Table D8.  Appliances in Mountain Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 6 7
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 29 20 32 35 28 29 32 34 41
  Individual Room Units 14 13 10 15 12 14 9 14 10
  None 57 67 58 50 60 57 59 51 49
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 52 54 55 54 59 60 65 61 70
  Clothes Washer 75 79 77 72 77 80 77 77 80
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 18 26 40 59
  Dehumidifier 1 1 1 (s) 1 2 2 NA 1
  Dishwasher 47 40 46 53 57 50 52 57 62
  Evaporative Cooler 28 34 35 33 32 39 30 NA 26
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 51 62 65
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 4 3 6 5 5 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 16 25 44 43 55 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 36 37 43 40 37 37 43 34 35
  Oven, Microwave 22 20 30 47 72 84 88 84 91
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 3 2 4 NA NA 2 4 6 5
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 7 10 10 9
  Range (stove-top burner) 66 65 68 66 63 65 73 70 72
  Refrigerator (one) 4 90 90 88 90 85 89 86 86 82
  Refrigerator (two or more) 9 9 11 10 15 11 14 13 18
  Television Set (any type) 99 97 96 97 96 99 99 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 45 41 35 38 32 29 19 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 84 81 86 89 92 97 98 99 98
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 27 28 23 21 14 5
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 8 10 10 9 11 12 8 9 4
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 (s) (s) (s) (s) 2 (s) (s) (s) 1
  Outdoor Gas Grill 7 8 11 13 23 29 37 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 3 1 1 (s) 1 (s) (s) 1 (s)
  Range (stove-top burner) 35 33 32 34 37 36 27 28 28
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) (s) 1 2 2 2 (s) 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.