Refrigerator 99.7%, color TV (NA in 1978), clothes washer 70.5%, clothes dryer 45.0%, dishwasher 34.6%, microwave 7.8%, freezer 35.2%
% of households with each appliance
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EIA Annual Energy Review: Household Appliances (Table 8.3 / Table 2.6)
U.S. Energy Information Administration · 1988
Source notes & limitations
Appliance ownership data (% of households with each appliance) from the EIA Annual Energy Review. Data for 1978-1987 sourced from RECS (Form EIA-84). Table republished in the Census Bureau's 'Statistical Abstract: USSR and USA 1990' (1991), Table 8.3. Covers: color/B&W TV, clothes washer, clothes dryer, microwave oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, freezer, air conditioning (central + room), gas appliances, VCRs. Data are consistent with RECS microdata.
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US · 1970s
US · 1980s
Refrigerator 99.9%, color TV 82.1%, clothes washer 71.6%, clothes dryer 46.9%, dishwasher 37.3%, microwave 14.2%, freezer 25.9%
% of households with each appliance
No current source audit