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Annual Energy Review

Release Date: October 19, 2011 
Next Update: August 2012

Table 2.1b  Residential Sector Energy Consumption Estimates, 1949-2010
                        (Trillion Btu)




Year		 Primary Consumption 1

Electricity
Retail
Sales 8
Electrical
System
Energy
Losses 9



Total
Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2
Total
Primary
Coal Natural Gas 3 Petroleum 4 Total Geothermal 5 Solar/PV 6 Biomass 7 Total
1949
 1,272 1,027 R 1,106 R 3,405 NA NA 1,055 1,055 R 4,460 228 911 R 5,599
1950
 1,261 1,240 R 1,322 R 3,824 NA NA 1,006 1,006 R 4,829 246 913 R 5,989
1951
 1,159 1,526 R 1,461 R 4,146 NA NA 958 958 R 5,104 284 992 R 6,380
1952
 1,079 1,679 R 1,501 R 4,259 NA NA 899 899 R 5,158 319 1,083 R 6,560
1953
 966 1,744 R 1,510 R 4,221 NA NA 832 832 R 5,053 355 1,151 R 6,559
1954
 858 1,961 R 1,644 R 4,463 NA NA 800 800 R 5,262 397 1,187 R 6,846
1955
 867 2,198 R 1,767 R 4,833 NA NA 775 775 R 5,608 438 1,232 R 7,278
1956
 839 2,409 R 1,853 R 5,101 NA NA 739 739 R 5,839 490 1,334 R 7,663
1957
 654 2,588 R 1,801 R 5,042 NA NA 702 702 R 5,744 535 1,433 R 7,712
1958
 663 2,809 R 1,964 R 5,437 NA NA 688 688 R 6,125 578 1,497 R 8,201
1959
 573 3,015 R 1,954 R 5,541 NA NA 647 647 R 6,188 630 1,594 R 8,412
1960
 585 3,212 R 2,227 R 6,024 NA NA 627 627 R 6,651 687 1,701 R 9,039
1961
 534 3,362 R 2,293 R 6,189 NA NA 587 587 R 6,776 732 1,779 R 9,286
1962
 521 3,600 R 2,399 R 6,520 NA NA 560 560 R 7,080 794 R 1,908 R 9,782
1963
 438 3,700 R 2,414 R 6,553 NA NA 537 537 R 7,090 856 R 2,043 R 9,988
1964
 379 3,908 R 2,325 R 6,613 NA NA 499 499 R 7,112 928 R 2,201 R 10,241
1965
 352 4,028 R 2,432 R 6,811 NA NA 468 468 R 7,279 993 R 2,367 R 10,639
1966
 349 4,275 R 2,422 R 7,045 NA NA 455 455 R 7,500 1,081 R 2,587 R 11,169
1967
 299 4,451 2,527 R 7,277 NA NA 434 434 R 7,711 1,160 R 2,767 R 11,639
1968
 264 4,588 R 2,655 R 7,507 NA NA 426 426 R 7,933 1,302 R 3,102 12,336
1969
 248 4,875 R 2,705 R 7,828 NA NA 415 415 R 8,243 1,456 R 3,470 R 13,169
1970
 209 4,987 R 2,725 R 7,922 NA NA 401 401 R 8,322 1,591 R 3,852 R 13,766
1971
 172 5,126 R 2,748 R 8,046 NA NA 382 382 R 8,427 1,704 R 4,114 R 14,246
1972
 116 5,264 R 2,867 R 8,248 NA NA 380 380 R 8,627 1,838 R 4,392 R 14,857
1973
 94 4,977 R 2,800 R 7,871 NA NA 354 354 R 8,225 1,976 R 4,696 R 14,897
1974
 82 4,901 R 2,554 R 7,537 NA NA 371 371 R 7,908 1,973 R 4,774 R 14,654
1975
 63 5,023 R 2,479 R 7,564 NA NA 425 425 R 7,990 2,007 R 4,817 R 14,813
1976
 59 5,147 R 2,703 R 7,910 NA NA 482 482 R 8,391 2,069 R 4,950 R 15,410
1977
 57 4,913 R 2,681 R 7,652 NA NA 542 542 R 8,194 2,202 R 5,267 R 15,662
1978
 49 4,981 R 2,607 R 7,638 NA NA 622 622 R 8,260 2,301 R 5,571 R 16,132
1979
 37 5,055 R 2,099 R 7,191 NA NA 728 728 R 7,919 2,330 R 5,564 15,813
1980
 31 4,825 R 1,734 R 6,589 NA NA 850 850 R 7,439 2,448 R 5,866 R 15,753
1981
 30 4,614 R 1,531 R 6,175 NA NA 870 870 R 7,045 2,464 R 5,752 R 15,262
1982
 32 4,711 R 1,434 R 6,177 NA NA 970 970 R 7,147 2,489 R 5,895 R 15,531
1983
 31 4,478 R 1,353 R 5,862 NA NA 970 970 R 6,832 2,562 R 6,031 R 15,425
1984
 40 4,661 R 1,531 R 6,231 NA NA 980 980 R 7,211 2,662 R 6,087 R 15,960
1985
 39 4,534 R 1,565 R 6,138 NA NA 1,010 1,010 R 7,148 2,709 R 6,184 R 16,041
1986
 40 4,405 R 1,541 R 5,986 NA NA 920 920 R 6,906 2,795 R 6,274 R 15,975
1987
 37 4,420 R 1,617 R 6,073 NA NA 850 850 R 6,923 2,902 R 6,438 R 16,263
1988
 37 4,735 R 1,675 R 6,447 NA NA 910 910 R 7,357 3,046 R 6,729 R 17,133
1989
 31 4,899 R 1,660 R 6,590 5 R 52 920 R 977 R 7,567 3,090 R 7,129 R 17,786
1990
 31 4,491 R 1,394 R 5,916 6 56 580 641 R 6,557 3,153 R 7,235 R 16,945
1991
 25 4,667 R 1,381 R 6,073 6 R 57 610 R 673 R 6,747 3,260 R 7,414 R 17,420
1992
 26 4,805 R 1,414 R 6,244 6 R 59 640 706 R 6,950 3,193 R 7,212 R 17,356
1993
 26 5,063 R 1,439 R 6,528 7 R 61 550 618 R 7,146 3,394 R 7,677 R 18,218
1994
 21 4,960 R 1,408 R 6,389 6 R 63 520 R 589 R 6,978 3,441 R 7,693 R 18,112
1995
 17 4,954 R 1,374 R 6,345 7 R 64 520 591 R 6,936 3,557 R 8,026 R 18,519
1996
 17 5,354 R 1,484 R 6,854 7 65 540 612 R 7,466 3,694 R 8,344 R 19,504
1997
 16 5,093 R 1,422 R 6,531 8 R 64 430 R 502 R 7,033 3,671 R 8,261 R 18,965
1998
 12 4,646 R 1,304 R 5,962 8 R 64 380 452 R 6,413 3,856 R 8,686 R 18,955
1999
 14 4,835 R 1,465 R 6,314 9 R 63 390 R 461 R 6,775 3,906 R 8,875 R 19,557
2000
 11 5,105 R 1,554 R 6,670 9 R 60 420 R 489 R 7,159 4,069 R 9,197 R 20,425
2001
 12 4,889 R 1,529 R 6,430 9 R 59 370 R 438 R 6,868 4,100 R 9,074 R 20,042
2002
 12 5,014 R 1,457 R 6,484 10 R 57 380 R 448 R 6,931 4,317 R 9,562 R 20,810
2003
 12 5,209 R 1,519 R 6,741 13 R 57 400 R 470 R 7,211 4,353 R 9,546 R 21,110
2004
 11 4,981 R 1,520 R 6,513 14 R 57 410 R 481 R 6,993 4,408 R 9,691 R 21,093
2005
 8 4,946 R 1,451 R 6,406 16 R 58 430 R 504 R 6,909 4,638 R 10,079 R 21,626
2006
 6 4,476 R 1,224 R 5,706 18 R 63 390 R 472 R 6,178 4,611 R 9,909 R 20,698
2007
 8 4,850 R 1,254 R 6,111 22 R 70 430 R 522 R 6,633 4,750 R 10,182 R 21,565
2008
 8 R 5,010 R 1,243 R 6,261 26 R 80 450 R 556 R 6,817 4,708 R 10,071 R 21,596
2009
 R 8 R 4,883 R 1,176 R 6,067 33 R 89 430 R 552 R 6,619 R 4,656 R 9,789 R 21,063
2010P
 7 5,061 1,220 6,288 37 97 420 554 6,841 4,950 10,362 22,153
1See "Primary Energy Consumption" in Glossary. 7Wood and wood-derived fuels.
2Data are estimates.  See Table 10.2a for notes on series components. 8Electricity retail sales to ultimate customers reported by electric utilities and, beginning in 1996, other
energy service providers.
3Natural gas only; excludes the estimated portion of supplemental gaseous fuels.  See Note 1,
"Supplemental Gaseous Fuels," at end of Section 6.		 9Total losses are calculated as the primary energy consumed by the electric power sector minus the
energy content of electricity retail sales.  Total losses are allocated to the end-use sectors in proportion to
each sector's share of total electricity retail sales.  See Note, "Electrical System Energy Losses," at end of
section.
4Based on petroleum product supplied.  For petroleum, product supplied is used as an approximation of
petroleum consumption.  See Note 1, "Petroleum Products Supplied and Petroleum Consumption," at end
of Section 5.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  
5Geothermal heat pump and direct use energy. Note:  Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.
6Solar thermal direct use energy, and photovoltaic (PV) electricity net generation (converted to Btu
using the fossil-fuels heat rate—see Table A6).  Includes small amounts of distributed solar thermal and PV
energy used in the commercial, industrial, and electric power sectors.		 Sources:  Tables 2.1f, 5.14a, 6.5, 7.3, 8.9, 10.2a, A4, A5, and A6.