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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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

Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black alone Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 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		 33604 1018 1340 1038 2525 6811 5931 4277 11633 7902 33604 14599 14041 4965 29061 2643 4543 2154 2323 7169 6599 11446 8390

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1250 29 14 101 1149 287 200 145 479 331 1250 612 514 124 1145 75 105 56 49 244 268 357 381
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 32354 989 1325 937 1377 6524 5731 4132 11154 7571 32354 13987 13527 4841 27916 2568 4438 2099 2273 6925 6332 11089 8009
Kitchen sink 33435 1018 1340 976 2419 6784 5913 4256 11558 7817 33435 14521 13961 4953 28927 2643 4508 2131 2311 7136 6565 11418 8317
Refrigerator 33501 1015 1340 1003 2458 6784 5922 4266 11582 7845 33501 14547 13994 4960 28973 2643 4528 2144 2318 7155 6574 11422 8351
Cooking stove or range 33135 1017 1322 951 2319 6704 5850 4218 11439 7700 33135 14350 13873 4913 28653 2614 4483 2118 2299 7069 6522 11281 8263
Burners, no stove or range 81 0 3 4 12 17 28 9 26 31 81 51 22 8 79 7 1 0 1 27 10 29 15
Microwave oven only 194 0 0 32 51 38 28 30 78 66 194 93 72 30 165 20 29 19 10 36 47 68 43
Dishwasher 13473 853 359 239 717 2101 1854 1254 5559 2011 13473 4989 7149 1335 11891 742 1583 952 592 1631 2158 5644 4040
Washing machine 16822 744 1086 447 1109 3043 2428 1801 5463 3459 16822 6116 7524 3182 13455 1465 3367 1607 1717 2787 3167 6917 3951
Clothes dryer 15276 733 1028 330 949 2484 1822 1545 5166 2816 15276 5206 7079 2991 12049 1356 3227 1548 1635 2168 3085 6350 3672
Disposal in kitchen sink 14064 766 99 298 761 2331 2502 1711 5544 2462 14064 5894 7112 1059 13144 757 920 582 301 1124 2749 4897 5295
Trash compactor 667 44 22 28 38 168 151 91 204 132 667 302 320 45 615 21 52 25 24 162 80 260 164

Air conditioning:
Central		 14783 832 584 275 757 3052 2405 1712 5947 3031 14783 5768 7247 1768 13021 1057 1762 1016 711 1032 2753 8260 2738
Additional central 584 49 29 25 36 143 104 83 193 126 584 240 288 56 533 40 51 33 16 48 60 325 151
1 room unit 7215 60 315 219 697 1494 1182 1089 2141 1959 7215 3311 2558 1346 6081 702 1134 472 644 2408 1997 1444 1366
2 room units 3050 26 150 121 292 664 514 402 683 679 3050 1404 1126 519 2576 258 474 213 261 1392 615 851 191
3 room units or more 900 0 34 45 125 198 206 78 198 153 900 402 374 123 780 72 119 69 50 421 85 355 39

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 17270 672 1008 420 968 3580 2489 1879 6470 3913 17270 6989 7527 2754 14805 1497 2465 1171 1258 2153 4545 6472 4100
Steam or hot water system 5456 34 4 290 414 1282 1043 944 1328 1249 5456 3359 1703 394 5154 246 302 151 148 3962 944 234 316
Electric heat pump 3069 222 115 30 136 688 549 336 1286 564 3069 1150 1620 299 2577 135 492 315 164 66 128 2464 412
Built-in electric units 2570 47 25 53 169 334 279 473 905 639 2570 867 1101 602 2099 321 471 177 281 576 632 350 1012
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 3030 32 52 129 202 430 1022 341 989 821 3030 1448 1300 281 2844 192 186 96 90 238 204 624 1964
Room heaters with flue 620 2 37 23 52 134 94 94 161 203 620 213 201 206 417 84 203 78 122 79 91 281 169
Room heaters without flue 513 0 36 24 489 206 98 83 170 199 513 185 114 215 357 112 156 54 102 12 14 456 32
Portable electric heaters 386 2 33 23 45 58 162 51 117 104 386 169 167 49 319 23 66 40 26 11 6 249 119
Stoves 176 3 7 16 13 25 18 38 22 50 176 6 60 110 25 2 150 43 108 21 27 72 55
Fireplaces with inserts 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 14 1 8 5 11 3 4 2 2 2 0 2 11
Fireplaces without inserts 10 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 10 3 5 3 8 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 8
Other 161 4 0 10 7 35 45 9 61 63 161 79 56 26 145 14 16 4 12 12 7 105 36
Cooking stove 91 0 9 0 7 19 24 10 29 25 91 43 42 6 85 3 6 3 2 37 0 36 18
None 240 0 13 20 23 22 103 16 88 73 240 87 137 16 216 11 24 19 5 0 2 99 138

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 165 1 17 3 1 34 20 37 41 46 165 50 91 24 138 12 27 15 12 15 58 57 36
Steam or hot water system 191 0 0 32 22 66 38 47 38 62 191 165 24 2 189 0 2 0 2 142 19 9 20
Electric heat pump 47 2 0 0 3 18 3 12 15 14 47 14 16 17 43 13 4 0 4 10 1 34 3
Built-in electric units 532 10 7 25 37 85 86 87 127 104 532 202 213 117 426 46 106 35 71 102 83 132 216
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 82 0 5 5 8 25 21 9 16 33 82 32 37 13 77 11 5 3 2 5 6 26 45
Room heaters with flue 117 2 13 3 13 23 12 20 26 40 117 22 51 44 62 17 55 25 27 20 23 51 23
Room heaters without flue 266 4 37 4 54 45 32 27 65 74 266 63 93 110 155 47 111 48 63 44 39 156 27
Portable electric heaters 1786 15 46 96 253 342 293 285 379 358 1786 774 649 363 1451 160 336 114 204 360 294 571 561
Stoves 435 11 63 12 15 38 41 66 86 88 435 71 174 191 194 46 241 96 144 92 63 98 181
Fireplaces with inserts 376 13 16 6 28 48 37 21 141 68 376 104 192 80 244 18 132 69 62 29 41 160 146
Fireplaces without inserts 584 24 18 12 33 84 99 26 249 96 584 210 318 57 471 11 113 65 45 29 52 207 296
Other 61 0 3 1 7 10 12 8 15 9 61 27 21 13 44 3 17 7 9 15 12 22 11
Cooking stove 353 0 5 20 52 113 83 64 78 114 353 172 130 51 331 36 22 7 16 111 22 129 91
None 28928 942 1123 821 2038 5972 5163 3658 10356 6884 28928 12744 12156 4028 25409 2277 3519 1724 1751 6282 5938 9929 6779

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 870 7 40 64 75 166 164 131 219 224 870 341 331 198 639 63 231 90 135 200 139 224 307
Warm-air furnace 96 1 12 3 0 17 13 17 26 25 96 25 56 15 80 10 16 11 5 4 40 40 13
Steam or hot water system 120 0 0 29 13 43 25 36 25 49 120 111 9 0 120 0 0 0 0 85 10 9 15
Electric heat pump 8 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 6 4 8 5 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 2 0
Built-in electric units 247 3 4 13 15 45 48 31 73 47 247 98 108 41 202 15 45 19 26 38 36 51 122
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 36 0 2 4 5 8 12 3 7 13 36 13 10 13 34 11 2 0 2 2 3 19 12
Room heaters with flue 66 0 3 3 7 17 7 9 8 23 66 18 30 18 31 5 35 18 13 12 11 30 12
Stoves 102 1 7 9 3 2 7 21 7 29 102 5 26 71 12 4 90 23 68 23 26 26 27
Fireplaces with inserts 68 0 7 0 11 6 15 5 15 3 68 11 41 15 46 4 22 10 12 3 8 22 34
Fireplaces with no inserts 93 2 6 2 4 11 20 5 37 18 93 21 51 21 67 9 26 12 12 8 3 10 72
Cooking stove 71 0 0 3 20 21 27 17 13 30 71 47 12 12 68 9 3 0 3 28 0 25 18
Other 16 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 0 16 6 8 2 11 0 5 2 2 7 5 5 0

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 3523 64 168 136 379 645 514 473 926 740 3523 1362 1423 738 2722 291 801 337 447 644 517 1201 1160
Warm-air furnace 63 0 5 0 1 16 3 17 14 20 63 21 33 9 53 2 11 4 7 11 17 17 18
Steam or hot water system 68 0 0 3 7 24 14 11 13 13 68 54 15 0 68 0 0 0 0 58 5 0 5
Electric heat pump 29 0 0 0 3 12 0 5 7 7 29 9 9 11 25 7 4 0 4 4 0 25 0
Built-in electric units 274 5 2 13 20 40 35 52 52 54 274 97 101 76 213 31 61 17 45 60 46 81 87
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 42 0 3 1 3 16 8 5 8 18 42 17 25 0 39 0 3 3 0 2 2 8 29
Room heaters with flue 38 0 10 0 6 5 2 8 12 14 38 4 11 23 17 9 21 7 14 5 12 19 3
Room heaters without flue 266 4 37 4 54 45 32 27 65 74 266 63 93 110 155 47 111 48 63 44 39 156 27
Portable electric heaters 1786 15 46 96 253 342 293 285 379 358 1786 774 649 363 1451 160 336 114 204 360 294 571 561
Stoves 323 9 55 3 7 31 32 45 80 56 323 58 146 119 175 43 148 72 76 66 36 69 152
Fireplaces with inserts 308 13 9 6 18 42 23 16 126 65 308 93 150 64 198 14 110 59 51 26 33 138 111
Fireplaces with no inserts 489 22 12 10 29 73 79 21 212 78 489 186 267 36 403 2 87 53 33 21 49 195 224
Cooking stove 248 0 5 12 30 87 48 42 54 78 248 112 103 34 229 21 19 7 13 77 19 98 54
Other 33 0 3 1 4 0 9 8 2 8 33 15 10 8 23 3 10 5 5 7 8 13 6

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 32940 1015 1306 374 2525 6660 5802 4158 11453 7685 32940 14266 13779 4894 28479 2610 4461 2114 2284 6995 6509 11208 8228
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 664 3 33 664 0 152 130 119 180 218 664 332 261 71 583 32 82 40 39 174 90 238 163
No hot piped water 119 0 19 119 0 22 19 23 42 75 119 47 40 33 80 13 40 20 20 21 13 56 29
No bathtub and no shower 106 0 0 106 0 13 10 27 43 65 106 64 24 18 72 0 34 16 18 25 10 25 46
No flush toilet 92 0 0 92 0 16 10 18 35 55 92 57 19 16 62 0 29 11 16 16 8 26 43
No exclusive use 503 3 14 503 0 123 109 87 120 123 503 252 215 36 471 19 31 15 16 142 73 174 113

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 31997 993 981 994 2431 6698 5836 4077 11255 7603 31997 14541 13219 4237 28847 2627 3150 1489 1610 6822 6217 10782 8175
Well serving 1 to 5 units 1531 21 348 36 85 109 84 184 358 270 1531 48 793 690 198 15 1333 643 675 333 379 621 198
Drilled 1182 20 279 27 72 77 60 163 272 192 1182 34 586 562 148 13 1034 473 549 232 298 486 166
Dug 132 0 24 4 8 13 3 13 35 42 132 6 71 55 18 2 114 60 53 33 23 71 5
Not reported 217 2 45 5 5 19 20 9 51 35 217 8 136 73 32 0 185 110 73 69 58 63 27
Other 77 3 10 9 9 5 11 16 20 30 77 9 29 38 16 0 60 22 38 13 3 43 17

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 33593 1018 1340 1038 2524 6809 5927 4276 11628 7898 33593 14594 14033 4965 29050 2643 4543 2154 2323 7169 6598 11446 8380
Safe to drink 28376 885 1167 796 1922 5771 4234 3871 9707 6562 28376 12120 11797 4458 24338 2343 4038 1865 2116 6162 6055 9962 6197
Not safe to drink 4560 112 156 222 534 849 1616 328 1714 1148 4560 2158 1963 439 4144 254 416 222 185 759 458 1308 2034
Safety not reported 657 21 16 20 69 189 77 78 207 189 657 316 273 68 568 46 89 67 22 247 86 176 149

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 4560 112 156 222 534 849 1616 328 1714 1148 4560 2158 1963 439 4144 254 416 222 185 759 458 1308 2034
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 719 14 28 40 99 145 180 84 244 214 719 307 281 131 637 82 82 33 50 216 115 204 184
Public or private system 692 14 20 40 91 139 177 81 236 208 692 304 270 119 631 82 61 24 37 205 112 194 181
Individual well 27 0 7 0 8 5 3 3 8 6 27 3 11 12 5 0 21 9 12 11 3 10 3
Spring 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
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
Other 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		 3834 98 129 183 432 702 1436 244 1469 932 3834 1847 1678 308 3500 173 334 190 135 544 342 1102 1847
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
Individual well 26 0 0 4 5 6 20 2 5 4 26 21 5 0 25 0 1 1 0 20 0 0 6
Spring 75 2 2 4 0 30 14 4 28 14 75 41 27 7 68 2 7 2 5 29 7 29 9
Cistern 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stream or lake 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Commercial bottled water 3183 84 114 150 361 606 1223 199 1247 787 3183 1513 1425 245 2900 131 283 160 115 383 273 908 1618
Other 545 11 12 25 66 59 176 37 186 127 545 272 218 56 502 40 43 27 16 112 61 164 208
Source of drinking water not reported 7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 7 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 30996 958 676 930 2314 6620 5770 3937 10948 7311 30996 14510 12756 3730 28650 2599 2346 1168 1131 6710 6125 10153 8009
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 2568 60 664 67 212 184 158 326 670 557 2568 72 1274 1222 392 44 2176 978 1179 455 471 1276 365
Other 41 0 0 41 0 7 3 14 16 34 41 17 11 13 20 0 21 8 13 4 4 17 16
@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