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
	Refrigerator (one) 4	86	85	84	85	87	82	85	85	82
	Refrigerator (two or more)	14	15	15	14	13	18	14	15	18
	Television Set (any type)	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	NA	NA
	Television Set (b/w)	59	54	49	49	37	31	20	NA	NA
	Television Set (color)	81	85	86	89	93	96	98	99	99
	Waterbed Heaters	NA	NA	NA	4	6	11	6	6	4
	Gas 5  Appliances
	Clothes Dryer	17	21	16	18	19	19	21	21	24
	Heater for Swimming Pool 6	(s)	(s)	(s)	(s)	1	1	(s)	(s)	1
	Outdoor Gas Grill	13	13	16	19	23	33	35	NA	NA
	Outdoor Gas Light	(s)	1	1	1	1	2	(s)	1	1
	Range (stove-top burner)	59	61	62	62	56	57	56	57	55
	Kerosene Appliance
	Portable Heater	1	2	7	8	6	6	2	2	1
	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.