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Table 2.4 Household Energy Consumption by Census Region, Selected Years, 1978-2009 (Quadrillion Btu, Except as Noted)

Table 2.4 Household ¹ Energy Consumption by Census Region, Selected Years, 1978-2009
(Quadrillion Btu, Except as Noted)

Census Region ²

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1984

1987

1990

1993

1997

2001

2005

2009

United States Total (does not include wood)

10.56

9.74

9.32

9.29

8.58

9.04

9.13

9.22

10.01

10.25

9.86

10.55

10.18

Natural Gas

5.58

5.31

4.97

5.27

4.74

4.98

4.83

4.86

5.27

5.28

4.84

4.79

4.69

Electricity ³

2.47

2.42

2.48

2.42

2.35

2.48

2.76

3.03

3.28

3.54

3.89

4.35

4.39

Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene

2.19

1.71

1.52

1.28

1.20

1.26

1.22

1.04

1.07

.75

.88

.61

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

.33

.31

.35

.31

.29

.31

.32

.28

.38

.36

.38

.52

.49

Wood ⁴

.85

.87

.97

.98

.85

.58

.55

.43

.37

.43

.50

Consumption per Household (million Btu) ³

138

126

114

112

102

105

101

104

101

Northeast Total (does not include wood)

2.89

2.50

2.44

2.36

2.19

2.29

2.37

2.30

2.38

2.16

2.52

2.24

Natural Gas

1.14

1.05

.94

1.01

.96

.93

1.03

1.11

1.03

.98

1.15

1.06

Electricity ³

.39

.41

.40

.37

.41

.44

.47

.49

.53

.58

.57

Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene

1.32

1.03

1.07

.93

.83

.93

.87

.78

.84

.60

.72

.52

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

.03

.02

.03

.02

.03

.05

.07

.08

Wood ⁴

.26

.27

.24

.21

.17

.12

.14

.10

.09

.10

Consumption per Household (million Btu) ³

166

145

138

132

122

125

124

120

122

121

107

122

108

Midwest Total (does not include wood)

3.70

3.48

2.96

3.09

2.61

2.80

2.73

2.81

3.13

3.22

2.86

2.91

Natural Gas

2.53

2.48

2.05

2.22

1.78

1.99

1.83

1.88

2.07

2.20

1.84

1.72

1.75

Electricity ³

.60

.59

.60

.56

.55

.61

.66

.74

.75

.81

.94

Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene

.46

.31

.17

.19

.16

.13

.16

.13

.11

.06

.03

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

.12

.10

.15

.13

.11

.13

.19

.17

.15

.18

.19

Wood ⁴

.25

.27

.25

.17

.11

.08

.09

.13

.14

Consumption per Household (million Btu) ³

180

168

141

146

122

129

123

122

134

117

113

112

South Total (does not include wood)

2.43

2.30

2.57

2.41

2.45

2.50

2.61

2.60

2.95

3.01

3.21

3.25

3.22

Natural Gas

.96

.91

1.12

1.15

1.14

1.15

1.09

1.03

1.18

1.13

.94

Electricity ³

1.00

.97

1.06

1.01

1.06

1.22

1.36

1.51

1.67

1.89

2.07

2.09

Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene

.32

.28

.25

.14

.18

.16

.17

.11

.13

.10

.08

.07

.05

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

.15

.14

.12

.10

.13

.12

.18

.14

Wood ⁴

.23

.21

.33

.26

.17

.12

.09

.12

.16

Consumption per Household (million Btu) ³

West Total (does not include wood)

1.54

1.47

1.34

1.42

1.33

1.45

1.42

1.51

1.55

1.63

1.87

1.82

Natural Gas

.95

.88

.86

.90

.85

.91

.88

.92

.91

.93

.90

.98

.94

Electricity ³

.48

.47

.41

.46

.41

.47

.48

.54

.56

.64

.66

.76

.79

Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene

.09

.04

.03

.04

.02

.03

.02

.03

.01

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

.03

.04

.03

.05

.03

.04

.06

.10

.08

Wood ⁴

.11

.13

.17

.12

.10

.09

.10

Consumption per Household (million Btu) ³

110

100

¹Includes energy consumption in occupied primary housing units only, which differs from residential
sector energy consumption.

NA=Not available.

²See Appendix C for map of Census regions.

Notes:  �  Data are estimates, and are for major energy sources only.  �  For years not shown, there are
no data available.  �  Data for 1978�1984 are for April of year shown through March of following year; data
for 1987 forward are for the calendar year.  �  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent
rounding.

³Retail electricity. One kilowatthour = 3,412 Btu.

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/.

⁴Wood is not included in the region and U.S. totals, or in the consumption-per-household data.

Sources: � 1978 and 1979�U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-84, "Residential
Energy Consumption Survey." � 1980 forward�EIA, Form EIA-457, "Residential Energy Consumption
Survey."

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