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Cotton to US Residential Electricity Ratio
The cotton to us residential electricity ratio is 0.04826 — Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:26 AM 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 = 0.04826 kWh of us residential electricity
Inverse (ELEC-RES-US/CT): 20.72 — one Kilowatt Hour 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
$0.8900
per Pound
US Residential Electricity
$18.44
per Kilowatt Hour
Unit basis: USD per Pound ÷ USD per Kilowatt Hour. The ratio reads as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Pound of cotton. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:26:02 GMT.
1Y average
0.04050
median 0.03824
1Y low
0.03712
Dec 1, 2025
1Y high
0.04555
May 1, 2026
Normal band
0.03692–0.04408
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
+2.17σ
3 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 per Pound ÷ US Residential Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Pound of cotton — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $0.8900 ÷ $18.44 = 0.04826. The inverse is 20.72.
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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 0.04826 — Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound divided by US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour, 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 Kilowatt Hour. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity per Pound of cotton.
What is the inverse of the cotton to us residential electricity ratio?
The inverse, us residential electricity to cotton, is 20.72 — how many Pounds of cotton one Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity buys.