Union County Historical Type of Heating Fuel in a House Data
ACS 2010-2014 data
| Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 5,861, 100% | 327,101 | 116,211,092 |
Utility Gas | 3,395, 57.93%, see rank | 48.20% | 48.85% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 493, 8.41%, see rank | 16.53% | 4.86% |
Electricity | 1,815, 30.97%, see rank | 28.34% | 36.68% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 47, 0.80%, see rank | 2.70% | 5.86% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.12% |
Wood | 23, 0.39%, see rank | 1.94% | 2.12% |
Solar Energy | 18, 0.31%, see rank | 0.05% | 0.05% |
Other Fuel | 50, 0.85%, see rank | 1.52% | 0.47% |
No Fuel Used | 20, 0.34%, see rank | 0.63% | 1.00% |
ACS 2008-2012 data
| Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 5,736, 100% | 320,467 | 115,226,802 |
Utility Gas | 3,265, 56.92%, see rank | 49.23% | 49.42% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 654, 11.40%, see rank | 17.01% | 5.03% |
Electricity | 1,666, 29.04%, see rank | 26.60% | 35.51% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 49, 0.85%, see rank | 3.21% | 6.46% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.12% |
Wood | 34, 0.59%, see rank | 1.94% | 2.08% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 56, 0.98%, see rank | 1.34% | 0.43% |
No Fuel Used | 12, 0.21%, see rank | 0.56% | 0.90% |
ACS 2006-2010 data
| Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 5,799, 100% | 315,468 | 114,235,996 |
Utility Gas | 3,191, 55.03%, see rank | 49.70% | 49.91% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 889, 15.33%, see rank | 18.03% | 5.38% |
Electricity | 1,561, 26.92%, see rank | 24.45% | 34.20% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 51, 0.88%, see rank | 3.75% | 7.07% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.12% |
Wood | 37, 0.64%, see rank | 1.86% | 1.97% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 66, 1.14%, see rank | 1.59% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 4, 0.07%, see rank | 0.51% | 0.90% |
ACS 2005-2009 data
| Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 5,732, 100% | 314,674 | 112,611,029 |
Utility Gas | 3,127, 54.55%, see rank | 49.41% | 50.14% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 904, 15.77%, see rank | 18.87% | 5.58% |
Electricity | 1,533, 26.74%, see rank | 23.72% | 33.56% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 61, 1.06%, see rank | 4.28% | 7.38% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.08% | 0.12% |
Wood | 31, 0.54%, see rank | 1.60% | 1.89% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Other Fuel | 76, 1.33%, see rank | 1.55% | 0.42% |
No Fuel Used | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.45% | 0.88% |
US Census 2000 data
| Union County | South Dakota | U.S. |
Total Housing Units | 4,927, 100% | 290,245 | 105,480,101 |
Utility Gas | 2,822, 57.28%, see rank | 48.34% | 51.22% |
Bottled, Tank, or LP Gas | 851, 17.27%, see rank | 21.69% | 6.52% |
Electricity | 1,081, 21.94%, see rank | 19.74% | 30.35% |
Fuel Oil, Kerosene, etc. | 62, 1.26%, see rank | 7.04% | 8.97% |
Coal or Coke | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.13% | 0.14% |
Wood | 70, 1.42%, see rank | 1.68% | 1.68% |
Solar Energy | 0, 0.00%, see rank | 0.03% | 0.04% |
Other Fuel | 30, 0.61%, see rank | 0.92% | 0.39% |
No Fuel Used | 11, 0.22%, see rank | 0.43% | 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.