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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Black Householder
(Numbers in thousands)
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 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		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 328 77 252 0 3 60 268 36 83 121 328 199 103 26 303 10 26 9 16 83 71 145 30
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 12895 6210 6685 594 689 410 906 2031 2461 3203 12895 6725 4694 1476 11279 688 1616 791 788 2308 2401 7018 1169
Kitchen sink 13149 6259 6890 594 689 430 1140 2053 2530 3283 13149 6877 4780 1492 11523 698 1626 796 793 2373 2460 7124 1192
Refrigerator 13102 6228 6873 594 689 426 1097 2054 2512 3265 13102 6854 4754 1493 11471 693 1630 794 800 2358 2443 7108 1193
Cooking stove or range 13081 6240 6840 594 689 421 1108 2050 2507 3256 13081 6826 4768 1487 11458 693 1623 792 794 2365 2440 7089 1187
Burners, no stove or range 21 6 15 0 0 2 7 2 3 6 21 16 5 0 18 0 3 3 0 0 6 12 2
Microwave oven only 30 13 17 0 0 5 8 2 14 16 30 19 11 0 27 0 2 2 0 3 11 13 3
Dishwasher 4842 2791 2051 455 233 94 172 455 1120 638 4842 1976 2503 363 4302 184 540 346 179 450 703 3022 667
Washing machine 8758 5790 2968 529 621 188 675 1487 1169 1836 8758 4244 3395 1120 7358 456 1400 707 664 1262 1588 5181 727
Clothes dryer 7554 5256 2299 523 523 118 519 1156 1076 1347 7554 3513 3106 935 6378 384 1176 596 551 904 1500 4460 690
Disposal in kitchen sink 4349 1939 2410 331 18 90 175 399 1142 696 4349 1998 2195 156 4130 134 219 176 22 244 816 2421 867
Trash compactor 353 183 170 28 0 6 11 44 89 65 353 156 171 26 322 14 31 18 12 40 39 203 70

Air conditioning:
Central		 6748 3738 3010 518 512 135 258 836 1443 1328 6748 2829 3114 805 5757 366 991 529 439 322 1026 4964 437
Additional central 322 225 97 72 25 3 22 40 82 56 322 114 177 31 249 7 73 50 24 9 24 269 19
1 room unit 2374 776 1598 10 75 126 336 451 442 763 2374 1515 589 270 2135 113 238 77 157 757 674 885 58
2 room units 1194 660 534 21 54 27 189 251 132 327 1194 682 325 187 1025 89 169 71 98 395 194 593 11
3 room units or more 535 390 145 10 14 21 99 104 30 99 535 315 140 80 455 41 79 40 39 137 53 337 7

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 7686 4057 3629 392 458 202 373 1141 1480 1772 7686 3984 2874 829 6815 402 871 426 427 793 1932 4237 724
Steam or hot water system 1852 618 1235 19 0 132 123 341 239 490 1852 1398 432 22 1825 11 28 17 11 1361 287 184 20
Electric heat pump 1372 676 696 144 160 34 40 93 323 255 1372 442 761 169 1085 60 287 167 109 21 40 1251 60
Built-in electric units 473 115 358 13 12 13 29 62 130 129 473 226 197 50 426 36 47 33 14 94 128 165 86
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 729 248 480 19 17 23 44 117 194 239 729 426 241 61 667 41 62 39 20 82 54 336 256
Room heaters with flue 279 129 150 7 16 8 17 82 36 91 279 113 74 92 193 36 87 27 56 25 13 211 30
Room heaters without flue 526 302 224 0 17 23 503 170 71 231 526 197 118 211 354 97 172 56 114 4 0 518 3
Portable electric heaters 131 67 64 0 3 10 27 20 29 51 131 71 50 10 114 1 17 9 8 3 6 122 0
Stoves 66 39 27 0 4 13 10 24 0 30 66 7 16 43 14 7 52 16 36 0 3 61 2
Fireplaces with inserts 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 6 2 2 8 0 2 0 2 0 3 4 3
Fireplaces without inserts 10 6 4 0 4 0 2 6 0 6 10 2 2 6 4 2 6 2 4 0 0 10 0
Other 22 10 11 0 0 0 0 2 6 6 22 13 9 0 19 0 3 3 0 3 3 16 0
Cooking stove 39 5 34 0 0 7 5 2 23 14 39 27 4 7 37 5 2 0 2 4 3 26 6
None 28 2 26 0 0 4 2 6 13 9 28 13 16 0 22 0 6 6 0 0 0 21 7

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 180 80 100 0 2 3 11 46 27 46 180 115 53 12 174 6 6 0 6 10 100 62 9
Steam or hot water system 119 28 92 0 0 11 17 22 9 35 119 111 8 0 119 0 0 0 0 87 23 7 2
Electric heat pump 51 36 15 0 7 0 2 6 2 14 51 14 17 20 46 15 4 0 4 0 0 42 8
Built-in electric units 248 127 121 2 0 9 26 49 32 40 248 121 88 40 189 12 59 32 28 45 29 147 28
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 45 34 12 0 0 0 3 6 3 7 45 19 19 7 36 7 9 9 0 3 3 27 11
Room heaters with flue 71 60 12 2 6 2 12 17 3 11 71 35 16 21 54 12 17 8 9 9 10 53 0
Room heaters without flue 224 155 70 2 12 15 75 61 22 57 224 67 78 78 118 25 106 53 54 13 12 194 5
Portable electric heaters 964 598 366 26 49 60 111 205 98 217 964 495 304 164 794 55 170 60 109 145 187 521 112
Stoves 168 134 34 2 6 7 12 48 8 28 168 33 67 68 73 13 95 38 55 19 24 117 8
Fireplaces with inserts 346 278 68 51 32 6 11 38 70 46 346 119 169 57 250 11 95 49 46 7 46 238 54
Fireplaces without inserts 404 315 88 36 46 11 17 41 83 43 404 139 233 31 313 15 90 75 15 18 37 269 80
Other 25 9 16 0 0 0 11 7 6 10 25 13 8 4 23 4 2 2 0 0 5 16 4
Cooking stove 294 111 183 0 10 23 37 63 35 103 294 179 91 24 271 16 23 15 8 73 78 127 16
None 10526 4585 5941 471 514 344 897 1555 2172 2770 10526 5674 3796 1056 9461 529 1065 502 527 2028 2020 5588 890

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 433 253 180 7 18 16 32 90 69 97 433 203 146 84 341 40 92 48 44 78 75 240 40
Warm-air furnace 60 18 42 0 2 3 0 9 19 19 60 31 22 7 56 3 4 0 4 2 22 32 4
Steam or hot water system 64 20 43 0 0 8 3 11 5 24 64 55 8 0 64 0 0 0 0 41 15 6 2
Electric heat pump 14 9 4 0 7 0 0 0 2 0 14 0 5 9 11 7 2 0 2 0 0 14 0
Built-in electric units 106 50 56 0 0 0 13 18 23 19 106 58 36 12 84 6 22 16 6 17 19 62 9
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 20 13 6 0 0 0 3 2 3 6 20 6 8 5 14 5 6 6 0 1 0 17 2
Room heaters with flue 17 14 2 0 3 0 0 3 3 3 17 6 5 5 11 2 5 3 3 6 0 10 0
Stoves 55 43 12 0 0 5 2 24 2 9 55 7 27 22 21 5 34 18 17 5 10 41 0
Fireplaces with inserts 54 48 6 7 6 0 0 12 9 11 54 18 18 18 41 5 13 0 13 0 8 33 14
Fireplaces with no inserts 37 29 7 0 0 0 3 4 7 5 37 10 21 6 30 4 6 5 2 0 3 29 5
Cooking stove 37 12 24 0 0 6 8 8 3 14 37 19 16 2 28 0 9 6 2 6 8 22 0
Other 5 2 4 0 0 0 4 2 4 0 5 0 4 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 2231 1436 795 105 139 107 234 420 285 447 2231 1023 854 354 1747 121 484 249 233 275 377 1316 262
Warm-air furnace 118 59 59 0 0 0 11 35 9 27 118 81 31 6 116 4 2 0 2 5 78 30 5
Steam or hot water system 49 5 45 0 0 3 11 11 0 12 49 49 0 0 49 0 0 0 0 43 5 2 0
Electric heat pump 27 19 9 0 0 0 0 6 0 14 27 9 10 9 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 25 3
Built-in electric units 143 77 65 2 0 9 13 31 9 20 143 63 52 28 105 6 38 16 22 28 10 85 19
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 24 18 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 24 11 11 2 21 2 3 3 0 3 3 11 7
Room heaters with flue 50 43 7 2 3 2 9 14 0 8 50 26 11 13 38 7 12 6 6 2 7 40 0
Room heaters without flue 224 155 70 2 12 15 75 61 22 57 224 67 78 78 118 25 106 53 54 13 12 194 5
Portable electric heaters 964 598 366 26 49 60 111 205 98 217 964 495 304 164 794 55 170 60 109 145 187 521 112
Stoves 113 91 21 2 6 2 10 24 6 19 113 26 40 46 52 8 61 21 39 14 14 76 8
Fireplaces with inserts 292 230 61 44 26 6 11 26 61 35 292 101 152 39 209 6 83 49 33 7 39 205 41
Fireplaces with no inserts 367 286 81 36 46 11 14 36 75 37 367 130 212 25 283 11 84 70 14 18 35 240 74
Cooking stove 232 85 146 0 4 18 27 55 24 85 232 153 59 20 227 16 4 0 4 64 65 88 14
Other 14 4 10 0 0 0 3 5 3 5 14 10 4 0 12 0 2 2 0 0 5 10 0

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 12968 6209 6759 594 689 215 1175 2013 2498 3230 12968 6786 4725 1458 11372 678 1596 782 780 2325 2426 7034 1183
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 255 77 178 0 3 255 0 54 46 93 255 138 72 44 209 20 45 18 24 66 46 128 15
No hot piped water 81 22 59 0 3 81 0 26 15 48 81 39 16 26 54 8 27 10 18 20 11 48 2
No bathtub and no shower 54 17 37 0 0 54 0 20 8 31 54 25 14 15 32 0 22 7 15 17 6 32 0
No flush toilet 54 13 40 0 0 54 0 19 10 32 54 28 14 12 35 2 19 7 9 17 6 31 0
No exclusive use 169 54 115 0 0 169 0 28 31 44 169 97 56 16 156 12 13 9 5 46 35 75 13

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 12548 5720 6828 511 413 442 1085 1907 2490 3164 12548 6887 4436 1225 11518 698 1030 485 527 2368 2430 6551 1199
Well serving 1 to 5 units 664 560 105 83 279 23 90 153 54 160 664 34 359 271 62 0 602 313 271 18 42 605 0
Drilled 547 465 82 78 230 19 84 120 43 120 547 34 308 205 57 0 490 267 205 16 27 504 0
Dug 106 86 20 5 47 4 6 30 8 34 106 0 43 62 2 0 103 41 62 0 9 97 0
Not reported 12 9 3 0 2 0 0 3 3 6 12 0 8 4 3 0 9 5 4 2 6 4 0
Other 11 7 4 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 11 2 2 6 2 0 9 2 6 4 0 6 0

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 13219 6284 6935 594 691 467 1175 2064 2544 3324 13219 6922 4795 1502 11580 698 1639 798 804 2391 2471 7158 1199
Safe to drink 11541 5571 5970 490 611 387 955 1895 2156 2862 11541 5962 4233 1346 10075 627 1466 710 719 2035 2246 6340 921
Not safe to drink 1501 609 892 87 74 79 201 157 349 431 1501 876 484 141 1344 64 157 80 77 325 197 718 261
Safety not reported 176 104 72 17 7 0 19 12 39 31 176 83 77 15 160 8 15 8 7 30 28 100 17

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 1501 609 892 87 74 79 201 157 349 431 1501 876 484 141 1344 64 157 80 77 325 197 718 261
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 228 86 142 3 14 13 29 21 33 79 228 145 54 29 207 14 21 5 15 60 53 95 20
Public or private system 221 81 140 3 12 13 24 21 33 79 221 145 51 25 205 14 16 5 11 60 50 90 20
Individual well 7 5 3 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 3 5 3 0 5 0 5 0 3 5 0
Spring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 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
Drinking and primary water source
different		 1258 511 747 84 60 67 160 137 316 337 1258 716 431 112 1122 50 137 75 62 265 145 608 241
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
Individual well 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Spring 54 24 30 0 0 7 5 9 11 19 54 28 22 4 54 4 0 0 0 20 3 24 8
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 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 1077 429 648 82 60 51 130 107 274 295 1077 607 371 100 947 41 131 72 59 187 134 540 216
Other 125 55 69 3 0 9 24 20 32 22 125 81 35 8 118 5 6 3 3 58 5 44 17
Source of drinking water not reported 15 12 3 0 0 0 12 0 0 15 15 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 12012 5278 6734 438 265 427 1008 1772 2459 2998 12012 6849 4182 980 11392 694 620 319 287 2345 2427 6056 1183
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 1197 1002 195 156 427 28 167 287 85 320 1197 72 613 513 190 5 1007 479 508 45 44 1092 16
Other 14 6 8 0 0 14 0 8 0 5 14 3 2 9 0 0 14 2 9 0 0 14 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