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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2003


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American Housing Survey 2003
Table 7-5. Fuels--Occupied Units With Elderly 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 Black alone Hispanic 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		 21627 17350 4277 672 1487 386 738 2045 1221 991 3853 21627 5853 10455 5318 15349 1872 6278 2778 3446 4617 5188 7678 4144

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 21566 17304 4261 672 1487 378 738 2045 1208 987 3834 21566 5847 10404 5314 15297 1870 6268 2770 3444 4617 5188 7656 4105
Electricity 5767 4080 1688 285 581 85 112 482 351 450 1111 5767 1402 3029 1336 3878 415 1889 931 921 499 710 3434 1124
Piped gas 11360 9584 1776 316 486 179 407 1137 671 460 1772 11360 3723 5358 2279 9561 1255 1799 772 1024 2128 3741 2913 2579
Bottled gas 1494 1362 133 50 277 25 148 157 43 47 360 1494 69 553 872 266 79 1228 424 793 119 454 739 183
Fuel oil 2365 1790 575 12 45 60 54 221 123 27 429 2365 616 1226 523 1482 103 883 463 420 1736 195 341 94
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 156 126 29 6 62 9 15 29 0 0 52 156 12 64 80 36 12 120 51 68 67 7 80 2
Coal or coke 41 40 2 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 5 41 2 14 26 2 0 39 14 26 23 12 4 2
Wood 360 314 47 0 34 17 0 16 19 3 102 360 14 148 199 53 7 308 112 193 38 62 145 115
Solar energy 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Other 19 9 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 19 8 11 0 17 0 2 2 0 8 8 0 3

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 4995 4414 581 99 299 80 191 404 256 98 747 4995 1017 2258 1720 2880 472 2114 851 1247 833 966 1910 1285
Electricity 2497 2105 392 35 149 37 129 225 146 35 395 2497 590 1111 796 1646 282 851 327 514 375 488 962 672
Piped gas 912 832 81 39 33 13 37 91 57 37 115 912 269 358 284 665 119 247 82 165 105 229 356 223
Bottled gas 287 277 11 11 15 7 8 18 0 0 43 287 7 101 179 40 8 247 77 171 38 30 186 33
Fuel oil 200 152 48 0 14 10 14 23 11 5 49 200 68 75 56 121 10 79 33 46 91 21 67 20
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 171 150 20 0 24 0 6 14 4 0 20 171 20 80 71 70 17 101 47 54 35 32 91 13
Coal or coke 24 24 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 24 0 19 5 5 3 19 17 2 17 2 2 3
Wood 1579 1484 95 12 95 19 32 84 73 21 243 1579 207 774 598 683 100 896 381 498 290 276 502 511
Solar energy 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5
Other 81 73 8 2 6 0 3 0 8 2 6 81 6 54 21 47 6 34 19 15 14 12 16 39

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 21581 17325 4256 672 1487 371 707 2043 1219 991 3832 21581 5845 10426 5310 15324 1872 6257 2765 3438 4606 5184 7655 4136
Electricity 13249 10667 2583 481 734 161 265 803 454 659 2161 13249 2989 6670 3590 8987 1274 4262 1903 2316 2181 3118 5475 2476
Piped gas 7115 5563 1553 162 425 172 350 1079 712 300 1355 7115 2789 3250 1077 6095 545 1020 486 531 2144 1792 1641 1538
Bottled gas 1198 1078 120 27 328 36 92 160 43 32 313 1198 62 502 634 235 53 963 374 581 279 270 533 115
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 4 4 3 0 6 2 4 2 4 2 1
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
Wood 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 10 4 0 6 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 4 6
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 21566 17312 4254 668 1481 325 738 2027 1217 990 3823 21566 5850 10423 5293 15334 1870 6232 2755 3423 4612 5175 7639 4139
Electricity 8543 6670 1873 360 1007 103 279 670 329 487 1647 8543 1543 4195 2805 4748 684 3795 1628 2121 1006 1610 4635 1291
Piped gas 10737 8886 1852 259 330 180 371 1173 739 451 1702 10737 3770 5137 1831 9324 1078 1413 660 753 2230 3262 2590 2655
Bottled gas 917 826 91 39 137 8 54 77 37 37 205 917 77 378 462 228 57 689 275 406 138 287 332 160
Fuel oil 1287 864 423 11 2 34 33 105 103 15 249 1287 433 685 169 977 46 310 187 123 1206 6 71 5
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 9 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 2 2 5 4 0 5 0 5 7 2 0 0
Coal or coke 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 3 5 0 0 7 3 5 7 0 0 0
Wood 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 2 9 0 0 12 2 9 5 2 2 2
Solar energy 31 27 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 8 31 5 18 8 28 5 2 0 2 2 0 3 26
Other 24 13 11 0 0 0 2 3 4 0 8 24 22 2 0 24 0 0 0 0 11 7 6 0

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 12487 10775 1712 582 983 133 159 872 569 619 1797 12487 3131 6544 2812 9098 1082 3389 1633 1729 1359 3365 5808 1956
Electricity 12031 10371 1660 564 973 124 155 835 565 603 1749 12031 3014 6305 2712 8775 1049 3256 1565 1663 1257 3222 5683 1869
Piped gas 407 361 46 16 8 5 3 36 3 14 41 407 111 222 74 302 30 105 60 45 94 131 105 77
Other 49 43 6 2 2 4 0 2 1 2 7 49 7 17 25 20 4 29 7 22 8 11 19 10

Other Central Air Fuel

With other central air		 764 680 83 48 40 14 8 53 44 55 99 764 178 412 174 543 61 220 107 113 67 102 430 165
Electricity 737 656 82 45 40 12 7 53 43 53 99 737 170 392 174 520 61 217 104 113 64 99 425 150
Gas 22 22 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 22 6 16 0 19 0 2 2 0 2 1 5 13
Other 5 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 2 3 0 4 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 17112 15567 1545 570 1265 194 432 1156 723 610 2492 17112 4016 8572 4524 11581 1548 5531 2501 2976 3127 4314 6327 3344
Electricity 13142 11859 1283 463 1109 150 357 887 498 505 2038 13142 2827 6345 3970 8327 1323 4815 2122 2647 2168 2916 5710 2348
Piped gas 3635 3392 243 91 99 42 67 254 207 96 410 3635 1152 2060 423 3174 217 461 254 206 876 1297 523 940
Other 335 316 19 15 58 2 8 15 18 10 44 335 37 167 131 80 8 255 125 123 83 101 94 56

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 21608 17341 4267 664 1484 367 738 2044 1218 991 3842 21608 5851 10441 5315 15347 1872 6261 2764 3443 4617 5185 7666 4140
Piped gas 13144 10627 2517 352 521 243 473 1414 894 562 2178 13144 4523 6106 2515 11051 1343 2093 918 1172 2927 3890 3390 2937
Bottled gas 2167 1971 196 70 401 50 155 208 66 59 507 2167 104 887 1176 405 108 1762 679 1068 356 526 1050 235
Fuel oil 3774 2686 1088 45 120 111 118 383 230 114 786 3774 1035 1904 835 2458 205 1316 681 630 2071 503 895 305
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 318 272 46 9 77 11 19 41 4 0 63 318 35 140 143 113 28 205 91 114 99 42 161 16
Coal or coke 58 56 2 2 0 5 2 2 0 0 10 58 2 25 31 7 3 51 23 28 35 12 7 5
Wood 1792 1669 122 12 116 24 32 92 81 21 303 1792 220 850 721 717 105 1075 439 616 306 322 589 575
Solar energy 35 32 4 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 10 35 5 18 12 28 5 7 0 7 2 0 3 30
Other 130 100 29 4 8 2 7 3 14 5 14 130 35 74 21 93 6 37 22 15 35 27 22 46

All electric units		 4841 3483 1357 245 510 60 81 346 218 372 880 4841 1089 2595 1157 3199 352 1642 800 805 377 620 2995 849
@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