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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
11,025,789 11,112,094 11,186,350 11,232,552 11,280,329 11,355,756 1986-2023
Sales
10,579,867 10,633,441 10,748,017 10,823,945 10,890,475 10,974,033 1997-2023
Transported
445,922 478,653 438,333 408,607 389,854 381,723 1997-2023
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
445,408 447,779 447,120 444,760 444,538 444,645 1986-2023
Sales
395,908 400,168 402,665 403,904 405,527 405,382 1998-2023
Transported
49,500 47,611 44,455 40,856 39,011 39,263 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
557 572 520 540 555 579 1967-2023
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
36,060 35,625 35,517 35,498 34,860 34,393 1986-2023
Sales
31,371 31,025 30,985 31,235 30,726 30,299 1998-2023
Transported
4,689 4,600 4,532 4,263 4,134 4,094 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
21,254 21,563 19,629 19,202 18,683 18,608 1973-2023
- = No Data Reported;  -- = Not Applicable;  NA = Not Available;  W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data.
Notes: Sales consumers buy their gas from the company that delivered it to them. Transported consumers buy their gas from a company other than the one that delivered it to them.

Beginning in 1996, consumption of natural gas for agricultural use was classified as industrial use. In 1995 and earlier years, agricultural use was classified as commercial use.  See Definitions, Sources, and Notes link above for more information on this table.
Release Date: 4/30/2025
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