Notes:

  • Bolded: ACS 90% MOE crosses 0 (no data still with MOE)
  • Arlington County data is weighted by the number of units within the property. 
    • Not all properties have a units counts, which drives the number of housing units down (especially when the NA is for a multifamily)
    • Number of unknown units count: 206 (2009), 233 (2010), 237 (2011), 248 (2012) and 463 (2013)
  • The total estimate below do not include those with an NA value (which are weighted). The % NA are based on the total estimate with NA values
  • Arlington County defines this category as Heating Type vs the ACS definition of Heating Fuel
    • Unknown category for Arlington County are properties that could not be placed into one of the ACS bins due to lack of specificity
  • All prepared Arlington data are u sed n the tabulations

County

EXAMPLE

Geography:Arlington County, Virginia
Dataset: 2013 1-yearTable B25040. HOUSE HEATING FUEL [Universe: Occupied Housing Units]
Description of VariableACS BenchmarkDirect Estimate from Arlington County Real Estate
Estimate90%MOESE Estimate DifferenceWithin 90%MOE?
Total 98,973 2,218 1,348 32,805 66,168NO
Utility gas 46,702 2,453 1,491 769 45,933NO
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 1,923 824 501 1,923NO
Electricity 47,662 2,752 1,673 71 47,591NO
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. 1,634 530 322 5 1,629NO
Coal or coke 198 120YES
Wood 198 120 1-1YES
Solar energy 44 71 43 1 43YES
Other fuel 410 267 162 5 405NO
No fuel used 598 335 204 1 597NO
Unknown    31,952  
NA    27,318  

EXAMPLE

Geography:Arlington County, Virginia
Dataset: 2013 1-yearTable B25040. HOUSE HEATING FUEL [Universe: Occupied Housing Units]
Description of VariableACS BenchmarkDirect Estimate from Arlington County Real Estate
Estimate90%MOEEstimateDifferenceWithin 90%MOE?
Total 98,973 2,218 32,805 66,168NO
Utility gas47.19%2.69%2.34%44.84%NO
Bottled, tank, or LP gas1.94%0.83%0.00%1.94%NO
Electricity48.16%2.98%0.22%47.94%NO
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.1.65%0.54%0.02%1.64%NO
Coal or coke0.00%0.20%0.00%0.00%YES
Wood0.00%0.20%0.00%0.00%YES
Solar energy0.04%0.07%0.00%0.04%YES
Other fuel0.41%0.27%0.02%0.40%NO
No fuel used0.60%0.34%0.00%0.60%NO
Unknown  97.40%  
NA  83.27%