Table D3.  Appliances in East North Central Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
  Survey Year
Survey Category 1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 15 15 15 15 16 17 16 17 17
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 20 22 20 21 27 35 42 48 56
  Individual Room Units 32 32 30 32 36 34 27 26 24
  None 48 45 50 47 37 31 31 26 20
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 45 44 42 40 49 48 54 45 49
  Clothes Washer 77 75 69 71 75 75 78 76 78
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 15 22 38 58
  Dehumidifier 18 18 17 16 21 23 22 NA 24
  Dishwasher 29 29 28 27 30 38 38 45 47
  Evaporative Cooler (s) (s) (s) (s) 1 (s) (s) NA (s)
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 56 61 72
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 6 6 10 8 4 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 34 38 46 51 64 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 42 45 41 40 40 37 41 37 35
  Oven, Microwave 15 19 21 36 65 83 89 85 90
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 2 2 2 NA NA 5 2 3 6
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 23 19 20 19
  Range (stove-top burner) 49 49 54 48 50 52 56 52 54
  Refrigerator (one) 4 80 84 83 85 81 79 81 83 82
  Refrigerator (two or more) 20 15 17 15 18 21 19 17 18
  Television Set (any type) 99 99 99 99 99 100 98 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 55 51 49 42 38 38 23 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 84 85 86 88 93 96 98 99 100
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 12 15 17 18 12 8
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 26 25 21 23 22 24 22 28 27
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 (s) (s) (s) (s) (s) 1 (s) 1 1
  Outdoor Gas Grill 9 10 8 10 23 31 32 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
  Range (stove-top burner) 51 52 47 50 51 48 44 47 44
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) 1 2 6 7 6 5 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.