Table 1.  Appliances in U.S. Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 82 83 84 86 91 94 97 101 107
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 27 27 28 30 34 39 44 47 55
  Individual Room Units 30 31 30 30 30 29 25 25 23
  None 43 42 42 40 36 32 32 28 23
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 47 45 45 46 51 53 57 55 57
  Clothes Washer 74 73 71 73 75 76 77 77 79
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 16 23 35 56
  Dehumidifier 9 9 9 9 10 12 9 NA 11
  Dishwasher 37 37 36 38 43 45 45 50 53
  Evaporative Cooler 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 NA 3
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 54 61 65
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 8 8 9 10 4 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 28 35 46 51 60 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 38 38 37 37 34 34 35 33 32
  Oven, Microwave 14 17 21 34 61 79 84 83 86
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 3 4 3 NA NA 5 5 5 6
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 15 13 14 13
  Range (stove-top burner) 54 54 53 54 57 58 61 60 60
  Refrigerator (one) 4 86 87 86 88 86 84 85 85 83
  Refrigerator (two or more) 14 13 13 12 14 15 15 15 17
  Television Set (any type) 98 98 98 98 98 99 99 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 51 48 46 43 36 31 20 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 82 83 85 88 93 96 98 99 99
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 10 14 15 12 8 5
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 14 16 15 16 15 16 15 16 17
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 (s) (s) (s) 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Outdoor Gas Grill 9 9 11 13 20 26 29 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 (s)
  Range (stove-top burner) 46 46 47 45 43 42 38 39 39
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) 1 3 6 6 5 3 2 2
     1 Air-conditioning units may be powered by electricity or natural gas.
     2 Households with both central air-conditioning and individual room units are counted only under "Central."
     3 In all survey years except 1993, all reported swimming pools were assumed to have electric pumps for filtering and
circulating water.  In 1993, the survey explicitly asked about filtering systems.
     4 Less than 0.5 percent of households lacked a refrigerator.
     5 "Gas" means natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases.
     6 For the years 1984 and 1987, the heater-for-swimming-pool category includes heaters for Jacuzzis and hot tubs.   
     NA = Not Available.      
     (s) = Less than 0.5 percent of households.
     Note:  Data are available only for the 9 years shown above (years for which surveys were conducted).
     Sources:  Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-457, "Residential Energy Consumption Survey" for each year shown.