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

Subject Number Percent
     
TENURE BY ROOMS    
 Owner-occupied housing units 20,773 100.0%
1 room 8 0.0%
2 rooms 169 0.8%
3 rooms 467 2.2%
4 rooms 3,367 16.2%
5 rooms 6,464 31.1%
6 rooms 4,793 23.1%
7 or more rooms 5,505 26.5%
Median 5.5 (X)
     
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 5,877 100.0%
1 room 72 1.2%
2 rooms 220 3.7%
3 rooms 690 11.7%
4 rooms 2,011 34.2%
5 rooms 1,843 31.4%
6 rooms 501 8.5%
7 or more rooms 540 9.2%
Median 4.5 (X)
     
TENURE BY BEDROOMS    
Owner-occupied housing units 20,773 100.0%
No bedroom 36 0.2%
1 bedroom 444 2.1%
2 bedrooms 5,534 26.6%
3 bedrooms 12,139 58.4%
4 bedrooms 2,245 10.8%
5 or more bedrooms 375 1.8%
     
 Renter-occupied housing units 5,877 100.0%
No bedroom 108 1.8%
1 bedroom 757 12.9%
2 bedrooms 2,953 50.2%
3 bedrooms 1,700 28.9%
4 bedrooms 289 4.9%
5 or more bedrooms 70 1.2%
     
HOUSING HEATING FUEL    
Occupied housing units 26,650 100.0%
Utility gas 159 0.6%
Bottled, tank, or LP gas 4,493 16.9%
Electricity 12,082 45.3%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 8,419 31.6%
Coal or coke 19 0.1%
Wood 1,323 5.0%
Solar energy 25 0.1%
Other fuel 70 0.3%
No fuel used 60 0.2%

 

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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