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In 2020, 61% of U.S. households used natural gas for at least one energy end use, according to our 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). Space heating, water heating, and cooking were the most common end uses; more than half of U.S. households used natural gas for space heating, closely [...]

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) averaged 10.6 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2022, increasing by 9% (0.8 Bcf/d) compared with 2021, according to our Natural Gas Monthly. The increase in U.S. LNG exports was driven by strong LNG demand in Europe, high international natural gas prices, [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Feb 2023 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 3.6% in Feb 2023 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +311,000(p) in Feb 2023 News Release Historical Data [...]

Commonly known as waste-to-energy (WTE) plants, facilities that burn municipal solid waste (MSW), or garbage, in boilers to produce steam are a small but steady source of electric power in the United States. [...]

In 2022, the United States set a new record for petroleum product exports, up 7% from 2021, according to our Petroleum Supply Monthly. U.S. petroleum product exports averaged 5.97 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2022 (405,000 b/d more than in 2021) driven by an increase of 18% (193,000 b/d) [...]

According to the 2020 Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey (BERD), 27% of U.S. business R&D employees were women. For all manufacturing subsectors and nonmanufacturing sectors with at least 100,000 R&D workers, the female share of R&D employment ranged from 14% to 47%. Women represented about half of all R&D [...]

In 2020, businesses invested $32.5 billion in assets such as buildings, equipment, and software to support their U.S. research and development activities, according to the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey developed and cosponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. Of the [...]

U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25% to 38% below what they were in 2005 by 2030, according to projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023). By the end of the projection period, 2050, U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions are 17% lower in this year’s Reference [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will hold its biannual Data Users’ Meeting April 18 from 1-4:30 p.m. CT at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City – Omaha Branch. A virtual attendance option will also be available. The meeting is free and open to the [...]

U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25% to 38% below what they were in 2005 by 2030, according to our projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023). We use 2005 as an emissions reference year because the United States' nationally determined contribution (NDC), submitted as part of the Paris Agreement, [...]

The Overview Technical Report provides general information about the Middle Grades Longitudinal Study of 2017-18 (MGLS:2017) and the data files and technical documentation that will be available separately through a research and development (R&D) license. [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release its Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023) at a virtual public event hosted by Resources for the Future (RFF). The AEO2023 models projections of domestic energy markets through 2050 to explore a variety of different assumptions about economic growth, world oil and natural [...]

A new release of tables from the Digest of Education Statistics provides information on large school districts, teacher characteristics, high school course taking and completion, postsecondary degrees, adult education, and more. The Digest is a comprehensive statistical reference for all levels of education in the United States. [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates an average of about 99 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas will be consumed in the United States during the first quarter of this year—the least for any first quarter since 2018. This year, January and February are likely to be [...]

A new data file release from the 2020-21 National Teacher and Principal Survey (NTPS) provides information about U.S. public and private elementary and secondary schools and their staff. This information is collected through school, principal, and teacher surveys, and information can be linked across each survey. [...]