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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1A-5. Fuels--All Housing Units

(Numbers in thousands)
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		 118196 3055 115141 105435 71708 33727 9705 2893 7.8 1234 726 2577 2275 6817 8831

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 117123 2740 114383 105042 71565 33477 9341 2854 7.8 1223 702 2521 2040 6795 8692
Electricity 37405 1198 36208 32405 18770 13636 3802 1280 8.5 414 244 1278 586 3165 4020
Piped gas 58516 453 58063 54133 38909 15224 3929 1260 7.6 633 349 755 932 2863 2121
Bottled gas 7290 543 6747 6037 5087 949 710 115 10.7 79 42 232 242 529 1726
Fuel oil 10517 125 10393 9807 6736 3070 586 132 4.1 73 60 165 157 151 290
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 815 71 744 650 454 196 94 24 10.8 13 5 20 32 22 315
Coal or coke 145 0 145 128 113 15 17 0 0.0 0 0 7 10 4 3
Wood 2126 322 1804 1670 1389 280 134 10 3.5 7 3 48 67 47 193
Solar energy 24 0 24 21 17 4 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Other 285 29 256 191 89 102 65 32 24.2 4 0 14 15 10 24

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 27209 494 26715 25762 20802 4959 953 196 3.8 157 59 352 190 1296 1697
Electricity 12184 132 12052 11790 8869 2921 262 66 2.2 25 25 100 45 328 710
Gas 6012 52 5961 5726 4858 868 235 55 5.9 54 9 65 51 649 275
Fuel oil 752 12 740 717 471 246 23 6 2.3 5 0 6 6 18 40
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1111 8 1103 1082 890 192 22 1 0.7 2 3 13 2 42 169
Coal or coke 124 0 124 122 109 13 3 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 3 6
Wood 10570 318 10252 9773 8522 1251 479 74 5.5 83 28 193 100 351 652
Solar energy 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Other 497 6 491 469 409 60 22 3 4.2 4 3 0 12 28 36

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 115104 2597 112507 105089 71594 33496 7417 2398 6.6 935 548 2283 1254 6686 8439
Electricity 69957 1647 68310 63223 43598 19625 5087 1685 7.8 595 364 1714 728 4541 4852
Gas 45007 903 44104 41802 27944 13858 2302 707 4.8 338 181 563 514 2136 3570
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 28 5 24 10 7 2 14 1 39.6 2 3 5 3 2 8
Coal or coke 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 62 28 34 28 24 4 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 6 4 0
Other 47 14 33 25 18 7 8 4 36.8 0 0 0 4 2 9

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 116909 2634 114276 105146 71574 33572 9130 2824 7.7 1198 685 2514 1908 6781 8592
Electricity 47661 1747 45914 41326 27147 14179 4588 1362 8.7 528 251 1613 833 3362 6176
Gas 62938 805 62133 57943 40791 17152 4190 1373 7.4 627 390 825 975 3310 2349
Fuel oil 5838 34 5804 5535 3425 2110 269 77 3.5 41 33 60 59 96 19
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 33 11 22 22 7 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 9
Coal or coke 27 0 27 27 23 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 55 12 43 37 28 9 7 0 0.0 0 0 7 0 0 8
Solar energy 142 0 142 142 124 18 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 4 2
Other 216 24 191 115 30 86 76 12 12.6 2 11 9 42 9 29

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 64740 854 63886 59743 45197 14546 4143 1289 8.1 626 330 1317 581 5733 4844
Electricity 62734 845 61888 57872 43634 14238 4017 1246 8.0 604 312 1288 566 5562 4790
Gas 1946 8 1938 1819 1516 303 118 35 10.5 22 17 29 15 168 54
Other 60 0 60 52 47 5 8 7 60.3 0 1 0 0 3 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 86490 1370 85120 80969 66238 14732 4151 720 4.6 535 272 1663 960 5957 6973
Electricity 66586 1159 65427 61977 49759 12218 3450 589 4.6 421 196 1453 791 4836 6369
Gas 19862 211 19651 18960 16466 2494 692 128 4.9 111 76 207 170 1120 604
Other 42 0 42 33 13 19 9 3 12.8 3 0 3 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 118121 3055 115065 105367 71662 33705 9698 2890 7.8 1234 726 2573 2275 6808 8823
Gas 85464 3055 82408 73717 51707 22011 8691 2117 8.7 1203 641 2455 2275 4581 5636
Fuel oil 25436 3055 22380 15072 9536 5536 7308 1013 15.2 1151 513 2356 2275 1083 2176
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1880 87 1792 1671 1292 379 121 25 6.2 17 8 35 36 63 464
Coal or coke 255 0 255 235 210 26 20 0 0.0 2 0 7 10 5 9
Wood 11899 568 11331 10754 9324 1430 577 76 5.0 87 30 235 150 396 761
Solar energy 189 0 189 186 166 20 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 6 8
Other 1053 46 1008 841 586 255 166 57 18.0 11 16 23 60 52 80

All electric units		 30471 1069 29402 26113 15467 10645 3289 1070 9.1 355 197 1176 492 2611 3575
@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