Housing Barriers in South Carolina
Housing barriers include a lack of complete plumbing facilities, a lack of complete kitchen facilities, and a lack of telephone service.
Housing Units Lacking Complete Plumbing Facilities: 2000
| 1990 | 2000 | Percent Change, 1990-2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| South Carolina | 16,626 | 1.3 | 9,521 | 0.6 | -42.7 |
| United States | 721,693 | 0.8 | 670,986 | 0.6 | -7.0 |
Housing Units Lacking Complete Kitchen Facilities: 2000
| 1990 | 2000 | Percent Change, 1990-2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| South Carolina | 12,129 | 1.0 | 8,398 | 0.5 | -30.8 |
| United States | 668,804 | 0.7 | 715,535 | 0.7 | 7.0 |
Housing Units Lacking Telephone Service: 2000
| 1990 | 2000 | Percent Change, 1990-2000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| South Carolina | 114,695 | 9.1 | 63,775 | 4.2 | -44.4 |
| United States | 4,817,457 | 5.2 | 2,570,705 | 2.4 | -46.6 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000. SF3 Demographic Profiles, Table DP-4.