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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1997


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Table 1B-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
[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
Characteristics
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		 34062 199 33864 30533 14938 15595 3331 1310 7.7 280 266 695 781 918 422

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 2263 35 2228 1062 149 913 1166 355 27.3 128 77 143 463 55 10
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 31800 164 31636 29471 14788 14683 2165 955 6.1 152 189 552 317 863 412
Kitchen sink 33564 186 33378 30227 14897 15330 3151 1256 7.5 268 261 665 700 914 420
Refrigerator 32916 173 32743 30326 14898 15429 2416 1022 6.2 162 204 604 424 890 416
Cooking stove or range 32685 170 32514 30060 14848 15212 2454 1082 6.6 206 220 576 370 901 413
Burners, no stove or range 76 0 76 76 37 38 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Microwave oven only 193 3 190 179 37 142 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 11 0 0
Dishwasher 14593 94 14499 13462 8570 4892 1037 385 7.2 124 120 281 126 832 119
Washing machine 19718 77 19641 19006 13357 5649 635 123 2.1 64 57 218 172 774 264
Clothes dryer 18109 94 18015 17146 12522 4624 869 165 3.4 81 68 258 298 763 258
Disposal in kitchen sink 14407 96 14310 13235 7453 5781 1075 406 6.5 107 108 316 138 791 98
Trash compactor 1162 6 1155 1074 712 362 82 17 4.5 15 2 25 22 84 3

Air conditioning:
Central		 15067 137 14930 13813 8149 5664 1117 442 7.2 119 117 311 128 787 242
Additional Central 759 0 759 696 475 221 63 17 7.1 7 2 22 14 42 11
1 room unit 6076 29 6047 5413 1904 3509 633 188 5.1 34 30 177 205 34 56
2 room units 2285 5 2280 2196 1179 1017 84 26 2.5 5 12 20 21 4 26
3 room units or more 1079 3 1076 1039 745 294 36 5 1.7 6 6 6 14 0 2

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 19181 92 19089 16984 9784 7200 2105 814 10.1 205 155 387 544 620 332
Steam or hot water system 6148 13 6134 5562 1972 3590 572 237 6.1 34 71 109 120 20 5
Electric heat pump 3350 80 3270 3018 1520 1498 252 81 5.1 20 19 114 18 238 38
Built-in electric units 1105 5 1099 1013 241 772 86 42 5.2 3 5 15 21 16 7
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot air
units without ducts		 2332 5 2327 2175 719 1456 152 77 5.0 4 17 27 26 19 21
Room heaters with flue 393 0 393 358 129 230 35 11 4.6 7 0 14 3 1 1
Room heaters without flue 629 3 626 550 249 302 76 31 9.2 7 0 13 25 0 4
Portable electric heaters 254 0 254 224 94 130 30 5 3.6 0 0 6 19 0 14
Stoves 50 0 50 50 36 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fireplaces with inserts 13 0 13 12 10 2 1 1 34.7 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fireplaces without inserts 11 0 11 8 5 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Other 231 0 231 212 74 138 19 10 6.7 0 0 6 3 4 0
Cooking stove 45 0 45 45 14 31 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
None 321 0 321 321 92 229 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 107 0 107 104 71 32 3 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Steam or hot water system 85 0 85 79 30 50 5 5 9.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electric heat pump 64 0 64 64 49 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Built-in electric units 779 4 775 736 470 266 39 16 5.7 2 3 17 0 10 12
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 80 0 80 74 34 41 6 3 6.6 0 0 3 0 0 0
Room heaters with flue 162 0 162 155 101 54 7 7 11.6 0 0 0 0 3 0
Room heaters without flue 411 0 411 403 253 150 8 2 1.1 0 0 0 7 5 6
Portable electric heaters 2201 0 2201 2168 1312 855 34 6 0.7 0 2 13 12 26 36
Stoves 426 0 426 416 335 81 10 4 4.8 4 0 3 0 4 8
Fireplaces with inserts 633 0 633 615 519 96 18 5 5.2 7 3 0 3 37 7
Fireplaces without inserts 1037 0 1037 989 682 307 48 12 3.6 11 9 7 9 39 3
Other 109 0 109 98 64 33 11 5 12.4 3 0 0 3 3 0
Cooking stove 231 3 228 222 88 135 6 2 1.2 2 0 3 0 0 6
None 27870 168 27701 24862 11362 13500 2840 1195 8.1 237 246 585 577 792 355

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 33363 191 33172 30045 14826 15219 3127 1241 7.5 271 261 656 698 917 408
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 699 8 692 488 111 377 203 69 15.4 9 5 39 82 2 14
No hot piped water 290 8 282 135 12 123 147 38 23.4 6 3 24 77 0 7
No bathtub nor shower 230 8 223 142 7 134 81 34 20.1 2 3 13 29 0 2
No flush toilet 213 8 205 125 5 120 80 33 21.1 3 3 10 32 1 2
No exclusive use 357 0 357 317 95 222 41 23 9.3 1 2 12 3 0 7

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 33841 194 33647 30338 14780 15558 3309 1308 7.7 280 266 692 764 904 410
Well serving 1 to 5 units 189 0 189 181 156 25 8 2 6.5 0 0 3 3 14 12
Drilled 176 0 176 169 146 22 8 2 7.2 0 0 3 3 14 12
Dug 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not reported 10 0 10 10 7 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 33 5 28 14 2 12 14 0 0.0 0 0 0 14 0 0

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 34060 196 33864 30533 14938 15595 3331 1310 7.7 280 266 695 781 918 422
Safe to drink 28416 162 28254 25442 12966 12476 2812 1168 8.5 244 240 576 583 779 349
Not safe to drink 4855 24 4831 4659 1799 2860 172 77 2.6 14 12 37 33 112 60
Safety not reported 788 10 779 432 173 260 346 65 19.8 22 14 81 164 27 14

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 33499 181 33317 30027 14513 15513 3290 1291 7.6 278 263 682 775 901 398
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 540 15 525 492 422 70 33 17 19.2 2 0 9 5 17 24
Other 24 3 21 14 3 11 7 2 10.0 0 3 3 0 0 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: February 18, 2005