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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Owner Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic 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		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 378 17 26 53 324 77 35 88 46 78 378 113 195 70 270 21 108 58 49 103 74 132 69
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 71331 4672 5948 887 1671 6210 4649 17297 5639 6589 71331 16590 38962 15778 48807 4772 22524 11271 11007 12904 17747 26519 14161
Kitchen sink 71619 4685 5971 909 1937 6259 4681 17367 5681 6636 71619 16673 39115 15832 49020 4790 22599 11311 11042 12992 17799 26606 14222
Refrigerator 71535 4684 5950 893 1869 6228 4672 17360 5665 6616 71535 16658 39078 15799 48977 4780 22558 11292 11019 12978 17787 26568 14203
Cooking stove or range 71310 4672 5934 911 1874 6240 4656 17309 5629 6581 71310 16591 38964 15755 48812 4773 22498 11270 10982 12951 17734 26446 14179
Burners, no stove or range 73 2 3 0 5 6 8 18 5 18 73 29 17 26 44 5 29 8 21 14 10 44 5
Microwave oven only 221 5 29 5 35 13 14 34 32 38 221 49 119 53 153 14 67 29 38 25 59 103 34
Dishwasher 48503 4255 2922 384 675 2791 2245 10067 4183 3094 48503 10503 29222 8779 34545 2742 13959 7728 6037 8661 10834 17984 11025
Washing machine 68421 4610 5529 781 1740 5790 4283 16381 5266 6043 68421 15466 37701 15254 46557 4627 21864 10996 10627 12145 17127 25519 13630
Clothes dryer 66238 4581 5321 699 1582 5256 3835 15384 5170 5484 66238 14715 36744 14779 44981 4488 21257 10725 10291 11561 16927 24552 13198
Disposal in kitchen sink 34023 3067 930 230 358 1939 2149 7200 3349 2027 34023 9023 20538 4462 27914 2041 6109 3546 2420 3529 8564 11532 10398
Trash compactor 3280 257 99 8 39 183 187 753 242 247 3280 789 1973 518 2449 152 831 446 366 438 528 1295 1019

Air conditioning:
Central		 45197 4068 3703 389 568 3738 2726 10415 4016 3565 45197 10101 26417 8679 32063 2758 13134 7038 5921 4232 12219 21952 6794
Additional central 3305 507 147 18 35 225 220 638 364 226 3305 753 2026 526 2383 177 922 548 349 203 448 2042 612
1 room unit 7821 145 936 162 474 776 498 2317 517 1098 7821 1826 3488 2507 4631 692 3190 1350 1815 2460 2378 1698 1285
2 room units 4842 45 397 102 377 660 331 1230 249 540 4842 1243 2378 1221 3202 384 1640 799 837 1943 1169 1469 262
3 room units or more 2754 19 105 35 221 390 211 587 98 235 2754 860 1447 447 2118 165 636 354 282 1446 301 909 98

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 47444 3393 4588 536 628 4057 2743 11059 3977 4120 47444 11541 25941 9962 33929 3357 13515 6734 6605 5969 15128 15950 10398
Steam or hot water system 7781 168 23 140 148 618 288 2206 366 574 7781 2008 4454 1319 5728 414 2052 1141 905 5637 1163 490 491
Electric heat pump 8074 934 861 45 64 676 600 1681 851 675 8074 1525 4944 1605 4924 313 3150 1802 1292 210 438 6543 883
Built-in electric units 2362 39 61 28 28 115 92 611 145 199 2362 319 1234 810 1199 211 1164 565 599 656 469 578 659
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2332 76 97 44 51 248 441 727 165 334 2332 679 1112 541 1695 172 637 266 369 222 283 832 995
Room heaters with flue 859 19 63 25 23 129 52 336 37 195 859 133 292 433 361 88 498 153 345 91 128 498 142
Room heaters without flue 1014 3 89 32 983 302 188 350 39 249 1014 240 287 488 497 148 517 178 339 22 23 944 26
Portable electric heaters 387 3 68 11 25 67 143 86 33 73 387 142 166 79 260 16 128 64 64 2 9 314 62
Stoves 908 20 96 46 30 39 56 201 22 167 908 29 411 468 152 39 755 327 428 155 142 308 302
Fireplaces with inserts 120 6 0 0 2 10 6 25 6 16 120 10 57 52 37 3 83 34 49 9 15 38 57
Fireplaces without inserts 49 2 7 3 2 6 5 17 0 6 49 3 33 14 24 2 24 13 12 2 3 22 23
Other 162 15 17 8 2 10 15 33 15 20 162 40 82 41 91 12 71 38 29 21 14 81 46
Cooking stove 74 2 0 9 3 5 36 22 5 27 74 23 39 12 56 2 17 8 10 4 5 31 34
None 144 9 5 13 5 2 18 32 23 12 144 11 107 26 125 14 19 7 12 5 2 24 112

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 829 41 62 15 11 80 63 264 30 105 829 194 427 209 529 26 301 116 183 78 297 283 171
Steam or hot water system 185 6 6 0 5 28 15 47 18 20 185 65 94 26 153 9 32 15 17 105 43 17 20
Electric heat pump 526 42 41 2 11 36 66 148 43 52 526 85 311 131 348 51 178 97 80 15 56 365 91
Built-in electric units 2208 48 64 25 103 127 91 562 102 169 2208 440 1047 722 1238 202 971 451 519 513 443 661 591
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 199 4 10 5 8 34 34 65 2 15 199 51 114 35 127 9 72 46 26 22 40 74 63
Room heaters with flue 755 17 51 15 29 60 26 233 34 91 755 126 332 297 359 57 396 157 239 177 151 265 162
Room heaters without flue 1538 49 190 33 147 155 32 421 61 188 1538 181 692 665 644 139 894 368 526 348 257 852 81
Portable electric heaters 6256 180 433 93 298 598 440 1751 280 554 6256 1627 3267 1362 4293 403 1964 972 959 1031 1512 2120 1593
Stoves 4344 78 263 94 92 134 97 1008 170 349 4344 382 2343 1618 1719 306 2624 1288 1312 1250 830 1014 1249
Fireplaces with inserts 4385 440 236 31 87 278 207 812 369 257 4385 743 2480 1162 2466 244 1919 987 917 476 805 1781 1322
Fireplaces without inserts 3382 314 136 47 76 315 218 594 341 177 3382 777 2068 537 2421 168 961 572 370 304 551 1406 1121
Other 569 17 30 8 14 9 27 125 18 46 569 80 286 203 255 42 314 154 160 150 114 147 158
Cooking stove 760 30 60 21 44 111 129 231 29 120 760 191 431 138 564 45 197 91 94 94 182 352 132
None 50311 3556 4602 610 1253 4585 3487 12321 4334 4933 50311 12520 27642 10148 36252 3349 14059 7093 6799 9209 13328 18941 8833

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 3436 86 189 78 140 253 246 846 175 321 3436 652 1706 1078 1891 245 1545 708 833 729 639 1104 964
Warm-air furnace 279 18 18 3 0 18 23 66 14 28 279 59 151 69 175 7 104 41 61 35 89 96 59
Steam or hot water system 71 4 0 0 3 20 10 20 9 15 71 46 21 4 64 2 7 5 2 51 12 5 2
Electric heat pump 146 13 13 0 5 9 14 48 9 12 146 24 78 44 100 23 47 23 22 5 13 112 18
Built-in electric units 796 7 10 12 41 50 41 178 52 64 796 193 370 232 496 70 300 137 162 198 181 202 214
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 75 0 0 2 8 13 18 26 0 8 75 26 41 9 63 7 12 10 2 5 9 28 33
Room heaters with flue 247 0 7 5 15 14 12 87 23 29 247 44 121 83 118 11 130 59 71 75 34 96 42
Stoves 888 16 66 34 24 43 24 236 17 65 888 55 467 366 310 60 578 272 306 273 139 215 262
Fireplaces with inserts 627 19 35 13 27 48 58 151 34 73 627 114 319 194 329 39 297 140 155 67 99 225 237
Fireplaces with no inserts 353 7 27 5 15 29 36 55 22 17 353 66 198 89 219 19 134 64 70 37 42 125 149
Cooking stove 63 2 8 4 18 12 22 27 0 20 63 30 17 16 49 5 15 3 11 9 7 43 5
Other 132 3 7 6 0 2 13 18 8 10 132 16 42 73 64 19 68 14 54 35 31 18 47

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 18260 1026 1162 243 615 1436 985 4288 1156 1426 18260 3586 9916 4759 10943 1195 7317 3677 3564 3131 3892 6716 4521
Warm-air furnace 510 19 42 12 11 59 37 178 14 73 510 126 249 135 328 18 182 65 117 38 206 173 93
Steam or hot water system 95 0 3 0 3 5 3 23 5 5 95 16 59 20 75 7 20 7 13 46 28 8 13
Electric heat pump 302 24 26 2 4 19 48 77 27 31 302 44 196 63 204 24 98 59 39 5 39 218 41
Built-in electric units 1405 38 54 13 60 77 48 381 45 105 1405 245 671 489 740 132 666 309 357 315 257 456 377
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 112 4 10 3 0 18 15 34 2 7 112 16 73 23 55 2 57 36 21 15 28 43 25
Room heaters with flue 462 17 41 10 14 43 13 131 12 55 462 78 193 192 211 39 251 98 153 91 112 152 107
Room heaters without flue 1538 49 190 33 147 155 32 421 61 188 1538 181 692 665 644 139 894 368 526 348 257 852 81
Portable electric heaters 6256 180 433 93 298 598 440 1751 280 554 6256 1627 3267 1362 4293 403 1964 972 959 1031 1512 2120 1593
Stoves 3438 59 197 61 68 91 72 767 146 279 3438 327 1864 1247 1404 246 2034 1008 1001 975 686 797 980
Fireplaces with inserts 3741 421 201 19 60 230 149 661 336 184 3741 624 2150 966 2121 205 1620 846 760 404 707 1549 1080
Fireplaces with no inserts 3014 307 110 42 60 286 180 533 317 160 3014 706 1865 443 2194 146 819 504 296 267 507 1279 961
Cooking stove 595 23 46 17 19 85 97 175 29 87 595 147 356 93 452 34 143 72 59 71 149 273 102
Other 418 11 23 2 12 4 14 104 7 31 418 61 230 127 184 23 234 130 104 107 80 122 108

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 71044 4689 5903 275 1996 6209 4636 17167 5644 6539 71044 16545 38804 15695 48626 4752 22417 11228 10943 12836 17660 26413 14135
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 665 0 71 665 0 77 47 218 41 127 665 158 353 154 451 41 214 101 113 170 161 238 95
No hot piped water 134 0 32 134 0 22 18 50 5 62 134 22 47 65 35 0 99 34 65 24 14 76 20
No bathtub and no shower 110 0 14 110 0 17 13 45 3 47 110 22 42 46 35 0 75 29 46 18 18 57 17
No flush toilet 93 0 14 93 0 13 13 37 3 41 93 19 37 36 32 0 60 25 36 16 11 51 14
No exclusive use 521 0 41 521 0 54 30 160 38 63 521 133 304 84 413 41 108 65 43 145 141 162 73

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 59643 3886 4081 760 1647 5720 4422 14458 4969 5395 59643 16285 32681 10676 47046 4628 12596 6427 6048 10175 14244 22274 12949
Well serving 1 to 5 units 11695 785 1829 142 335 560 252 2783 704 1202 11695 411 6360 4924 2010 162 9685 4797 4762 2740 3491 4228 1237
Drilled 10455 738 1633 114 313 465 233 2478 646 1054 10455 390 5732 4333 1814 137 8641 4319 4196 2378 3114 3810 1153
Dug 888 34 145 23 17 86 18 225 24 111 888 9 429 450 114 14 773 337 436 262 222 332 71
Not reported 353 13 51 5 4 9 2 79 35 37 353 12 200 141 82 12 271 142 129 99 155 85 13
Other 370 18 65 38 14 7 9 145 12 69 370 8 115 248 20 2 350 105 245 92 86 149 44

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 71697 4689 5972 938 1993 6284 4680 17380 5685 6664 71697 16701 39149 15846 49070 4792 22627 11327 11054 13007 17819 26646 14225
Safe to drink 66038 4269 5455 850 1695 5571 3684 16450 5075 6022 66038 15030 35969 15039 44699 4537 21339 10609 10502 12122 16973 24583 12360
Not safe to drink 4890 353 464 80 243 609 957 764 523 550 4890 1462 2728 700 3786 215 1104 602 485 775 678 1754 1681
Safety not reported 769 67 52 8 55 104 39 166 87 92 769 210 452 107 585 40 184 115 67 109 168 309 183

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 4890 353 464 80 243 609 957 764 523 550 4890 1462 2728 700 3786 215 1104 602 485 775 678 1754 1681
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 925 74 102 15 42 86 136 154 74 123 925 270 500 155 701 47 225 116 108 170 207 303 246
Public or private system 862 74 83 13 38 81 132 138 74 113 862 267 465 130 685 47 177 93 83 163 186 284 230
Individual well 56 0 18 0 2 5 4 14 0 8 56 3 31 23 15 0 41 18 23 5 21 17 14
Spring 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 2 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
Stream or lake 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2
Other 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		 3944 278 362 59 189 511 821 605 449 415 3944 1180 2225 540 3070 168 874 486 371 600 471 1439 1433
Public or private system 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 0 8 5 5 0 7 3 5 0 7 0 6
Individual well 29 0 12 0 5 3 0 0 3 0 29 0 22 7 12 2 17 12 5 3 9 13 5
Spring 124 1 11 0 9 24 23 22 19 18 124 36 68 21 99 2 25 7 19 51 9 53 11
Cistern 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 5 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7
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
Commercial bottled water 2853 225 274 54 128 429 632 427 308 325 2853 862 1597 394 2165 110 688 390 284 409 334 1084 1026
Other 915 51 62 5 46 55 163 153 116 71 915 278 525 113 780 54 136 75 59 135 112 290 378
Source of drinking water not reported 20 0 0 5 12 12 0 5 0 12 20 12 2 6 15 0 6 0 6 5 0 12 3

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 52060 3111 2662 668 1391 5278 4147 12697 4401 4564 52060 16050 28365 7646 45058 4467 7003 3743 3178 9161 13397 17794 11709
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 19605 1578 3303 231 604 1002 532 4665 1281 2081 19605 654 10773 8179 4014 325 15591 7572 7854 3843 4417 8829 2516
Other 43 0 8 40 0 6 5 24 3 22 43 0 19 24 5 0 38 14 24 3 7 27 6
@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