Table 1. Consumption and Expenditures in U.S. Households, 1997
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| | | |
| | | Average of Major Energy Sources(1) |
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| | | | |
| | Residential | Consumption | Expenditures |
| | Buildings | | (dollars) |
| |_________________|_____________________________________|________________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | per | | per | | | | |
| Total | | Total | | Square| per | House- | | | | |
| House-| Total | Floor- | per | Foot | House- | hold | | | | per |
| holds | Number| space(2)| Building| (thou-| hold | Member | per | per | per | House-|
Characteristics | (mil- | (mil- | (billion| (million| sand | (million| (million| Build- | Square| House-| hold |
| lion) | lion) | sq. ft.)| Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | ing | Foot | hold | Member| RSE
|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______| Row
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fac-
RSE Column Factor: | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | tors
____________________________|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
|
Total U.S. Households....... 101.5 83.2 168.8 123 61 101 39 1,631 0.80 1,338 517| 1.2
|
Census Region and Division |
Northeast................. 19.7 15.1 34.6 158 69 121 48 2,153 0.94 1,644 658| 2.5
New England............. 5.3 4.2 9.3 156 70 123 48 2,085 0.94 1,647 648| 4.7
Middle Atlantic......... 14.4 10.9 25.3 159 68 120 48 2,179 0.94 1,643 662| 2.9
Midwest................... 24.1 20.4 46.1 158 70 134 51 1,647 0.73 1,396 537| 2.2
East North Central...... 16.9 14.0 31.8 167 73 138 53 1,714 0.75 1,417 539| 2.4
West North Central...... 7.2 6.4 14.3 138 62 124 49 1,501 0.68 1,347 531| 4.3
South..................... 35.9 30.6 56.1 98 54 84 33 1,558 0.85 1,328 519| 2.3
South Atlantic.......... 18.7 15.6 30.5 90 46 75 30 1,592 0.82 1,330 529| 3.5
East South Central...... 6.3 5.7 9.8 97 57 88 35 1,362 0.80 1,230 496| 3.9
West South Central...... 10.8 9.2 15.8 113 66 97 36 1,621 0.95 1,381 517| 3.8
West...................... 21.8 17.2 32.0 95 51 75 28 1,286 0.69 1,013 376| 2.9
Mountain................ 6.2 5.3 9.8 110 59 94 35 1,246 0.67 1,062 397| 4.0
Pacific................. 15.6 11.9 22.2 88 47 67 25 1,304 0.70 994 368| 3.7
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Largest Populated States |
California................ 11.5 8.7 15.8 85 47 64 23 1,337 0.73 1,008 363| 4.3
Florida................... 5.9 4.9 9.3 67 35 55 22 1,535 0.81 1,266 499| 5.4
New York.................. 6.8 4.3 11.2 196 75 123 50 2,743 1.05 1,724 705| 4.3
Texas..................... 7.0 5.7 10.4 117 65 96 34 1,677 0.92 1,374 486| 5.2
|
Metropolitan Statistical |
Area |
Urban..................... 78.6 62.0 131.4 128 60 101 39 1,687 0.80 1,331 510| 1.5
Central City............ 36.8 26.7 54.5 135 66 98 39 1,692 0.83 1,226 484| 3.1
Suburban................ 41.9 35.4 76.9 122 56 103 39 1,684 0.77 1,423 531| 2.3
Rural..................... 22.8 21.2 37.4 109 62 101 41 1,467 0.83 1,363 545| 3.2
|
Urban/Rural Location(3) |
City...................... 48.2 35.3 71.1 131 65 96 38 1,642 0.82 1,203 475| 2.2
Town...................... 18.2 15.4 30.4 123 62 104 41 1,593 0.81 1,350 529| 3.3
Suburbs................... 18.6 16.5 37.2 125 55 110 41 1,718 0.76 1,522 569| 2.8
Rural or Open Country..... 16.5 16.0 30.0 105 56 102 38 1,554 0.83 1,513 564| 3.2
|
Climate Zone(4) |
Under 2,000 CDD and |
Over 7,000 HDD.......... 9.3 8.4 17.9 136 64 123 47 1,433 0.67 1,301 502| 5.2
5,500 to 7,000 HDD...... 28.0 23.0 51.8 156 69 128 49 1,757 0.78 1,438 557| 3.3
4,000 to 5,499 HDD...... 22.5 17.6 38.2 135 62 106 42 1,839 0.85 1,439 578| 4.3
Under 4,000 HDD......... 19.5 15.7 28.1 92 52 74 28 1,404 0.79 1,133 426| 5.1
2,000 CDD or More and |
Under 4,000 HDD......... 22.2 18.5 32.8 92 52 77 29 1,561 0.88 1,305 497| 3.7
|
Type of Housing Unit |
Single-Family............. 73.7 73.7 143.5 115 59 115 42 1,492 0.77 1,492 546| 1.3
Detached................ 63.8 63.8 128.9 118 58 118 42 1,529 0.76 1,529 547| 1.4
Attached................ 9.9 9.9 14.6 94 64 94 40 1,256 0.86 1,256 538| 4.0
Mobile Home............... 6.3 6.3 6.3 79 80 79 32 1,206 1.21 1,206 478| 4.5
Multifamily............... 21.4 3.2 19.1 402 67 60 28 5,692 0.95 848 403| 3.5
2 to 4 Units............ 5.6 2.0 5.5 253 93 92 41 3,063 1.13 1,108 493| 5.2
5 or More Units......... 15.8 1.2 13.6 664 57 49 24 10,313 0.88 755 368| 3.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. Consumption and Expenditures in U.S. Households, 1997 (Continued)
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| | | |
| | | Average of Major Energy Sources(1) |
| | |______________________________________________________________________|
| | | | |
| | Residential | Consumption | Expenditures |
| | Buildings | | (dollars) |
| |_________________|_____________________________________|________________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | per | | per | | | | |
| Total | | Total | | Square| per | House- | | | | |
| House-| Total | Floor- | per | Foot | House- | hold | | | | per |
| holds | Number| space(2)| Building| (thou-| hold | Member | per | per | per | House-|
Characteristics | (mil- | (mil- | (billion| (million| sand | (million| (million| Build- | Square| House-| hold |
| lion) | lion) | sq. ft.)| Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | ing | Foot | hold | Member| RSE
|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______| Row
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fac-
RSE Column Factor: | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | tors
____________________________|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
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Estimated Heated Floorspace |
Category (square feet)(5) |
Fewer than 600............ 7.9 3.6 6.1 135 79 61 32 1,816 1.06 818 429| 4.5
600 to 999 ............... 21.5 13.4 22.9 124 73 77 35 1,654 0.97 1,031 469| 2.7
1,000 to 1,599 ........... 30.4 27.4 48.2 108 61 97 37 1,436 0.82 1,297 494| 2.1
1,600 to 1,999 ........... 15.3 14.9 30.8 120 58 117 40 1,583 0.77 1,543 529| 2.3
2,000 to 2,399 ........... 7.9 7.8 18.9 125 52 124 43 1,682 0.70 1,669 583| 3.0
2,400 to 2,999 ........... 5.3 5.3 15.0 140 49 138 45 1,862 0.65 1,836 599| 3.8
3,000 or More ............ 4.1 4.1 14.0 177 52 175 53 2,312 0.68 2,288 695| 5.0
No Estimate Provided...... 9.1 6.8 12.9 136 72 101 39 1,739 0.92 1,299 503| 3.9
|
Total Number of Rooms |
(Excluding Bathrooms) |
1 or 2.................... 3.1 0.8 1.5 141 77 39 26 2,071 1.13 569 374| 7.4
3......................... 9.2 2.9 6.7 163 71 52 30 2,412 1.05 768 446| 4.2
4......................... 18.3 11.7 19.0 115 71 74 34 1,584 0.98 1,014 468| 2.8
5......................... 21.3 19.0 29.9 104 66 93 36 1,397 0.89 1,249 483| 2.4
6......................... 20.0 19.3 35.2 116 64 112 40 1,520 0.83 1,464 522| 2.0
7......................... 14.2 14.1 30.4 123 57 122 42 1,630 0.76 1,615 561| 2.4
8......................... 8.4 8.3 22.4 142 53 142 45 1,771 0.66 1,763 560| 3.1
9 or More................. 7.0 7.0 23.6 167 50 166 49 2,111 0.63 2,104 623| 3.3
|
Ownership of Unit |
Owned..................... 68.5 66.8 134.7 118 58 115 43 1,541 0.76 1,503 568| 1.4
Rented.................... 33.0 16.5 34.1 145 70 73 29 1,998 0.97 996 405| 2.2
Public Housing.......... 3.1 0.8 2.5 209 63 51 25 2,985 0.89 727 360| 8.9
Not Public Housing...... 29.9 15.7 31.5 142 71 75 30 1,950 0.97 1,025 408| 2.3
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Year of Construction |
1939 or Before............ 18.7 15.4 32.4 160 76 132 50 1,788 0.85 1,471 563| 2.9
1940 to 1949.............. 9.2 7.7 13.4 131 76 110 45 1,565 0.90 1,314 539| 4.1
1950 to 1959.............. 12.5 11.1 19.3 120 69 106 41 1,518 0.87 1,340 517| 2.6
1960 to 1969.............. 14.4 11.3 22.6 122 61 96 39 1,609 0.81 1,264 514| 2.8
1970 to 1979.............. 19.6 15.0 30.8 114 56 87 34 1,682 0.82 1,291 500| 2.7
1980 to 1989.............. 17.3 14.1 30.0 100 47 82 31 1,602 0.75 1,302 500| 3.4
1990 to 1997(6)........... 9.7 8.6 20.2 107 45 95 33 1,544 0.66 1,369 483| 4.7
|
All Utilities Paid by |
Household |
Yes....................... 89.7 79.4 158.5 118 59 104 39 1,578 0.79 1,397 528| 1.3
No........................ 11.8 3.9 10.4 229 86 75 35 2,715 1.01 892 420| 4.2
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1997 Family Income |
Less than $5,000.......... 3.8 2.4 4.0 125 76 81 36 1,581 0.96 1,028 456| 5.7
$5,000 to $9,999.......... 9.6 6.0 10.2 118 70 74 39 1,560 0.92 985 513| 4.7
$10,000 to $14,999........ 10.3 7.6 12.5 113 69 83 36 1,447 0.88 1,063 462| 3.7
$15,000 to $19,999........ 10.4 8.4 14.4 108 63 88 36 1,455 0.85 1,182 484| 3.3
$20,000 to $24,999........ 8.4 6.8 12.0 113 65 92 39 1,518 0.87 1,233 520| 3.5
$25,000 to $34,999........ 15.6 12.8 24.6 120 62 98 38 1,558 0.81 1,276 493| 2.5
$35,000 to $49,999........ 15.5 13.2 27.6 126 60 107 39 1,642 0.78 1,394 512| 2.2
$50,000 to $74,999........ 16.4 15.0 34.1 130 57 119 40 1,746 0.77 1,599 543| 2.6
$75,000 or More........... 11.5 10.9 29.5 141 52 134 43 1,931 0.72 1,835 592| 3.0
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. Consumption and Expenditures in U.S. Households, 1997 (Continued)
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| | | |
| | | Average of Major Energy Sources(1) |
| | |______________________________________________________________________|
| | | | |
| | Residential | Consumption | Expenditures |
| | Buildings | | (dollars) |
| |_________________|_____________________________________|________________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | per | | per | | | | |
| Total | | Total | | Square| per | House- | | | | |
| House-| Total | Floor- | per | Foot | House- | hold | | | | per |
| holds | Number| space(2)| Building| (thou-| hold | Member | per | per | per | House-|
Characteristics | (mil- | (mil- | (billion| (million| sand | (million| (million| Build- | Square| House-| hold |
| lion) | lion) | sq. ft.)| Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | ing | Foot | hold | Member| RSE
|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______| Row
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fac-
RSE Column Factor: | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | tors
____________________________|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
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Below Poverty Line |
100 Percent................. 14.6 10.0 16.8 122 72 83 29 1,598 0.95 1,088 376| 3.2
125 Percent................. 19.7 13.5 22.9 121 71 83 30 1,602 0.94 1,096 394| 2.9
150 Percent................. 26.7 18.9 31.9 119 71 84 30 1,582 0.94 1,117 404| 2.4
|
Eligible for Federal |
Assistance(7)............... 34.1 24.7 42.9 120 69 87 33 1,572 0.91 1,140 427| 2.3
|
Age of Householder |
Under 25 Years............ 5.7 2.9 5.7 137 69 70 27 1,920 0.97 974 382| 4.5
25 to 34 Years............ 18.5 13.3 25.9 122 63 88 29 1,644 0.85 1,184 398| 2.5
35 to 44 Years............ 23.2 20.1 42.6 124 59 107 32 1,662 0.78 1,441 435| 2.0
45 to 59 Years............ 25.6 22.9 48.6 127 60 113 45 1,700 0.80 1,519 597| 1.8
60 Years and Over......... 28.5 24.1 46.0 118 62 99 56 1,499 0.78 1,265 708| 2.2
|
Race of Householder |
White..................... 78.5 67.8 138.4 120 59 104 42 1,595 0.78 1,378 556| 1.4
Black..................... 12.7 9.4 17.8 142 75 105 39 1,826 0.97 1,351 500| 3.6
Other(8).................. 10.3 6.1 12.6 124 59 73 22 1,731 0.83 1,020 313| 4.1
|
Householder of Hispanic |
Descent |
Yes....................... 9.4 6.3 11.5 114 62 76 23 1,630 0.89 1,089 335| 3.9
No........................ 92.1 76.9 157.3 124 61 104 41 1,631 0.80 1,364 541| 1.3
|
Household Size |
1 Person.................. 25.6 17.4 31.2 110 61 75 75 1,411 0.79 962 962| 2.4
2 Persons................. 33.0 28.2 57.5 118 58 101 51 1,574 0.77 1,347 673| 1.7
3 Persons................. 17.4 14.9 30.5 128 62 110 37 1,717 0.84 1,471 490| 2.1
4 Persons................. 15.2 13.4 28.8 134 62 118 29 1,788 0.83 1,571 393| 2.2
5 Persons................. 6.4 5.8 13.0 137 61 124 25 1,820 0.81 1,640 328| 3.7
6 or More Persons......... 3.9 3.5 7.7 143 65 130 20 1,908 0.87 1,734 261| 5.1
|
Number of Stories |
Single-Family Homes....... 73.7 73.7 143.5 115 59 115 42 1,492 0.77 1,492 546| 1.3
1 Story................. 41.1 41.1 66.7 99 61 99 38 1,348 0.83 1,348 521| 1.9
2 Stories............... 26.9 26.9 63.2 133 57 133 46 1,669 0.71 1,669 571| 2.1
3 Stories............... 3.2 3.2 8.6 154 58 154 53 1,803 0.68 1,803 618| 5.5
Split-Level............. 2.4 2.4 4.9 128 63 128 45 1,550 0.76 1,550 541| 5.4
Other ............... Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q | NF
Mobile Homes.............. 6.3 6.3 6.3 79 80 79 32 1,206 1.21 1,206 478| 4.5
|
Number of Floors in |
Apartment Buildings |
1 or 2 Floors............. 10.9 2.1 9.9 296 64 58 27 4,273 0.92 835 386| 4.5
3 or 4 Floors............. 5.4 0.6 4.8 564 68 60 28 7,747 0.93 828 390| 7.3
5 to 10 Floors............ 2.1 0.1 1.7 1,708 74 62 29 23,735 1.03 863 402| 9.8
11 to 20 Floors........... 0.8 (*) 0.6 6,950 75 51 35 92,234 0.99 682 461| 13.6
More than 20 Floors....... 0.2 (*) 0.2 Q 48 39 19 Q 0.87 707 338| 27.0
Don't Know/No Answer...... 2.0 0.4 1.9 383 77 74 38 5,397 1.09 1,041 529| 10.8
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See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. Consumption and Expenditures in U.S. Households, 1997 (Continued)
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| | | |
| | | Average of Major Energy Sources(1) |
| | |______________________________________________________________________|
| | | | |
| | Residential | Consumption | Expenditures |
| | Buildings | | (dollars) |
| |_________________|_____________________________________|________________________________|
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | per | | per | | | | |
| Total | | Total | | Square| per | House- | | | | |
| House-| Total | Floor- | per | Foot | House- | hold | | | | per |
| holds | Number| space(2)| Building| (thou-| hold | Member | per | per | per | House-|
Characteristics | (mil- | (mil- | (billion| (million| sand | (million| (million| Build- | Square| House-| hold |
| lion) | lion) | sq. ft.)| Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | Btu) | ing | Foot | hold | Member| RSE
|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______| Row
| | | | | | | | | | | | Fac-
RSE Column Factor: | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | tors
____________________________|_______|_______|_________|_________|_______|_________|_________|________|_______|_______|_______|______
|
Number of Units in |
Apartment Buildings |
2 to 4 Units.............. 5.6 2.0 5.5 253 93 92 41 3,063 1.13 1,108 493| 5.2
5 to 10 Units............. 4.7 0.7 4.4 367 55 52 24 5,789 0.87 817 375| 6.3
11 to 20 Units............ 4.2 0.3 3.5 605 50 43 21 10,512 0.87 743 358| 6.6
21 to 50 Units............ 2.7 0.1 2.2 1,612 59 48 23 23,067 0.84 690 326| 9.8
51 Units or More.......... 2.8 (*) 2.1 4,977 62 47 28 72,341 0.90 684 407| 8.4
No Answer................. 1.4 0.1 1.2 951(9) 67 59 27 13,682(9) 0.97 855 387| 10.1
Not Applicable............ 80.1 80.1 149.7 112 60 112 41 1,469 0.79 1,469 541| 1.3
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(1) Major Energy Sources include: electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas.
(2) In previous RECS, square footage measurements were obtained during the personal interview. In the 1997 RECS, square footage was
estimated using a regression equation developed with the 1993 RECS data. The 1997 RECS estimated square footage tends to be larger
than the 1993 measured square footage.
(3) Based on the household respondent's description rather than the Federal Government definition.
(4) One of five climatically distinct areas, determined according to the 30-year average (1961-1990) of the annual heating and
cooling degree-days. For this report, the heating or cooling degree-days are a measure of how cold or how hot a location is over a
period of one year, relative to a base temperature of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. A household is assigned to a climate zone according to
the 30-year average annual degree-days for an appropriate nearby weather station.
(5) Estimates provided by the household interview respondents, who were asked which category best described the total heated
floorspace in the home.
(6) New construction for 1997 includes only those housing units built and occupied between January and the April-August period when
the household interviews were conducted.
(7) Below 150 percent of poverty line or 60 percent of median State income.
(8) Includes 5.5 million householders who described themselves as Hispanic rather than White, Black, or other.
(9) For these buildings we assumed 16 units, the median value of the reported cases.
(*) = Value rounds to zero in the units displayed.
NF = No applicable RSE row factor.
Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 10 households were
sampled.
Notes: • To obtain the RSE percentage for any table cell, multiply the corresponding column and row factors. • Because of
rounding, data may not sum to totals.
Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-457 A, B, C of the 1997 Residential
Energy Consumption Survey.
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