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Release date: February 2017
Revised date: May 2018
Number of housing units (million) | |||||||||
Year of construction | |||||||||
Total U.S.2 | Before 1950 | 1950 to 1959 | 1960 to 1969 | 1970 to 1979 | 1980 to 1989 | 1990 to 1999 | 2000 to 2009 | 2010 to 2015 | |
All homes | 118.2 | 20.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 3.8 |
Fuels used for any use (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Electricity | 118.2 | 20.8 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 18.3 | 16.0 | 16.8 | 17.0 | 3.8 |
Natural gas | 68.6 | 15.5 | 9.1 | 8.3 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 1.6 |
Propane3 | 11.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
Wood | 12.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Fuel oil/kerosene | 6.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Q |
Electricity end uses (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Space heating | 57.7 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 2.2 |
Main | 40.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 1.9 |
Secondary | 23.0 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 0.5 |
Air conditioning | 102.8 | 17.0 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.9 | 3.5 |
Water heating | 55.1 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 2.4 |
Cooking4 | 75.0 | 9.2 | 7.0 | 7.7 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 3.1 |
Natural gas end uses (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Space heating | 59.5 | 13.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 1.5 |
Main | 57.7 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 1.4 |
Secondary | 7.5 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
Water heating | 56.3 | 12.2 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 1.1 |
Cooking4 | 39.0 | 10.2 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 0.9 |
Outdoor grilling | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Propane end uses (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Space heating | 7.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 |
Main | 5.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
Secondary | 2.9 | 0.3 | Q | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
Water heating | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
Cooking4 | 6.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 |
Outdoor grilling3 | 42.2 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 1.4 |
Wood end uses (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Space heating | 12.5 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
Main | 3.5 | 1.2 | Q | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | Q |
Secondary | 9.2 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
Water heating | Q | Q | N | N | Q | Q | Q | Q | N |
Fuel oil/kerosene end uses (more than one may apply) | |||||||||
Space heating | 6.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.3 | Q |
Main | 5.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | Q |
Secondary | 0.9 | 0.3 | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | Q | N |
Water heating | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | Q | 0.2 | 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 |