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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1C-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--Suburbs
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		 59271 1157 58114 53765 39724 14041 4350 1333 8.6 606 362 1050 998 4116 4172

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 58743 1078 57664 53477 39573 13903 4188 1310 8.6 600 356 1023 898 4113 4114
Electricity 20047 693 19353 17415 11063 6352 1938 646 9.2 232 144 591 325 1731 2190
Piped gas 29469 164 29305 27639 21593 6046 1666 544 8.2 302 181 256 384 2025 951
Bottled gas 2892 117 2775 2538 2126 412 237 45 9.9 23 15 72 83 220 610
Fuel oil 5114 31 5083 4831 3935 895 253 63 6.6 36 14 76 64 105 157
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 353 22 330 294 209 84 37 9 9.6 5 0 11 12 0 146
Coal or coke 59 2 57 55 55 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Wood 709 41 668 635 547 88 33 1 1.1 0 2 15 14 24 49
Solar energy 8 0 8 8 4 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 92 7 84 63 42 22 21 3 11.5 2 0 0 16 4 11

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 12152 178 11974 11623 9934 1689 351 74 4.2 69 16 115 77 731 640
Electricity 4886 60 4826 4731 3815 916 95 21 2.2 6 4 36 29 170 263
Gas 2944 19 2926 2835 2549 286 90 14 4.6 27 9 23 17 403 109
Fuel oil 251 0 251 240 182 58 11 3 4.3 0 0 6 2 13 16
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 349 0 349 345 291 55 4 0 0.0 0 0 2 2 14 55
Coal or coke 54 0 54 54 50 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Wood 4939 114 4826 4643 4128 516 182 37 6.6 41 4 65 36 176 251
Solar energy 13 0 13 13 11 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 279 1 277 271 237 34 6 5 12.1 2 0 0 0 30 5

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 58300 1043 57257 53623 39657 13966 3634 1219 8.0 490 316 932 677 4079 4044
Electricity 36388 821 35567 32951 23990 8961 2615 887 8.9 321 219 743 444 2632 2523
Gas 21885 221 21663 20650 15651 4999 1013 330 6.2 169 97 189 229 1443 1518
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 10 0 10 7 7 0 3 1 100.0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 6 0 6 4 2 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 12 0 12 12 8 4 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 3

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 58961 1096 57864 53675 39674 14001 4189 1327 8.6 602 359 1030 871 4108 4099
Electricity 24390 823 23568 21280 14644 6636 2287 700 9.5 271 162 709 446 1858 3047
Gas 31485 217 31268 29518 22693 6826 1750 598 8.0 313 189 275 374 2186 1025
Fuel oil 2898 36 2862 2739 2224 514 124 29 5.3 12 6 42 34 63 14
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 13 3 10 9 6 3 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Coal or coke 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 24 7 17 14 11 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Solar energy 93 0 93 86 76 10 7 0 0.0 2 2 0 3 0 2
Other 49 10 38 21 12 9 17 0 0.0 4 0 2 11 0 8

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 37662 535 37127 34857 27610 7247 2270 712 8.9 382 223 589 364 3642 2486
Electricity 36524 530 35994 33802 26675 7128 2191 681 8.7 368 209 576 357 3508 2459
Gas 1106 2 1104 1029 915 114 75 28 19.3 14 14 13 5 128 22
Other 33 3 29 25 20 5 4 2 33.9 0 0 0 1 6 6

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 47529 699 46829 44611 37532 7079 2218 427 5.7 306 198 760 528 3756 3274
Electricity 35127 637 34490 32676 26837 5839 1813 343 5.5 237 151 664 418 2875 2943
Gas 12385 62 12323 11923 10688 1235 400 83 6.3 67 44 96 110 879 330
Other 17 0 17 12 7 5 5 0 0.0 2 3 0 0 2 1

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 59231 1157 58074 53725 39698 14026 4350 1333 8.6 606 362 1050 998 4110 4166
Gas 41125 1157 39968 36127 27710 8417 3841 938 10.0 575 311 1019 998 2907 2442
Fuel oil 12221 1157 11064 7719 5805 1914 3344 547 21.8 532 275 992 998 652 1006
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 701 25 676 632 498 134 44 10 7.2 5 0 13 16 17 191
Coal or coke 103 2 101 99 94 5 2 0 0.0 0 0 2 0 2 0
Wood 5351 149 5202 4998 4436 562 203 38 6.3 41 6 75 44 188 278
Solar energy 112 0 112 105 91 15 7 0 0.0 2 2 0 3 0 2
Other 461 26 435 384 308 75 51 10 11.7 7 3 2 28 44 28

All electric units		 16880 667 16213 14443 9271 5173 1770 567 9.8 194 135 572 301 1419 1958
@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