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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 2-5. Fuels--Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
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 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		 105435 71708 33727 5853 7184 2108 4503 13223 9720 21655 17007 14495 105435 31439 53207 20789 78482 7397 26953 13257 13393 20352 24446 37976 22662

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 105042 71565 33477 5843 7179 2077 4474 13195 9606 21601 16885 14422 105042 31334 52958 20749 78120 7370 26922 13239 13379 20342 24439 37878 22382
Electricity 32405 18770 13636 2620 3301 465 901 4682 3471 5752 7270 4976 32405 9137 17242 6026 23214 1922 9192 4915 4104 2271 3701 19996 6437
Piped gas 54133 38909 15224 2557 1802 1046 2471 6793 5085 11350 7898 6806 54133 18964 26912 8257 46785 4654 7349 3684 3603 9309 17380 13173 14271
Bottled gas 6037 5087 949 455 1374 92 534 485 191 1414 624 882 6037 289 2521 3227 1150 250 4887 1861 2977 603 2079 2607 747
Fuel oil 9807 6736 3070 137 242 349 334 995 723 2495 900 1238 9807 2735 5160 1912 6315 405 3491 1971 1507 7517 836 1163 290
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 650 454 196 19 281 28 159 132 30 173 66 169 650 60 281 309 169 37 481 206 272 245 18 364 23
Coal or coke 128 113 15 4 0 7 4 2 2 30 10 23 128 7 64 57 22 6 106 56 50 86 22 14 6
Wood 1670 1389 280 44 166 75 68 88 92 360 68 295 1670 57 692 921 300 71 1369 520 850 264 348 529 529
Solar energy 21 17 4 4 0 0 0 3 2 4 4 2 21 6 11 4 17 4 4 4 0 8 0 2 10
Other 191 89 102 5 13 14 4 14 10 22 46 31 191 77 76 38 148 21 43 21 17 38 56 28 68

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 25762 20802 4959 1205 1576 533 1215 2599 1892 5605 2667 2728 25762 6030 13117 6615 16210 1783 9552 4638 4832 4607 5135 9196 6824
Electricity 11790 8869 2921 317 670 274 741 1332 1061 2843 1136 1436 11790 3318 5724 2748 8175 892 3615 1725 1856 2070 2445 4181 3094
Piped gas 4385 3625 761 484 69 94 248 552 382 1106 521 441 4385 1302 2284 799 3526 380 859 430 419 533 1138 1574 1140
Bottled gas 1341 1233 108 115 186 15 78 101 43 331 94 144 1341 43 568 730 223 70 1117 453 660 204 196 792 149
Fuel oil 717 471 246 18 36 27 69 105 102 162 57 160 717 292 275 151 480 42 237 129 108 319 104 169 125
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1082 890 192 42 167 37 91 128 19 205 47 155 1082 140 510 431 428 61 653 283 370 298 198 543 43
Coal or coke 122 109 13 2 6 4 2 0 4 39 12 23 122 5 81 36 23 3 99 65 33 79 18 13 11
Wood 9773 8522 1251 325 588 165 266 664 471 1771 1021 758 9773 1559 5399 2815 5149 573 4624 2333 2242 1774 1625 3148 3226
Solar energy 33 33 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 7 2 6 33 10 13 10 20 0 13 3 10 5 12 0 16
Other 469 409 60 23 33 7 18 42 34 85 41 46 469 105 273 91 305 28 164 100 63 79 44 133 213

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 105089 71594 33496 5837 7173 2006 4271 13132 9683 21581 16900 14352 105089 31261 53084 20745 78199 7387 26890 13228 13358 20260 24385 37872 22572
Electricity 63223 43598 19625 3912 4119 949 1909 6502 4095 13177 10944 7916 63223 16013 33022 14187 44556 5026 18666 9259 9161 9075 13961 27685 12501
Piped gas 36756 23747 13009 1513 1568 919 1986 6094 5281 7193 5449 5559 36756 14987 17676 4093 32499 2179 4257 2309 1914 9740 9249 8217 9549
Bottled gas 5046 4197 849 404 1486 119 372 525 301 1196 501 850 5046 248 2367 2431 1116 176 3929 1651 2254 1429 1160 1955 501
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 10 7 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 5 10 0 7 2 5 2 5 5 0 3 2 4 0
Coal or coke 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0
Wood 28 24 4 4 0 16 0 0 4 9 2 17 28 0 4 24 4 0 24 0 24 5 7 6 11
Other 25 18 7 2 0 2 2 10 2 3 5 5 25 13 4 8 18 3 7 2 5 8 3 5 10

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 105146 71574 33572 5851 7152 1819 4503 13142 9686 21571 16947 14346 105146 31314 53139 20693 78330 7385 26816 13216 13309 20289 24395 37854 22609
Electricity 41326 27147 14179 2800 5187 535 1613 5143 3123 8475 7691 6212 41326 9256 21058 11012 25207 2779 16119 7680 8233 4226 6938 23727 6435
Piped gas 54022 37546 16475 2624 1345 976 2405 7053 5808 10742 8262 6800 54022 19800 27149 7073 47788 4201 6234 3305 2872 9957 16093 12643 15328
Bottled gas 3921 3245 676 326 583 41 224 280 182 867 427 480 3921 268 1877 1776 1021 178 2901 1277 1599 765 1292 1172 693
Fuel oil 5535 3425 2110 91 17 248 242 640 557 1398 519 805 5535 1900 2886 749 4069 208 1466 920 541 5234 37 242 23
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 22 7 15 0 7 0 2 2 2 5 2 0 22 5 4 13 11 2 11 0 11 22 0 0 0
Coal or coke 27 23 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 5 3 27 0 10 17 7 4 20 7 13 23 4 0 0
Wood 37 28 9 0 8 2 0 2 0 12 0 7 37 0 14 23 8 0 29 6 23 15 4 12 5
Solar energy 142 124 18 4 2 5 0 9 7 46 14 15 142 24 102 15 116 7 26 18 8 15 7 19 101
Other 115 30 86 6 3 10 17 13 8 19 27 23 115 62 38 15 103 6 12 3 9 32 20 39 25

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 59743 45197 14546 5008 4238 664 1251 6748 4707 12078 9893 6380 59743 15752 33526 10465 44995 3826 14748 7912 6638 5255 14856 30171 9462
Electricity 57872 43634 14238 4876 4194 638 1220 6561 4602 11592 9653 6207 57872 15241 32478 10153 43534 3709 14337 7701 6444 4910 14211 29697 9053
Piped gas 1670 1386 284 119 29 23 28 175 103 421 228 153 1670 482 967 221 1385 104 285 168 117 309 592 394 376
Other 201 177 24 12 15 3 2 12 2 65 13 20 201 30 81 91 75 13 126 43 78 35 53 81 33

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 3716 3305 411 531 160 24 64 322 291 700 503 307 3716 944 2200 573 2748 199 968 570 374 225 500 2295 695
Electricity 3598 3191 407 520 160 24 64 310 289 666 492 298 3598 906 2128 565 2660 199 938 548 366 215 479 2226 677
Gas 107 105 2 11 0 0 0 13 0 30 11 7 107 31 67 8 82 0 25 17 8 10 21 64 11
Other 11 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 2 11 6 5 0 6 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 7

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 80969 66238 14732 5419 6155 961 2417 7554 5290 16764 10139 8071 80969 19770 43667 17533 56814 5729 24155 12083 11804 13752 19848 30477 16893
Electricity 61977 49759 12218 4383 5654 699 1941 5889 3720 12803 8346 6594 61977 14378 31998 15601 40828 4945 21149 10253 10656 9530 13226 27699 11522
Piped gas 17655 15257 2398 927 331 254 424 1605 1517 3662 1657 1350 17655 5313 10882 1460 15606 761 2049 1326 699 3799 6208 2490 5158
Other 1337 1222 115 108 171 9 52 60 53 298 136 126 1337 79 787 471 380 23 957 504 448 423 414 287 213

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 105367 71662 33705 5844 7177 2040 4503 13217 9715 21643 16999 14465 105367 31425 53190 20751 78453 7391 26914 13250 13360 20338 24424 37964 22641
Piped gas 64329 43772 20557 3103 2019 1413 2986 8672 6870 13092 9962 8568 64329 23812 31252 9264 55909 5189 8419 4278 4076 12792 18586 16149 16802
Bottled gas 9389 7935 1454 657 2022 156 626 774 410 2171 895 1319 9389 486 4238 4664 2001 392 7387 3062 4273 1848 2472 4055 1014
Fuel oil 15072 9536 5536 387 642 518 666 1754 1234 3692 1840 2184 15072 4511 7671 2890 10298 755 4774 2624 2134 8963 1749 2939 1422
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1671 1292 379 60 421 63 233 241 51 363 111 302 1671 199 765 707 593 99 1078 468 608 534 213 858 66
Coal or coke 235 210 26 4 6 10 7 2 6 67 19 43 235 12 138 86 44 9 191 114 77 160 36 23 17
Wood 10754 9324 1430 367 687 210 311 717 527 1970 1063 971 10754 1587 5743 3424 5293 617 5461 2605 2807 1938 1864 3465 3487
Solar energy 186 166 20 6 8 8 0 15 7 53 21 20 186 40 119 27 144 9 43 25 18 26 19 19 123
Other 841 586 255 39 48 29 43 76 64 156 122 111 841 268 410 164 598 61 243 131 103 173 125 221 323

All electric units		 26113 15467 10645 2124 2941 359 664 3564 2354 4830 5768 3919 26113 6648 14283 5182 17945 1551 8168 4368 3631 1618 2851 17193 4451
@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