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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1C-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--Suburbs
[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		 57983 982 57001 53574 39420 14153 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4063 4112

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 57534 904 56630 53320 39311 14009 3310 920 6.1 493 325 883 689 4049 4058
Electricity 19464 568 18896 17324 10892 6432 1572 470 6.8 219 131 523 229 1812 2103
Piped gas 28582 138 28445 27163 21144 6019 1281 372 5.8 218 147 241 303 1857 918
Bottled gas 2832 102 2730 2536 2187 349 194 31 8.2 21 20 52 70 261 671
Fuel oil 5389 34 5355 5162 4164 999 193 36 3.5 28 24 41 63 86 147
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 315 16 300 282 214 67 18 1 2.1 3 0 6 7 10 149
Coal or coke 68 0 68 64 64 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 4 0
Wood 777 42 735 700 594 106 34 0 0.0 2 3 16 14 13 62
Solar energy 11 0 11 11 9 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 97 5 91 76 42 34 15 10 21.9 2 0 3 0 6 7

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 13647 113 13534 13221 11249 1972 313 51 2.5 49 25 128 59 817 769
Electricity 5908 40 5868 5773 4645 1128 95 17 1.5 5 14 38 22 191 355
Gas 2953 11 2943 2870 2579 291 73 15 4.8 11 7 29 11 425 106
Fuel oil 287 0 287 277 224 53 11 3 4.8 1 0 7 0 5 17
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 520 4 516 513 441 72 3 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 28 73
Coal or coke 84 0 84 81 77 4 3 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 3 6
Wood 5670 71 5599 5448 4835 613 151 22 3.4 29 14 61 25 211 277
Solar energy 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 292 2 290 275 237 38 14 1 3.7 4 0 0 9 22 23

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 57101 870 56231 53450 39354 14096 2781 838 5.6 391 268 806 478 3994 3958
Electricity 35903 670 35234 33224 24204 9020 2010 626 6.5 254 185 645 299 2672 2402
Gas 21170 197 20973 20207 15133 5074 767 210 4.0 135 83 160 179 1315 1553
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 13 0 13 7 7 0 5 1 100.0 2 0 2 0 2 3
Coal or coke 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 8 4 4 4 3 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 57688 907 56781 53505 39373 14132 3276 922 6.1 488 326 890 651 4053 4050
Electricity 23663 710 22953 21164 14593 6570 1789 481 6.8 244 134 601 330 1865 2998
Gas 30835 176 30659 29289 22367 6922 1370 419 5.7 231 171 267 282 2128 1027
Fuel oil 2985 15 2970 2882 2287 595 88 18 3.0 12 10 20 28 55 10
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 4 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Coal or coke 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solar energy 104 0 104 104 89 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Other 72 5 67 38 11 27 29 4 12.3 0 11 2 12 3 11

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 35969 462 35507 33710 26568 7142 1797 539 7.0 299 186 503 270 3549 2370
Electricity 34863 458 34405 32655 25652 7002 1750 529 7.0 290 176 490 266 3446 2348
Gas 1082 4 1078 1033 893 140 45 9 5.8 9 10 13 4 103 21
Other 24 0 24 22 22 0 2 1 100.0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 46257 594 45663 43955 36988 6967 1708 311 4.3 241 163 623 370 3688 3244
Electricity 34112 542 33570 32177 26504 5674 1392 256 4.3 192 121 535 288 2890 2916
Gas 12127 52 12075 11767 10481 1286 308 53 4.0 46 42 85 82 799 329
Other 18 0 18 11 3 7 7 1 13.7 3 0 3 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 57966 982 56985 53557 39411 14146 3427 933 6.2 496 341 910 747 4060 4112
Gas 39823 982 38841 35789 27346 8443 3053 638 7.0 474 308 885 747 2755 2411
Fuel oil 11313 982 10331 7692 5690 2002 2640 310 13.2 454 268 862 747 567 920
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 814 19 794 768 635 133 26 3 2.1 5 0 10 9 37 214
Coal or coke 144 0 144 138 134 4 7 0 0.0 2 0 3 2 5 6
Wood 6077 107 5970 5795 5127 667 176 22 3.1 30 16 70 37 224 316
Solar energy 122 0 122 122 106 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Other 492 13 479 413 315 98 66 16 14.1 9 12 8 21 34 41

All electric units		 16278 531 15747 14345 9171 5174 1402 405 7.2 186 109 501 202 1506 1885
@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