*********************************************************** *** National CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, *** *** Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2004 *** *** *** *** August 17, 2007 *** *** *** *** Source: Gregg Marland *** *** Tom Boden *** *** Robert J. Andres *** *** Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center *** *** Oak Ridge National Laboratory *** *** Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6335 *** *** *** *********************************************************** All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. Population estimates were not available to permit calculations of national per capita estimates before 1950. Bunkers refers to fuels used for international trade and are not included in national totals. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Total Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions from CO2 Emissions from CO2 Emissions from CO2 Emissions from CO2 Emissions from Per Capita CO2 CO2 Emissions from Year CO2 Emissions Gas Fuels Liquid Fuels Solid Fuels Gas Flaring Cement Production Emission Rate Bunker Fuels 1800 69 0 0 69 . 0 . 0 1801 73 0 0 73 . 0 . 0 1802 79 0 0 79 . 0 . 0 1803 81 0 0 81 . 0 . 0 1804 91 0 0 91 . 0 . 0 1805 93 0 0 93 . 0 . 0 1806 91 0 0 91 . 0 . 0 1807 103 0 0 103 . 0 . 0 1808 107 0 0 107 . 0 . 0 1809 110 0 0 110 . 0 . 0 1810 114 0 0 114 . 0 . 0 1811 122 0 0 122 . 0 . 0 1812 132 0 0 132 . 0 . 0 1813 142 0 0 142 . 0 . 0 1814 153 0 0 153 . 0 . 0 1815 164 0 0 164 . 0 . 0 1816 181 0 0 181 . 0 . 0 1817 196 0 0 196 . 0 . 0 1818 213 0 0 213 . 0 . 0 1819 208 0 0 208 . 0 . 0 1820 216 0 0 216 . 0 . 0 1821 226 0 0 226 . 0 . 0 1822 236 0 0 236 . 0 . 0 1823 246 0 0 246 . 0 . 0 1824 277 0 0 277 . 0 . 0 1825 310 0 0 310 . 0 . 0 1826 359 0 0 359 . 0 . 0 1827 395 0 0 395 . 0 . 0 1828 435 0 0 435 . 0 . 0 1829 490 0 0 490 . 0 . 0 1830 570 0 0 570 . 0 . 0 1831 618 0 0 618 . 0 . 0 1832 825 0 0 825 . 0 . 0 1833 963 0 0 963 . 0 . 0 1834 923 0 0 923 . 0 . 0 1835 1178 0 0 1178 . 0 . 0 1836 1291 0 0 1291 . 0 . 0 1837 1448 0 0 1448 . 0 . 0 1838 1373 0 0 1373 . 0 . 0 1839 1506 0 0 1506 . 0 . 0 1840 1603 0 0 1603 . 0 . 0 1841 1696 0 0 1696 . 0 . 0 1842 1888 0 0 1888 . 0 . 0 1843 2119 0 0 2119 . 0 . 0 1844 2540 0 0 2540 . 0 . 0 1845 3058 0 0 3058 . 0 . 0 1846 3469 0 0 3469 . 0 . 0 1847 4113 0 0 4113 . 0 . 0 1848 4581 0 0 4581 . 0 . 0 1849 4973 0 0 4973 . 0 . 0 1850 5402 0 0 5402 . 0 . 0 1851 6723 0 0 6723 . 0 . 0 1852 7312 0 0 7312 . 0 . 0 1853 8232 0 0 8232 . 0 . 0 1854 9050 0 0 9050 . 0 . 0 1855 10415 0 0 10415 . 0 . 0 1856 10927 0 0 10927 . 0 . 0 1857 11205 0 0 11205 . 0 . 0 1858 11367 0 0 11367 . 0 . 0 1859 12369 0 0 12369 . 0 . 0 1860 12947 0 55 12891 . 0 . 0 1861 12467 0 235 12232 . 0 . 0 1862 12950 0 341 12610 . 0 . 0 1863 14959 0 291 14668 . 0 . 0 1864 16009 0 236 15773 . 0 . 0 1865 16054 0 279 15775 . 0 . 0 1866 16166 0 401 15765 . 0 . 0 1867 19887 0 373 19513 . 0 . 0 1868 22476 0 407 22069 . 0 . 0 1869 25572 0 471 25101 . 0 . 0 1870 26916 0 559 26357 . 0 . 0 1871 28117 0 551 27566 . 0 . 0 1872 34472 0 658 33814 . 0 . 0 1873 38075 0 1051 37024 . 0 . 0 1874 36653 0 1180 35473 . 0 . 0 1875 37049 0 936 36113 . 0 . 0 1876 36250 0 951 35300 . 0 . 0 1877 40168 0 1413 38756 . 0 . 0 1878 39275 0 1653 37622 . 0 . 0 1879 47890 0 2146 45744 . 0 . 0 1880 54226 0 2834 51392 . 0 . 0 1881 57367 0 2979 54388 . 0 . 0 1882 64245 45 3266 60934 . 0 . 0 1883 69291 104 2458 66730 . 0 . 0 1884 73032 320 2488 70224 . 0 . 0 1885 74280 1014 2220 71046 . 0 . 0 1886 78456 2095 2927 73434 . 0 . 0 1887 83892 3217 2939 77736 . 0 . 0 1888 102040 4578 2873 94589 . 0 . 0 1889 91578 3337 3695 84546 . 0 . 0 1890 109647 3190 4855 101603 . 0 . 0 1891 116655 2442 5800 108413 . 0 . 0 1892 122939 2122 5357 115460 . 0 . 0 1893 123934 1989 5104 116841 . 0 . 0 1894 116007 1828 5179 108999 . 0 . 0 1895 130990 1922 5604 123465 . 0 . 0 1896 131245 1869 6506 122871 . 0 . 0 1897 136541 1989 6423 128130 . 0 . 0 1898 148832 2309 5870 140653 . 0 . 0 1899 170724 2976 6053 161695 . 0 . 0 1900 180878 3150 6728 171000 . 0 . 0 1901 196923 3510 7403 186010 . 0 . 0 1902 208650 3737 9517 195396 . 0 . 0 1903 244106 3964 10873 229269 . 0 . 0 1904 240235 4138 12770 223328 . 0 . 0 1905 268695 4685 14698 249312 . 0 . 0 1906 282025 5190 13721 263114 . 0 . 0 1907 328003 5422 18201 304381 . 0 . 0 1908 286838 5367 19527 261944 . 0 . 0 1909 317509 6416 19988 291105 . 0 . 0 1910 346405 6796 22907 316702 . 0 . 0 1911 342900 6847 24064 311989 . 0 . 0 1912 366051 7504 24378 334169 . 0 . 0 1913 393044 7767 29224 356053 . 0 . 0 1914 359088 7900 31282 319906 . 0 . 0 1915 372617 8390 33005 331222 . 0 . 0 1916 413826 10053 36568 367206 . 0 . 0 1917 455368 10612 40377 404379 . 0 . 0 1918 476415 9623 43447 423345 . 0 . 0 1919 403098 9957 48913 344228 . 0 . 0 1920 466592 10838 55772 399982 . 0 . 0 1921 381853 8996 60998 311859 . 0 . 0 1922 385304 10357 71210 303736 . 0 . 0 1923 509896 13681 84243 411973 . 0 . 0 1924 454039 15510 80122 358408 . 0 . 0 1925 466191 16150 84190 365851 . 0 . 0 1926 505208 17832 84010 403366 . 0 . 0 1927 491472 19634 96103 375735 . 0 . 0 1928 485647 21303 97169 363035 . 4141 . 0 1929 523634 26054 110222 383348 . 4009 . 0 1930 465911 26415 97788 337928 . 3781 . 0 1931 398382 22984 93672 278788 . 2938 . 0 1932 338219 21276 87469 227685 . 1791 . 0 1933 361931 21316 96266 242866 . 1483 . 0 1934 385412 24239 96276 263078 . 1819 . 0 1935 400981 26281 104841 268055 . 1803 . 0 1936 461143 29698 116618 312172 . 2655 . 0 1937 480752 33008 132518 312486 . 2739 . 0 1938 403681 31474 122234 247488 . 2486 . 0 1939 445514 33876 129000 279745 . 2892 . 0 1940 506732 36492 148143 319018 . 3079 . 0 1941 553466 38628 157594 353374 . 3871 . 0 1942 592489 41991 148110 398088 . 4299 . 0 1943 612491 46930 161004 401420 . 3137 . 0 1944 652733 50921 177771 421903 . 2138 . 0 1945 631014 53951 186701 387943 . 2419 . 0 1946 608629 55432 194869 354464 . 3863 . 0 1947 671101 61159 210015 395533 . 4395 . 0 1948 699510 68713 234798 391154 . 4845 . 0 1949 589091 72344 221660 290148 . 4939 . 0 1950 692968 87918 244760 343181 11769 5341 4.39 8101 1951 715047 104694 262189 330724 11654 5786 4.47 10253 1952 697302 112572 273190 293212 12468 5860 4.29 10784 1953 713521 117845 286594 290969 11905 6209 4.32 10973 1954 679214 122667 290178 249339 10631 6398 4.04 10060 1955 743859 131774 313292 280122 11366 7304 4.35 10842 1956 780754 140151 328544 291625 12699 7735 4.48 11368 1957 774883 150397 325781 279539 11888 7278 4.37 12961 1958 749322 156977 332982 242488 9306 7570 4.16 11546 1959 780345 171610 343465 248629 8390 8251 4.26 11623 1960 798700 182354 349790 250536 8270 7750 4.29 11648 1961 801386 189527 354071 242241 7692 7854 4.24 11918 1962 830035 199979 364287 251352 6254 8163 4.32 11335 1963 866683 212188 370976 269340 5633 8545 4.45 10425 1964 902394 221676 380436 286347 4995 8939 4.57 10848 1965 940910 229761 399752 297702 4676 9019 4.71 10627 1966 988857 247401 417484 309148 5504 9319 4.89 11697 1967 1028564 261236 433732 317474 7177 8945 5.04 13196 1968 1068013 278774 461087 311027 7567 9557 5.18 14224 1969 1119151 299486 486252 316048 7695 9670 5.38 12374 1970 1156871 317886 503765 318850 7164 9206 5.51 13270 1971 1162393 328110 517971 302239 4165 9909 5.48 12774 1972 1211928 329580 561287 306997 3632 10432 5.66 12584 1973 1263643 328129 590721 330389 3599 10805 5.85 14614 1974 1213915 309074 565742 326444 2429 10226 5.56 14475 1975 1167855 290974 552090 314248 1941 8602 5.30 14355 1976 1238157 288921 590164 347878 2003 9191 5.57 16780 1977 1255274 267898 623675 351842 1982 9877 5.60 20623 1978 1299052 266264 650989 369036 2217 10546 5.74 23859 1979 1313359 278041 629344 392955 2420 10599 5.75 26979 1980 1262744 273264 573432 404758 1826 9464 5.48 30191 1981 1216628 264716 529414 412071 1428 8998 5.23 27835 1982 1155139 246386 501475 397977 1362 7938 4.92 23252 1983 1161816 234041 500808 416775 1389 8803 4.90 21424 1984 1201975 241877 511327 437481 1580 9710 5.02 21704 1985 1208067 234710 512504 449732 1392 9729 5.00 21032 1986 1209394 222922 535894 439288 1431 9860 4.95 20779 1987 1252563 236077 549475 455392 1810 9809 5.08 21517 1988 1321103 247462 570855 491046 2086 9655 5.30 23133 1989 1336439 256119 576409 492146 2073 9692 5.31 25070 1990 1315008 258727 556250 488119 2201 9710 5.26 28454 1991 1317751 287999 537313 480600 2527 9311 5.22 33644 1992 1311226 295483 520587 483018 2497 9640 5.13 39201 1993 1393487 300589 573947 505360 3375 10216 5.40 36039 1994 1420718 313840 593687 499009 3389 10792 5.45 35396 1995 1420827 323228 582223 500503 4222 10652 5.40 37634 1996 1450290 323483 588200 523572 4044 10991 5.46 36585 1997 1560577 330427 666962 547924 3806 11459 5.82 34392 1998 1545558 326514 662740 543142 1531 11631 5.71 34316 1999 1570776 334814 676675 545714 1635 11938 5.76 38142 2000 1626136 355182 691309 566119 1353 12173 5.91 40072 2001 1603092 322356 702811 564181 1442 12301 5.63 30972 2002 1627037 347546 696559 569047 1472 12412 5.64 33884 2003 1621634 324741 709303 573361 1400 12829 5.58 30133 2004 1650020 321376 724455 589085 1423 13681 5.61 34875