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Number of Natural Gas Consumers
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History
Residential
             
Number of Consumers
3,353,692 3,370,186 3,409,315 3,427,853 3,479,692 3,505,394 1987-2023
Sales
581,898 572,772 578,441 601,317 629,386 619,948 1997-2023
Transported
2,771,794 2,797,414 2,830,874 2,826,536 2,850,306 2,885,446 1997-2023
Commercial
             
Number of Consumers
268,546 269,341 271,338 273,347 266,732 265,303 1987-2023
Sales
29,856 30,008 30,909 36,753 33,263 35,390 1998-2023
Transported
238,690 239,333 240,429 236,594 233,469 229,913 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
667 659 597 620 681 629 1967-2023
Industrial
             
Number of Consumers
5,820 5,696 5,495 5,488 5,672 5,014 1987-2023
Sales
868 873 900 982 981 917 1998-2023
Transported
4,952 4,823 4,595 4,506 4,691 4,097 1998-2023
Average Consumption per Consumer (Thousand Cubic Ft.)
53,124 52,347 51,320 56,490 54,999 63,801 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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