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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.
Cotton to US Residential Electricity ratio
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.
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.