Estimated number of consumers using Oilheat in Mass =2,504,718 963,353 x 2.6 (avg. no. of consumers per household)
Total Oilheat Volume =2 Billion gallons Oilheat volume = Residential and Commercial Sales of Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene for 2003
Percent of Mass households using Oilheat = 39%**
The National Picture ***
Retail Oilheat Business
Sales
Annual Payroll
Employees
9,828
$18,111,633
$3,681,242
109,034
Over9.5 millionhouseholds in the USA use heating oil
Occupied housing units in USA = 105.4 million
It is estimated that over 24.7 million consumers in the nation benefit
from Oilheat each year. (based on average of 2.6 or more persons per household)
Total Oilheat Volume = 11.27 Billion Gallons Oilheat Volume = Residential and Commercial Sales of Distillate Fuel Oil and Kerosene for 2003
* Data Source: US Census Bureau, 2002 County Business Patterns and industry data estimates.
Sales Data = Oilheat volume x average price for no. 2 distillate heating oil in state for 2003 (excluses of any taxes) as reported by Energy Information Adminsitration, plus a 6% allowance for HVAC sales.
** Data Source: US Dept. of Energy. 2003 Heating Oil and Kerosene Sales and 2000 Census of Housing
*** Data Source: US Census Bureau, Retail Trade Summary Statistics for 2002; U.S. Energy Information Adminstration; Industry Data Compilation.
Sales Data = Oilheat volume x avg. price for no. 2 distillate heating oil for 2003 (exclusive of any taxes) as reported by Energy Information Administration, plus a 6% allowance for HVAC sales.
