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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1B-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
[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		 35076 184 34892 31731 16870 14861 3161 1326 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 34887 182 34705 31624 16858 14765 3082 1322 8.2 337 234 525 663 1279 674
Electricity 10364 82 10282 9204 3772 5432 1078 560 9.3 51 61 254 152 592 335
Piped gas 20958 76 20882 19181 11759 7422 1701 648 8.0 266 144 222 422 631 294
Bottled gas 338 16 322 291 208 83 31 10 10.3 0 3 2 15 18 44
Fuel oil 2959 4 2955 2737 1016 1721 218 76 4.2 16 26 42 57 28 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 82 4 78 61 30 31 18 6 15.6 2 0 0 10 5 0
Coal or coke 7 0 7 7 5 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 64 0 64 58 46 12 6 2 11.7 0 0 2 2 6 0
Solar energy 6 0 6 6 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 108 0 108 78 19 60 30 21 25.8 2 0 3 4 0 0

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 6328 18 6310 6097 4124 1973 213 87 4.2 33 18 26 48 185 111
Electricity 3437 6 3431 3357 2123 1234 74 36 2.9 9 7 8 14 67 72
Gas 1433 2 1431 1357 961 396 73 22 5.2 20 2 10 19 97 10
Fuel oil 311 10 301 293 121 172 8 3 1.8 0 0 0 5 3 6
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 141 0 141 141 112 28 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Coal or coke 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1651 0 1651 1580 1258 322 71 28 7.7 13 11 8 12 40 36
Solar energy 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 107 0 107 107 86 21 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 34037 166 33871 31550 16835 14715 2321 1077 6.8 248 178 455 364 1270 660
Electricity 17663 83 17579 16159 8907 7251 1421 700 8.7 139 93 334 155 859 393
Gas 16346 77 16270 15379 7922 7456 891 376 4.8 109 82 120 203 411 265
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 20 5 15 13 6 7 2 2 18.5 0 0 0 0 0 2

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 34790 174 34616 31604 16847 14757 3012 1293 8.0 331 225 526 638 1275 664
Electricity 10509 75 10434 9322 4305 5017 1112 549 9.8 85 50 269 160 561 415
Gas 22126 94 22032 20292 11973 8319 1740 697 7.7 232 154 223 433 686 247
Fuel oil 2024 1 2023 1897 535 1362 126 43 3.0 12 21 26 24 24 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solar energy 25 0 25 25 22 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 101 4 97 63 13 50 34 4 7.0 2 0 7 21 5 2

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 17263 77 17187 15875 10188 5687 1312 580 9.2 160 116 312 143 1062 447
Electricity 16699 77 16622 15358 9806 5552 1264 558 9.1 155 110 306 135 1024 434
Gas 543 0 543 497 365 132 46 20 13.3 5 6 7 7 36 13
Other 21 0 21 20 17 3 2 2 38.8 0 0 0 0 2 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 21062 83 20979 19963 14866 5097 1016 238 4.4 132 60 312 275 997 556
Electricity 15351 57 15295 14503 10435 4068 791 192 4.5 89 35 263 213 793 477
Gas 5695 27 5668 5443 4423 1021 225 46 4.3 43 24 49 62 203 79
Other 16 0 16 16 8 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 35059 184 34875 31717 16865 14852 3159 1323 8.1 341 234 537 724 1282 674
Gas 27514 184 27330 24547 13785 10763 2782 1017 8.6 335 209 498 724 870 441
Fuel oil 6817 184 6633 4527 1610 2917 2106 470 13.8 311 148 454 724 182 156
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 227 4 224 201 137 63 23 6 8.3 2 3 0 13 5 9
Coal or coke 12 0 12 12 10 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1683 0 1683 1608 1276 332 75 29 7.9 13 11 10 12 45 36
Solar energy 41 0 41 41 36 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 335 5 330 271 137 134 59 24 15.2 2 0 7 26 9 5

All electric units		 7602 58 7544 6689 2762 3927 855 445 10.1 48 38 214 110 456 317
@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