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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1D-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan
Statistical Areas

(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		 25851 1897 23954 20789 15848 4941 3165 652 11.5 403 155 1138 817 1472 4072

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1609 409 1200 195 70 125 1004 207 59.8 161 58 143 435 57 274
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 24243 1488 22755 20594 15778 4816 2161 445 8.4 242 97 996 382 1415 3798
Kitchen sink 25476 1733 23743 20756 15832 4924 2987 629 11.2 392 150 1118 698 1454 4023
Refrigerator 24802 1664 23138 20718 15799 4918 2420 497 9.1 263 113 1070 477 1424 3854
Cooking stove or range 24524 1558 22966 20626 15755 4871 2340 489 9.0 301 102 1031 417 1422 3828
Burners, no stove or range 51 4 46 46 26 20 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Microwave oven only 104 15 89 73 53 20 16 8 28.5 0 1 2 5 1 21
Dishwasher 11503 462 11041 10109 8779 1330 932 136 9.2 161 39 476 121 1125 1441
Washing machine 20154 622 19532 18295 15254 3041 1237 126 4.0 134 35 696 246 1281 3249
Clothes dryer 19672 695 18977 17533 14779 2753 1444 175 5.9 165 51 733 320 1272 3192
Disposal in kitchen sink 6489 262 6227 5591 4462 1129 636 121 9.6 94 28 330 63 575 325
Trash compactor 710 65 644 572 518 54 72 12 18.5 9 5 39 7 35 53

Air conditioning:
Central		 11830 317 11514 10465 8679 1786 1049 175 8.9 169 29 505 171 1123 2038
Additional central 636 14 621 573 526 46 49 3 6.7 5 0 21 20 103 86
1 room unit 4724 336 4388 3852 2507 1345 536 119 8.1 43 26 170 179 84 802
2 room units 1881 71 1810 1684 1221 463 126 45 8.8 17 2 37 26 32 267
3 room units or more 591 14 578 532 447 85 46 6 6.6 7 2 22 9 3 72

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 15042 786 14256 12646 9962 2684 1610 333 10.9 237 62 611 366 943 3072
Steam or hot water system 1953 47 1905 1734 1319 415 172 46 9.8 26 6 65 29 72 10
Electric heat pump 2331 108 2223 1904 1605 299 318 52 14.8 46 8 168 44 349 430
Built-in electric units 1865 191 1674 1417 810 607 257 68 9.9 29 12 114 34 19 50
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1093 102 991 790 541 249 201 44 14.2 17 35 49 56 38 104
Room heaters with flue 835 65 770 664 433 231 107 16 6.4 9 3 32 46 7 61
Room heaters without flue 928 42 885 702 488 214 184 43 16.6 21 17 37 66 3 88
Portable electric heaters 189 32 156 132 79 53 24 7 12.3 2 0 6 9 7 64
Stoves 911 218 692 605 468 137 87 9 6.0 3 0 26 50 14 97
Fireplaces with inserts 81 16 65 55 52 3 10 0 0.0 3 0 5 2 0 4
Fireplaces without inserts 36 12 23 18 14 4 5 0 0.0 2 0 0 3 0 7
Other 152 44 108 62 41 21 46 13 37.2 4 2 11 17 15 5
Cooking stove 25 2 23 22 12 10 2 2 14.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
None 412 231 181 40 26 14 141 19 51.9 3 9 14 96 4 80

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 268 9 259 249 209 41 10 3 7.6 3 0 3 0 6 51
Steam or hot water system 29 0 29 29 26 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Electric heat pump 162 0 162 155 131 24 7 0 0.0 3 0 4 0 9 13
Built-in electric units 936 22 915 874 722 152 41 8 5.2 5 3 19 5 22 45
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 55 4 51 47 35 13 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 4 3 6
Room heaters with flue 357 8 349 326 297 29 23 3 8.7 4 3 10 4 14 17
Room heaters without flue 864 6 858 817 665 153 40 7 4.2 11 0 15 7 20 160
Portable electric heaters 1850 56 1794 1751 1362 389 43 5 1.3 2 2 30 4 38 211
Stoves 2076 111 1965 1812 1618 194 153 15 7.1 25 0 77 36 47 180
Fireplaces with inserts 1391 35 1356 1284 1162 122 73 8 6.0 14 3 38 10 107 149
Fireplaces without inserts 823 111 713 642 537 104 71 9 8.1 11 3 22 25 51 53
Other 249 14 235 220 203 18 15 1 7.0 3 0 5 5 11 31
Cooking stove 229 9 221 206 138 68 15 3 4.7 5 0 4 2 6 35
None 17652 1233 16419 13996 10148 3848 2423 549 12.3 300 132 897 546 1144 3082

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 24933 1530 23404 20526 15695 4832 2877 625 11.3 385 136 1104 626 1454 3886
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 918 367 551 263 154 110 288 27 19.5 18 18 34 191 18 185
No hot piped water 712 338 374 96 65 31 278 25 44.2 18 17 31 188 18 167
No bathtub and no shower 510 299 211 66 46 20 145 14 40.7 7 6 20 97 4 82
No flush toilet 470 273 196 55 36 19 141 16 44.8 7 6 19 93 4 80
No exclusive use 160 0 160 153 84 70 7 2 2.5 0 2 2 2 0 18

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18120 877 17243 14873 10676 4197 2370 594 12.2 319 138 781 538 1104 2588
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7136 792 6344 5632 4924 708 712 53 7.0 78 16 318 246 354 1326
Drilled 6077 631 5446 4907 4333 574 539 46 7.3 59 10 261 163 331 1129
Dug 618 63 556 513 450 63 42 4 6.4 9 2 10 18 16 108
Not reported 441 98 343 212 141 71 131 3 4.5 10 5 47 65 7 88
Other 595 228 367 284 248 36 83 5 11.9 6 0 39 33 14 158

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 25827 1877 23950 20785 15846 4939 3165 652 11.5 403 155 1138 817 1472 4069
Safe to drink 23603 1407 22196 19541 15039 4502 2654 597 11.5 353 143 978 583 1376 3612
Not safe to drink 1442 212 1230 1077 700 377 153 19 4.7 8 7 60 59 57 311
Safety not reported 782 258 524 167 107 60 358 36 37.0 42 5 101 174 39 146

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 13607 478 13129 11327 7646 3682 1802 471 11.2 235 109 647 341 641 1356
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 11933 1211 10722 9427 8179 1248 1295 172 12.1 168 46 482 426 828 2674
Other 311 208 103 35 24 11 68 8 43.7 0 0 9 50 3 42
@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