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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 5-5. Fuels--Occupied Units With Black Householder
[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 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		 13292 6318 6974 594 692 471 1181 2078 2557 3340 13292 6968 4817 1507 11648 701 1645 802 806 2387 2503 7180 1223

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 13264 6316 6948 594 692 467 1178 2072 2544 3331 13264 6955 4801 1507 11625 701 1638 796 806 2387 2503 7159 1215
Electricity 4699 1833 2866 371 471 104 213 442 1267 1198 4699 1988 2147 565 3910 259 789 466 306 254 448 3651 347
Piped gas 6842 3598 3244 199 74 234 688 1204 1140 1663 6842 4211 2116 514 6551 384 291 149 130 1308 1976 2730 828
Bottled gas 487 379 108 13 95 15 120 142 22 147 487 74 158 255 166 31 321 93 225 30 45 394 17
Fuel oil 995 363 632 11 20 96 79 212 106 240 995 627 303 65 898 9 97 38 57 788 17 183 8
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 132 72 60 0 25 5 66 43 8 46 132 27 53 52 58 10 74 29 43 7 0 122 4
Coal or coke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wood 88 59 29 0 7 13 12 26 0 35 88 11 23 54 22 9 66 20 46 0 8 75 5
Solar energy 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Other 14 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 3

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 2614 1656 958 112 163 119 255 491 353 528 2614 1210 975 428 2053 159 560 290 269 353 449 1505 307
Electricity 1340 773 568 29 62 70 149 268 156 308 1340 664 451 226 1095 82 245 101 144 186 231 774 149
Piped gas 556 326 230 40 9 34 86 122 84 110 556 328 173 55 520 44 36 25 11 103 168 230 55
Bottled gas 101 88 14 6 31 2 9 24 5 15 101 7 53 40 26 9 75 44 31 3 0 95 3
Fuel oil 105 34 71 0 0 0 16 13 9 23 105 85 16 5 92 2 13 11 2 70 6 21 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 128 91 37 2 14 8 31 30 7 32 128 46 42 41 61 5 67 32 36 15 4 110 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 668 519 149 40 48 21 26 105 105 99 668 210 327 132 449 32 219 117 99 34 68 460 105
Solar energy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 42 33 9 5 4 0 6 0 7 7 42 19 23 0 35 0 7 7 0 5 11 12 13

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 13200 6291 6909 594 689 431 1129 2065 2537 3295 13200 6904 4804 1492 11568 696 1632 800 796 2364 2488 7132 1215
Electricity 6532 3078 3454 396 499 177 389 795 1517 1486 6532 2869 2815 848 5472 381 1060 567 467 516 1019 4484 513
Piped gas 6132 2850 3281 171 77 227 632 1110 982 1623 6132 3965 1773 394 5889 285 242 123 110 1785 1429 2240 677
Bottled gas 526 360 167 27 113 24 106 160 38 183 526 60 216 250 196 31 330 110 219 63 38 406 20
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 10 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 13211 6296 6915 594 689 390 1181 2052 2542 3292 13211 6930 4801 1481 11594 693 1617 792 788 2368 2492 7131 1220
Electricity 5161 2353 2808 339 598 125 390 662 1169 1296 5161 2029 2218 913 3956 304 1204 569 610 286 458 4146 270
Piped gas 7103 3580 3522 238 52 195 678 1196 1275 1728 7103 4397 2255 451 6865 365 237 140 85 1446 1990 2753 914
Bottled gas 281 202 80 12 32 2 49 82 18 83 281 60 126 95 140 14 141 60 80 34 44 184 20
Fuel oil 640 152 488 5 6 65 61 111 75 176 640 436 186 18 609 10 31 22 9 592 0 41 6
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
Solar energy 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
Other 13 7 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 5 8 0 13 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 3

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 6776 3754 3022 518 512 136 259 840 1448 1333 6776 2845 3124 807 5784 367 992 529 440 322 1037 4974 443
Electricity 6587 3621 2967 506 510 127 252 817 1396 1311 6587 2775 3022 790 5607 356 980 523 434 300 990 4870 428
Piped gas 176 126 51 12 0 9 7 19 49 18 176 67 99 10 168 9 8 6 2 22 48 97 9
Other 12 8 4 0 2 0 0 4 2 4 12 3 3 6 8 2 4 0 4 0 0 6 6

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 323 226 98 72 25 3 23 40 82 56 323 115 177 31 250 7 73 50 24 9 25 270 19
Electricity 311 215 96 66 25 3 23 40 76 51 311 110 170 31 237 7 73 50 24 9 22 260 19
Gas 13 11 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 5 13 5 8 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 7595 5284 2311 523 524 118 521 1163 1080 1354 7595 3539 3118 938 6416 386 1179 597 552 903 1519 4470 703
Electricity 5914 4023 1891 469 521 97 418 884 920 1102 5914 2554 2447 914 4794 372 1120 555 542 608 828 4082 396
Piped gas 1621 1218 402 53 2 21 94 270 149 237 1621 963 634 24 1573 14 48 31 10 280 673 372 295
Other 60 42 18 0 0 0 10 9 11 14 60 22 38 0 50 0 11 11 0 16 17 16 12

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 13286 6318 6968 594 692 465 1181 2076 2557 3334 13286 6964 4817 1505 11641 700 1645 802 806 2382 2503 7178 1223
Piped gas 8728 4214 4514 277 112 334 839 1433 1532 2166 8728 5397 2721 610 8363 457 365 200 153 2038 2202 3498 990
Bottled gas 776 567 208 31 172 26 145 211 46 208 776 106 333 337 286 49 490 199 288 70 54 629 22
Fuel oil 1758 636 1122 39 60 126 148 358 257 425 1758 1070 570 118 1541 28 217 125 90 1010 134 524 90
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 242 152 90 2 39 13 83 67 13 71 242 71 87 84 111 12 131 57 72 17 4 217 4
Coal or coke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wood 721 552 169 40 52 29 36 114 105 120 721 218 336 167 463 38 258 127 130 34 71 505 110
Solar energy 15 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15 5 10 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11
Other 77 43 34 5 4 2 14 2 10 19 77 45 31 0 70 0 7 7 0 14 23 21 19

All electric units		 3576 1429 2147 298 423 89 157 341 968 880 3576 1433 1666 476 2869 199 707 412 277 119 280 2968 209
@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