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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 5-5. Fuels--Occupied Units With Black Householder
(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 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		 13223 6286 6937 594 691 469 1175 2067 2544 3324 13223 6924 4797 1502 11582 698 1641 801 804 2391 2471 7162 1199

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 13195 6284 6911 594 691 465 1173 2061 2531 3315 13195 6911 4782 1502 11560 698 1635 794 804 2391 2471 7141 1191
Electricity 4682 1828 2854 371 471 104 212 440 1263 1194 4682 1978 2141 564 3894 259 788 465 306 254 443 3644 341
Piped gas 6793 3573 3220 199 74 232 684 1196 1132 1651 6793 4178 2104 512 6503 382 290 149 130 1310 1950 2722 810
Bottled gas 485 378 108 13 95 15 120 141 22 146 485 73 157 255 165 30 320 93 224 30 45 393 17
Fuel oil 995 362 633 11 20 96 79 212 106 240 995 627 303 65 899 9 97 38 56 789 16 182 8
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 132 72 60 0 25 5 66 43 8 46 132 27 52 52 58 10 74 29 42 7 0 122 4
Coal or coke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wood 88 59 29 0 7 13 12 26 0 35 88 11 23 54 22 9 66 20 46 0 8 74 5
Solar energy 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Other 14 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 12 2 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 3

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 2599 1646 952 112 162 118 254 489 351 526 2599 1201 971 427 2039 159 559 290 268 353 443 1501 301
Electricity 1332 768 564 29 62 69 149 266 155 306 1332 658 449 225 1088 81 244 101 143 187 228 772 145
Piped gas 552 324 228 40 9 34 85 121 84 109 552 325 172 55 516 44 36 25 11 103 166 230 54
Bottled gas 101 87 14 6 31 2 9 24 5 15 101 7 53 40 26 9 75 44 31 3 0 95 3
Fuel oil 105 34 71 0 0 0 16 13 9 23 105 85 16 5 92 2 13 11 2 70 6 21 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 128 91 37 2 14 8 31 30 7 32 128 46 42 41 61 5 67 32 36 15 4 109 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 664 516 148 40 48 21 26 104 104 99 664 208 325 131 446 32 218 117 99 34 67 460 103
Solar energy 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 42 33 9 5 4 0 6 0 7 7 42 19 23 0 35 0 7 7 0 5 11 12 13

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 13132 6259 6873 594 689 429 1124 2054 2524 3278 13132 6860 4784 1487 11502 693 1629 798 794 2368 2457 7115 1192
Electricity 6502 3064 3438 396 499 176 387 791 1511 1480 6502 2852 2805 845 5444 379 1058 566 466 517 1007 4474 504
Piped gas 6094 2833 3261 171 77 226 629 1103 975 1613 6094 3938 1763 392 5853 283 241 123 109 1788 1410 2234 663
Bottled gas 525 359 166 27 113 24 106 159 38 183 525 60 216 249 195 31 330 109 219 63 37 405 20
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 10 3 7 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 10 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 6

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 13142 6264 6878 594 689 388 1175 2041 2529 3276 13142 6885 4781 1476 11528 690 1614 791 786 2371 2460 7114 1196
Electricity 5143 2346 2797 339 597 125 389 660 1165 1292 5143 2019 2212 911 3940 303 1202 569 608 287 453 4138 265
Piped gas 7053 3556 3496 238 52 194 674 1188 1266 1716 7053 4363 2241 448 6816 363 237 140 85 1448 1964 2745 895
Bottled gas 280 201 79 12 32 2 49 81 18 82 280 60 125 95 140 14 140 60 80 34 43 183 19
Fuel oil 640 152 488 5 6 66 61 111 75 176 640 436 186 18 610 10 31 22 9 593 0 41 6
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 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 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0
Solar energy 9 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 9 2 7 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7
Other 13 7 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 13 5 8 0 13 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 3

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 6748 3738 3010 518 512 135 258 836 1443 1328 6748 2829 3114 805 5757 366 991 529 439 322 1026 4964 437
Electricity 6561 3606 2955 507 510 126 250 813 1392 1306 6561 2760 3013 788 5582 354 979 523 433 300 978 4860 422
Piped gas 175 125 50 12 0 9 7 19 49 18 175 66 98 10 167 9 8 6 2 22 47 97 9
Other 12 8 4 0 2 0 0 4 2 4 12 3 3 6 8 2 4 0 4 0 0 6 6

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 322 225 97 72 25 3 22 40 82 56 322 114 177 31 249 7 73 50 24 9 24 269 19
Electricity 310 215 95 66 25 3 22 40 76 51 310 110 169 31 236 7 73 50 24 9 22 259 19
Gas 13 10 2 5 0 0 0 0 6 5 13 5 8 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 7554 5256 2299 523 523 118 519 1156 1076 1347 7554 3513 3106 935 6378 384 1176 596 551 904 1500 4460 690
Electricity 5889 4007 1883 470 521 97 417 880 918 1098 5889 2539 2439 911 4771 370 1118 555 541 608 818 4073 389
Piped gas 1605 1207 397 53 2 21 93 268 147 235 1605 952 629 24 1558 14 47 31 10 280 665 371 289
Other 60 42 18 0 0 0 10 9 11 14 60 22 38 0 49 0 11 11 0 16 17 16 11

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 13217 6286 6930 594 691 463 1175 2065 2544 3317 13217 6919 4797 1500 11575 696 1641 801 804 2386 2471 7161 1199
Piped gas 8672 4187 4485 277 112 332 835 1424 1522 2152 8672 5359 2706 607 8309 455 364 199 153 2041 2173 3488 970
Bottled gas 774 566 208 31 171 26 144 211 46 207 774 105 332 336 285 49 489 198 288 70 53 628 22
Fuel oil 1754 635 1120 39 60 126 147 357 256 424 1754 1068 569 117 1538 27 217 125 90 1012 132 523 88
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 241 152 90 2 39 13 83 67 13 70 241 71 87 84 110 12 131 56 72 17 4 217 4
Coal or coke 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wood 717 548 168 40 52 29 35 114 104 120 717 216 334 167 459 37 257 126 129 34 70 504 108
Solar energy 15 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 15 5 9 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 11
Other 76 42 34 5 4 2 14 2 10 19 76 45 31 0 69 0 7 7 0 14 22 21 19

All electric units		 3564 1426 2139 299 423 89 156 340 965 877 3564 1427 1662 475 2858 199 706 412 277 119 277 2962 206
@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