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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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Table 7-5. Fuels--Occupied Units With Elderly Householder

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 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		 21812 17513 4299 594 1462 416 768 2078 1104 958 4602 21812 6066 10407 5338 15687 1898 6125 2636 3440 4777 5163 7805 4067

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 21757 17481 4276 594 1462 406 763 2072 1092 952 4594 21757 6058 10371 5328 15643 1895 6114 2632 3433 4777 5160 7790 4029
Electricity 5784 4077 1707 278 618 94 92 442 333 453 1315 5784 1454 2999 1331 3956 422 1828 879 909 567 707 3395 1116
Piped gas 11457 9679 1778 251 458 190 424 1204 608 411 2207 11457 3858 5302 2298 9731 1274 1726 701 1024 2132 3727 3029 2568
Bottled gas 1423 1300 123 42 254 24 164 142 19 36 402 1423 61 523 839 246 73 1177 403 766 127 434 726 136
Fuel oil 2499 1926 573 18 45 56 50 212 104 48 480 2499 656 1316 526 1588 97 911 482 429 1813 218 364 103
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 174 139 34 3 67 13 27 43 0 4 66 174 15 68 91 45 16 129 53 75 68 4 99 3
Coal or coke 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 30 2 5 24 2 0 28 5 24 19 4 5 3
Wood 363 317 46 2 20 29 6 26 24 0 106 363 8 141 215 53 11 311 107 204 39 60 172 92
Solar energy 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Other 22 10 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 22 5 13 4 18 2 4 2 2 11 5 0 7

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 5650 4959 691 134 316 119 223 491 259 132 1012 5650 1190 2655 1804 3381 547 2269 993 1257 1038 1047 2235 1330
Electricity 2868 2396 472 61 154 54 131 268 162 66 513 2868 678 1341 849 1945 318 923 380 531 468 573 1126 702
Piped gas 1115 1011 103 49 15 27 56 122 51 33 201 1115 332 501 281 884 140 230 89 141 163 243 448 260
Bottled gas 333 308 25 12 30 7 22 24 4 3 71 333 10 144 179 57 19 276 115 160 48 34 215 35
Fuel oil 163 114 49 6 11 8 6 13 8 6 55 163 61 65 37 110 9 53 26 27 65 23 55 19
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 206 192 14 0 35 4 4 30 2 2 36 206 29 73 103 78 12 128 37 91 61 18 120 7
Coal or coke 39 37 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 39 2 20 16 2 0 36 20 16 19 9 9 2
Wood 1787 1687 100 22 124 39 42 105 56 32 289 1787 226 935 626 754 110 1033 499 516 349 263 637 537
Solar energy 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 2 0 4 2 0 4 0 4 2 4 0 0
Other 86 71 15 0 7 2 0 0 7 7 12 86 20 42 25 54 13 32 21 11 9 10 25 41

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 21738 17484 4254 588 1462 397 717 2065 1092 944 4564 21738 6029 10380 5329 15624 1898 6114 2634 3431 4760 5144 7785 4050
Electricity 13271 10672 2599 414 774 171 268 795 408 657 2558 13271 3102 6522 3647 9084 1314 4187 1813 2333 2259 3051 5545 2416
Piped gas 7251 5712 1539 129 374 171 353 1110 633 256 1642 7251 2872 3312 1067 6293 529 957 417 538 2177 1839 1700 1535
Bottled gas 1201 1087 114 45 314 50 97 160 47 32 353 1201 55 543 603 241 52 960 403 551 318 255 537 91
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 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 0
Wood 9 7 2 0 0 6 0 0 4 0 6 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 9 0 0 2 7
Other 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 21728 17463 4265 594 1452 332 768 2052 1090 953 4558 21728 6037 10393 5297 15654 1897 6074 2624 3401 4760 5149 7761 4058
Electricity 8526 6659 1867 327 972 97 284 662 325 483 1943 8526 1650 4118 2758 4887 699 3638 1537 2058 1027 1560 4691 1248
Piped gas 10842 8985 1857 231 347 167 389 1196 650 408 2096 10842 3845 5121 1876 9467 1098 1375 595 778 2247 3295 2661 2639
Bottled gas 873 797 76 25 123 7 60 82 30 25 218 873 62 374 436 194 41 679 279 395 151 273 321 128
Fuel oil 1397 946 451 8 2 55 32 111 80 36 287 1397 461 739 197 1043 51 353 207 146 1305 14 69 8
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 5 0 0 0
Coal or coke 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 0 0 7 2 5 7 0 0 0
Wood 12 9 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0 2 9 0 0 12 2 9 7 0 5 0
Solar energy 47 43 5 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 7 47 10 27 10 43 5 5 0 5 5 0 7 35
Other 19 12 7 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 3 19 9 6 4 17 2 2 0 2 5 6 7 0

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 12156 10484 1672 522 940 135 171 840 512 624 2186 12156 3127 6323 2706 9056 1049 3100 1416 1656 1319 3207 5763 1867
Electricity 11667 10037 1629 500 926 128 163 817 503 600 2108 11667 3013 6057 2597 8686 1003 2981 1359 1594 1223 3036 5625 1783
Piped gas 425 388 37 20 7 7 5 19 9 24 65 425 102 246 76 342 40 83 46 36 86 162 102 74
Other 65 59 6 3 7 0 2 4 0 0 13 65 12 21 32 28 6 37 11 26 9 9 37 10

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 703 641 62 57 47 7 7 40 36 47 128 703 178 356 168 510 58 193 78 110 55 83 419 147
Electricity 669 607 62 57 47 7 7 40 36 47 126 669 165 344 160 492 58 177 70 102 55 77 399 138
Gas 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 30 12 10 8 16 0 13 5 8 0 6 15 9
Other 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 0 4 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 16889 15500 1389 510 1239 188 453 1163 629 534 2921 16889 4042 8371 4476 11588 1560 5301 2337 2916 3201 4214 6251 3223
Electricity 12891 11741 1149 420 1080 138 369 884 435 440 2367 12891 2852 6107 3931 8276 1342 4614 1980 2590 2235 2782 5616 2257
Piped gas 3698 3474 225 70 105 46 75 270 182 80 496 3698 1170 2094 435 3231 214 468 247 221 877 1348 559 914
Other 300 285 15 20 53 5 9 9 12 14 58 300 20 170 110 81 5 219 110 105 89 84 75 52

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 21799 17504 4295 591 1462 404 768 2076 1104 955 4598 21799 6064 10407 5328 15683 1897 6116 2636 3431 4775 5163 7803 4058
Piped gas 13206 10699 2507 296 488 262 482 1433 802 506 2653 13206 4627 6062 2517 11253 1365 1953 800 1151 2946 3889 3477 2894
Bottled gas 2182 1995 187 61 396 54 174 211 62 48 551 2182 105 910 1168 422 99 1760 684 1068 390 506 1102 185
Fuel oil 3704 2665 1038 55 141 99 112 358 159 134 804 3704 1058 1850 796 2485 210 1218 632 586 2132 428 847 297
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 364 320 44 3 95 18 30 67 2 4 96 364 42 146 175 125 28 238 91 148 129 22 202 10
Coal or coke 67 65 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 3 23 67 5 25 37 5 0 62 25 37 37 14 11 5
Wood 1988 1865 123 25 129 54 46 114 69 32 357 1988 234 997 757 786 116 1201 542 641 370 312 719 587
Solar energy 54 49 5 0 2 5 0 0 5 2 7 54 12 27 14 45 5 9 0 9 7 4 7 35
Other 157 123 34 3 7 2 3 2 12 7 22 157 48 73 36 114 21 43 27 15 35 22 47 53

All electric units		 4857 3475 1382 234 554 64 73 341 218 375 1086 4857 1142 2553 1161 3249 361 1608 768 800 431 607 2956 863
@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