Air Conditioning, 1976 and 2016

Global warming skeptics should take a look at the Census Bureau’s report, 2016 Characteristics of New Housing. The proof of global warming begins on page 8 of the 751-page statistical report. Fully 93 percent of new single-family homes completed in 2016 had air-conditioning, including more than 8 out of 10 new houses in the Northeast. Not so in 1976, when only 49 percent of all new single-family homes completed (and just 13 percent in the Northeast) had air-conditioning. Here is the 40-year trend by region...

Total U.S.
2016: 93%
1976: 49% 

Northeast
2016: 86%
1976: 13%

Midwest
2016: 94%
1976: 40%

South
2016: 100%
1976: 78%

West
2016: 78%
1976: 29%

Source: Census Bureau, 2016 Characteristics of New Housing