US states by residential electricity sales

Texas had the highest residential electricity sales of 51 states in 2018, at 157.268 TWh. Alaska had the lowest, at 1.975 TWh. The median was 20.285 TWh and the figure for the United States was 1,469.093 TWh. Source: the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Highest157.268Texas

Lowest1.975Alaska

Median20.28551 states

United States1,469.093History

Map of states, 2018

Under 5
5 to 13
13 to 20
20 to 32
32 to 48
48 and over

TWh, 2018. 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, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	States	2018 TWh	Change on 2017
1	Texas	157.268	+9%
2	Florida	125.528	+3.3%
3	California	89.1	-1.1%
4	North Carolina	61.622	+9.8%
5	Georgia	59.689	+9%
6	Pennsylvania	55.896	+8.1%
7	Ohio	54.452	+9.4%
8	New York	52.153	+6.3%
9	Virginia	47.963	+9%
10	Illinois	47.226	+8%
11	Tennessee	44.382	+13%
12	Missouri	37.463	+13.3%
13	Washington	35.339	-5.2%
14	Michigan	35.131	+6.5%
15	Arizona	34.66	+1.2%
16	Indiana	34.575	+9.6%
17	Alabama	33.08	+9.6%
18	Louisiana	32.066	+8.6%
19	South Carolina	31.852	+9%
20	New Jersey	29.531	+6.4%
21	Maryland	28.138	+7.9%
22	Kentucky	27.713	+11.4%
23	Oklahoma	24.117	+10.4%
24	Minnesota	22.837	+5.9%
25	Wisconsin	22.441	+5.7%
26	Massachusetts	20.285	+4.9%
27	Mississippi	19.311	+10.7%
28	Colorado	19.287	+3.6%
29	Arkansas	19.259	+13.1%
30	Oregon	18.931	-5.7%
31	Iowa	14.84	+8.2%
32	Kansas	14.187	+9%
33	Nevada	13.45	+4%
34	Connecticut	13.061	+5.5%
35	West Virginia	11.679	+10.5%
36	Nebraska	10.412	+7.7%
37	Utah	9.715	+2.1%
38	Idaho	8.428	-3.4%
39	New Mexico	6.826	+5.1%
40	Montana	5.198	-0.5%
41	North Dakota	5.133	+5.9%
42	Delaware	5.07	+8.7%
43	South Dakota	5.018	+7.9%
44	Maine	4.872	+5%
45	New Hampshire	4.641	+4.5%
46	Rhode Island	3.124	+3.2%
47	Wyoming	2.748	-0.9%
48	Hawaii	2.711	+3.1%
49	District of Columbia	2.592	+8.3%
50	Vermont	2.116	+4.6%
51	Alaska	1.975	-4.1%

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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2018. 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=2018.

Harvard

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, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/state/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/residential-electricity-sales/us-states?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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}

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Which state has the highest residential electricity sales?

Texas, with 157.268 TWh in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Which state has the lowest residential electricity sales?

Alaska, with 1.975 TWh in 2018.

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.