South Carolina Ranked The Least Energy-Efficient State in America

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With October being National Energy Awareness Month and the average U.S. family spending at least $2,000 per year on utilities, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2024’s Most & Least Energy-Efficient States, to see which states save people the most money while also saving the environment.

WalletHub compared the energy efficiency of residents’ homes and automobiles in 48 U.S. states. Due to data limitations, Alaska and Hawaii were excluded from our analysis.

South Carolina ranked dead last in America and North Carolina ranked in the bottom half at #37.

Most & Least Energy-Efficient States

Overall Rank*  State Total Score  Home Energy Efficiency Rank  Auto Energy Efficiency Rank 
1 Washington 79.71 2 8
2 New York 79.65 8 3
3 California 78.49 9 4
4 Vermont 75.60 11 7
5 Utah 75.26 6 12
6 Massachusetts 74.87 15 2
7 Oregon 74.81 5 14
8 Minnesota 73.73 3 22
9 Rhode Island 71.54 18 5
10 Colorado 69.78 7 27
11 Nevada 67.60 14 21
12 Maryland 66.34 30 1
13 Illinois 66.02 25 6
14 Maine 65.58 13 28
15 Wisconsin 65.31 16 23
16 South Dakota 65.27 1 46
17 New Jersey 64.60 24 11
18 Idaho 62.14 12 34
19 Iowa 62.05 4 43
20 New Hampshire 61.91 20 29
21 Connecticut 61.33 27 15
22 Pennsylvania 60.57 29 13
23 Michigan 60.27 26 19
24 Kansas 58.94 21 30
25 Arizona 57.93 31 16
26 Ohio 56.75 33 17
27 New Mexico 55.72 17 40
28 North Dakota 55.12 10 47
29 Indiana 54.79 34 18
30 Montana 54.11 19 41
31 Florida 53.40 37 9
32 Nebraska 53.17 22 39
33 Delaware 52.85 35 24
34 Virginia 50.61 36 25
35 Oklahoma 50.05 28 37
36 Texas 47.50 32 38
37 North Carolina 44.08 41 20
38 Missouri 42.87 38 32
39 Georgia 42.25 46 10
40 Kentucky 38.82 39 33
41 Tennessee 38.23 42 31
42 Arkansas 35.70 40 36
43 Louisiana 35.55 47 26
44 Wyoming 35.47 23 48
45 Mississippi 29.34 43 45
46 West Virginia 28.01 45 42
47 Alabama 27.30 44 44
48 South Carolina 21.92 48 35
N/A** Alaska
N/A** Hawaii