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Release date: October 2017
Revised date: May 2018
Number of housing units (million) | Total square footage (billion square feet) | |||
Total apartment units2 |
Total3 | Heated | Cooled | |
All homes | 30.5 | 28.2 | 25.6 | 18.9 |
Census region and division | ||||
Northeast | 7.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 3.6 |
New England | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.8 |
Middle Atlantic | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 2.8 |
Midwest | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.6 |
East North Central | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.7 |
West North Central | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.0 |
South | 9.6 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
South Atlantic | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
East South Central | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
West South Central | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
West | 7.2 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.5 |
Mountain | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
Mountain North | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
Mountain South | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
Pacific | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
Census urban/rural classification4 | ||||
Urban | 29.7 | 27.5 | 24.9 | 18.5 |
Urbanized area | 26.2 | 24.2 | 21.7 | 16.4 |
Urban cluster | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.1 |
Rural | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area | ||||
In metropolitan statistical area | 27.8 | 25.7 | 23.1 | 17.4 |
In micropolitan statistical area | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
Not in metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Climate region5 | ||||
Very cold/Cold | 10.9 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 5.6 |
Mixed-humid | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 6.2 |
Mixed-dry/Hot-dry | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
Hot-humid | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Marine | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 |
Year of construction | ||||
Before 1950 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 2.7 |
1950 to 1959 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
1960 to 1969 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 1.6 |
1970 to 1979 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 |
1980 to 1989 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
1990 to 1999 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
2000 to 2009 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 |
2010 to 2015 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
Fuels used for any use (more than one may apply) | ||||
Electricity | 30.5 | 28.2 | 25.6 | 18.9 |
Natural gas | 17.1 | 15.5 | 14.3 | 9.4 |
Propane6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Wood | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
Fuel oil/kerosene | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
Main space heating fuel | ||||
Natural gas | 11.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 6.9 |
Electricity | 14.1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 9.6 |
Fuel oil/kerosene | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 |
Propane | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Wood | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Do not use heating equipment | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 1.7 |
Type of air-conditioning equipment used (more than one may apply) | ||||
Use central air-conditioning equipment | 14.9 | 14.6 | 13.1 | 14.6 |
Use individual air-conditioning units | 11.1 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 4.9 |
Do not use air-conditioning equipment | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
Fuel used by main water heater | ||||
Natural gas | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.5 | 7.5 |
Electricity | 15.1 | 14.4 | 12.9 | 10.9 |
Propane | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Fuel oil/kerosene | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
Some other fuel | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Indoor light bulbs installed | ||||
Fewer than 20 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 6.9 |
20 to 39 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 5.8 |
40 to 59 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
60 to 79 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
80 or more | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Total number of rooms (excluding bathrooms) | ||||
1 or 2 | 5.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
3 | 7.2 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 3.7 |
4 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 | 5.9 |
5 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
8 | Q | Q | Q | Q |
9 or more | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Number of bedrooms | ||||
0 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1 | 9.9 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 5.1 |
2 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 9.5 |
3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 |
4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
5 or more | Q | Q | Q | Q |
Adequacy of insulation | ||||
Well insulated | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 5.7 |
Adequately insulated | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.6 | 9.6 |
Poorly insulated | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 |
No insulation | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Type of glass in windows | ||||
Single-pane glass | 16.7 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 9.9 |
Double-pane glass | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.1 | 8.8 |
Triple-pane glass | 0.3 | 0.3 | Q | 0.2 |
Number of household members | ||||
1 member | 12.4 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 7.2 |
2 members | 9.6 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 6.0 |
3 members | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
4 members | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
5 members | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 |
6 or more members | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
2015 annual household income | ||||
Less than $20,000 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 5.6 |
$20,000 to $39,999 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.0 |
$40,000 to $59,999 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.5 |
$60,000 to $79,999 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
$80,000 to $99,999 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 |
$100,000 to $119,999 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 |
$120,000 to $139,999 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
$140,000 or more | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Ownership of housing unit7 | ||||
Owned | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 |
Rented | 27.2 | 24.4 | 22.5 | 16.1 |
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. |