Happy National Energy Awareness Month! With U.S. energy consumption having declined by 7% last year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2021’s Most & Least Energy-Efficient States.
To gauge the financial impact of doing more with less energy — the average American household spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities and another $1,568 on motor fuel and oil — the site compared the auto- and home-energy efficiency in 48 U.S. states. Due to data limitations, Alaska and Hawaii were excluded from their analysis.
South Carolina was ranked dead last and North Carolina was ranked in the bottom half at #35.
Most & Least Energy-Efficient States
| Overall Rank* |
State |
Total Score |
Home Energy Efficiency |
Auto Energy Efficiency |
| 1 |
Utah |
83.91 |
1 |
8 |
| 2 |
New York |
82.05 |
3 |
2 |
| 3 |
Massachusetts |
79.72 |
9 |
1 |
| 4 |
Minnesota |
77.42 |
2 |
26 |
| 5 |
Rhode Island |
76.45 |
6 |
6 |
| 6 |
Colorado |
75.68 |
4 |
15 |
| 7 |
Vermont |
74.60 |
5 |
12 |
| 8 |
Wisconsin |
72.54 |
7 |
17 |
| 9 |
California |
71.88 |
14 |
4 |
| 10 |
Connecticut |
68.28 |
17 |
7 |
| 11 |
Maine |
67.81 |
10 |
24 |
| 12 |
Nevada |
66.98 |
15 |
14 |
| 13 |
Illinois |
66.94 |
18 |
9 |
| 14 |
New Hampshire |
64.67 |
12 |
29 |
| 15 |
Michigan |
63.98 |
19 |
18 |
| 16 |
New Jersey |
63.46 |
20 |
19 |
| 17 |
Maryland |
60.73 |
28 |
10 |
| 18 |
Pennsylvania |
60.21 |
23 |
21 |
| 19 |
Oregon |
59.75 |
24 |
20 |
| 20 |
Washington |
59.73 |
27 |
13 |
| 21 |
Charlotte |
58.00 |
34 |
3 |
| 22 |
South Dakota |
57.55 |
8 |
46 |
| 23 |
Arizona |
57.03 |
30 |
16 |
| 24 |
Iowa |
56.07 |
11 |
45 |
| 25 |
Ohio |
55.58 |
29 |
23 |
| 26 |
Idaho |
55.53 |
21 |
36 |
| 27 |
Indiana |
53.17 |
32 |
22 |
| 28 |
Kansas |
51.94 |
31 |
31 |
| 29 |
Montana |
51.17 |
22 |
42 |
| 30 |
New Mexico |
50.99 |
25 |
37 |
| 31 |
Nebraska |
49.01 |
26 |
40 |
| 32 |
Delaware |
48.29 |
33 |
33 |
| 33 |
Virginia |
47.69 |
35 |
25 |
| 34 |
North Dakota |
46.45 |
13 |
47 |
| 35 |
North Carolina |
44.02 |
40 |
11 |
| 36 |
Missouri |
42.05 |
38 |
30 |
| 37 |
Georgia |
39.24 |
44 |
5 |
| 38 |
Wyoming |
37.88 |
16 |
48 |
| 39 |
Oklahoma |
36.68 |
37 |
38 |
| 40 |
Texas |
36.36 |
36 |
44 |
| 41 |
Kentucky |
34.58 |
41 |
34 |
| 42 |
Arkansas |
32.31 |
42 |
35 |
| 43 |
Mississippi |
31.63 |
39 |
41 |
| 44 |
Louisiana |
31.22 |
45 |
27 |
| 45 |
Tennessee |
30.43 |
46 |
28 |
| 46 |
Alabama |
29.05 |
47 |
32 |
| 47 |
West Virginia |
24.20 |
43 |
43 |
| 48 |
South Carolina |
21.49 |
48 |
39 |
| N/A** |
Alaska |
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| N/A** |
Hawaii |
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Notes: *No. 1 = Most Energy-Efficient
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