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| Energy Consumption - Estimated Energy per Capita, 1960-2008 | |
What this map layer shows: Estimates for total, commercial sector, industrial sector, residential sector, and transportation sector per capita energy consumption for the United States. |
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Results of the EIA surveys were compiled in the State Energy Data 2008 tables, which provide annual time series estimates of State-level energy consumption, prices and expenditures for four major economic sectors and for all the sectors combined. The residential sector consists of living quarters for private households, but excludes institutional living quarters. Common uses of energy associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, air conditioning, lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and running a variety of other appliances. The commercial sector consists of service-providing facilities and equipment for businesses; Federal, State, and local governments; and other private and public organizations, such as religious, social, or fraternal groups. Included are institutional living quarters and sewage treatment facilities. Common uses of energy associated with this sector include space heating, water heating, air conditioning, lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and running a wide variety of other equipment. It also includes generators that produce electricity and/or useful thermal output primarily to support the activities of the above-mentioned commercial establishments. The industrial sector consists of all facilities and equipment used for producing, processing, or assembling goods. It encompasses manufacturing; agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting; mining, including oil and gas extraction; natural gas distribution; and construction. Overall energy use in this sector is largely for heat needed for industrial processes and for cooling and powering machinery, with lesser amounts used for facility heating, air conditioning, and lighting. Fossil fuels are also used as raw material inputs to manufactured products. This sector includes generators that produce electricity and/or useful thermal output primarily to support the above-mentioned industrial activities. The transportation sector consists of all vehicles used for transporting people and/or goods from one physical location to another. Included are automobiles; trucks; buses; motorcycles; trains, subways, and other rail vehicles; aircraft; and ships, barges, and other waterborne vehicles. The Energy Consumption - Estimated Energy per Capita, 1960-2008 map layer provide estimates for total, commercial sector, industrial sector, residential sector, and transportation sector per capita energy consumption. It was compiled by the National Atlas of the United States® from information provided by EIA. The map layer consists of five databases, one for each sector, that include per capita energy consumption estimates for each of the 50 individual States, for the District of Columbia, and in aggregate for the United States, for the years 1960 to 2008. The estimates are given in British Thermal Units (Btu). A Btu is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of liquid water 1 degree Fahrenheit at the temperature at which water has its greatest density (approximately 39 degrees Fahrenheit). For more energy statistics for the United States, see the EIA Home Page.
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