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Share of homes heated with wood: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of homes heated with wood (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Home heating fuel by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 1.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0 %
RI 1.1 %
DE 0.7 %
CT 1.1 %
NJ 0.3 %
MD 1 %
MA 1 %
VT 12.1 %
NH 5.6 %

Lowest: 0 to 0.7 %
Group 2: 0.7 to 1 %
Group 3: 1 to 1.5 %
Group 4: 1.5 to 2.6 %
Highest: 2.6 to 12.1 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Vermont	12.1
2	Maine	9.1
3	Montana	6.2
4	New Hampshire	5.6
4	New Mexico	5.6
6	Idaho	5.1
7	Wyoming	4.7
8	Oregon	4.6
9	Alaska	4.3
9	West Virginia	4.3
11	Wisconsin	2.6
12	Washington	2.5
13	Arkansas	2.2
14	Missouri	2.1
15	Michigan	2
15	Pennsylvania	2
17	Kentucky	1.9
18	Arizona	1.5
18	Indiana	1.5
18	Minnesota	1.5
18	Virginia	1.5
22	Ohio	1.4
23	Colorado	1.3
23	Oklahoma	1.3
25	California	1.2
25	New York	1.2
25	Tennessee	1.2
28	Connecticut	1.1
28	Iowa	1.1
28	Rhode Island	1.1
31	Maryland	1
31	Massachusetts	1
31	North Carolina	1
34	Kansas	0.9
34	Mississippi	0.9
34	South Dakota	0.9
37	Nebraska	0.8
37	Nevada	0.8
37	Utah	0.8
40	Alabama	0.7
40	Delaware	0.7
42	Louisiana	0.5
42	South Carolina	0.5
44	Georgia	0.4
44	Illinois	0.4
46	Hawaii	0.3
46	New Jersey	0.3
46	North Dakota	0.3
49	Texas	0.2
50	Florida	0.1
51	District of Columbia	0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP04: Selected Housing Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of homes heated with wood (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP04; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-wood/

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