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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 3-5. Fuels--Owner Occupied Units
(Numbers in thousands)
Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 71708 4689 5974 940 1996 6286 4684 17385 5685 6667 71708 16703 39157 15848 49077 4792 22631 11329 11056 13007 17821 26651 14230

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 71565 4679 5969 927 1990 6284 4665 17353 5662 6654 71565 16692 39050 15823 48952 4778 22613 11322 11044 13002 17819 26627 14118
Electricity 18770 1824 2774 150 247 1828 1552 4056 1789 1891 18770 3746 10844 4179 11323 869 7447 3997 3310 1081 1767 12795 3126
Piped gas 38909 2239 1481 502 1135 3573 2746 9588 3105 3250 38909 11624 20954 6332 32612 3339 6298 3254 2993 6025 13192 10037 9656
Bottled gas 5087 439 1152 74 393 378 131 1292 353 640 5087 207 2175 2705 878 190 4209 1652 2515 489 1821 2167 609
Fuel oil 6736 118 201 113 89 362 154 1922 351 529 6736 1013 4161 1562 3716 283 3020 1732 1279 4862 686 955 234
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 454 14 209 21 90 72 7 139 22 86 454 30 214 211 106 18 349 156 192 201 17 223 12
Coal or coke 113 4 0 7 2 2 0 30 5 21 113 5 64 44 16 3 97 56 41 84 16 10 3
Wood 1389 32 138 57 34 59 73 314 23 233 1389 45 588 757 241 60 1148 451 697 235 304 422 429
Solar energy 17 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 17 3 9 4 12 4 4 4 0 8 0 2 6
Other 89 5 13 3 0 6 2 10 12 4 89 18 42 29 48 13 41 19 17 16 14 15 44

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 20802 1094 1326 294 696 1646 1160 4919 1290 1647 20802 4075 11164 5563 12398 1385 8404 4147 4179 3692 4387 7496 5228
Electricity 8869 266 551 117 405 768 618 2376 426 761 8869 2097 4607 2165 5825 633 3044 1478 1532 1531 2004 3149 2185
Piped gas 3625 454 53 52 126 324 221 1004 331 246 3625 909 2034 682 2825 298 800 407 383 363 961 1366 934
Bottled gas 1233 107 164 13 61 87 36 307 55 112 1233 43 529 661 212 66 1021 422 595 190 183 719 141
Fuel oil 471 12 29 12 30 34 31 114 19 64 471 120 223 128 270 34 201 107 94 156 85 139 90
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 890 42 130 23 64 91 10 191 22 104 890 112 439 338 371 48 518 228 290 275 155 425 34
Coal or coke 109 2 6 4 2 0 4 37 10 14 109 5 77 27 23 3 86 62 25 77 18 9 5
Wood 8522 307 517 123 182 516 355 1671 535 597 8522 1241 4793 2488 4345 494 4176 2136 1995 1639 1509 2726 2648
Solar energy 33 0 6 3 0 2 0 7 2 6 33 10 13 10 20 0 13 3 10 5 12 0 16
Other 409 23 28 5 10 33 27 70 27 34 409 85 235 89 251 28 158 95 60 71 35 123 180

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 71594 4677 5963 916 1912 6259 4678 17356 5664 6637 71594 16669 39091 15834 49002 4792 22592 11304 11042 12985 17800 26593 14216
Electricity 43598 2953 3459 438 840 3064 1930 10596 3515 3735 43598 8823 24057 10717 28011 3196 15587 7864 7521 6374 10002 19410 7812
Piped gas 23747 1343 1276 363 818 2833 2522 5665 1856 2277 23747 7672 13037 3037 20156 1467 3591 1996 1570 5400 6754 5610 5983
Bottled gas 4197 373 1229 102 253 359 219 1082 286 606 4197 168 1979 2050 820 126 3377 1434 1924 1195 1034 1564 403
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 7 0 7 0 3 0 5 5 0 3 2 2 0
Coal or coke 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0
Wood 24 2 0 13 0 0 4 7 2 13 24 0 3 22 3 0 22 0 22 5 5 4 11
Other 18 2 0 0 0 3 2 3 5 3 18 6 4 8 11 3 7 2 5 8 0 3 8

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 71574 4689 5942 806 1996 6264 4666 17335 5680 6605 71574 16681 39110 15784 49042 4792 22533 11295 10991 12982 17807 26575 14210
Electricity 27147 2004 4362 224 776 2346 1434 6620 2147 2973 27147 4273 14523 8351 13752 1600 13395 6467 6751 2782 4715 16042 3609
Piped gas 37546 2283 1079 467 1039 3556 3009 8902 3095 3034 37546 11657 20601 5287 32240 2910 5306 2883 2378 6311 11916 9365 9953
Bottled gas 3245 315 477 33 138 201 131 792 228 333 3245 180 1572 1492 754 130 2491 1110 1362 624 1132 951 538
Fuel oil 3425 76 11 75 36 152 87 947 190 248 3425 535 2290 600 2158 143 1267 805 457 3201 33 178 14
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 7 0 2 5 2 0 5 0 5 7 0 0 0
Coal or coke 23 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 5 3 23 0 10 13 3 0 20 7 13 23 0 0 0
Wood 28 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 28 0 14 14 8 0 20 6 14 15 0 7 5
Solar energy 124 4 2 5 0 2 5 42 11 7 124 22 87 15 102 7 21 14 8 12 7 19 86
Other 30 6 3 0 7 7 0 12 5 5 30 12 11 6 23 2 7 3 4 8 4 12 6

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 45197 4068 3703 389 568 3738 2726 10415 4016 3565 45197 10101 26417 8679 32063 2758 13134 7038 5921 4232 12219 21952 6794
Electricity 43634 3957 3665 376 555 3606 2657 9972 3889 3447 43634 9723 25508 8402 30879 2659 12754 6841 5743 3946 11658 21582 6447
Piped gas 1386 98 27 10 11 125 68 384 121 101 1386 350 837 199 1120 91 266 158 108 257 517 298 314
Other 177 12 11 3 2 8 2 59 6 16 177 27 72 78 64 8 114 39 70 28 44 72 33

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 3305 507 147 18 35 225 220 638 364 226 3305 753 2026 526 2383 177 922 548 349 203 448 2042 612
Electricity 3191 496 147 18 35 215 220 604 353 221 3191 719 1954 518 2299 177 892 526 341 193 427 1975 596
Gas 105 11 0 0 0 10 0 30 11 5 105 29 67 8 80 0 25 17 8 10 21 62 11
Other 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 9 4 5 0 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 4 5

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 66238 4581 5321 699 1582 5256 3835 15384 5170 5484 66238 14715 36744 14779 44981 4488 21257 10725 10291 11561 16927 24552 13198
Electricity 49759 3622 4883 487 1259 4007 2603 11661 4025 4428 49759 10339 26354 13065 31264 3829 18495 9035 9237 7860 11011 22103 8784
Piped gas 15257 857 281 203 288 1207 1185 3440 1049 959 15257 4316 9670 1271 13386 636 1872 1219 635 3326 5517 2189 4226
Other 1222 102 158 9 36 42 48 283 95 97 1222 60 719 443 332 23 890 470 420 375 399 260 187

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 71662 4682 5967 893 1996 6286 4684 17377 5683 6652 71662 16698 39147 15816 49069 4792 22592 11322 11024 13001 17805 26644 14212
Piped gas 43772 2646 1658 583 1243 4187 3350 10604 3610 3707 43772 13293 23493 6986 36626 3623 7146 3728 3363 7361 13713 11879 10818
Bottled gas 7935 613 1689 130 449 566 303 1985 499 956 7935 344 3632 3959 1528 303 6407 2704 3657 1556 2165 3389 825
Fuel oil 9536 316 537 173 216 635 337 2656 585 819 9536 1602 5675 2259 5479 473 4057 2262 1786 5398 1258 2060 819
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1292 55 316 44 139 152 17 319 44 174 1292 137 633 522 467 67 825 369 455 460 170 615 47
Coal or coke 210 4 6 10 5 2 4 65 14 35 210 10 134 67 38 5 172 111 61 156 30 17 7
Wood 9324 337 601 158 207 548 399 1848 548 769 9324 1258 5082 2983 4445 527 4879 2377 2456 1781 1714 2967 2861
Solar energy 166 6 8 8 0 7 5 49 15 12 166 35 104 27 127 9 38 21 18 23 19 19 105
Other 586 39 44 7 17 42 39 122 50 48 586 135 312 138 361 46 225 124 92 117 58 171 240

All electric units		 15467 1446 2497 124 189 1426 993 3457 1385 1576 15467 2746 9135 3586 8850 676 6618 3571 2910 844 1401 11008 2214
@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