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Who heats with electricity where it is cold in Missouri?

919,771homes in Missouri heat mainly with electricity in counties that are cold in a normal year

109 of 115 Missouri counties average at least 4,000 heating degree days in a normal year, and 38% of their 2,428,200 occupied homes heat mainly with electricity. That is 37.0% of all 2,484,834 Missouri homes. Rank 7 of 35 by count, 7 by share. St. Louis County holds the most: 94,674 electric-heated homes at 4,628 heating degree days.

Where Missouri 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. Missouri is outlined.

Missouri: cold counties and electric heat

Missouri cold counties, electric heating
St. Louis County414,73922.894,6744,628-6%10.3
Jackson County302,72626.580,1745,012-6%8.7
Greene County131,70842.255,5594,547-7%6.0
Jefferson County87,02557.950,3534,582-7%5.5
St. Charles County158,68229.847,2294,756-6%5.1
St. Louis city144,45029.642,8014,557-6%4.7
Boone County75,08443.432,5914,998-7%3.5
Clay County101,00829.129,4385,122-5%3.2
Franklin County42,26766.328,0124,781-6%3.0
Jasper County48,36748.023,2254,219-7%2.5
Taney County22,14580.417,8084,200-7%1.9
St. Francois County24,11370.817,0784,754-6%1.9
Cole County30,74654.516,7644,652-8%1.8
Cape Girardeau County32,54447.315,3964,315-6%1.7
Platte County43,31634.915,1065,095-5%1.6
Lincoln County22,42066.314,8575,011-5%1.6
Cass County42,31132.113,5924,898-7%1.5
Camden County17,17074.512,7844,519-8%1.4
Buchanan County33,39837.912,6705,312-5%1.4
Christian County34,25636.712,5684,493-6%1.4

Largest 20 of 109 cold counties, ranked by electric-heated homes. The 89 smaller cold counties are in the CSV. All counties, CSV.

Where the electric-heated homes are

The 3 largest counties, St. Louis County, Jackson County, Greene County, hold 25% of the 919,771 electric-heated homes in Missouri cold counties. The highest electric-heat share among cold counties with 5,000+ homes is Taney County at 80%. In the 6 milder Missouri counties the share is 54%, against 38% in the cold ones. The coldest, Putnam County, averages 5,983 heating degree days; Missouri as a whole averages 4,743 when weighted by homes.

electric-heated homes, Missouri cold counties, 12 largest

  • St. Louis County94,674
  • Jackson County80,174
  • Greene County55,559
  • Jefferson County50,353
  • St. Charles County47,229
  • St. Louis city42,801
  • Boone County32,591
  • Clay County29,438
  • Franklin County28,012
  • Jasper County23,225
  • Taney County17,808
  • St. Francois County17,078

Missouri: the 10 coldest counties

Putnam County is coldest at 5,983 heating degree days with 30% electric heat. The 10 coldest hold 12,893 electric-heated homes.

Missouri 10 coldest counties
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Putnam County1,87429.95,9835,765
Worth County79834.35,9775,656
Schuyler County1,25140.15,9295,650
Mercer County1,28823.85,9215,703
Scotland County1,54322.25,8735,627
Harrison County3,06424.75,8655,569
Nodaway County8,38950.95,8615,555
Sullivan County2,04028.55,7915,547
Atchison County2,29536.25,7885,497
Adair County8,91150.25,7775,465

Missouri: where electric heat is most common

Among counties with 2,000+ homes, Taney County is highest at 80% and Lincoln County is 10th at 66%.

Missouri 10 counties with the highest electric heat share
CountyHomesElectric, %Normal HDDRecent HDD
Taney County22,14580.44,2003,920
Camden County17,17074.54,5194,135
Pulaski County16,43472.84,5284,088
St. Francois County24,11370.84,7544,460
Warren County13,41469.84,9254,615
Butler County16,49067.43,9613,729
Polk County11,95766.84,5474,211
Washington County8,86466.74,7864,461
Franklin County42,26766.34,7814,485
Lincoln County22,42066.35,0114,763

Winter disconnections and price in Missouri

Missouri utilities logged 0.49 disconnections per 100 residential accounts a month in December to February 2024 and 0.77 in June to August.

At the 2025 average residential price of 13.49 cents a kWh, 1,000 kWh costs 135 dollars in Missouri.

Missouri in the ranking

Virginia is 5th with 1,069,495 homes (32.2% of its homes). Maryland is 6th with 996,863 homes (42.6% of its homes). Illinois is 8th with 910,214 homes (18.2% of its homes). Oregon is 9th with 904,332 homes (53.1% of its homes).

Missouri beside 6 neighbors

Missouri neighbors with a winter page
NeighborElectric homesShare, %Avg HDD
Illinois910,21418.2%6,044
Iowa316,69624.3%6,736
Kansas307,44226.5%4,839
Kentucky886,22349.5%4,435
Nebraska245,56031.2%6,208
Tennessee274,0949.9%3,678

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How many Missouri homes heat with electricity in cold counties?

919,771 homes, 37.0% of 2,484,834 occupied Missouri homes, in 109 counties averaging 4,000+ heating degree days.

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

St. Louis County, with 94,674 of its 414,739 homes (23%) at 4,628 normal heating degree days.

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

Putnam County, at 5,983 normal heating degree days: 560 of 1,874 homes (30%).

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

Missouri cold counties averaged 6.0% below their 1991-2020 heating degree days over 2016-2025.

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@misc{usedata_winter_states_missouri,
  author = "Electric Consumer",
  title = {Missouri winter exposure: 919,771 electric-heated homes in cold counties},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://electricconsumer.org/winter/states/missouri.html},
  note = {Data as of 9 October 2026. Accessed 9 October 2026}
}
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