How to Read AFDC EV Charging and Alternative Fueling Station Counts — Ports, Locations and Scope
DOE AFDC station counts (US, public and private non-residential, December): EV ports 271,488 in 2025 vs 229,320 (+18.4%, this page's calc); live public table 11/13/2026: 264,582 ports.
Key figures (AFDC station counts, December 2025 snapshot and November 2026 live table)
As of 14 November 2026, 00:39 KST (retrieved by this page at that time); latest listed on the agency page at retrieval: the Alternative Fueling Station Counts by State table of the Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center (Data last updated: 11/13/2026) and the historical station counts workbook it offers, whose newest annual sheet is 2025. Primary source: https://afdc.energy.gov/files/docs/historical-station-counts.xlsx[1][2]
| Indicator (United States, public and private non-residential, near the end of December) | Previous: December 2024 [2] | Current: December 2025 [2] | Change vs previous (this page's subtraction) | Change vs year ago (annual snapshots, so the previous column is also the year-ago value; % change, this page's calculation) | Evidence type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV charging station locations | 79,763 | 85,692 | +5,929 | +7.4% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
| EV charging ports | 229,320 | 271,488 | +42,168 | +18.4% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
| DC fast charging ports | 51,393 | 68,599 | +17,206 | +33.5% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
| Level 2 charging ports | 174,883 | 199,833 | +24,950 | +14.3% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
| E85 stations | 4,721 | 5,100 | +379 | +8.0% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
| Total column (station locations for non-electric fuels plus EV ports) | 240,882 | 284,265 | +43,383 | +18.0% | AFDC historical station counts, December snapshots [2], Total row |
Comparison basis: the key-figures table compares two December snapshots of the same scope (public and private non-residential stations) from the historical workbook, using its Total rows; changes subtract the printed counts and percentages are this page's calculation rounded to one decimal. The live table on the state page counts public stations only by default (temporarily unavailable stations not included), so its figures are a different scope and are not subtracted from the December snapshots.[1][2]
In three lines
1. The AFDC December 2025 snapshot counts 271,488 EV charging ports at 85,692 locations (public and private non-residential), up 18.4% and 7.4% from December 2024 (this page's calculation).
2. DC fast charging ports rose 33.5% over that year to 68,599.
3. The live public table, updated 11/13/2026, shows 264,582 public EV ports at 84,195 locations; California has the most (70,063 ports).[1][2]
What the station counts measure
Locations, ports and the Total column. The page explains: "Totals are the number of station locations for all fuel types combined." "Individual stations count multiple times if the station offers more than one fuel type." "For electric, the total includes charging ports rather than station locations." So the Total column mixes station locations for other fuels with EV ports and should not be read as a count of places.[1][2]
What is excluded. For electric charging the table note says: "Includes legacy chargers but does not include residential electric vehicle charging infrastructure." The workbook says its snapshots cover public and private (non-residential) stations near the end of December each year, and it notes: "Note that changes in total counts represent both stations that opened and went out of service."[1][2]
Breaks in the series. The workbook says the electric data counted locations from 2007 to 2010, charging outlets from 2011 to 2013, and both from 2014; it also describes a 2021 jump in EV counts when charging data were aligned with the OCPI protocol and some stations were split into several. Long-run comparisons across those years are therefore not like for like.[2]
Reading in pairs
Ports by level do not add to the port total. In the December 2025 snapshot Level 1, Level 2 and DC fast ports add to 271,464 against 271,488 ports; in December 2024 to 229,293 against 229,320; in the live public table to 264,570 against 264,582 (this page's sums). The gaps are 24, 27 and 12. The notes say electric counts include legacy chargers but do not say whether those make up the gap, so this is not established.[1][2]
Public-only versus public and private. The live table's 84,195 public locations are fewer than the 85,692 public and private locations of December 2025, while its 80,254 public DC fast ports exceed the 68,599 public and private DC fast ports of December 2025. Because the scopes differ, these pairs do not measure change between the two dates.[1][2]
Totals check out. In the live table every state's Total equals biodiesel, CNG, E85, EV ports, all hydrogen, LNG, all propane and renewable diesel added together, and the state rows add to the national totals for EV locations and ports (this page's check over 51 state and District rows).[1]
Latest quarterly report listed. The latest quarterly report listed on this AFDC page is Q2 2024 (Second Quarter 2024), which reported a 6.5% increase in public ports in that quarter; no later quarterly report is listed at retrieval.[3]
Dates and next release
Dates kept apart. Live state table: Data last updated: 11/13/2026, retrieved on 14 November 2026 KST. Historical workbook: annual December snapshots from 2007 to 2025 (20 sheets including the notes). Trends page: latest listed report Second Quarter 2024.[1][2][3]
Next release. The live table changes as the Station Locator is updated; the pages give no date for a December 2026 snapshot, so the next workbook update is not established.[1][2]
Verified facts
Each fact is labelled with its evidence typeEach fact in this section carries its evidence type — either cross-checked against independent sources, or confirmed from a single authoritative record.
The AFDC historical workbook counts 85,692 EV charging station locations and 271,488 EV charging ports (public and private non-residential) near the end of December 2025, against 79,763 and 229,320 in December 2024.[2] 1 source · authoritative record
The December 2025 snapshot lists 68,599 DC fast charging ports and 199,833 Level 2 ports, against 51,393 and 174,883 in December 2024.[2] 1 source · authoritative record
The AFDC state table, updated 11/13/2026, shows 264,582 public EV charging ports at 84,195 public station locations, including 80,254 DC fast ports.[1] 1 source · authoritative record
AFDC's station totals count EV charging ports rather than station locations for electric, and count a station once for each fuel it offers.[1] 1 source · authoritative record
Statements and readings
Not counted as facts — each item shows what kind of statement it isFrom here on: statements not counted as facts — single-source reports, the issuing body’s own statements, and this page’s own readings, each labeled.
From December 2024 to December 2025 EV charging ports rose 18.4%, DC fast ports 33.5% and station locations 7.4% (public and private non-residential).[2] Stated by the issuing body itself (primary source) · not independently verified · this page's calculation from the December 2024 and 2025 sheets
Level 1, Level 2 and DC fast ports add to 24, 27 and 12 fewer than the printed port totals in the December 2025, December 2024 and live tables; the reason is not established.[1][2] Stated by the issuing body itself (primary source) · not independently verified · this page's sums of the port columns
California (70,063), New York (20,632) and Florida (15,552) have the most public EV charging ports in the table updated 11/13/2026.[1] Stated by the issuing body itself (primary source) · not independently verified · this page's ranking of the live state table
Timeline
What this page could not establish
These are questions this page tried to answer and could not. The gaps are left open rather than filled with a guess.- Why do ports by level add to slightly less than the port totals?
- When will the December 2026 snapshot be added?
- How much did public-only counts change since December 2025?
- Model
- claude-opus-5
- Time
- 11/14/2026, 00:39
- Body characters
- 5,421
- Sources
- 3 sources adopted
- Model
- ChatGPT (checked sources on the web)
- Time
- 11/14/2026, 00:55
- Verdict
- Revision required
Show revision history (3)
| 11/14/2026, 09:00 | First authored (claude-opus-5) | Created |
| 11/14/2026 | First version. Read in full the AFDC station counts by state page, the historical station counts workbook (notes, 2025 and 2024 sheets) and the EV charging infrastructure trends page; quotations are complete sentences matched against the source text of the page or file named. | Updated |
| 11/14/2026 | Revised after review: the ports FAQ now asks what AFDC's default public-station table updated 11/13/2026 lists (264,582 ports at public, non-residential stations); today's table is replaced by the table updated 11/13/2026; the quarterly report sentence now says the latest report listed on the page is Q2 2024; the review file records the row-by-row Total check over 51 rows and the sheet, row and column of every workbook value used. | Updated |
Frequently asked
In AFDC's default public-station table updated 11/13/2026, how many EV ports are listed?
264,582 EV charging ports at public, non-residential stations in the table updated 11/13/2026, the latest published table at retrieval; the December 2025 snapshot, a different scope, counts 271,488 public and private non-residential ports.[1][2]
How fast is EV charging growing?
18.4% more ports and 7.4% more locations from December 2024 to December 2025 in AFDC's snapshots, by this page's calculation; DC fast ports grew 33.5%.[2]
Which state has the most EV chargers?
California, with 70,063 public EV charging ports in the table updated 11/13/2026, then New York (20,632) and Florida (15,552), by this page's ranking.[1]
Why is the AFDC Total larger than the number of stations?
Because the 275,940 Total counts EV charging ports rather than locations, and counts a station once for each fuel it offers, as the table notes say.[1]