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U.S. Natural Gas Total Consumption (MMcf)
Decade Year-0 Year-1 Year-2 Year-3 Year-4 Year-5 Year-6 Year-7 Year-8 Year-9
  1940's 4,971,152
  1950's 5,766,542 6,810,162 7,294,320 7,639,270 8,048,504 8,693,657 9,288,865 9,846,139 10,302,608 11,321,181
  1960's 11,966,537 12,489,268 13,266,513 13,970,229 14,813,808 15,279,716 16,452,403 17,388,360 18,632,062 20,056,240
  1970's 21,139,386 21,793,454 22,101,451 22,049,363 21,223,133 19,537,593 19,946,496 19,520,581 19,627,478 20,240,761
  1980's 19,877,293 19,403,858 18,001,055 16,834,912 17,950,527 17,280,943 16,221,296 17,210,809 18,029,585 19,118,997
  1990's 19,173,556 19,562,067 20,228,228 20,789,842 21,247,098 22,206,889 22,609,080 22,737,342 22,245,956 22,405,151
  2000's 23,333,121 22,238,624 23,007,017 22,276,502 22,388,975 22,010,596 21,653,086 23,056,814


Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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