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Average electricity usage by state

The average US home used 874 kWh of electricity a month in 2025, according to EIA's final utility census. Homes in Louisiana used the most, 1,225 kWh, and homes in California the least, 494 kWh1. The top of the list is the South, where electricity both cools and heats homes, and the states that use the most do not have the highest bills.

kWh a month, 2025 by state
kWh a month, 2025 by state

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, states. Darker states are higher; DC is the dot. Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

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How much electricity the average home uses

The average US residential customer used 874 kWh1 a month in 2025: all electricity sold to homes, divided by the number of residential accounts and expressed per month, from EIA's final EIA-861 census of utilities. That is up from 863 kWh3 in 2024. EIA's monthly survey gives 875 kWh4 for the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, so the two sources agree closely.

The table ranks the 50 states and DC by that 2025 figure, with the average bill, the share of homes heated mainly with electricity (Census ACS) and the cooling degree days of an average year (NOAA, 2016 to 2025) beside it. The median state used 874 kWh1. A small apartment and a large all-electric house each count as one account, so the state average describes neither; your own bill shows your kWh.

Average residential use, 2025: all 50 states and DC
1Louisiana1,225$153.3263.4%2,550
2Mississippi1,184$166.0557.0%2,376
3Tennessee1,180$156.0363.2%1,451
4Alabama1,145$184.3167.5%2,124
5Texas1,110$170.9559.9%2,931
6Florida1,103$167.8689.4%3,429
7Kentucky1,094$143.7255.2%1,324
8Georgia1,077$158.7057.3%1,917
9Arkansas1,076$138.4252.9%1,933
10West Virginia1,073$165.1348.4%926
11North Dakota1,070$126.4039.1%380
=12Virginia1,067$163.0557.7%1,316
=12South Carolina1,067$161.2169.6%2,031
14Oklahoma1,064$140.5241.0%1,978
15North Carolina1,044$146.1466.1%1,646
16Missouri1,038$137.9739.6%1,364
17Arizona1,030$157.1560.8%2,655
18South Dakota984$131.1033.0%691
19Nebraska973$117.2331.8%1,020
=20Maryland945$184.4244.1%1,348
=20Washington945$124.4160.6%204
22Indiana938$149.7231.4%1,002
23Idaho933$110.3636.7%513
24Delaware920$157.8038.2%1,277
25Kansas876$126.4227.4%1,507
26Ohio874$147.7426.2%917
27Nevada868$115.0733.1%2,018
28Oregon866$133.8955.0%281
29Iowa861$117.3024.5%860
30Montana853$110.8026.9%232
31Pennsylvania839$161.9026.7%854
32Wyoming835$111.5923.9%298
33Utah761$99.0617.2%670
34Minnesota744$117.6718.8%444
35Illinois717$126.5918.5%1,010
36Connecticut704$206.4620.1%749
37New Jersey670$150.5916.2%979
38Wisconsin667$120.6018.6%564
39Colorado658$103.3024.6%418
40New Hampshire640$156.9412.3%496
41District of Columbia639$140.0551.5%–
42New Mexico638$94.6524.3%1,001
43Michigan635$127.1712.1%637
44Massachusetts596$181.0821.1%630
45Vermont592$134.7811.0%366
46New York586$154.7517.6%678
47Alaska564$147.1815.4%–
48Rhode Island562$165.6213.8%697
49Maine533$147.6713.4%300
50Hawaii515$207.8942.7%–
51California494$154.7330.2%1,019
United States874$150.6841.8%–

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, house heating fuel, table B25040; NOAA, Climate Prediction Center population-weighted degree days by state. Rank 1 is the highest value. Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

The ten highest: the South, where electricity heats and cools

The states with the highest use per home in 2025 were Louisiana (1,225 kWh), Mississippi (1,184 kWh), Tennessee (1,180 kWh), Alabama (1,145 kWh), Texas (1,110 kWh), Florida (1,103 kWh), Kentucky (1,094 kWh), Georgia (1,077 kWh), Arkansas (1,076 kWh) and West Virginia (1,073 kWh1). Every one of them is in the South.

Two measures in the table line up with that list. Summers are long: Florida, Texas and Louisiana6 are among the four states with the most cooling degree days, a measure of air-conditioning need. And winters are run on electricity too: 63.4% of occupied homes in Louisiana and 63.2% in Tennessee1 heat mainly with electricity, against 41.8% nationally (ACS 2025, survey estimates). Florida has the highest share, 89.4%5.

Homes heated with electricity against electricity use per home, by state
Homes heated with electricity against electricity use per home, by state4006008001,0001,2000.0%20.0%40.0%60.0%80.0%Alabama: 67.5%, 1,145Alaska: 15.4%, 564Arizona: 60.8%, 1,030Arkansas: 52.9%, 1,076California: 30.2%, 494CAColorado: 24.6%, 658Connecticut: 20.1%, 704Delaware: 38.2%, 920District of Columbia: 51.5%, 639Florida: 89.4%, 1,103FLGeorgia: 57.3%, 1,077Hawaii: 42.7%, 515Idaho: 36.7%, 933Illinois: 18.5%, 717Indiana: 31.4%, 938Iowa: 24.5%, 861Kansas: 27.4%, 876Kentucky: 55.2%, 1,094Louisiana: 63.4%, 1,225LAMaine: 13.4%, 533Maryland: 44.1%, 945Massachusetts: 21.1%, 596Michigan: 12.1%, 635Minnesota: 18.8%, 744Mississippi: 57.0%, 1,184Missouri: 39.6%, 1,038Montana: 26.9%, 853Nebraska: 31.8%, 973Nevada: 33.1%, 868New Hampshire: 12.3%, 640New Jersey: 16.2%, 670New Mexico: 24.3%, 638New York: 17.6%, 586North Carolina: 66.1%, 1,044North Dakota: 39.1%, 1,070Ohio: 26.2%, 874Oklahoma: 41.0%, 1,064Oregon: 55.0%, 866Pennsylvania: 26.7%, 839Rhode Island: 13.8%, 562South Carolina: 69.6%, 1,067South Dakota: 33.0%, 984Tennessee: 63.2%, 1,180TNTexas: 59.9%, 1,110Utah: 17.2%, 761Vermont: 11.0%, 592VTVirginia: 57.7%, 1,067Washington: 60.6%, 945WAWest Virginia: 48.4%, 1,073Wisconsin: 18.6%, 667Wyoming: 23.9%, 835Electric main heat →

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, house heating fuel, table B25040; EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: Electric main heat; vertical: kWh a month, 2025). Occupied housing units whose main heating fuel is electricity (ACS B25040). Period: 2025. Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

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StateElectric main heatkWh a month, 2025
Vermont11.0%592
Michigan12.1%635
New Hampshire12.3%640
Maine13.4%533
Rhode Island13.8%562
Alaska15.4%564
New Jersey16.2%670
Utah17.2%761
New York17.6%586
Illinois18.5%717
Wisconsin18.6%667
Minnesota18.8%744
Connecticut20.1%704
Massachusetts21.1%596
Wyoming23.9%835
New Mexico24.3%638
Iowa24.5%861
Colorado24.6%658
Ohio26.2%874
Pennsylvania26.7%839
Montana26.9%853
Kansas27.4%876
California30.2%494
Indiana31.4%938
Nebraska31.8%973
South Dakota33.0%984
Nevada33.1%868
Idaho36.7%933
Delaware38.2%920
North Dakota39.1%1,070
Missouri39.6%1,038
Oklahoma41.0%1,064
Hawaii42.7%515
Maryland44.1%945
West Virginia48.4%1,073
District of Columbia51.5%639
Arkansas52.9%1,076
Oregon55.0%866
Kentucky55.2%1,094
Mississippi57.0%1,184
Georgia57.3%1,077
Virginia57.7%1,067
Texas59.9%1,110
Washington60.6%945
Arizona60.8%1,030
Tennessee63.2%1,180
Louisiana63.4%1,225
North Carolina66.1%1,044
Alabama67.5%1,145
South Carolina69.6%1,067
Florida89.4%1,103

The scatter is not a straight line. Washington has nearly as high a share of electrically heated homes (60.6%) as Louisiana, but used 945 kWh a month in 2025; its cooling degree days (204) are the lowest among the states with data. North Dakota6, the coldest state by heating degree days, ranked 11th highest in use (1,070 kWh1) although only 39.1%5 of its homes heat mainly with electricity.

The ten lowest: mild coasts and homes heated with other fuels

At the other end, California (494 kWh), Hawaii (515 kWh), Maine (533 kWh), Rhode Island (562 kWh), Alaska (564 kWh), New York (586 kWh), Vermont (592 kWh), Massachusetts (596 kWh), Michigan (635 kWh) and New Mexico (638 kWh1) had the lowest use per home in 2025.

Most of the northern states on this list have few electrically heated homes. The six lowest shares in the ACS were Vermont (11.0%), Michigan, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island and Alaska (15.4%5); five of them are in the bottom ten for use. A home that heats with gas, oil or propane pays for winter on another bill, not on the electric meter. Maine and Vermont6 are also among the ten states with the fewest cooling degree days.

California and Hawaii are different cases. Weighted by where people live, California ranks 9th lowest for heating degree days and 21st highest6 for cooling degree days among the states with data, and 30.2%5 of its homes heat mainly with electricity. Hawaii1 is not in NOAA's degree-day series; its use changed less with the seasons than in any state shown in the next section.

The states with the lowest electricity use per home, 2025
California494
Hawaii515
Maine533
Rhode Island562
Alaska564
New York586
Vermont592
Massachusetts596
Michigan635
New Mexico638
District of Columbia639
New Hampshire640
United States874

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025.

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StatekWh a month, 2025
California494
Hawaii515
Maine533
Rhode Island562
Alaska564
New York586
Vermont592
Massachusetts596
Michigan635
New Mexico638
District of Columbia639
New Hampshire640
United States874

Usage changes with the season, and one month ranks states differently

A yearly average hides the swing. Over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026, the average US home used the most in July 2026 (1,160 kWh) and the least in April 2026 (678 kWh), 1.7 times4 as much. Months since January 2026 are preliminary.

A single month ranks the states by its own weather. In August 2026 the average US home used 1,152 kWh, and Arizona led at 1,789 kWh, ahead of Louisiana (1,763 kWh) and Oklahoma (1,696 kWh). Over the full 12 months Arizona ranked 15th highest (1,054 kWh). Its homes used 2.8 times as much in August 2026 as in February 2026 (636 kWh). In August 2026 its average bill, $269.26, was the highest4 of any state.

Arizona: electricity use per home in each of the last 12 months

Source: EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state. Residential kWh sold per customer in each month. The table adds that month's average residential price. Monthly EIA data through August 2026 (released October 23, 2026); months since January 2026 are preliminary.

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MonthkWh per customerResidential ¢/kWh
September 20251,30115.26¢
October 202586715.55¢
November 202569015.66¢
December 202571815.46¢
January 202675515.61¢
February 202663616.03¢
March 202685915.61¢
April 202682415.48¢
May 20261,05515.23¢
June 20261,44515.18¢
July 20261,71115.38¢
August 20261,78915.05¢

Some states peak in winter instead. North Dakota6 used the most in January 2026 (1,578 kWh) and the least in June 2026; Washington5 peaked in January 2026 (1,269 kWh); Tennessee peaked in February 2026 (1,602 kWh). Maine peaked in March 2026 and was lowest in July 2026. Hawaii1 had the flattest year of these, with 1.4 times4 as much in its highest month as in its lowest. Our look at summer and winter electric bills follows these swings through the bill.

High use does not mean a high bill

Use and price pull in opposite directions in several states, and the bill is the product of the two. Louisiana used the most electricity per home in 2025 but paid an average of 12.52¢ per kWh, so its average bill, $153.32, ranked only 21st highest. Hawaii used the second least and paid an average of 40.40¢ per kWh7, and its average bill, $207.89, was the highest in the country. California, lowest in use, still had a bill of $154.73, $4.05 more a month than the US average1.

Electricity use per home against the average monthly bill, 2025
Electricity use per home against the average monthly bill, 2025$50.00$100.00$150.00$200.004006008001,0001,200Alabama: 1,145, $184.31Alaska: 564, $147.18Arizona: 1,030, $157.15Arkansas: 1,076, $138.42California: 494, $154.73CAColorado: 658, $103.30Connecticut: 704, $206.46Delaware: 920, $157.80District of Columbia: 639, $140.05Florida: 1,103, $167.86Georgia: 1,077, $158.70Hawaii: 515, $207.89HIIdaho: 933, $110.36Illinois: 717, $126.59Indiana: 938, $149.72Iowa: 861, $117.30Kansas: 876, $126.42Kentucky: 1,094, $143.72Louisiana: 1,225, $153.32LAMaine: 533, $147.67Maryland: 945, $184.42Massachusetts: 596, $181.08Michigan: 635, $127.17Minnesota: 744, $117.67Mississippi: 1,184, $166.05Missouri: 1,038, $137.97Montana: 853, $110.80Nebraska: 973, $117.23Nevada: 868, $115.07New Hampshire: 640, $156.94New Jersey: 670, $150.59New Mexico: 638, $94.65New York: 586, $154.75North Carolina: 1,044, $146.14North Dakota: 1,070, $126.40NDOhio: 874, $147.74Oklahoma: 1,064, $140.52Oregon: 866, $133.89Pennsylvania: 839, $161.90Rhode Island: 562, $165.62South Carolina: 1,067, $161.21South Dakota: 984, $131.10Tennessee: 1,180, $156.03TNTexas: 1,110, $170.95Utah: 761, $99.06Vermont: 592, $134.78Virginia: 1,067, $163.05Washington: 945, $124.41WAWest Virginia: 1,073, $165.13Wisconsin: 667, $120.60Wyoming: 835, $111.59kWh a month, 2025 →

Source: EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state. Each dot is a state (horizontal: kWh a month, 2025; vertical: Monthly bill, 2025). Residential kilowatt-hours per customer per month, 2025. Residential revenue divided by customers, per month, 2025 (EIA Average_Bill_2025; EIA counts customer accounts, including rooftop-solar third-party-owner accounts).

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StatekWh a month, 2025Monthly bill, 2025
California494$154.73
Hawaii515$207.89
Maine533$147.67
Rhode Island562$165.62
Alaska564$147.18
New York586$154.75
Vermont592$134.78
Massachusetts596$181.08
Michigan635$127.17
New Mexico638$94.65
District of Columbia639$140.05
New Hampshire640$156.94
Colorado658$103.30
Wisconsin667$120.60
New Jersey670$150.59
Connecticut704$206.46
Illinois717$126.59
Minnesota744$117.67
Utah761$99.06
Wyoming835$111.59
Pennsylvania839$161.90
Montana853$110.80
Iowa861$117.30
Oregon866$133.89
Nevada868$115.07
Ohio874$147.74
Kansas876$126.42
Delaware920$157.80
Idaho933$110.36
Indiana938$149.72
Maryland945$184.42
Washington945$124.41
Nebraska973$117.23
South Dakota984$131.10
Arizona1,030$157.15
Missouri1,038$137.97
North Carolina1,044$146.14
Oklahoma1,064$140.52
South Carolina1,067$161.21
Virginia1,067$163.05
North Dakota1,070$126.40
West Virginia1,073$165.13
Arkansas1,076$138.42
Georgia1,077$158.70
Kentucky1,094$143.72
Florida1,103$167.86
Texas1,110$170.95
Alabama1,145$184.31
Tennessee1,180$156.03
Mississippi1,184$166.05
Louisiana1,225$153.32

The average price here is average revenue per kWh: what homes paid in total, fixed charges and riders included, divided by the kWh they used. It is not a tariff. Prices by state are ranked on the cheapest electricity by state page, and bills on the average electric bill by state page.

What the electricity goes to

EIA's household survey splits use by appliance, though only for 2020, a pandemic year. Nationally, air conditioning took 19% of household electricity, space heating 12%, water heating 12% and refrigerators 8%; all other uses together made up 48%. In Louisiana, air conditioning took 28%; in California1, space heating took 4%8.

What homes in Louisiana use electricity for
Louisiana
California

Source: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, state data. Share of household electricity by end use in 2020, the latest Residential Energy Consumption Survey with state estimates (a pandemic year; RECS 2024 consumption data are due in spring 2027). "Everything else" covers lighting, cooking, laundry, electronics and other appliances.

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Air conditioningSpace heatingWater heatingRefrigeratorsEverything else
Louisiana28%10%13%6%43%
California18%4%5%13%60%

The home electricity use guide goes through these end uses, and the bill calculator turns a monthly kWh figure into a bill at your state's average price.

How to read these numbers

  • Accounts, not households. EIA divides residential sales by residential customer accounts. A vacation home or a separately metered garage counts as one account, like a family home.
  • Utility sales only. Electricity that a home generates with its own rooftop panels and uses on site is never sold, so it is not in these figures.
  • Annual, 12 months and one month are different numbers. The ranking uses 2025, the latest final year. The 12-month figures (September 2025 to August 2026) and the latest month (August 20264) come from EIA's monthly survey, are partly preliminary and will be revised. EIA publishes the next monthly update on November 24, 2026.
  • Survey figures are not meter readings. RECS (10,580 kWh a year8 per household in 2020) and ACS heating-fuel shares are sample estimates with margins of error, collected on a different basis from utility sales.

Questions and answers

What is the average kWh usage per month for a home in the US?

874 kWh1 per residential customer in 2025 (EIA-861, final). Over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026) it was 875 kWh, from EIA's monthly survey. Single months range widely: 1,152 kWh in August 20264, a preliminary figure.

Which state uses the most electricity per home?

Louisiana, at 1,225 kWh a month in 2025, followed by Mississippi (1,184 kWh) and Tennessee (1,180 kWh1). Louisiana4 also ranked first over the last 12 months (September 2025 to August 2026).

What is the average kWh usage per month in California?

494 kWh per home in 2025, the lowest of the 50 states and DC, and 507 kWh4 over the last 12 months. California homes still paid an average bill of $154.731 a month in 2025, because the average price was 31.35¢ per kWh7.

How many kWh does a house use in a year?

EIA's Residential Energy Consumption Survey put the average US household at 10,580 kWh a year in 2020, a pandemic year; the 2024 survey's consumption figures are due in spring 2027. Per state, the 2020 averages ran from 6,477 kWh a year in California to 14,771 kWh a year in Louisiana8.

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Sources

  1. EIA-861 2025, average monthly bill by state; table Average_Bill_2025; 2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  2. Census Bureau, Cartographic boundary file, states; table cb_2025_us_state_20m; 2025. www.census.gov
  3. EIA, Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price 2024, Table 5A; 2024 (last edition of this product); released October 7, 2025. www.eia.gov
  4. EIA, Electric Power Monthly / EIA-861M sales and revenue by state; table sales_revenue.xlsx (EPM Table 5.6.A); January 2001 to 2026-08; months since January 2026 preliminary; released October 23, 2026. www.eia.gov
  5. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, house heating fuel, table B25040; 2025; released October 29, 2026. data.census.gov
  6. NOAA, Climate Prediction Center population-weighted degree days by state; table daily state files, base 65°F; 2016-2025 annual sums; 1981-2010 CPC normals; released November 13, 2026. ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
  7. EIA, Historical state data, annual sales, revenue and customers; table HS861 2010-.xlsx; 2010-2025, final; released October 7, 2026. www.eia.gov
  8. EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey 2020, state data; table CE4.1.EL.ST, CE5 state tables, state highlights; released June 28, 2023. www.eia.gov

Margins of error (±) are at the 90% confidence level. A difference is called significant only when it passes the Census Bureau's test at that level. How every figure is built: methodology. Found an error? Write to [email protected]; corrections are listed on the updates page.