Source,What it measures,Year,"Any AC, %","No AC, %","Central AC, %",Notes EIA RECS 2020,Household used AC equipment in 2020,2020,88.7,11.3,67.3,"Survey of 18,496 homes; state estimates" Census AHS 2023,Unit has working AC (primary),2023,93.1,6.9,73.9,National survey; central includes evaporative coolers Census LACE 2023,Modeled from AHS 2023 onto ACS 2019 to 2023,2023,93.1,6.9,not published,"Experimental model; state, county, tract" EIA RECS 2024,Unable to use AC at some point in past 12 months,2024,not yet released (spring 2027),not yet released,not yet released,8.16 million homes could not use AC at some point