Notes: The data in this graph are for households that used electricity.
The percentiles describe the distribution of household electricity consumption data; for example, 25% of households in New England consumed less than 3,580 kWh and 75% consumed more than that amount.
Source: 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

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Figure 2. Mean Annual Electricity Consumption (and 95% confidence ranges) by Census Division, 1997
(thousand kilowatthours per household)

Notes: The data in this graph are for households that used electricity.
The standard error is a measure of sampling error and can be used to calculate a confidence range. For example, the estimate for electricity consumption for New England is 7,062 kWh and the standard error is 388 kWh. The 95% confidence interval is calculated by multiplying 1.96 times the standard error, and the 95% confidence range is 6,301kWh to 7,824 kWh.
Source: 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

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