Table D4.  Appliances in West North Central Households, Selected Years, 1980-2001
Survey Category Survey Year
1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001
Number of Households (millions) 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Air-Conditioners 1, 2 (percent of households)
  Central 41 35 44 41 45 52 56 60 65
  Individual Room Units 33 39 32 34 35 33 29 28 27
  None 26 27 24 25 20 15 15 11 8
Electric Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 57 57 54 54 57 58 63 61 67
  Clothes Washer 80 78 79 76 82 82 82 86 86
  Computer, Personal NA NA NA NA NA 12 24 38 57
  Dehumidifier 17 21 22 18 20 22 21 NA 27
  Dishwasher 39 39 40 38 44 45 46 51 57
  Evaporative Cooler 1 1 2 1 (s) 1 (s) NA (s)
  Fan, Ceiling NA NA NA NA NA NA 59 71 78
  Fan, Whole House NA NA 13 12 13 12 4 NA NA
  Fan, Window or Ceiling NA NA 22 32 48 55 67 NA NA
  Freezer, Separate 53 49 47 48 46 45 50 54 48
  Oven, Microwave 22 25 33 49 72 87 91 91 93
  Pump for Swimming Pool 3 2 1 1 NA NA 2 2 2 2
  Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA 16 13 13 13
  Range (stove-top burner) 58 59 61 60 59 62 63 63 63
  Refrigerator (one) 4 76 81 82 85 80 80 79 79 76
  Refrigerator (two or more) 24 18 18 15 19 20 21 21 24
  Television Set (any type) 99 98 99 99 98 99 98 NA NA
  Television Set (b/w) 52 49 51 42 42 31 24 NA NA
  Television Set (color) 83 83 87 92 93 98 97 99 100
  Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA 15 24 27 17 10 9
Gas 5  Appliances
  Clothes Dryer 15 14 19 18 21 20 17 21 17
  Heater for Swimming Pool 6 1 (s) 1 (s) 1 (s) (s) (s) (s)
  Outdoor Gas Grill 11 13 15 16 27 30 30 NA NA
  Outdoor Gas Light 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 (s)
  Range (stove-top burner) 42 43 41 40 42 39 37 36 36
Kerosene Appliance
  Portable Heater (s) 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 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.