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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1B-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--In Central Cities
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 35217 231 34986 31300 16701 14599 3686 1583 9.7 333 335 568 868 1250 632

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 34972 215 34757 31184 16672 14512 3573 1559 9.6 324 329 553 807 1248 622
Electricity 10371 110 10261 8945 3650 5295 1316 626 10.5 107 113 217 253 599 286
Piped gas 20929 63 20866 18967 11703 7265 1899 803 9.8 193 193 254 456 623 274
Bottled gas 396 4 393 357 236 121 36 7 5.2 6 3 3 18 4 55
Fuel oil 3056 30 3026 2742 993 1749 284 106 5.6 16 19 75 69 17 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 70 0 70 50 26 24 20 11 32.1 0 0 1 8 0 2
Coal or coke 5 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 54 3 51 51 42 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 4
Solar energy 8 0 8 8 5 3 1 1 16.9 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 82 2 80 63 14 49 18 6 10.5 3 3 3 3 0 1

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 5325 10 5315 5153 3497 1656 163 52 3.0 18 19 19 55 191 49
Electricity 2844 4 2840 2773 1748 1025 67 17 1.6 8 8 9 24 48 35
Gas 1275 1 1274 1209 905 304 65 22 6.8 7 7 6 23 121 11
Fuel oil 210 6 205 199 82 117 6 1 0.7 0 2 2 0 0 2
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 87 0 87 87 71 17 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Coal or coke 4 0 4 3 0 3 2 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1448 3 1445 1410 1101 308 35 13 4.0 3 5 1 14 27 18
Solar energy 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 53 0 53 50 26 24 3 0 0.0 0 2 1 0 4 0

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 34017 187 33830 31165 16673 14493 2665 1319 8.3 247 260 444 395 1232 612
Electricity 17481 122 17359 15790 8673 7117 1569 827 10.3 143 135 239 224 835 336
Gas 16523 65 16458 15363 7989 7374 1095 491 6.2 103 126 204 171 395 275
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0 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
Wood 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 4 0 4 2 1 1 1 1 43.8 0 0 0 0 0 1

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 34966 216 34750 31240 16688 14552 3509 1538 9.5 317 321 555 779 1250 620
Electricity 10549 109 10439 9100 4110 4990 1339 608 10.7 106 134 218 274 535 361
Gas 22135 74 22061 20123 11999 8124 1937 844 9.3 195 171 271 455 696 257
Fuel oil 2161 26 2135 1930 539 1391 205 75 5.1 16 16 60 39 15 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 3 0 3 2 0 2 2 2 51.2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Coal or coke 3 3 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
Solar energy 21 0 21 21 20 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 95 5 91 65 21 44 26 9 16.3 0 0 6 11 2 0

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 17900 128 17772 16260 10492 5768 1512 704 10.8 179 145 248 237 1054 419
Electricity 17305 121 17183 15739 10110 5629 1445 672 10.5 168 139 242 224 1029 406
Gas 571 7 564 511 378 133 54 25 15.7 9 3 5 11 26 13
Other 24 0 24 10 4 6 13 7 43.9 2 3 0 1 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 21379 122 21258 20101 14895 5206 1157 303 5.5 131 114 282 326 1032 495
Electricity 15552 104 15448 14557 10380 4176 892 244 5.5 87 80 227 254 820 439
Gas 5812 18 5794 5537 4512 1025 257 59 5.4 44 34 53 67 212 56
Other 15 0 15 7 2 5 8 0 0.0 0 0 2 6 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 35193 231 34962 31283 16693 14590 3679 1575 9.6 333 335 568 868 1250 632
Gas 27858 231 27627 24351 13728 10623 3276 1260 10.5 323 294 532 868 866 435
Fuel oil 7672 231 7441 4888 1749 3140 2553 655 16.9 308 228 493 868 192 125
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 161 0 161 141 102 39 20 11 22.3 0 0 1 8 2 2
Coal or coke 9 3 6 5 2 3 2 0 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1486 5 1480 1446 1129 317 35 13 3.9 3 5 1 14 29 23
Solar energy 31 0 31 31 22 8 1 1 6.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Other 227 5 223 172 63 109 51 19 13.9 3 8 9 12 6 1

All electric units		 7594 92 7502 6485 2659 3825 1018 502 11.5 70 93 169 185 444 239
@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: May 27, 2005