Table 2.5 Household Energy Consumption and Expenditures by End Use and Energy Source, Selected Years, 1978-2001

Table 2.5 Household Energy Consumption and Expenditures by End Use and Energy Source,
Selected Years, 1978-2001

Year

Space Heating ¹

Air
Conditioning ²

Water Heating

Appliances ³^,4

Total

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ⁵

Fuel
Oil ⁶

LPG ⁷

Electricity ⁵

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ⁵

Fuel
Oil ⁶

LPG ⁷

Natural
Gas

Elec-
tricity ⁵

LPG ⁷

Natural
Gas ²

Elec-
tricity ⁵

Fuel
Oil ⁴^,6

LPG ⁷

Wood ⁸

Consumption (quadrillion Btu)

1978

4.26

0.40

2.05

0.23

0.32

1.04

0.29

0.14

0.06

0.28

1.45

0.03

5.58

2.47

2.19

0.33

1979

5.31

2.42

1.71

.31

1980

3.41

.27

1.30

.23

.36

1.15

.30

.22

.07

.36

1.54

.05

4.97

2.48

1.52

.35

.85

1981

3.69

.26

1.06

.21

.34

1.13

.30

.22

.06

.43

1.52

.05

5.27

2.42

1.28

.31

.87

1982

3.14

.25

1.04

.19

.31

1.15

.28

.15

.06

.43

1.50

.05

4.74

2.35

1.20

.29

.97

1984

3.51

.25

1.11

.21

.32

1.10

.32

.15

.06

.35

1.59

.04

4.98

2.48

1.26

.31

.98

1987

3.38

.28

1.05

.22

.44

1.10

.31

.17

.06

.34

1.72

.04

4.83

2.76

1.22

.32

.85

1990

3.37

.30

.93

.19

.48

1.16

.34

.11

.06

.33

1.91

.03

4.86

3.03

1.04

.28

.58

1993

3.67

.41

.95

.30

.46

1.31

.34

.12

.05

.29

2.08

.03

5.27

3.28

1.07

.38

.55

1997

3.61

.40

.91

.26

.42

1.29

.39

.16

.08

.37

2.33

.02

5.28

3.54

1.07

.36

.43

2001

3.32

.39

.62

.28

.62

1.15

.36

.13

.05

.37

2.52

.05

4.84

3.89

.75

.38

.37

Expenditures (billion nominal dollars ⁹)

1978

11.49

3.53

8.06

1.05

4.12

2.88

3.14

0.56

0.36

0.93

19.10

0.25

15.30

29.89

8.62

1.66

1979

17.84

32.56

10.73

2.06

1980

13.22

3.78

10.48

1.78

5.84

4.51

4.45

1.76

.57

1.91

26.74

.44

19.77

40.81

12.24

2.80

1981

16.62

3.93

9.44

1.78

6.23

5.13

4.94

1.94

.51

2.17

29.70

.52

24.03

44.80

11.29

2.81

1982

17.74

4.21

8.80

1.69

6.23

6.51

5.00

1.28

.54

2.58

31.29

.52

26.96

46.74

10.07

2.75

1984

20.66

4.62

8.51

2.00

7.06

6.63

6.44

1.09

.58

2.31

36.36

.54

29.78

54.48

9.60

3.12

1987

18.05

5.53

6.25

1.85

9.77

6.02

6.45

.94

.50

2.02

39.83

.46

26.15

61.58

7.21

2.81

1990

18.59

6.16

7.42

2.01

11.23

6.59

7.21

.83

.65

2.03

46.95

.48

27.26

71.54

8.25

3.14

1993

21.95

8.66

6.24

2.81

11.31

8.08

7.58

.74

.58

1.98

53.52

.42

32.04

81.08

6.98

3.81

1997

24.11

8.56

6.57

2.79

10.20

8.84

8.99

1.04

.89

2.86

60.57

.36

35.81

88.33

7.61

4.04

2001

31.84

8.98

5.66

4.04

15.94

11.31

8.47

1.15

.69

3.83

66.94

.86

46.98

100.34

6.83

5.60

¹Wood used for space heating is included in "Total Wood."

⁸Wood used for both space heating and ambience.

²A small amount of natural gas used for air conditioning is included in "Total Natural Gas."

⁹See "Nominal Dollars" in Glossary.

³Includes refrigerators.

NA=Not available.

⁴A small amount of distillate fuel oil and kerosene used for appliances is included in "Fuel Oil" under
"Total."

Notes: · Data are estimates. · For years not shown, there are no data available. · Totals may not
equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

⁵Retail electricity. One kilowatthour=3,412 Btu.

Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs.

⁶Distillate fuel oil and kerosene.

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

⁷Liquefied petroleum gases.