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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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

(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		 57584 976 56608 53207 39157 14050 3401 925 6.1 493 338 904 740 4063 4091

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 57144 899 56244 52958 39050 13908 3286 912 6.1 489 323 878 683 4048 4037
Electricity 19372 566 18806 17242 10844 6398 1564 467 6.8 218 131 521 228 1812 2096
Piped gas 28316 137 28179 26912 20954 5958 1267 367 5.8 216 146 238 300 1856 907
Bottled gas 2813 101 2713 2521 2175 346 192 31 8.1 21 20 52 69 261 668
Fuel oil 5386 34 5352 5160 4161 999 193 36 3.5 28 24 41 63 86 147
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 314 15 299 281 214 67 18 1 2.1 3 0 6 7 10 149
Coal or coke 68 0 68 64 64 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 4 0
Wood 767 42 726 692 588 104 34 0 0.0 2 3 15 14 13 61
Solar energy 11 0 11 11 9 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 96 5 90 76 42 34 15 10 21.9 2 0 3 0 6 7

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 13539 112 13427 13117 11164 1953 310 50 2.5 49 25 127 59 817 764
Electricity 5858 39 5818 5724 4607 1117 94 17 1.5 5 14 38 22 191 352
Gas 2934 11 2924 2851 2564 288 72 15 4.8 11 7 29 11 425 105
Fuel oil 285 0 285 275 223 52 11 3 4.8 1 0 6 0 6 17
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 518 4 514 510 439 71 3 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 28 73
Coal or coke 84 0 84 81 77 4 3 0 0.0 2 0 1 0 3 6
Wood 5620 70 5549 5399 4793 607 150 22 3.4 29 14 61 25 211 276
Solar energy 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 289 2 287 273 235 37 14 1 3.7 4 0 0 9 22 23

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 56711 865 55846 53084 39091 13993 2762 831 5.6 388 267 802 474 3993 3938
Electricity 35687 667 35020 33022 24057 8965 1997 622 6.5 253 185 641 297 2672 2394
Gas 20997 195 20802 20043 15016 5027 759 207 3.9 134 82 159 177 1315 1541
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 13 0 13 7 7 0 5 1 100.0 2 0 2 0 2 3
Coal or coke 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 8 4 4 4 3 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 57292 902 56390 53139 39110 14029 3251 914 6.1 485 324 884 645 4053 4029
Electricity 23544 707 22837 21058 14523 6536 1779 478 6.8 243 133 598 327 1865 2988
Gas 30556 174 30382 29026 22174 6853 1355 414 5.6 229 169 264 279 2128 1015
Fuel oil 2989 15 2974 2886 2290 596 88 18 3.0 12 10 20 28 55 10
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 4 0 4 4 2 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Coal or coke 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solar energy 102 0 102 102 87 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Other 72 5 67 38 11 27 29 4 12.1 0 11 2 12 3 11

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 35776 461 35315 33526 26417 7109 1789 536 7.0 298 186 501 268 3548 2362
Electricity 34677 457 34220 32478 25508 6970 1742 527 7.0 288 175 488 264 3445 2340
Gas 1074 4 1070 1026 887 139 44 8 5.7 9 10 13 4 103 21
Other 24 0 24 22 22 0 2 1 100.0 0 1 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 45956 592 45364 43667 36744 6923 1697 309 4.3 240 162 619 367 3688 3229
Electricity 33923 541 33382 31998 26354 5644 1384 255 4.3 191 120 532 286 2889 2904
Gas 12015 51 11964 11658 10386 1272 305 53 4.0 46 41 84 81 799 326
Other 18 0 18 11 3 7 7 1 13.8 3 0 3 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 57568 976 56592 53190 39147 14043 3401 925 6.1 493 338 904 740 4059 4091
Gas 39494 976 38518 35490 27125 8365 3028 632 7.0 471 306 879 740 2754 2394
Fuel oil 11267 976 10291 7671 5675 1996 2620 307 13.1 450 266 856 740 567 915
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 811 19 792 765 633 132 26 3 2.1 5 0 10 9 37 214
Coal or coke 144 0 144 138 134 4 7 0 0.0 2 0 3 2 5 6
Wood 6023 106 5917 5743 5082 661 174 22 3.1 30 16 69 36 224 314
Solar energy 119 0 119 119 104 15 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Other 488 13 475 410 312 97 66 16 14.1 9 12 8 20 34 41

All electric units		 16208 530 15679 14283 9135 5148 1395 403 7.2 185 108 499 200 1506 1880
@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