Wood Heat by State

I found this table on https://forgreenheat.blogspot.com/ about the changing usage of wood heat by state.

State          2009 Rank     2019 Rank Change in % of Homes Heating Mainly with Wood (2009-2019)
Vermont               1               1            ▲+10%
Maine                   2               2            ▲+7%
New Mexico         6                3            ▲+14%
Montana               3                4            ▼ -14%
Idaho                    4                5            ▼ -10%
New Hampshire   8                6            ▲ +18%
Oregon                 5                7            ▼ -17%
West Virginia         7                8            ▼ -10%
Alaska                   12                9            ▲ +9%
Wyoming               9              10            ▼ -23%
Washington           10              11            ▼ -24%
Arkansas               11              12            ▼ -12%


PNW and NE appear to top the list.  Does Permies have any data to indicate the percentages of RMH vs wood stoves/fireplaces in the places where wood heat is prevalent?  Maybe even a count of "projects complete and operational", "projects underway", "planning stage" and "wish list"?

I think most of us that are in the "wish list" or "planning" stages would love to know there are others in our vicinity with heaters we might be able to visit, touch, bask in the heat - to get a real sense of what we could/should see as our final project (sorry, I forget - no project ever seems to be finalized, just always under improvement).

Maybe start a thread titled, "Any RMH in Maine" or "...New Hampshire" etc. to try to find folks here at the site? I am guessing RMH are still so very rare that data hasn't been compiled on them regionally. (Not sure if that's even possible since they're likely mostly DIY affairs I think?)

Thanks for the great idea Rachel.

Sorry, it really hadn't crossed my mind that RMHs should be a rare breed.  

And then today, I see a blurb on Permies https://permies.com/w/carbon-negative-heat that makes me wonder even more why we don't see them everywhere!  

RMH + Greenhouse = negative carbon impact?  Guess we should be spreading info on this one as far as we can!

Again, much appreciate the suggestion, but it will have to wait for tomorrow.

Thanks,
Randy

I find that chart confusing.
Have the states that dropped the use of wood, run out of wood?
Have wood burning been discouraged in those states?

It's telling that Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan aren't on the list despite plenty of wood burning houses.  The chart is talking per capita but Arkansas is on the top 10 list?  I'm not saying it's wrong, just that it isn't really comparing a meaningful slice of data.

Mike Haasl wrote:It's telling that Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan aren't on the list despite plenty of wood burning houses.  The chart is talking per capita but Arkansas is on the top 10 list?  I'm not saying it's wrong, just that it isn't really comparing a meaningful slice of data.

Exactly right.  Many homes here use wood exclusively here in rural areas.

The source document contained more lines (and re-formatting it to work decently here was tedious), but I found it curious that NE and PNW had the largest changes.  

My real hope in posting this was to see if folks were perhaps upgrading from "normal" wood appliances to RMH devices.

Just figured there are a lot of wood users out there and hearing their experiences would be informative.

Randy