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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
2,816,414 2,844,264 2,871,126 2,904,021 2,930,232 2,959,424 1987-2023
Sales
2,691,931 2,738,622 2,772,476 2,815,415 2,853,035 2,887,624 1997-2023
Transported
124,483 105,642 98,650 88,606 77,197 71,800 1997-2023
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
246,103 246,963 247,736 249,225 250,345 251,198 1987-2023
Sales
194,999 199,466 201,242 204,641 207,521 210,790 1998-2023
Transported
51,104 47,497 46,494 44,584 42,824 40,408 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
680 630 557 602 614 576 1967-2023
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
6,972 6,927 6,813 6,696 6,642 6,463 1987-2023
Sales
5,377 5,454 5,399 5,391 5,398 5,311 1998-2023
Transported
1,595 1,473 1,414 1,305 1,244 1,152 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
9,204 9,392 8,617 8,988 11,534 12,302 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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