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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 1D-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas
[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		 26058 1913 24145 20957 15975 4982 3188 657 11.5 406 156 1146 823 1471 4090

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 25609 1674 23935 20917 15949 4968 3018 635 11.2 403 147 1128 704 1467 4005
Electricity 7788 555 7233 6061 4202 1859 1172 257 12.0 147 53 506 208 761 1593
Piped gas 9576 245 9331 8344 6398 1946 987 255 11.4 155 60 300 217 375 931
Bottled gas 4173 430 3743 3252 2726 526 492 75 12.3 59 20 179 159 250 1018
Fuel oil 2185 87 2097 1921 1570 351 176 20 5.2 29 9 82 37 38 143
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 420 51 369 310 211 98 59 17 14.4 8 5 14 15 7 165
Coal or coke 70 0 70 57 44 13 13 0 0.0 0 0 5 8 0 3
Wood 1307 282 1025 930 764 166 95 9 5.0 5 0 31 50 28 133
Solar energy 7 0 7 4 4 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Other 83 24 60 38 30 8 21 2 21.1 0 0 8 11 3 17

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 7475 368 7107 6672 5611 1061 435 59 5.3 76 15 200 84 294 828
Electricity 2956 88 2868 2773 2185 588 95 14 2.3 12 5 55 9 71 288
Gas 1669 39 1630 1540 1351 189 90 19 9.1 23 0 27 22 127 160
Fuel oil 158 2 157 152 129 23 5 0 0.0 3 0 0 2 9 18
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 456 4 451 433 340 93 18 1 1.4 2 3 12 0 14 88
Coal or coke 37 0 37 37 28 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 3353 250 3103 2842 2513 330 261 25 7.2 43 3 125 64 100 342
Solar energy 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Other 104 4 100 92 90 2 8 1 19.3 0 3 0 3 4 10

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 24858 1580 23279 20912 15960 4952 2367 501 9.1 303 105 1036 422 1423 3863
Electricity 16897 906 15992 14302 10804 3498 1689 370 9.4 206 88 745 279 1011 2075
Gas 7875 635 7240 6576 5127 1449 664 128 8.1 97 17 287 136 410 1776
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 10 5 6 2 0 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 52 25 28 24 22 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Other 23 9 14 8 8 0 6 2 100.0 0 0 0 4 0 7

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 25342 1572 23769 20861 15910 4951 2909 632 11.2 388 139 1115 634 1454 3922
Electricity 13776 975 12801 11088 8408 2680 1712 340 11.1 202 69 752 349 936 2783
Gas 10602 542 10061 8940 6849 2091 1120 272 11.3 169 68 342 269 497 1099
Fuel oil 822 17 805 749 600 149 56 16 9.6 16 2 14 7 17 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 24 11 13 13 5 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Coal or coke 17 0 17 17 13 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 42 12 30 23 14 9 7 0 0.0 0 0 7 0 0 8
Solar energy 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 45 16 29 15 6 9 14 5 35.9 0 0 0 9 1 16

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 11904 318 11586 10533 8738 1795 1053 176 8.9 169 29 507 172 1123 2043
Electricity 11552 313 11239 10218 8459 1760 1020 165 8.5 162 28 497 169 1092 2023
Gas 337 5 333 304 271 33 29 7 17.5 7 1 10 3 29 20
Other 15 0 15 10 8 2 4 4 65.9 0 0 0 0 1 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 19826 700 19126 17673 14897 2776 1453 176 5.9 166 51 737 322 1272 3204
Electricity 17574 565 17008 15722 13167 2555 1286 144 5.3 144 41 663 295 1154 3002
Gas 2244 135 2109 1945 1729 216 165 30 12.1 23 11 74 27 118 202
Other 8 0 8 6 2 4 2 2 28.2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 26015 1913 24102 20919 15942 4976 3183 657 11.5 406 156 1141 823 1466 4083
Gas 18890 1913 16977 14055 11043 3012 2922 481 13.6 402 127 1088 823 957 2820
Fuel oil 7434 1913 5521 2906 2272 635 2615 241 26.7 396 100 1055 823 334 1112
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 846 65 782 709 524 185 72 17 8.2 10 5 26 15 21 242
Coal or coke 100 0 100 87 67 20 13 0 0.0 0 0 5 8 0 3
Wood 4255 465 3790 3458 3012 446 332 25 5.4 45 3 156 102 127 414
Solar energy 30 0 30 27 27 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 6
Other 237 28 209 166 140 26 43 17 36.8 0 3 8 14 9 34

All electric units		 6746 486 6260 5212 3607 1606 1048 225 12.1 124 50 465 183 648 1384
@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