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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in Indiana?

824,332homes in Indiana heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

All 92 Indiana counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 31% of the 2,681,537 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. Rank 11 of 35 by count, 12 by share. Marion County holds the most: 161,385 electric-heated homes at 5,510 heating degree days.

Where Indiana 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. Indiana is outlined.

Indiana: cold counties and electric heat

Indiana cold counties, electric heating
Marion County396,66240.7161,3855,510-6%19.6
Hamilton County133,17136.648,7545,669-6%5.9
Allen County154,18325.338,9466,051-6%4.7
Vanderburgh County77,19837.729,0934,421-6%3.5
Monroe County58,26447.427,6045,301-6%3.3
Tippecanoe County74,41536.527,1515,801-5%3.3
Hendricks County65,83938.325,2135,660-6%3.1
Clark County49,18443.621,4454,631-7%2.6
Lake County193,47410.520,2906,140-5%2.5
Vigo County42,59546.719,8925,211-7%2.4
Johnson County61,51332.319,8545,404-7%2.4
St. Joseph County107,00515.416,4386,307-5%2.0
Delaware County46,14631.314,4635,689-8%1.8
Madison County52,84325.813,6555,642-7%1.7
Floyd County31,17343.313,4994,592-7%1.6
Bartholomew County32,98438.712,7715,111-7%1.5
Morgan County27,71341.211,4205,416-6%1.4
Jackson County17,74557.910,2804,986-7%1.2
Hancock County32,24629.79,5825,543-7%1.2
Elkhart County71,76013.39,5606,301-5%1.2

Largest 20 of 92 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. The 72 smaller cold counties are in the CSV. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, Marion County, Hamilton County, Allen County, hold 30% of the 824,332 electric-heated homes in Indiana cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Jennings County at 66%. The coldest, Steuben County, averages 6,467 heating degree days; Indiana as a whole averages 5,625 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, Indiana cold counties, 12 largest

  • Marion County161,385
  • Hamilton County48,754
  • Allen County38,946
  • Vanderburgh County29,093
  • Monroe County27,604
  • Tippecanoe County27,151
  • Hendricks County25,213
  • Clark County21,445
  • Lake County20,290
  • Vigo County19,892
  • Johnson County19,854
  • St. Joseph County16,438

Indiana: the 10 coldest counties

Steuben County is coldest at 6,467 heating degree days with 14% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 56,967 electric-heated homes.

Indiana 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Steuben County13,76514.26,4676,102
LaGrange County12,80411.86,3526,000
St. Joseph County107,00515.46,3075,963
Elkhart County71,76013.36,3015,961
Noble County17,97125.66,2975,976
DeKalb County17,00824.06,2745,943
LaPorte County43,6819.06,2575,946
Marshall County17,37712.56,2575,899
Porter County68,04910.26,2175,914
Kosciusko County31,74718.36,2025,881

Indiana: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Jennings County is highest at 66% and Monroe County is 10th at 47%.

Indiana 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Jennings County10,76065.54,9884,658
Jefferson County12,69963.94,8334,482
Scott County9,63763.44,8014,482
Jackson County17,74557.94,9864,657
Washington County10,99451.44,9254,608
Harrison County15,15451.34,5784,274
Switzerland County3,89751.04,7974,393
Clay County10,54150.95,3044,930
Crawford County4,57348.54,7134,531
Monroe County58,26447.45,3015,008

Winter disconnections and price in Indiana

Indiana utilities logged 0.41 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.49 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 16.23 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 162 dollars in Indiana.

Indiana in the ranking

Oregon is 9th with 904,332 homes (53.1% of its homes). Kentucky is 10th with 886,223 homes (49.5% of its homes). Colorado is 12th with 586,733 homes (25.2% of its homes). New Jersey is 13th with 541,309 homes (15.6% of its homes).

Indiana beside 4 neighbors

Indiana neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
Illinois910,21418.2%6,044
Kentucky886,22349.5%4,435
Michigan467,60911.6%6,722
Ohio1,235,47225.6%5,624

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Questions

How many Indiana homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

824,332 homes, 30.7% of 2,681,537 occupied Indiana homes, in 92 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

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

Marion County, with 161,385 of its 396,662 homes (41%) at 5,510 normal heating degree days.

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

Steuben County, at 6,467 normal heating degree days: 1,957 of 13,765 homes (14%).

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

Indiana cold counties averaged 5.7% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_indiana,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Indiana winter exposure: 824,332 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/indiana.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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