"Figure 1. Residential Summer Electricity Use Per Capita and Summer Cooling Degree Days in the United States, 1973-2024",,
Source: EPA's Climate Change Indicators in the United States: www.epa.gov/climate-indicators,,
"Data source: EIA, 2024; BEA, 2024; NOAA, 2024",,
Web update: December 2024,,
Units: kilowatt-hours per person; degree days (°F),,
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Year,Summer electricity use per capita (50 states + DC),Summer cooling degree days (contiguous 48 states + DC)
1973,734.9870316,843
1974,732.9992787,753
1975,731.2355023,793
1976,715.6246114,730
1977,784.1205455,864
1978,792.1235465,833
1979,768.0698047,748
1980,859.6907613,920
1981,853.7926568,867
1982,816.5520198,752
1983,863.7033651,891
1984,865.8892464,837
1985,863.7372303,789
1986,935.19634,841
1987,992.0492358,878
1988,1020.566251,921
1989,985.2761888,795
1990,1011.575062,848
1991,1057.722474,871
1992,964.6858022,702
1993,1074.62421,868
1994,1079.067223,860
1995,1136.497871,909
1996,1121.512781,832
1997,1098.06788,783
1998,1231.267438,935
1999,1227.308908,900
2000,1229.008375,832
2001,1224.094986,872
2002,1302.444121,938
2003,1260.283635,868
2004,1254.643074,764
2005,1377.948681,966
2006,1392.345122,959
2007,1347.002843,913
2008,1322.840028,886
2009,1269.322708,826
2010,1407.536227,1019
2011,1390.734954,1024
2012,1351.446212,969
2013,1260.829793,879
2014,1222.782306,840
2015,1275.138769,909
2016,1342.907625,1018
2017,1267.628136,896
2018,1328.700581,996
2019,1282.476384,934
2020,1379.02742,998
2021,1337.127584,975
2022,1381.420692,1016
2023,1319.821076,939
2024,1377.603651,1013