Total............................................................... 111.1 47.1 19.0 22.7 22.3

Personal Computers

Do Not Use a Personal Computer ........... 35.5 16.9 6.5 4.6 7.6

Use a Personal Computer......................... 75.6 30.3 12.5 18.1 14.7

Number of Desktop PCs

1.......................................................... 50.3 21.1 8.3 10.7 10.1

2.......................................................... 16.2 6.2 2.8 4.1 3.0

3 or More............................................. 9.0 2.9 1.4 3.2 1.6

Number of Laptop PCs

1.......................................................... 22.5 9.1 3.6 6.0 3.8

2.......................................................... 4.0 1.5 0.6 1.3 0.7

3 or More............................................. 0.7 0.3 Q Q Q

Type of Monitor Used on Most-Used PC

Desk-top

CRT (Standard Monitor)................... 45.0 17.7 7.5 10.2 9.6

Flat-panel LCD................................. 13.6 5.2 2.3 3.9 2.2

Laptop (Flat-panel LCD)...................... 16.9 7.4 2.7 4.0 2.9

Have Access to Internet

Yes.......................................................... 66.9 26.6 11.0 16.7 12.6

Dial-up (phone).................................... 26.8 9.8 3.9 4.9 8.2

DSL..................................................... 19.1 8.3 3.4 5.0 2.4

Cable................................................... 20.8 8.4 3.5 6.8 2.1

No........................................................... 8.7 3.7 1.5 1.4 2.1

PC Printer.................................................. 65.4 25.1 10.5 16.5 13.4

With Built-in Fax/Copier........................... 27.7 10.0 4.8 7.2 5.7

Without Built-in Fax/Copier...................... 37.8 15.1 5.7 9.3 7.7

Televisions

Color Television Sets................................ 109.7 46.4 18.8 22.5 22.0

1.............................................................. 23.3 10.4 3.8 3.8 5.2

2.............................................................. 38.7 16.7 6.6 7.6 7.8

3.............................................................. 25.8 10.7 4.7 5.3 5.1

4.............................................................. 13.9 6.0 2.3 3.1 2.5

5 or More................................................. 8.0 2.6 1.5 2.7 1.3

Large Screen Television Sets............... 30.5 11.8 5.3 8.0 5.5

1.......................................................... 26.3 10.1 4.7 6.9 4.7

2.......................................................... 3.6 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.7

3 or More............................................. 0.6 Q Q Q Q

Plasma Television Sets......................... 3.6 1.5 0.6 1.2 0.4

1.......................................................... 2.7 1.0 0.4 1.0 0.3

2 or More............................................. 0.9 0.4 Q Q Q

Table HC8.11 Home Electronics Characteristics by Urban/Rural Location, 2005

Home Electronics Characteristics City Town Suburbs Rural

 Million U.S. Housing Units

Housing

Units 

(millions)

Urban/Rural Location

(as Self-Reported)

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Table HC8.11 Home Electronics Characteristics by Urban/Rural Location, 2005

Home Electronics Characteristics City Town Suburbs Rural

 Million U.S. Housing Units

Housing

Units 

(millions)

Urban/Rural Location

(as Self-Reported)

Television Accessories

Cable/Satellite Dish Antennas.............. 87.9 35.9 16.2 19.0 16.7

Cable Network..................................... 62.3 28.0 12.6 15.0 6.7

Satellite Dish Antenna......................... 24.1 7.3 3.3 3.6 9.8

Both..................................................... 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2

Video Cassette Recorders (VCR)......... 89.4 36.5 15.6 18.6 18.7

1.......................................................... 52.6 21.7 9.5 10.2 11.2

2.......................................................... 23.9 10.1 4.0 5.0 4.7

3 or More............................................. 13.0 4.7 2.1 3.3 2.8

Digital Video Disc Players (DVD).......... 89.3 37.4 15.0 19.7 17.2

1.......................................................... 56.4 23.8 9.5 11.8 11.3

2.......................................................... 22.7 9.6 4.0 5.2 4.0

3 or More............................................. 10.2 4.0 1.6 2.7 1.8

Combination VCR/DVD......................... 31.7 12.6 5.2 7.3 6.5

1.......................................................... 27.3 10.8 4.4 6.1 5.9

2.......................................................... 3.5 1.5 0.6 0.9 0.4

3 or More............................................. 0.9 0.2 Q 0.3 Q

TV-Based Game Systems

Yes...................................................... 34.7 14.9 5.9 7.6 6.4

No........................................................ 75.0 31.6 12.9 14.9 15.6

Stereo Equipment......................................... 80.0 33.7 12.9 17.5 15.8

(More than One May Apply)

Portable/Boom Box..................................... 26.3 11.4 3.9 6.0 5.1

Compact Stereo System............................. 33.5 14.3 5.3 7.3 6.6

Component Stereo System......................... 41.4 16.6 6.5 10.2 8.1

Other Type of System................................. 3.2 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.7

Telephone and Office Equipment

Cell/Mobile Telephone................................ 84.8 35.2 13.8 19.4 16.5

Cordless Telephone.................................... 84.9 32.8 14.1 19.5 18.5

Separate Facsimile Machine....................... 12.8 4.7 1.5 3.4 3.2

Separate Photocopier................................. 9.5 3.3 1.3 2.6 2.2

Telephone Answering Machine................... 63.1 23.6 11.4 14.9 13.3

 Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 10 

households were sampled.

 N = No cases in reporting sample.

 Notes: ● Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. ● See Glossary for definition of terms used in these tables.

 Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-457 A, B, C of the 2005 

Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

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