Table B9.  Regional Fuel Consumption for Residential Space Heating If All Households 
With Oil Heat and Gas Service Switched to Gas Heat
(Quadrillion Btu)

Year

Oil Space Heating

Natural Gas Space Heating

New England

Mid-Atlantic

Northeast

Midwest

USA

New England

Mid-Atlantic

Northeast

Midwest

USA

1980

0.173

0.259

0.432

0.126

0.745

0.177

0.881

1.058

1.497

3.791

1981

0.142

0.226

0.368

0.141

0.627

0.180

0.916

1.096

1.760

4.187

1982

0.122

0.210

0.332

0.121

0.579

0.187

0.823

1.010

1.342

3.662

1984

0.126

0.213

0.339

0.096

0.533

0.199

0.826

1.025

1.572

3.887

1987

0.161

0.238

0.398

0.112

0.620

0.144

0.849

0.993

1.407

3.637

1990

0.167

0.254

0.421

0.102

0.600

0.145

0.775

0.920

1.428

3.567

1993

0.196

0.253

0.449

0.108

0.678

0.177

0.774

0.951

1.573

3.852

1997

0.229

0.238

0.467

0.097

0.638

0.163

0.751

0.914

1.653

3.775

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