Million U.S. Housing Units

Total................................................................... 111.1 14.7 7.4 12.5 12.5 18.9 18.6 17.3 9.2

Personal Computers

Do Not Use a Personal Computer ............... 35.5 5.7 3.3 4.6 4.7 5.8 5.7 4.0 1.7

Use a Personal Computer............................. 75.6 9.0 4.1 7.9 7.8 13.1 12.9 13.3 7.5

Number of Desktop PCs

1.............................................................. 50.3 5.8 2.8 6.1 5.1 9.3 8.7 7.8 4.8

2.............................................................. 16.2 2.2 0.8 1.3 1.8 2.4 2.7 3.2 1.8

3 or More................................................. 9.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 1.5 2.3 0.9

Number of Laptop PCs

1.............................................................. 22.5 2.7 1.0 2.1 2.3 4.2 3.6 4.5 2.1

2.............................................................. 4.0 0.6 Q Q 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.9 0.6

3 or More................................................. 0.7 Q N QQQQQQ

Type of Monitor Used on Most-Used PC

Desk-top

CRT (Standard Monitor)....................... 45.0 5.3 2.8 4.9 5.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 3.9

Flat-panel LCD..................................... 13.6 1.4 0.7 1.4 1.2 2.4 2.3 2.7 1.6

Laptop (Flat-panel LCD)........................... 16.9 2.3 0.7 1.7 1.5 2.8 2.9 3.1 1.9

Have Access to Internet

Yes.............................................................. 66.9 8.0 3.8 6.8 6.5 11.3 11.3 12.3 6.9

Dial-up (phone)........................................ 26.8 3.1 1.2 2.7 3.2 5.0 4.3 4.8 2.4

DSL......................................................... 19.1 2.4 1.3 1.7 1.5 3.0 3.4 3.6 2.3

Cable....................................................... 20.8 2.5 1.2 2.4 1.8 3.3 3.6 3.8 2.2

No............................................................... 8.7 1.0 0.4 1.1 1.2 1.8 1.5 1.1 0.6

PC Printer...................................................... 65.4 7.2 3.5 7.0 6.3 11.4 11.2 12.0 6.8

With Built-in Fax/Copier............................... 27.7 2.7 1.5 2.5 2.4 4.6 4.9 5.5 3.7

Without Built-in Fax/Copier.......................... 37.8 4.5 2.1 4.5 3.9 6.8 6.3 6.6 3.1

Televisions

Color Television Sets.................................... 109.7 14.1 7.3 12.4 12.4 18.7 18.4 17.2 9.1

1.................................................................. 23.3 4.1 1.5 2.8 2.9 4.1 3.5 3.0 1.3

2.................................................................. 38.7 5.0 2.9 4.3 4.1 6.6 6.8 5.7 3.3

3.................................................................. 25.8 2.9 1.7 2.8 2.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 2.4

4.................................................................. 13.9 1.4 0.7 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.5 1.3

5 or More..................................................... 8.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.7 0.7

Large Screen Television Sets................... 30.5 2.1 2.0 3.3 3.4 5.3 5.0 5.8 3.7

1.............................................................. 26.3 1.8 1.8 2.8 2.8 4.6 4.3 4.9 3.2

2.............................................................. 3.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.4

3 or More................................................. 0.6 Q N QQQQQQ

Plasma Television Sets............................. 3.6 Q 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6

1.............................................................. 2.7 Q Q 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.4

2 or More................................................. 0.9 QQQQQQQQ

Year of Construction

Housing 

Units 

(millions)

Before 

1940

1940 to 

1949

1950 to 

1959

1960 to 

1969

1970 to 

1979

1980 to 

1989

1990 to 

1999

2000 to 

2005

Table HC5.11 Home Electronics Characteristics by Year of Construction, 2005

Home Electronics Characteristics

Energy Information Administration

2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey: Preliminary Housing Characteristics Tables
 Million U.S. Housing Units

Year of Construction

Housing 

Units 

(millions)

Before 

1940

1940 to 

1949

1950 to 

1959

1960 to 

1969

1970 to 

1979

1980 to 

1989

1990 to 

1999

2000 to 

2005

Table HC5.11 Home Electronics Characteristics by Year of Construction, 2005

Home Electronics Characteristics

Television Accessories

Cable/Satellite Dish Antennas.................. 87.9 10.2 5.8 9.7 9.6 14.8 15.2 14.5 8.0

Cable Network......................................... 62.3 7.8 4.1 7.3 7.2 10.9 11.0 9.0 5.0

Satellite Dish Antenna.............................. 24.1 2.3 1.6 2.3 2.2 3.7 3.9 5.2 2.8

Both......................................................... 1.5 Q Q Q Q Q Q 0.3 Q

Video Cassette Recorders (VCR).............. 89.4 11.2 5.6 10.2 10.3 15.5 15.1 14.3 7.2

1.............................................................. 52.6 6.8 3.2 6.4 6.5 9.0 9.1 7.8 3.9

2.............................................................. 23.9 2.6 1.9 2.7 2.1 4.4 3.9 3.9 2.4

3 or More................................................. 13.0 1.8 0.6 1.2 1.7 2.1 2.1 2.7 0.9

Digital Video Disc Players (DVD).............. 89.3 11.0 5.5 9.6 9.6 15.3 15.7 14.7 7.9

1.............................................................. 56.4 7.2 3.7 6.4 6.3 10.2 9.6 8.7 4.4

2.............................................................. 22.7 2.5 1.4 2.3 2.0 3.5 4.2 4.3 2.6

3 or More................................................. 10.2 1.3 0.5 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.0

Combination VCR/DVD.............................. 31.7 3.6 1.8 3.6 3.5 5.8 5.9 5.2 2.4

1.............................................................. 27.3 3.2 1.5 3.3 2.9 5.0 5.2 4.2 1.9

2.............................................................. 3.5 0.3 0.2 Q 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.4

3 or More................................................. 0.9 QQQQQQQQ

TV-Based Game Systems

Yes.......................................................... 34.7 4.2 1.8 3.1 4.2 5.7 5.8 6.4 3.5

No............................................................ 75.0 10.0 5.5 9.3 8.2 13.0 12.5 10.9 5.6

Stereo Equipment............................................. 80.0 10.0 5.0 8.4 8.5 13.7 13.8 13.5 7.1

Portable/Boom Box......................................... 26.3 3.2 1.3 2.4 3.0 4.6 4.6 4.9 2.3

(More than One May Apply)

Compact Stereo System................................. 33.5 4.3 1.9 4.0 3.7 5.4 5.7 5.2 3.3

Component Stereo System............................. 41.4 4.9 2.8 4.1 4.3 6.8 7.2 7.7 3.6

Other Type of System..................................... 3.2 0.6 Q 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.3

Telephone and Office Equipment

Cell/Mobile Telephone..................................... 84.8 9.9 5.1 8.9 9.2 14.8 14.5 14.7 7.7

Cordless Telephone........................................ 84.9 10.6 5.4 9.3 9.3 14.6 14.1 14.1 7.6

Separate Facsimile Machine........................... 12.8 1.2 0.7 1.0 1.3 2.3 2.0 2.6 1.7

Separate Photocopier...................................... 9.5 1.2 0.6 0.8 1.1 2.0 1.5 1.7 0.8

Telephone Answering Machine....................... 63.1 8.0 4.5 7.3 6.4 11.0 9.7 10.6 5.8

 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.

Energy Information Administration

2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey: Preliminary Housing Characteristics Tables
 Million U.S. Housing Units

Year of Construction

Housing 

Units 

(millions)

Before 

1940

1940 to 

1949

1950 to 

1959

1960 to 

1969

1970 to 

1979

1980 to 

1989

1990 to 

1999

2000 to 

2005

Table HC5.11 Home Electronics Characteristics by Year of Construction, 2005

Home Electronics Characteristics

Energy Information Administration

2005 Residential Energy Consumption Survey: Preliminary Housing Characteristics Tables