Portales Micro Area Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| | Portales Area | New Mexico | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 7,198, 100% | 764,684 | 116,211,092 |
| Utility Gas | 2,327, 32.33%, see rank | 66.93% | 48.85% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 631, 8.77%, see rank | 8.60% | 4.86% |
| Electricity | 3,799, 52.78%, see rank | 16.11% | 36.68% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 2, 0.03%, see rank | 0.13% | 5.86% |
| Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 233, 3.24%, see rank | 6.80% | 2.12% |
| Solar Energy | 2, 0.03%, see rank | 0.26% | 0.05% |
| Other Fuel | 147, 2.04%, see rank | 0.94% | 0.47% |
| No Fuel Used | 57, 0.79%, see rank | 0.19% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| | Portales Area | New Mexico | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 6,861, 100% | 763,844 | 115,226,802 |
| Utility Gas | 2,509, 36.57%, see rank | 67.49% | 49.42% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 789, 11.50%, see rank | 9.61% | 5.03% |
| Electricity | 3,211, 46.80%, see rank | 14.88% | 35.51% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 19, 0.28%, see rank | 0.13% | 6.46% |
| Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.06% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 218, 3.18%, see rank | 6.62% | 2.08% |
| Solar Energy | 1, 0.01%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.04% |
| Other Fuel | 72, 1.05%, see rank | 0.75% | 0.43% |
| No Fuel Used | 42, 0.61%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| | Portales Area | New Mexico | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 6,794, 100% | 756,112 | 114,235,996 |
| Utility Gas | 2,565, 37.75%, see rank | 67.51% | 49.91% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 972, 14.31%, see rank | 10.76% | 5.38% |
| Electricity | 2,963, 43.61%, see rank | 13.96% | 34.20% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 17, 0.25%, see rank | 0.14% | 7.07% |
| Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.07% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 232, 3.41%, see rank | 6.44% | 1.97% |
| Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.33% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 35, 0.52%, see rank | 0.61% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 10, 0.15%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| | Portales Area | New Mexico | U.S. |
| Total Housing Units | 6,737, 100% | 736,630 | 112,611,029 |
| Utility Gas | 2,845, 42.23%, see rank | 67.42% | 50.14% |
| Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 881, 13.08%, see rank | 10.95% | 5.58% |
| Electricity | 2,788, 41.38%, see rank | 14.11% | 33.56% |
| Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 10, 0.15%, see rank | 0.14% | 7.38% |
| Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.12% |
| Wood | 192, 2.85%, see rank | 6.12% | 1.89% |
| Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.29% | 0.03% |
| Other Fuel | 15, 0.22%, see rank | 0.71% | 0.42% |
| No Fuel Used | 6, 0.09%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.88% |
* 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.
