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Highest electricity use by state

Household electricity use.

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

How much electricity a household uses in a month. The state figure is EIA’s own state series; the county figure is residential sales divided by customers per serving utility, then the median. Driven mostly by climate and by whether homes heat with electricity — the highest figures are in the hot, humid south and in cold states without gas service.

  1. 1Louisiana1,201 kWh
  2. 2Tennessee1,200 kWh
  3. 3Mississippi1,160 kWh
  4. 4Alabama1,129 kWh
  5. 5Kentucky1,120 kWh
  6. 6Florida1,095 kWh
  7. 7Texas1,094 kWh
  8. 8Georgia1,074 kWh
  9. 9West Virginia1,064 kWh
  10. 10Virginia1,063 kWh
  11. 11North Dakota1,062 kWh
  12. 12South Carolina1,062 kWh
  13. 13Missouri1,047 kWh
  14. 14Arkansas1,045 kWh
  15. 15Oklahoma1,043 kWh
  16. 16Arizona1,042 kWh
  17. 17North Carolina1,036 kWh
  18. 18South Dakota981 kWh
  19. 19Maryland954 kWh
  20. 20Nebraska952 kWh
  21. 21Indiana947 kWh
  22. 22Delaware942 kWh
  23. 23Washington935 kWh
  24. 24Idaho904 kWh
  25. 25Ohio878 kWh
  26. 26Kansas873 kWh
  27. 27Nevada873 kWh
  28. 28Oregon854 kWh
  29. 29Iowa850 kWh
  30. 30Pennsylvania846 kWh
  31. 31Montana823 kWh
  32. 32Wyoming810 kWh
  33. 33Utah767 kWh
  34. 34Minnesota737 kWh
  35. 35Illinois719 kWh
  36. 36Connecticut710 kWh
  37. 37New Jersey673 kWh
  38. 38Colorado665 kWh
  39. 39Wisconsin664 kWh
  40. 40New Hampshire643 kWh
  41. 41New Mexico643 kWh
  42. 42District of Columbia637 kWh
  43. 43Michigan635 kWh
  44. 44Massachusetts602 kWh
  45. 45Vermont597 kWh
  46. 46New York590 kWh
  47. 47Alaska588 kWh
  48. 48Rhode Island572 kWh
  49. 49Maine537 kWh
  50. 50Hawaii513 kWh
  51. 51California488 kWh
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Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. · How this is built