Rankings · Utilities

Highest electric heat by state

Homes heated by electricity.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Share of occupied homes heating with electricity. This is the figure that explains the others: states where most homes heat electrically are exactly the ones with the highest kilowatt-hour use, which is why a cheap rate does not always mean a cheap bill.

  1. 1Florida90.4%
  2. 2South Carolina70.8%
  3. 3Alabama67.4%
  4. 4North Carolina65.5%
  5. 5Louisiana64.7%
  6. 6Tennessee63.7%
  7. 7Texas61.2%
  8. 8Arizona59.9%
  9. 9Mississippi58.9%
  10. 10Washington58.6%
  11. 11Virginia57.5%
  12. 12Georgia57.0%
  13. 13Kentucky54.9%
  14. 14Arkansas53.7%
  15. 15Oregon53.5%
  16. 16District of Columbia46.9%
  17. 17West Virginia46.1%
  18. 18Maryland44.1%
  19. 19Hawaii43.1%
  20. 20Oklahoma41.7%
  21. 21North Dakota40.0%
  22. 22Missouri38.8%
  23. 23Delaware37.9%
  24. 24Idaho35.2%
  25. 25Nevada34.7%
  26. 26South Dakota32.4%
  27. 27Nebraska31.5%
  28. 28Indiana31.2%
  29. 29California29.5%
  30. 30Montana27.3%
  31. 31Kansas26.9%
  32. 32Ohio26.0%
  33. 33Colorado25.6%
  34. 34Pennsylvania25.3%
  35. 35Iowa24.4%
  36. 36Wyoming23.8%
  37. 37New Mexico23.3%
  38. 38Minnesota19.4%
  39. 39Illinois18.6%
  40. 40Massachusetts18.6%
  41. 41Connecticut18.4%
  42. 42Wisconsin17.8%
  43. 43Utah16.8%
  44. 44New Jersey16.2%
  45. 45New York15.4%
  46. 46Alaska14.3%
  47. 47Rhode Island13.0%
  48. 48Michigan12.1%
  49. 49Maine11.2%
  50. 50New Hampshire11.1%
  51. 51Vermont9.2%
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Source: Census ACS 5-year, table B25040. · How this is built