 395 386 332 54 9 3 4.4 0 3 3 0 8 36
Room heaters without flue 823 6 817 799 692 106 18 0 0.0 3 0 11 3 30 80
Portable electric heaters 4111 29 4081 4034 3267 767 47 7 0.8 1 2 20 18 124 278
Stoves 2641 35 2606 2542 2343 198 64 6 3.2 15 2 29 11 49 141
Fireplaces with inserts 2778 16 2762 2714 2480 234 48 11 4.3 4 8 20 5 317 122
Fireplaces without inserts 2502 24 2478 2386 2068 319 92 14 4.1 31 7 22 17 256 106
Other 333 0 333 326 286 40 7 1 2.8 0 0 3 4 9 16
Cooking stove 609 2 607 596 431 165 11 4 2.1 2 3 0 2 32 19
None 43171 767 42404 39560 27642 11918 2843 845 6.6 417 290 715 576 3207 3232

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 56701 884 55817 52594 38804 13790 3224 902 6.1 479 322 877 644 4051 3999
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 883 92 791 613 353 260 178 24 8.4 14 16 27 97 12 91
No hot piped water 292 74 218 68 47 21 150 12 35.3 8 15 21 95 10 62
No bathtub and no shower 252 76 176 74 42 32 101 11 25.3 8 13 18 51 7 43
No flush toilet 245 75 170 66 37 29 104 11 27.4 8 13 18 53 7 43
No exclusive use 557 2 554 530 304 225 25 10 4.3 4 2 7 2 2 32

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 49735 778 48957 45975 32681 13294 2982 889 6.2 430 287 778 599 3528 2898
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7624 158 7465 7092 6360 731 374 28 3.7 58 43 118 126 523 1151
Drilled 6710 101 6609 6304 5732 572 305 22 3.7 53 35 101 94 479 1018
Dug 548 28 520 504 429 76 15 1 1.8 3 4 0 7 22 74
Not reported 366 29 337 283 200 83 53 5 5.5 2 4 17 25 22 58
Other 225 40 186 140 115 25 46 8 25.1 5 8 9 15 12 41

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 57557 970 56587 53192 39149 14043 3395 923 6.1 493 338 904 737 4062 4085
Safe to drink 51704 828 50876 47954 35969 11985 2922 826 6.4 428 297 776 595 3648 3607
Not safe to drink 4760 60 4700 4586 2728 1859 114 33 1.8 6 8 35 31 333 368
Safety not reported 1093 83 1011 652 452 199 359 64 24.0 59 33 93 110 81 110

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 44397 601 43797 41163 28365 12798 2633 859 6.3 356 255 685 478 3083 2037
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 13070 319 12751 12021 10773 1248 730 61 4.6 134 83 210 243 975 2027
Other 117 56 61 23 19 4 38 5 59.7 3 0 10 20 4 26
@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