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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 4-5. Fuels--Renter 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		 33727 1164 1210 1168 2508 6937 5037 4270 11322 7829 33727 14736 14050 4941 29406 2604 4321 1927 2337 7345 6625 11325 8432

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 33477 1164 1210 1150 2484 6911 4940 4247 11224 7768 33477 14642 13908 4927 29168 2592 4309 1917 2335 7341 6621 11251 8264
Electricity 13636 795 527 315 654 2854 1919 1696 5481 3085 13636 5391 6398 1847 11891 1053 1745 918 794 1190 1934 7201 3311
Piped gas 15224 317 321 544 1335 3220 2339 1762 4793 3555 15224 7340 5958 1925 14173 1315 1051 430 610 3284 4188 3137 4615
Bottled gas 949 15 221 18 141 108 59 122 270 243 949 82 346 521 272 60 678 209 461 114 257 440 138
Fuel oil 3070 19 40 236 245 633 570 573 549 709 3070 1722 999 350 2599 122 471 239 227 2655 150 209 56
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 196 5 72 7 69 60 22 34 44 82 196 31 67 98 64 19 132 50 80 44 0 141 11
Coal or coke 15 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 2 15 2 0 13 6 4 9 0 9 2 6 4 3
Wood 280 13 28 18 33 29 18 46 45 62 280 12 104 164 59 11 221 68 153 29 44 107 101
Solar energy 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 4 3 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Other 102 0 0 12 4 8 8 12 33 27 102 59 34 8 99 8 2 2 0 22 42 13 24

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 4959 111 251 239 519 952 731 686 1377 1080 4959 1955 1953 1051 3812 398 1148 491 653 915 748 1700 1596
Electricity 2921 51 120 156 336 564 443 468 711 676 2921 1222 1117 583 2350 259 571 247 324 540 441 1032 908
Piped gas 761 30 16 42 121 228 160 102 190 195 761 393 250 118 701 82 59 23 36 170 178 208 205
Bottled gas 108 8 22 3 17 14 7 25 39 32 108 0 38 69 11 5 96 31 65 14 14 74 7
Fuel oil 246 5 7 15 39 71 71 49 38 96 246 172 52 22 210 8 36 21 14 163 20 29 34
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 192 0 37 14 27 37 9 14 25 51 192 28 71 93 57 13 135 55 80 23 42 118 9
Coal or coke 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 9 13 0 4 9 0 0 13 4 9 2 0 4 7
Wood 1251 18 71 42 84 148 116 99 486 161 1251 318 607 326 804 79 447 197 247 135 116 422 578
Solar energy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 60 0 5 3 8 9 7 15 14 12 60 21 37 2 53 0 7 5 2 8 9 10 33

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 33496 1161 1210 1090 2359 6873 5006 4225 11236 7715 33496 14592 13993 4911 29197 2594 4299 1925 2316 7275 6586 11279 8357
Electricity 19625 958 660 512 1068 3438 2165 2581 7429 4181 19625 7190 8965 3470 16546 1830 3079 1395 1640 2701 3960 8275 4689
Piped gas 13009 170 292 556 1167 3261 2759 1528 3593 3282 13009 7315 4639 1056 12344 712 666 312 344 4340 2496 2608 3566
Bottled gas 849 31 257 17 119 166 81 114 214 244 849 80 388 381 297 50 552 217 331 234 126 391 98
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
Other 7 0 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 2 7 7 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 33572 1162 1210 1013 2508 6878 5020 4236 11267 7741 33572 14633 14029 4910 29288 2592 4284 1921 2318 7306 6588 11279 8399
Electricity 14179 797 824 311 837 2797 1689 1855 5544 3239 14179 4982 6536 2661 11456 1179 2724 1213 1483 1444 2224 7685 2826
Piped gas 16475 340 266 509 1367 3496 2798 1840 5166 3766 16475 8142 6548 1786 15548 1291 927 422 494 3646 4177 3278 5375
Bottled gas 676 10 106 9 86 79 51 75 199 147 676 87 305 284 267 48 409 167 236 141 160 221 155
Fuel oil 2110 15 6 173 206 488 469 452 330 557 2110 1365 596 149 1911 65 199 115 84 2033 4 63 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 15 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 15 5 2 8 9 2 6 0 6 15 0 0 0
Coal or coke 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
Wood 9 0 3 2 0 2 0 3 0 5 9 0 0 9 0 0 9 0 9 0 4 5 0
Solar energy 18 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 4 8 18 3 15 0 14 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 15
Other 86 0 0 10 9 6 8 7 22 19 86 50 27 9 80 4 5 0 5 25 15 27 19

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 14546 940 535 275 683 3010 1981 1663 5877 2815 14546 5651 7109 1786 12933 1068 1614 874 717 1023 2637 8219 2668
Electricity 14238 919 529 262 665 2955 1945 1620 5763 2759 14238 5518 6970 1751 12655 1050 1583 860 701 964 2553 8114 2606
Piped gas 284 21 2 13 18 50 36 37 107 51 284 131 130 23 266 14 18 10 9 52 75 96 62
Other 24 0 4 0 0 4 0 6 7 4 24 3 9 13 12 5 12 4 8 7 8 9 0

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 411 24 13 7 30 97 71 62 139 81 411 191 174 46 365 22 46 21 24 22 52 253 83
Electricity 407 24 13 7 30 95 69 62 139 77 407 187 174 46 361 22 46 21 24 22 52 251 81
Gas 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 14732 838 834 263 835 2299 1455 1380 4970 2587 14732 5055 6923 2753 11833 1241 2899 1359 1513 2191 2921 5924 3695
Electricity 12218 762 772 212 683 1883 1117 1142 4321 2165 12218 4039 5644 2536 9564 1116 2655 1217 1420 1670 2215 5596 2737
Piped gas 2398 71 50 51 136 397 332 223 608 392 2398 997 1212 189 2220 125 177 107 64 473 691 302 932
Other 115 6 13 0 16 18 6 15 41 30 115 19 68 28 48 0 67 34 28 48 15 27 26

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 33705 1162 1210 1147 2508 6930 5031 4266 11316 7814 33705 14727 14043 4935 29384 2599 4321 1927 2337 7337 6619 11320 8429
Piped gas 20557 457 361 830 1742 4485 3520 2488 6353 4860 20557 10519 7759 2279 19284 1566 1273 550 713 5431 4872 4270 5984
Bottled gas 1454 44 333 25 177 208 107 186 396 363 1454 143 606 705 473 89 981 358 616 292 307 666 189
Fuel oil 5536 71 105 346 449 1120 897 1036 1255 1365 5536 2910 1996 631 4819 282 717 362 349 3565 491 879 602
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 379 5 104 19 94 90 33 44 67 128 379 63 132 184 125 32 254 99 152 73 43 244 19
Coal or coke 26 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 5 9 26 2 4 20 6 4 19 4 16 4 6 6 10
Wood 1430 30 86 52 105 168 128 122 515 201 1430 328 661 441 848 90 582 228 351 157 150 498 626
Solar energy 20 0 0 0 0 7 2 4 6 8 20 5 15 0 16 0 4 4 0 2 0 0 18
Other 255 0 5 22 26 34 25 34 72 63 255 132 97 26 237 14 18 7 11 55 67 51 83

All electric units		 10645 678 444 235 476 2139 1361 1373 4383 2344 10645 3902 5148 1595 9095 875 1550 797 720 774 1450 6185 2237
@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