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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 6-5. Fuels--Occupied Units With Hispanic Householder
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 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		 11038 5106 5931 470 447 325 711 1221 2544 2205 11038 5031 5153 855 10016 431 1022 581 424 1739 946 3881 4472

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 10893 5065 5828 470 446 317 702 1208 2504 2165 10893 4960 5079 855 9877 431 1016 575 424 1739 946 3828 4380
Electricity 3857 1543 2315 237 179 78 182 351 1114 742 3857 1563 2037 257 3482 117 376 225 140 173 124 2353 1207
Piped gas 5808 3102 2706 211 158 154 402 671 1232 1089 5808 2748 2657 403 5474 290 334 214 113 784 783 1258 2983
Bottled gas 320 206 114 17 85 8 30 43 40 59 320 54 164 102 129 11 191 100 91 24 27 165 103
Fuel oil 793 144 649 2 10 75 73 123 103 240 793 570 186 37 737 5 56 24 32 751 11 23 7
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 22 6 16 0 5 1 14 0 3 8 22 8 4 9 18 7 4 2 2 5 0 13 4
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 81 59 23 2 9 0 1 19 4 23 81 12 23 47 25 0 56 9 47 1 0 16 65
Solar energy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Other 10 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 10 4 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 1655 1004 652 84 67 60 148 256 237 322 1655 612 758 285 1369 123 286 124 162 197 93 482 883
Electricity 860 471 389 27 41 48 104 146 103 207 860 361 369 130 750 68 109 48 61 107 45 245 463
Piped gas 392 264 128 27 5 10 38 57 63 66 392 129 196 67 340 43 51 28 23 40 19 150 183
Bottled gas 39 28 12 4 2 0 3 0 4 6 39 3 14 23 9 0 31 8 23 3 2 18 16
Fuel oil 42 9 33 0 0 0 5 11 1 17 42 27 4 11 42 11 0 0 0 28 0 8 6
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 17 10 7 0 3 0 1 4 0 3 17 1 3 13 6 2 11 0 11 3 5 9 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 478 332 146 26 18 3 21 73 85 59 478 137 240 101 355 33 123 56 68 32 35 105 308
Solar energy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 37 25 12 6 2 0 0 8 6 6 37 6 20 11 28 4 9 2 7 2 0 7 28

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 11010 5105 5906 468 447 323 686 1219 2532 2198 11010 5017 5140 853 9990 431 1020 581 422 1739 946 3862 4463
Electricity 4704 2074 2630 268 139 93 213 454 1381 808 4704 1824 2414 466 4170 208 534 268 258 428 368 2428 1480
Piped gas 5983 2822 3161 183 203 221 449 712 1111 1299 5983 3138 2551 293 5684 214 299 210 79 1270 565 1255 2894
Bottled gas 312 199 113 17 106 9 24 43 40 87 312 49 175 88 131 9 182 103 79 41 14 175 82
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 10 4 0 6 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 4 6
Other 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 11012 5100 5912 470 440 299 711 1217 2533 2195 11012 5020 5139 853 10001 431 1011 571 422 1733 946 3867 4466
Electricity 3490 1437 2053 211 247 59 175 329 1065 692 3490 1288 1796 405 2951 152 539 270 253 215 145 2342 788
Piped gas 6631 3409 3222 243 149 170 447 739 1343 1260 6631 3181 3085 366 6297 270 334 236 96 882 776 1416 3559
Bottled gas 242 157 86 15 43 6 24 37 39 39 242 55 121 67 133 9 109 51 58 22 23 90 108
Fuel oil 624 86 539 2 0 64 66 103 83 197 624 480 129 15 599 0 26 11 15 613 2 10 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solar energy 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 7 2 5 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
Other 17 7 10 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 17 13 4 0 14 0 3 3 0 3 1 10 4

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 5477 3072 2405 393 225 92 165 569 1350 874 5477 2190 2937 350 4909 179 569 380 171 225 507 2973 1773
Electricity 5335 2969 2366 376 216 86 165 565 1333 856 5335 2140 2860 335 4787 167 548 362 169 213 493 2914 1715
Piped gas 122 95 27 14 0 4 0 3 17 18 122 50 62 10 113 10 9 9 0 12 15 39 56
Other 20 9 12 3 9 3 0 1 0 0 20 1 14 5 9 2 11 9 2 0 0 19 1

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 363 258 104 57 10 14 12 44 47 59 363 107 231 25 323 13 39 27 12 15 34 189 124
Electricity 354 252 102 57 10 14 12 43 47 57 354 104 225 25 314 13 39 27 12 15 30 185 123
Gas 9 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 3 6 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 1
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 6143 4320 1822 410 299 104 280 723 1062 823 6143 2347 3184 611 5371 280 772 429 331 537 594 2402 2609
Electricity 4217 2816 1401 298 255 69 207 498 823 619 4217 1622 2054 542 3594 242 623 314 300 360 306 2147 1405
Piped gas 1852 1452 400 110 26 33 70 207 235 191 1852 706 1100 46 1743 38 109 98 8 164 282 239 1168
Other 73 52 21 2 17 2 3 18 4 13 73 20 30 23 33 0 40 17 23 13 7 17 37

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 11029 5103 5925 470 444 316 711 1218 2542 2203 11029 5027 5148 853 10012 431 1017 577 423 1737 946 3879 4466
Piped gas 7850 3736 4114 269 218 265 566 894 1628 1610 7850 3960 3419 472 7423 330 428 274 142 1480 835 1724 3812
Bottled gas 463 302 161 21 117 11 34 66 58 99 463 80 234 149 195 14 268 133 135 60 30 240 132
Fuel oil 1416 336 1081 16 28 103 131 230 270 420 1416 905 439 72 1319 23 97 47 49 929 59 199 229
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 39 16 22 0 8 1 15 4 3 10 39 9 7 22 24 9 15 2 13 8 5 22 4
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 519 359 160 26 21 3 23 81 87 66 519 146 247 127 368 33 151 58 94 32 35 118 335
Solar energy 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 9 4 5 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
Other 72 40 32 6 3 0 0 14 18 20 72 30 31 11 60 4 12 5 7 6 1 17 48

All electric units		 2611 1005 1606 188 102 46 113 218 862 465 2611 960 1455 195 2326 79 285 159 117 84 76 1911 540
@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