| American Housing Survey (AHS) |
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| 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 |