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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1C-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Suburbs
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		 59271 1157 58114 53765 39724 14041 4350 1333 8.6 606 362 1050 998 4116 4172

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1950 130 1820 665 151 514 1155 255 32.2 233 107 144 416 124 173
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 57322 1028 56294 53099 39573 13527 3194 1078 7.3 373 256 906 582 3992 3999
Kitchen sink 58958 1104 57855 53659 39698 13961 4196 1307 8.5 591 349 1034 915 4103 4158
Refrigerator 58299 1074 57225 53686 39693 13994 3538 1169 7.7 417 277 983 692 4030 4057
Cooking stove or range 58058 1032 57026 53434 39562 13873 3592 1217 8.0 488 316 909 661 4068 4025
Burners, no stove or range 55 0 55 49 27 22 6 0 0.0 0 0 6 0 4 11
Microwave oven only 192 11 181 141 69 72 41 2 2.6 2 0 17 20 7 7
Dishwasher 40308 549 39759 37447 30297 7149 2312 721 9.1 372 221 640 359 3786 1764
Washing machine 48395 634 47761 45887 38363 7524 1874 373 4.7 233 151 712 404 3760 3349
Clothes dryer 47529 699 46829 44611 37532 7079 2218 427 5.7 306 198 760 528 3756 3274
Disposal in kitchen sink 31051 456 30595 28643 21531 7112 1952 688 8.8 303 208 470 283 3130 636
Trash compactor 2539 65 2474 2316 1996 320 158 31 8.6 38 17 55 17 261 59

Air conditioning:
Central		 37662 535 37127 34857 27610 7247 2270 712 8.9 382 223 589 364 3642 2486
Additional central 2718 70 2648 2535 2248 288 112 24 7.8 24 7 35 22 439 88
1 room unit 6555 109 6446 5807 3249 2558 639 216 7.8 47 21 160 195 109 616
2 room units 3744 60 3685 3489 2363 1126 196 32 2.7 44 22 47 51 44 338
3 room units or more 2096 36 2060 1985 1611 374 75 9 2.4 4 0 33 29 17 109

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 36880 437 36443 34052 26526 7527 2391 762 9.1 433 233 430 532 2903 2973
Steam or hot water system 6466 24 6443 6102 4399 1703 340 134 7.3 27 30 79 71 114 7
Electric heat pump 7763 318 7444 6684 5064 1620 760 187 10.3 82 61 318 112 912 701
Built-in electric units 2665 131 2534 2231 1130 1101 303 108 8.9 25 13 94 63 55 68
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 2656 31 2625 2431 1131 1300 194 78 5.7 17 10 38 50 75 91
Room heaters with flue 578 31 548 495 295 201 52 14 6.6 7 0 15 16 17 62
Room heaters without flue 475 13 462 403 289 114 59 12 9.4 3 2 17 26 0 71
Portable electric heaters 406 30 377 353 186 167 23 3 1.9 3 2 11 4 10 87
Stoves 519 45 474 442 381 60 33 1 1.6 0 2 15 14 18 28
Fireplaces with inserts 69 2 67 67 59 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fireplaces without inserts 37 9 28 28 23 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 172 9 163 118 62 56 45 10 14.9 2 4 8 21 7 21
Cooking stove 76 2 74 72 31 42 1 1 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 9
None 509 75 433 286 149 137 148 22 13.3 6 7 24 89 2 55

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 492 0 492 475 383 91 18 3 3.3 3 2 3 7 31 46
Steam or hot water system 78 0 78 74 50 24 5 2 7.8 0 0 1 1 0 0
Electric heat pump 176 4 171 161 145 16 10 0 0.0 0 0 5 5 12 12
Built-in electric units 1210 29 1181 1130 917 213 51 15 6.7 6 0 17 13 31 37
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 150 3 146 141 103 37 6 0 0.0 1 2 2 1 10 4
Room heaters with flue 290 2 288 276 226 51 12 0 0.0 4 0 6 2 13 17
Room heaters without flue 649 5 643 630 536 93 14 4 4.5 0 0 7 2 23 75
Portable electric heaters 3470 32 3438 3405 2756 649 34 4 0.6 0 2 17 11 128 198
Stoves 2270 53 2217 2137 1963 174 80 13 7.0 17 0 37 13 62 100
Fireplaces with inserts 2737 36 2701 2629 2437 192 72 18 8.7 24 3 21 5 258 150
Fireplaces without inserts 2370 37 2333 2233 1915 318 100 22 6.5 22 7 20 29 256 54
Other 255 5 250 248 227 21 2 1 3.7 0 0 1 0 3 18
Cooking stove 475 0 475 462 332 130 13 5 3.5 2 0 4 2 19 15
None 46039 869 45170 41538 29382 12156 3632 1209 9.0 496 327 868 732 3358 3438

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 58373 1070 57304 53168 39389 13779 4135 1307 8.6 597 351 1020 860 4101 4076
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 898 88 811 596 335 261 215 27 9.2 9 12 30 138 15 96
No hot piped water 311 61 250 90 50 40 160 7 14.1 4 3 20 127 8 74
No bathtub and no shower 151 51 99 49 24 24 51 8 24.4 0 5 9 29 3 7
No flush toilet 125 45 80 36 16 19 45 8 27.4 0 4 8 25 2 9
No exclusive use 548 12 536 493 277 215 44 16 7.1 5 3 9 11 3 21

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 51174 891 50283 46490 33271 13219 3792 1244 8.5 549 341 868 791 3669 2976
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7873 212 7660 7151 6358 793 509 87 9.9 53 22 170 177 433 1164
Drilled 6696 157 6539 6125 5539 586 414 76 11.5 49 18 136 134 392 1011
Dug 523 19 504 472 401 71 33 3 3.6 3 2 9 16 13 76
Not reported 653 36 617 554 418 136 63 8 5.5 1 2 25 27 28 78
Other 225 53 171 124 94 29 48 3 8.9 4 0 11 30 13 32

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 59248 1150 58098 53751 39717 14033 4348 1333 8.6 606 362 1050 996 4116 4170
Safe to drink 52845 967 51878 48201 36404 11797 3677 1188 9.1 527 318 885 760 3720 3726
Not safe to drink 4973 81 4892 4708 2745 1963 184 44 2.2 17 9 59 55 315 325
Safety not reported 1430 101 1328 842 568 273 487 102 26.9 62 36 106 181 81 119

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 46004 699 45306 41935 29179 12756 3371 1180 8.4 488 323 745 634 3238 2074
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 13166 424 12742 11808 10534 1274 934 150 10.5 118 40 299 327 877 2078
Other 101 34 67 22 11 11 45 3 22.6 0 0 5 37 0 21
@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