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What percentage of American households use no heating fuel at all?

1.2% of American households use no heating fuel at all — about 1 in every 100, or 0 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

0 in 100100 in 100
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Where this number comes from

Survey
American Community Survey
What it measured
American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “HOUSE HEATING FUEL → Occupied housing units → No fuel used”.
Population
U.S. households
Year
2023
90% confidence interval
1.1% to 1.3%

Work of the U.S. federal government - public domain. See the source data

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