TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 22 - Center for ...

The Energy Information Administration revised the historical energy data series to include renewable energy
in each sector. Also, the residential and commercial sector data are now separated. Total energy use was 97
quads in 2001 with transportation using 27.9%.
Table 2.1
U. S. Consumption of Total Energy by End-Use Sector, 1973–2001 a
(quadrillion Btu)
Year Transportation
Percentage
transportation
of total Industrial Commercial Residential Total
1973 18.6 24.6% 32.7 9.5 15.0 75.8
1974 18.1 24.5% 31.8 9.4 14.7 74.1
1975 18.2 25.3% 29.4 9.5 14.9 72.0
1976 19.1 25.1% 31.4 10.0 15.5 76.1
1977 19.8 25.4% 32.3 10.2 15.8 78.1
1978 20.6 25.7% 32.8 10.5 16.2 80.1
1979 20.5 25.3% 34.0 10.6 15.9 81.0
1980 19.7 25.1% 32.2 10.6 15.9 78.4
1981 19.5 25.5% 30.9 10.7 15.5 76.6
1982 19.1 26.0% 27.8 10.9 15.7 73.4
1983 19.1 26.1% 27.6 11.0 15.6 73.3
1984 19.8 25.7% 29.7 11.5 15.9 77.0
1985 20.1 26.1% 29.1 11.6 16.1 76.8
1986 20.8 27.0% 28.5 11.7 16.1 77.1
1987 21.5 26.9% 29.7 12.1 16.4 79.6
1988 22.3 26.9% 30.9 12.6 17.2 83.1
1989 22.6 26.7% 31.2 13.1 17.8 84.6
1990 22.5 26.8% 31.7 13.1 16.8 84.2
1991 22.1 26.3% 31.3 13.4 17.4 84.2
1992 22.5 26.3% 32.5 13.3 17.3 85.5
1993 22.9 26.2% 32.7 13.6 18.1 87.3
1994 23.5 26.4% 33.7 13.9 18.1 89.2
1995 24.0 26.4% 34.1 14.4 18.5 90.9
1996 24.5 26.1% 35.0 14.9 19.5 93.9
1997 24.8 26.3% 35.2 15.4 18.9 94.3
1998 25.4 26.8% 34.9 15.5 18.8 94.5
1999 26.2 26.8% 35.5 15.8 19.2 97.8
2000 27.0 27.3% 35.7 16.3 19.8 98.8
2001 27.1 27.9% 34.0 16.6 19.4 97.0
Average annual percentage change
1973–2000 1.4% 0.1% 2.1% 1.0% 0.9%
1990–2000 1.9% 0.7% 2.4% 1.1% 1.4%
Source:
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, March 2002,
Washington, DC, Table 2.2. (Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
a Electrical energy losses have been distributed among the sectors.
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