Knox County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 12,524, 100% | 1,702,235 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 3,913, 31.24%, see rank | 38.22% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 341, 2.72%, see rank | 6.49% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 7,603, 60.71%, see rank | 50.50% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 82, 0.65%, see rank | 1.03% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 248, 1.98%, see rank | 0.25% | 0.12% |
Wood | 279, 2.23%, see rank | 2.95% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 6, 0.05%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 35, 0.28%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 17, 0.14%, see rank | 0.24% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 12,421, 100% | 1,691,716 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 3,851, 31.00%, see rank | 39.50% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 293, 2.36%, see rank | 6.78% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 7,588, 61.09%, see rank | 48.96% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 105, 0.85%, see rank | 1.21% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 316, 2.54%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.12% |
Wood | 243, 1.96%, see rank | 2.78% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 18, 0.14%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 7, 0.06%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 12,573, 100% | 1,676,708 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 3,984, 31.69%, see rank | 41.02% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 448, 3.56%, see rank | 7.40% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 7,294, 58.01%, see rank | 46.63% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 143, 1.14%, see rank | 1.45% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 365, 2.90%, see rank | 0.36% | 0.12% |
Wood | 309, 2.46%, see rank | 2.67% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 17, 0.14%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 13, 0.10%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 12,616, 100% | 1,674,738 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 4,464, 35.38%, see rank | 41.67% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 426, 3.38%, see rank | 7.85% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 6,942, 55.03%, see rank | 45.41% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 172, 1.36%, see rank | 1.66% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 303, 2.40%, see rank | 0.40% | 0.12% |
Wood | 304, 2.41%, see rank | 2.54% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.28% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 5, 0.04%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Knox County | Kentucky | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 12,416, 100% | 1,590,647 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 5,277, 42.50%, see rank | 44.40% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 685, 5.52%, see rank | 9.83% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 5,167, 41.62%, see rank | 38.84% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 372, 3.00%, see rank | 2.78% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 613, 4.94%, see rank | 0.76% | 0.14% |
Wood | 248, 2.00%, see rank | 2.86% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 39, 0.31%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 15, 0.12%, see rank | 0.22% | 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.