Residential Electricity Consumption, Per Capita, By State+DC (water heater, prices)

[g500]

Below is a table showing residential electricity consumption, per capita, by state (and DC). The data shows residential electricity consumption only, and does not include commercial, industrial, or transportation electricity consumption.

Rank State Residential Electricity Consumption 2021 (million kwh) State Population July 1, 2022 kwh / person
1 Louisiana 30,408 4,590,241 6,624.49
2 Mississippi 18,570 2,940,057 6,316.20
3 North Dakota 4,888 779,261 6,272.61
4 West Virginia 11,051 1,775,156 6,225.37
5 Alabama 31,585 5,074,296 6,224.51
6 Arkansas 18,918 3,045,637 6,211.51
7 Tennessee 42,840 7,051,339 6,075.44
8 South Carolina 31,386 5,282,634 5,941.35
9 Oklahoma 23,746 4,019,800 5,907.26
10 Florida 130,412 22,244,823 5,862.58
11 Kentucky 26,434 4,512,310 5,858.20
12 Missouri 35,668 6,177,957 5,773.43
13 North Carolina 60,915 10,698,973 5,693.54
14 South Dakota 5,044 909,824 5,543.93
15 Georgia 58,685 10,912,876 5,377.59
16 Virginia 46,634 8,683,619 5,370.34
17 Nebraska 10,492 1,967,923 5,331.51
18 Texas 155,075 30,029,572 5,164.08
19 Delaware 5,170 1,018,396 5,076.61
20 Arizona 37,130 7,359,197 5,045.39
21 Wyoming 2,897 581,381 4,982.96
22 Montana 5,559 1,122,867 4,950.72
23 Indiana 33,472 6,833,037 4,898.55
24 Washington 38,021 7,785,786 4,883.39
25 Idaho 9,301 1,939,033 4,796.72
26 Oregon 20,285 4,240,137 4,784.04
27 Kansas 13,769 2,937,150 4,687.88
28 Iowa 14,652 3,200,517 4,578.01
29 Maryland 27,965 6,164,660 4,536.34
30 Nevada 14,373 3,177,772 4,522.98
31 Ohio 53,171 11,756,058 4,522.86
32 Pennsylvania 55,945 12,972,008 4,312.75
33 Minnesota 23,246 5,717,184 4,065.99
34 Wisconsin 22,864 5,892,539 3,880.16
35 DC 2,528 671,803 3,763.01
36 Illinois 46,813 12,582,032 3,720.62
37 Maine 5,062 1,385,340 3,653.98
38 Connecticut 13,092 3,626,205 3,610.39
39 Michigan 35,868 10,034,113 3,574.61
40 Colorado 20,625 5,839,926 3,531.72
41 New Hampshire 4,832 1,395,231 3,463.23
42 Vermont 2,174 647,064 3,359.79
43 New Mexico 7,088 2,113,344 3,353.93
44 New Jersey 30,090 9,261,699 3,248.86
45 Utah 10,950 3,380,800 3,238.88
46 Massachusetts 20,305 6,981,974 2,908.20
47 Rhode Island 3,132 1,093,734 2,863.58
48 Alaska 2,084 733,583 2,840.85
49 New York 52,157 19,677,151 2,650.64
50 California 90,284 39,029,342 2,313.23
51 Hawaii 2,825 1,440,196 1,961.54

Source: https://ipsr.ku.edu/ksdata/ksah/energy/18ener7.pdf

[TheTimidBlueBars]

I'm really surprised Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada aren't higher. New Mexico is one of the lower ones.

[Hemlock140]

This reflects the use of natural gas heating, water heating, stoves and dryers in the various states, and use of AC in summer all of which vary by state. Here for example, our biggest energy use is natural gas for winter heating, stove, and water heater. Our electricity use is much less. Our electricity use remains steady at about $75/month all year but the natural gas goes from about $30 in summer to $300 in winter. We are high on average (#24) because of the cities east of the mountains such as Yakima, Wenatchee and Walla Walla which all get into the high 80s most of the summer so use AC, and we have less incentive to conserve with low prices running 7-10 cents/kWh.

Hawaii is the lowest due to no need for heating, and not as much use of AC as the desert south, but also due to their prices (43 cents/kWh) people try to use less. The top 13 being in the southeast reflects the need for AC, besides the heat, the summer humidity requires it to be at all comfortable. California is interesting, they have higher prices at average 19 cents, but not that high, and they do have some very hot climates in the southern half of the state. Maybe their frequent fire danger blackouts that year affected the data.

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

This reflects the use of natural gas heating, water heating, stoves and dryers in the various states, and use of AC in summer all of which vary by state. Here for example, our biggest energy use is natural gas for winter heating, stove, and water heater. Our electricity use is much less. Our electricity use remains steady at about $75/month all year but the natural gas goes from about $30 in summer to $300 in winter. We are high on average (#24) because of the cities east of the mountains such as Yakima, Wenatchee and Walla Walla which all get into the high 80s most of the summer so use AC, and we have less incentive to conserve with low prices running 7-10 cents/kWh.

Hawaii is the lowest due to no need for heating, and not as much use of AC as the desert south, but also due to their prices (43 cents/kWh) people try to use less. The top 13 being in the southeast reflects the need for AC, besides the heat, the summer humidity requires it to be at all comfortable. California is interesting, they have higher prices at average 19 cents, but not that high, and they do have some very hot climates in the southern half of the state. Maybe their frequent fire danger blackouts that year affected the data.

Not so sure about the fire danger, but so much of the population in SoCal is near the Coast and very little A/C is needed in that nearly perfect climate.