Saturday, August 27, 2011

Air Conditioning by Region

Fully 87 percent of homes in the United States are now equipped with air conditioning--either central air or window units. Here is the percentage of households with air conditioning by region in 1980 and 2009:

2009 1980
Northeast 86 49
Midwest 91 58
South 98 74
West 65 36

Source: Residential Energy Consumption Survey, Air conditioning in nearly 100 million U.S. homes

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