Kings County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Kings County | New York | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 925,371, 100% | 7,255,528 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 694,956, 75.10%, see rank | 56.12% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 16,500, 1.78%, see rank | 3.36% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 58,345, 6.31%, see rank | 10.26% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 134,666, 14.55%, see rank | 26.24% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 448, 0.05%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.12% |
Wood | 812, 0.09%, see rank | 2.04% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 292, 0.03%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 8,308, 0.90%, see rank | 0.97% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 11,044, 1.19%, see rank | 0.72% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Kings County | New York | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 911,995, 100% | 7,230,896 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 668,916, 73.35%, see rank | 54.92% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 15,090, 1.65%, see rank | 3.16% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 48,133, 5.28%, see rank | 9.44% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 163,609, 17.94%, see rank | 28.80% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 595, 0.07%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.12% |
Wood | 832, 0.09%, see rank | 1.96% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 290, 0.03%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 6,941, 0.76%, see rank | 0.86% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 7,589, 0.83%, see rank | 0.57% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Kings County | New York | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 903,991, 100% | 7,205,740 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 634,843, 70.23%, see rank | 53.35% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 15,035, 1.66%, see rank | 3.13% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 43,954, 4.86%, see rank | 8.86% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 195,726, 21.65%, see rank | 31.29% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 640, 0.07%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.12% |
Wood | 778, 0.09%, see rank | 1.76% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 301, 0.03%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 6,508, 0.72%, see rank | 0.82% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 6,206, 0.69%, see rank | 0.52% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Kings County | New York | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 885,197, 100% | 7,137,013 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 607,885, 68.67%, see rank | 52.57% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 14,447, 1.63%, see rank | 3.14% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 41,405, 4.68%, see rank | 8.64% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 207,949, 23.49%, see rank | 32.47% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 629, 0.07%, see rank | 0.22% | 0.12% |
Wood | 484, 0.05%, see rank | 1.64% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 357, 0.04%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 6,047, 0.68%, see rank | 0.80% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 5,994, 0.68%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Kings County | New York | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 880,727, 100% | 7,056,860 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 531,682, 60.37%, see rank | 51.75% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 31,026, 3.52%, see rank | 3.37% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 45,733, 5.19%, see rank | 8.72% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 248,020, 28.16%, see rank | 33.11% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 443, 0.05%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Wood | 175, 0.02%, see rank | 1.17% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 812, 0.09%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 11,740, 1.33%, see rank | 1.04% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 11,096, 1.26%, see rank | 0.66% | 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.