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Table C16. Natural Gas Consumption Estimates, Total and per Capita, Ranked by State, 2021

Table C16. Natural Gas Consumption Estimates, Total and per Capita, Ranked by State, 2021


Rank
Natural Gas Consumption Natural Gas Consumption per Capita Natural Gas Consumption Natural Gas Consumption per Capita
State Billion Cubic Feet State Thousand Cubic
Feet
State Trillion Btu State Million Btu
1 Texas 4,637.5 Alaska 535.0 Texas 4,739.5 Alaska 523.8
2 California 2,101.3 Louisiana 394.4 California 2,172.8 Louisiana 402.3
3 Louisiana 1,825.0 Wyoming 263.7 Pennsylvania 1,867.4 Wyoming 278.4
4 Pennsylvania 1,800.7 North Dakota 236.1 Louisiana 1,861.5 North Dakota 252.3
5 Florida 1,550.8 Mississippi 190.1 Florida 1,591.2 Mississippi 195.6
6 New York 1,319.0 Oklahoma 181.4 New York 1,361.2 Oklahoma 186.7
7 Ohio 1,211.2 Texas 156.9 Ohio 1,295.9 Texas 160.3
8 Illinois 1,059.6 West Virginia 144.6 Illinois 1,095.6 West Virginia 156.3
9 Michigan 898.9 Alabama 142.0 Michigan 950.1 Alabama 146.4
10 Indiana 827.0 Pennsylvania 138.4 Indiana 873.4 Pennsylvania 143.5
11 Georgia 753.2 New Mexico 130.6 Georgia 774.3 New Mexico 134.6
12 Oklahoma 724.0 Iowa 122.1 Oklahoma 745.0 Iowa 130.6
13 Alabama 717.3 Indiana 121.4 Alabama 739.5 Indiana 128.2
14 New Jersey 671.5 Arkansas 116.7 Virginia 700.0 Arkansas 119.1
15 Virginia 666.0 Ohio 103.0 New Jersey 697.0 Ohio 110.2
16 North Carolina 616.6 South Dakota 100.0 North Carolina 637.6 South Dakota 108.0
17 Mississippi 560.7 Kansas 96.2 Mississippi 576.9 Kansas 99.4
18 Wisconsin 535.4 Rhode Island 93.4 Wisconsin 559.5 Nebraska 97.5
19 Colorado 498.8 Nevada 93.4 Colorado 530.7 Nevada 97.0
20 Minnesota 495.1 Nebraska 91.7 Minnesota 523.8 Rhode Island 96.1
21 Arizona 469.5 Wisconsin 91.1 Arizona 485.0 Wisconsin 95.2
22 Tennessee 401.2 Michigan 89.6 Iowa 417.8 Michigan 94.7
23 Alaska 392.8 Minnesota 86.7 Tennessee 413.6 Minnesota 91.7
24 Massachusetts 392.6 Colorado 85.8 Massachusetts 404.3 Colorado 91.3
25 Iowa 390.4 Delaware 84.1 Alaska 384.6 Delaware 87.4
26 Arkansas 353.4 Illinois 83.5 Washington 382.8 Illinois 86.4
27 Washington 352.5 Connecticut 82.3 Kentucky 365.9 Connecticut 84.7
28 Kentucky 349.1 Utah 78.6 Arkansas 360.5 Utah 82.2
29 South Carolina 339.6 Kentucky 77.5 South Carolina 350.1 Kentucky 81.2
30 Connecticut 298.2 Virginia 76.9 Connecticut 306.8 Virginia 80.9
31 Nevada 293.8 Montana 74.4 Oregon 305.7 Montana 78.6
32 Maryland 291.1 New Jersey 72.5 Nevada 305.2 New Jersey 75.2
33 Oregon 289.7 Florida 71.0 Maryland 302.4 Florida 72.9
34 Missouri 287.6 Georgia 69.8 Missouri 293.9 Oregon 71.8
35 Kansas 282.5 Idaho 69.7 Kansas 292.2 Georgia 71.8
36 New Mexico 276.4 Oregon 68.1 New Mexico 285.0 Idaho 71.0
37 Utah 262.3 New York 66.4 West Virginia 279.1 New York 68.5
38 West Virginia 258.2 South Carolina 65.4 Utah 274.4 South Carolina 67.4
39 North Dakota 183.6 Arizona 64.6 North Dakota 196.3 Arizona 66.8
40 Nebraska 180.1 North Carolina 58.4 Nebraska 191.4 North Carolina 60.3
41 Wyoming 152.8 Tennessee 57.6 Wyoming 161.4 Tennessee 59.4
42 Idaho 132.7 Massachusetts 56.2 Idaho 135.2 Massachusetts 57.8
43 Rhode Island 102.5 California 53.7 Rhode Island 105.5 California 55.5
44 South Dakota 89.6 Maryland 47.1 South Dakota 96.8 Washington 49.5
45 Delaware 84.5 Missouri 46.6 Delaware 87.8 Maryland 49.0
46 Montana 82.3 Washington 45.5 Montana 87.0 Missouri 47.6
47 New Hampshire 58.3 New Hampshire 42.0 New Hampshire 60.1 New Hampshire 43.3
48 Maine 55.0 District of Columbia 41.1 Maine 57.2 District of Columbia 42.4
49 District of Columbia 27.5 Maine 39.9 District of Columbia 28.3 Maine 41.6
50 Vermont 13.3 Vermont 20.5 Vermont 13.8 Vermont 21.3
51 Hawaii 2.8 Hawaii 1.9 Hawaii 2.6 Hawaii 1.8
United States 30,615.4 United States 92.2 United States 31,725.5 United States 95.5
Note: Natural gas includes supplemental gaseous fuels that are commingled with natural gas.
Web Page: All data are available at https://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.php.
Data Source: Table by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. See Technical Notes. http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/