5.7 : Appliances
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Major Appliance
Ownership (Millions of Households and Percent of U.S. Households) |
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Households |
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Households |
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Households |
| Room Air
Conditioners |
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30.2 |
32% |
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30.4 |
31% |
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26.9 |
26% |
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27.4 |
25% |
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32.7 |
29% |
| Refrigerators |
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91.2 |
98% |
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96.8 |
98% |
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100.0 |
96% |
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104.7 |
96% |
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111.6 |
99% |
| Freezers |
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42.4 |
45% |
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41.9 |
42% |
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42.8 |
41% |
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36.1 |
33% |
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48.5 |
43% |
| Electric
Ranges/Cooktops |
58.4 |
63% |
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65.3 |
66% |
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69.2 |
66% |
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71.0 |
65% |
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68.8 |
61% |
| Gas
Ranges/Cooktops |
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36.1 |
39% |
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38.3 |
39% |
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39.4 |
38% |
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42.2 |
39% |
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45.1 |
40% |
| Microwave
Ovens |
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77.2 |
83% |
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89.5 |
91% |
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94.6 |
91% |
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97.2 |
89% |
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102.6 |
91% |
| Clothes
Washers |
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86.4 |
93% |
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94.3 |
95% |
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96.9 |
93% |
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90.1 |
83% |
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107.1 |
95% |
| Electric
Clothes Dryers |
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56.1 |
60% |
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60.4 |
61% |
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61.8 |
59% |
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67.6 |
62% |
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69.9 |
62% |
| Gas Clothes
Dryers |
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19.1 |
21% |
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21.1 |
21% |
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19.8 |
19% |
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20.7 |
19% |
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22.6 |
20% |
| Personal
Computers |
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N.A. |
N.A. |
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43.5 |
44% |
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N.A. |
N.A. |
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N.A. |
N.A. |
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N.A. |
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| Number of U.S.
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94.0 |
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98.9 |
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107.0 |
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108.8 |
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Related Tables:
Sources:
Appliance Magazine, U.S. Appliance Industry: Market Share, Life Expectancy & Replacement Market, and Saturation Levels, January 2010, p. 11
| AHAM, AHAM 2005 Fact Book, 2006, Table 93, p. 28 for 1990, 2001 and 2005
| AHAM, 2000 Major Home Appliance Industry Fact Book, Nov. 2000, Table 13, p. 21 for 1996
| Consumer Electronic Manufacturers Association's Home Page, 1999 for 1997 personal computers
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