U.S. Energy Consumption by Sector Since 1949

U.S. Department of Energy data provides monthly primary and total energy consumption figures since January 1973 and annual data since 1949. It covers consumption by end-use sectors including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation, as well as the electric power sector.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation energy consumption using annual data from 1949.
• Model seasonal patterns in primary energy consumption across sectors with monthly time series data starting in 1973.
• Compare the energy consumption of the electric power sector against direct end-use consumption by other sectors.

Strengths

• Time series spans over 70 years of annual data since 1949.
• Monthly granularity is available for nearly 50 years of data since January 1973.
• Data is sourced from the authoritative U.S. Department of Energy.

Limitations

• Data is provided only in XLS format, which may require conversion for modern analytical tools.
• The dataset's last update was in July 2021, so it does not contain the most recent years of data.
• Specific column names and the total number of data points (rows) are not documented.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Department of Energy

Time Range

Annual data from 1949; monthly data from January 1973 onward.

Freshness

Last updated on July 6, 2021.

Geography

United States