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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 6-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 9720 4684 5037 409 435 315 709 1094 2312 1920 9720 4465 4455 801 8781 388 940 518 413 1490 739 3596 3895

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 258 35 223 4 0 29 229 22 92 78 258 160 96 1 244 0 14 12 1 72 17 65 104
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 9462 4649 4813 405 435 286 480 1071 2220 1843 9462 4304 4358 800 8537 388 926 506 411 1418 722 3531 3792
Kitchen sink 9684 4681 5003 409 435 302 686 1087 2305 1904 9684 4436 4447 801 8745 388 940 518 413 1472 735 3590 3887
Refrigerator 9665 4672 4993 409 435 307 662 1082 2292 1901 9665 4430 4436 800 8733 388 933 513 411 1470 736 3579 3881
Cooking stove or range 9600 4656 4944 409 432 295 676 1077 2274 1887 9600 4395 4411 794 8671 383 929 509 411 1460 735 3551 3853
Burners, no stove or range 44 8 36 0 0 3 0 3 15 13 44 24 17 3 39 3 4 4 0 10 0 19 14
Microwave oven only 42 14 28 0 3 9 5 2 12 6 42 26 13 3 42 3 0 0 0 13 2 17 10
Dishwasher 3741 2245 1497 340 109 50 112 338 1017 401 3741 1327 2169 245 3318 112 423 286 133 346 215 1656 1524
Washing machine 6317 4283 2034 345 338 140 393 786 1117 1054 6317 2560 3123 634 5523 295 794 446 339 738 447 2571 2560
Clothes dryer 5290 3835 1455 335 263 84 257 622 957 655 5290 2012 2733 545 4577 237 713 396 308 439 436 2242 2173
Disposal in kitchen sink 4223 2149 2074 300 60 90 162 366 1193 567 4223 1662 2402 159 3935 106 287 231 52 175 243 1431 2374
Trash compactor 326 187 138 16 7 3 15 44 62 52 326 150 159 17 299 4 26 11 13 44 16 124 142

Air conditioning:
Central		 4707 2726 1981 341 222 62 151 508 1243 689 4707 1874 2516 317 4248 189 459 322 128 200 325 2666 1516
Additional central 291 220 71 27 4 3 13 36 54 31 291 101 176 15 266 10 25 18 5 14 19 182 76
1 room unit 1594 498 1095 26 83 85 165 196 372 450 1594 840 588 165 1431 68 163 66 97 479 199 390 525
2 room units 744 331 413 11 29 31 117 85 100 141 744 430 225 89 675 42 69 22 47 326 86 266 66
3 room units or more 323 211 111 0 15 3 86 53 36 44 323 178 111 33 298 15 25 6 19 108 18 168 29

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 4849 2743 2106 268 306 97 181 537 1186 836 4849 2148 2298 403 4355 212 494 298 191 340 534 1899 2075
Steam or hot water system 1206 288 918 1 2 99 111 145 214 328 1206 789 381 35 1166 17 40 22 17 1015 102 28 61
Electric heat pump 1067 600 467 110 30 13 31 100 351 127 1067 372 634 61 964 36 103 74 25 4 8 826 230
Built-in electric units 336 92 244 11 6 12 19 32 107 91 336 138 150 48 289 22 47 21 26 72 38 57 169
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1283 441 841 6 24 56 69 104 262 276 1283 533 677 73 1212 31 71 29 42 33 35 193 1023
Room heaters with flue 151 52 99 4 12 2 8 20 34 36 151 72 59 20 123 6 28 13 15 10 15 50 76
Room heaters without flue 257 188 69 0 7 0 257 54 22 62 257 151 36 70 224 45 33 8 25 0 0 239 18
Portable electric heaters 266 143 123 6 37 13 18 50 60 65 266 125 98 43 213 16 53 27 26 0 2 182 81
Stoves 70 56 14 3 8 3 3 22 5 26 70 5 26 39 20 0 49 10 39 0 2 16 51
Fireplaces with inserts 9 6 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 7 2 5 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 7
Fireplaces without inserts 11 5 6 0 0 2 0 0 4 2 11 4 7 0 8 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 9
Other 49 15 35 0 2 2 0 4 14 15 49 23 23 4 43 0 6 3 4 0 2 21 26
Cooking stove 52 36 16 0 0 3 3 12 7 20 52 32 17 3 45 3 8 8 0 11 0 34 7
None 115 18 96 0 0 12 9 12 46 36 115 73 42 0 115 0 0 0 0 2 2 49 62

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 90 63 27 7 8 0 8 12 15 11 90 32 53 5 80 2 11 7 3 2 20 44 25
Steam or hot water system 78 15 63 2 0 7 20 11 6 32 78 73 6 0 78 0 0 0 0 76 0 0 2
Electric heat pump 77 66 11 5 1 0 0 11 14 10 77 6 71 0 75 0 2 2 0 0 0 75 2
Built-in electric units 177 91 87 4 2 9 13 37 26 25 177 61 88 28 157 16 20 8 13 22 18 59 78
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 51 34 18 2 3 2 11 4 5 14 51 10 37 4 45 3 6 5 1 0 6 15 30
Room heaters with flue 43 26 17 0 4 2 6 5 3 8 43 21 14 8 26 0 17 9 8 7 2 17 17
Room heaters without flue 69 32 37 0 0 0 17 2 12 17 69 38 14 17 60 11 9 3 6 14 7 40 8
Portable electric heaters 755 440 315 12 49 24 89 98 121 133 755 336 336 84 645 38 110 65 45 107 35 291 322
Stoves 117 97 19 4 5 8 5 21 20 29 117 12 57 47 67 14 49 16 33 12 8 26 71
Fireplaces with inserts 268 207 62 22 4 5 21 34 42 24 268 73 162 33 204 11 65 43 22 10 25 96 138
Fireplaces without inserts 296 218 78 18 5 5 12 18 56 35 296 119 154 23 273 10 23 11 12 11 17 67 200
Other 39 27 13 0 0 8 3 14 5 12 39 19 11 8 30 3 9 4 5 14 0 7 18
Cooking stove 249 129 120 5 7 8 40 45 43 67 249 110 120 19 232 10 17 8 10 46 15 158 31
None 7683 3487 4196 338 356 232 507 823 1944 1545 7683 3609 3492 582 7012 281 671 361 300 1226 613 2815 3028

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 397 246 151 0 3 21 53 79 68 96 397 172 165 60 348 34 49 23 26 74 29 143 151
Warm-air furnace 30 23 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 30 9 21 0 29 0 2 2 0 2 6 16 7
Steam or hot water system 38 10 28 0 0 3 7 8 6 20 38 36 2 0 38 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 0 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Built-in electric units 84 41 42 0 0 4 8 13 13 10 84 36 41 6 80 6 3 3 0 16 9 26 33
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 29 18 10 0 0 2 8 3 5 12 29 8 18 3 29 3 0 0 0 0 2 8 18
Room heaters with flue 21 12 8 0 0 0 3 5 3 3 21 14 4 2 16 0 4 2 2 2 0 12 7
Stoves 24 24 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 11 24 0 13 11 16 3 8 0 8 2 0 7 14
Fireplaces with inserts 83 58 25 0 1 5 12 19 10 21 83 26 39 17 62 8 21 12 9 7 12 22 42
Fireplaces with no inserts 46 36 11 0 2 2 9 2 9 4 46 20 14 12 39 7 8 3 5 2 2 12 31
Cooking stove 44 22 22 0 0 4 12 9 13 22 44 27 11 6 44 6 0 0 0 7 2 32 2
Other 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 2 13 0 7 5 9 3 4 2 2 2 0 0 11

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 1591 985 606 71 75 48 156 191 256 251 1591 632 786 174 1356 75 235 137 99 195 100 623 674
Warm-air furnace 53 37 16 7 8 0 8 7 4 11 53 18 30 5 47 2 7 3 3 0 14 25 15
Steam or hot water system 36 3 33 0 0 1 13 3 0 9 36 34 2 0 36 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 59 48 11 3 1 0 0 8 14 10 59 6 53 0 56 0 2 2 0 0 0 59 0
Built-in electric units 90 48 42 4 2 5 5 24 10 15 90 23 45 22 73 9 17 5 13 6 6 32 45
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 23 15 7 2 3 0 2 1 0 1 23 3 19 1 16 0 6 5 1 0 4 7 12
Room heaters with flue 20 13 6 0 4 2 2 0 0 2 20 4 9 6 7 0 13 7 6 2 2 5 10
Room heaters without flue 69 32 37 0 0 0 17 2 12 17 69 38 14 17 60 11 9 3 6 14 7 40 8
Portable electric heaters 755 440 315 12 49 24 89 98 121 133 755 336 336 84 645 38 110 65 45 107 35 291 322
Stoves 91 72 19 4 5 8 2 7 18 15 91 12 42 36 52 11 39 14 25 10 8 19 54
Fireplaces with inserts 186 149 37 22 3 0 9 15 33 3 186 47 122 16 142 3 43 30 13 3 13 74 96
Fireplaces with no inserts 247 180 67 18 3 3 3 17 47 31 247 97 140 10 231 3 16 8 7 9 16 55 167
Cooking stove 189 97 92 5 7 5 28 33 28 44 189 76 100 13 177 4 12 2 10 39 13 118 20
Other 25 14 11 0 0 8 3 9 2 8 25 17 4 3 20 0 5 2 3 12 0 7 6

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 9552 4636 4916 409 425 147 709 1060 2263 1859 9552 4389 4379 784 8629 381 923 510 404 1448 723 3551 3831
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 168 47 121 0 9 168 0 34 49 61 168 76 75 17 152 8 17 7 9 42 16 45 65
No hot piped water 34 18 16 0 9 34 0 14 11 20 34 22 5 7 22 0 12 5 7 6 2 12 15
No bathtub and no shower 28 13 15 0 9 28 0 11 7 13 28 17 5 5 17 0 11 5 5 8 2 9 8
No flush toilet 35 13 22 0 9 35 0 11 11 18 35 25 5 5 25 0 11 5 5 16 2 9 8
No exclusive use 128 30 99 0 0 128 0 20 38 38 128 49 70 10 124 8 4 2 2 26 15 33 55

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 9386 4422 4964 399 352 306 705 1057 2268 1858 9386 4453 4263 670 8684 380 702 403 289 1447 693 3462 3783
Well serving 1 to 5 units 321 252 68 9 80 9 4 33 42 61 321 10 184 126 88 8 233 114 118 43 42 133 102
Drilled 289 233 56 9 74 9 4 33 32 57 289 8 175 106 84 8 205 107 97 43 37 115 93
Dug 22 18 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 22 0 7 15 3 0 19 4 15 0 4 9 9
Not reported 10 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 10 3 10 2 3 6 2 0 9 3 6 0 2 9 0
Other 14 9 4 1 2 0 0 4 2 2 14 2 7 5 9 0 5 0 5 0 4 0 10

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 9714 4680 5034 409 435 315 709 1094 2310 1920 9714 4463 4450 801 8774 388 940 518 413 1490 737 3596 3891
Safe to drink 7331 3684 3647 333 328 192 513 907 1734 1370 7331 3327 3315 689 6529 323 802 431 366 1149 647 2950 2585
Not safe to drink 2284 957 1328 64 106 119 188 177 538 523 2284 1080 1095 109 2154 65 131 84 44 315 87 610 1272
Safety not reported 98 39 60 12 1 3 7 9 38 27 98 55 41 2 92 0 7 2 2 26 3 36 34

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 2284 957 1328 64 106 119 188 177 538 523 2284 1080 1095 109 2154 65 131 84 44 315 87 610 1272
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 330 136 194 18 15 16 24 28 66 86 330 188 126 16 314 5 16 5 11 77 28 91 134
Public or private system 321 132 189 18 11 16 24 28 66 86 321 188 124 9 312 5 10 5 5 77 28 86 129
Individual well 6 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 4 2
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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Drinking and primary water source
different		 1952 821 1132 46 91 104 164 149 472 435 1952 893 966 94 1838 61 115 79 33 238 59 519 1136
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 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 2 3 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
Spring 48 23 25 0 0 3 2 7 24 12 48 25 23 0 46 0 2 2 0 12 0 33 3
Cistern 7 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Stream or lake 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Commercial bottled water 1532 632 899 40 78 71 126 104 366 357 1532 671 776 85 1429 55 102 70 30 119 43 399 970
Other 358 163 195 7 13 30 36 36 82 64 358 192 158 8 348 6 10 7 3 108 13 84 154
Source of drinking water not reported 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 9019 4147 4873 353 265 301 683 999 2219 1766 9019 4425 4045 550 8540 380 479 303 170 1415 688 3284 3633
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 696 532 164 56 165 8 26 89 93 149 696 40 404 251 240 8 455 209 243 75 52 306 263
Other 5 5 0 0 5 5 0 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 5 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