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American Housing Survey for the United States: 1999


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Table 1A-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units
[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		 115253 2961 112292 102803 68796 34007 9489 2719 7.3 971 773 2648 2378 6715 8433

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 5061 421 4640 1744 388 1355 2896 654 31.8 372 224 389 1257 213 389
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 110192 2540 107652 101059 68407 32652 6593 2064 5.9 599 549 2259 1121 6501 8044
Kitchen sink 114246 2805 111440 102439 68705 33734 9001 2645 7.2 946 725 2586 2100 6676 8371
Refrigerator 112393 2712 109681 102360 68633 33727 7321 2243 6.2 650 591 2428 1409 6582 8200
Cooking stove or range 111862 2628 109234 101955 68499 33457 7279 2283 6.3 759 629 2351 1257 6608 8093
Burners, no stove or range 164 3 162 141 58 84 20 5 5.2 4 2 2 7 11 13
Microwave oven only 407 4 403 343 129 214 60 3 1.4 2 12 14 29 18 34
Dishwasher 62391 1040 61351 57703 44904 12799 3648 962 6.9 485 415 1329 457 5647 3004
Washing machine 84889 1271 83618 80543 65140 15403 3075 436 2.7 317 259 1433 631 5930 6543
Clothes dryer 81426 1387 80039 76454 62738 13716 3585 552 3.9 361 256 1573 842 5898 6155
Disposal in kitchen sink 49323 737 48586 45345 31659 13685 3242 1028 6.9 392 347 1078 397 4141 1111
Trash compactor 4282 118 4164 3858 3155 703 306 49 6.5 46 38 141 32 367 98

Air conditioning:
Central		 59862 958 58905 54878 41167 13711 4027 1156 7.7 529 429 1343 569 5609 4369
Additional central 3602 48 3555 3330 2776 554 224 55 9.0 38 15 90 26 511 196
1 room unit 18067 390 17677 16277 8382 7895 1400 389 4.7 110 62 423 416 302 1588
2 room units 7939 106 7834 7499 4998 2502 334 87 3.4 64 29 94 59 67 592
3 room units or more 3281 26 3255 3112 2462 650 144 62 8.7 11 6 41 23 19 107

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 68268 1253 67015 62018 44901 17117 4997 1485 7.9 601 475 1310 1127 4586 6220
Steam or hot water system 14270 129 14141 13153 7581 5572 988 380 6.3 66 79 193 270 218 19
Electric heat pump 12620 408 12212 10992 7809 3183 1221 304 8.6 133 113 479 193 1512 1069
Built-in electric units 5786 280 5506 4939 2285 2654 567 194 6.7 38 41 238 57 154 135
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 6063 192 5871 5310 2403 2907 561 178 5.7 66 38 130 150 110 283
Room heaters with flue 1908 98 1810 1624 939 685 186 49 6.6 10 2 63 63 25 96
Room heaters without flue 2064 41 2024 1790 1066 723 234 46 5.9 16 5 49 118 18 191
Portable electric heaters 855 49 806 705 360 345 101 18 5.0 14 1 24 44 19 130
Stoves 1433 193 1240 1113 914 199 127 6 2.7 4 8 64 46 18 114
Fireplaces with inserts 148 7 141 138 121 17 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 16 8
Fireplaces without inserts 103 23 80 73 51 22 8 0 0.0 0 0 4 3 5 4
Other 454 38 416 289 114 176 127 23 11.7 17 5 39 42 17 26
Cooking stove 151 20 130 116 47 68 15 2 2.2 0 0 2 12 0 12
None 1131 233 898 544 206 338 355 35 9.4 9 7 50 253 18 127

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 725 5 720 695 565 131 24 7 4.7 0 3 7 8 26 56
Steam or hot water system 251 2 249 236 145 91 13 3 3.4 0 0 3 6 5 0
Electric heat pump 355 0 355 343 291 53 12 3 5.2 2 3 4 0 46 10
Built-in electric units 3005 46 2960 2811 2125 686 149 33 4.5 3 22 66 23 107 84
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 368 5 364 359 269 90 5 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 6 22
Room heaters with flue 918 25 893 853 740 114 40 10 7.8 0 5 6 19 38 65
Room heaters without flue 2218 31 2187 2145 1714 431 43 11 2.5 6 0 14 11 79 296
Portable electric heaters 7610 99 7511 7407 5535 1871 104 11 0.6 16 3 50 23 178 549
Stoves 4952 146 4806 4599 4145 453 207 26 5.3 35 18 89 40 129 368
Fireplaces with inserts 4548 75 4473 4321 3897 423 152 18 4.0 34 21 74 5 442 211
Fireplaces without inserts 4046 118 3928 3753 3098 655 175 31 4.5 23 16 72 33 412 126
Other 689 2 687 667 569 98 20 4 3.8 3 4 4 6 22 38
Cooking stove 726 7 719 683 446 237 36 8 3.1 3 6 8 11 19 47
None 88290 2176 86113 78165 49127 29039 7948 2496 7.8 808 668 2142 1834 5340 6558

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 112713 2578 110136 101367 68136 33231 8769 2618 7.2 939 756 2530 1926 6652 8169
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 2539 384 2156 1436 660 776 720 101 11.4 32 18 118 452 63 264
No hot piped water 1258 320 937 319 130 188 619 58 22.9 27 11 98 424 32 214
No bathtub and no shower 980 304 676 316 118 198 360 51 20.4 11 6 63 229 22 96
No flush toilet 924 281 643 293 105 188 350 49 20.3 13 9 58 221 24 107
No exclusive use 1152 10 1142 1065 515 550 76 31 5.3 4 6 16 19 30 44

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 100115 1919 98196 89942 57390 32552 8254 2609 7.4 851 687 2195 1911 5622 6070
Well serving 1 to 5 units 14337 861 13476 12400 11040 1360 1076 95 6.5 112 79 415 374 1041 2198
Drilled 12235 633 11603 10774 9738 1036 829 71 6.4 99 63 340 255 957 1842
Dug 1256 98 1158 1078 922 156 80 7 4.3 8 7 18 40 55 208
Not reported 846 131 715 548 381 167 167 17 9.3 5 9 57 79 30 148
Other 801 181 620 460 365 95 159 14 13.1 8 7 38 93 51 165

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 115204 2945 112260 102773 68781 33991 9487 2719 7.3 971 773 2648 2376 6713 8429
Safe to drink 101982 2472 99510 91433 62778 28656 8077 2448 7.8 866 671 2284 1807 6101 7531
Not safe to drink 10723 239 10484 9997 5212 4785 487 117 2.4 28 42 153 147 490 665
Safety not reported 2500 234 2266 1342 792 550 924 154 21.4 77 60 211 421 122 233

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 88787 1458 87329 79959 48672 31287 7370 2515 7.4 728 631 1876 1621 4617 3684
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 26051 1293 24758 22753 20071 2683 2005 194 6.7 240 143 745 683 2080 4690
Other 414 210 204 90 53 37 114 11 22.3 3 0 28 73 18 59
@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