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The table below presents details about the usage of home heating sources, broken down heat source and state, as of 2013. This information comes from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Click on a column heading in the table below to sort the data.[1]
| Home heating sources, 2013 | |||||
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| State | Natural gas used to heat homes | Fuel oil used to heat homes | Electricity used to heat homes | Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) used to heat homes | Other/none used to heat homes |
| Alabama | 28.50% | 0.20% | 63.10% | 6.70% | 1.60% |
| Alaska | 49.70% | 30.40% | 10.60% | 1.40% | 7.90% |
| Arizona | 33.90% | 0.10% | 59.60% | 2.80% | 3.60% |
| Arkansas | 40.30% | 0.10% | 47.60% | 7.10% | 4.90% |
| California | 64.40% | 0.30% | 26.70% | 3.30% | 5.30% |
| Colorado | 70.30% | 0.10% | 21.60% | 4.80% | 3.30% |
| Connecticut | 33.60% | 43.70% | 15.60% | 3.50% | 3.60% |
| Delaware | 41.00% | 14.20% | 32.50% | 9.70% | 2.60% |
| Florida | 4.40% | 0.20% | 92.20% | 1.00% | 2.20% |
| Georgia | 40.10% | 0.20% | 53.00% | 5.20% | 1.50% |
| Hawaii | 2.10% | -- | 27.90% | 1.20% | 68.80% |
| Idaho | 50.30% | 1.70% | 33.40% | 5.20% | 9.40% |
| Illinois | 78.50% | 0.20% | 15.40% | 4.30% | 1.60% |
| Indiana | 60.20% | 0.80% | 28.70% | 7.10% | 3.20% |
| Iowa | 62.70% | 0.60% | 20.20% | 13.20% | 3.30% |
| Kansas | 66.00% | 0.20% | 23.30% | 7.80% | 2.60% |
| Kentucky | 37.90% | 0.90% | 50.90% | 6.30% | 3.90% |
| Louisiana | 34.90% | -- | 61.80% | 2.20% | 1.00% |
| Maine | 5.80% | 64.20% | 5.20% | 8.30% | 16.40% |
| Maryland | 44.20% | 9.90% | 40.10% | 3.10% | 2.70% |
| Massachusetts | 49.90% | 29.20% | 14.60% | 3.20% | 3.00% |
| Michigan | 76.50% | 1.30% | 8.90% | 8.30% | 5.00% |
| Minnesota | 66.00% | 2.40% | 16.80% | 10.40% | 4.40% |
| Mississippi | 31.00% | 0.10% | 55.20% | 11.80% | 1.80% |
| Missouri | 51.00% | 0.20% | 34.80% | 9.30% | 4.70% |
| Montana | 53.60% | 1.00% | 22.00% | 12.10% | 11.30% |
| Nebraska | 62.10% | 0.30% | 27.30% | 7.90% | 2.40% |
| Nevada | 62.00% | 0.70% | 32.30% | 2.80% | 2.20% |
| New Hampshire | 19.60% | 46.10% | 8.10% | 14.70% | 11.50% |
| New Jersey | 74.10% | 10.40% | 12.20% | 1.90% | 1.30% |
| New Mexico | 66.80% | 0.20% | 16.90% | 8.20% | 8.00% |
| New York | 56.40% | 25.00% | 10.60% | 3.60% | 4.40% |
| North Carolina | 24.60% | 3.70% | 61.40% | 7.50% | 2.80% |
| North Dakota | 41.50% | 3.40% | 38.50% | 13.40% | 3.20% |
| Ohio | 66.20% | 2.40% | 23.00% | 5.20% | 3.20% |
| Oklahoma | 53.10% | 0.10% | 36.70% | 7.10% | 3.00% |
| Oregon | 37.50% | 2.50% | 50.00% | 1.80% | 8.30% |
| Pennsylvania | 50.90% | 17.60% | 22.00% | 4.00% | 5.50% |
| Rhode Island | 52.30% | 32.60% | 9.70% | 2.50% | 3.00% |
| South Carolina | 22.80% | 1.20% | 69.90% | 4.50% | 1.70% |
| South Dakota | 47.20% | 2.40% | 30.20% | 15.80% | 4.40% |
| Tennessee | 32.30% | 0.40% | 60.40% | 4.20% | 2.70% |
| Texas | 36.40% | 0.10% | 59.10% | 3.20% | 1.10% |
| Utah | 84.40% | 0.10% | 11.40% | 2.30% | 1.80% |
| Vermont | 16.70% | 43.80% | 4.70% | 15.10% | 19.70% |
| Virginia | 33.40% | 5.50% | 53.20% | 4.50% | 3.40% |
| Washington | 34.90% | 2.30% | 54.30% | 3.00% | 5.50% |
| West Virginia | 40.60% | 2.80% | 44.20% | 4.20% | 8.30% |
| Wisconsin | 64.40% | 2.80% | 15.20% | 11.50% | 6.20% |
| Wyoming | 59.50% | 0.30% | 22.40% | 10.50% | 7.30% |
| United States | 46.33% | 8.52% | 33.11% | 6.37% | 6.01% |
| Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration "State Profile and Energy Estimates" | |||||
Energy in the 50 states
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