Durham County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Durham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 113,564, 100% | 3,742,514 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 45,280, 39.87%, see rank | 24.68% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,623, 3.19%, see rank | 8.00% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 62,743, 55.25%, see rank | 60.27% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,227, 1.08%, see rank | 4.34% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 10, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 335, 0.29%, see rank | 2.17% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 9, 0.01%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 67, 0.06%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 270, 0.24%, see rank | 0.35% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Durham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 109,109, 100% | 3,693,221 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 44,322, 40.62%, see rank | 24.97% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,608, 3.31%, see rank | 8.90% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 58,818, 53.91%, see rank | 58.26% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,688, 1.55%, see rank | 5.24% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 382, 0.35%, see rank | 2.16% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 23, 0.02%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 54, 0.05%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 214, 0.20%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Durham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 105,201, 100% | 3,626,179 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 43,428, 41.28%, see rank | 25.28% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,790, 3.60%, see rank | 10.01% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 54,937, 52.22%, see rank | 55.68% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 2,274, 2.16%, see rank | 6.42% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 417, 0.40%, see rank | 2.14% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 54, 0.05%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 107, 0.10%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 194, 0.18%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Durham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 103,268, 100% | 3,541,807 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 43,353, 41.98%, see rank | 25.36% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,846, 3.72%, see rank | 10.50% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 52,901, 51.23%, see rank | 54.52% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 2,456, 2.38%, see rank | 7.07% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 347, 0.34%, see rank | 2.08% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 39, 0.04%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 105, 0.10%, see rank | 0.15% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 221, 0.21%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Durham County | North Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 89,015, 100% | 3,132,013 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 35,446, 39.82%, see rank | 24.19% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 4,569, 5.13%, see rank | 12.59% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 44,022, 49.45%, see rank | 48.81% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 4,231, 4.75%, see rank | 11.76% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 6, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.14% |
Wood | 415, 0.47%, see rank | 2.10% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 49, 0.06%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 125, 0.14%, see rank | 0.21% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 152, 0.17%, see rank | 0.28% | 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.