Contents
- Residential natural gas consumption statistics: 2024 state totals in billion cubic feet
- Residential natural gas consumption statistics: 2024 state totals in trillion Btu
- Residential natural gas consumption statistics: annual U.S. and state totals, 2025
- Residential natural gas consumption statistics: U.S. annual totals, 2020–2025
- residential natural gas consumption: U.S. residential gas consumption by month in 2025
- residential natural gas consumption: U.S. residential gas consumption by month in 2026
- Sources
Residential natural gas consumption statistics: 2024 state totals in billion cubic feet
The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s 2024 State Energy Data System Table F32 reports residential-sector natural gas consumption in billion cubic feet and trillion Btu. The volume observations below are the values printed for the listed states and the District of Columbia. EIA’s estimates include supplemental gaseous fuels, so the category includes those fuels alongside natural gas. Each figure is a jurisdiction-wide residential-sector total, not a household average or a per-person measure. Source: EIA Table F32
| State or district | 2024 residential consumption (billion cubic feet) |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 29 |
| Alaska | 21 |
| Arizona | 41 |
| Arkansas | 28 |
| California | 420 |
| Colorado | 129 |
| Connecticut | 48 |
| Delaware | 11 |
| District of Columbia | 10 |
| Florida | 20 |
| Georgia | 131 |
| Hawaii | 1 |
Within this selected group, California has the largest printed volume, at 420 billion cubic feet, while Hawaii has the smallest, at 1 billion cubic foot. This describes the total volume reported for each jurisdiction. It does not establish which place has the highest use per home, since no household counts or household-level observations accompany these totals. Source: EIA Table F32
These are selected state and district observations rather than a complete state ranking. Billion cubic feet expresses gas volume; it does not directly report energy content. Table F32 gives a separate energy measure, presented below in trillion Btu. The measures describe related aspects of consumption but should be kept in their reported units. Source: EIA Table F32
EIA notes that totals may not equal component sums because estimates are rounded independently. The printed figures are useful for broad comparisons at the stated precision. Small discrepancies that arise from adding rounded values should not be interpreted as evidence that the table’s observations conflict. Source: EIA Table F32
Residential natural gas consumption statistics: 2024 state totals in trillion Btu
Table F32 also presents residential consumption in trillion Btu, an energy-content measure. These are the source’s separately printed estimates, not conversions calculated from the volume values. The estimates cover 2024 and include supplemental gaseous fuels. Hawaii has no supplied trillion-Btu observation in the checked data, so it is omitted here; the missing observation should not be read as zero. Source: EIA Table F32
| State or district | 2024 residential consumption (trillion Btu) |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 30.4 |
| Alaska | 21.4 |
| Arizona | 42.5 |
| Arkansas | 28.1 |
| California | 435.5 |
| Colorado | 135.1 |
| Connecticut | 49.0 |
| Delaware | 11.4 |
| District of Columbia | 10.6 |
| Florida | 20.9 |
| Georgia | 135.5 |
California has the largest listed energy total, at 435.5 trillion Btu. Georgia and Colorado have close displayed values: 135.5 and 135.1 trillion Btu, respectively. These jurisdiction-wide totals do not reveal what a typical residence consumed or how residential use is divided among end uses. Source: EIA Table F32
The volume and energy figures can be viewed together as two measures reported by the same source. California is listed at 420 billion cubic feet and 435.5 trillion Btu; Colorado is listed at 129 billion cubic feet and 135.1 trillion Btu. These pairs are independent observations in different units. No conversion factor is inferred here. The source also reports the energy measure to a decimal place and the volume measure as whole numbers, so the displayed precision differs. Source: EIA Table F32
That precision matters when interpreting comparisons. The figures support statements about the values EIA printed, but not calculations that imply greater precision than those observations provide. Independent rounding also applies when totals and their components are compared. Source: EIA Table F32
Residential natural gas consumption statistics: annual U.S. and state totals, 2025
EIA’s annual Natural Gas Summary reports residential consumption in million cubic feet. The U.S. total for 2025 is 4,842,571 million cubic feet. The state observations below are a selected subset from that annual table. The national figure covers the United States, while the selected state rows are not a complete breakdown and should not be summed to recreate the national total. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
| Geography | 2025 residential consumption (million cubic feet) |
|---|---|
| United States | 4,842,571 |
| New York | 450,867 |
| California | 408,468 |
| Illinois | 397,506 |
| Ohio | 298,791 |
| Pennsylvania | 245,853 |
| Texas | 221,464 |
Among the listed states, New York has the largest 2025 total, followed by California and Illinois. This comparison is limited to the states shown, rather than a complete state ranking. The U.S. observation has a different geographic scope: it is the national total, not another state entry. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
The annual summary page carries a release date of 10/30/2026 and notes that final annual data are generally available in the third quarter of the following year. The figures shown for 2025 are reported annual observations on that page, not a forecast or a 2026 measurement. The publication timing is useful context when interpreting annual data because final observations may become available after the year they describe. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
Million cubic feet is also the unit used in the monthly national table. An annual observation covers a calendar year, while a monthly observation covers only its named month. Keeping the period attached to each value avoids confusing a month’s total with a year’s total. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
Residential natural gas consumption statistics: U.S. annual totals, 2020–2025
EIA’s annual summary lists U.S. residential consumption for each year from 2020 through 2025, in million cubic feet. The highest value in this series is 4,964,255 million cubic feet in 2022; the lowest is 4,389,004 million cubic feet in 2024. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
| Year | U.S. residential consumption (million cubic feet) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 4,674,456 |
| 2021 | 4,716,658 |
| 2022 | 4,964,255 |
| 2023 | 4,524,345 |
| 2024 | 4,389,004 |
| 2025 | 4,842,571 |
The sequence rises from 2020 to 2021 and reaches its series high in 2022. It then declines in 2023 and again in 2024, before increasing in 2025. The 2025 observation is higher than the preceding year’s figure and lower than the 2022 high. These are descriptions of the reported totals; the annual table does not establish why the values changed. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
An annual total compresses a full calendar year into a single value. It allows comparisons across years at the national level, but does not show how consumption is distributed within each year. Monthly observations provide that timing detail for the periods available, in the same unit. Neither table supplies household-level consumption or explanatory measures alongside the totals. Source: EIA Residential Consumption of Natural Gas (Summary)
residential natural gas consumption: U.S. residential gas consumption by month in 2025
EIA’s monthly U.S. residential consumption table reports million cubic feet. The checked 2025 observations run from January through November; December is not included in the values below. January is the largest listed month, at 1,036,216 million cubic feet, and August is the smallest, at 104,398 million cubic feet. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
| Month in 2025 | U.S. residential consumption (million cubic feet) |
|---|---|
| January | 1,036,216 |
| February | 795,645 |
| March | 527,628 |
| April | 325,383 |
| May | 189,284 |
| June | 130,009 |
| July | 110,844 |
| August | 104,398 |
| September | 112,441 |
| October | 216,066 |
| November | 470,346 |
The monthly values decline in sequence from January through August. September is higher than August, and the reported totals rise again in October and November. November’s 470,346 million cubic feet remains below January’s observation. The table reports monthly totals but does not provide weather, prices, household counts, or other explanatory measures alongside them, so these figures alone do not identify the reasons for the pattern. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
Each value is a national total for its named month, not an annual amount or household average. January’s 1,036,216 million cubic feet describes January alone, as November’s 470,346 million cubic feet describes November alone. Monthly figures show timing that an annual total cannot display, but the month and year must remain attached when quoting a value. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
residential natural gas consumption: U.S. residential gas consumption by month in 2026
The checked EIA monthly table includes 2026 observations through August. Each is a U.S. residential total for an individual month, measured in million cubic feet. January is the largest of the listed observations, at 974,032 million cubic feet; August is the smallest, at 103,242 million cubic feet. Later months are not included here. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
| Month in 2026 | U.S. residential consumption (million cubic feet) |
|---|---|
| January | 974,032 |
| February | 723,153 |
| March | 481,026 |
| April | 283,292 |
| May | 188,328 |
| June | 126,292 |
| July | 110,798 |
| August | 103,242 |
The reported monthly total falls at every successive observation from January through August. This description ends with the available sequence and does not extend it into later months. The source page lists a release date of 10/30/2026 and a next release date of 11/30/2026; the observations included here stop at August. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
For January through August, every 2026 monthly observation is below its corresponding 2025 observation. The month-by-month pairs are: January, 974,032 versus 1,036,216 million cubic feet; February, 723,153 versus 795,645; March, 481,026 versus 527,628; April, 283,292 versus 325,383; May, 188,328 versus 189,284; June, 126,292 versus 130,009; July, 110,798 versus 110,844; and August, 103,242 versus 104,398. Each pair compares national totals for the same named month in different years. The figures do not explain the differences or establish a pattern beyond the months shown. Source: EIA U.S. Natural Gas Residential Consumption (Million Cubic Feet)
The 2024 Residential Energy Consumption Survey page says fuels-used and end-use data are scheduled for release in spring 2027. It therefore provides no current 2024 household-level residential natural-gas end-use observations for these comparisons. The state, annual, and monthly totals above should not be read as household-use estimates. Source: EIA 2024 RECS Survey Data