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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1D-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan
Statistical Areas
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		 26289 2178 24111 20778 15813 4965 3333 680 11.9 345 235 1030 1043 1393 4167

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1656 375 1281 167 43 124 1114 171 55.5 124 69 152 598 59 340
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 24632 1802 22830 20611 15770 4841 2219 510 9.4 221 166 877 445 1334 3827
Kitchen sink 25924 2072 23852 20762 15808 4953 3091 663 11.6 342 229 985 871 1369 4083
Refrigerator 25147 1950 23197 20757 15796 4960 2440 553 9.9 241 179 923 545 1347 3923
Cooking stove or range 24919 1812 23107 20664 15751 4913 2444 546 9.8 271 199 907 521 1347 3876
Burners, no stove or range 26 0 26 22 15 8 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Microwave oven only 115 37 78 61 31 30 18 9 22.8 0 0 5 4 6 5
Dishwasher 11983 545 11439 10448 9113 1335 991 146 9.7 111 115 473 146 1043 1430
Washing machine 20381 772 19610 18472 15290 3182 1138 128 3.8 103 69 604 234 1147 3132
Clothes dryer 20163 973 19190 17825 14834 2991 1365 181 5.7 146 84 649 305 1157 3108
Disposal in kitchen sink 6621 335 6286 5736 4677 1059 550 102 8.6 61 84 236 67 563 311
Trash compactor 563 29 534 519 474 45 16 4 9.0 1 6 4 0 54 17

Air conditioning:
Central		 12429 502 11927 10764 8995 1768 1163 219 10.8 180 99 461 205 1065 2143
Additional central 661 16 645 612 555 56 34 16 22.4 0 3 11 3 77 78
1 room unit 4628 351 4277 3661 2315 1346 616 154 10.1 31 49 148 235 95 819
2 room units 2086 101 1985 1839 1320 519 146 34 6.1 23 8 46 36 35 349
3 room units or more 815 58 757 697 574 123 60 6 4.8 3 0 27 24 5 75

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 15726 1046 14681 12777 10023 2754 1903 366 11.5 236 147 649 505 910 3158
Steam or hot water system 1998 41 1957 1778 1384 394 179 58 12.6 14 18 45 44 63 10
Electric heat pump 2296 137 2160 1937 1638 299 223 42 12.1 40 16 89 36 304 375
Built-in electric units 1787 215 1572 1367 765 602 205 74 10.6 11 25 78 17 35 32
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1061 139 922 740 459 281 182 66 19.0 12 10 25 69 30 131
Room heaters with flue 793 68 725 616 410 206 109 17 7.4 10 3 40 39 7 53
Room heaters without flue 936 43 893 686 471 215 207 39 15.1 13 6 48 102 12 132
Portable electric heaters 193 43 150 116 66 49 35 6 11.2 0 3 12 13 6 78
Stoves 798 167 631 571 462 110 60 5 4.4 3 0 8 43 14 79
Fireplaces with inserts 69 9 60 60 55 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fireplaces without inserts 52 31 21 16 14 3 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 3 0 10
Other 157 48 109 66 40 26 43 0 0.0 0 7 14 22 8 11
Cooking stove 21 11 10 10 5 6 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
None 401 182 219 37 21 16 182 7 30.3 5 0 19 151 5 94

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 245 1 244 235 211 24 9 0 0.0 3 0 0 5 13 43
Steam or hot water system 26 0 26 23 21 2 3 3 52.8 0 0 0 0 0 2
Electric heat pump 94 0 94 91 74 17 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 23
Built-in electric units 794 42 752 695 578 117 57 13 9.9 5 0 23 17 6 30
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 101 11 91 84 71 13 7 0 0.0 2 0 5 0 2 26
Room heaters with flue 300 8 292 265 221 44 27 3 5.7 0 0 14 11 1 29
Room heaters without flue 821 7 813 780 670 110 33 5 4.3 7 0 16 5 20 154
Portable electric heaters 1782 59 1723 1677 1314 363 45 11 3.0 6 0 15 13 27 249
Stoves 1865 99 1766 1651 1461 191 114 14 6.5 9 10 52 30 44 157
Fireplaces with inserts 1357 50 1307 1224 1144 80 83 14 14.8 11 16 29 13 137 141
Fireplaces without inserts 848 78 771 694 637 57 77 10 14.7 11 3 44 8 51 90
Other 219 3 216 200 187 13 16 0 0.0 1 4 7 3 6 22
Cooking stove 251 6 244 222 170 51 23 2 3.5 3 0 6 12 9 44
None 18474 1569 16905 14311 10282 4028 2594 592 12.6 281 203 783 735 1074 3142

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 25382 1866 23516 20563 15669 4894 2953 655 11.6 322 226 979 771 1363 3942
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 907 312 595 215 144 71 380 25 25.7 22 9 51 272 29 224
No hot piped water 685 251 434 76 43 33 359 20 38.3 19 6 47 266 27 203
No bathtub and no shower 304 167 137 49 31 18 88 2 9.5 0 0 18 69 12 54
No flush toilet 284 149 135 46 31 16 88 2 10.6 0 0 18 69 9 51
No exclusive use 164 21 143 125 90 36 18 5 11.5 3 3 4 3 2 21

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18691 1127 17565 14988 10751 4237 2577 610 12.4 276 203 728 760 952 2816
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7083 898 6185 5510 4820 690 675 67 8.8 65 31 280 232 414 1212
Drilled 6000 710 5290 4755 4194 562 535 47 7.7 60 26 238 164 397 989
Dug 545 59 486 434 379 55 52 8 12.4 0 5 17 21 9 106
Not reported 539 130 409 320 247 73 89 12 14.2 5 0 25 47 8 117
Other 514 153 361 280 242 38 81 3 7.4 4 1 22 51 26 138

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 26256 2154 24102 20776 15811 4965 3327 680 11.9 345 235 1030 1037 1393 4155
Safe to drink 23830 1700 22130 19352 14894 4458 2778 614 11.9 292 215 864 793 1273 3605
Not safe to drink 1626 194 1432 1231 792 439 201 21 4.6 16 2 85 76 67 378
Safety not reported 800 259 540 192 125 68 348 45 39.2 37 18 81 168 53 172

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 14201 810 13391 11551 7821 3730 1840 529 12.2 184 173 495 459 621 1559
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 11812 1219 10593 9184 7962 1222 1409 144 10.4 159 60 518 528 758 2542
Other 276 149 127 43 30 13 84 7 34.6 1 2 17 56 13 65
@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