Richland County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Richland County | South Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 144,647, 100% | 1,795,715 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 44,122, 30.50%, see rank | 23.19% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,279, 2.27%, see rank | 4.45% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 95,464, 66.00%, see rank | 69.42% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 482, 0.33%, see rank | 1.31% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 16, 0.01%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.12% |
Wood | 710, 0.49%, see rank | 1.13% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 102, 0.07%, see rank | 0.11% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 472, 0.33%, see rank | 0.35% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Richland County | South Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 143,212, 100% | 1,768,255 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 47,365, 33.07%, see rank | 24.20% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,067, 2.14%, see rank | 4.95% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 90,991, 63.54%, see rank | 67.56% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 753, 0.53%, see rank | 1.75% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 644, 0.45%, see rank | 1.12% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 66, 0.05%, see rank | 0.10% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 326, 0.23%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Richland County | South Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 141,564, 100% | 1,741,994 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 49,039, 34.64%, see rank | 24.92% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,407, 2.41%, see rank | 5.54% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 87,026, 61.47%, see rank | 65.81% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,053, 0.74%, see rank | 2.27% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 10, 0.01%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 757, 0.53%, see rank | 1.05% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 46, 0.03%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 226, 0.16%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Richland County | South Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 137,279, 100% | 1,693,388 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 48,283, 35.17%, see rank | 25.46% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,611, 2.63%, see rank | 6.05% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 83,369, 60.73%, see rank | 64.40% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 964, 0.70%, see rank | 2.59% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 9, 0.01%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 666, 0.49%, see rank | 1.08% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 125, 0.09%, see rank | 0.09% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 252, 0.18%, see rank | 0.30% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Richland County | South Carolina | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 120,101, 100% | 1,533,854 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 44,556, 37.10%, see rank | 26.24% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 3,961, 3.30%, see rank | 8.56% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 69,461, 57.84%, see rank | 58.36% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 1,196, 1.00%, see rank | 5.11% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.14% |
Wood | 431, 0.36%, see rank | 1.26% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 44, 0.04%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 103, 0.09%, see rank | 0.14% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 349, 0.29%, see rank | 0.29% | 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.