Polk County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 14,778, 100% | 3,540,690 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 4,812, 32.56%, see rank | 40.63% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,090, 14.14%, see rank | 5.27% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 7,193, 48.67%, see rank | 52.46% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 47, 0.32%, see rank | 0.22% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 464, 3.14%, see rank | 0.99% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 40, 0.27%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 132, 0.89%, see rank | 0.32% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 14,633, 100% | 3,508,477 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 5,367, 36.68%, see rank | 41.92% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,188, 14.95%, see rank | 5.83% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 6,456, 44.12%, see rank | 50.64% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 50, 0.34%, see rank | 0.26% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 507, 3.46%, see rank | 0.99% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 65, 0.44%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 14,623, 100% | 3,468,704 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 5,516, 37.72%, see rank | 43.55% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 2,842, 19.44%, see rank | 6.82% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 5,930, 40.55%, see rank | 48.03% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.32% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 312, 2.13%, see rank | 0.95% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 23, 0.16%, see rank | 0.24% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 14,951, 100% | 3,417,298 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 5,988, 40.05%, see rank | 44.71% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,089, 20.66%, see rank | 7.30% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 5,495, 36.75%, see rank | 46.33% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 9, 0.06%, see rank | 0.37% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 343, 2.29%, see rank | 0.95% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 8, 0.05%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 19, 0.13%, see rank | 0.24% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Polk County | Georgia | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 14,012, 100% | 3,006,369 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 6,707, 47.87%, see rank | 48.92% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,952, 28.20%, see rank | 10.78% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 2,913, 20.79%, see rank | 38.30% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 16, 0.11%, see rank | 0.62% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.14% |
Wood | 306, 2.18%, see rank | 0.97% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 10, 0.07%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 64, 0.46%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 44, 0.31%, see rank | 0.30% | 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.