Central Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 1,113,049 units in June 2020, up 3.8 percent from 1,071,932 units shipped in June 2019. U.S. shipments of air conditioners increased 5.3 percent, to 754,433 units, up from 716,424 units shipped in June 2019. U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 0.9 percent, to 358,616 units, up from 355,508 units shipped in June 2019.
Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased 4.4 percent, to 4,475,871 units, down from 4,681,655 units shipped during the same period in 2019. Year-to-date shipments of central air conditioners decreased 4.1 percent, to 2,856,097 units, down from 2,978,788 units shipped during the same period in 2019. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments decreased 4.9 percent, to 1,619,774, down from 1,702,867 units shipped during the same period in 2019.
