Table 1. Natural Gas Consumption and Expenditures in U.S. Households by End Uses and Census Region, 1997
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| | Census Region |
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| Total | | | | |
| U.S. | Northeast| Midwest | South | West |
|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________| RSE
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RSE Column Factor: | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 |Factors
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Total Households (million)................... 101.5 19.7 24.1 35.9 21.8 | NF
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CONSUMPTION
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Natural Gas Consumption - All Uses1 |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)..... 61.9 11.8 18.5 16.4 15.1 | 3.9
Quadrillion Btu............................ 5.28 1.03 2.20 1.13 0.93 | 5.8
Billion Cubic Feet......................... 5,143 1,000 2,141 1,097 904 | 5.8
Million Btu per Household.................. 85.3 86.9 118.6 68.5 61.5 | 3.0
Thousand Cubic Feet per Household.......... 83 85 115 67 60 | 3.0
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Space Heating - Main or Secondary |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 54.5 9.2 18.1 14.4 12.8 | 4.8
Quadrillion Btu.......................... 3.61 0.74 1.66 0.71 0.51 | 6.7
Billion Cubic Feet....................... 3,517 720 1,615 687 495 | 6.7
Million Btu per Household................ 66.3 80.4 91.7 49.0 39.6 | 3.3
Thousand Cubic Feet per Household........ 65 78 89 48 39 | 3.3
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Water Heating - Main or Secondary |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 52.8 9.2 16.3 13.4 13.9 | 4.6
Quadrillion Btu.......................... 1.29 0.21 0.43 0.32 0.33 | 5.6
Billion Cubic Feet....................... 1,260 205 417 315 324 | 5.6
Million Btu per Household................ 24.5 22.8 26.3 24.1 24.0 | 2.4
Thousand Cubic Feet per Household........ 24 22 26 23 23 | 2.4
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Appliances |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 40.4 9.6 11.7 9.6 9.5 | 4.9
Quadrillion Btu.......................... 0.37 0.08 0.11 0.10 0.09 | 7.4
Billion Cubic Feet....................... 365 75 109 95 85 | 7.4
Million Btu per Household................ 9.3 8.1 9.6 10.1 9.3 | 4.5
Thousand Cubic Feet per Household........ 9 8 9 10 9 | 4.5
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EXPENDITURES
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Natural Gas Expenditures - All Uses1 |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)..... 61.9 11.8 18.5 16.4 15.1 | 3.9
Billion Dollars............................ 35.81 9.13 12.96 8.16 5.57 | 5.8
Dollars per Household...................... 579 772 699 496 369 | 3.0
Dollars per Million Btu.................... 6.78 8.89 5.89 7.24 6.00 | 1.6
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet............ 6.96 9.13 6.05 7.44 6.16 | 1.6
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Space Heating - Main or Secondary |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 54.5 9.2 18.1 14.4 12.8 | 4.8
Billion Dollars.......................... 24.11 6.39 9.78 5.05 2.89 | 6.5
Dollars per Household.................... 442 694 541 351 225 | 3.4
Dollars per Million Btu.................. 6.67 8.64 5.90 7.16 5.68 | 1.7
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet.......... 6.85 8.87 6.05 7.36 5.83 | 1.7
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Water Heating - Main or Secondary |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 52.8 9.2 16.3 13.4 13.9 | 4.6
Billion Dollars.......................... 8.84 1.88 2.53 2.34 2.09 | 5.7
Dollars per Household.................... 167 204 155 174 151 | 2.5
Dollars per Million Btu.................. 6.83 8.94 5.90 7.24 6.29 | 1.5
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet.......... 7.02 9.19 6.06 7.43 6.46 | 1.5
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Appliances |
Households Using Natural Gas (million)... 40.4 9.6 11.7 9.6 9.5 | 4.9
Billion Dollars.......................... 2.86 0.86 0.65 0.76 0.59 | 7.6
Dollars per Household.................... 71 89 56 79 62 | 4.7
Dollars per Million Btu.................. 7.65 11.08 5.81 7.84 6.75 | 2.4
Dollars per Thousand Cubic Feet.......... 7.85 11.37 5.97 8.06 6.93 | 2.4
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1 A small amount of natural gas used for air conditioning is included in "Natural Gas" under "All Uses".
NF = No applicable RSE row factor.
Notes: • To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the corresponding column and row
factors. • Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-457 A-G of the
1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey.