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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
3,923,751 3,940,659 3,958,170 3,973,048 3,979,428 3,989,782 1987-2023
Sales
3,600,050 3,634,860 3,685,778 3,734,902 3,755,715 3,779,176 1997-2023
Transported
323,701 305,799 272,392 238,146 223,713 210,606 1997-2023
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
298,765 299,897 299,411 298,478 299,222 299,540 1987-2023
Sales
233,458 234,457 234,519 237,179 237,568 235,562 1998-2023
Transported
65,307 65,440 64,892 61,299 61,654 63,978 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
810 825 719 747 817 731 1967-2023
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
22,933 22,914 23,016 22,964 22,838 22,722 1987-2023
Sales
14,741 14,808 15,123 15,389 15,288 15,069 1998-2023
Transported
8,192 8,106 7,893 7,575 7,550 7,653 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
11,436 11,717 11,288 11,275 11,607 11,528 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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