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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Black Alone Householder
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate 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		 13004 6193 6811 530 667 430 1178 2045 2557 3171 13004 6635 4955 1414 11325 693 1679 926 721 2361 2424 7050 1168

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 334 47 287 8 9 28 305 41 104 86 334 203 103 27 307 9 27 10 18 63 63 153 55
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 12670 6146 6524 521 658 402 873 2004 2453 3085 12670 6431 4852 1387 11019 684 1651 917 703 2299 2361 6897 1113
Kitchen sink 12969 6185 6784 530 667 416 1158 2041 2548 3157 12969 6626 4936 1407 11304 693 1665 919 714 2352 2421 7039 1157
Refrigerator 12958 6173 6784 527 664 425 1138 2040 2538 3158 12958 6613 4934 1410 11290 693 1667 919 717 2356 2414 7029 1157
Cooking stove or range 12850 6146 6704 527 660 411 1096 2030 2503 3106 12850 6552 4902 1396 11195 689 1654 916 707 2339 2395 6960 1156
Burners, no stove or range 21 4 17 0 0 1 6 3 2 9 21 11 8 3 18 0 3 0 3 2 1 17 1
Microwave oven only 59 21 38 2 0 9 11 10 26 29 59 39 14 6 54 5 6 4 2 6 18 36 0
Dishwasher 4975 2873 2101 458 253 101 207 427 1097 616 4975 1888 2736 351 4334 175 640 445 176 470 712 3101 692
Washing machine 8742 5699 3043 473 606 256 713 1469 1169 1839 8742 4060 3594 1087 7286 484 1455 825 603 1243 1536 5218 744
Clothes dryer 7641 5158 2484 466 492 190 566 1156 1066 1395 7641 3407 3325 909 6411 419 1230 711 491 923 1464 4532 723
Disposal in kitchen sink 4377 2046 2331 373 34 92 209 444 1128 614 4377 1940 2303 134 4102 93 275 214 41 261 829 2447 840
Trash compactor 382 214 168 53 8 14 19 47 66 62 382 171 201 10 346 4 36 30 6 67 56 203 55

Air conditioning:
Central		 6826 3774 3052 486 508 158 255 872 1468 1259 6826 2697 3365 764 5768 364 1059 637 401 320 1027 5003 476
Additional central 393 250 143 51 25 11 22 53 89 53 393 145 223 25 340 18 53 47 6 30 30 308 24
1 room unit 2207 714 1494 20 65 92 360 413 369 736 2207 1380 544 284 1963 139 244 93 145 716 555 844 92
2 room units 1331 667 664 4 55 46 249 255 154 361 1331 815 342 175 1152 90 179 94 85 499 271 549 13
3 room units or more 612 414 198 5 9 29 86 102 50 112 612 355 177 80 545 52 68 39 29 212 67 328 5

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 7605 4025 3580 388 454 195 355 1144 1538 1693 7605 3766 3046 792 6688 404 917 513 389 769 1888 4217 731
Steam or hot water system 1893 611 1282 7 4 100 139 311 295 470 1893 1458 411 24 1877 17 16 8 8 1376 323 169 24
Electric heat pump 1320 632 688 108 112 20 54 109 324 234 1320 415 753 152 1059 61 261 157 91 9 39 1212 60
Built-in electric units 462 128 334 9 12 23 38 64 96 133 462 251 168 43 404 26 58 41 17 109 110 172 72
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 673 243 430 13 11 32 31 125 142 214 673 371 254 48 611 35 62 50 12 70 36 318 249
Room heaters with flue 243 109 134 0 11 8 23 64 42 79 243 94 68 81 160 37 83 36 44 13 23 195 12
Room heaters without flue 542 336 206 0 53 27 515 184 71 236 542 168 161 213 324 94 218 99 119 6 0 524 11
Portable electric heaters 104 46 58 2 0 7 4 21 24 36 104 51 44 8 95 8 8 8 0 1 0 98 5
Stoves 52 27 25 0 4 11 7 16 3 24 52 2 8 41 9 7 43 8 35 0 0 52 0
Fireplaces with inserts 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Fireplaces without inserts 9 9 0 2 4 0 0 4 2 4 9 0 5 4 5 0 4 0 4 0 2 6 0
Other 43 8 35 0 0 4 6 2 3 26 43 22 19 2 39 2 4 4 0 4 0 37 2
Cooking stove 19 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 5 8 19 14 2 3 19 3 0 0 0 4 0 13 2
None 35 14 22 0 2 5 5 0 11 14 35 20 13 2 31 0 5 2 2 0 0 35 0

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 79 45 34 0 0 5 3 27 14 18 79 33 35 11 74 6 5 0 5 8 15 44 12
Steam or hot water system 89 23 66 0 0 10 9 26 14 24 89 77 12 0 89 0 0 0 0 77 12 0 1
Electric heat pump 22 4 18 0 0 0 0 8 6 6 22 9 7 6 20 3 2 0 2 6 0 16 0
Built-in electric units 187 103 85 0 6 12 23 40 17 39 187 94 53 41 143 14 45 18 27 37 40 84 26
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 63 38 25 0 7 4 3 13 5 18 63 30 22 11 63 11 0 0 0 5 0 25 33
Room heaters with flue 44 21 23 0 0 3 7 14 0 17 44 27 5 12 29 6 15 5 6 0 6 38 0
Room heaters without flue 183 138 45 0 28 10 39 48 9 54 183 63 59 61 112 16 71 27 45 16 13 150 4
Portable electric heaters 776 434 342 21 25 38 138 176 110 163 776 415 255 106 682 46 95 33 59 149 120 415 93
Stoves 120 82 38 2 8 8 8 28 21 36 120 29 49 42 68 12 53 22 30 18 6 78 19
Fireplaces with inserts 359 310 48 49 56 2 6 43 39 44 359 98 201 60 248 20 111 69 40 14 24 278 43
Fireplaces without inserts 347 263 84 50 16 11 16 30 77 39 347 87 231 29 267 13 80 65 16 15 48 220 64
Other 29 18 10 0 3 0 7 8 5 7 29 9 8 11 21 4 7 0 7 5 5 18 0
Cooking stove 186 73 113 0 0 9 35 45 30 56 186 103 64 19 180 13 6 0 6 55 14 77 40
None 10756 4784 5972 419 525 333 907 1626 2231 2727 10756 5653 4029 1074 9518 565 1237 705 509 1997 2133 5731 895

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 355 190 166 4 18 29 43 84 46 88 355 184 113 58 289 24 66 29 34 82 43 173 57
Warm-air furnace 32 16 17 0 0 2 0 9 8 10 32 15 13 4 31 3 1 0 1 0 7 23 2
Steam or hot water system 59 17 43 0 0 10 6 23 5 17 59 58 1 0 59 0 0 0 0 52 8 0 0
Electric heat pump 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 3 0 2 3 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 0
Built-in electric units 86 41 45 0 6 8 8 11 7 12 86 46 30 10 74 2 12 5 8 19 19 29 19
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 13 5 8 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 13 11 0 2 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 3
Room heaters with flue 26 8 17 0 0 3 7 8 0 14 26 15 5 6 13 2 12 5 4 0 1 25 0
Stoves 21 19 2 0 2 4 3 10 2 14 21 5 4 12 6 0 15 3 12 1 1 19 0
Fireplaces with inserts 46 41 6 0 5 0 4 6 1 9 46 9 25 13 31 4 16 7 9 3 0 39 4
Fireplaces with no inserts 53 42 11 4 6 0 4 11 16 3 53 12 31 11 44 11 10 10 0 0 7 24 23
Cooking stove 22 1 21 0 0 1 12 8 5 13 22 16 4 2 22 2 0 0 0 7 0 7 8
Other 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 6 5 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 1824 1179 645 106 125 68 209 338 272 348 1824 773 770 281 1460 107 364 185 174 261 227 1104 232
Warm-air furnace 43 27 16 0 0 3 3 15 6 7 43 16 22 6 41 4 2 0 2 7 7 19 10
Steam or hot water system 28 4 24 0 0 0 3 3 9 7 28 18 10 0 28 0 0 0 0 24 3 0 1
Electric heat pump 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 12 7 5 0 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0
Built-in electric units 100 60 40 0 0 3 15 28 10 27 100 48 23 29 67 10 32 13 19 18 21 54 8
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 47 31 16 0 7 4 0 11 5 14 47 19 19 9 47 9 0 0 0 2 0 15 30
Room heaters with flue 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 14 10 0 4 12 2 2 0 2 0 3 11 0
Room heaters without flue 183 138 45 0 28 10 39 48 9 54 183 63 59 61 112 16 71 27 45 16 13 150 4
Portable electric heaters 776 434 342 21 25 38 138 176 110 163 776 415 255 106 682 46 95 33 59 149 120 415 93
Stoves 93 62 31 2 6 4 6 19 18 21 93 20 44 29 55 10 38 19 19 15 5 54 19
Fireplaces with inserts 312 270 42 49 51 2 3 37 39 35 312 89 177 47 217 16 95 62 31 11 24 239 38
Fireplaces with no inserts 291 218 73 43 10 11 12 19 61 36 291 75 198 18 220 2 71 55 16 15 41 193 42
Cooking stove 152 64 87 0 0 8 21 34 25 43 152 82 56 13 146 8 6 0 6 47 12 61 31
Other 10 10 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 10 0 5 5 5 0 5 0 5 0 3 7 0

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 12742 6082 6660 527 655 169 1178 1985 2533 3074 12742 6496 4864 1383 11111 683 1631 903 700 2297 2382 6905 1158
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 262 110 152 3 12 262 0 60 24 97 262 139 91 32 214 11 47 23 21 64 42 145 10
No hot piped water 45 23 22 0 9 45 0 18 0 22 45 9 20 16 15 2 30 17 14 11 3 31 0
No bathtub and no shower 21 8 13 0 0 21 0 7 3 9 21 5 8 7 8 0 13 6 7 5 0 13 3
No flush toilet 24 8 16 0 0 24 0 7 3 9 24 8 8 7 8 0 16 6 7 5 0 16 3
No exclusive use 210 87 123 3 3 210 0 41 21 73 210 124 70 16 196 9 14 7 7 53 39 110 8

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 12354 5657 6698 492 398 381 1092 1883 2515 2987 12354 6599 4572 1183 11272 693 1082 576 489 2336 2387 6467 1164
Well serving 1 to 5 units 634 525 109 38 269 38 86 156 38 175 634 29 376 229 45 0 589 345 229 22 36 573 3
Drilled 517 440 77 38 233 27 77 126 35 134 517 26 321 170 37 0 479 295 170 12 25 477 3
Dug 80 66 13 0 32 7 10 25 3 32 80 3 25 51 3 0 76 25 51 3 3 73 0
Not reported 38 19 19 0 4 5 0 4 0 10 38 0 29 9 5 0 33 24 9 7 8 23 0
Other 15 11 5 0 0 11 0 6 4 8 15 6 7 2 7 0 8 6 2 3 1 10 1

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 12993 6184 6809 530 667 424 1178 2041 2553 3167 12993 6629 4950 1414 11318 693 1675 923 721 2358 2423 7045 1167
Safe to drink 11191 5420 5771 452 589 344 931 1816 2125 2717 11191 5730 4235 1226 9679 583 1512 845 642 1957 2179 6171 884
Not safe to drink 1470 621 849 70 71 67 198 177 367 353 1470 718 584 167 1334 98 135 59 70 314 179 720 256
Safety not reported 333 144 189 7 7 13 49 48 60 97 333 180 132 21 305 12 28 20 9 88 65 153 27

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 1470 621 849 70 71 67 198 177 367 353 1470 718 584 167 1334 98 135 59 70 314 179 720 256
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 256 111 145 9 15 18 54 20 63 76 256 131 84 41 226 26 30 13 15 71 51 118 17
Public or private system 243 104 139 9 15 16 43 20 60 69 243 128 77 39 223 26 20 6 12 67 51 109 17
Individual well 11 5 5 0 0 0 11 0 3 5 11 3 5 2 3 0 8 5 2 3 0 8 0
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 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0
Drinking and primary water source
different		 1209 507 702 62 56 49 145 157 304 277 1209 583 500 127 1104 71 105 45 55 244 128 600 237
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 6 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 6 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
Spring 50 20 30 2 0 2 3 10 11 9 50 29 21 0 50 0 0 0 0 17 0 31 2
Cistern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stream or lake 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Commercial bottled water 1021 415 606 50 51 46 129 135 264 241 1021 482 424 115 921 64 100 45 50 195 114 501 210
Other 129 70 59 9 5 1 10 11 26 24 129 63 53 12 124 7 5 0 5 26 14 65 24
Source of drinking water not reported 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 11863 5243 6620 450 274 379 1012 1748 2489 2838 11863 6581 4296 986 11155 683 708 391 303 2306 2391 6013 1153
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 1132 948 184 80 393 43 166 292 67 328 1132 54 657 421 169 10 964 535 411 54 33 1031 15
Other 8 2 7 0 0 8 0 4 0 4 8 0 2 7 2 0 7 0 7 2 0 7 0
@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