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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 7-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black Hispanic 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		 21655 17385 4270 595 1454 413 764 2067 1094 952 4573 21655 6017 10338 5300 15565 1881 6090 2623 3418 4785 5098 7786 3987

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 244 88 155 13 3 31 213 36 22 34 100 244 107 100 37 210 13 34 10 24 70 60 67 47
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 21412 17297 4115 581 1451 383 551 2031 1071 918 4473 21412 5910 10239 5263 15355 1868 6056 2613 3395 4714 5038 7719 3940
Kitchen sink 21600 17367 4233 593 1454 385 737 2053 1087 938 4544 21600 5987 10324 5288 15523 1880 6077 2621 3408 4764 5087 7774 3974
Refrigerator 21598 17360 4238 590 1451 393 727 2054 1082 938 4549 21598 5986 10319 5293 15516 1880 6082 2620 3413 4767 5088 7770 3973
Cooking stove or range 21506 17309 4197 589 1452 392 705 2050 1077 925 4501 21506 5952 10284 5270 15451 1878 6055 2614 3392 4745 5067 7743 3950
Burners, no stove or range 23 18 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 16 23 5 4 13 5 0 18 4 13 14 0 7 2
Microwave oven only 57 34 23 1 2 2 8 2 2 12 18 57 23 27 7 50 2 7 2 5 10 12 16 20
Dishwasher 11277 10067 1210 491 676 94 159 455 338 525 1694 11277 2768 6235 2274 8372 847 2905 1449 1426 2267 2249 4179 2582
Washing machine 18059 16381 1678 519 1327 227 566 1487 786 560 3359 18059 4469 8827 4763 12421 1637 5638 2463 3126 3598 4270 6846 3345
Clothes dryer 16764 15384 1380 511 1233 187 451 1156 622 532 2901 16764 4006 8315 4443 11493 1545 5271 2325 2898 3206 4161 6236 3161
Disposal in kitchen sink 8862 7200 1662 358 364 70 103 399 366 500 1364 8862 2631 4723 1508 7440 794 1422 681 714 1129 2239 2859 2635
Trash compactor 827 753 74 31 31 3 10 44 44 44 134 827 243 442 142 646 65 181 101 77 115 120 349 243

Air conditioning:
Central		 12078 10415 1663 523 936 134 169 836 508 622 2174 12078 3103 6286 2689 8991 1041 3086 1410 1648 1320 3169 5751 1838
Additional central 700 638 62 57 46 6 7 40 36 47 127 700 177 355 168 507 58 192 78 110 55 82 418 145
1 room unit 3457 2317 1140 28 220 82 231 451 196 149 955 3457 1030 1334 1093 2270 367 1187 448 726 1171 928 889 469
2 room units 1622 1230 393 5 68 32 139 251 85 36 360 1622 531 726 366 1169 124 453 207 242 754 276 512 80
3 room units or more 653 587 66 4 15 12 89 104 53 2 149 653 232 304 117 528 55 125 63 62 293 60 281 20

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 12885 11059 1826 392 1148 167 151 1141 537 535 2457 12885 3541 6237 3106 9458 1172 3427 1459 1934 1892 3959 4399 2635
Steam or hot water system 3208 2206 1002 31 10 90 82 341 145 91 673 3208 1178 1545 485 2626 200 583 297 285 2329 523 208 149
Electric heat pump 1989 1681 308 144 204 12 19 93 100 158 377 1989 447 1112 430 1310 108 679 343 322 62 124 1555 248
Built-in electric units 1092 611 481 16 21 34 23 62 32 89 262 1092 191 540 361 685 150 407 196 211 334 269 202 286
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1021 727 294 6 18 26 13 117 104 38 295 1021 331 457 233 778 93 243 102 140 106 110 364 440
Room heaters with flue 453 336 117 0 5 20 13 82 20 7 180 453 103 109 241 213 57 241 56 185 27 62 310 54
Room heaters without flue 452 350 102 0 13 11 441 170 54 14 167 452 124 111 217 244 80 209 72 137 0 6 440 6
Portable electric heaters 133 86 47 2 10 9 8 20 50 12 38 133 51 64 17 96 4 36 24 12 2 3 97 30
Stoves 242 201 42 2 20 24 4 24 22 0 83 242 5 80 158 33 9 209 60 149 13 34 139 56
Fireplaces with inserts 27 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 27 4 7 15 9 0 18 2 15 0 2 7 18
Fireplaces without inserts 17 17 0 2 4 0 2 6 0 0 6 17 3 9 6 11 2 6 2 4 0 0 6 11
Other 53 33 21 0 2 2 0 2 4 0 13 53 17 19 17 38 2 15 0 15 15 2 27 9
Cooking stove 28 22 6 0 0 7 2 2 12 2 6 28 13 12 2 20 0 8 5 2 4 0 17 7
None 54 32 23 0 0 10 5 6 12 6 8 54 8 36 10 44 3 11 4 7 0 2 15 37

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 312 264 48 14 21 5 6 46 12 10 68 312 86 138 89 219 25 94 30 64 17 118 132 45
Steam or hot water system 91 47 43 2 2 8 3 22 11 2 44 91 55 34 2 81 0 10 8 2 77 9 2 2
Electric heat pump 166 148 19 8 7 0 7 6 11 10 38 166 34 82 50 126 32 41 22 19 7 14 113 32
Built-in electric units 679 562 116 13 17 17 24 49 37 20 115 679 133 300 246 415 85 264 103 161 120 111 263 184
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 75 65 10 1 0 0 0 6 4 1 12 75 24 38 13 52 8 23 18 5 3 9 36 27
Room heaters with flue 257 233 25 7 12 7 18 17 5 9 74 257 42 102 113 126 27 132 45 86 65 31 115 47
Room heaters without flue 462 421 41 0 53 12 39 61 2 5 92 462 57 177 228 197 56 265 93 172 83 49 304 26
Portable electric heaters 2056 1751 304 33 130 39 94 205 98 39 365 2056 507 961 587 1396 210 659 269 378 342 434 784 496
Stoves 1072 1008 64 8 81 32 26 48 21 18 193 1072 82 583 408 373 65 699 342 343 276 178 342 276
Fireplaces with inserts 858 812 45 35 53 12 11 38 34 30 105 858 149 428 281 450 71 407 198 209 101 115 376 267
Fireplaces without inserts 622 594 28 23 18 12 7 41 18 16 89 622 144 331 147 415 44 207 100 103 62 85 264 212
Other 141 125 16 2 5 5 11 7 14 2 26 141 31 56 54 71 17 70 33 37 45 30 31 35
Cooking stove 326 231 95 5 20 12 33 63 45 13 106 326 122 134 69 262 35 64 17 35 60 77 149 40
None 15870 12321 3549 458 1130 280 516 1555 823 809 3535 15870 4797 7612 3462 12088 1320 3782 1610 2142 3714 4029 5491 2637

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 973 846 127 11 38 40 49 90 79 32 204 973 207 432 333 562 90 411 167 243 200 156 379 238
Warm-air furnace 80 66 14 0 4 0 0 9 2 5 21 80 17 42 22 59 5 21 4 17 5 25 34 16
Steam or hot water system 47 20 27 2 0 5 0 11 8 2 28 47 39 6 2 45 0 2 0 2 40 7 0 0
Electric heat pump 51 48 3 3 0 0 5 0 3 1 5 51 15 24 12 37 7 14 9 5 0 5 39 7
Built-in electric units 232 178 54 0 3 9 15 18 13 9 45 232 50 95 88 154 35 78 25 52 43 44 80 65
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 31 26 5 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 31 15 9 7 28 6 3 2 1 1 4 14 12
Room heaters with flue 93 87 6 3 3 0 11 3 5 6 20 93 21 42 31 53 5 40 14 26 37 7 37 12
Stoves 248 236 12 1 22 16 5 24 14 2 40 248 12 127 109 68 14 180 85 95 67 25 92 64
Fireplaces with inserts 157 151 7 0 3 12 4 12 19 5 32 157 27 83 48 75 9 82 44 38 12 26 68 51
Fireplaces with no inserts 55 55 0 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 9 55 10 25 20 35 4 20 4 15 5 9 19 22
Cooking stove 29 27 3 0 0 0 13 8 9 3 9 29 13 8 8 23 2 6 0 6 0 2 27 0
Other 21 18 3 0 3 0 0 2 5 2 7 21 2 8 11 15 7 6 2 4 5 4 5 8

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 4871 4288 583 122 283 89 184 420 191 111 858 4871 1004 2329 1538 2901 466 1970 880 1071 854 903 1979 1135
Warm-air furnace 212 178 34 12 15 5 6 35 7 5 42 212 62 85 65 146 20 66 22 45 10 91 89 23
Steam or hot water system 36 23 13 0 0 3 0 11 3 0 13 36 16 20 0 31 0 5 5 0 31 2 0 2
Electric heat pump 90 77 13 5 4 0 2 6 8 7 24 90 14 44 32 72 23 18 9 10 7 9 58 16
Built-in electric units 444 381 63 13 14 7 7 31 24 11 70 444 84 202 158 260 50 184 75 109 77 67 181 119
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 39 34 6 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 10 39 5 29 6 19 2 20 16 4 0 5 19 15
Room heaters with flue 147 131 16 4 7 7 6 14 0 2 49 147 19 53 75 63 20 84 29 55 20 24 68 35
Room heaters without flue 462 421 41 0 53 12 39 61 2 5 92 462 57 177 228 197 56 265 93 172 83 49 304 26
Portable electric heaters 2056 1751 304 33 130 39 94 205 98 39 365 2056 507 961 587 1396 210 659 269 378 342 434 784 496
Stoves 813 767 46 6 59 16 20 24 7 14 148 813 68 451 295 301 51 512 254 244 207 148 248 210
Fireplaces with inserts 700 661 39 35 50 0 7 26 15 25 74 700 123 345 233 375 62 325 154 171 89 89 307 216
Fireplaces with no inserts 561 533 28 23 16 10 7 36 17 14 81 561 132 304 125 375 37 185 93 88 57 76 243 184
Cooking stove 254 175 79 5 20 10 18 55 33 7 83 254 93 108 53 210 32 44 11 21 41 69 111 33
Other 115 104 11 2 3 5 11 5 9 0 19 115 26 45 43 54 10 61 28 33 38 26 24 27

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 21319 17167 4151 595 1437 76 764 2013 1060 944 4457 21319 5931 10169 5218 15329 1862 5989 2584 3357 4686 5036 7667 3929
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 337 218 119 0 17 337 0 54 34 9 116 337 86 169 81 236 19 101 39 62 98 62 118 58
No hot piped water 84 50 34 0 10 84 0 26 14 4 44 84 29 14 41 33 2 51 12 39 17 14 44 9
No bathtub and no shower 78 45 33 0 8 78 0 20 11 2 38 78 31 17 30 33 0 45 14 30 20 12 35 11
No flush toilet 68 37 31 0 8 68 0 19 11 2 32 68 28 14 25 31 0 37 12 25 20 6 33 9
No exclusive use 237 160 77 0 8 237 0 28 20 4 69 237 51 152 35 195 18 42 25 17 76 44 70 47

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18544 14458 4087 516 1054 335 638 1907 1057 899 3858 18544 5904 8854 3787 15106 1846 3438 1483 1940 4085 4264 6530 3664
Well serving 1 to 5 units 2952 2783 169 79 364 60 119 153 33 49 657 2952 113 1445 1394 456 35 2496 1103 1359 653 804 1185 311
Drilled 2622 2478 144 72 316 53 112 120 33 41 568 2622 111 1292 1219 417 28 2205 979 1192 557 724 1056 285
Dug 246 225 21 6 39 7 5 30 0 3 72 246 0 110 136 23 3 223 91 133 71 39 118 19
Not reported 84 79 5 0 9 0 2 3 0 5 17 84 2 43 39 17 5 68 33 34 25 41 11 7
Other 159 145 14 0 36 19 7 7 4 5 57 159 0 39 119 2 0 156 37 119 47 30 71 12

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 21651 17380 4270 595 1452 411 762 2064 1094 952 4570 21651 6017 10336 5297 15565 1881 6086 2621 3416 4785 5098 7781 3987
Safe to drink 20348 16450 3898 566 1357 376 673 1895 907 862 4272 20348 5564 9702 5082 14522 1805 5825 2499 3277 4484 4943 7304 3616
Not safe to drink 1095 764 331 22 76 29 75 157 177 70 262 1095 397 526 172 878 57 216 102 115 244 116 405 330
Safety not reported 208 166 42 7 19 6 14 12 9 20 36 208 57 108 43 164 19 44 20 24 57 39 72 41

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 1095 764 331 22 76 29 75 157 177 70 262 1095 397 526 172 878 57 216 102 115 244 116 405 330
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 221 154 67 8 14 2 11 21 28 25 59 221 86 92 43 171 14 50 21 29 61 42 86 32
Public or private system 203 138 65 8 8 2 9 21 28 25 54 203 86 82 35 169 14 34 13 21 61 34 78 29
Individual well 16 14 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 0 10 6 2 0 13 7 6 0 8 5 3
Spring 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 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 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 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 0
Drinking and primary water source
different		 869 605 264 14 62 22 64 137 149 45 203 869 311 432 126 705 43 164 81 83 180 73 319 296
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 0
Individual well 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 0 3 3 5 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
Spring 34 22 12 0 0 0 5 9 7 4 11 34 19 10 4 30 2 4 2 2 10 2 19 3
Cistern 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
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 0
Commercial bottled water 637 427 209 12 51 18 52 107 104 23 153 637 241 310 85 516 28 121 63 58 125 54 226 231
Other 191 153 38 2 11 4 7 20 36 18 36 191 51 106 34 152 11 39 16 23 42 17 72 60
Source of drinking water not reported 5 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 3

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 16654 12697 3957 413 770 314 561 1772 999 830 3481 16654 5860 7855 2939 14642 1803 2012 871 1136 3852 4111 5369 3322
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 4970 4665 305 181 679 71 203 287 89 123 1076 4970 157 2474 2339 923 78 4047 1742 2260 930 987 2391 662
Other 31 24 8 0 5 29 0 8 5 0 16 31 0 10 22 0 0 31 10 22 3 0 26 3
@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