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Table 2.5 Household Energy Consumption and Expenditures by End Use, Selected Years, 1978-2005

Table 2.5 Household ¹ Energy Consumption and Expenditures by End Use, Selected Years, 1978-2005

Year

Space Heating

Air
Conditioning

Water Heating

Appliances, ² Electronics, and Lighting

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ³

Fuel
Oil ⁴

LPG ⁵

Total

Electricity ³

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ³

Fuel
Oil ⁴

LPG ⁵

Total

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ³

LPG ⁵

Total

Consumption (quadrillion Btu)

1978

4.26

0.40

2.05

0.23

6.94

0.31

1.04

0.29

0.14

0.06

1.53

0.28

1.46

0.03

1.77

1980

3.41

.27

1.30

.23

5.21

.36

1.15

.30

.22

.07

1.74

.36

1.54

.05

1.95

1981

3.69

.26

1.06

.21

5.22

.34

1.13

.30

.22

.06

1.71

.43

1.52

.05

2.00

1982

3.14

.25

1.04

.19

4.62

.31

1.15

.28

.15

.06

1.64

.43

1.50

.05

1.98

1984

3.51

.25

1.11

.21

5.08

.32

1.10

.32

.15

.06

1.63

.35

1.59

.04

1.98

1987

3.38

.28

1.05

.22

4.93

.44

1.10

.31

.17

.06

1.64

.34

1.72

.04

2.10

1990

3.37

.30

.93

.19

4.79

.48

1.16

.34

.11

.06

1.67

.33

1.91

.03

2.27

1993

3.67

.41

.95

.30

5.33

.46

1.31

.34

.12

.05

1.82

.29

2.08

.03

2.40

1997

3.61

.40

.91

.26

5.18

.42

1.29

.39

.16

.08

1.92

.37

2.33

.02

2.72

2001

3.32

.39

.62

.28

4.61

.62

1.15

.36

.13

.05

1.69

.37

2.52

.05

2.94

2005

2.95

.28

.75

.32

4.30

.88

1.41

.42

.14

.15

2.12

.43

2.77

.05

3.25

Expenditures (billion nominal dollars ⁶)

1978

11.49

3.53

8.06

1.05

24.13

3.97

2.88

3.15

0.56

0.36

6.95

0.93

19.24

0.25

20.42

1980

13.22

3.78

10.48

1.78

29.26

5.84

4.51

4.45

1.76

.57

11.29

1.91

26.74

.44

29.09

1981

16.62

3.93

9.44

1.78

31.77

6.23

5.13

4.94

1.94

.51

12.52

2.17

29.70

.52

32.39

1982

17.74

4.21

8.80

1.69

32.44

6.23

6.51

5.00

1.28

.54

13.33

2.58

31.29

.52

34.39

1984

20.66

4.62

8.51

2.00

35.79

7.06

6.63

6.44

1.09

.58

14.74

2.31

36.36

.54

39.21

1987

18.05

5.53

6.25

1.85

31.68

9.77

6.02

6.45

.94

.50

13.91

2.02

39.83

.46

42.31

1990

18.59

6.16

7.42

2.01

34.18

11.23

6.59

7.21

.83

.65

15.28

2.03

46.95

.48

49.46

1993

21.95

8.66

6.24

2.81

39.66

11.31

8.08

7.58

.74

.58

16.98

1.98

53.52

.42

55.92

1997

24.11

8.56

6.57

2.79

42.03

10.20

8.84

8.99

1.04

.89

19.76

2.86

60.57

.36

63.79

2001

31.84

8.98

5.66

4.04

50.52

15.94

11.31

8.47

1.15

.69

21.62

3.83

66.94

.86

71.63

2005

31.97

7.42

10.99

6.35

56.73

25.26

15.57

11.13

2.00

3.28

31.98

4.80

80.92

1.37

87.09

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

⁶Prices are not adjusted for inflation. See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.

²Includes refrigerators.

Notes: � 2009 data for this table were not available in time for publication. � Data are estimates.
� For years not shown, there are no data available. � 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/.

⁴Distillate fuel oil and kerosene.

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

⁵Liquefied petroleum gases.