The personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Most & Least Energy-Efficient States.
To gauge the financial impact of doing more with less energy (the average American household spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities and another $1,968 on motor fuel and oil), WalletHub compared the auto- and home-energy efficiency in 48 U.S. states. Due to data limitations, Alaska and Hawaii were excluded from the analysis.
Out of all the states ranked, South Carolina landed dead-last on the list, coming in last for home-energy usage and 44th for auto-energy usage;
Source: WalletHub
| Overall Rank* | State | Total Score | ‘Home Energy Efficiency’ Rank | ‘Auto Energy Efficiency’ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| N/A** | Hawaii |
To view the full report and your state’s ranking, you can visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/