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Table 10.VI

Occupied Housing Units by Type of Heating Fuel

U.S. and New York

  US New York¹
  Occupied Housing Units Owner-occupied Housing Units Renter-occupied Housing Units Occupied Housing Units Owner-occupied Housing Units Renter-occupied Housing Units
  Utility gas 50.4% 53.8% 43.5% 56.6% 61.9% 50.4%
  Bottled, tank, or LP gas 5.8% 6.9% 3.4% 1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
  Electricity 32.9% 27.7% 43.6% 8.4% 5.5% 11.7%
  Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 7.7% 8.3% 6.5% 32.1% 30.1% 34.4%
  Coal or coke 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
  All other fuels 2.2% 2.6% 2.6% 0.8% 0.6% 1.0%
  No fuel used 0.9% 0.5% 0.5% 0.5% 0.1% 0.9%
 
1 New York - Comprises New York- Nothern New Jersey - Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area
 
Source
U.S. Census Bureau. 2007 American Community Survey. Table 2504.

 

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