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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Hispanic 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		 11038 5106 5931 470 447 325 711 1221 2544 2205 11038 5031 5153 855 10016 431 1022 581 424 1739 946 3881 4472

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 229 29 200 3 0 11 218 10 96 60 229 117 97 15 221 11 8 4 4 49 20 63 96
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 10809 5078 5731 467 447 314 494 1211 2448 2145 10809 4913 5056 840 9795 420 1014 577 420 1690 926 3817 4375
Kitchen sink 11018 5105 5913 470 447 321 696 1221 2537 2197 11018 5022 5141 855 9996 431 1022 581 424 1731 945 3878 4464
Refrigerator 11026 5104 5922 470 447 325 700 1221 2541 2200 11026 5025 5147 855 10004 431 1022 581 424 1736 946 3878 4465
Cooking stove or range 10936 5086 5850 465 447 313 678 1212 2504 2167 10936 4962 5121 853 9920 431 1016 576 422 1711 938 3845 4442
Burners, no stove or range 33 5 28 0 0 1 0 2 16 14 33 24 9 0 31 0 2 2 0 14 2 7 10
Microwave oven only 41 13 28 3 0 9 8 4 12 17 41 31 10 0 39 0 2 2 0 13 7 10 11
Dishwasher 4473 2620 1854 376 103 61 150 414 1160 470 4473 1621 2586 267 4016 106 457 284 161 366 354 1875 1878
Washing machine 7159 4731 2428 418 335 176 382 873 1191 1158 7159 2902 3573 684 6297 320 862 486 364 881 610 2720 2948
Clothes dryer 6143 4320 1822 410 299 104 280 723 1062 823 6143 2347 3184 611 5371 280 772 429 331 537 594 2402 2609
Disposal in kitchen sink 4994 2492 2502 364 73 89 154 435 1303 719 4994 1961 2860 174 4700 111 294 225 63 208 353 1642 2791
Trash compactor 353 202 151 29 6 13 14 42 84 40 353 140 200 13 326 6 28 18 6 48 33 146 127

Air conditioning:
Central		 5477 3072 2405 393 225 92 165 569 1350 874 5477 2190 2937 350 4909 179 569 380 171 225 507 2973 1773
Additional central 363 258 104 57 10 14 12 44 47 59 363 107 231 25 323 13 39 27 12 15 34 189 124
1 room unit 1635 453 1182 15 76 74 168 212 386 458 1635 841 617 177 1493 105 143 70 73 551 186 315 584
2 room units 835 320 514 4 34 34 118 113 136 170 835 493 266 76 768 35 67 26 41 384 91 260 100
3 room units or more 487 281 206 0 34 17 102 58 67 119 487 251 182 53 452 33 34 14 20 191 41 228 27

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 5544 3055 2489 322 303 122 162 564 1309 928 5544 2387 2738 418 4982 218 562 349 201 397 728 2109 2310
Steam or hot water system 1386 343 1043 13 3 103 98 182 256 337 1386 939 409 38 1334 13 52 27 25 1164 138 31 52
Electric heat pump 1163 614 549 110 22 11 45 111 304 132 1163 401 698 64 1054 28 109 68 35 13 10 895 245
Built-in electric units 369 90 279 4 8 9 26 36 114 83 369 141 175 53 320 26 49 22 27 70 27 67 204
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1528 506 1022 10 42 49 72 141 345 405 1528 674 761 92 1442 50 86 44 42 58 27 198 1245
Room heaters with flue 167 73 94 2 9 4 8 34 43 65 167 64 67 36 139 24 29 16 12 7 13 57 91
Room heaters without flue 271 174 98 0 8 7 264 62 49 82 271 163 41 67 248 53 23 10 14 8 0 241 21
Portable electric heaters 268 106 162 3 40 9 25 33 36 82 268 120 117 31 222 11 46 26 20 7 2 143 116
Stoves 65 47 18 2 7 0 1 15 3 23 65 5 16 44 16 0 49 5 44 0 0 16 49
Fireplaces with inserts 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 2 3 1 4 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 5
Fireplaces without inserts 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 3 5 0 6 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7
Other 66 21 45 3 0 4 0 11 30 13 66 26 34 6 63 3 3 0 3 3 0 34 30
Cooking stove 51 27 24 0 3 0 0 16 14 15 51 35 14 3 48 3 3 3 0 10 0 38 3
None 145 42 103 0 1 9 10 12 40 41 145 71 74 0 139 0 6 6 0 0 0 53 92

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 52 32 20 4 0 0 1 9 8 5 52 8 34 9 48 8 3 2 1 4 10 16 21
Steam or hot water system 48 10 38 2 2 2 3 17 0 16 48 42 5 2 47 0 2 0 2 47 0 0 2
Electric heat pump 9 6 3 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 9 3 6 0 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6
Built-in electric units 188 102 86 2 7 8 16 20 27 40 188 78 82 28 172 21 16 9 7 21 8 41 118
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 52 30 21 0 2 3 0 3 6 13 52 4 32 16 44 9 8 0 8 3 0 9 39
Room heaters with flue 36 24 12 0 0 0 0 6 8 7 36 10 17 10 33 6 4 0 4 2 2 14 19
Room heaters without flue 70 38 32 0 6 3 23 15 9 13 70 19 6 45 49 27 22 3 18 3 5 58 4
Portable electric heaters 655 362 293 20 35 38 91 122 68 152 655 271 277 107 561 52 94 39 55 83 41 186 346
Stoves 126 85 41 2 13 0 8 30 18 25 126 17 57 53 72 16 54 18 36 16 17 15 77
Fireplaces with inserts 211 174 37 22 2 3 2 22 27 11 211 36 132 44 138 11 73 40 33 10 8 52 141
Fireplaces without inserts 347 248 99 33 5 0 15 36 72 39 347 123 187 37 301 19 46 27 19 10 16 102 219
Other 28 16 12 0 3 0 3 4 5 4 28 12 3 13 20 6 8 0 8 3 5 11 9
Cooking stove 165 83 83 2 1 7 22 40 25 60 165 82 58 25 146 11 19 6 13 32 4 80 49
None 9203 4040 5163 382 379 255 550 948 2256 1833 9203 4327 4307 569 8473 307 730 450 262 1534 852 3337 3479

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 379 215 164 12 14 12 21 57 52 97 379 136 183 59 320 27 58 27 32 57 20 91 211
Warm-air furnace 32 19 13 4 0 0 0 4 5 3 32 5 22 6 30 6 2 2 0 1 7 12 12
Steam or hot water system 30 5 25 2 2 2 3 12 0 15 30 26 2 2 28 0 2 0 2 28 0 0 2
Electric heat pump 5 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 2 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Built-in electric units 97 49 48 2 5 7 4 7 19 27 97 47 40 10 91 8 6 4 2 6 4 20 68
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 25 13 12 0 0 3 0 1 3 7 25 0 13 12 22 9 3 0 3 2 0 6 17
Room heaters with flue 16 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 5 4 16 2 13 2 15 0 2 0 2 0 0 9 7
Stoves 28 21 7 0 5 0 5 10 3 7 28 3 13 12 13 2 15 6 9 5 4 2 17
Fireplaces with inserts 61 46 15 0 2 0 0 10 7 8 61 8 42 11 47 2 13 5 9 3 3 7 47
Fireplaces with no inserts 70 50 20 2 0 0 3 9 5 14 70 23 43 3 59 0 11 8 3 0 2 21 47
Cooking stove 46 20 27 2 0 0 6 12 8 20 46 26 9 11 35 3 12 4 8 11 0 25 11
Other 6 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 6 3 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 1340 826 514 72 54 48 137 207 190 237 1340 489 592 258 1096 115 244 101 143 149 84 414 693
Warm-air furnace 9 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 9 0 7 2 9 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 2
Steam or hot water system 19 5 14 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 19 16 2 0 19 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3
Built-in electric units 88 53 35 0 1 1 12 13 8 12 88 28 42 18 79 13 9 4 5 15 4 21 48
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 25 16 8 0 2 0 0 2 2 5 25 4 16 5 20 0 5 0 5 2 0 3 20
Room heaters with flue 16 14 2 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 16 8 3 5 14 3 2 0 2 2 2 5 8
Room heaters without flue 70 38 32 0 6 3 23 15 9 13 70 19 6 45 49 27 22 3 18 3 5 58 4
Portable electric heaters 655 362 293 20 35 38 91 122 68 152 655 271 277 107 561 52 94 39 55 83 41 186 346
Stoves 93 61 32 0 7 0 0 20 15 14 93 11 41 41 57 14 36 10 27 9 13 11 60
Fireplaces with inserts 145 122 23 22 0 3 2 12 21 3 145 28 87 31 88 9 57 35 22 7 5 42 91
Fireplaces with no inserts 274 195 79 31 5 0 12 27 67 25 274 100 141 34 240 19 34 19 15 10 14 81 169
Cooking stove 103 55 48 0 1 4 13 24 14 34 103 44 46 14 96 8 8 2 5 20 4 50 29
Other 21 12 9 0 3 0 3 1 2 4 21 9 0 12 14 6 6 0 6 0 5 8 7

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 10853 5052 5802 470 434 141 711 1190 2498 2157 10853 4927 5082 844 9846 425 1008 571 419 1695 930 3810 4418
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 185 55 130 0 13 185 0 31 46 48 185 103 71 11 170 6 14 10 5 44 17 71 53
No hot piped water 26 7 19 0 7 26 0 4 11 10 26 11 14 2 15 0 11 10 2 6 0 14 6
No bathtub and no shower 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 2 0 4 10 7 2 2 9 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 6
No flush toilet 10 0 10 0 0 10 0 2 0 4 10 7 2 2 9 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 6
No exclusive use 157 48 109 0 6 157 0 27 35 38 157 92 57 9 154 6 3 0 3 38 17 57 46

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 10664 4828 5836 441 377 324 700 1157 2486 2153 10664 5003 4944 717 9922 426 742 433 292 1676 903 3719 4365
Well serving 1 to 5 units 357 273 84 25 67 0 11 60 51 45 357 22 205 130 84 5 273 148 125 63 42 154 98
Drilled 290 230 60 17 55 0 8 47 34 41 290 14 168 108 71 5 219 116 103 49 31 127 83
Dug 24 21 3 4 4 0 1 10 3 4 24 3 11 10 3 0 21 11 10 5 6 9 3
Not reported 43 23 20 4 8 0 2 3 13 0 43 4 26 13 10 0 33 20 13 9 5 18 11
Other 17 5 11 3 3 1 1 4 7 7 17 6 3 7 10 0 7 0 7 0 1 7 9

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 11028 5101 5927 470 447 324 710 1220 2540 2202 11028 5024 5149 855 10006 431 1022 581 424 1739 945 3881 4463
Safe to drink 8326 4092 4234 370 367 206 499 1040 1760 1585 8326 3696 3862 768 7432 381 895 492 388 1395 832 3230 2868
Not safe to drink 2558 942 1616 92 80 115 205 168 728 587 2558 1241 1232 86 2433 50 125 86 36 293 107 617 1542
Safety not reported 144 67 77 8 1 3 7 12 52 30 144 88 55 1 142 1 2 2 0 51 6 34 53

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 2558 942 1616 92 80 115 205 168 728 587 2558 1241 1232 86 2433 50 125 86 36 293 107 617 1542
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 286 105 180 5 2 15 25 23 68 63 286 134 145 7 275 3 11 7 3 68 27 88 102
Public or private system 282 105 177 5 2 15 25 23 68 59 282 134 145 3 275 3 7 7 0 68 27 85 102
Individual well 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 3 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 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		 2273 837 1436 86 78 101 180 145 660 524 2273 1106 1087 79 2158 46 115 79 33 225 80 528 1440
Public or private system 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Individual well 20 0 20 0 0 4 5 0 3 3 20 19 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 3
Spring 22 8 14 1 0 3 3 3 16 8 22 20 3 0 22 0 0 0 0 12 0 8 3
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 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 4 1 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Commercial bottled water 1850 628 1223 71 62 82 155 114 568 432 1850 864 913 74 1759 44 91 58 30 134 62 418 1236
Other 375 199 176 14 16 12 17 27 71 81 375 204 166 5 351 2 23 21 3 63 18 101 194
Source of drinking water not reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 10317 4548 5770 404 284 306 690 1127 2439 2079 10317 4981 4741 595 9813 416 505 323 179 1653 901 3510 4253
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 717 559 158 65 163 16 22 92 105 124 717 50 410 257 201 15 516 258 243 84 45 370 217
Other 3 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 2 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2
@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