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Release date: February 2017
Revised date: May 2018
Number of housing units (million) | ||||||
Housing unit type | ||||||
Total U.S.2 | Single-family detached | Single-family attached | Apartment (2- to 4-unit building) |
Apartment (5 or more unit building) |
Mobile home | |
All homes | 118.2 | 73.9 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 21.1 | 6.8 |
Fuels used for any use (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Electricity | 118.2 | 73.9 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 21.1 | 6.8 |
Natural gas | 68.6 | 45.1 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 11.1 | 1.7 |
Propane3 | 11.6 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
Wood | 12.5 | 10.7 | 0.3 | Q | 0.4 | 1.0 |
Fuel oil/kerosene | 6.9 | 5.0 | Q | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
Electricity end uses (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Space heating | 57.7 | 33.8 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 11.6 | 4.4 |
Main | 40.9 | 20.9 | 2.4 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 3.6 |
Secondary | 23.0 | 16.7 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.4 |
Air conditioning | 102.8 | 65.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 17.9 | 5.8 |
Water heating | 55.1 | 31.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 11.2 | 5.3 |
Cooking4 | 75.0 | 47.1 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 14.2 | 4.0 |
Natural gas end uses (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Space heating | 59.5 | 41.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 1.5 |
Main | 57.7 | 40.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 7.3 | 1.4 |
Secondary | 7.5 | 6.3 | 0.7 | Q | 0.3 | Q |
Water heating | 56.3 | 37.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 0.9 |
Cooking4 | 39.0 | 25.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 1.3 |
Outdoor grilling | 4.1 | 3.6 | 0.3 | Q | Q | Q |
Propane end uses (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Space heating | 7.5 | 6.2 | Q | Q | Q | 0.9 |
Main | 5.0 | 4.0 | Q | Q | Q | 0.7 |
Secondary | 2.9 | 2.6 | Q | Q | N | Q |
Water heating | 4.3 | 3.3 | Q | Q | Q | 0.5 |
Cooking4 | 6.2 | 4.6 | Q | Q | Q | 1.2 |
Outdoor grilling3 | 42.2 | 35.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
Wood end uses (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Space heating | 12.5 | 10.7 | 0.3 | Q | 0.4 | 1.0 |
Main | 3.5 | 2.9 | Q | Q | Q | 0.5 |
Secondary | 9.2 | 7.9 | 0.2 | Q | 0.3 | 0.5 |
Water heating | Q | Q | N | N | N | Q |
Fuel oil/kerosene end uses (more than one may apply) | ||||||
Space heating | 6.6 | 4.8 | Q | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Main | 5.8 | 4.0 | Q | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Secondary | 0.9 | 0.8 | N | N | Q | Q |
Water heating | 2.9 | 1.9 | Q | Q | 0.7 | Q |
1Housing characteristics data were collected between August 2015 and April 2016. Q = Data withheld because either the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50% or fewer than 10 cases responded. Notes: Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. See RECS Terminology for definition of terms used in these tables. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Forms EIA-457A and EIA-457C of the 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey. |