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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
How Do Power Outages Affect Households?
About 33.9 million or 1 in 4 households nationwide reported they were completely without power at least once in the 12 months before they were interviewed for the 2023 American Housing Survey (AHS).
Approximately 70% or 23.6 million of the households reporting an outage said at least one outage lasted 6 hours or more.
A power outage occurs any time the flow of electricity to a home is interrupted due to circumstances beyond the user’s control.
Homeowners were more affected by power outages than renters: 28.3% of homeowners reported a power outage compared to 19.9% of renters.
Continue reading to learn more about:
- Those who were disproportionately affected
- Power outages in metropolitan areas
- Difficulties power outages create
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