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Statistical Brief: Housing in Metropolitan Areas — Home Heating Fuel
Statistical Brief: Housing in Metropolitan Areas — Home Heating Fuel
Report Number SB/95-7
From natural gas to solar power, we Americans use a wide variety of energy sources to heat our homes. As you’ll see in this Brief, the fuel we use is determined, to an extent, by where we live.
This Brief is one of a series that uses data collected in the 1990 Census of Population and Housing to examine the characteristics of housing in America’s metropolitan areas (MA’s). This Brief examines the range of fuels occupied housing units used as their main heating source. There are nine major categories of fuel types, including none.
The MA’s used here correspond to the definitions that were in place in 1990. The count of 335 MA’s equals the total number of MSA’s (metropolitan statistical areas) and PMSA’s (primary metropolitan statistical areas).
PMSA’s are aggregated into consolidated metropolitan statistical areas, not discussed in this Brief.
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Housing in Metropolitan Areas — Black Households
This brief focuses on metropolitan Black households and compares their housing characteristics with those of metropolitan households with White householders.
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Housing in Metropolitan Areas — Asian or Pacific Islander Households
This brief focuses on metropolitan Asian or Pacific Islander households and compares their housing characteristics with those of White metropolitan households.
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Page Last Revised - October 8, 2021
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