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American Housing Survey for the United States: 2001


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American Housing Survey 2001 Using 2000 Controls
Table 1B-5. Fuels--All Housing Units--In Central Cities

(Numbers in thousands)

Year-round
Occupied
Vacant
Total
housing
units		 Sea-
sonal		 Total Total Owner Renter Total For
rent		 Rental
vacan-
cy rate		 For
sale
only		 Rent-
ed or
sold		 Occa-
sional
use/
URE		 Other
vacant		 New
con-
struc-
tion
4 years		 Manu-
fact-
ured/
mobile
homes

Total		 34760 182 34578 31439 16703 14736 3139 1316 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668

Main House Heating Fuel

Housing units with heating fuel		 34574 180 34393 31334 16692 14642 3060 1312 8.2 334 233 523 658 1279 668
Electricity 10291 81 10209 9137 3746 5391 1072 557 9.3 50 61 253 151 592 334
Piped gas 20725 75 20650 18964 11624 7340 1685 641 8.0 263 143 220 418 631 290
Bottled gas 336 16 320 289 207 82 30 10 10.4 0 3 2 15 18 44
Fuel oil 2958 4 2954 2735 1013 1722 218 76 4.2 16 27 42 57 28 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 81 4 78 60 30 31 18 6 15.6 2 0 0 10 5 0
Coal or coke 7 0 7 7 5 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 63 0 63 57 45 12 6 2 11.8 0 0 2 2 6 0
Solar energy 6 0 6 6 3 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 107 0 107 77 18 59 29 21 25.8 2 0 3 4 0 0

Other House Heating Fuels@1

With other heating fuel		 6259 18 6241 6030 4075 1955 211 87 4.2 33 18 26 48 185 110
Electricity 3397 6 3392 3318 2097 1222 73 36 2.9 9 7 8 14 67 71
Gas 1420 2 1417 1345 951 393 73 22 5.2 20 2 10 19 97 10
Fuel oil 310 10 300 292 120 172 8 3 1.9 0 0 0 5 3 6
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 140 0 140 140 112 28 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Coal or coke 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1629 0 1629 1559 1241 318 70 27 7.8 12 11 8 12 40 36
Solar energy 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 105 0 105 105 85 21 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 2 2

Cooking Fuel

With cooking fuel		 33731 164 33567 31261 16669 14592 2306 1069 6.8 246 177 452 361 1270 655
Electricity 17508 83 17425 16013 8823 7190 1412 695 8.7 138 93 332 154 859 391
Gas 16196 76 16119 15235 7840 7395 884 372 4.8 108 82 120 202 411 262
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Coal or coke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Other 20 5 14 13 6 7 2 2 18.8 0 0 0 0 0 2

Water Heating Fuel

With hot piped water		 34478 173 34305 31314 16681 14633 2991 1283 8.0 328 224 523 633 1275 659
Electricity 10436 74 10362 9256 4273 4982 1107 546 9.8 84 50 268 159 561 413
Gas 21885 93 21792 20067 11838 8230 1725 691 7.7 230 153 222 430 686 244
Fuel oil 2027 1 2026 1900 535 1365 126 43 3.0 12 21 26 24 24 0
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 5 0 5 5 0 5 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
Wood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Solar energy 24 0 24 24 22 3 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 100 4 96 62 12 50 34 4 6.9 2 0 7 21 5 2

Central Air Conditioning Fuel

With central air conditioning		 17134 76 17057 15752 10101 5651 1305 577 9.2 159 116 311 142 1062 444
Electricity 16575 76 16499 15241 9723 5518 1258 556 9.1 154 109 304 135 1024 431
Gas 537 0 537 492 361 131 45 20 13.2 5 6 7 7 36 13
Other 21 0 21 19 17 3 2 2 39.3 0 0 0 0 2 0

Clothes Dryer Fuel

With clothes dryer		 20863 83 20780 19770 14715 5055 1010 236 4.5 131 59 311 273 996 552
Electricity 15222 56 15165 14378 10339 4039 787 191 4.5 88 35 262 211 793 474
Gas 5625 27 5599 5376 4368 1009 222 45 4.3 43 24 49 62 203 77
Other 16 0 16 16 8 8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Units Using Each Fuel@1

Electricity		 34744 182 34562 31425 16698 14727 3136 1313 8.1 338 233 535 718 1282 668
Gas 27242 182 27060 24299 13637 10662 2761 1008 8.6 332 208 495 718 869 437
Fuel oil 6785 182 6603 4511 1602 2910 2092 467 13.7 308 147 452 718 182 155
Kerosene or other liquid fuel 226 4 222 199 137 63 23 6 8.3 2 3 0 13 5 9
Coal or coke 12 0 12 12 10 2 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wood 1661 0 1661 1587 1258 328 74 29 8.0 12 11 10 12 45 36
Solar energy 40 0 40 40 35 5 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other 331 5 326 268 135 132 58 24 15.2 2 0 7 26 9 5

All electric units		 7557 58 7499 6648 2746 3902 852 443 10.1 47 38 213 110 456 316
@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: February 18, 2005