Average household electricity price
What homes paid for electricity on average over the year, in cents per kilowatt-hour: all household electricity bills in the state divided by the electricity homes used. A kilowatt-hour runs a 1,000-watt heater for one hour. Prices are in each year's dollars, not adjusted for inflation, so compare states within a year rather than across decades. From the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), counting every kind of electricity company, from 1970.
Reported for51states — none in PR
Link to density0.57not mostly about how urban a place is
Nearby places alike—not worked out for states: the map data here has no location points to measure distances between states
Typeratecents per kWh
How it has moved
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Every state, every year
One row per state and one column per year, sorted by the latest value. It shows states, not counties: nobody can scan 3,222 rows, and the pattern only shows when it all fits on one screen.
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Where it comes from
US Energy Information Administration, EIA-861 · EIA-861 historical sales to ultimate customers by state and sector (HS861), Total Electric Industry, Price
What homes paid for electricity on average over the year: total household electricity bills divided by electricity used. In cents per kilowatt-hour, in each year's dollars, from the EIA.
Combining areas: it cannot be combined, so it is shown only where its publisher works it out.
What it goes with
The strongest links that have a page of their own. Unadjusted is the link before adjusting for anything, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step). Adjusted compares places with the same population density, income and education levels, so those differences can’t explain the link. This list leaves out the 1 pairs built from the same numbers or the same model as this measure, since they are bound to match. These compare 51 states, not counties. With only about fifty places behind each figure, none of them is strong evidence on its own.
| Measure | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Median home valueLinked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | +0.55 | +0.25 |
| Child mortalityLinked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | -0.52 | -0.24 |
| Motor vehicle crash deathsLinked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | -0.53 | -0.17 |
| Median gross rentLinked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | +0.53 | +0.11 |
| Median household income (model-based)Linked across states, but mostly as both follow how urban, rich and educated a place is. Comparing only places with similar density, income and education, what is left could easily be chance. | +0.51 | +0.06 |
Population makeup
How this measure varies with the racial and ethnic makeup of states. Every group is shown, whatever its rank. These are links across states: they describe places, not people. They say nothing about any person’s risk or behaviour based on their race. States with a larger share of one group also differ in much else, such as income, segregation, region and history. The adjusted figure only accounts for density, income and education.
| Share of residents | Unadjusted | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|
| Share White, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.28 | -0.05 |
| Share Black, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.18 | -0.29 |
| Share Hispanic or Latino, any raceCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.08 | -0.08 |
| Share Asian, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | +0.67 | +0.47 |
| Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not HispanicCould easily be chance once only places with similar density, income and education are compared. | -0.09 | +0.11 |
Highest and lowest
Of 51 states reporting it. These are the two ends of a national ranking. For most measures, that ranking mostly sorts places by income and how urban they are. That is why the place pages compare each place with similar places instead.
Highest
- Hawaii — 42.4
- Connecticut — 29.9
- Massachusetts — 29.6
- California — 29.5
- New Hampshire — 28.1
Lowest
- Washington — 11
- North Dakota — 11
- Idaho — 11.1
- Nebraska — 11.2
- Utah — 11.2
The middle state reports 14.3. The middle half of states falls between 12.6 and 17.3 (the 25th to 75th percentile).
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