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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 1D-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--Outside Metropolitan Statistical Areas
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		 26289 2178 24111 20778 15813 4965 3333 680 11.9 345 235 1030 1043 1393 4167

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 25844 1991 23853 20740 15791 4949 3112 670 11.7 338 235 1000 870 1388 4065
Electricity 7668 676 6992 5981 4125 1856 1010 278 12.8 106 92 316 219 673 1472
Piped gas 9887 412 9475 8322 6338 1984 1152 284 12.3 131 96 343 299 335 1099
Bottled gas 4413 564 3849 3240 2734 506 610 70 12.0 69 27 251 193 308 1084
Fuel oil 2194 83 2112 1929 1554 375 183 21 5.3 21 16 53 71 23 141
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 350 23 327 292 207 84 36 2 2.7 5 0 16 12 13 144
Coal or coke 88 7 81 70 54 15 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 11 0 0
Wood 1154 208 947 874 750 124 72 5 3.9 3 2 12 50 24 116
Solar energy 8 3 4 2 2 0 3 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Other 82 15 67 32 26 6 35 9 62.4 0 2 9 14 9 9

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 7049 323 6726 6317 5427 890 409 66 6.9 38 30 181 94 287 840
Electricity 2695 106 2589 2477 1974 504 111 24 4.6 12 0 38 38 45 320
Gas 1801 29 1772 1657 1507 149 115 23 13.6 15 16 39 21 150 239
Fuel oil 155 7 148 132 112 20 16 0 0.0 3 0 12 0 5 31
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 341 4 337 336 281 55 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 7 71
Coal or coke 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 3009 203 2807 2598 2321 277 209 26 8.5 20 12 105 45 104 290
Solar energy 10 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 105 3 102 92 89 3 10 0 0.0 0 2 4 3 4 16

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 25023 1838 23185 20744 15797 4947 2441 555 9.9 263 199 909 515 1348 3872
Electricity 16866 1169 15697 14118 10680 3438 1580 420 10.7 194 149 519 298 942 1936
Gas 8108 659 7449 6599 5091 1508 850 135 8.1 60 48 390 218 403 1926
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 15 0 15 4 2 2 11 0 0.0 10 2 0 0 0 10
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 30 9 21 21 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 25603 1927 23676 20702 15770 4932 2974 660 11.6 325 229 983 778 1365 3964
Electricity 13699 1166 12532 11018 8263 2756 1514 364 11.5 162 105 503 381 852 2675
Gas 10913 719 10194 8865 6849 2016 1328 272 11.7 152 115 444 346 492 1247
Fuel oil 830 21 810 730 584 147 79 12 7.3 9 7 28 23 21 5
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 23 2 21 13 10 3 8 3 53.3 2 0 3 0 0 16
Coal or coke 23 0 23 15 15 0 8 0 0.0 0 0 0 8 0 0
Wood 50 10 39 33 31 2 6 0 0.0 0 0 3 3 0 5
Solar energy 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 50 8 42 13 4 9 30 9 51.9 0 2 2 16 0 15

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 12429 502 11927 10764 8995 1768 1163 219 10.8 180 99 461 205 1065 2143
Electricity 12017 495 11523 10470 8724 1746 1053 208 10.5 169 90 389 197 1026 2049
Gas 404 7 398 287 265 22 111 11 26.6 11 9 72 8 38 94
Other 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 20163 973 19190 17825 14834 2991 1365 181 5.7 146 84 649 305 1157 3108
Electricity 17938 841 17097 15881 13122 2759 1216 165 5.6 125 76 583 267 1038 2897
Gas 2226 133 2093 1944 1712 232 149 16 6.3 20 8 66 39 119 211
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 26257 2178 24079 20749 15786 4963 3330 677 11.8 345 235 1030 1043 1389 4167
Gas 19149 2178 16972 13840 10840 3000 3131 515 14.4 344 216 1013 1043 936 3016
Fuel oil 8082 2178 5904 3103 2389 713 2802 254 25.4 339 174 991 1043 399 1438
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 688 30 658 603 469 134 55 5 3.8 15 2 20 12 20 221
Coal or coke 104 7 96 85 70 15 11 0 0.0 0 0 0 11 0 0
Wood 3788 372 3416 3157 2807 350 259 31 8.0 23 14 114 77 117 361
Solar energy 33 7 26 23 23 0 3 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 2 0
Other 226 26 200 136 124 12 65 11 48.2 0 4 15 34 16 41

All electric units		 6670 603 6067 5151 3543 1608 916 246 13.0 97 70 285 217 598 1289
@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