U.S. Census Bureau

USA Statistics in Brief--Energy, Transportation, and Communications

ENERGY 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Production (quadrillion British thermal unit (Btu.)) 71.3 70.9 70.1 70.4 169.2
Imports (quadrillion Btu.) 29.0 29.4 31.1 33.5 134.3
Consumption (quadrillion Btu.) 99.0 98.0 98.3 100.4 199.9
Consumption per capita (million Btu.) 352 340 338 342 1337
Crude oil production, domestic (million barrels)2 2,131 2,097 2,073 1,983 1,869
Crude oil imports (million barrels) 2 3,311 3,336 3,521 3,674 3,670
TRANSPORTATION 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Motor vehicle registrations (million) 221 230 231 237 241
Airline revenue passengers (million) 666 613 646 703 738
COMMUNICATIONS 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Cellular telephone subscribers (million) 109.5 140.8 158.7 182.1 207.9
Cable TV subscribers (million) 66.3 66.5 66.1 65.7 365.3
Daily newspaper circulation (million) 55.8 55.2 55.2 54.6 55.3

NA Not available.
\1 Preliminary.
\2 42 gallon barrels. Includes lease condensate.
\3 Estimate.


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