Transportation share of energy use: U.S. states ranked (2024)
Measure: Transportation share of energy use (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Energy consumption per person and by sector by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.
National value: 29.9 (United States).
Small states, hard to see on the map:
- Lowest: 13.5 to 25.3 %
- Group 2: 25.3 to 29.3 %
- Group 3: 29.3 to 32.7 %
- Group 4: 32.7 to 34 %
- Highest: 34 to 59.2 %
Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.
Note: Sector shares include the energy lost generating and transmitting electricity; energy-producing states (Wyoming, North Dakota) show production far above their own use.
| 1 | Hawaii | 59.2 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | California | 45.4 |
| 3 | Florida | 41.6 |
| 4 | Washington | 39.8 |
| 5 | Nevada | 39.2 |
| 6 | Vermont | 37.3 |
| 7 | Arizona | 36.8 |
| 8 | Oregon | 36.1 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | 35 |
| 10 | Maryland | 34.6 |
| 11 | New York | 34 |
| 12 | Massachusetts | 33.8 |
| 12 | New Jersey | 33.8 |
| 14 | North Carolina | 33.6 |
| 14 | Utah | 33.6 |
| 16 | Maine | 33.4 |
| 17 | Colorado | 33.1 |
| 18 | Idaho | 33 |
| 19 | Rhode Island | 32.9 |
| 20 | Missouri | 32.8 |
| 21 | Mississippi | 32.7 |
| 22 | New Mexico | 32.5 |
| 23 | Connecticut | 32.3 |
| 24 | Georgia | 31.6 |
| 24 | Tennessee | 31.6 |
| 26 | Montana | 31.2 |
| 27 | Virginia | 30.7 |
| 28 | Kentucky | 30.1 |
| 28 | Oklahoma | 30.1 |
| 30 | Delaware | 29.8 |
| 31 | Alabama | 29.3 |
| 32 | Kansas | 29.2 |
| 33 | South Carolina | 29.1 |
| 34 | South Dakota | 28.7 |
| 35 | Michigan | 28.2 |
| 36 | Minnesota | 27.6 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 27.2 |
| 38 | Alaska | 27 |
| 39 | Ohio | 25.9 |
| 40 | Illinois | 25.8 |
| 41 | Wisconsin | 25.3 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 23.5 |
| 43 | Pennsylvania | 23.3 |
| 43 | Texas | 23.3 |
| 45 | Indiana | 22 |
| 46 | Wyoming | 21.8 |
| 47 | Iowa | 21.5 |
| 47 | West Virginia | 21.5 |
| 49 | North Dakota | 19.7 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 17.8 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 13.5 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS), complete data file, 2024: series TETPB, TETCB, TERCB, TECCB, TEICB, TEACB, RETCB, TEPRB, TETPV, TETGR. Reference period: 2024.
Cite this ranking
U.S. states ranked by transportation share of energy use (%, derived) (2024). Data: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (SEDS), complete data file, 2024: series TETPB, TETCB, TERCB, TECCB, TEICB, TEACB, RETCB, TEPRB, TETPV, TETGR; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-transportation-share-of-energy-use/