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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
4,523,141 4,545,244 4,547,497 4,559,338 4,589,579 4,601,595 1987-2023
Sales
3,915,334 4,024,167 4,080,590 4,183,615 4,290,502 4,346,361 1997-2023
Transported
607,807 521,077 466,907 375,723 299,077 255,234 1997-2023
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
405,066 410,386 415,879 424,324 419,871 420,688 1987-2023
Sales
290,045 298,987 307,969 323,525 327,081 329,467 1998-2023
Transported
115,021 111,399 107,910 100,799 92,790 91,221 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
815 787 695 702 724 703 1967-2023
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
6,867 7,049 6,663 6,044 6,090 6,104 1987-2023
Sales
4,543 4,822 4,475 3,920 4,066 4,159 1998-2023
Transported
2,324 2,227 2,188 2,124 2,024 1,945 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
13,314 12,815 12,967 14,846 14,609 13,879 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: 3/31/2025
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