Table D7.  Appliances in West South Central Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 11 12
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 50 46 49 54 56 59 69 68 79
  Individual Room Units 32 38 34 29 30 30 23 24 19
  None 18 17 17 17 15 11 8 9 2
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 47 47 47 46 54 58 63 59 61
  Clothes Washer 72 74 76 72 75 77 79 77 81
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 12 21 32 49
  Dehumidifier 1 1 (s) 1 1 3 1 NA 2
  Dishwasher 42 40 41 46 52 51 50 53 59
  Evaporative Cooler 9 8 7 5 7 7 4 NA 3
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 70 78 82
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 10 12 11 14 5 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 44 49 65 65 73 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 40 39 42 44 40 45 38 37 34
  Oven, Microwave 18 20 30 41 62 80 81 82 90
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 1 2 3 NA NA 5 4 4 5
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 4 7 4 3
  Range (stove-top burner) 39 38 38 47 53 54 57 55 59
  Refrigerator (one) 4 93 91 92 92 91 88 88 87 85
  Refrigerator (two or more) 7 9 8 8 9 12 12 13 15
  Television Set (any type) 98 99 97 97 98 100 99 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 47 45 47 42 33 35 21 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 82 82 82 85 92 97 98 98 99
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 9 13 10 13 8 2
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 15 15 16 17 12 14 12 14 16
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 (s) (s) (s) 1 2 1 2 1 (s)
  Outdoor Gas Grill 8 6 11 13 13 14 17 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 5 5 4 3 4 2 2 1 1
  Range (stove-top burner) 60 61 61 53 47 46 43 44 40
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) (s) 1 1 1 1 1 1 (s)
     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.