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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1A-5. Fuels--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		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 119117 3078 116038 106261 72265 33996 9777 2916 7.8 1243 731 2594 2293 6817 8876

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 118030 2760 115270 105860 72118 33742 9410 2877 7.8 1233 707 2537 2056 6796 8736
Electricity 37616 1205 36411 32590 18866 13723 3821 1287 8.5 417 245 1283 589 3165 4031
Piped gas 59116 458 58658 54689 39301 15387 3969 1274 7.6 639 351 763 942 2863 2143
Bottled gas 7343 548 6795 6079 5122 957 716 116 10.7 80 42 233 244 529 1734
Fuel oil 10533 125 10408 9821 6750 3071 587 132 4.1 73 60 165 157 151 290
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 817 71 747 652 455 197 94 24 10.8 13 5 20 32 22 315
Coal or coke 145 0 145 128 113 15 17 0 0.0 0 0 7 10 4 3
Wood 2148 324 1823 1688 1404 284 136 10 3.5 7 3 49 67 47 195
Solar energy 24 0 24 21 17 5 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Other 288 29 259 193 90 103 66 33 24.2 4 0 14 15 10 24

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 27450 499 26951 25991 20984 5007 960 197 3.8 158 59 354 192 1297 1708
Electricity 12301 133 12168 11903 8953 2950 264 67 2.2 25 25 101 45 328 715
Gas 6055 52 6003 5767 4891 876 236 55 5.9 54 9 66 51 649 277
Fuel oil 757 12 745 721 474 247 23 6 2.3 5 0 7 7 18 40
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1116 8 1108 1087 894 193 22 1 0.7 2 3 13 2 42 169
Coal or coke 125 0 125 122 109 13 3 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 3 6
Wood 10675 321 10354 9870 8606 1265 483 75 5.5 84 28 195 101 351 656
Solar energy 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Other 503 6 496 474 413 61 22 3 4.2 4 3 0 12 28 36

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 115997 2615 113381 105912 72150 33763 7469 2416 6.6 942 551 2297 1264 6687 8481
Electricity 70463 1659 68805 63685 43915 19770 5120 1696 7.8 599 367 1724 734 4542 4870
Gas 45392 909 44483 42161 28182 13980 2322 714 4.8 341 182 567 518 2137 3593
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 28 5 24 10 7 2 14 1 39.4 2 3 5 3 2 8
Coal or coke 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 63 28 34 28 25 4 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 6 4 0
Other 48 15 33 25 18 7 8 4 36.4 0 0 0 4 2 9

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 117819 2653 115166 105970 72130 33840 9197 2847 7.7 1207 690 2530 1923 6782 8636
Electricity 47947 1760 46187 41573 27306 14267 4614 1370 8.7 532 253 1621 839 3362 6196
Gas 63563 812 62752 58522 41190 17332 4230 1387 7.3 633 393 833 984 3311 2373
Fuel oil 5832 34 5798 5528 3421 2107 269 77 3.5 41 33 60 59 96 19
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 33 11 22 22 7 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Coal or coke 27 0 27 27 23 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 56 12 44 37 28 9 7 0 0.0 0 0 7 0 0 8
Solar energy 144 0 144 144 126 18 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Other 218 25 193 116 30 86 77 13 12.7 2 11 9 42 9 29

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 65137 857 64280 60118 45494 14624 4162 1295 8.1 629 331 1322 585 5733 4859
Electricity 63114 849 62266 58231 43917 14314 4034 1252 8.0 607 313 1293 570 5562 4805
Gas 1962 8 1954 1835 1529 305 119 36 10.5 22 17 29 15 168 54
Other 61 0 61 52 47 5 8 7 60.2 0 1 0 0 3 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 87145 1378 85767 81591 66752 14840 4176 724 4.6 539 273 1672 967 5957 7004
Electricity 67037 1164 65873 62403 50106 12297 3470 592 4.6 424 197 1461 796 4836 6395
Gas 20066 214 19853 19155 16632 2523 697 129 4.8 112 77 208 171 1121 609
Other 42 0 42 33 13 19 9 3 12.8 3 0 3 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 119040 3078 115962 106193 72218 33975 9769 2913 7.8 1243 731 2589 2293 6808 8868
Gas 86227 3078 83148 74391 52174 22217 8758 2136 8.7 1212 645 2471 2293 4582 5672
Fuel oil 25564 3078 22486 15125 9572 5554 7361 1021 15.3 1160 516 2371 2293 1083 2187
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1887 88 1800 1678 1297 381 122 25 6.2 17 8 35 37 63 465
Coal or coke 256 0 256 236 210 26 20 0 0.0 2 0 8 10 5 9
Wood 12016 572 11443 10861 9416 1445 582 77 5.0 88 31 236 151 396 766
Solar energy 193 0 193 189 168 21 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 6 8
Other 1064 46 1018 850 592 258 168 57 18.0 11 16 23 60 52 81

All electric units		 30626 1075 29551 26246 15540 10706 3305 1075 9.1 357 198 1180 495 2610 3585
@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.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
Last Revised: February 18, 2005