Table D6.  Appliances in East South Central Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
	Survey Category	Survey Year
		1980	1981	1982	1984	1987	1990	1993	1997	2001
	Number of Households (millions)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
	Air-Conditioners 1, 2	(percent of households)
	Central	39	41	44	43	49	52	58	66	74
	Individual Room Units	40	43	39	39	35	32	31	28	20
	None	21	16	17	18	16	15	12	6	6
	Electric Appliances
	Clothes Dryer	62	58	61	59	61	59	76	76	77
	Clothes Washer	79	79	78	78	78	78	84	86	87
	Computer, Personal	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	12	14	25	47
	Dehumidifier	7	6	6	3	5	7	4	NA	8
	Dishwasher	35	38	40	39	42	41	41	42	51
	Evaporative Cooler	(s)	1	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	NA	(s)
	Fan, Ceiling	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	65	75	79
	Fan, Whole House	NA	NA	7	9	12	12	3	NA	NA
	Fan, Window or Ceiling	NA	NA	28	48	57	63	71	NA	NA
	Freezer, Separate	54	57	49	45	45	44	45	41	42
	Oven, Microwave	14	20	20	33	58	79	84	79	91
	Pump for Swimming Pool 3	2	3	2	NA	NA	4	5	5	6
	Pump for Well Water	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	13	9	11	10
	Range (stove-top burner)	74	72	71	74	74	75	77	75	76
	Refrigerator (one) 4	86	88	87	92	89	84	83	85	84
	Refrigerator (two or more)	13	12	13	8	10	15	17	15	16
	Television Set (any type)	97	98	97	98	98	98	100	NA	NA
	Television Set (b/w)	49	42	44	44	36	32	21	NA	NA
	Television Set (color)	79	82	84	85	91	93	98	100	98
	Waterbed Heaters	NA	NA	NA	6	15	15	12	11	9
	Gas 5  Appliances
	Clothes Dryer	3	6	3	3	4	7	3	5	5
	Heater for Swimming Pool 6	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	1	(s)	1
	Outdoor Gas Grill	4	8	10	10	16	25	28	NA	NA
	Outdoor Gas Light	2	4	1	1	3	1	(s)	1	1
	Range (stove-top burner)	25	27	28	25	25	25	22	24	24
	Kerosene Appliance
	Portable Heater	(s)	(s)	5	7	11	8	3	6	4
	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.