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QT-H8. Rooms, Bedrooms, and House Heating Fuel: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
TENURE BY ROOMS    
 Owner-occupied housing units 10,396 100.0%
1 room 0 0.0%
2 rooms 137 1.3%
3 rooms 257 2.5%
4 rooms 1,284 12.4%
5 rooms 2,638 25.4%
6 rooms 2,420 23.3%
7 or more rooms 3,660 35.2%
Median 5.9 (X)
     
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 6,144 100.0%
1 room 116 1.9%
2 rooms 604 9.8%
3 rooms 1,451 23.6%
4 rooms 1,791 29.2%
5 rooms 1,170 19.0%
6 rooms 612 10.0%
7 or more rooms 400 6.5%
Median 4.0 (X)
     
TENURE BY BEDROOMS    
Owner-occupied housing units 10,396 100.0%
No bedroom 6 0.1%
1 bedroom 275 2.6%
2 bedrooms 2,508 24.1%
3 bedrooms 5,401 52.0%
4 bedrooms 1,842 17.7%
5 or more bedrooms 364 3.5%
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 6,144 100.0%
No bedroom 145 2.4%
1 bedroom 1,533 25.0%
2 bedrooms 2,860 46.5%
3 bedrooms 1,179 19.2%
4 bedrooms 373 6.1%
5 or more bedrooms 54 0.9%
     
HOUSING HEATING FUEL    
Occupied housing units 16,540 100.0%
Utility gas 176 1.1%
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 2,527 15.3%
Electricity 5,784 35.0%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 6,990 42.3%
Coal or coke 27 0.2%
Wood 901 5.4%
Solar energy 7 0.0%
Other fuel 58 0.4%
No fuel used 70 0.4%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices H26, H27, H40, and H42.
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