US states by electricity retail sales

Texas had the highest electricity retail sales of 51 states in 2016, at 398.662 TWh. Vermont had the lowest, at 5.516 TWh. The median was 54.802 TWh and the figure for the United States was 3,762.462 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest398.662Texas

Lowest5.516Vermont

Median54.80251 states

United States3,762.462History

Map of states, 2016

Under 13
13 to 31
31 to 55
55 to 79
79 to 130
130 and over

TWh, 2016. Source: EIA, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, 2016

TWh. Source: EIA, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2016 TWh	Change on 2015
1	Texas	398.662	+1.6%
2	California	256.847	-1.7%
3	Florida	235.722	+0.1%
4	Ohio	150.598	+0.9%
5	New York	147.803	-0.7%
6	Pennsylvania	145.328	-0.7%
7	Illinois	141.05	+1.8%
8	Georgia	138.112	+1.6%
9	North Carolina	134.404	+0.4%
10	Virginia	112.281	+0.2%
11	Michigan	104.468	+1.9%
12	Indiana	103.705	-0.8%
13	Tennessee	100.758	+1.1%
14	Louisiana	91.453	-0.2%
15	Washington	88.885	-1.4%
16	Alabama	88.225	-0.7%
17	South Carolina	79.578	-2.2%
18	Missouri	78.618	-3.5%
19	Arizona	78.238	+1.1%
20	New Jersey	75.359	-0.2%
21	Kentucky	74.554	-2%
22	Wisconsin	69.736	+1.5%
23	Minnesota	66.546	-0%
24	Oklahoma	61.517	+0.3%
25	Maryland	61.354	-0.7%
26	Colorado	54.802	+1.3%
27	Massachusetts	53.476	-2.1%
28	Mississippi	49.05	+0.7%
29	Iowa	48.431	+2.7%
30	Oregon	47.349	+0.2%
31	Arkansas	46.188	-0.6%
32	Kansas	40.81	+2.4%
33	Nevada	36.145	+0.3%
34	West Virginia	32.076	-0.7%
35	Nebraska	30.199	+2.4%
36	Utah	30.18	-0%
37	Connecticut	28.931	-1.8%
38	Idaho	23.063	0%
39	New Mexico	23.04	-0.2%
40	North Dakota	18.52	+2.2%
41	Wyoming	16.555	-2.2%
42	Montana	14.101	-0.7%
43	South Dakota	12.13	+0.2%
44	Maine	11.449	-3.7%
45	District of Columbia	11.394	+0.9%
46	Delaware	11.258	-2.1%
47	New Hampshire	10.905	-0.9%
48	Hawaii	9.445	-0.7%
49	Rhode Island	7.524	-1.8%
50	Alaska	6.123	-0.6%
51	Vermont	5.516	-0.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Electricity sold to all ultimate customers: residential, commercial, industrial and transportation, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as reported by utilities and other retailers to the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Form EIA-861.

Retail sales only: electricity that plants and businesses generate and use themselves (direct use) is not included, so this is lower than total consumption, and it is not the same as electricity_consumption, which EIA publishes for countries. Published in megawatt hours; shown in terawatt hours. From 1990 to 2002 the all-sector total includes an "other" sector (public street lighting, other public authorities and railways); from 2003 EIA reports these sales under commercial, industrial and a new transportation sector.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration. (2026). Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861) (US states by electricity retail sales, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/

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Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861), US states by electricity retail sales, 2016. U.S. Energy Information Administration, 7 Oct. 2026, https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Energy Information Administration. 2026. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). US states by electricity retail sales, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2016.

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U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861), US states by electricity retail sales, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  title = {{Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861): US states by electricity retail sales, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/electricity-retail-sales/us-states?period=2016. Publisher attribution: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest electricity retail sales?

Texas, with 398.662 TWh in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest electricity retail sales?

Vermont, with 5.516 TWh in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, all sectors, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.