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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 4-5. Fuels--Renter 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		 33604 1018 1340 1038 2525 6811 5931 4277 11633 7902 33604 14599 14041 4965 29061 2643 4543 2154 2323 7169 6599 11446 8390

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 33365 1018 1326 1018 2502 6790 5828 4261 11545 7829 33365 14512 13903 4949 28846 2631 4519 2135 2318 7169 6597 11347 8252
Electricity 13503 632 492 296 788 2731 2315 1688 5417 3144 13503 5295 6352 1856 11676 1015 1826 946 841 1102 1849 7287 3265
Piped gas 15294 330 451 481 1280 3239 2706 1776 5161 3576 15294 7265 6046 1984 14114 1372 1180 557 611 3250 4240 3185 4619
Bottled gas 1039 38 250 28 122 117 114 133 297 260 1039 121 412 506 363 75 676 239 430 135 303 434 167
Fuel oil 3019 15 48 165 232 628 649 575 541 690 3019 1749 895 375 2511 135 508 263 240 2595 137 223 65
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 192 0 65 20 57 46 16 29 49 75 192 24 84 84 61 25 131 68 60 40 4 135 12
Coal or coke 15 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 2 8 15 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 15 4 2 7 3
Wood 220 3 20 13 15 22 23 47 38 53 220 8 88 124 39 5 181 62 119 23 41 71 85
Solar energy 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 7 3 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Other 76 0 0 12 6 3 5 10 39 18 76 49 22 6 74 3 2 0 2 19 22 5 30

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 4234 74 197 197 428 762 652 581 1116 917 4234 1656 1689 890 3262 340 973 400 550 809 645 1349 1430
Electricity 2445 26 58 124 302 459 389 392 554 501 2445 1025 916 504 1996 228 449 156 276 472 401 779 792
Piped gas 624 19 21 28 73 150 128 81 185 168 624 299 231 95 567 55 57 17 40 143 82 196 203
Bottled gas 115 4 24 3 16 15 12 11 22 49 115 5 55 54 12 0 103 49 54 9 18 79 9
Fuel oil 196 2 19 13 22 51 33 48 26 50 196 117 58 20 166 6 30 15 14 109 16 42 29
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 126 2 14 3 16 21 7 20 21 35 126 17 55 55 59 26 68 36 29 31 31 57 7
Coal or coke 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 7 3 5 0 3 0 5 5 0 5 0 2 0
Wood 1101 22 80 25 67 128 146 95 374 194 1101 308 516 277 704 60 397 178 217 126 129 349 497
Solar energy 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 7 5 2 0 5 0 2 2 0 3 2 0 2
Other 61 3 0 13 1 8 12 8 25 26 61 24 34 3 55 1 7 4 2 9 4 18 30

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 33406 1017 1325 988 2382 6756 5906 4256 11542 7796 33406 14493 13966 4947 28893 2638 4513 2137 2310 7131 6580 11375 8320
Electricity 19517 838 635 433 1115 3366 2630 2583 7420 4258 19517 7117 8961 3438 16267 1807 3250 1564 1631 2593 3964 8383 4578
Piped gas 13012 156 422 522 1162 3264 3161 1553 3898 3283 13012 7270 4640 1102 12308 772 704 367 330 4306 2466 2605 3636
Bottled gas 869 23 266 32 102 125 113 120 222 253 869 104 359 406 315 59 554 202 347 232 148 384 105
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
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 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Other 5 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 4 0 2 0 3 3 0 1 0 3 1

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 33485 1018 1320 919 2525 6790 5912 4254 11591 7828 33485 14552 14001 4932 28982 2629 4503 2134 2303 7147 6586 11390 8361
Electricity 14382 655 840 288 895 2795 2053 1873 5574 3482 14382 4990 6636 2756 11450 1227 2931 1356 1528 1427 2278 7906 2770
Piped gas 16227 333 347 472 1378 3436 3222 1852 5443 3691 16227 7992 6515 1721 15257 1272 971 510 449 3539 4103 3193 5392
Bottled gas 739 22 128 26 80 77 86 91 230 166 739 132 311 296 342 57 397 151 238 145 185 244 164
Fuel oil 2052 8 0 134 168 472 539 423 324 462 2052 1391 514 147 1860 67 192 112 80 2004 3 35 9
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 7 2 3 3 4 0 3 0 3 3 4 0 0
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 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2
Solar energy 11 0 0 0 0 3 2 4 0 4 11 1 10 0 7 0 5 5 0 3 0 0 9
Other 62 0 2 0 5 6 10 11 18 23 62 44 9 9 59 6 2 0 2 27 9 12 13

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 14783 832 584 275 757 3052 2405 1712 5947 3031 14783 5768 7247 1768 13021 1057 1762 1016 711 1032 2753 8260 2738
Electricity 14502 819 574 266 751 2995 2366 1660 5875 2965 14502 5629 7128 1746 12779 1048 1723 991 698 979 2689 8159 2676
Piped gas 249 12 0 4 3 51 27 46 67 62 249 133 101 15 225 9 24 17 6 48 60 84 57
Other 32 0 10 5 3 5 12 6 5 4 32 6 19 7 17 0 15 8 7 6 4 17 6

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 584 49 29 25 36 143 104 83 193 126 584 240 288 56 533 40 51 33 16 48 60 325 151
Electricity 577 49 26 25 34 143 102 82 191 126 577 238 285 54 526 37 51 33 16 48 60 319 149
Gas 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 5 0 2 3 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Other 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 15276 733 1028 330 949 2484 1822 1545 5166 2816 15276 5206 7079 2991 12049 1356 3227 1548 1635 2168 3085 6350 3672
Electricity 12774 655 934 273 815 2071 1401 1283 4457 2355 12774 4176 5839 2759 9819 1236 2956 1402 1523 1668 2375 6035 2696
Piped gas 2352 73 70 50 122 401 400 243 676 420 2352 1006 1168 178 2170 110 182 107 68 461 672 288 931
Other 150 6 24 7 12 12 21 19 33 41 150 24 72 54 60 9 89 40 44 39 38 27 45

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 33579 1018 1337 1013 2525 6810 5925 4267 11628 7891 33579 14590 14026 4963 29048 2643 4531 2144 2320 7165 6590 11438 8386
Piped gas 20546 434 498 728 1744 4465 4114 2517 6726 4824 20546 10447 7823 2276 19156 1576 1390 679 700 5388 4837 4299 6023
Bottled gas 1494 43 356 51 158 180 161 196 416 382 1494 176 594 724 535 125 958 352 599 317 337 633 206
Fuel oil 5767 90 136 302 418 1192 1081 1088 1372 1433 5767 3140 1914 713 4938 317 829 416 396 3551 624 966 626
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 307 2 74 20 70 61 22 46 71 104 307 39 134 134 121 50 186 99 84 67 41 180 19
Coal or coke 22 0 0 3 2 5 0 2 2 13 22 3 5 15 3 0 20 5 15 9 2 9 3
Wood 1229 24 85 28 77 143 160 122 404 223 1229 317 562 350 738 63 491 202 287 143 157 388 540
Solar energy 23 0 0 0 0 3 4 4 5 6 23 8 15 0 16 0 7 7 0 5 2 0 16
Other 196 3 8 18 16 19 32 29 68 61 196 109 75 12 181 7 15 10 5 48 32 36 80

All electric units		 10607 553 410 212 545 2080 1606 1357 4370 2483 10607 3825 5173 1608 8956 853 1650 855 756 728 1394 6337 2148
@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