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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in Arizona?

26,047homes in Arizona heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

3 of 15 Arizona counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 23% of their 113,252 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. That is 0.9% of all 2,796,790 Arizona homes. Rank 35 of 35 by count, 35 by share. Coconino County holds the most: 13,982 electric-heated homes at 5,013 heating degree days.

Where Arizona sits among the states

Share of homes that heat with electricity in cold counties, by state, one tile per stateAlaska: no data in this seriesAKMaine: 10.1% of homesMEVermont: 8.1% of homesVTNew Hampshire: 10.7% of homesNHWashington: 57.7% of homesWAIdaho: 35.0% of homesIDMontana: 26.6% of homesMTNorth Dakota: 39.9% of homesNDMinnesota: 18.8% of homesMNIllinois: 18.2% of homesILWisconsin: 17.3% of homesWIMichigan: 11.6% of homesMINew York: 14.4% of homesNYRhode Island: 12.1% of homesRIMassachusetts: 17.9% of homesMAOregon: 53.1% of homesORNevada: 8.7% of homesNVWyoming: 23.3% of homesWYSouth Dakota: 32.6% of homesSDIowa: 24.3% of homesIAIndiana: 30.7% of homesINOhio: 25.6% of homesOHPennsylvania: 24.8% of homesPANew Jersey: 15.6% of homesNJConnecticut: no data in this seriesCTCalifornia: 2.0% of homesCAUtah: 16.4% of homesUTColorado: 25.2% of homesCONebraska: 31.2% of homesNEMissouri: 37.0% of homesMOKentucky: 49.5% of homesKYWest Virginia: 45.5% of homesWVVirginia: 32.2% of homesVAMaryland: 42.6% of homesMDDelaware: 37.0% of homesDEArizona: 0.9% of homesAZNew Mexico: 13.1% of homesNMKansas: 26.5% of homesKSArkansas: 1.9% of homesARTennessee: 9.9% of homesTNNorth Carolina: 5.6% of homesNCSouth Carolina: 0.0% of homesSCDistrict of Columbia: no data in this seriesDCOklahoma: 0.5% of homesOKLouisiana: 0.0% of homesLAMississippi: 0.0% of homesMSAlabama: 0.0% of homesALGeorgia: 0.4% of homesGAHawaii: no data in this seriesHITexas: 0.1% of homesTXFlorida: 0.0% of homesFL

Darker is a larger share. Arizona is outlined.

Arizona: cold counties and electric heat

Arizona cold counties, electric heating
Coconino County53,64226.113,9825,013-4%53.7
Navajo County39,17122.08,6075,226-4%33.0
Apache County20,43916.93,4585,586-4%13.3

3 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, Coconino County, Navajo County, Apache County, hold 100% of the 26,047 electric-heated homes in Arizona cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Coconino County at 26%. In the 12 milder Arizona counties the share is 61%, against 23% in the cold ones. The coldest, Apache County, averages 5,586 heating degree days; Arizona as a whole averages 1,788 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, Arizona cold counties

  • Coconino County13,982
  • Navajo County8,607
  • Apache County3,458

Arizona: the 10 coldest counties

Apache County is coldest at 5,586 heating degree days with 17% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 157,808 electric-heated homes.

Arizona 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Apache County20,43916.95,5865,388
Navajo County39,17122.05,2265,024
Coconino County53,64226.15,0134,796
Greenlee County3,44430.33,8633,593
Yavapai County108,90030.83,2933,126
Gila County23,25342.03,1903,008
Graham County12,46034.82,9002,732
Mohave County96,89957.52,8852,742
Cochise County50,47633.92,7272,618
Santa Cruz County16,81660.32,7132,609

Arizona: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Yuma County is highest at 71% and Cochise County is 10th at 34%.

Arizona 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Yuma County76,90370.91,1481,063
La Paz County8,88770.31,3401,250
Maricopa County1,697,34269.01,4041,317
Pinal County157,19362.31,6401,523
Santa Cruz County16,81660.32,7132,609
Mohave County96,89957.52,8852,742
Pima County430,96543.91,6891,572
Gila County23,25342.03,1903,008
Graham County12,46034.82,9002,732
Cochise County50,47633.92,7272,618

Winter disconnections and price in Arizona

Arizona utilities logged 0.64 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.04 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 15.32 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 153 dollars in Arizona.

Arizona in the ranking

New Hampshire is 33rd with 59,157 homes (10.7% of its homes). Wyoming is 34th with 55,528 homes (23.3% of its homes).

Arizona beside 5 neighbors

Arizona neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
California263,3192.0%2,495
Colorado586,73325.2%6,674
Nevada102,4038.7%3,600
New Mexico108,30813.1%4,702
Utah180,09216.4%6,521

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How many Arizona homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

26,047 homes, 0.9% of 2,796,790 occupied Arizona homes, in 3 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

Which Arizona county has the most electric-heated homes among its cold counties?

Coconino County, with 13,982 of its 53,642 homes (26%) at 5,013 normal heating degree days.

Which Arizona county is the coldest, and how many of its homes heat with electricity?

Apache County, at 5,586 normal heating degree days: 3,458 of 20,439 homes (17%).

How far did the last decade run from the Arizona normal?

Arizona cold counties averaged 3.9% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_arizona,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Arizona winter exposure: 26,047 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/arizona.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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