Rankings · Utilities

Highest fuel oil heat by state

Homes heated by fuel oil.

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

Share heating with fuel oil or kerosene, concentrated heavily in New England — more than half of Maine’s homes. Like propane it is bought by the tankful at market prices, so a cold winter lands as a large one-off bill rather than a spread-out utility charge.

  1. 1Maine55.3%
  2. 2New Hampshire39.5%
  3. 3Vermont38.5%
  4. 4Connecticut36.3%
  5. 5Alaska27.6%
  6. 6Rhode Island26.6%
  7. 7Massachusetts22.4%
  8. 8New York16.1%
  9. 9Pennsylvania14.0%
  10. 10Delaware8.8%
  11. 11Maryland6.6%
  12. 12New Jersey6.4%
  13. 13Virginia3.2%
  14. 14West Virginia2.1%
  15. 15North Carolina2.0%
  16. 16North Dakota1.9%
  17. 17Ohio1.7%
  18. 18Wisconsin1.4%
  19. 19Minnesota1.3%
  20. 20South Dakota1.3%
  21. 21Washington1.3%
  22. 22Idaho1.2%
  23. 23Oregon1.2%
  24. 24District of Columbia0.9%
  25. 25Michigan0.8%
  26. 26Kentucky0.7%
  27. 27Montana0.6%
  28. 28Indiana0.5%
  29. 29South Carolina0.5%
  30. 30Nevada0.4%
  31. 31Iowa0.3%
  32. 32Nebraska0.3%
  33. 33Tennessee0.3%
  34. 34California0.2%
  35. 35Georgia0.2%
  36. 36Kansas0.2%
  37. 37Missouri0.2%
  38. 38Oklahoma0.2%
  39. 39Alabama0.1%
  40. 40Arkansas0.1%
  41. 41Arizona0.1%
  42. 42Colorado0.1%
  43. 43Florida0.1%
  44. 44Hawaii0.1%
  45. 45Illinois0.1%
  46. 46Louisiana0.1%
  47. 47Mississippi0.1%
  48. 48New Mexico0.1%
  49. 49Texas0.1%
  50. 50Utah0.1%
  51. 51Wyoming0.1%
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Source: Census ACS 5-year, table B25040. · How this is built