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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 3-5. Fuels--Owner Occupied Units
Numbers in thousands. Weighting consistent with the 2000 Census.

Housing unit characteristics
Physical problems
Household characteristics
In MSAs
Urban
Rural
Regions
Total
occupied
units		 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		 72238 4673 5514 932 1795 6193 5106 17350 5609 6058 72238 16701 39724 15813 49307 4844 22931 11702 10969 12964 17889 26699 14686

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 72036 4670 5514 923 1792 6177 5065 17304 5583 6032 72036 16672 39573 15791 49126 4829 22911 11689 10962 12962 17885 26663 14526
Electricity 18838 1815 2626 181 193 1834 1543 4080 1748 1674 18838 3650 11063 4125 11172 853 7666 4239 3273 1050 1741 12974 3073
Piped gas 39634 2287 1365 482 1005 3493 3102 9584 3082 2922 39634 11703 21593 6338 33069 3355 6565 3529 2984 6199 13342 9967 10126
Bottled gas 5095 390 1007 80 365 372 206 1362 346 614 5095 236 2126 2734 921 233 4174 1631 2501 484 1788 2175 648
Fuel oil 6482 109 190 110 93 357 144 1790 308 480 6482 993 3935 1554 3585 306 2897 1640 1248 4737 656 867 223
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 443 13 187 17 102 74 6 126 19 101 443 26 209 207 97 15 346 153 193 181 24 228 10
Coal or coke 111 2 0 9 2 2 0 40 5 17 111 2 55 54 20 10 91 46 44 83 16 7 5
Wood 1340 41 128 44 30 42 59 314 66 221 1340 42 547 750 208 43 1132 422 707 211 299 424 406
Solar energy 10 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 5 4 2 6 2 4 4 0 5 0 0 5
Other 82 8 11 0 3 0 5 9 9 3 82 14 42 26 46 13 36 23 13 13 18 21 30

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 18858 1044 1178 241 553 1335 1004 4414 1197 1429 18858 3497 9934 5427 10869 1310 7989 3817 4117 3214 3953 6847 4845
Electricity 7536 233 496 110 326 543 471 2105 363 611 7536 1748 3815 1974 4903 572 2633 1212 1402 1226 1703 2577 2029
Piped gas 3699 440 121 37 110 304 264 832 361 235 3699 862 2019 818 2704 323 994 495 495 370 881 1479 969
Bottled gas 1263 160 165 15 43 91 28 277 89 113 1263 43 531 689 218 34 1045 390 655 174 193 771 125
Fuel oil 375 16 19 15 20 34 9 152 13 42 375 82 182 112 216 28 159 75 84 136 69 126 44
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 642 19 112 4 11 41 10 150 21 49 642 71 291 281 242 50 400 169 231 174 142 294 32
Coal or coke 65 2 0 5 0 0 0 24 0 7 65 0 50 16 22 6 43 34 10 47 6 5 8
Wood 7550 253 414 86 143 438 332 1484 472 565 7550 1101 4128 2321 3743 472 3807 1918 1849 1487 1397 2422 2243
Solar energy 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 18 0 11 7 6 0 12 5 7 6 7 0 5
Other 352 30 18 3 3 10 25 73 23 11 352 26 237 89 173 27 179 117 62 82 38 76 155

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 72126 4666 5512 912 1704 6171 5105 17325 5589 6042 72126 16673 39657 15797 49230 4842 22897 11682 10955 12938 17859 26659 14670
Electricity 43343 2860 3213 426 703 3031 2074 10667 3406 3349 43343 8673 23990 10680 27643 3235 15700 8046 7445 6228 9981 19416 7718
Piped gas 24539 1481 1220 373 749 2782 2822 5563 1924 2061 24539 7813 13666 3060 20766 1482 3773 2167 1578 5526 6844 5695 6474
Bottled gas 4191 316 1079 97 250 358 199 1078 254 611 4191 176 1984 2031 799 125 3392 1464 1906 1178 1021 1530 463
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 14 4 0 2 2 0 0 7 0 3 14 5 7 2 10 0 5 2 2 2 5 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
Wood 27 0 0 13 0 0 10 10 2 18 27 4 2 21 6 0 21 0 21 4 5 9 9
Other 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12 1 8 3 7 0 5 3 3 0 3 8 1

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 72132 4669 5497 826 1795 6169 5100 17312 5602 6014 72132 16688 39674 15770 49275 4841 22858 11669 10929 12944 17861 26651 14677
Electricity 27017 1980 4099 263 695 2321 1437 6670 2187 2677 27017 4110 14644 8263 13486 1549 13530 6632 6713 2748 4686 16139 3444
Piped gas 38216 2318 921 469 913 3512 3409 8886 3011 2772 38216 11784 21195 5238 32739 2947 5478 3147 2291 6413 12000 9311 10493
Bottled gas 3325 287 447 40 129 190 157 826 242 334 3325 216 1498 1611 808 186 2517 1060 1425 571 1122 994 637
Fuel oil 3347 81 15 47 49 137 86 864 147 206 3347 539 2224 584 2109 147 1237 796 437 3135 42 160 10
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 16 0 5 0 0 0 0 7 1 2 16 0 6 10 2 0 13 3 10 16 0 0 0
Coal or coke 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 23 0 8 15 3 0 20 5 15 23 0 0 0
Wood 42 0 5 0 5 0 0 12 0 9 42 0 11 31 5 0 37 6 31 18 2 14 8
Solar energy 110 2 2 0 0 2 5 27 8 4 110 20 76 15 94 10 16 11 5 11 2 17 81
Other 37 0 2 7 2 8 7 13 5 7 37 21 12 4 27 2 10 7 2 10 7 15 5

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 47098 4088 3531 414 423 3774 3072 10775 3956 3191 47098 10492 27610 8995 33154 2835 13944 7586 6161 4550 12774 22406 7368
Electricity 45509 3957 3485 398 406 3646 2969 10371 3850 3078 45509 10110 26675 8724 31954 2723 13555 7359 6001 4249 12229 22033 6998
Piped gas 1440 108 37 14 13 124 95 361 98 91 1440 375 864 201 1160 97 280 175 105 281 507 313 340
Other 149 23 8 2 4 5 9 43 9 22 149 7 71 70 40 15 109 51 56 20 38 60 30

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 3549 515 137 32 37 250 258 680 333 173 3549 746 2248 555 2497 165 1051 646 390 214 447 2246 642
Electricity 3446 509 137 27 36 246 252 656 331 171 3446 709 2191 546 2410 163 1036 640 383 200 430 2209 608
Gas 94 4 0 5 1 1 6 22 0 2 94 33 51 9 80 2 14 5 7 13 15 37 29
Other 9 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 9 3 6 0 8 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 6

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 67262 4570 4879 684 1438 5158 4320 15567 5199 5093 67262 14895 37532 14834 45666 4582 21596 11096 10253 11634 17064 24760 13804
Electricity 50340 3533 4449 493 1167 3923 2816 11859 3985 4073 50340 10380 26837 13122 31564 3892 18776 9315 9230 7820 11164 22414 8942
Piped gas 15765 917 297 185 236 1208 1452 3392 1127 934 15765 4445 10050 1269 13811 655 1954 1325 614 3458 5530 2123 4654
Other 1157 120 132 6 36 27 52 316 86 85 1157 69 645 442 290 34 866 456 408 356 369 223 208

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 72178 4662 5511 872 1795 6186 5103 17341 5593 6033 72178 16693 39698 15786 49296 4844 22882 11680 10942 12959 17861 26687 14672
Piped gas 44584 2721 1554 564 1084 4166 3736 10627 3494 3365 44584 13364 24187 7032 37053 3638 7531 4073 3394 7495 13868 11859 11362
Bottled gas 7694 587 1467 130 438 510 302 1971 483 952 7694 363 3523 3808 1497 298 6197 2633 3510 1514 2072 3248 861
Fuel oil 9943 332 474 185 185 738 336 2686 600 831 9943 1749 5805 2389 5779 544 4164 2287 1845 5285 1557 2270 831
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 1069 37 282 23 115 106 16 272 36 146 1069 102 498 469 349 65 720 316 404 359 168 494 47
Coal or coke 166 2 0 11 2 2 0 56 5 25 166 2 94 70 39 16 127 73 54 122 20 12 13
Wood 8372 277 491 119 164 465 359 1669 511 715 8372 1129 4436 2807 3856 498 4515 2163 2309 1609 1588 2687 2487
Solar energy 136 4 2 0 0 5 5 32 8 6 136 22 91 23 104 12 32 20 12 22 10 17 88
Other 495 47 30 10 8 20 40 100 42 28 495 63 308 124 266 42 230 148 82 105 63 125 202

All electric units		 15472 1415 2325 142 145 1413 1005 3483 1440 1315 15472 2659 9271 3543 8728 669 6744 3729 2873 831 1359 11184 2098
@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