Table D9.  Appliances in Pacific Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 16 17
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 21 20 18 19 22 26 25 25 30
  Individual Room Units 13 14 14 16 13 13 12 13 13
  None 66 66 67 65 64 60 63 62 56
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 40 42 40 41 43 40 43 43 43
  Clothes Washer 68 71 67 69 70 70 70 67 70
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 20 29 42 62
  Dehumidifier (s) 1 (s) (s) 1 3 1 NA 1
  Dishwasher 46 50 44 44 54 52 51 52 54
  Evaporative Cooler 10 7 11 9 6 7 4 NA 3
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 35 40 45
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 4 4 6 6 3 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 10 15 28 31 38 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 28 30 25 30 27 28 23 20 23
  Oven, Microwave 17 24 25 39 61 78 85 83 83
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 6 6 5 NA NA 7 6 3 5
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 6 6 5 5
  Range (stove-top burner) 51 57 47 52 54 53 58 54 51
  Refrigerator (one) 4 87 86 88 90 88 86 84 84 84
  Refrigerator (two or more) 13 13 12 10 12 14 16 16 16
  Television Set (any type) 99 97 97 97 97 98 98 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 42 40 35 34 30 19 14 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 84 85 88 89 93 95 98 98 98
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 14 17 13 7 4 2
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 18 21 19 20 22 23 22 20 23
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 2 2 1 4 5 3 1 1 1
  Outdoor Gas Grill 7 6 6 10 15 18 18 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 1 (s) 1 (s) (s) 1 (s) (s) 0
  Range (stove-top burner) 49 43 52 49 46 47 41 45 47
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) (s) (s) 1 1 1 1 (s) 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.