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