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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1B-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
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		 35217 231 34986 31300 16701 14599 3686 1583 9.7 333 335 568 868 1250 632

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 2098 55 2042 721 109 612 1321 378 36.6 147 116 150 531 71 24
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 33119 175 32944 30579 16592 13987 2365 1205 7.9 186 219 418 337 1179 608
Kitchen sink 34880 205 34675 31214 16693 14521 3461 1518 9.4 315 314 549 765 1238 620
Refrigerator 34160 195 33965 31224 16677 14547 2740 1339 8.3 211 252 470 467 1199 612
Cooking stove or range 33784 186 33599 30956 16606 14350 2643 1311 8.3 245 263 432 391 1224 604
Burners, no stove or range 78 0 78 72 21 51 7 3 5.5 2 0 0 2 5 5
Microwave oven only 169 1 168 139 46 93 29 8 7.7 0 0 11 11 3 3
Dishwasher 17367 128 17239 15881 10892 4989 1358 580 10.3 180 150 227 219 1124 346
Washing machine 22560 102 22458 21670 15554 6116 788 207 3.3 102 95 205 179 1026 495
Clothes dryer 21379 122 21258 20101 14895 5206 1157 303 5.5 131 114 282 326 1032 495
Disposal in kitchen sink 16700 125 16575 15245 9352 5894 1330 623 9.5 159 130 228 190 1062 256
Trash compactor 1168 11 1157 1079 777 302 78 15 4.8 17 9 23 13 73 22

Air conditioning:
Central		 17900 128 17772 16260 10492 5768 1512 704 10.8 179 145 248 237 1054 419
Additional central 1087 9 1078 986 746 240 92 51 17.5 14 2 10 15 104 14
1 room unit 5594 48 5546 4878 1567 3311 667 258 7.2 43 56 141 169 48 87
2 room units 2844 4 2840 2676 1272 1404 164 51 3.5 16 21 34 41 11 22
3 room units or more 1380 3 1377 1333 930 402 45 2 0.4 2 0 19 22 5 11

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 20798 88 20710 18551 11562 6989 2159 899 11.3 220 216 316 509 878 478
Steam or hot water system 5973 40 5934 5377 2018 3359 556 275 7.5 23 47 102 109 45 4
Electric heat pump 3129 60 3068 2727 1576 1150 342 147 11.3 35 14 76 70 229 103
Built-in electric units 1306 10 1296 1162 296 867 133 68 7.2 9 10 26 21 38 5
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2358 5 2353 2151 703 1448 201 98 6.3 23 20 24 37 40 13
Room heaters with flue 375 2 373 320 107 213 53 18 7.7 2 6 7 20 4 5
Room heaters without flue 489 2 487 420 235 185 68 16 7.7 9 5 8 31 3 5
Portable electric heaters 299 5 295 262 93 169 32 5 2.9 2 8 4 13 0 6
Stoves 28 1 27 27 21 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Fireplaces with inserts 14 2 12 12 11 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fireplaces without inserts 8 0 8 8 5 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 146 0 146 100 21 79 45 35 30.5 3 3 2 3 8 1
Cooking stove 78 0 78 66 23 43 12 3 6.4 0 3 0 6 0 0
None 217 16 201 116 30 87 85 20 18.2 7 5 3 50 2 10

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 190 0 190 162 111 50 28 7 12.6 2 1 0 18 9 0
Steam or hot water system 269 3 266 256 91 165 10 7 4.3 0 0 2 0 4 0
Electric heat pump 60 0 60 55 41 14 5 0 0.0 2 0 0 3 1 0
Built-in electric units 621 2 619 602 399 202 17 7 3.1 3 3 0 4 7 5
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 84 0 84 81 49 32 3 3 9.6 0 0 0 0 0 2
Room heaters with flue 128 2 126 120 98 22 5 0 0.0 0 2 0 3 0 5
Room heaters without flue 230 2 228 220 158 63 7 2 2.8 0 2 0 3 0 2
Portable electric heaters 2137 4 2133 2097 1323 774 35 9 1.1 2 8 5 12 32 32
Stoves 390 3 387 373 302 71 14 1 1.7 2 4 0 7 3 15
Fireplaces with inserts 808 0 808 793 689 104 15 3 2.4 3 5 0 4 69 7
Fireplaces without inserts 956 0 956 924 714 210 33 10 4.6 6 3 3 10 70 0
Other 81 0 81 73 45 27 9 5 14.9 0 0 3 1 0 0
Cooking stove 353 1 352 335 164 172 17 7 3.9 2 0 5 3 8 2
None 29220 199 29022 25806 13063 12744 3215 1459 10.2 295 300 485 677 1051 570

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 34425 212 34214 30756 16489 14266 3458 1518 9.5 312 315 549 765 1241 615
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 792 19 772 544 212 332 228 65 15.9 22 19 19 103 9 17
No hot piped water 251 14 236 60 13 47 177 45 45.9 16 14 13 89 0 12
No bathtub and no shower 133 4 129 69 5 64 60 25 28.4 6 4 3 22 0 4
No flush toilet 112 4 108 57 0 57 51 23 29.1 2 4 3 19 0 4
No exclusive use 492 4 488 446 194 252 42 17 6.3 3 6 6 10 9 5

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 34702 219 34484 30846 16304 14541 3638 1576 9.7 327 328 562 844 1226 541
Well serving 1 to 5 units 470 2 468 436 388 48 32 2 3.4 4 3 6 19 24 80
Drilled 420 2 418 396 361 34 22 0 0.0 4 3 0 16 24 77
Dug 13 0 13 13 7 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 37 0 37 27 20 8 10 2 17.5 0 0 6 3 0 3
Other 45 10 35 18 9 9 16 5 34.5 2 4 0 5 0 11

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 35202 231 34971 31286 16692 14594 3684 1581 9.7 333 335 568 868 1250 632
Safe to drink 30407 188 30218 27062 14941 12120 3157 1414 10.3 299 290 455 699 1106 558
Not safe to drink 3790 23 3768 3644 1486 2158 124 61 2.7 8 21 14 20 119 61
Safety not reported 1005 20 985 581 265 316 404 106 24.4 26 24 99 149 25 13

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 34413 212 34200 30578 16068 14510 3622 1572 9.7 324 322 560 844 1206 504
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 763 10 754 705 633 72 49 8 9.4 10 9 7 16 44 118
Other 41 9 32 17 0 17 15 3 15.4 0 4 0 8 0 10
@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