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Cotton to US Residential Electricity Ratio

The cotton to us residential electricity ratio is 0.04635 Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.34 per kWh.

Prices as of Sep 22, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.

Pound
CT · USD per Pound
ELEC-RES-US · USD per Kilowatt Hour

Cotton to US Residential Electricity ratio

0.04635+22.93% / 1Y

1.000 lb of cotton = 0.04635 kWh of us residential electricity

Inverse (ELEC-RES-US/CT): 21.58 — one kWh of us residential electricity buys that much cotton.

Near the top of its 1 year range — historically stretched. (100th percentile of the last 1 year)

Cotton

$0.8500

per pound

US Residential Electricity

$18.34

per kWh

Unit basis: USD per pound ÷ USD per kWh. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us residential electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count. Prices as of Tue, 22 Sep 2026 13:26:16 GMT.

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1Y average

0.04114

median 0.04066

1Y low

0.03712

Dec 1, 2025

1Y high

0.04555

May 1, 2026

Normal band

0.03785–0.04444

mean ± 1 std dev

Deviation from mean

+1.58σ

4 observations

Cotton to US Residential Electricity ratio charts

Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/ELEC-RES-US ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / US Residential Electricity price chart below.

One of these commodities only updates monthly, so short ranges are unavailable.

CT/ELEC-RES-US ratio line

How many kWh of US Residential Electricity one lb of Cotton buys, over 1Y.

CT/ELEC-RES-US ratio candles

Open, high, low and close of the CT/ELEC-RES-US ratio for each period in the last 1Y.

Cotton and US Residential Electricity prices

Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.

How to calculate the cotton to us residential electricity ratio

Cotton to US Residential Electricity ratio = Cotton price in USD per pound ÷ US Residential Electricity price in USD per kWh

The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us residential electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count.

Worked example, live prices: $0.8500 per pound ÷ $18.34 per kWh = 0.04635. The inverse is 21.58.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the cotton to us residential electricity ratio today?

The cotton to us residential electricity ratio is 0.04635 — Cotton at $0.8500 per pound divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.34 per kWh, from live mid-market prices.

How do you calculate the cotton to us residential electricity ratio?

Divide the cotton price per pound by the us residential electricity price per kWh. The two legs are priced per different things — dollars per pound against dollars per kWh — so the result is a rate: kWh of us residential electricity per pound of cotton, not a plain count.

What is the inverse of the cotton to us residential electricity ratio?

The inverse, us residential electricity to cotton, is 21.58 — how many pounds of cotton one kWh of us residential electricity buys.