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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 2-5. Fuels--Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

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 Black alone 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		 105842 72238 33604 5691 6854 1970 4320 13004 11038 21627 17242 13960 105842 31300 53765 20778 78369 7486 27474 13856 13291 20133 24488 38145 23077

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 105401 72036 33365 5688 6841 1942 4295 12967 10893 21566 17129 13861 105401 31184 53477 20740 77971 7460 27430 13823 13280 20130 24482 38010 22778
Electricity 32341 18838 13503 2448 3117 477 981 4565 3857 5767 7165 4818 32341 8945 17415 5981 22848 1868 9493 5185 4113 2152 3591 20261 6338
Piped gas 54928 39634 15294 2617 1817 963 2285 6733 5808 11360 8243 6498 54928 18967 27639 8322 47183 4727 7745 4086 3595 9449 17582 13152 14745
Bottled gas 6134 5095 1039 428 1257 109 487 490 320 1494 643 874 6134 357 2538 3240 1284 308 4850 1870 2931 619 2091 2609 815
Fuel oil 9501 6482 3019 123 239 276 324 985 793 2365 849 1170 9501 2742 4831 1929 6097 441 3405 1904 1488 7332 792 1090 287
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 635 443 192 13 252 37 159 120 22 156 68 176 635 50 294 292 158 39 477 221 252 221 28 364 22
Coal or coke 126 111 15 2 0 12 4 5 0 41 7 25 126 2 55 70 20 10 106 46 60 86 18 14 8
Wood 1560 1340 220 44 148 57 45 64 81 360 104 274 1560 51 635 874 247 48 1313 484 826 234 340 495 491
Solar energy 17 10 7 4 0 0 0 3 2 2 2 4 17 8 8 2 14 2 4 4 0 5 0 0 12
Other 158 82 76 8 11 12 9 3 10 19 47 21 158 63 63 32 120 17 38 23 15 32 40 26 60

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 23093 18858 4234 1118 1375 438 981 2097 1655 4995 2313 2346 23093 5153 11623 6317 14131 1650 8962 4217 4666 4023 4598 8196 6276
Electricity 9981 7536 2445 260 554 234 627 1003 860 2497 917 1113 9981 2773 4731 2477 6899 800 3082 1367 1677 1698 2105 3357 2822
Piped gas 4323 3699 624 459 143 66 183 453 392 912 546 403 4323 1160 2249 913 3271 378 1052 512 535 513 963 1675 1172
Bottled gas 1378 1263 115 163 189 18 58 106 39 287 111 162 1378 49 586 743 230 34 1148 438 710 183 211 850 134
Fuel oil 571 375 196 19 38 28 42 84 42 200 39 92 571 199 240 132 382 34 188 90 98 244 85 168 73
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 768 642 126 21 126 8 26 62 17 171 42 84 768 87 345 336 301 76 468 205 260 205 173 351 39
Coal or coke 73 65 7 2 0 5 0 2 0 24 0 12 73 3 54 16 25 6 48 38 10 52 6 7 8
Wood 8651 7550 1101 275 494 110 210 565 478 1579 846 759 8651 1410 4643 2598 4447 532 4204 2096 2066 1613 1526 2771 2741
Solar energy 25 18 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 3 2 25 5 13 7 11 0 14 7 7 9 9 0 7
Other 413 352 61 33 18 16 4 17 37 81 48 37 413 50 271 92 228 29 185 121 64 91 43 94 185

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 105532 72126 33406 5683 6837 1899 4086 12927 11010 21581 17131 13838 105532 31165 53623 20744 78123 7480 27409 13819 13264 20069 24439 38034 22990
Electricity 62859 43343 19517 3698 3848 859 1818 6397 4704 13249 10827 7607 62859 15790 32951 14118 43910 5041 18950 9611 9076 8820 13945 27798 12296
Piped gas 37552 24539 13012 1637 1642 895 1911 6047 5983 7115 5823 5344 37552 15084 18307 4161 33074 2254 4478 2534 1908 9832 9310 8300 10110
Bottled gas 5060 4191 869 339 1345 128 352 483 312 1198 476 864 5060 279 2343 2437 1114 185 3946 1666 2253 1410 1169 1914 568
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 16 14 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 9 0 3 16 5 7 4 10 0 6 2 4 2 7 2 5
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 0 0
Wood 29 27 1 0 0 14 0 0 10 10 2 19 29 4 4 21 8 0 21 0 21 4 6 9 9
Other 17 12 5 5 3 0 3 0 1 0 3 1 17 2 12 3 9 0 8 6 3 1 3 11 2

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 105617 72132 33485 5687 6817 1745 4320 12959 11012 21566 17193 13841 105617 31240 53675 20702 78256 7470 27361 13803 13232 20091 24448 38040 23038
Electricity 41399 27017 14382 2635 4939 550 1591 5116 3490 8543 7761 6158 41399 9100 21280 11018 24937 2777 16462 7988 8242 4175 6964 24045 6214
Piped gas 54444 38216 16227 2651 1268 941 2291 6948 6631 10737 8453 6463 54444 19776 27710 6959 47996 4219 6448 3658 2739 9952 16103 12504 15885
Bottled gas 4063 3325 739 309 575 66 209 267 242 917 472 500 4063 348 1809 1907 1150 243 2913 1212 1664 716 1307 1238 801
Fuel oil 5398 3347 2052 90 15 181 217 608 624 1287 471 668 5398 1930 2739 730 3969 213 1430 908 517 5139 45 195 19
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 23 16 7 0 8 0 0 0 0 9 4 2 23 2 9 13 7 0 16 3 13 18 4 0 0
Coal or coke 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 23 0 8 15 3 0 20 5 15 23 0 0 0
Wood 47 42 5 0 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 9 47 0 14 33 8 0 39 6 33 18 5 14 10
Solar energy 122 110 11 2 2 0 0 5 7 31 8 8 122 21 86 15 101 10 21 16 5 13 2 17 90
Other 99 37 62 0 5 7 7 14 17 24 23 30 99 65 21 13 87 8 12 7 5 37 16 28 18

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 61880 47098 14783 4919 4115 689 1180 6826 5477 12487 9903 6222 61880 16260 34857 10764 46175 3891 15706 8602 6872 5582 15527 30665 10106
Electricity 60011 45509 14502 4776 4059 663 1157 6641 5335 12031 9725 6043 60011 15739 33802 10470 44733 3771 15278 8350 6699 5228 14919 30191 9673
Piped gas 1689 1440 249 120 37 18 16 175 122 407 165 153 1689 507 964 217 1385 106 304 193 111 328 567 397 397
Other 181 149 32 23 19 8 6 10 20 49 13 26 181 14 90 77 57 15 124 60 63 26 42 77 36

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 4133 3549 584 564 166 57 73 393 363 764 527 299 4133 986 2535 612 3030 206 1102 678 406 262 507 2570 793
Electricity 4023 3446 577 558 164 52 70 389 354 737 522 297 4023 948 2476 600 2936 201 1087 672 399 248 490 2528 757
Gas 99 94 5 4 3 5 1 1 9 22 3 2 99 33 54 12 85 5 14 5 7 13 15 42 29
Other 10 9 2 2 0 0 2 3 0 5 2 0 10 5 6 0 9 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 7

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 82538 67262 15276 5303 5907 1014 2388 7641 6143 17112 10364 7909 82538 20101 44611 17825 57715 5937 24823 12644 11888 13802 20149 31111 17476
Electricity 63114 50340 12774 4188 5383 766 1982 5994 4217 13142 8443 6429 63114 14557 32676 15881 41383 5129 21731 10717 10753 9489 13539 28449 11638
Piped gas 18117 15765 2352 989 367 235 358 1609 1852 3635 1803 1354 18117 5451 11218 1448 15981 765 2136 1432 683 3919 6202 2411 5585
Other 1306 1157 150 126 157 13 47 39 73 335 119 126 1306 93 717 496 351 43 956 495 453 395 408 250 253

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 105757 72178 33579 5680 6847 1885 4320 12996 11029 21608 17221 13924 105757 31283 53725 20749 78344 7486 27413 13824 13263 20123 24451 38124 23058
Piped gas 65130 44584 20546 3155 2053 1292 2828 8631 7850 13144 10220 8189 65130 23811 32010 9308 56209 5214 8921 4752 4094 12883 18704 16158 17385
Bottled gas 9188 7694 1494 629 1823 181 596 690 463 2167 899 1333 9188 539 4117 4532 2032 423 7156 2985 4109 1831 2409 3880 1067
Fuel oil 15710 9943 5767 422 610 487 604 1931 1416 3774 1972 2264 15710 4888 7719 3103 10718 861 4993 2704 2241 8836 2181 3236 1457
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1376 1069 307 39 356 44 184 167 39 318 107 249 1376 141 632 603 470 115 906 415 488 426 210 674 67
Coal or coke 189 166 22 2 0 14 4 7 0 58 7 38 189 5 99 85 42 16 147 78 69 130 22 21 15
Wood 9601 8372 1229 301 575 147 241 608 519 1792 914 937 9601 1446 4998 3157 4594 560 5006 2365 2596 1753 1746 3076 3027
Solar energy 159 136 23 4 2 0 0 8 9 35 13 12 159 31 105 23 120 12 39 27 12 27 12 17 104
Other 692 495 196 50 38 28 25 40 72 130 110 89 692 172 384 136 447 50 245 158 86 153 96 161 282

All electric units		 26079 15472 10607 1968 2735 354 690 3493 2611 4841 5810 3798 26079 6485 14443 5151 17685 1522 8395 4584 3629 1560 2753 17521 4246
@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