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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 5-6. Failures in Equipment--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

Water Supply Stoppage

With hot and cold piped water		 12959 6169 6790 530 658 386 1178 2027 2557 3149 12959 6626 4934 1399 11311 691 1648 910 707 2350 2422 7019 1168
No stoppage in last 3 months 12317 5952 6364 505 608 352 1049 1976 2415 2969 12317 6292 4701 1323 10743 665 1573 887 658 2195 2316 6702 1103
With stoppage in last 3 months 426 122 304 18 40 33 90 24 109 134 426 208 157 60 364 19 62 18 41 85 64 224 53
No stoppage lasting 6 hours or more 128 33 95 3 14 9 18 10 26 53 128 62 53 13 112 9 16 11 5 19 22 75 11
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 157 50 108 15 12 3 37 7 48 29 157 69 67 21 137 5 20 4 16 38 25 67 27
2 times 63 13 50 0 8 3 18 0 25 34 63 34 13 16 50 5 13 0 11 8 8 37 10
3 times 18 10 8 0 5 0 6 4 0 5 18 8 4 7 11 0 7 0 7 3 5 7 3
4 times or more 53 14 39 0 2 18 12 0 8 14 53 34 17 2 49 0 4 2 2 15 4 33 1
Number of times not reported 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 1 3 1 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0
Stoppage not reported 217 96 121 7 10 0 39 27 32 46 217 126 76 15 204 7 13 5 8 70 42 93 12

Flush Toilet Breakdowns

With one or more flush toilets		 12980 6185 6795 530 667 407 1178 2037 2554 3161 12980 6626 4946 1407 11317 693 1663 921 714 2356 2424 7035 1166
With at least one working toilet at all
times in last 3 months		 12251 5985 6267 513 640 350 995 1955 2360 2904 12251 6219 4716 1316 10636 629 1615 900 688 2165 2304 6659 1123
None working some time in last 3 months 455 83 372 9 8 29 141 27 156 174 455 251 139 65 440 55 14 5 9 94 75 256 30
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 171 30 141 2 0 5 25 6 69 62 171 90 56 25 167 21 4 0 4 51 17 91 12
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 169 36 132 4 6 10 46 11 54 65 169 95 53 21 160 15 8 2 6 23 35 98 12
2 times 48 10 37 3 3 2 18 7 17 17 48 23 16 9 48 9 0 0 0 5 13 25 3
3 times 21 4 17 0 0 1 20 0 8 2 21 17 4 0 21 0 0 0 0 8 5 8 0
4 times or more 40 3 37 0 0 10 29 0 5 21 40 24 10 5 37 5 3 3 0 6 5 27 3
Number of times not reported 7 0 7 0 0 0 2 5 2 7 7 2 0 5 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
Breakdowns not reported 274 117 157 7 19 28 42 55 39 84 274 156 92 26 241 9 33 16 17 97 45 120 12

Sewage Disposal Breakdowns

With 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
No breakdowns in last 3 months 11611 5160 6451 450 261 359 966 1720 2426 2739 11611 6437 4215 960 10920 660 691 378 299 2281 2318 5871 1142
With breakdowns in last 3 months 252 82 169 0 13 21 47 28 63 99 252 144 81 26 235 23 17 13 3 25 73 142 11
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 79 36 43 0 3 5 9 14 14 32 79 48 22 9 71 7 7 6 2 13 14 52 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 101 30 71 0 5 4 21 7 29 37 101 47 47 7 94 7 8 8 0 7 36 50 8
2 times 30 3 26 0 3 5 4 1 10 9 30 23 4 3 30 3 0 0 0 2 11 17 0
3 times 7 0 7 0 2 0 3 0 3 4 7 5 0 2 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0
4 times or more 35 13 22 0 0 8 10 6 7 16 35 22 7 6 35 6 0 0 0 3 10 18 4

With septic tank or cesspool		 1132 948 184 80 393 43 166 292 67 328 1132 54 657 421 169 10 964 535 411 54 33 1031 15
No breakdowns in last 3 months 1117 936 181 80 391 43 161 287 65 322 1117 51 649 417 164 10 953 530 407 54 33 1015 15
With breakdowns in last 3 months 15 13 3 0 2 0 5 5 2 6 15 2 8 5 5 0 11 6 5 0 0 15 0
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours or more 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 3 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 12 9 3 0 2 0 5 2 2 2 12 2 5 5 5 0 7 2 5 0 0 12 0
2 times 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 times 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 times or more 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Heating Problems

With heating equipment and
occupied last winter		 11597 5996 5601 418 647 400 1041 1990 1188 2713 11597 5897 4422 1278 10028 600 1570 860 678 2164 2125 6272 1037
Not uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or
more last winter		 10126 5404 4721 367 589 229 827 1812 999 2290 10126 5019 3937 1169 8692 563 1434 799 606 1784 1803 5586 953
Uncomfortably cold for 24 hours or more
last winter@5		 1233 492 741 48 53 171 175 146 160 363 1233 741 391 101 1104 32 128 58 68 304 279 584 66
Equipment breakdowns 435 163 272 13 12 141 48 47 64 117 435 289 128 19 413 10 22 13 9 137 100 178 21
No breakdowns lasting 6 hours
or more		 20 7 13 0 0 0 8 6 2 10 20 14 6 0 20 0 0 0 0 5 6 10 0
1 time lasting 6 hours or more 190 81 109 8 3 2 21 15 23 49 190 114 66 10 179 4 11 5 5 55 48 81 6
2 times 79 33 46 5 2 0 19 11 12 21 79 55 22 3 77 3 2 2 0 27 26 22 3
3 times 41 11 30 0 2 41 0 8 4 10 41 27 10 4 37 0 4 0 4 21 8 11 1
4 times or more 98 32 66 0 5 98 0 7 21 27 98 71 24 3 93 3 5 5 0 29 13 46 11
Number of times not reported 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Other causes 798 339 459 35 41 43 129 102 103 243 798 452 264 82 692 23 106 45 59 157 181 414 45
Utility interruption 264 152 112 25 24 7 31 32 30 65 264 142 83 39 218 10 46 17 29 17 26 208 13
Inadequate heating capacity 178 40 139 6 4 10 32 22 29 62 178 118 49 11 171 6 7 2 5 53 54 66 6
Inadequate insulation 189 52 137 0 9 19 60 19 25 72 189 113 61 15 152 0 36 19 15 47 44 84 14
Cost of heating 74 38 35 2 0 3 10 7 13 20 74 32 37 5 65 3 9 7 2 23 21 23 6
Other 174 84 90 3 10 8 15 30 11 48 174 99 57 18 153 2 20 4 16 43 49 70 12
Not reported 14 4 9 0 0 3 0 1 0 4 14 8 4 2 14 2 0 0 0 8 6 0 0
Reason for discomfort not reported 27 2 25 0 0 0 3 2 0 7 27 18 9 0 27 0 0 0 0 18 4 4 0
Discomfort not reported 239 100 139 3 5 0 39 31 29 60 239 137 93 8 231 4 8 4 4 76 43 102 18

Electric Fuses and Circuit Breakers

With electrical wiring		 13002 6190 6811 530 667 430 1178 2042 2557 3171 13002 6635 4953 1414 11323 693 1679 926 721 2361 2424 7048 1168
No fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 11511 5484 6028 481 612 367 965 1885 2280 2789 11511 5805 4440 1267 10001 629 1510 841 638 2034 2112 6289 1076
With fuses or breakers blown in last
3 months		 1114 559 555 40 47 49 159 115 208 278 1114 619 370 125 967 51 147 73 75 215 246 587 66
1 time 555 294 261 23 12 21 61 72 96 94 555 285 204 66 480 29 75 39 37 106 116 299 33
2 times 282 142 140 7 23 13 36 23 49 90 282 169 89 23 240 2 42 21 21 51 73 141 17
3 times 93 46 47 3 4 1 4 5 18 23 93 53 24 16 85 8 8 0 8 19 18 54 2
4 times or more 162 66 96 6 9 14 48 10 40 61 162 101 45 17 142 8 20 11 9 30 39 79 14
Number of times not reported 23 10 12 0 0 0 10 5 5 10 23 11 8 4 20 4 2 2 0 9 0 14 0
Problem not reported or don't know 376 148 228 9 8 15 55 42 69 104 376 211 143 22 355 14 21 13 8 112 66 172 26
@5Other causes and equipment breakdowns may not add to total as both may be reported.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: May 27, 2005