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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.

 

Table D1.  Appliances in New England Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 7 3 9 5 6 9 12 8 14
  Individual Room Units 35 37 38 36 37 40 32 41 44
  None 58 60 53 59 57 51 56 51 42
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 50 45 43 50 46 55 51 54 58
  Clothes Washer 82 75 76 78 74 76 71 74 75
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 12 21 35 61
  Dehumidifier 17 17 19 15 18 18 12 NA 19
  Dishwasher 42 35 39 39 36 42 40 48 50
  Evaporative Cooler 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 NA 3
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 38 46 45
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 6 5 6 4 3 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 30 35 39 47 50 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 30 29 30 27 26 25 22 22 23
  Oven, Microwave 7 7 12 19 54 73 77 80 73
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 3 6 6 NA NA 6 5 10 8
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 20 21 26 24
  Range (stove-top burner) 55 56 58 55 60 62 66 64 62
  Refrigerator (one) 4 88 88 85 85 85 86 90 85 84
  Refrigerator (two or more) 12 12 15 15 15 14 10 15 16
  Television Set (any type) 99 99 99 99 100 100 99 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 55 54 50 49 38 29 19 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 84 80 87 90 97 99 98 98 99
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 7 10 10 9 6 4
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 8 12 13 13 11 11 11 11 11
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) 1 (s) 1 1
  Outdoor Gas Grill 14 11 17 22 30 41 38 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s)
  Range (stove-top burner) 44 44 42 40 37 38 39 36 38
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) (s) 1 4 2 2 2 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.

 

Table D2.  Appliances in Middle Atlantic Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 13 14 14 14 15 15 14 14 15
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 12 12 13 13 19 19 23 28 33
  Individual Room Units 40 40 41 41 39 39 40 41 43
  None 48 48 46 46 42 42 37 31 24
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 38 31 37 39 41 45 44 46 41
  Clothes Washer 71 67 66 72 72 74 75 77 72
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 17 25 31 52
  Dehumidifier 12 14 12 15 14 18 13 NA 18
  Dishwasher 33 36 30 34 39 42 42 49 44
  Evaporative Cooler (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) NA (s)
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 47 54 50
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 8 8 8 13 5 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 27 32 41 47 57 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 28 27 27 30 25 27 27 27 25
  Oven, Microwave 7 8 11 22 50 70 78 78 76
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 5 6 4 NA NA 8 6 7 6
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 17 25 31 14
  Range (stove-top burner) 40 40 38 38 44 43 43 42 44