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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black alone Hispanic 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		 21627 17350 4277 672 1487 386 738 2045 1221 991 3853 21627 5853 10455 5318 15349 1872 6278 2778 3446 4617 5188 7678 4144

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 223 78 145 8 6 32 191 41 10 18 60 223 78 114 31 177 4 46 18 28 57 57 69 40
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 21404 17272 4132 664 1481 354 548 2004 1211 973 3793 21404 5775 10342 5287 15172 1868 6232 2759 3419 4559 5131 7609 4105
Kitchen sink 21604 17348 4256 672 1487 373 728 2041 1221 987 3838 21604 5846 10443 5314 15338 1872 6266 2770 3442 4614 5187 7662 4141
Refrigerator 21602 17336 4266 668 1481 370 729 2040 1221 990 3843 21602 5852 10438 5312 15342 1872 6260 2766 3440 4613 5184 7660 4144
Cooking stove or range 21490 17272 4218 666 1477 364 693 2030 1212 980 3804 21490 5814 10379 5297 15247 1865 6243 2757 3432 4591 5171 7613 4115
Burners, no stove or range 26 18 9 6 4 5 2 3 2 3 9 26 8 15 3 20 3 6 6 0 8 3 11 5
Microwave oven only 65 35 30 0 7 3 13 10 4 9 18 65 22 31 11 56 5 8 2 6 7 10 31 16
Dishwasher 11781 10527 1254 553 726 118 174 427 414 557 1334 11781 2795 6554 2432 8607 893 3174 1603 1539 2287 2478 4276 2740
Washing machine 18253 16452 1801 577 1357 250 533 1469 873 616 2849 18253 4443 9009 4801 12402 1616 5851 2612 3185 3524 4416 6819 3494
Clothes dryer 17112 15567 1545 570 1265 194 432 1156 723 610 2492 17112 4016 8572 4524 11581 1548 5531 2501 2976 3127 4314 6327 3344
Disposal in kitchen sink 9202 7492 1711 450 392 95 132 444 435 567 1189 9202 2664 4967 1571 7619 816 1583 803 756 1105 2358 2938 2802
Trash compactor 798 706 91 36 27 6 13 47 42 34 101 798 240 431 126 614 53 184 108 73 125 113 323 237

Air conditioning:
Central		 12487 10775 1712 582 983 133 159 872 569 619 1797 12487 3131 6544 2812 9098 1082 3389 1633 1729 1359 3365 5808 1956
Additional central 764 680 83 48 40 14 8 53 44 55 99 764 178 412 174 543 61 220 107 113 67 102 430 165
1 room unit 3260 2171 1089 25 238 80 197 413 212 157 867 3260 946 1299 1015 2151 342 1108 424 672 1128 859 786 486
2 room units 1657 1255 402 7 92 45 160 255 113 33 316 1657 546 701 409 1195 145 462 193 264 734 310 511 102
3 room units or more 696 618 78 2 23 13 77 102 58 7 115 696 200 353 143 539 63 157 77 79 345 93 232 26

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 12976 11097 1879 446 1162 151 159 1144 564 587 2078 12976 3447 6355 3174 9370 1164 3606 1556 2010 1894 4062 4325 2696
Steam or hot water system 3077 2133 944 28 10 84 68 311 182 77 568 3077 1120 1473 485 2503 204 574 293 281 2221 519 173 164
Electric heat pump 2128 1792 336 146 176 15 19 109 111 132 286 2128 468 1202 458 1368 126 760 414 332 62 138 1674 254
Built-in electric units 1037 564 473 20 15 24 26 64 36 93 212 1037 199 494 344 672 144 365 165 200 284 260 189 304
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1011 669 341 11 34 35 33 125 141 62 240 1011 336 451 223 765 85 246 107 138 99 105 347 460
Room heaters with flue 420 325 94 11 17 19 7 64 34 19 155 420 60 122 238 175 58 245 65 180 31 56 268 65
Room heaters without flue 437 354 83 6 37 19 418 184 62 12 161 437 127 106 203 246 79 191 67 124 2 2 420 12
Portable electric heaters 124 72 51 2 11 4 9 21 33 3 31 124 51 56 17 95 0 29 12 17 2 3 86 32
Stoves 236 198 38 2 19 19 0 16 15 0 77 236 9 88 139 38 7 198 65 132 11 38 114 73
Fireplaces with inserts 27 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 27 2 12 13 7 0 20 7 13 0 5 12 11
Fireplaces without inserts 14 14 0 0 4 2 0 4 2 0 6 14 2 8 4 6 0 8 5 4 0 0 4 11
Other 38 29 9 0 0 0 0 2 11 3 13 38 10 15 12 25 4 12 4 8 3 1 27 7
Cooking stove 41 31 10 0 3 5 0 0 16 0 6 41 15 21 5 27 0 14 9 5 8 0 17 16
None 62 46 16 0 0 8 0 0 12 4 19 62 6 51 4 52 2 10 8 2 0 0 22 40

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 220 183 37 4 19 0 7 27 9 4 44 220 38 114 67 145 27 75 35 41 21 62 82 56
Steam or hot water system 109 62 47 2 0 5 2 26 17 0 28 109 89 18 2 102 0 7 5 2 82 12 12 3
Electric heat pump 88 76 12 0 8 0 2 8 1 1 11 88 25 34 29 61 14 27 12 15 7 5 51 25
Built-in electric units 600 513 87 10 14 7 28 40 20 13 66 600 131 263 207 369 69 231 93 137 93 109 201 197
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 75 67 9 2 6 2 2 13 3 0 9 75 29 36 9 61 3 14 7 7 17 10 20 29
Room heaters with flue 215 195 20 0 14 4 7 14 6 0 35 215 33 78 104 92 22 123 41 82 48 52 80 36
Room heaters without flue 380 353 27 2 29 11 40 48 15 3 66 380 50 131 199 168 52 212 64 147 49 65 242 23
Portable electric heaters 1823 1538 285 26 121 30 103 176 122 20 290 1823 446 804 573 1229 201 594 213 372 289 381 696 458
Stoves 889 823 66 4 64 22 16 28 30 10 148 889 71 405 413 304 63 585 220 350 215 167 229 278
Fireplaces with inserts 853 832 21 33 46 7 12 43 22 38 85 853 115 425 314 421 80 432 196 235 70 163 348 273
Fireplaces without inserts 580 554 26 19 13 0 11 30 36 10 64 580 142 289 149 371 41 208 101 107 70 92 241 176
Other 96 88 8 0 9 2 2 8 4 0 24 96 5 56 34 32 2 65 32 33 17 6 45 28
Cooking stove 248 185 64 4 3 10 15 45 40 3 71 248 77 115 57 188 22 60 25 36 64 19 102 63
None 16430 12772 3658 568 1180 296 541 1626 948 882 3060 16430 4787 8072 3571 12322 1388 4108 1888 2183 3735 4198 5699 2798

Used as parallel heating
equipment@1		 930 799 131 11 45 30 22 84 57 18 166 930 203 419 308 530 77 400 164 231 192 139 314 285
Warm-air furnace 68 51 17 2 9 0 2 9 4 2 18 68 7 45 16 49 8 19 11 8 4 27 24 12
Steam or hot water system 69 33 36 2 0 5 2 23 12 0 20 69 64 5 0 66 0 3 3 0 52 7 10 0
Electric heat pump 33 29 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 33 10 13 10 26 8 7 5 2 4 0 19 10
Built-in electric units 224 193 31 0 12 3 5 11 7 4 26 224 43 115 66 142 22 83 39 44 36 40 61 87
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 23 20 3 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 5 23 4 11 7 16 3 7 2 5 2 6 7 8
Room heaters with flue 77 68 9 0 5 0 5 8 1 0 21 77 17 28 32 38 5 39 13 27 18 14 34 12
Stoves 218 197 21 2 7 13 4 10 10 4 43 218 11 81 127 52 9 166 44 118 69 25 61 62
Fireplaces with inserts 151 146 5 0 9 2 2 6 10 4 20 151 26 74 51 82 17 69 35 34 18 12 60 62
Fireplaces with no inserts 90 85 5 2 3 0 3 11 9 3 13 90 15 50 24 54 8 36 19 17 1 11 39 39
Cooking stove 50 33 17 2 0 5 0 8 12 2 13 50 19 22 9 37 3 13 7 6 17 2 11 19
Other 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 21 4 12 5 9 0 12 7 5 5 0 11 5

Used as supplemental heating
equipment@1		 4261 3788 473 88 264 57 179 338 207 80 617 4261 848 1930 1482 2455 411 1805 722 1071 663 849 1677 1071
Warm-air furnace 126 109 17 2 10 0 4 15 1 2 25 126 18 65 43 77 16 49 21 27 14 26 51 36
Steam or hot water system 31 20 11 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 6 31 23 6 2 26 0 5 2 2 23 2 2 3
Electric heat pump 42 38 5 0 8 0 2 0 1 0 6 42 13 16 13 24 3 18 8 11 3 3 22 15
Built-in electric units 365 313 52 10 2 2 20 28 13 9 36 365 85 142 138 222 47 144 52 91 53 70 137 106
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 47 41 5 0 3 0 2 11 2 0 4 47 19 25 2 40 0 7 5 2 12 3 11 21
Room heaters with flue 118 110 8 0 9 2 0 6 5 0 14 118 16 37 66 46 14 72 21 51 22 34 42 21
Room heaters without flue 380 353 27 2 29 11 40 48 15 3 66 380 50 131 199 168 52 212 64 147 49 65 242 23
Portable electric heaters 1823 1538 285 26 121 30 103 176 122 20 290 1823 446 804 573 1229 201 594 213 372 289 381 696 458
Stoves 671 626 45 2 57 9 12 19 20 6 105 671 61 324 287 253 54 418 177 232 146 142 168 215
Fireplaces with inserts 700 683 16 33 37 4 10 37 12 34 65 700 89 348 263 339 62 361 158 201 52 148 288 211
Fireplaces with no inserts 490 469 21 17 10 0 8 19 27 7 51 490 127 239 124 318 34 172 82 90 69 82 202 137
Cooking stove 175 133 42 0 3 5 12 34 24 1 45 175 48 84 43 131 18 43 18 25 37 15 82 40
Other 64 56 8 0 7 0 0 2 1 0 14 64 1 39 24 17 0 47 23 24 12 6 26 20

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 21294 17137 4158 668 1481 53 738 1985 1190 980 3751 21294 5736 10309 5249 15124 1858 6170 2725 3391 4526 5114 7545 4109
Lacking some or all plumbing
facilities@1		 333 214 119 4 6 333 0 60 31 11 102 333 117 146 69 225 14 108 52 56 90 74 133 35
No hot piped water 61 38 23 4 6 61 0 18 4 1 30 61 3 32 25 15 2 46 22 24 4 13 39 5
No bathtub and no shower 56 29 27 0 0 56 0 7 2 3 33 56 10 23 24 11 0 46 22 24 7 8 37 4
No flush toilet 34 16 18 0 0 34 0 7 2 1 18 34 0 15 19 1 0 33 14 19 0 1 32 2
No exclusive use 245 159 87 0 0 245 0 41 27 8 58 245 105 106 34 200 12 45 22 23 79 56 82 28

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 18488 14411 4077 601 1119 319 635 1883 1157 951 3260 18488 5734 8993 3761 14862 1822 3626 1671 1938 3929 4305 6458 3795
Well serving 1 to 5 units 2994 2810 184 67 346 45 102 156 60 40 564 2994 119 1428 1447 484 50 2510 1074 1398 648 857 1149 340
Drilled 2645 2482 163 62 304 37 96 126 47 33 480 2645 111 1251 1283 422 39 2223 940 1244 539 774 1024 308
Dug 199 186 13 4 27 7 4 25 10 0 54 199 0 88 111 26 4 173 66 107 67 27 89 16
Not reported 150 142 9 2 16 2 2 4 3 7 30 150 8 89 54 35 7 115 68 47 42 56 36 16
Other 145 130 16 4 22 22 2 6 4 0 29 145 1 34 110 3 0 142 32 110 39 26 71 10

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water
sources@13		 21623 17347 4276 672 1487 383 738 2041 1220 991 3853 21623 5853 10452 5318 15348 1872 6275 2774 3446 4617 5188 7675 4144
Safe to drink 20055 16184 3871 592 1362 355 672 1816 1040 879 3547 20055 5328 9690 5037 14108 1762 5947 2620 3275 4319 4978 7097 3661
Not safe to drink 1252 924 328 72 107 21 44 177 168 96 243 1252 412 627 213 998 71 254 111 141 193 163 464 432
Safety not reported 316 238 78 8 18 7 22 48 12 17 63 316 112 135 69 242 39 74 44 30 105 47 114 50

Source of Drinking Water

Primary source not safe to drink		 1252 924 328 72 107 21 44 177 168 96 243 1252 412 627 213 998 71 254 111 141 193 163 464 432
Drinking and primary water source
the same		 297 214 84 11 25 9 11 20 23 15 63 297 68 138 91 200 29 97 32 62 62 54 130 52
Public or private system 286 205 81 11 21 7 9 20 23 15 63 286 68 137 81 200 29 86 32 52 62 50 122 52
Individual well 7 4 3 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 6 0 0 7 1 6 0 3 4 0
Spring 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 4 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 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 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 0
Drinking and primary water source
different		 955 711 244 61 82 12 33 157 145 80 180 955 344 489 122 797 42 158 78 80 131 109 334 380
Public or private system 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
Individual well 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
Spring 22 18 4 0 0 0 2 10 3 0 6 22 5 12 4 15 0 6 2 4 12 3 7 0
Cistern 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Stream or lake 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Commercial bottled water 717 517 199 53 77 11 26 135 114 60 140 717 266 369 82 596 23 121 62 59 95 85 249 288
Other 210 173 37 8 5 1 4 11 27 20 33 210 72 106 33 183 19 27 13 14 24 22 78 87
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 0

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 16655 12718 3937 494 792 298 543 1748 1127 867 2943 16655 5698 8002 2956 14465 1777 2191 995 1179 3709 4160 5303 3484
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 4942 4616 326 178 695 61 196 292 92 124 892 4942 156 2446 2341 884 95 4058 1774 2246 908 1028 2347 659
Other 30 15 14 0 0 27 0 4 2 0 18 30 0 8 22 0 0 30 8 22 0 0 28 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