Figure 8 Transportation's Share of U.S. Petroleum Use

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

(Million Barrels Per Day)

Year	Transportation	Industry	Buildings	Utilities
1950	3.36	1.82	1.07	0.21
1951	3.69	1.98	1.17	0.18
1952	3.87	2.02	1.20	0.18
1953	4.07	2.08	1.22	0.23
1954	4.11	2.16	1.30	0.18
1955	4.46	2.39	1.40	0.21
1956	4.62	2.49	1.46	0.20
1957	4.71	2.46	1.43	0.22
1958	4.83	2.54	1.53	0.21
1959	5.01	2.71	1.57	0.24
1960	5.14	2.71	1.71	0.24
1961	5.25	2.72	1.76	0.24
1962	5.48	2.84	1.84	0.24
1963	5.68	2.96	1.84	0.26
1964	5.83	3.12	1.79	0.28
1965	6.04	3.25	1.91	0.32
1966	6.36	3.40	1.94	0.39
1967	6.66	3.43	2.02	0.44
1968	7.20	3.58	2.10	0.52
1969	7.52	3.76	2.16	0.69
1970	7.78	3.81	2.18	0.93
1971	8.09	3.84	2.18	1.09
1972	8.57	4.19	2.25	1.36
1973	9.05	4.48	2.23	1.54
1974	8.84	4.30	2.04	1.48
1975	8.95	4.04	1.95	1.39
1976	9.37	4.45	2.12	1.52
1977	9.76	4.82	2.14	1.71
1978	10.16	4.87	2.07	1.75
1979	10.01	5.34	1.73	1.44
1980	9.55	4.84	1.52	1.15
1981	9.49	4.27	1.33	0.96
1982	9.31	4.06	1.24	0.69
1983	9.41	3.85	1.29	0.68
1984	9.68	4.19	1.29	0.56
1985	9.85	4.10	1.30	0.48
1986	10.23	4.11	1.31	0.64
1987	10.53	4.25	1.33	0.55
1988	10.88	4.39	1.34	0.68
1989	11.01	4.26	1.32	0.74
1990	10.97	4.32	1.14	0.55
1991	10.80	4.25	1.14	0.52
1992	10.95	4.55	1.12	0.42
1993	11.18	4.45	1.14	0.46
1994	11.49	4.69	1.11	0.43
1995	11.73	4.60	1.11	0.29
1996	11.96	4.82	1.21	0.32
1997	12.13	4.97	1.18	0.36
1998	12.48	4.84	1.08	0.51
1999	12.89	5.03	1.18	0.42
2000	12.99	4.94	1.20	0.34

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration,Annual Energy Review 2000 (Washington, DC: August 2001), table, 5.12.

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