When it comes to energy efficiency, Georgia doesn’t rank all too well.
Financial analysis website WalletHub recently examined energy efficiency across the united state, measuring the efficiency of auto- and home-energy consumption in 48 U.S. states.
Georgia came in at No. 35.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the average U.S. family spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities, with heating and cooling of spaces alone accounting for more than half the bill. In 2018, the average consumer spent another $1,968 on motor fuel and oil, up $59 from last year.
See the interactive map below and scroll over each state to see the ranking.
| 1 |
New York |
84.41 |
3 |
2 |
| 2 |
Vermont |
82.11 |
1 |
13 |
| 3 |
Utah |
81.77 |
2 |
10 |
| 4 |
Rhode Island |
81.59 |
6 |
1 |
| 5 |
Massachusetts |
77.79 |
8 |
4 |
| 6 |
Colorado |
71.43 |
7 |
18 |
| 7 |
Minnesota |
71.14 |
4 |
28 |
| 8 |
Wisconsin |
71.01 |
10 |
15 |
| 9 |
California |
70.23 |
18 |
5 |
| 10 |
Connecticut |
69.00 |
16 |
7 |
| 11 |
Nevada |
67.14 |
14 |
12 |
| 12 |
New Hampshire |
66.54 |
9 |
26 |
| 13 |
Michigan |
63.00 |
19 |
21 |
| 14 |
Illinois |
62.47 |
23 |
14 |
| 15 |
Maine |
60.52 |
5 |
40 |
| 16 |
Pennsylvania |
59.57 |
24 |
22 |
| 17 |
Washington |
59.50 |
27 |
9 |
| 18 |
New Jersey |
59.29 |
17 |
31 |
| 19 |
Oregon |
58.80 |
25 |
19 |
| 20 |
New Mexico |
58.65 |
21 |
32 |
| 21 |
Idaho |
58.05 |
13 |
36 |
| 22 |
Delaware |
57.50 |
26 |
17 |
| 23 |
Maryland |
56.51 |
31 |
11 |
| 24 |
Arizona |
55.48 |
30 |
16 |
| 25 |
Ohio |
55.33 |
29 |
20 |
| 26 |
Montana |
54.96 |
11 |
43 |
| 27 |
Florida |
52.12 |
36 |
3 |
| 28 |
Iowa |
48.92 |
20 |
45 |
| 29 |
Kansas |
48.44 |
32 |
25 |
| 30 |
Indiana |
48.41 |
33 |
24 |
| 31 |
South Dakota |
47.17 |
15 |
46 |
| 32 |
North Carolina |
46.94 |
40 |
6 |
| 33 |
Virginia |
45.95 |
34 |
27 |
| 34 |
Nebraska |
44.84 |
28 |
39 |
| 35 |
Georgia |
39.27 |
45 |
8 |
| 36 |
North Dakota |
38.40 |
22 |
47 |
| 37 |
Missouri |
37.68 |
38 |
33 |
| 38 |
West Virginia |
36.92 |
43 |
23 |
| 39 |
Wyoming |
36.04 |
12 |
48 |
| 40 |
Oklahoma |
34.96 |
39 |
37 |
| 41 |
Kentucky |
33.59 |
41 |
34 |
| 42 |
Texas |
33.34 |
35 |
42 |
| 43 |
Mississippi |
32.08 |
37 |
41 |
| 44 |
Arkansas |
31.54 |
42 |
38 |
| 45 |
Tennessee |
30.29 |
46 |
29 |
| 46 |
Alabama |
28.91 |
44 |
35 |
| 47 |
Louisiana |
28.69 |
47 |
30 |
| 48 |
South Carolina |
17.68 |
48 |
44 |
| N/A** |
Alaska |
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| N/A** |
Hawaii |
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*No. 1 = Most Energy-Efficient
**Due to data limitations, Alaska and Hawaii were excluded from the analysis.
