Ada County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 154,408, 100% | 585,259 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 116,420, 75.40%, see rank | 51.34% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,418, 0.92%, see rank | 4.95% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 32,948, 21.34%, see rank | 32.80% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 752, 0.49%, see rank | 1.89% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 26, 0.02%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,936, 1.25%, see rank | 7.86% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 55, 0.04%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 420, 0.27%, see rank | 0.77% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 433, 0.28%, see rank | 0.27% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 149,884, 100% | 577,648 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 112,620, 75.14%, see rank | 51.25% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,455, 0.97%, see rank | 5.25% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 32,068, 21.40%, see rank | 32.48% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 849, 0.57%, see rank | 2.28% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 8, 0.01%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,994, 1.33%, see rank | 7.60% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 46, 0.03%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 466, 0.31%, see rank | 0.80% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 378, 0.25%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 145,584, 100% | 570,283 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 108,537, 74.55%, see rank | 50.82% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,530, 1.05%, see rank | 5.70% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 31,630, 21.73%, see rank | 31.96% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,045, 0.72%, see rank | 2.91% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 33, 0.02%, see rank | 0.12% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,710, 1.17%, see rank | 7.30% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 24, 0.02%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 669, 0.46%, see rank | 0.94% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 406, 0.28%, see rank | 0.20% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 141,719, 100% | 552,726 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 103,600, 73.10%, see rank | 50.14% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,384, 0.98%, see rank | 5.76% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 32,821, 23.16%, see rank | 32.30% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,084, 0.76%, see rank | 3.23% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 33, 0.02%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.12% |
Wood | 1,852, 1.31%, see rank | 7.29% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 31, 0.02%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 571, 0.40%, see rank | 0.89% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 343, 0.24%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Ada County | Idaho | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 113,408, 100% | 469,645 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 77,790, 68.59%, see rank | 45.45% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 1,129, 1.00%, see rank | 5.83% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 29,780, 26.26%, see rank | 34.45% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 2,172, 1.92%, see rank | 5.36% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 60, 0.05%, see rank | 0.31% | 0.14% |
Wood | 1,685, 1.49%, see rank | 7.69% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 24, 0.02%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 540, 0.48%, see rank | 0.68% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 228, 0.20%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.69% |
* ACS stands for U.S. Census American Community Survey. According to the U.S. Census, if the date is a range, you can interpret the data as an average of the period of time.