US states by residential electricity sales

Texas had the highest residential electricity sales of 51 states in 2016, at 145.973 TWh. Alaska had the lowest, at 2.006 TWh. The median was 19.693 TWh and the figure for the United States was 1,411.058 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest145.973Texas

Lowest2.006Alaska

Median19.69351 states

United States1,411.058History

Map of states, 2016

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5 to 12
12 to 20
20 to 31
31 to 46
46 and over

TWh, 2016. Source: EIA, Form EIA-861 annual sales to ultimate customers, residential sector, 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, residential sector, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2016 TWh	Change on 2015
1	Texas	145.973	+0.2%
2	Florida	123.321	+0.5%
3	California	88.311	-1.2%
4	North Carolina	58.457	+1%
5	Georgia	57.889	+2.6%
6	Pennsylvania	53.877	-1%
7	Ohio	52.524	+2%
8	New York	50.831	-0.4%
9	Illinois	45.99	+3%
10	Virginia	45.186	-1.6%
11	Tennessee	41.774	+0.3%
12	Michigan	34.543	+3.6%
13	Missouri	34.355	+1.3%
14	Washington	34.212	+0.4%
15	Arizona	33.691	+1.6%
16	Indiana	33.026	+1.8%
17	Alabama	32.056	+0.5%
18	Louisiana	30.65	-2.8%
19	South Carolina	30.616	+1.9%
20	New Jersey	29.091	-0.2%
21	Maryland	27.317	-0.3%
22	Kentucky	26.338	+0.7%
23	Oklahoma	22.79	+0.8%
24	Wisconsin	21.814	+2.8%
25	Minnesota	21.804	+0.4%
26	Massachusetts	19.693	-2.4%
27	Colorado	18.834	+2.4%
28	Oregon	18.573	+1.7%
29	Mississippi	18.459	-0.6%
30	Arkansas	17.784	-2.7%
31	Iowa	14.094	+2.2%
32	Kansas	13.509	+2%
33	Nevada	12.692	+2.9%
34	Connecticut	12.677	-1.7%
35	West Virginia	11.376	-0.5%
36	Nebraska	9.738	+2.2%
37	Utah	9.371	+2.8%
38	Idaho	8.172	+1.5%
39	New Mexico	6.643	0%
40	Montana	4.853	+0.6%
41	Delaware	4.763	-1.8%
42	North Dakota	4.741	-2.5%
43	South Dakota	4.619	+1%
44	Maine	4.586	-1.6%
45	New Hampshire	4.438	-2%
46	Rhode Island	3.082	-1.7%
47	Wyoming	2.751	+2.8%
48	Hawaii	2.612	-1.1%
49	District of Columbia	2.502	+0.2%
50	Vermont	2.056	-1.6%
51	Alaska	2.006	-1.8%

Other periods

About this ranking

Electricity sold to residential customers (households), 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.

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.

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

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

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

BibTeX

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

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Which state has the highest residential electricity sales?

Texas, with 145.973 TWh in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest residential electricity sales?

Alaska, with 2.006 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, residential sector, by state (HS861). Retrieved 2026-10-12.