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US Residential Electricity to Cotton Ratio
The us residential electricity to cotton ratio is 20.72 — US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound.
Prices as of Aug 24, 2026, 11:26 AM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
US Residential Electricity to Cotton ratio
1.000 kWh of us residential electricity = 20.719 Lb of cotton
Inverse (CT/ELEC-RES-US): 0.04826 — one Pound of cotton buys that much us residential electricity.
Near the bottom of its 1 year range — historically compressed. (0th percentile of the last 1 year)
US Residential Electricity
$18.44
per Kilowatt Hour
Cotton
$0.8900
per Pound
Unit basis: USD per Kilowatt Hour ÷ USD per Pound. The ratio reads as Pounds of cotton per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity. Prices as of Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:26:03 GMT.
1Y average
24.88
median 26.15
1Y low
21.95
May 1, 2026
1Y high
26.94
Dec 1, 2025
Normal band
22.80–26.95
mean ± 1 std dev
Deviation from mean
-2.01σ
3 observations
US Residential Electricity to Cotton ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the ELEC-RES-US/CT ratio line, the OHLC candles and the US Residential Electricity / Cotton price chart below.
ELEC-RES-US/CT ratio line
How many Lb of Cotton one kWh of US Residential Electricity buys, over 1Y.
ELEC-RES-US/CT ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the ELEC-RES-US/CT ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
US Residential Electricity and Cotton prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
How to calculate the us residential electricity to cotton ratio
US Residential Electricity to Cotton ratio = US Residential Electricity price per Kilowatt Hour ÷ Cotton price per Pound
The two legs use different units, so the result is a rate — Pounds of cotton per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity — rather than a plain count.
Worked example, live prices: $18.44 ÷ $0.8900 = 20.72. The inverse is 0.04826.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the us residential electricity to cotton ratio today?
The us residential electricity to cotton ratio is 20.72 — US Residential Electricity at $18.44 per Kilowatt Hour divided by Cotton at $0.8900 per Pound, from live mid-market prices.
How do you calculate the us residential electricity to cotton ratio?
Divide the us residential electricity price per Kilowatt Hour by the cotton price per Pound. If the two units differ, the result is a rate rather than a plain count — read it as Pounds of cotton per Kilowatt Hour of us residential electricity.
What is the inverse of the us residential electricity to cotton ratio?
The inverse, cotton to us residential electricity, is 0.04826 — how many Kilowatt Hours of us residential electricity one Pound of cotton buys.