Hidalgo County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 221,150, 100% | 9,013,582 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 16,030, 7.25%, see rank | 37.22% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 7,890, 3.57%, see rank | 3.42% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 189,523, 85.70%, see rank | 58.19% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 199, 0.09%, see rank | 0.12% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.12% |
Wood | 39, 0.02%, see rank | 0.43% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 43, 0.02%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 195, 0.09%, see rank | 0.16% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 7,231, 3.27%, see rank | 0.44% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 214,396, 100% | 8,782,598 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 16,491, 7.69%, see rank | 38.12% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 8,897, 4.15%, see rank | 3.71% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 178,974, 83.48%, see rank | 56.98% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 406, 0.19%, see rank | 0.13% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 50, 0.02%, see rank | 0.46% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 79, 0.04%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 580, 0.27%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 8,919, 4.16%, see rank | 0.41% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 205,971, 100% | 8,539,206 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 18,191, 8.83%, see rank | 39.12% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 10,092, 4.90%, see rank | 4.11% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 167,066, 81.11%, see rank | 55.55% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 423, 0.21%, see rank | 0.13% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 63, 0.03%, see rank | 0.47% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 87, 0.04%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 1,035, 0.50%, see rank | 0.17% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 9,014, 4.38%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 208,599, 100% | 8,269,046 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 21,009, 10.07%, see rank | 39.89% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 11,434, 5.48%, see rank | 4.19% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 166,325, 79.73%, see rank | 54.72% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 415, 0.20%, see rank | 0.13% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 7, 0.00%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.12% |
Wood | 56, 0.03%, see rank | 0.45% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 45, 0.02%, see rank | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 972, 0.47%, see rank | 0.18% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 8,336, 4.00%, see rank | 0.43% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Hidalgo County | Texas | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 156,824, 100% | 7,393,354 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 28,844, 18.39%, see rank | 43.18% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 23,000, 14.67%, see rank | 6.35% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 101,155, 64.50%, see rank | 49.38% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 186, 0.12%, see rank | 0.07% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 29, 0.02%, see rank | 0.00% | 0.14% |
Wood | 48, 0.03%, see rank | 0.43% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 104, 0.07%, see rank | 0.02% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 209, 0.13%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 3,249, 2.07%, see rank | 0.42% | 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.