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Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, United States (thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))
Table CO2.T5. Transportation sector CO2 emissions estimates from energy consumption by source, 1960-2024, United States
(thousand metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2))



Year



Coal a


Natural
gas b
Petroleum c


Total
Aviation
gasoline
Distillate
fuel oil

HGL d
Jet
fuel

Lubricants
Motor
gasoline
Residual
fuel oil

Total
1960 7,157 19,046 20,601 65,965 1,183 52,534 5,624 511,444 63,370 720,720 746,922
1961 1,807 20,721 20,082 65,943 1,306 58,813 5,473 521,089 62,223 734,930 757,459
1962 1,612 20,990 18,181 71,388 1,425 69,489 5,388 541,807 59,322 767,002 789,604
1963 1,570 23,223 17,509 78,939 1,569 74,241 5,387 561,358 56,212 795,215 820,008
1964 1,664 23,923 16,253 83,819 1,752 79,724 5,657 573,182 58,350 818,737 844,325
1965 1,527 27,457 15,324 80,857 1,991 86,392 5,500 597,166 57,842 845,072 874,056
1966 1,410 29,336 13,422 86,060 2,268 96,290 5,714 627,957 58,517 890,227 920,973
1967 1,074 31,462 11,486 85,637 2,439 118,809 5,016 649,421 61,885 934,694 967,230
1968 959 32,237 10,690 102,949 2,748 138,076 5,510 692,566 60,498 1,013,039 1,046,235
1969 710 34,388 8,920 110,824 2,877 143,464 5,331 727,477 57,291 1,056,183 1,091,281
1970 655 39,257 6,948 116,032 2,789 140,328 5,431 763,085 57,140 1,091,753 1,131,665
1971 448 40,373 6,246 125,768 3,221 146,593 5,452 795,605 52,623 1,135,508 1,176,329
1972 351 41,652 5,908 143,559 3,335 148,728 5,838 848,663 48,460 1,204,490 1,246,493
1973 249 39,513 5,771 164,333 3,112 151,601 6,051 886,882 54,617 1,272,366 1,312,129
1974 170 36,252 5,660 162,878 2,870 142,342 5,795 869,897 52,318 1,241,761 1,278,183
1975 51 31,527 4,911 156,863 2,714 144,335 5,732 889,035 53,397 1,256,986 1,288,565
1976 26 29,640 4,664 169,228 2,960 142,408 6,367 933,326 61,862 1,320,815 1,350,481
1977 19 28,843 4,863 184,057 3,147 148,699 6,362 958,692 68,221 1,374,041 1,402,903
1978 28,693 4,941 198,155 3,393 152,101 6,832 991,670 74,324 1,431,417 1,460,110
1979 32,487 4,862 214,856 1,368 155,472 7,149 941,455 92,226 1,417,388 1,449,875
1980 34,459 4,450 206,697 1,110 155,026 6,366 881,730 105,016 1,360,395 1,394,854
1981 34,974 3,891 214,574 2,137 146,404 6,105 881,477 91,535 1,346,124 1,381,098
1982 32,550 3,249 206,303 2,144 147,178 5,567 876,712 76,583 1,317,735 1,350,285
1983 26,786 3,297 214,873 2,546 152,290 5,829 888,825 61,653 1,329,313 1,356,098
1984 28,883 3,034 218,012 2,680 171,696 6,216 897,204 60,591 1,359,433 1,388,315
1985 27,609 3,480 234,448 1,859 177,612 5,793 910,276 58,988 1,392,456 1,420,066
1986 26,566 4,075 237,986 1,718 190,805 5,664 938,090 65,314 1,443,652 1,470,218
1987 28,525 3,156 246,612 1,360 202,219 6,403 961,250 67,621 1,488,621 1,517,146
1988 33,588 3,388 268,176 1,466 212,103 6,175 982,778 69,018 1,543,104 1,576,691
1989 34,444 3,291 272,642 1,431 217,590 6,334 979,043 72,925 1,553,256 1,587,700
1990 36,199 3,110 270,765 1,441 222,611 6,518 966,660 76,295 1,547,400 1,583,599
1991 32,946 2,885 266,290 1,331 215,179 5,831 962,463 77,040 1,531,017 1,563,963
1992 32,351 2,839 272,450 1,222 213,385 5,945 978,955 80,348 1,555,143 1,587,494
1993 34,251 2,655 280,726 1,275 215,059 6,053 993,327 67,693 1,566,789 1,601,040
1994 37,628 2,637 297,937 2,141 223,812 6,327 1,004,092 66,276 1,603,223 1,640,851
1995 38,615 2,737 309,981 1,116 222,114 6,218 1,026,773 68,374 1,637,313 1,675,928
1996 39,287 2,583 330,253 984 236,509 6,035 1,045,974 63,927 1,686,266 1,725,552
1997 41,908 2,745 345,249 896 238,960 6,375 1,055,942 53,445 1,703,612 1,745,520
1998 35,316 2,455 355,478 1,111 242,472 6,674 1,088,347 50,591 1,747,128 1,782,444
1999 35,789 2,709 369,479 899 250,056 6,744 1,112,940 49,971 1,792,796 1,828,585
2000 35,740 2,509 385,720 748 258,621 6,643 1,127,826 66,648 1,848,715 1,884,455
2001 34,755 2,416 394,637 864 247,470 6,086 1,125,585 43,970 1,821,027 1,855,782
2002 37,070 2,333 402,145 899 241,282 6,014 1,154,914 50,824 1,858,410 1,895,481
2003 33,261 2,090 417,066 1,125 235,875 5,560 1,174,749 42,873 1,879,338 1,912,599
2004 31,971 2,160 442,977 1,203 244,332 5,633 1,183,663 55,532 1,935,501 1,967,472
2005 33,136 2,446 453,238 1,776 250,993 5,603 1,178,059 62,886 1,955,002 1,988,138
2006 33,232 2,313 476,333 1,729 244,104 5,459 1,188,347 68,010 1,986,296 2,019,528
2007 35,267 2,185 476,048 1,382 242,531 5,638 1,184,571 74,616 1,986,971 2,022,237
2008 36,782 1,956 430,065 2,528 230,629 5,234 1,115,605 69,531 1,855,548 1,892,330
2009 38,034 1,837 406,026 1,765 208,269 4,706 1,107,034 59,362 1,788,998 1,827,033
2010 38,277 1,870 429,000 288 214,018 5,732 1,086,263 66,982 1,804,153 1,842,429
2011 39,077 1,871 436,356 289 213,075 5,495 1,053,939 58,297 1,769,322 1,808,399
2012 41,478 1,737 416,749 284 209,580 5,015 1,046,502 50,352 1,730,219 1,771,697
2013 47,089 1,546 421,596 383 214,429 5,309 1,057,428 43,641 1,744,332 1,791,421
2014 40,386 1,500 441,186 479 219,740 5,531 1,067,449 33,532 1,769,419 1,809,804
2015 39,545 1,462 447,079 628 231,448 6,029 1,072,720 34,798 1,794,165 1,833,710
2016 40,116 1,415 437,559 743 241,973 5,685 1,091,651 46,792 1,825,818 1,865,934
2017 42,379 1,449 442,600 779 251,469 5,229 1,090,144 49,906 1,841,576 1,883,954
2018 50,925 1,549 467,046 793 255,183 5,044 1,089,601 45,359 1,864,575 1,915,500
2019 58,887 1,617 469,329 785 260,619 4,879 1,085,929 39,732 1,862,891 1,921,777
2020 58,705 1,397 439,881 544 161,358 4,282 935,399 29,396 1,572,257 1,630,962
2021 65,040 1,490 459,656 614 204,784 4,568 1,024,612 46,172 1,741,896 1,806,936
2022 72,103 1,543 464,834 701 233,162 4,811 1,018,022 47,313 1,770,385 1,842,487
2023 71,533 [R ] 1,464 453,314 738 247,148 3,519 1,038,005 39,275 1,783,462 1,854,995 [R ]
2024 73,469 1,575 440,171 704 253,356 3,385 1,048,415 42,514 1,790,120 1,863,589

Footnotes:

a Beginning in 1978, consumption data not collected and assumed to be zero.

b Transportation use of natural gas to operate pipelines and as vehicle fuel. Excludes supplemental gaseous fuels.

c Excludes biofuels.

d Hydrocarbon gas liquids, assumed to be propane only.

— = No consumption. Where shown, R = Revised data and (s) = Value less than 0.5.

Notes: · Data are carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions estimates from fossil fuels primary energy consumption, excluding renewable energy. The state data do not account for interstate flow of electricity and represent CO2 emissions in the state where fossil fuels are burned to generate electricity, although the electricity might be sold to ultimate customers in other states and sectors. · Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The continuity of these data series estimates may be affected by changing data sources and estimation methodologies. See the technical notes for each type of energy.

Web page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System. See technical notes. https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/