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Table HC5.3 Lighting in U.S. homes by year of construction, 2015¹

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
Indoor light bulbs installed
Fewer than 20	46.9	9.8	5.6	6.0	7.8	7.0	5.2	4.5	1.1
20 to 39	41.4	7.7	4.7	4.2	7.0	5.3	5.6	5.6	1.3
40 to 59	18.1	2.2	1.6	1.6	2.5	2.4	3.2	3.8	0.8
60 to 79	7.6	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.7	1.7	0.4
80 or more	4.3	0.4	0.2	Q	0.3	0.5	1.1	1.3	0.3
Indoor light bulbs used at least 4 hours a day
0 to 2	31.4	5.6	3.8	3.9	5.3	4.5	4.3	3.3	0.8
3 to 5	33.2	6.5	3.8	3.9	5.3	4.5	4.1	4.1	0.9
6 to 9	19.9	3.5	1.9	2.1	3.0	2.7	2.7	3.2	0.7
10 to 19	23.7	4.0	2.3	2.2	3.2	3.3	3.9	4.0	0.8
20 or more	10.0	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.5	1.1	1.7	2.4	0.6
Incandescent bulbs installed indoors
Yes, at least one incandescent bulb	96.8	17.0	10.1	10.5	15.0	13.3	14.1	13.8	3.1
All bulbs are incandescent	13.2	2.4	1.2	1.4	2.3	1.9	1.8	1.7	0.4
Most bulbs are incandescent	23.4	3.6	2.2	2.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.3	0.5
About half of bulbs are incandescent	20.9	3.8	2.4	2.2	2.7	2.9	3.0	3.1	0.7
Some bulbs are incandescent	39.4	7.2	4.2	4.3	6.2	4.8	5.6	5.7	1.5
No incandescent bulbs	21.4	3.7	2.5	2.4	3.4	2.7	2.7	3.2	0.7
CFL bulbs installed indoors
Yes, at least one CFL bulb	96.0	17.1	10.5	10.5	14.6	12.8	13.3	14.0	3.2
All bulbs are CFL	11.6	2.2	1.5	1.2	2.0	1.3	1.4	1.6	0.3
Most bulbs are CFL	25.9	5.2	2.5	2.9	3.9	3.0	3.7	3.7	1.0
About half of bulbs are CFL	20.9	3.6	2.6	2.4	2.8	2.9	2.5	3.5	0.6
Some bulbs are CFL	37.6	6.1	3.9	4.0	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.2	1.3
No CFL bulbs	22.2	3.7	2.1	2.3	3.7	3.3	3.5	3.0	0.7
LED bulbs installed indoors
Yes, at least one LED bulb	33.8	5.3	3.1	3.6	5.3	4.5	5.1	5.6	1.4
All bulbs are LED	1.2	Q	Q	Q	Q	0.3	0.2	Q	Q
Most bulbs are LED	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.2
About half of bulbs are LED	4.3	0.7	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.2
Some bulbs are LED	24.3	3.9	2.1	2.7	3.7	3.2	3.8	3.9	0.9
No LED bulbs	84.4	15.5	9.6	9.2	13.1	11.5	11.7	11.4	2.4
Timers or dimmers for indoor lighting
Yes	35.1	5.6	3.4	3.8	5.0	4.9	5.9	5.5	1.2
No	83.1	15.2	9.3	9.1	13.3	11.2	10.9	11.5	2.6
Outdoor light bulbs installed
None	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	Q
1 to 4	51.6	9.8	7.1	5.8	7.9	6.6	6.7	6.4	1.3
5 to 9	24.0	3.2	2.3	2.5	3.4	3.3	4.3	4.1	1.0
10 or more	8.6	0.9	0.6	0.4	1.1	0.8	1.9	2.5	0.4
Not asked (apartments)	30.5	6.0	2.1	3.6	5.4	4.9	3.6	3.8	1.1
Use motion detectors or light sensors for outdoor lighting
Yes	38.0	6.3	4.8	4.6	6.0	4.7	5.6	5.1	0.9
No	46.3	7.5	5.3	4.2	6.4	6.0	7.3	7.9	1.8
No outdoor light bulbs	3.4	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.2	Q
Not asked (apartments)	30.5	6.0	2.1	3.6	5.4	4.9	3.6	3.8	1.1
¹Housing characteristics data were collected between August 2015 and April 2016. ²Total U.S. includes all primary occupied housing units in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Vacant housing units, seasonal units, second homes, military houses, and group quarters are excluded. Q = Data withheld because either the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50% or fewer than 10 households responded. N = No 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.