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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
3,370,186 3,409,315 3,427,853 3,479,692 3,505,394 3,501,459 1987-2024
Sales
572,772 578,441 601,317 629,386 619,948 588,489 1997-2024
Transported
2,797,414 2,830,874 2,826,536 2,850,306 2,885,446 2,912,970 1997-2024
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
269,341 271,338 273,347 266,732 265,331 266,603 1987-2024
Sales
30,008 30,909 36,753 33,263 35,418 30,020 1998-2024
Transported
239,333 240,429 236,594 233,469 229,913 236,583 1998-2024
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
659 597 620 681 623 608 1967-2024
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
5,696 5,495 5,488 5,672 5,014 6,223 1987-2024
Sales
873 900 982 981 917 1,229 1998-2024
Transported
4,823 4,595 4,506 4,691 4,097 4,994 1998-2024
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
52,347 51,320 56,490 54,999 63,801 51,946 1973-2024
- = 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: 11/28/2025
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