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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1999


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Table 1D-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Mobile
homes

Total		 27555 1636 25919 22891 17269 5622 3028 633 10.0 304 209 1077 806 1847 4314

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 1467 250 1217 271 109 162 946 188 51.9 102 55 141 460 62 239
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 26088 1386 24702 22620 17160 5460 2082 445 7.4 201 154 937 346 1785 4075
Kitchen sink 27193 1536 25656 22817 17239 5577 2840 614 9.8 293 190 1047 695 1835 4269
Refrigerator 26562 1494 25069 22798 17217 5581 2270 487 7.9 214 164 987 417 1817 4178
Cooking stove or range 26413 1443 24970 22721 17174 5547 2249 500 8.2 240 165 969 375 1811 4101
Burners, no stove or range 39 0 39 29 14 15 11 2 14.1 0 0 2 6 2 4
Microwave oven only 91 4 87 61 38 24 26 0 0.0 0 12 4 10 2 14
Dishwasher 11921 387 11534 10667 9269 1398 867 127 8.3 124 64 455 96 1273 1386
Washing machine 21372 563 20809 19712 16441 3271 1097 99 2.9 114 59 625 201 1628 3364
Clothes dryer 20556 639 19917 18755 15778 2976 1162 118 3.8 123 42 649 230 1615 3119
Disposal in kitchen sink 6624 234 6390 5802 4628 1173 588 113 8.6 74 51 288 63 586 286
Trash compactor 743 34 709 618 551 67 91 16 18.7 14 6 53 1 72 50

Air conditioning:
Central		 11975 300 11675 10633 8816 1817 1041 195 9.6 146 79 478 143 1420 2019
Additional central 628 7 621 572 514 58 50 15 20.9 6 2 23 4 94 93
1 room unit 5112 206 4906 4431 2838 1593 475 131 7.5 40 21 183 100 119 883
2 room units 2019 48 1971 1859 1409 449 112 24 5.1 27 7 37 17 43 277
3 room units or more 659 11 648 596 482 114 52 15 11.3 9 2 19 7 11 69

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 15711 636 15074 13641 10711 2930 1434 335 10.1 155 119 475 350 1135 3233
Steam or hot water system 2089 76 2012 1885 1401 484 127 34 6.4 14 15 26 37 89 7
Electric heat pump 2694 131 2563 2163 1823 340 399 73 17.6 54 20 213 39 461 445
Built-in electric units 2189 202 1988 1686 962 724 302 73 8.9 20 30 154 25 65 78
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 1288 95 1192 983 621 363 209 54 12.8 34 14 53 54 35 120
Room heaters with flue 869 70 799 717 459 259 82 20 7.2 3 0 31 28 8 59
Room heaters without flue 1026 32 994 863 536 327 131 25 7.1 8 4 23 70 16 136
Portable electric heaters 121 24 97 80 59 22 16 0 0.0 2 0 10 4 4 37
Stoves 901 171 730 636 514 123 93 6 4.3 4 2 47 35 11 88
Fireplaces with inserts 83 7 76 73 72 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 6 8
Fireplaces without inserts 59 19 40 36 34 2 4 0 0.0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Other 178 25 153 91 55 36 62 5 12.3 7 3 24 23 13 22
Cooking stove 32 10 22 18 14 4 5 0 0.0 0 0 0 5 0 7
None 316 137 179 18 9 9 162 8 46.4 2 2 15 135 4 70

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 234 3 231 220 189 31 11 4 12.5 0 0 4 2 3 31
Steam or hot water system 24 2 22 22 22 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 71 0 71 67 60 6 5 0 0.0 2 0 2 0 6 0
Built-in electric units 1060 32 1028 951 762 189 77 7 3.6 3 9 48 10 37 50
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 134 5 129 124 95 29 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 0 12
Room heaters with flue 405 10 395 377 342 36 17 3 8.7 0 2 5 8 20 37
Room heaters without flue 1043 18 1025 998 807 190 27 4 2.3 6 0 9 8 54 222
Portable electric heaters 1937 54 1883 1857 1480 377 26 2 0.4 2 0 9 13 41 257
Stoves 2276 107 2169 2036 1829 207 132 16 6.9 25 11 53 27 70 243
Fireplaces with inserts 1412 58 1354 1266 1173 93 88 12 10.8 15 8 52 2 119 102
Fireplaces without inserts 802 85 717 660 580 80 57 3 3.3 8 1 35 9 79 61
Other 260 2 258 249 225 24 8 4 14.0 0 1 4 0 10 22
Cooking stove 157 7 150 143 124 19 7 2 11.8 0 0 4 0 6 23
None 18976 1106 17871 15506 11002 4504 2364 565 11.0 233 176 824 566 1425 3247

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 26608 1356 25252 22555 17067 5488 2696 603 9.8 289 201 1020 583 1822 4133
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 948 280 667 336 201 134 332 30 18.0 15 8 58 222 25 181
No hot piped water 672 238 434 124 68 56 310 23 29.4 13 3 54 217 17 153
No bathtub and no shower 504 231 272 114 64 50 158 14 22.3 6 0 31 108 13 68
No flush toilet 464 209 255 95 58 37 160 16 30.3 6 0 31 108 13 72
No exclusive use 211 0 211 194 125 70 16 5 6.3 2 5 4 1 7 23

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 19480 801 18679 16454 11608 4846 2225 556 10.1 218 182 755 514 1279 2841
Well serving 1 to 5 units 7519 701 6818 6128 5410 718 691 66 8.4 81 25 295 224 535 1337
Drilled 6354 524 5830 5284 4748 536 546 47 8.0 74 21 247 157 497 1118
Dug 757 87 670 615 517 98 54 7 6.7 3 2 13 30 29 139
Not reported 409 90 319 228 144 84 91 13 13.1 4 2 35 37 8 81
Other 556 134 422 310 252 58 112 10 15.1 4 2 27 68 32 135

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 27540 1627 25913 22884 17266 5618 3028 633 10.0 304 209 1077 806 1845 4312
Safe to drink 25287 1335 23952 21367 16230 5137 2585 585 10.1 271 184 926 619 1745 3854
Not safe to drink 1649 159 1491 1308 877 431 183 17 3.7 10 14 76 65 77 327
Safety not reported 604 134 470 210 160 50 260 30 35.3 22 11 75 122 23 131

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 13843 530 13314 11649 7550 4100 1665 495 10.6 146 155 542 326 744 1316
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 13422 949 12473 11189 9684 1505 1284 130 7.9 155 54 517 428 1093 2956
Other 290 158 132 53 35 17 80 8 30.3 2 0 18 52 10 41
@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: February 18, 2005