Table 2.6 Households With Selected Appliances and Types of Main Heating Fuel, Selected Years, 1978-2001


Appliance		 Year Change
1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1987 1990 1993 1997 2001 1980 to 2001
Total Households (millions) 77 78 82 83 84 86 91 94 97 101 107 26
  Percent of Households
Type of Main Heating Fuel
 Natural Gas		 55 55 55 56 57 55 55 55 53 53 55 R 1
Electricity 16 17 18 17 16 17 20 23 26 29 R 29 R 11
Liquefied Petroleum Gases 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0
Distillate Fuel Oil 20 17 15 14 13 12 12 11 11 9 R 7 R -8
Wood 2 4 6 6 7 7 6 4 3 2 2 -4

Type of Appliances		                        
Electric Appliances
 Television Set (Color)		 NA NA 82 83 85 88 93 96 98 99 99 17
Television Set (B/W) NA NA 51 48 46 43 36 31 20 NA NA NA
Television Set (Any) NA NA 98 98 98 98 98 99 99 NA NA NA
Clothes Washer 74 NA 74 73 71 73 75 76 77 77 79 R 4
Range Top or Burners 53 NA 54 54 53 54 57 58 61 60 R 60 R 6
Oven, Microwave 8 NA 14 17 21 34 61 79 84 83 86 72
Clothes Dryer 45 NA 47 45 45 46 51 53 57 55 57 10
Separate Freezer 35 NA 38 38 37 37 34 34 35 33 32 -6
Dishwasher 35 NA 37 37 36 38 43 45 45 50 53 16
Dehumidifier NA NA 9 9 9 9 10 12 9 NA 11 2
Waterbed Heaters NA NA NA NA NA 10 14 15 12 8 5 NA
Window or Ceiling Fan NA NA NA NA 28 35 46 51 60 NA NA NA
Ceiling Fan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 54 61 65 NA
Whole House Fan NA NA NA NA 8 8 9 10 4 NA NA NA
Evaporative Cooler NA NA 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 NA 3 -1
Personal Computer NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 16 23 35 56 NA
Pump for Well Water NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15 13 14 13 NA
Swimming-Pool Pump 1 NA NA 3 4 3 NA NA 5 5 5 6 3
Gas 2 Appliances
 Range Top or Burners		 48 NA 46 46 47 45 43 42 38 39 R 39 R -7
Clothes Dryer 14 NA 14 16 15 16 15 16 15 16 R 17 2
Outdoor Gas Grill 6 NA 9 9 11 13 20 26 29 NA NA NA
Outdoor Gas Light 2 NA 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 (s) R -1
Swimming Pool Heater 3 NA NA (s) (s) (s) 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

Refrigerators 4
 One		 86 NA 86 87 86 88 86 84 85 85 83 -3
Two or More 14 NA 14 13 13 12 14 15 15 15 17 R 3

Air Conditioning (A/C)
 Central 5		 23 24 27 27 28 30 34 39 44 47 55 28
Individual Room Units 5 33 31 30 31 30 30 30 29 25 25 23 -7
None 44 45 43 42 42 40 36 32 32 28 23 -20

Portable Kerosene Heaters		 (s) NA (s) 1 3 6 6 5 3 2 R 2 R 2
1Through 1990, data are for all reported swimming pools, which were assumed to have an electric pump for filtering and circulating the water. Beginning in 1993, data are explicitly for pools with filters. R=Revised data. NA=Not available. (s)=Less than 0.5 percent.
2Natural gas or liquefied petroleum gases. Note: For years not shown, there are no data available.
3In 1984 and 1987, also includes heaters for jacuzzis and hot tubs. Web Page: For related information, see http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/recs.
4Fewer than 0.5 percent of the households do not have a refrigerator. Sources: · 1978 and 1979—Energy Information Administration (EIA), Form EIA-84, "Residential Energy Consumption Survey." · 1980 forward—EIA, Form EIA-457, "Residential Energy Consumption Survey."
5Households with both central and individual room units are counted only under "Central."