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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1D-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas

(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		 25851 1897 23954 20789 15848 4941 3165 652 11.5 403 155 1138 817 1472 4072

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 25406 1660 23745 20749 15823 4927 2996 630 11.2 400 146 1121 699 1468 3987
Electricity 7742 550 7192 6026 4179 1847 1166 256 12.0 146 53 504 207 762 1589
Piped gas 9476 242 9234 8257 6332 1925 977 252 11.4 153 60 297 215 375 925
Bottled gas 4141 426 3715 3227 2705 521 488 75 12.4 59 19 177 158 250 1014
Fuel oil 2174 87 2087 1912 1562 350 175 20 5.2 28 9 82 36 38 143
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 419 51 368 309 211 98 59 17 14.4 8 5 14 15 7 165
Coal or coke 70 0 70 57 44 13 13 0 0.0 0 0 5 8 0 3
Wood 1295 280 1015 921 757 164 94 9 5.0 5 0 31 50 28 132
Solar energy 7 0 7 4 4 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 0
Other 82 23 59 38 29 8 21 2 21.2 0 0 8 11 3 16

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 7411 364 7047 6615 5563 1051 432 59 5.3 75 15 199 84 294 823
Electricity 2929 87 2842 2748 2165 583 94 14 2.3 12 5 55 9 71 286
Gas 1658 39 1619 1530 1343 187 90 19 9.1 23 0 26 22 127 160
Fuel oil 157 2 155 151 128 22 5 0 0.0 3 0 0 2 9 18
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 453 4 449 431 338 93 18 1 1.4 2 3 12 0 14 88
Coal or coke 36 0 36 36 27 9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 3321 248 3073 2815 2488 326 259 25 7.2 42 3 124 64 100 340
Solar energy 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Other 103 4 99 91 89 2 8 1 19.4 0 3 0 3 4 10

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 24661 1567 23094 20745 15834 4911 2350 497 9.1 301 104 1029 419 1424 3846
Electricity 16762 898 15865 14187 10717 3470 1678 368 9.4 205 87 741 277 1011 2068
Gas 7814 631 7183 6524 5087 1437 659 127 8.1 96 16 285 135 411 1767
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 10 5 5 2 0 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 0 5
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 52 24 27 24 22 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 2 0
Other 23 9 14 8 8 0 6 2 100.0 0 0 0 4 0 7

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 25139 1559 23580 20693 15784 4910 2887 627 11.2 385 138 1107 629 1454 3904
Electricity 13681 966 12714 11012 8351 2661 1702 337 11.1 201 69 748 347 936 2775
Gas 10496 537 9959 8849 6780 2070 1109 269 11.3 168 68 339 266 497 1090
Fuel oil 822 17 805 749 600 149 55 16 9.6 16 2 14 7 17 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 24 11 13 13 5 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Coal or coke 17 0 17 17 13 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 42 12 30 23 14 9 7 0 0.0 0 0 7 0 0 8
Solar energy 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 44 15 29 15 6 9 13 5 35.8 0 0 0 9 1 16

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 11830 317 11514 10465 8679 1786 1049 175 8.9 169 29 505 171 1123 2038
Electricity 11481 312 11169 10153 8402 1751 1016 164 8.5 161 28 496 168 1093 2018
Gas 334 5 330 302 269 33 28 7 17.5 7 1 10 3 29 20
Other 15 0 15 10 8 2 4 4 65.8 0 0 0 0 1 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 19672 695 18977 17533 14779 2753 1444 175 5.9 165 51 733 320 1272 3192
Electricity 17442 562 16880 15601 13065 2536 1279 143 5.3 143 40 659 293 1154 2991
Gas 2222 133 2089 1925 1712 213 164 30 12.2 23 11 74 27 119 201
Other 8 0 8 6 2 4 2 2 28.4 0 0 0 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 25809 1897 23912 20751 15816 4935 3160 652 11.5 403 155 1133 817 1467 4064
Gas 18727 1897 16830 13929 10945 2983 2901 477 13.6 399 127 1081 817 958 2805
Fuel oil 7384 1897 5487 2890 2259 631 2597 239 26.7 393 100 1048 817 334 1106
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 843 65 779 707 522 184 72 17 8.2 10 5 26 15 21 241
Coal or coke 99 0 99 86 67 20 13 0 0.0 0 0 5 8 0 3
Wood 4215 462 3753 3424 2983 441 329 25 5.4 44 3 155 101 127 411
Solar energy 30 0 30 27 27 0 3 0 0.0 0 0 3 0 4 6
Other 234 27 206 164 138 26 42 17 36.9 0 3 8 14 9 34

All electric units		 6706 482 6224 5182 3586 1595 1042 224 12.1 123 50 463 182 648 1380
@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