Table B6.  Regional Fuel Consumption for Residential Space Heating
(Quadrillion Btu)

Oil Heating

Gas Heating

Electric Heating

New England

Mid-
Atlantic

Northeast

Midwest

USA

New England

Mid-
Atlantic

Northeast

Midwest

USA

New England

Mid-
Atlantic

Northeast

Midwest

USA

1980

0.254

0.607

0.861

0.137

1.233

0.096

0.533

0.629

1.486

3.302

0.008

0.034

0.042

0.061

0.276

1981

0.204

0.532

0.736

0.155

1.032

0.117

0.611

0.728

1.746

3.782

0.013

0.043

0.056

0.052

0.299

1982

0.202

0.474

0.677

0.137

0.964

0.107

0.559

0.666

1.327

3.277

0.008

0.025

0.033

0.069

0.266

1984

0.215

0.512

0.726

0.105

0.948

0.110

0.528

0.638

1.563

3.472

0.009

0.029

0.038

0.047

0.263

1987

0.205

0.461

0.666

0.120

0.912

0.099

0.625

0.725

1.399

3.345

0.010

0.038

0.047

0.045

0.283

1990

0.213

0.415

0.629

0.109

0.828

0.098

0.614

0.712

1.421

3.339

0.011

0.030

0.041

0.058

0.303

1993

0.248

0.380

0.629

0.123

0.885

0.125

0.646

0.771

1.558

3.645

0.010

0.031

0.040

0.074

0.407

1997

0.271

0.372

0.642

0.100

0.834

0.121

0.618

0.738

1.650

3.579

0.012

0.031

0.042

0.054

0.380

Source: Energy Information Administration, using 1978-1997 RECS data.