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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1A-4. Selected Equipment and Plumbing--All Housing Units

(Numbers in thousands)
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		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 118196 3055 115141 105435 71708 33727 9705 2893 7.8 1234 726 2577 2275 6817 8831

Equipment@1

Lacking complete kitchen facilities		 5214 565 4649 1632 378 1254 3018 717 35.5 501 258 377 1165 247 477
With complete kitchen (sink,
refrigerator, and oven or burners)		 112982 2490 110491 103804 71331 32473 6688 2176 6.2 733 468 2200 1110 6569 8353
Kitchen sink 117175 2842 114333 105106 71619 33487 9227 2803 7.7 1189 695 2520 2019 6773 8748
Refrigerator 115325 2744 112581 105036 71535 33501 7545 2399 6.6 811 517 2404 1414 6650 8500
Cooking stove or range 114487 2585 111902 104541 71310 33231 7361 2383 6.6 930 540 2267 1241 6677 8392
Burners, no stove or range 177 4 173 167 73 95 6 2 2.0 4 0 0 0 4 3
Microwave oven only 482 18 464 395 221 175 69 14 7.3 2 8 21 24 8 52
Dishwasher 66789 1017 65772 61918 48503 13415 3854 1114 7.6 581 313 1345 501 5955 3518
Washing machine 89486 1207 88279 84914 68421 16493 3365 540 3.2 417 228 1506 675 5953 7128
Clothes dryer 86490 1370 85120 80969 66238 14732 4151 720 4.6 535 272 1663 960 5957 6973
Disposal in kitchen sink 52213 714 51498 48173 34023 14150 3326 1190 7.7 391 278 1049 418 4555 1170
Trash compactor 4451 137 4314 3981 3280 702 333 72 9.3 56 22 137 46 376 118

Air conditioning:
Central		 64740 854 63886 59743 45197 14546 4143 1289 8.1 626 330 1317 581 5733 4844
Additional central 3988 60 3927 3716 3305 411 211 52 11.2 26 23 67 43 601 176
1 room unit 17394 488 16906 15303 7821 7482 1603 466 5.8 129 102 400 507 256 1573
2 room units 8090 147 7943 7584 4842 2742 360 100 3.5 58 18 93 92 85 597
3 room units or more 3665 36 3629 3498 2754 744 130 26 3.4 17 5 55 28 30 146

Main Heating Equipment

Warm-air furnace		 71187 1262 69925 64697 47444 17254 5227 1590 8.4 794 381 1281 1181 4644 6663
Steam or hot water system 14377 94 14283 13403 7781 5623 880 345 5.7 87 70 192 186 238 29
Electric heat pump 12654 371 12283 11046 8074 2972 1237 316 9.5 150 97 519 154 1478 1109
Built-in electric units 5871 266 5604 5013 2362 2650 592 207 7.2 58 43 217 66 149 120
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 6039 172 5867 5259 2332 2927 608 218 6.8 61 70 119 141 156 219
Room heaters with flue 1839 97 1742 1528 859 669 214 38 5.3 13 6 58 100 47 119
Room heaters without flue 1908 75 1832 1551 1014 536 282 62 10.4 31 19 56 114 4 138
Portable electric heaters 886 58 828 740 387 353 88 27 7.1 5 3 24 29 12 130
Stoves 1486 253 1234 1119 908 211 115 10 4.6 3 3 34 65 33 136
Fireplaces with inserts 172 19 153 143 120 23 10 0 0.0 3 0 5 2 11 4
Fireplaces without inserts 97 17 80 63 49 15 17 1 7.8 3 0 6 6 2 7
Other 464 56 408 289 162 127 118 37 21.9 14 8 23 38 19 30
Cooking stove 211 8 203 191 74 117 12 7 5.5 0 2 0 2 2 4
None 1005 306 699 394 144 250 305 34 11.7 10 24 45 192 21 123

Other Heating Equipment@1

Warm-air furnace		 1141 9 1132 1088 829 258 45 23 8.1 8 0 14 0 56 83
Steam or hot water system 393 0 393 380 185 195 14 9 4.3 0 0 0 5 6 6
Electric heat pump 602 0 602 584 526 58 19 6 9.4 3 3 7 0 45 41
Built-in electric units 3028 35 2993 2885 2208 677 107 30 4.2 11 15 37 15 72 87
Floor, wall, or other built-in hot-air
units without ducts		 291 4 287 276 199 77 12 2 2.4 0 0 3 7 5 10
Room heaters with flue 930 12 918 875 755 119 43 9 7.0 9 6 16 4 23 60
Room heaters without flue 1963 12 1951 1885 1538 347 66 9 2.4 16 2 27 13 54 254
Portable electric heaters 8496 87 8409 8289 6256 2033 120 19 0.9 7 6 58 30 199 554
Stoves 5166 146 5020 4787 4344 443 233 22 4.8 44 5 106 56 100 350
Fireplaces with inserts 5098 51 5047 4894 4385 509 153 22 4.1 24 18 67 22 489 284
Fireplaces without inserts 4374 137 4237 4020 3382 638 217 50 7.2 55 17 48 46 370 163
Other 727 24 703 668 569 99 35 4 3.9 5 1 10 14 20 47
Cooking stove 1300 12 1288 1241 760 480 47 16 3.2 9 3 7 12 38 72
None 88786 2147 86639 78706 50311 28396 7933 2580 8.3 996 629 2079 1649 5442 6866

Plumbing

With all plumbing facilities		 115691 2584 113107 104071 71044 33028 9036 2784 7.7 1192 677 2495 1888 6775 8542
Lacking some or all plumbing facilities@1 2505 472 2034 1364 665 699 670 109 13.4 41 49 83 387 42 289
No hot piped water 1287 422 865 289 134 155 576 69 30.3 36 41 63 367 35 238
No bathtub and no shower 1012 387 625 275 110 165 350 51 23.6 22 24 45 208 11 125
No flush toilet 968 358 610 261 93 169 348 53 23.8 22 24 44 206 11 123
No exclusive use 1080 2 1078 1013 521 492 65 33 6.2 4 6 16 6 7 53

Primary Source of Water

Public system or private company		 102109 1825 100284 91836 59643 32194 8447 2789 7.9 1087 655 2083 1834 5872 6050
Well serving 1 to 5 units 15237 962 14275 13162 11695 1466 1113 86 5.5 136 62 444 386 918 2577
Drilled 13228 745 12483 11624 10455 1169 859 72 5.7 112 45 367 263 852 2244
Dug 1177 91 1086 1029 888 141 58 6 3.9 11 6 10 25 38 186
Not reported 832 127 705 509 353 156 196 8 5.0 12 12 67 98 28 147
Other 850 268 582 437 370 67 145 19 21.8 11 8 50 56 26 203

Safety of Primary Source of Water

Selected primary water sources@13		 118141 3030 115111 105412 71697 33716 9699 2890 7.8 1234 726 2577 2272 6816 8822
Safe to drink 105587 2393 103194 94926 66038 28888 8268 2622 8.3 1080 653 2198 1715 6172 7813
Not safe to drink 9930 277 9653 9249 4890 4359 404 101 2.3 29 21 124 129 483 733
Safety not reported 2624 360 2264 1238 769 469 1026 167 26.0 125 52 255 427 161 277

Means of Sewage Disposal

Public sewer		 91924 1226 90699 83178 52060 31118 7520 2634 7.7 924 592 1861 1509 4937 3939
Septic tank, cesspool, chemical toilet 25816 1556 24260 22194 19605 2589 2065 245 8.6 304 132 697 687 1872 4823
Other 456 274 182 63 43 20 119 14 41.1 5 2 19 79 8 68
@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