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Release Date: September 27, 2012

Table 2.6 Household End Uses: Fuel Types, Appliances, and Electronics, Selected Years, 1978-2009
Table 2.6  Household End Uses:  Fuel Types, Appliances, and Electronics, Selected Years, 1978-2009


Appliance		 Year Change
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001  2005  2009  1980 to 2009
Total Households (millions) 77 78 82 83 84 86 91 94 97 101 107 111 114 32
  Percent of Households
Space Heating - Main Fuel 1
  Natural Gas		 55 55 55 56 57 55 55 55 53 52 55 52 50 -5
  Electricity 2 16 17 18 17 16 17 20 23 26 29 29 30 35 17
  Liquefied Petroleum Gases 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
  Distillate Fuel Oil 3 20 17 15 14 13 12 12 11 11 9 7 7 6 -9
  Wood 2 4 6 6 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 3 2 -4
  Other 4 or No Equipment 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 -1

Air Conditioning - Equipment
  Central System 5		 23 24 27 27 28 30 34 39 44 47 55 59 63 36
  Window/Wall Unit 5 33 31 30 31 30 30 30 29 25 25 23 25 24 -6
  None 44 45 43 42 42 40 36 32 32 28 23 16 13 -30

Water Heating - Main Fuel
  Natural Gas		 55 55 54 55 56 54 54 53 53 52 54 53 51 -3
  Electricity 2 33 33 32 33 32 33 35 37 38 39 38 39 41 9
  Liquefied Petroleum Gases 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 0
  Distillate Fuel Oil 3 8 7 9 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 3 -6
  Other or No Water Heating 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0

Appliances
  Refrigerator 6		 100 NA 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 0
    One 86 NA 86 87 86 88 86 84 85 85 83 78 77 -9
    Two or More 14 NA 14 13 13 12 14 15 15 15 17 22 23 9
  Separate Freezer 35 NA 38 38 37 37 34 34 35 33 32 32 30 -8
  Clothes Washer 74 NA 74 73 71 73 75 76 77 77 79 83 82 8
  Clothes Dryer 59 NA 61 61 60 62 66 69 70 71 74 79 79 18
    Natural Gas 14 NA 14 16 15 16 15 16 14 15 16 17 15 1
    Electric 45 NA 47 45 45 46 51 53 57 55 57 61 63 16
  Dishwasher 35 NA 37 37 36 38 43 45 45 50 53 58 59 22
  Range/Stove/Oven 99 NA 99 100 99 99 99 100 100 99 100 99 99 0
    Natural Gas 48 NA 46 46 47 46 43 42 33 35 35 35 34 -12
    Electric 53 NA 57 56 56 57 60 59 63 62 62 62 60 3
  Microwave Oven 8 NA 14 17 21 34 61 79 84 83 86 88 96 82

Electronics
  Television		 NA NA 98 98 98 98 98 99 99 99 99 99 99 1
    One NA NA 47 51 49 46 40 35 34 32 27 21 21 -26
    Two NA NA 38 34 35 34 35 36 36 37 36 35 33 -5
    Three or More NA NA 14 14 15 18 23 28 28 29 36 43 44 30
  Video Cassette Recorder (VCR) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 88 7 90 80 51 NA
  Digital Video Recorder (DVR) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 43 NA
  Computer NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 35 56 68 76 NA
    One NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 29 42 45 41 NA
    Two or More NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 6 15 23 35 NA
  Printer NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 5 12 49 59 60 NA
1Includes households that have but do not use space heating equipment. 7The 2001 "Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)" only had one question for VCRs and
DVD players.
2Retail (delivered) electricity. NA=Not available.  
3Includes kerosene. Notes:  ·  Data are estimates.  ·  For years not shown, there are no data available.  ·  Totals may not
equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
4Coal, solar, or other fuels. Web Page:  For related information, see http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/.
5Households with both a central system and a window or wall unit are counted only under "Central
System."  Includes households that have but do not use air conditioning equipment.		 Sources:  ·  1978 and 1979—U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-84, "RECS."
·  1980 forward—EIA, Form EIA-457, "RECS."
6Fewer than 0.5 percent of the households do not have a refrigerator.  
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)