Consumption per Dollar of Nebraska’s Gross State Product
Energy intensity is the ratio of energy input per unit of economic output, or the amount of energy used to produce a dollar's worth of goods and services. This measures the energy efficiency of the state's economy.
From 1997 to 2022, the State's gross domestic product (GDP) increased 85 percent from $74.0 billion to $137.1 billion, while Nebraska's overall energy consumption grew 31 percent from 648.0 trillion British thermal units (Btu) in 1997 to 848.4 trillion Btu in 2022. Energy intensity was 6.2 thousand Btu per chained (2017) dollar in 2022, which was a 30–percent decrease from 8.8 thousand Btu per chained (2017) dollar in 1997.
A 31–percent increase in Nebraska's total energy consumption resulted in a 85–percent increase of the GDP and a 30–percent decrease in energy intensity. In other words, despite an increase in energy consumption, Nebraska experienced a larger increase in the production of real value in goods and services, which lowered Nebraska's energy intensity. (Using less energy to produce a product reduced the intensity.) This indicates that Nebraskans are using energy more efficiently.
Another measure of energy consumption intensity is reported in Total Energy Consumption Per Capita. An explanation of energy intensity indicators is in the report Energy Intensity Indicators.
The phrase "Gross Domestic Product" is replacing the phrase "Gross State Product." Gross domestic product by state is the state counterpart of the nation's gross domestic product, the U.S. Census Bureau's featured and most comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity. Gross domestic product by state is derived as the sum of the gross domestic product originating in all the industries in a state.
Energy Consumption per Dollar of Nebraska's Gross Domestic Product
1997 – 2021
| Year | Nebraska's Total Energy Consumption [Trillion British thermal units (Btu)] | Nebraska's Total Gross Domestic Product [Billion Chained (2012) Dollars] | Nebraska's Energy Consumption per Dollar of Gross Domestic Product [Thousand Btu per Chained (2012) Dollar] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 846.389 | $137.078 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 897.959 | $122.136 | 7.4 |
| 2020 | 863.488 | $118.142 | 7.3 |
| 2019 | 907.219 | $118.287 | 7.7 |
| 2018 | 902.782 | $115.088 | 7.8 |
| 2017 | 876.119 | $113.110 | 7.8 |
| 2016 | 868.334 | $110.812 | 7.8 |
| 2015 | 853.843 | $110.326 | 7.7 |
| 2014 | 870.152 | $107.166 | 8.1 |
| 2013 | 872.672 | $105.038 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | 853.545 | $102.269 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | 863.554 | $102.333 | 8.4 |
| 2010 | 861.588 | $97.857 | 8.8 |
| 2009 | 778.869 | $94.050 | 8.3 |
| 2008 | 796.063 | $93.569 | 8.5 |
| 2007 | 757.842 | $93.388 | 8.1 |
| 2006 | 721.474 | $91.387 | 7.9 |
| 2005 | 704.826 | $88.894 | 7.9 |
| 2004 | 697.628 | $86.082 | 8.1 |
| 2003 | 685.709 | $84.120 | 8.2 |
| 2002 | 675.942 | $79.665 | 8.5 |
| 2001 | 664.390 | $78.258 | 8.5 |
| 2000 | 667.989 | $76.623 | 8.7 |
| 1999 | 664.584 | $73.884 | 9.0 |
| 1998 | 674.687 | $72.310 | 9.3 |
| 1997 | 658.015 | $70.722 | 9.3 |
Sources: State Energy Data Report. Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Lincoln, NE.
Note: NA indicates data is not available.
Current versus chained dollars
Current dollars reflect values for the year of the measurement and do not take into account inflationary price changes or component changes over time. Current dollar gross domestic product levels from one year should not be compared to the levels from other years, so for this comparison over time, chained–dollar GDP levels are used.
Change in industry definitions
There is a discontinuity in the "gross domestic product by state" or GDP time series at the year 1997, when the data changed from Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) industry definitions to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industry definitions. Since the Bureau of Economic Analysis strongly advises against appending the two data series in an attempt to construct a single time series of gross domestic product, the data in this report cover the time period starting with 1997.