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Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, United States

Table CT7. Transportation Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1960-2021, United States






Year



Coal


Natural
Gas a
Petroleum


Electricity g





End
Use h,i



Electrical
System
Energy
Losses j






Total f,h,i
Aviation
Gasoline
Distillate
Fuel Oil b

HGL c
Jet
Fuel d

Lubricants
Motor
Gasoline e
Residual
Fuel Oil

Total f
Million
Short Tons
Billion
Cubic Feet

Million Barrels
Billion
Kilowatthours
1960 3 347 59 153 5 136 25 1,367 134 1,880 3 - - - - - -
1961 1 378 58 153 5 152 24 1,393 132 1,917 3 - - - - - -
1962 1 382 52 166 6 179 24 1,448 126 2,000 3 - - - - - -
1963 1 424 50 183 6 190 24 1,501 119 2,074 3 - - - - - -
1964 1 436 47 195 7 204 25 1,532 124 2,134 3 - - - - - -
1965 1 501 44 188 8 220 24 1,596 123 2,203 3 - - - - - -
1966 1 535 38 200 9 244 25 1,679 124 2,320 3 - - - - - -
1967 (s) 576 33 199 10 301 22 1,736 131 2,432 3 - - - - - -
1968 (s) 591 31 239 11 349 25 1,852 128 2,635 3 - - - - - -
1969 (s) 631 26 257 12 362 24 1,945 121 2,746 3 - - - - - -
1970 (s) 722 20 269 12 353 24 2,040 121 2,839 3 - - - - - -
1971 (s) 743 18 292 13 369 24 2,127 111 2,955 3 - - - - - -
1972 (s) 766 17 333 14 374 26 2,269 103 3,135 3 - - - - - -
1973 (s) 728 17 381 13 380 27 2,371 116 3,305 3 - - - - - -
1974 (s) 669 16 378 12 357 26 2,326 111 3,226 3 - - - - - -
1975 (s) 583 14 364 11 362 26 2,377 113 3,267 3 - - - - - -
1976 (s) 548 13 393 12 357 28 2,495 131 3,430 3 - - - - - -
1977 (s) 533 14 427 13 373 28 2,563 145 3,563 3 - - - - - -
1978 0 530 14 460 14 381 30 2,651 157 3,708 3 - - - - - -
1979 0 601 14 499 6 390 32 2,517 195 3,652 3 - - - - - -
1980 0 635 13 480 5 389 28 2,357 222 3,494 3 - - - - - -
1981 0 642 11 498 9 367 27 2,357 194 3,463 3 - - - - - -
1982 0 596 9 479 9 369 25 2,344 162 3,397 3 - - - - - -
1983 0 490 9 499 11 382 26 2,376 131 3,433 4 - - - - - -
1984 0 529 9 506 11 430 28 2,399 128 3,511 4 - - - - - -
1985 0 504 10 544 8 445 26 2,434 125 3,591 4 - - - - - -
1986 0 485 12 552 7 477 25 2,508 138 3,720 4 - - - - - -
1987 0 519 9 572 6 506 29 2,570 143 3,834 5 - - - - - -
1988 0 614 10 623 6 530 27 2,627 146 3,970 5 - - - - - -
1989 0 629 9 633 6 544 28 2,617 154 3,992 5 - - - - - -
1990 0 660 9 629 6 556 29 2,584 162 3,974 5 - - - - - -
1991 0 602 8 618 6 537 26 2,570 163 3,929 5 - - - - - -
1992 0 590 8 632 5 532 26 2,608 170 3,982 5 - - - - - -
1993 0 627 8 652 5 536 27 2,689 143 4,060 5 - - - - - -
1994 0 689 8 692 9 557 28 2,733 140 4,167 5 - - - - - -
1995 0 705 8 720 5 553 28 2,801 145 4,259 5 - - - - - -
1996 0 718 7 767 4 578 27 2,845 135 4,363 5 - - - - - -
1997 0 760 8 802 4 583 28 2,877 113 4,416 5 - - - - - -
1998 0 645 7 826 5 592 30 2,967 107 4,533 5 - - - - - -
1999 0 657 8 859 4 611 30 3,043 106 4,659 5 - - - - - -
2000 0 655 7 887 3 631 30 3,063 141 4,762 5 - - - - - -
2001 0 640 7 908 4 604 27 3,079 93 4,722 5 - - - - - -
2002 0 682 7 926 4 589 27 3,161 108 4,821 6 - - - - - -
2003 0 610 6 960 5 576 25 3,187 91 4,849 7 - - - - - -
2004 0 587 6 1,018 5 597 25 3,253 118 5,021 7 - - - - - -
2005 0 607 7 1,043 7 613 25 3,266 133 5,094 8 - - - - - -
2006 0 608 7 1,101 7 596 24 3,296 144 5,175 7 - - - - - -
2007 0 646 6 1,108 6 592 25 3,319 158 5,215 8 - - - - - -
2008 0 674 6 1,002 10 563 23 3,233 147 4,985 8 - - - - - -
2009 0 697 5 959 7 509 21 3,227 126 4,853 8 - - - - - -
2010 0 703 5 1,009 1 523 26 3,221 142 4,926 8 - - - - - -
2011 0 718 5 1,040 1 520 24 3,136 123 4,850 8 - - - - - -
2012 0 761 5 995 1 512 22 3,120 107 4,762 7 - - - - - -
2013 0 863 4 1,023 2 [R ] 524 24 3,168 92 4,837 8 - - - - - -
2014 0 735 4 1,069 2 537 25 3,204 71 4,911 8 - - - - - -
2015 0 718 4 1,086 3 [R ] 565 27 3,225 74 4,983 [R ] 8 - - - - - -
2016 0 729 4 1,077 3 [R ] 591 25 3,284 99 5,084 [R ] 7 - - - - - -
2017 0 770 4 1,086 3 [R ] 614 23 3,280 106 5,117 [R ] 8 - - - - - -
2018 0 927 4 1,138 3 [R ] 623 23 3,279 96 5,167 [R ] 8 - - - - - -
2019 0 1,071 5 1,141 3 [R ] 636 22 3,272 84 5,163 [R ] 8 - - - - - -
2020 0 1,067 [R ] 4 1,074 2 [R ] 394 19 2,819 62 4,375 [R ] 7 - - - - - -
2021 0 1,184 4 1,095 3 500 20 3,091 98 4,859 6 - - - - - -
Trillion Btu
1960 76 359 298 892 19 739 152 7,183 844 10,125 10 10,571 26 10,597
1961 19 391 290 892 21 827 148 7,318 829 10,324 10 10,744 25 10,769
1962 17 396 263 965 23 977 146 7,609 790 10,772 10 11,195 24 11,220
1963 17 438 253 1,067 25 1,044 145 7,884 749 11,167 10 11,631 24 11,655
1964 18 451 235 1,133 28 1,121 153 8,050 777 11,496 10 11,975 24 11,999
1965 16 518 222 1,093 32 1,215 149 8,386 770 11,866 10 12,410 24 12,434
1966 15 553 194 1,164 36 1,354 154 8,819 779 12,500 10 13,078 23 13,101
1967 11 593 166 1,158 39 1,670 135 9,120 824 13,113 10 13,728 24 13,752
1968 10 608 155 1,392 44 1,941 149 9,726 806 14,212 10 14,840 24 14,865
1969 8 649 129 1,498 46 2,017 144 10,216 763 14,813 10 15,480 25 15,505
1970 7 740 100 1,569 44 1,973 147 10,716 761 15,311 11 16,069 26 16,094
1971 5 761 90 1,701 51 2,061 147 11,173 701 15,924 10 16,701 25 16,726
1972 4 786 85 1,941 53 2,091 158 11,918 645 16,892 10 17,691 25 17,716
1973 3 745 83 2,222 49 2,131 163 12,455 727 17,832 11 18,590 25 18,615
1974 2 684 82 2,202 46 2,001 156 12,217 697 17,401 10 18,096 24 18,119
1975 1 595 71 2,121 43 2,029 155 12,485 711 17,615 10 18,221 24 18,245
1976 (s) 559 67 2,288 47 2,002 172 13,107 824 18,508 10 19,077 24 19,101
1977 (s) 544 70 2,489 50 2,090 172 13,464 908 19,243 10 19,798 25 19,823
1978 0 541 71 2,679 54 2,138 184 13,927 990 20,044 10 20,595 24 20,619
1979 0 613 70 2,905 22 2,186 193 13,221 1,228 19,825 10 20,448 24 20,473
1980 0 650 64 2,795 18 2,179 172 12,383 1,398 19,009 11 19,670 27 19,697
1981 0 660 56 2,901 34 2,058 165 12,379 1,219 18,813 11 19,490 25 19,515
1982 0 614 47 2,790 34 2,069 150 12,312 1,020 18,422 11 19,065 26 19,091
1983 0 505 48 2,905 40 2,141 157 12,482 821 18,595 13 19,147 30 19,176
1984 0 545 44 2,948 43 2,414 168 12,600 807 19,023 14 19,623 33 19,655
1985 0 521 50 3,170 30 2,497 156 12,784 786 19,472 14 20,057 32 20,089
1986 0 501 59 3,218 27 2,682 153 13,174 870 20,183 15 20,757 34 20,790
1987 0 538 46 3,335 22 2,843 173 13,499 900 20,817 16 21,437 34 21,471
1988 0 633 49 3,626 23 2,982 167 13,802 919 21,568 16 22,284 35 22,319
1989 0 650 48 3,687 23 3,059 171 13,749 971 21,707 16 22,441 38 22,479
1990 0 683 45 3,661 23 3,129 176 13,575 1,016 21,626 16 22,385 39 22,424
1991 0 622 42 3,601 21 3,025 157 13,503 1,026 21,374 16 22,082 38 22,120
1992 0 611 41 3,684 19 3,001 161 13,699 1,070 21,675 16 22,381 38 22,419
1993 0 646 38 3,796 20 3,028 163 14,029 901 21,976 16 22,638 38 22,676
1994 0 710 38 4,029 34 3,154 171 14,249 883 22,558 17 23,285 38 23,323
1995 0 728 40 4,191 18 3,132 168 14,576 911 23,036 17 23,781 38 23,819
1996 0 740 37 4,465 16 3,274 163 14,823 851 23,630 17 24,387 38 24,425
1997 0 790 40 4,668 14 3,308 172 14,976 712 23,891 17 24,697 39 24,736
1998 0 667 35 4,807 18 3,357 180 15,436 674 24,506 17 25,190 39 25,229
1999 0 675 39 4,996 14 3,462 182 15,828 665 25,187 17 25,879 41 25,921
2000 0 674 36 5,159 12 3,580 179 15,933 888 25,787 18 26,479 42 26,521
2001 0 656 35 5,286 14 3,426 164 16,013 586 25,524 19 26,199 42 26,241
2002 0 699 34 5,387 14 3,340 162 16,436 677 26,051 19 26,771 42 26,813
2003 0 627 30 5,584 18 3,265 150 16,565 571 26,184 23 26,837 53 26,889
2004 0 603 31 5,925 19 3,383 152 16,901 740 27,150 25 27,781 56 27,837
2005 0 625 35 6,068 28 3,475 151 16,958 837 27,553 26 28,215 57 28,272
2006 0 627 33 6,390 28 3,379 147 17,088 906 27,972 25 28,657 54 28,711
2007 0 665 32 6,411 22 3,358 152 17,066 994 28,034 28 28,772 59 28,831
2008 0 694 28 5,792 40 3,193 141 16,510 926 26,630 26 27,389 55 27,444
2009 0 717 27 5,538 28 2,883 127 16,425 791 25,818 27 26,561 55 26,616
2010 0 721 27 5,826 5 [R ] 2,963 155 16,320 892 26,187 26 26,935 54 26,989
2011 0 736 27 6,000 5 2,950 148 15,877 776 25,783 [R ] 26 26,545 53 26,597
2012 0 782 25 5,738 5 [R ] 2,901 135 15,795 671 25,270 25 26,077 [R ] 49 26,125
2013 0 888 22 5,898 6 [R ] 2,969 143 16,030 581 25,650 [R ] 26 26,564 [R ] 51 26,614
2014 0 762 22 6,159 8 [R ] 3,042 149 16,209 447 26,035 [R ] 26 26,823 [R ] 51 26,875 [R ]
2015 0 747 21 6,255 10 [R ] 3,204 163 16,308 463 26,424 [R ] 26 27,198 [R ] 50 27,247 [R ]
2016 0 758 20 6,202 12 [R ] 3,350 154 16,601 623 26,963 [R ] 26 27,747 [R ] 49 [R ] 27,795 [R ]
2017 0 801 21 6,253 12 [R ] 3,481 142 16,576 665 27,150 [R ] 26 27,977 [R ] 48 28,025 [R ]
2018 0 962 22 6,555 13 [R ] 3,533 137 16,573 604 27,437 [R ] 26 28,426 [R ] 49 28,474 [R ]
2019 0 1,113 23 6,572 12 [R ] 3,608 131 16,531 529 27,407 [R ] 26 28,546 [R ] 47 28,594 [R ]
2020 0 1,107 [R ] 20 6,183 9 [R ] 2,234 116 14,243 391 23,196 [R ] 22 24,325 [R ] 40 24,364 [R ]
2021 0 1,227 22 6,310 10 2,835 119 15,611 615 25,785 22 27,033 38 27,072
aTransportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and, since 1990, also includes vehicle fuel. iFor 1981 through 1992, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline that is not included in the
motor gasoline column.
bBeginning in 2009, includes biodiesel blended into distillate fuel oil. Beginning in 2011, includes
renewable diesel blended into distillate fuel oil.
jIncurred in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity plus plant use and unaccounted
for electrical system energy losses. Pre-1990 estimates are not comparable to those for later years. See
Section 6 of Technical Notes for an explanation of changes in methodology.
cHydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only. - - = Not applicable.
dThrough 2004, includes kerosene-type and naphtha-type jet fuel. Beginning in 2005, includes
kerosene-type jet fuel only; naphtha-type jet fuel is included in "Industrial sector, Other Petroleum."
Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.5.
eBeginning in 1993, includes fuel ethanol blended into motor gasoline. Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The continuity of these
data series estimates may be affected by the changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See
the Technical Notes for each type of energy.
fU.S. total includes other biofuels product supplied not allocated to the states. Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
gElectricity sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other energy
service providers. Sales to public railroads and railway systems only. Excludes electric vehicles.
Data Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See Technical Notes.
http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/
hThere is a discontinuity in this time series between 1980 and 1981 due to the expanded coverage of
fuel ethanol beginning in 1981.