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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 2-5. Fuels--Occupied Units
[Numbers in thousands.  Consistent with the 1990 Census.  ... means not applicable or sample too small.  - means zero or rounds to zero.]
Housing unit characteristics
Tenure
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 Owner Renter New con-
struction
4 years		 Manu-
factured/
mobile
homes		 Severe Moderate Black Hispanic Elderly
(65 years
and over)		 Moved in
past year		 Below
poverty
level		 Total
occupied
units		 Central
cities		 Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Total Outside
MSAs		 Total Suburbs Outside
MSAs		 Northeast Midwest South West

Total		 106261 72265 33996 5853 7219 2126 4537 13292 9814 21812 17134 14602 106261 31731 53574 20957 79146 7469 27115 13321 13488 20321 24758 38068 23115

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 105860 72118 33742 5844 7214 2095 4508 13264 9698 21757 17010 14528 105860 31624 53320 20917 78776 7442 27084 13304 13475 20311 24752 37969 22828
Electricity 32590 18866 13723 2620 3310 469 907 4699 3493 5784 7308 5005 32590 9204 17324 6061 23357 1936 9233 4934 4125 2268 3741 20035 6545
Piped gas 54689 39301 15387 2557 1820 1058 2493 6842 5151 11457 7978 6872 54689 19181 27163 8344 47282 4707 7407 3708 3637 9295 17610 13212 14572
Bottled gas 6079 5122 957 455 1379 93 537 487 193 1423 627 887 6079 291 2536 3252 1157 252 4922 1873 3000 603 2101 2614 761
Fuel oil 9821 6750 3071 137 242 350 334 995 723 2499 901 1239 9821 2737 5162 1921 6317 406 3503 1975 1515 7504 850 1168 298
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 652 455 197 19 281 28 160 132 30 174 66 169 652 61 282 310 170 37 482 207 273 245 18 365 24
Coal or coke 128 113 15 4 0 7 4 2 2 30 10 23 128 7 64 57 22 7 106 56 50 86 22 14 6
Wood 1688 1404 284 44 168 76 69 88 94 363 69 298 1688 58 700 930 305 72 1382 525 858 263 353 531 541
Solar energy 21 17 5 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 2 21 6 11 4 17 4 4 4 0 8 0 2 11
Other 193 90 103 5 13 15 4 14 10 22 46 32 193 78 76 38 150 21 43 22 17 38 57 28 70

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 25991 20984 5007 1205 1586 538 1225 2614 1912 5650 2690 2750 25991 6097 13221 6672 16371 1803 9619 4667 4870 4600 5202 9221 6968
Electricity 11903 8953 2950 317 675 277 748 1340 1072 2868 1148 1449 11903 3357 5773 2773 8261 901 3642 1737 1872 2067 2479 4194 3164
Piped gas 4420 3653 767 484 69 95 249 556 385 1115 524 444 4420 1314 2300 806 3556 384 864 433 422 532 1151 1578 1158
Bottled gas 1347 1239 108 115 187 16 78 101 44 333 95 145 1347 43 570 734 224 71 1123 455 663 203 198 794 151
Fuel oil 721 474 247 18 36 27 70 105 102 163 58 161 721 293 277 152 483 43 239 129 109 319 106 169 127
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1087 894 193 42 168 38 91 128 19 206 48 155 1087 141 513 433 431 62 656 284 371 298 200 544 44
Coal or coke 122 109 13 2 6 4 2 0 4 39 12 23 122 5 81 37 23 3 99 66 34 79 18 13 12
Wood 9870 8606 1265 325 592 166 269 668 478 1787 1031 765 9870 1580 5448 2842 5210 580 4661 2350 2262 1772 1646 3156 3297
Solar energy 33 33 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 7 2 6 33 10 13 10 20 0 13 3 10 5 12 0 16
Other 474 413 61 23 33 8 18 42 35 86 41 46 474 107 275 92 308 29 166 101 63 79 44 134 217

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 105912 72150 33763 5838 7208 2023 4302 13200 9777 21738 17026 14457 105912 31550 53450 20912 78860 7458 27052 13293 13454 20229 24697 37964 23023
Electricity 63685 43915 19770 3912 4134 958 1923 6532 4125 13271 11016 7969 63685 16159 33224 14302 44906 5075 18779 9304 9228 9062 14133 27747 12743
Piped gas 37093 23966 13127 1514 1584 927 2001 6132 5342 7251 5501 5607 37093 15129 17831 4132 32806 2202 4287 2322 1931 9725 9378 8242 9749
Bottled gas 5068 4215 853 404 1490 120 374 526 303 1201 502 854 5068 249 2376 2443 1120 177 3948 1657 2266 1427 1172 1960 510
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 10 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 10 0 7 2 5 2 5 5 0 3 2 4 0
Coal or coke 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0
Wood 28 25 4 4 0 17 0 0 4 9 2 17 28 0 4 24 4 0 24 0 24 5 7 6 11
Other 25 18 7 2 0 2 2 10 2 3 5 5 25 13 4 8 18 3 7 2 5 8 3 5 10

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 105970 72130 33840 5852 7186 1835 4537 13211 9779 21728 17073 14451 105970 31604 53505 20861 78992 7456 26978 13281 13404 20258 24707 37945 23060
Electricity 41573 27306 14267 2800 5202 538 1624 5161 3139 8526 7732 6248 41573 9322 21164 11088 25365 2801 16209 7716 8287 4220 7021 23778 6554
Piped gas 54573 37922 16650 2624 1361 988 2428 7103 5882 10842 8344 6867 54573 20023 27401 7149 48289 4249 6283 3327 2900 9941 16308 12679 15644
Bottled gas 3949 3267 682 326 587 42 225 281 185 873 430 483 3949 270 1889 1791 1027 179 2922 1285 1612 764 1306 1175 704
Fuel oil 5528 3421 2107 91 17 248 242 640 556 1397 519 804 5528 1897 2882 749 4063 208 1466 919 541 5225 37 243 23
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 22 7 15 0 6 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 22 5 4 13 11 2 11 0 11 22 0 0 0
Coal or coke 27 23 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 5 3 27 0 10 17 7 4 20 7 13 23 4 0 0
Wood 37 28 9 0 8 2 0 2 0 12 0 7 37 0 14 23 8 0 29 6 23 15 4 12 5
Solar energy 144 126 18 4 2 5 0 9 7 47 15 15 144 25 104 15 118 7 26 18 8 15 7 19 104
Other 116 30 86 6 3 10 17 13 8 19 27 24 116 63 38 15 104 6 12 3 10 32 20 39 25

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 60118 45494 14624 5008 4252 669 1260 6776 4738 12156 9942 6415 60118 15875 33710 10533 45303 3858 14816 7943 6675 5248 15026 30236 9608
Electricity 58231 43917 14314 4877 4207 643 1229 6587 4632 11667 9700 6241 58231 15358 32655 10218 43828 3739 14403 7731 6479 4904 14375 29760 9192
Piped gas 1685 1399 286 119 30 23 29 176 105 425 229 154 1685 487 975 223 1398 106 286 169 118 309 599 395 383
Other 202 178 24 12 15 3 2 12 2 65 13 20 202 30 81 91 76 13 126 43 78 35 53 81 33

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 3736 3322 414 531 160 25 65 323 293 703 505 309 3736 950 2210 575 2765 200 971 571 375 225 506 2299 706
Electricity 3617 3208 410 520 160 25 65 311 291 669 494 300 3617 912 2138 567 2676 200 941 550 367 215 484 2230 688
Gas 107 105 2 11 0 0 0 13 0 30 11 7 107 32 68 8 82 0 25 17 8 10 21 65 11
Other 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 11 6 5 0 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 7

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 81591 66752 14840 5420 6183 970 2434 7595 5339 16889 10204 8129 81591 19963 43955 17673 57291 5785 24300 12143 11888 13732 20098 30547 17214
Electricity 62403 50106 12297 4384 5677 704 1953 5914 3748 12891 8394 6637 62403 14503 32177 15722 41130 4992 21273 10302 10731 9516 13390 27762 11735
Piped gas 17844 15417 2426 927 334 257 429 1621 1538 3698 1674 1365 17844 5380 10987 1476 15779 770 2064 1335 706 3793 6289 2498 5263
Other 1345 1229 116 108 171 9 52 60 54 300 136 127 1345 80 791 474 382 23 963 506 452 422 419 288 216

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 106193 72218 33975 5845 7212 2057 4537 13286 9809 21799 17126 14572 106193 31717 53557 20919 79117 7463 27076 13315 13456 20307 24736 38056 23094
Piped gas 64949 44195 20754 3104 2039 1427 3011 8728 6950 13206 10057 8645 64949 24059 31531 9359 56464 5246 8485 4305 4113 12772 18831 16196 17150
Bottled gas 9442 7979 1463 657 2029 157 629 776 413 2182 899 1326 9442 489 4258 4696 2011 394 7432 3077 4301 1845 2500 4065 1032
Fuel oil 15125 9572 5554 387 644 520 668 1758 1238 3704 1848 2190 15125 4527 7692 2906 10332 760 4793 2630 2147 8949 1775 2947 1455
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1678 1297 381 60 422 63 234 242 51 364 111 303 1678 201 768 709 596 99 1082 469 610 533 216 861 68
Coal or coke 236 210 26 4 6 10 7 2 6 67 20 44 236 12 138 87 44 9 192 115 77 160 36 23 17
Wood 10861 9416 1445 367 692 212 315 721 534 1988 1073 980 10861 1608 5795 3458 5355 625 5505 2624 2833 1935 1889 3474 3563
Solar energy 189 168 21 6 8 8 0 15 7 54 21 21 189 41 122 27 146 9 43 25 18 26 19 19 126
Other 850 592 258 39 49 30 44 77 65 157 123 112 850 271 413 166 605 62 245 132 104 172 126 222 330

All electric units		 26246 15540 10706 2124 2949 361 669 3576 2365 4857 5795 3940 26246 6689 14345 5212 18042 1562 8204 4385 3650 1616 2880 17225 4525
@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