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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1A-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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		 120777 3566 117211 105842 72238 33604 11369 3597 9.6 1284 932 2647 2909 6758 8971

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 5704 560 5144 1553 303 1250 3591 804 37.7 503 291 446 1545 254 538
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 115073 3005 112068 104289 71935 32354 7778 2793 7.9 780 641 2201 1364 6504 8433
Kitchen sink 119763 3381 116382 105635 72199 33435 10747 3487 9.4 1247 893 2569 2552 6711 8861
Refrigerator 117605 3219 114386 105667 72166 33501 8719 3061 8.3 869 709 2376 1704 6576 8592
Cooking stove or range 116761 3029 113732 105054 71918 33135 8678 3075 8.4 1004 778 2248 1573 6639 8505
Burners, no stove or range 159 0 159 143 63 81 16 3 3.6 2 0 9 2 9 19
Microwave oven only 477 49 428 340 146 194 88 18 8.6 2 0 33 35 16 15
Dishwasher 69658 1222 68436 63776 50303 13473 4660 1447 9.6 664 485 1340 724 5953 3539
Washing machine 91336 1508 89828 86029 69207 16822 3800 708 4.0 438 315 1522 817 5932 6976
Clothes dryer 89071 1794 87277 82538 67262 15276 4740 911 5.6 582 396 1691 1160 5944 6877
Disposal in kitchen sink 54372 915 53456 49624 35559 14064 3832 1413 9.0 524 422 934 540 4756 1203
Trash compactor 4270 105 4165 3913 3247 667 252 50 6.9 56 33 83 30 387 98

Air conditioning:
Central		 67991 1165 66826 61880 47098 14783 4945 1634 9.9 741 467 1298 805 5761 5049
Additional central 4466 95 4371 4133 3549 584 238 91 13.5 38 12 56 41 620 180
1 room unit 16777 508 16269 14346 7132 7215 1922 628 7.9 121 126 448 599 251 1523
2 room units 8675 165 8510 8004 4954 3050 506 117 3.7 84 51 126 128 89 709
3 room units or more 4291 97 4194 4014 3115 900 180 17 1.9 9 0 79 74 27 195

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 73404 1571 71833 65380 48111 17270 6453 2027 10.4 889 595 1396 1546 4690 6609
Steam or hot water system 14437 104 14333 13257 7801 5456 1076 467 7.8 65 94 226 224 223 20
Electric heat pump 13188 515 12673 11347 8278 3069 1325 376 10.8 158 91 483 217 1445 1179
Built-in electric units 5758 356 5401 4760 2190 2570 642 250 8.8 45 47 198 101 128 106
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 6074 175 5900 5322 2293 3030 577 242 7.4 52 40 87 156 145 236
Room heaters with flue 1747 101 1646 1432 812 620 214 49 7.3 19 9 62 75 28 120
Room heaters without flue 1901 58 1843 1509 996 513 334 66 11.3 25 12 73 158 14 208
Portable electric heaters 899 77 822 731 346 386 90 15 3.6 5 13 27 30 17 172
Stoves 1346 214 1132 1040 864 176 92 6 3.3 3 2 23 58 35 107
Fireplaces with inserts 152 13 139 139 124 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fireplaces without inserts 97 39 57 52 42 10 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 3 2 10
Other 475 57 417 285 124 161 133 45 21.6 5 13 24 46 23 33
Cooking stove 175 13 162 149 58 91 13 5 4.7 0 3 0 6 0 11
None 1126 273 853 439 200 240 414 49 16.4 18 12 46 290 8 158

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 927 1 926 871 706 165 55 10 5.9 8 3 3 30 53 89
Steam or hot water system 373 3 370 353 162 191 17 12 5.9 0 0 4 1 4 2
Electric heat pump 330 4 325 307 260 47 18 0 0.0 2 0 8 8 17 36
Built-in electric units 2625 73 2551 2426 1894 532 125 35 6.1 14 3 39 34 44 72
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 335 14 321 305 223 82 16 3 3.9 3 2 7 1 12 32
Room heaters with flue 718 12 706 662 544 117 44 3 2.2 4 2 20 15 14 51
Room heaters without flue 1699 15 1684 1630 1364 266 54 11 4.0 7 2 23 10 44 231
Portable electric heaters 7389 96 7293 7179 5393 1786 114 24 1.3 8 10 38 35 187 479
Stoves 4525 156 4369 4161 3726 435 209 28 5.9 28 14 90 49 109 272
Fireplaces with inserts 4902 86 4816 4646 4270 376 170 35 8.5 38 25 51 22 465 298
Fireplaces without inserts 4174 114 4060 3850 3266 584 210 43 6.8 39 14 67 47 377 144
Other 556 9 547 521 460 61 26 6 8.4 1 4 11 4 10 40
Cooking stove 1079 8 1072 1019 666 353 52 13 3.7 7 0 15 16 35 62
None 93734 2638 91096 81655 52727 28928 9441 3261 10.0 1071 829 2136 2144 5482 7150

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 118180 3147 115034 104487 71547 32940 10546 3480 9.5 1231 892 2547 2396 6705 8633
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 2597 419 2177 1355 691 664 822 117 14.7 53 40 100 513 53 338
No hot piped water 1247 326 921 225 106 119 695 72 36.5 39 23 80 481 35 288
No bathtub and no shower 587 222 365 166 60 106 199 35 24.9 6 9 29 120 15 65
No flush toilet 522 199 323 139 47 92 184 33 26.2 2 8 29 113 10 63
No exclusive use 1204 36 1168 1063 561 503 104 39 7.1 12 11 19 24 14 47

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 104567 2237 102331 92324 60327 31997 10007 3430 9.6 1152 872 2158 2395 5848 6334
Well serving 1 to 5 units 15426 1112 14313 13097 11566 1531 1217 156 9.2 122 55 456 427 871 2457
Drilled 13116 869 12247 11276 10094 1182 971 124 9.4 112 47 374 314 812 2077
Dug 1081 78 1003 919 787 132 84 11 7.4 3 7 26 37 23 182
Not reported 1229 166 1063 902 685 217 161 22 9.1 7 2 56 76 36 198
Other 784 217 567 422 346 77 145 11 12.3 10 5 33 86 39 180

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 120706 3534 117172 105813 72220 33593 11359 3595 9.6 1284 932 2647 2901 6758 8957
Safe to drink 107082 2855 104227 94615 66239 28376 9612 3216 10.1 1118 822 2204 2251 6099 7889
Not safe to drink 10389 298 10091 9583 5023 4560 509 127 2.7 41 32 158 152 501 764
Safety not reported 3234 381 2853 1615 958 657 1239 252 27.2 125 77 285 498 158 304

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 94618 1721 92897 84064 53069 30996 8833 3282 9.5 996 817 1800 1938 5065 4137
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 25741 1652 24089 21697 19129 2568 2392 302 10.4 286 109 824 871 1680 4738
Other 417 192 225 81 40 41 144 13 24.3 1 6 23 101 13 96
@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: May 27, 2005