As of 2022, 98.5 percent of Americans who lived in rural communities had access to at least basic sanitation services, meaning they used improved facilities that were not shared with other households. For people living in urban areas, this share rose to 100 percent, with 97.2 percent of the total also reporting a safely managed service, where excreta was safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated offsite.
Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location
SAFELY MANAGED: Use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed of in situ or removed and treated offsite.
BASIC: Use of improved facilities that are not shared with other households.
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Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. (July 5, 2023). Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. "Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location." Chart. July 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. (2023). Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH. "Share of People with Access to at Least Basic Sanitation Services in The United States in 2000 and 2022, by Location." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/
Joint Monitoring Programme WASH, Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of people with access to at least basic sanitation services in the United States in 2000 and 2022, by location [Graph], Joint Monitoring Programme WASH, July 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1319089/population-access-basic-sanitation-usa-by-location/
