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Table 4-2: U.S. Consumption of Energy from Primary Sources by Sector (Quadrillion Btu)

Friday, April 14, 2017

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  1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 (R) 2005 (R) 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009 (R) 2010 (R) 2011 (R) 2012 (R) 2013 (R) 2014 (R) 2015
Energy consumption, total 45.09 54.02 67.84 71.96 78.07 76.39 84.49 84.44 85.78 87.37 89.09 91.03 94.02 94.60 95.02 96.65 98.82 96.17 97.65 97.92 100.09 94.12 99.48 101.01 98.89 94.12 97.44 96.84 94.42 97.16 98.32 97.34
Transportation 10.56 12.40 16.06 18.21 19.66 20.04 22.37 22.06 22.36 22.66 23.31 23.80 24.38 24.70 25.21 25.89 26.50 26.22 26.79 26.83 27.76 26.60 28.64 28.77 27.40 26.60 26.98 26.63 26.14 26.67 26.92 27.29
Transportation as percent of total energy consumption 23.4 23.0 23.7 25.3 25.2 26.2 26.5 26.1 26.1 25.9 26.2 26.1 25.9 26.1 26.5 26.8 26.8 27.3 27.4 27.4 27.74 28.27 28.79 28.48 27.71 28.27 27.69 27.50 27.69 27.45 27.38 28.03
Industrial 16.98 20.12 22.97 21.43 22.59 19.44 21.18 20.82 21.76 21.75 22.39 22.72 23.41 23.69 23.18 22.95 22.82 21.79 21.80 21.53 22.41 18.76 21.53 21.36 20.53 18.76 20.28 20.46 20.74 21.26 21.41 21.30
Industrial as percent of total energy consumption 37.7 37.3 33.9 29.8 28.9 25.5 25.1 24.7 25.4 24.9 25.1 25.0 24.9 25.0 24.4 23.7 23.1 22.7 22.3 22.0 22.39 19.93 21.64 21.15 20.76 19.93 20.81 21.12 21.97 21.88 21.77 21.88
Residential and commercial 9.39 10.48 12.55 12.05 11.54 10.88 10.45 10.69 10.94 11.12 10.99 11.04 11.74 11.33 10.42 10.83 11.44 10.95 11.04 11.53 11.22 10.69 9.90 10.51 10.99 10.69 10.56 10.45 9.40 10.87 11.36 10.85
Residential and commercial as percent of total energy consumption 20.8 19.4 18.5 16.7 14.8 14.2 12.4 12.7 12.8 12.7 12.3 12.1 12.5 12.0 11.0 11.2 11.6 11.4 11.3 11.8 11.21 11.36 9.95 10.41 11.11 11.36 10.84 10.79 9.95 11.19 11.55 11.14
Energy input at electric utilities 8.16 11.01 16.26 20.27 24.27 26.03 30.50 30.86 30.72 31.85 32.40 33.48 34.49 34.89 36.23 36.98 38.06 37.22 38.02 38.03 38.70 38.07 39.42 40.37 39.97 38.07 39.62 39.29 38.13 38.36 38.63 37.89
Energy input at electric utilities as percent of total energy consumption 18.1 20.4 24.0 28.2 31.1 34.1 36.1 36.5 35.8 36.5 36.4 36.8 36.7 36.9 38.1 38.3 38.5 38.7 38.9 38.8 38.66 40.45 39.62 39.97 40.42 40.45 40.66 40.57 40.39 39.48 39.29 38.92
Percentage of primary demand met by petroleum                                                                
Transportation 95.9 95.7 95.3 96.7 96.7 97.2 96.7 96.9 96.9 97.2 97.0 97.0 97.0 96.9 97.4 97.4 97.5 97.5 97.4 97.7 97.85 93.13 105.21 98.04 92.79 94.35 98.61 95.70 94.99 98.25 97.74 98.28
Industrial 33.9 33.7 33.9 37.9 42.1 39.7 39.0 38.2 39.3 38.6 39.2 37.8 38.5 39.1 39.2 40.8 39.8 42.1 42.1 42.9 43.87 34.89 52.13 43.90 40.20 38.09 43.63 40.18 39.91 40.20 38.36 38.31
Residential and commercial 37.2 36.9 34.3 31.7 26.4 24.3 22.8 21.7 21.1 20.3 20.3 19.4 19.4 19.1 19.2 20.1 20.6 21.2 19.8 20.7 20.75 17.02 19.02 18.04 18.08 17.02 16.76 15.88 15.49 14.11 13.92 17.87
Electric utilities 6.8 6.6 13.0 15.6 10.9 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 3.3 2.3 2.4 2.7 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 2.5 3.2 3.10 0.99 1.67 1.64 1.14 0.96 0.97 0.74 0.55 0.67 0.77 0.71

KEY: Btu = British thermal unit; R = revised.

NOTES

The data for Residential, Commercial, and Industrial sectors include only fossil fuels consumed directly. Most renewable fuels are not included. The data for the Transportation sector includes only fossil and renewable fuels consumed directly. The data for Electric utilities includes all fuels (fossil, nuclear, geothermal, hydro, and other renewables) used by electric utilities. Due to a lack of consistent historical data, some renewable energy resources are not included in this table. The totals in table 4-4 are the best numbers for total U.S. energy consumption from all sources.

Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.

SOURCES

1960-70: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review, (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 2.1a - 2.1f, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/contents.html as of Sept. 15, 2011 .

1975-2016: Ibid., Monthly Energy Review, tables 2.1, 3-8a - c, available at http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/mer/contents.html as of Feb. 24, 2017.