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Table C16. Natural gas consumption estimates, total and per capita, ranked by state, 2023

Table C16. Natural gas consumption estimates, total and per capita, ranked by state, 2023
Rank	Natural gas consumption		Natural gas consumption per capita		Natural gas consumption		Natural gas consumption per capita
Rank	State	Billion cubic feet	State	Thousand cubic feet	State	Trillion Btu	State	Million Btu
1	Texas	5,196.6	Alaska	609.6	Texas	5,295.4	Alaska	608.4
2	California	2,085.3	Louisiana	451.1	California	2,156.2	Louisiana	457.9
3	Louisiana	2,069.9	Wyoming	293.6	Louisiana	2,100.9	Wyoming	310.0
4	Pennsylvania	1,875.6	North Dakota	269.4	Pennsylvania	1,943.1	North Dakota	285.0
5	Florida	1,634.7	Mississippi	208.5	Florida	1,673.9	Mississippi	214.1
6	Ohio	1,362.9	Oklahoma	205.2	Ohio	1,452.8	Oklahoma	212.0
7	New York	1,306.4	Texas	169.1	New York	1,348.2	West Virginia	174.5
8	Illinois	1,068.5	West Virginia	161.3	Illinois	1,111.2	Texas	172.3
9	Michigan	1,048.4	New Mexico	154.9	Michigan	1,105.1	New Mexico	158.9
10	Indiana	881.8	Alabama	147.2	Indiana	925.0	Alabama	151.6
11	Oklahoma	834.0	Pennsylvania	144.1	Oklahoma	861.5	Pennsylvania	149.3
12	Georgia	766.3	Iowa	137.3	Georgia	787.7	Iowa	146.9
13	Alabama	753.2	Indiana	128.2	Alabama	775.7	Indiana	134.4
14	New Jersey	694.9	Arkansas	127.1	New Jersey	721.3	Arkansas	130.2
15	North Carolina	641.8	Ohio	115.3	North Carolina	662.3	Ohio	122.9
16	Virginia	624.8	Michigan	104.0	Virginia	656.1	South Dakota	111.8
17	Mississippi	613.5	South Dakota	103.3	Mississippi	630.1	Michigan	109.6
18	Wisconsin	571.6	Kansas	102.0	Wisconsin	596.8	Kansas	105.4
19	Arizona	523.0	Rhode Island	99.2	Arizona	537.2	Nebraska	104.0
20	Minnesota	506.3	Nebraska	98.6	Minnesota	537.1	Rhode Island	102.0
21	Colorado	505.5	Wisconsin	96.4	Colorado	531.2	Wisconsin	100.6
22	Alaska	449.0	Nevada	89.8	Iowa	472.9	Nevada	93.8
23	Iowa	441.9	Minnesota	88.0	Alaska	448.1	Minnesota	93.4
24	Arkansas	390.2	Colorado	85.7	Washington	405.8	Colorado	90.0
25	Tennessee	386.1	Illinois	84.5	Arkansas	399.6	Illinois	87.9
26	Massachusetts	375.7	Utah	83.0	Tennessee	396.9	Utah	86.9
27	Washington	372.0	Connecticut	81.3	Massachusetts	387.0	Montana	85.5
28	Kentucky	350.9	Montana	81.1	Kentucky	370.2	Connecticut	83.7
29	South Carolina	337.3	Delaware	78.8	South Carolina	347.0	Delaware	81.4
30	New Mexico	328.5	Kentucky	77.1	New Mexico	337.1	Kentucky	81.3
31	Missouri	310.0	Idaho	76.5	Oregon	327.3	Idaho	78.5
32	Oregon	306.5	New Jersey	74.1	Missouri	316.5	Oregon	77.0
33	Kansas	301.2	Oregon	72.1	Kansas	311.1	New Jersey	76.9
34	Connecticut	296.0	Virginia	71.5	West Virginia	309.0	Virginia	75.1
35	Maryland	293.4	Florida	71.4	Connecticut	304.9	Florida	73.1
36	Nevada	288.7	Arizona	70.0	Maryland	304.9	Arizona	71.9
37	Utah	285.7	Georgia	69.3	Nevada	301.7	Georgia	71.2
38	West Virginia	285.6	New York	66.2	Utah	299.1	New York	68.3
39	North Dakota	212.5	South Carolina	62.6	North Dakota	224.9	South Carolina	64.4
40	Nebraska	196.0	North Carolina	59.0	Nebraska	206.7	North Carolina	60.9
41	Wyoming	171.8	Tennessee	54.0	Wyoming	181.4	Tennessee	55.5
42	Idaho	150.7	California	53.2	Idaho	154.8	California	55.0
43	Rhode Island	109.4	Massachusetts	53.2	Rhode Island	112.5	Massachusetts	54.8
44	South Dakota	94.9	Missouri	49.9	South Dakota	102.7	Washington	51.6
45	Montana	91.7	Washington	47.3	Montana	96.8	Missouri	51.0
46	Delaware	81.7	Maryland	47.2	Delaware	84.4	Maryland	49.0
47	Maine	58.6	Maine	41.9	Maine	61.0	Maine	43.6
48	New Hampshire	57.7	New Hampshire	41.1	New Hampshire	59.6	New Hampshire	42.5
49	District of Columbia	25.4	District of Columbia	37.0	District of Columbia	26.2	District of Columbia	38.2
50	Vermont	12.5	Vermont	19.3	Vermont	13.0	Vermont	20.0
51	Hawaii	3.0	Hawaii	2.1	Hawaii	2.7	Hawaii	1.9

	United States	32,629.3	United States	96.9	United States	33,774.6	United States	100.3

Footnotes:

Note: Natural gas includes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: Table by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/