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U N IT E D S T A T E S D E P A R T M E N T OF L A B O R
Frances P erk in s,

Secretary

B U R E A U O F L A B O R S T A T IS T IC S
Isador L u b in , C om m issioner
in co o p e ra tio n w i t h
W O R K S PROGRESS A D M IN IS T R A T IO N

+

Fam ily Expenditures
in Selected Cities, 1935-36
VOLUME I

Housing

Bulletin 7v[o. 648

U N IT E D S T A T E S
G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G O FFICE
W A S H I N G T O N : 1941

S T U D Y O F C O N S U M E R P U R C H A S E S : U R B A N T E C H N IC A L SERIES

F o r sale b y t h e S u p e rin te n d e n t o f D o c u m e n ts , W a s h in g to n , D . C._Price 45 cen ts (P aper c o v e r )




U N IT E D STATES D E PA R TM EN T OF LABOR
F rances Perkins ,

Secretary

BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
I sad o r L
S id n e y

W.

W

u b in

,

Commissioner

A. F.

il c o x

Chief Statistician

H

in r ic h s

Chief Economist
H

ugh

S. H

anna

Chief, Editorial and Research
STAFF FOR THE STUDY OF CONSUMER PURCHASES: URBAN SERIES

M.

F a it h

W

il l ia m s

K

aplan

Chief, Cost of Living Division
A. D. H.

Director

B
, Associate Director
for Tabulation
J. M. H
, Associate Director,
Collection and Field Tabulations
A. C. R
, Senior Statistician,
Tabular Analysis
B

ernard

arton

adley

osan der

ii




P
, Associate Director,
Sampling and Income Analysis
M
H
, Analyst, Expen­
diture Analysis
D
M C
,
Assistant i n
Income Analysis
M

il d r e d

arten

il d r e d

artso u g h

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am m an

CONTENTS

P r efa c e ________________________________________________________________

Page
vii

P art I
E xpenditures for H ousing in R elation to I ncome
[Prepared by Mildred Parten and Dorothy McCamman]
C hapter . I.— Total expenditures for housing__________________________
C hapter II.— Home ownership and rent in relation to income__________
C hapter III.— Expenses of home ownership____________________________
C hapter IV.— Items covered by the rent paym ent_____________________
C hapter V.— Expenditures for household operation_____________________
C hapter VI.— Number of rooms and facilities with which homes are
equipped_____________________________________________
C hapter VII.— Summary_______________________________________________

3
15
28
46
53
71
81

L is t o f T e x t T a b le s

Chapter I
T able 1.— Total expenditure for housing as a percentage of total ex­
penditure for family living, by income class________________
4
2. — Average monthly expenditure for housing, by income class_
10
3. — Expenditure for housing other than family home as a propor­
tion of total expenditure for housing, by income class.^ ___
12
4. — Rent received as pay or gift, as a proportion of total expend­
iture for housing, by income class__________________________
14

Chapter II
T able 5.— Proportion of families reporting ownership of family home,
by income class__________________________________________
6. — Average monthly rental value of owned homes, by income
class_____________________________________________________
7. — Average monthly rent reported by renting families, by income
class_____________________________________________________
8. — Rent of renting families as a percentage of income, by income
class_____________________________________________________
9. — Average monthly rent reported by Negro renting families, by
income class______________________________________________

16
20
23
24
26

Chapter III
T able 10.— Average expenditures for current taxes and assessments, by
income class______________________________________________
31
11. — Average expenditures for current taxes and assessments as a
percentage of total rental value, by income class__________
32
12. — Average expenditures for repairs and replacements for fami­
lies reporting repairs or replacements,by income class_____
34




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IV

CO N TEN TS

T able 13.— Average expenditure for improvements for home owners
reporting improvements on their homes, by income class
14. — Expenditure for interest on mortgage as a percentage of total
rental value, by income class_____________________________
15. — Average amount of decrease in mortgage for home owners
reporting decrease, by income class_______________________
16. — Average amount of increase in mortgage for home owners re­
porting increase, by income class_________________________
17. — Average expenditures for insurance premiums on owned
homes for families having insurance expenditures, by
income class______________________________________________
18. — Average nonmoney expense of home ownership for home
owners, by income class__________________________________
19. — Nonmoney expense of home ownership as a percentage of
total rental value of owned homes, by income class________

Page

35
37
38
39
41
45

Chapter V
T able 20.— Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration which are made
separately from rent as a proportion of total expenditure for
housing, by income class__________________________________
21.— Average coal expenditure for families purchasing,by income class.
22. — Average expenditure for electricity for families purchasing, by
income class______________________________________________
23.—Average gas expenditure for families purchasing, by income class.
24.— Average ice expenditure for families purchasing, by income class.
25. — Expenditure for general household operation as a percentage
of total housing expenditure, by income class______________
26. — Average weeks help employed for families having help, by
income class______________________________________________
27. — Average money expenditure for paid household help by fam­
ilies employing such help, by income class________________

Chapter VI

28. — Percentage of families having living quarters equipped with
running hot and cold water, inside flush toilet, and electric
lights, by income class. _ _________________________________
List o f Figures
F igure 1.— Expenditure for housing as a percentage of total family
expenditure, by income class, 1935-36___________________
2.— Family types for expenditure study, 1935-36_________________
3. — Rent of rented homes and rental value of owned homes, by
income class, 1935-36____________________________________
4. — Current money expenses on owned homes as a percentage of
rental value, by income class, 1935-36_____________________
5. — Proportion of rented dwellings having heat included in rent
charge, by income class, 1935-36__________________________
6A.— Proportion of dwelling units equipped with electric lights,
running hot and cold water, and inside flush toilet, in six
cities, by income class, 1935-36________________________
6B.— Proportion of dwelling units equipped with electric lights,
running hot and cold water, and inside flush toilet, for
white and Negro families, by income class, Columbus and
Atlanta, 1935-36________________________________________




54
58
61
62
63
64
68
70

75
6
9

21
29
49
76
77

43

CONTENTS

V

Part II
T abular S ummary and A p p e n d ix e s

[Jesse R. Wood, Jr., was in charge of the preparation of part II for publication]
Page
T abu la r S um m ary _____________________________________________________
83
T able 1.— N um ber of F a m il ie s : Total number of nonrelief families
including husband and wife, both native-born, eligible for
the expenditure study in the areas covered; and number of
families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupa­
tion, and income, in 1 year, 1935--36______________________
84
2. — A djusted I ncome and E x p e n d it u r e : Average adjusted
income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation,
and income, in 1 year, 1935-36_________________________ 108
3. — L iving Q uarters O c c u pied : Average number of rooms in
living quarters, average number of persons per room, and
percentage of families having living quarters with certain
modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36_______________________________________ 132
4.— H o u sin g : Average value of housing secured with and with­
out money expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 1935-36_____ 178
5. — F amily H ousing F acilities I ncluded in R e n t : Dis­
tribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure;
average housing expenditure; and percentage of renting
families having specified facilities included in rent; by in­
come, in 1 year, 1935-36_________________________________ 183
6. — H ousing for H ome - ow ning F a m ilies : Percentage of home­
owning families reporting expenditure for selected items
and average expenditure for all items of housing, by in­
come, in 1 year, 1935-36_________________________________ 193
7. — H ousehold O peratio n — F u e l , L ig h t , and R efer ig er -

a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for
fuel, light, and refrigeration, and average expenditure for
such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36__ 203
8. — O th er H ousehold O per a t io n : Percentage of families
reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure
for items of general household operation, percentage of
families reporting expenditure for paid household help and
average amount of such expenditure, average number of
weeks help employed for all families, and average number
of meals per week furnished help, by family type and in­
come, in 1 year, 1935-36_________________________________ 303
S upplem ent to T abular S um m ary _____________________________________ 353
Table A.— Median incomes and percentage distribution by income
of families represented by the expenditure data_______ 353
B.
— Total expenditure for housing as a percentage of total
expenditure for family living, by occupational group
and income class_____________________________________ 354
C.
— Total expenditure for housing as a percentage of total
expenditure for family living, by family type and in­
come class____________________________________________ 356
D.
— Total yearly expenditure for housing, by income class________
E. — Rent received as pay or gift, as a proportion of total ex­
penditure for housing, by occupational group and in­
come class____________________________________________ 358




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c o n t e n t s

:

S upplement to T abular S ummary— Continued.
Page
T able F.— Proportion of families reporting ownership of family home,
by occupational group and income class_______________ 358
G. — Proportion of families reporting ownership of family home,
by family type and income class______________________ 359
H. — Monthly rent of renters and monthly rental value of owned
homes, by occupational group and income class______ 359
I. — Monthly rent of renters and monthly rental value of
owned homes, by family type and income class________ 360
J. — Yearly rental value of owned homes, by income class_ 360
K. — Proportion of home owners having expense for improve­
ments on owned homes, by incomeclass________________ 361
L. — Percentage of owned homes which are mortgaged, by in­
come class____________________________________________ 361
M. — Proportion of home owners having a decrease in mortgage,
by income class_______________________________________ 362
N. — Proportion of home owners having an increase in mortgage,
by income class______________________________________
363
O. — Proportion of renting families living in multiple-family
dwellings, by income class____________________________ 364
P. — Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration which are
made separately from rent as a proportion of total ex­
penditure for housing, by occupational group and income
class__________________________________________________ 367
Q. — Average expenditure for laundry sent out and laundry
supplies, by family type and income class_____________ 367
R. — Expenditure for telephone service, by occupational group
and income class_____________________________________ 368
S. — Percentage of families having living quarters equipped
with running hot and cold water, inside flush toilet, and
electric lights, by occupational group and income class. 368
Appendix A. Scope and method of the Study of Consumer Purchases:
Urban Series____________________________________________ 371
The population covered:
Cities studied__________________________________________________ 372
Nativity groups________________________________________________ 372
Income and occupational groups_______________________________
373
Family type groups____________________________________________ 374
Other eligibility requirements__________________________________ 374
Sampling procedures________________________________________________ 375
Number of families from which expenditure data were secured. _ 377
Method of securing averages:
Combinations of cities_________________________________________
378
Combinations of occupations and family types_________________
379
The weighting process__________________________________________ 379
A ppendix B. Classifications and definitions of terms— Glossary_________ 381
A ppendix C. Explanation of tables in Tabular Summary________________ 386
A ppendix D. Facsimile of expenditure schedule_________________________ 396
A ppendix E. Communities included by the Bureau of Home Economics
in the analyses of family expenditures_________________ 402
A ppendix F. Cities included by Bureau of Labor Statistics in the Study
of Money Disbursements of Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers________________________________________________ 403




PREFACE

Housing expenditures occupy a very different place in the budgets
of urban families in different sections of the United States, in cities of
various sizes, and in high and low income groups. Families living in
Northeastern cities have comparatively high expenditures for bousing,
while those on the Pacific coast and in Southeastern cities have rela­
tively low expenses. These regional differences reflect not only lower
rents and rental values in some regions but also differences in types of
dwellings, in heating equipment and costs, as well as in other facilities
provided in the homes.
In most regions, residents of large cities spend more for housing than
do families in middle-sized and small cities at comparable income levels.
Within each of the cities surveyed, however, the expenditures for
housing follow a definite pattern—as family income rises, the amount
spent on housing rises also, but at a slower rate. Thus, with in­
creases in income, a decreasing proportion of the family budget is
devoted to housing the family.
The Study of Consumer Purchases does not attempt to portray the
housing situation as a whole in the communities surveyed. To do so
would have required greater concentration upon the most poorly
housed—the relief groups in the population. Rather, this study aims
to discover the interrelationships between family income and expendi­
tures for housing, and to determine the extent to which region, city
size, occupation, family composition, race, and home tenure were asso­
ciated with differences in housing expenditures. Relatively little data
were secured in this study on the adequacy of housing. Other investi­
gations such as the real property inventories and financial surveys,
conducted as work projects, have covered more thoroughly the quality
of housing obtained by all groups of the population.
The present volume on expenditures for housing is one of a number
of publications prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics from data
obtained in the Study of Consumer Purchases. The results of this
study are presented in three series of reports, of which the present
constitutes the third. The first series was concerned with an analysis
of the distribution by income class, occupational group, family
type, nativity, and home tenure, of families studied in selected
communities in different parts of the country. Each volume in that
series pertained to a specific geographic region. The second series




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VIII

PREFACE

comprised reports for the same regions on the size and relative impor­
tance of expenditures for the main categories of family living, with
only incidental reference to the constituent items in those categories.
The third series presents detailed data collected in all regions cov­
ered by the Study for each of the more important of these categories.
The study conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was paral­
leled by a study of small-city, village, and farm families conducted by
the Bureau of Home Economics of the United States Department of
Agriculture. Both surveys, which together constitute the Study of
Consumer Purchases, were administered under a grant of funds from
the Works Progress Administration. The National Resources Com­
mittee and the Central Statistical Board cooperated in the Nation-wide
study. The plans for the project were developed and the administra­
tion was coordinated by a technical committee composed of represen­
tatives of the following agencies: National Resources Committee,
Hildegarde Kneeland, chairman; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Faith M.
Williams; Bureau of Home Economics, Day Monroe; Works Progress
Administration, Milton Forster; and Central Statistical Board, Samuel
J. Dennis.
In view of the fact that a number of persons outside the Bureau’s
regular staff took part in the investigation, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics wishes to acknowledge the services of the following persons
who served as regional or metropolitan directors of field work: Ruth
Ayres, LeRoy Clements, Rachel S. Gallagher, Forest R. Hall, Sybil
Loughead, Glenn W. Sutton, Margaret D. Thompson, Georges M.
Weber, and Erika Hartmann Wulff.
Acknowledgement is also made to Frances W. Valentine, Jesse R.
Wood, Jr., and William Loudon, who were in charge of computation
and tables; Joseph A. Smith, in charge of machine tabulation; Dorothy
McCamman, who served as chief check editor; Frank Strohkarck,
Marie Bloch, Ethel Cauman, Verna Mae Feuerhelm, Lenore A.
Epstein, Trusten P. Lee, Mary Wiatt Chace, and Allan M. Winsor,
who were in charge of editing and reviewing.
The present study of family expenditures for housing permits com­
parisons among different sections of the country, among communities
of varying degrees of urbanization, and between white and Negro fami­
lies in the same community. It covers a wide range of family incomes,
from those just above the relief level to incomes of more than $10,000.
It was planned, moreover, so as to supply a sample that would allow
comparison of different occupational groups and of families of varying
composition.
Individuals and agencies have long been interested in the economic
advantages or disadvantages of owning a home. The present report,
showing the current expenses of home ownership by income levels,




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PREFACE

provides certain basic information which, when supplemented by the
data on the relation between rental values and capital investments in
the home, should shed considerable light on this problem.
What families get in the way of basic facilities in their homes for
the expenditures shown in this report forms the subject matter of the
last sections.
I sador L tjbin,

Commissioner oj Labor Statistics.
June 1939.







Part I
Expenditures for Housing in Relation to Income




1




Bulletin 7S£o. 648 (V ol. I) o f the
United States Bureau o f Labor Statistics

F am ily Expenditures in Selected C ities, 1 9 3 5 -3 6
H O U SIN G
Chapter I
Total Expenditures for Housing

The expense of housing a family is second only to food as a channel
of family expenditure. In order to provide the family with living
quarters (including expenses for fuel, light, and refrigeration), families
in the large cities surveyed apportioned as much as one-third of their
expenditures to housing.1 As total family expenditures rise, the money
value of housing also increases but at a slower rate. Thus as the
higher income levels are reached, expenditures for housing become
a progressively smaller proportion of the cost of maintaining a family.
The lowest percentage of the total is found in the top income brackets,
where expenditures for housing represented one-fifth or less of the
total expenditures of families in metropolises and large cities.
In explanation of the fact that even among families with incomes
of $5,000 or more, expenditures for housing represent as much as
one-fifth of the total of family expenditures, it should be pointed
out that the housing expenses of high-income families frequently
include outlays for items in addition to the family home. Expenses
for a vacation home, for lodging while traveling or on vacation, and
for room rent at school are more common in the budgets of families
with high incomes than they are among low-income families.
Pronounced intercity differences exist in the proportion of family
expenditures allocated to housing at certain income levels. New York
City and Providence families devoted a larger share of their living
expenditures to housing than did families in the other communities
surveyed. In the income levels up to $2,250, New York families had
the highest relative expenditures, while above this level the housing
of Providence families took the lead up to the $7,500 income level.
The other extreme in housing expenditures is found in Atlanta and
1 Included in the money value of housing is the rent of renting families and the rental value of owneroccupied dwellings, expenses for fuel, light, refrigeration, value of free fuel, expenditures for lodging
family members away from home including rent at school, and the value of rent received as a gift, or in com­
pensation for services. Total expenditures have been treated as equivalent to the money value of family
living which includes money expenditures for all purchases of the family as well as the money evaluation of
goods and services received by the family without a direct money outlay.




3

4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Portland. (See fig. 1.) New York families with incomes of less
than $1,250 allocated slightly more than one third of their total
expenditures to housing, while in Atlanta and Portland approxi­
m ately one-quarter was so spent. Housing of families in the income
levels below $1,500 formed a smaller percentage of total family ex­
penditure in Atlanta than in any of the other large cities. Above this
point in the income scale, families in Portland had the lowest relative
housing costs. As later analysis will reveal, low housing expenditures
in these two cities are due both to lower rents of rented dwellings
and rental values of owned homes, and to relatively low expenditures
for fuel and light.

Data from families in the middle-sized cities provide further evi­
dence on regional differences in housing expenditures. Among families
with incomes below $2,250 in the middle-sized communities, the New
England residents allocated a larger share of their expenditures to
housing than did similar income groups in other regions. Families in
the East Central region having incomes above $2,250 consistently de­
voted more of their expenditures to housing than did families in com­
parable income classes in the other regions up to the $5,000 income
level. On the other hand, low relative housing expenditures in
this group of communities prevailed in the Pacific Northwest and
in the Southeast regions—just as in the case of the large cities.
In small cities also, New England families stood out with high
housing expenditures. At every income level a larger portion of total
expenditures was represented by the housing expense among families
in New England than in East Central cities.
T able

1 .— Total expenditure for housing1 as a percentage of total expenditure for
family living, hy income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES IN METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES

Income class
Under $250________
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1.249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1.999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3.500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999_______
$10,000 and over, _ __

New
York
34.7
35.4
33.3
30.5
29.6
28.0
27.2
26.5
25.3
23.4
22.4
23.3
21.5
22. 7
19.3

Chicago

Provi­
dence

34.9
31.9
30.2
29.3
27.9
27.2
25.9
25.1
24.3
22.9
22.6
20.5
20.4
18.8
17.9

32.0
30.3
29.2
27.4
26.7
25.4
25.8
25.3
26.0
26.1
24.9
25.3
24.0
220.9

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Denver Portland
bus
Bluffs
33.1
32.8
29.9
28.2
27.6
25.8
24.9
23.8
23.2
23.3
23.1
22.6
21.7
217.9 •

26.3
25.3
23.8
23.9
23.1
22.9
21.6
22.0
21.0
21.7
22.0
21.1
18.6
218.3

31.8
30.4
30.0
29.2
28.9
27.7
26.9
27.1
25.5
24.7
23.4
24.8
19.8
U6.1

32.6
30.1
26.2
24.8
23.8
25.6
23.7
24.4
23.3
25.5
22.6
24.2
21.8
220.6

27.2
25.7
24.2
24.2
22.1
22.3
21.0
21.2
20.6
21.6
20.1
19.9
19.1
217.5

1 Includes all current money expenditures for the family home and for the vacation home (mortgage inter­
est, taxes, repairs, and insurance for owned homes, and rent for rented homes), and expenditures for lodging
for family members away from home, including rent at school. Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigera­
tion are combined with expenditures for housing, since rent paid by many families included one or more
of these items. The net money value of the occupancy of owned homes, the value of rent received as pay
or gift, and the value of fuel obtained without money expense are also included.
2Incomes of $7,500 and over.




TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING
T able

5

— Total expenditure for housing as a percentage of total expenditure for
family living, hy income class— Continued

1.

B. WHITE FAMILIES IN MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES
Income class
Under $250...........
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500~$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999 ______
$5,000 and over_____

New
Eng­
land—
Haverhill
and New
Britain

South­
ea stMobile
and
Columbia

38.3
35.2
32.3
29.9
29.0
26.9
26.3
26.2
25.3
23.5
23.5
23.3
21.2
29.0

32.6
27.9
27.2
25.5
24.1
24.3
23.5
22.8
23.0
24.1
22.3
22.1
21.5
21.0

East Cen­ West
tral—
Spring- Central—
Springfield, 111., field,
Muncie, andMo.,
and New Dubuque
Castle
33.6
33.7
30.0
30.0
27.4
26.8
26.0
25. 2
25.4
25.7
24.4
24.9
24.4
22.0

Rocky Pacific
Moun­ North­
New
East
west— England,
tain— Aberdeen,
Central,
Butte Belling­ small
small
and
and cities3 cities 4
Pueblo ham,
Everett

32.0
33.3
27.1
26.9
26.7
25.0
24.7
23.8
25.2
24.2
23.5
22.3
23.3
20.0

27.8
27.3
26.4
24.1
23.3
23.0
22.9
21.8
22.2
23.3
22.8
21.8
19.7
17.2

26.3
30.0
23.6
23.1
19.3
18.5
20.1
18.8
19.2
20.4
19.0
18.7
17.6
17.4

39.2
35.1
30.7
31.0
28.1
28.8
26.3
25.8
24.5
24.9
523.6

34.5
31.9
27.3
26.4
24.2
24.4
23.9
22.1
21.1
21.0
520.2

C. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250________________ _____ ______________
$250-$499 ____ _________________________________
$500-$749 _ _____________________________________
$750-$999 ______________________________________
$1,000-$1,249 _________________________________ _
$1,250-$1,499 ___________________ ________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________________
$2,250-$2,499 _______________________ _________
$2,500-$2,999 _______________________ _________
$3,000-$3,499 __________________________________
$3,500-$3,999 _______________ ________ _______
$4,000 and over______ ________________ __ _______

New York Columbus
49.6
35. 7
36.1
31.1
30.0
28. 4
29.6
30.9
26.8
«33.2

40.2
37.8
33.1
29. 2
29.3
26.0
25. 6
26. 5
27.1
24.5

and
Atlanta Mobile
Columbia
40. 5
34.0
27.7
24.7
24.1
23.0
22.6
24.1
24.1
23. 7
22.8
19.6
16.3
17.0

40. 5
33. 0
25.8
23. 5
23. 3
19. 2
21.9
22.3
21. 2
22.1
620. 2

3 Wallingford, Willimantic, Greenfield, and Westbrook.
4 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
Incomes of $2,500 and over.

Regional differences in housing expense also appear in the data for
Negro families in the North and South. Negro families living in New
York and Columbus had housing expenditures which were consistently
higher, at all income levels, than those of Negro families in Atlanta
and Columbia-Mobile. Aside from the lower rents in the Southeast,
the cost of providing heat is smaller in this region, so the housing ex­
pense as a whole is correspondingly less.
In New York, housing expenditures made up a larger proportion of
the total expenditures of Negro families than of white families at com­
parable income levels. This tendency was also apparent in Columbus.
Living accommodations available to Negroes in New York City, par­
ticularly, are relatively limited; quarters with low rents are scarce, and
housing costs to this group are apparently fairly rigid.
In the middle-sized cities of the Southeast the opposite situation
existed. Not only was the ratio of housing expenditures to total ex-




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Fig. I

1935-1936

NONRELIEF W HITE FAMILIES INCLUDING HUSBAND AND W IFE BOTH NATIVE BORN

*1000 “ I- $1250

*2000 „SS1R*2250
INCOME CLASS IN OOLLARS

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*3000 uiSi, *3500

*7500

UNDER

*10.000

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL FAMILY
EXPENDITURES IN SIX CITIES AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS

TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING

7

penditures lower for Negro than for white families in these Southern
cities, but the average expenditures for housing were also below those
of white families in comparable income groups. As later analysis will
indicate, part of this difference in housing expenditures of racial groups
in the South is accounted for by the fact that the dwellings occupied
by Negroes are less well-equipped than those occupied by whites.
Occupational differences in ratio of housing to total expenditures.—

Families which derived their earnings chiefly from wage-earner pur­
suits allocated a smaller percentage of their expenditures to housing
than did families in the white-collar groups with similar incomes. (See
table B of supplement to Tabular Summary.) Data on facilities and
number of rooms in the quarters occupied by the various occupational
groups indicate that the wage earners lived in less desirable dwellings.
This has further significance because the families of wage earners at
any given income level tend to be larger than those of the other
occupational groups.2
The housing expenditures of families in the independent business
and professional groups tend to be higher than those of families deriv­
ing their major earnings from other occupations. Professional per­
sons maintaining their own practices frequently have their offices in
their homes and may therefore incur expenses for larger or more elab­
orate quarters than would ordinarily be needed for the family home.
Many families also operate small businesses such as beauty shops or
carpentry shops in the home. Moreover, both professional and busi­
ness persons working independently may find it advantageous to main­
tain more expensive homes, particularly when they use their residences
for entertaining business contacts.
Family type differences in ratio of housing to total expenditures.—

Housing is one of the few items of family consumption which is a
purchase of the family as a unit rather than a summation of indi­
vidual purchases. When it comes to food and clothing expenditures,
the more family members the greater the outlay for family mainte­
nance. But with housing, the expenditure may remain relatively con­
stant with the addition of family members. To be sure, housing also
may become more costly if additional rooms are to be secured, but it
appears from this study that when the family adds a member, it is
more likely to crowd into the rooms available than to seek larger
quarters. The family type analysis presented in table C of the
supplement to the Tabular Summary for the cities of the East Central
Region illustrates this point.
Families of types V, VI, and VII, which contain five to eight per­
sons (see pictogram of family types, p. 9), have housing expendi­
tures which quite consistently absorb a relatively low proportion of
* See Family Income in Chicago, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bull. No. 642, vol. I, table 21, p. 39.

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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

their total living expenses as compared with other families. On the
other hand, the families of husband and wife only, tend to have hous­
ing of a relatively high value. Of the families which contain three or
four members (types II, III, and IV), those with at least one adult in
addition to the married couple had rather high housing expenditures—
probably because overcrowding is more common among families with
young children than among families comprised largely of adults. Var­
iation among families of a given size and at given income levels is, of
course, to be expected, since tastes differ and housing requirements dif­
fer with the sex and specific age of the members.
Average expenditure jor housing.—Not only does the proportion of
all family expenditures allocated to housing vary by city size and re­
gion, but the average expense of housing per family also varies in
much the same manner. The total housing expenditure of families
in the large Pacific Northwest city, Portland, was only about threefifths to four-fifths as much as the money value of family housing in
New York City among families with comparable incomes. Both re­
gional and city-size factors are associated with this difference. When
the comparison is made between a metropolis and a large city situ­
ated within the same geographic region (Chicago and Columbus), the
money value of housing is found to be greater in the metropolis. The
figures in table D of the supplement to the Tabular Summary permit
a comparison between housing expenditures of families living in cities
of different size in seven regions of the United States. In the Pacific
Northwest, Pocky Mountain, and West Central regions, families
living in middle-sized cities had lower housing expenditures than did
families in large cities. Similarly in the East Central region, families
in the small cities spent less for housing than did families in the
middle-sized and large cities of this section of the country. In the
other regions, however, differences associated with size of city were
less consistent.
Regional differences in the money value of family housing are more
striking than city-size variations. Housing expenditures of families
living in Portland and in the middle-sized cities of the Pacific North­
west region ranked lowest. At the same income levels, Portland fam­
ilies tended to spend about $150 a year less for housing than did the
New York City families. Total expenditures for housing by white
families in the Southeastern region were relatively low—particularly
in Atlanta—in comparison with the other large cities. The average
for white families as a whole in this large southern city was $453 for
the year. Expenditures for housing in New England stood out as
being fairly high. Providence families with incomes of $2,000 or more
ranked close to New York families in the costs of their housing, while
the housing expenditures of Haverhill-New Britain families with in-




TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING
Fig. 2

FAMILY TYPES FOR EXPENDITURE STUDY

TY PE I

TYPE II

TYPE VI

TYPE III

TYPE VII

MEMBERS REQUIRED FOR TYPE

ft

MEMBER REQUIRED FOR TYPE, BUT AGE ALTERNATIVE

Q \ ( MEMBER OPTIONAL FOR TYPE
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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

comes between $250 and $2,500 were consistently higher than for
families with comparable incomes in the middle-sized cities of the
other regions.
In all regions and in cities of all sizes, expenditures for housing
increased with rises in the income scale. Whereas families receiving
current incomes between $750 and $1,000 had housing expenditures
which ranged between $200 and $400, families with incomes between
$2,500 and $3,000 spent about $500 to $700 for housing. The
expenditures for housing of families with annual incomes of $5,000 or
more were approximately double those of families having incomes
between $2,500 and $3,000.
Average housing expenditures per month.—The above data on housing
expenditures are more easily understood if expressed in terms of
monthly averages, despite the fact that some expenses such as for fuel
are usually incurred only during certain seasons. The average
monthly expenditures for family housing ranged between $15 (in
Atlanta) and $31 (in New York City) for white families in the income
bracket $500-$750. Rising to the $1,000 income group, the average
housing expenditure had increased to between $22 and $35. Fami­
lies with twice the income ($2,000-$2,250) spent less than twice as
much, or from $32 to $49 per month, for the housing item. At the
$4,000-$5,000 level expenditures for housing varied from $51 to $85
per month. (See table 2.)
T a b l e 2. —Average monthly expenditure for housing, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES IN METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES
Income class
Under $250____________
$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$l, 249__________
$1, 250-$l, 499__________
$1, 500-$l, 749__________
$1, 750-$l, 999__________
$2,000-$2, 249__________
$2, 250-$2, 499__________
$2, 500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3, 499__________
$3, 500-$3, 999__________
$4,000-$4, 999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7, 500-$9, 999__________
$10,000 and over_______

New
York
$31
33
35
38
42
45
49
52
57
62
67
85
101
151
239

Chicago

Provi­
dence

$26
28
30
34
38
42
44
48
52
54
61
66
81
110
157

$22
24
29
32
37
40
46
48
55
65
66
83
101
2 145

1

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Denver Port­
bus
land
Bluffs
$22
26
29
33
36
38
42
44
47
54
60
66
86
2152

$15
21
24
28
32
36
37
42
44
53
61
67
77
2 115

$24
25
31
35
38
41
44
48
51
59
64
78
80
2 108

$22
24
26
30
33
39
41
45
49
61
64
74
88
2 136

$19
21
23
28
29
34
36
40
43
51
55
61
74
2112

1 Includes all current money expenditures for the family home and for the vacation home (mortgage inter­
est, taxes, repairs, and insurance for owned homes, and rent for rented homes), and expenditures for lodging
for family members away from home, including rent at school. Expenditures for fuel, light, and refriger­
ation are combined with expenditures for housing, since rent paid by many families included one or more
of these items. The net money value of the occupancy of owned homes, the value of rent received as pay
or gift, and the value of fuel obtained without money expense are also included.
2 Incomes of $7,600 and over.




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TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING

T able 2.—Average monthly expenditure for housing^ by income class— Continued
B. WHITE FAMILIES IN MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES
Income class
Under $250________
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1, 250-$l, 499_______
$1,500-$1, 749_______
$1,750-$l, 999_______
$2,000-$2, 249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000 and over____

New
East
Rocky Pacific
Eng­ South­ Central— West Moun­ North­
New
East
land— east— Spring- Central—
ta in - west— England,
SpringCentral,
Haver­ Mobile field, 111., field, Mo., Butte, Aberdeen
small
small
hill and and Muncie, and Pueblo, and Bell­ cities3 cities4
New Columbia and New Dubuque and
Britain
Castle
Everett ingham
$25
25
27
30
34
38
43
44
47
51
60
61
63
131

$16
17
21
25
28
33
36
39
42
51
52
58
67
94

$18
22
24
29
31
35
38
41
45
52
56
64
69
79

$18
20
21
26
30
33
36
39
43
50
52
54
67
76

$17
20
23
26
29
31
37
38
41
52
54
60
62
78

$16
20
18
22
22
26
31
32
36
41
47
54
51
88

$22
27
26
31
33
40
41
44
47
54
5 67

$18
20
21
26
28
32
35
37
38
43
550

C. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_______________________________________
$250-$499_________________________________________
$500-$749 ______________________ ______________
$750-$999 ________________________________________
$1,000-$l, 249______________________________________
$1, 250-$l, 499______________________________________
$1, 500-$l, 749______________________________________
$1, 750-$l, 999 ___ ________________________________
$2,000-$2, 249______________________________________
$2, 250-$2,499______________________________________
$2, 500-$2,999_____ _______________________________
$3,000-$3, 499______________________________________
$3, 500-$3, 999 ____________________________________
$4,000 and over....... _ ___________________________

New York Columbus
$28
31
36
38
41
47
50
56
57
5 98

$18
22
25
26
28
31
39
40
48
40

and
Atlanta Mobile
Columbia
$11
14
16
18
23
25
29
33
37
39
39
40
39
56

$9
11
13
16
21
23
28
30
29
39
« 36

3 Wallingford, Willimantic, Greenfield, and Westbrook.
4 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
5 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
6 Incomes of $2,500 and over.

E xpen se o f hou sin g other than fa m ily hom e as a p rop o rtio n o f total
expen ditu re fo r h ou sin g. —Particularly among families with relatively

low incomes, housing expense consists mainly of the cost of main­
taining the home in which the family ordinarily lives. But in the
course of a year, families frequently incur expense for other housing
such as a vacation home which the family either owns or rents, a
hotel room rented at the seashore or while traveling, or perhaps a
room occupied by a son or daughter living away from home while
attending school. Even among families which cannot afford hotel
accomodations while traveling or vacationing, expenses for lodging
in tourist homes or fees for the use of camp grounds may form a
portion of the housing budget.
The tendency for the proportion of total housing expenditure
which is allotted to housing other than the family home to increase with




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

rise in income level is apparent in the figures of table 3.3 Except in
Portland and in the small cities of the East Central region, expenses
for housing during vacations and trips had no place in the budget
of families with incomes of less than $1,000. Not until the family
income reached $3,000 or more did the value of housing other than
the family home exceed 4 percent of total housing expenditures.
New York families with incomes of $10,000 and over apportioned
as much as one-fifth of their housing expenditures to housing in
addition to the usual family residence. Of the large cities, the
proportion allotted to other housing in Portland ran high and in
Atlanta low.
T able

3 .— E x p e n d itu r e

f o r h o u sin g oth er th a n f a m i ly h o m e 1 a s a p r o p o r tio n o f to ta l
e x p e n d itu re f o r h o u sin g , hy in c o m e c la ss

A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises
Income class
Under $250_ _ _
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over___

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small3
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 2

0.2
.6
.6
.7
2.1
1.9
2.6
3.8
5.0
7.4
13.3
19.5

0.4
.2
.4
.7
1.5
1.4
2.3
3.1
4.4
3.9
10.0

0.6
.7
1.8
3.0
2.3
2.2
3.6
7.5
610. 7

0.5
.4
.6
.8
.9
1.4
2.1
2.8
3.7
68.8

0.3
.3
.5
.4
.4
.9
1.1
1.5
2.0
3.0
65.1

0.3
.2
.2
.8
1.1
1.0
2.6
1.5
2.2
5.4
4.8
611.9

0.4
.4
0.3 1.1
.6
.5
.5
.8
.8 1.0
1.0 1.6
.7 2.1
1.7 2.9
2.7 4.2
2.4 6.6
4.0 4.8
6.6 5.8
67. 3 611.4

0.3
.4
.4
.9
1.7
2.5
2.0
3.0
fi4. 3

0.8
.3
.3
.3
.9
.9
.9
1.5
44.8

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_________
$250-$499___________
$500-$749___________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______

New
York

0.2

Colum­
bus

Atlanta

0.3
.3

Income class
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000 and over

New
York
0.4
.5
.4
.7
.3
3. 2
4.8

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
1.0
.8

0.3
.2
.6
.9
1.8
1.5

1 Includes expenses of owned or rented vacation home and imputed income from owned vacation home,
hotel room while traveling or on vacation, room at school, etc.
a Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
3 Beaver Falls. Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
4 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
5 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.
3 Included in the figures on other housing expense are the amounts of income imputed to the owners of
vacation homes. Such income was reported infrequently and, with two exceptions, amounts to only 1
percent or less of the total money value, of housing. At the highest income level in Providence and Colum­
bus, imputed income from owned vacation homes equaled 2 percent of total housing expenditures,




TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSING

13

Expenses for housing other than the family home made up an even
smaller portion of the housing values of Negro families than of white.
Only in New York among families receiving incomes of $3,500 or
more was the proportion higher than 2 percent. In each of the three
cities, the income level at which expenditures for housing during vaca­
tions, traveling, etc., entered the housing budget of Negro families
was higher than the level at which white families first reported this
type of expense.
R en t as gift or p a y a s a p ro p o rtio n o f total expenditure fo r h ou sin g .—

Persons following certain occupations commonly receive a portion
of their remuneration in the form of dwelling quarters which they
occupy rent-free. Such payment for services is frequently made to
janitors, apartment house managers, ministers, and superinten­
dents of schools and institutions. In other instances, a family may
occupy without paying rent a dwelling which is owned by a relative
or friend.4

No consistent regional or city-size differences are apparent from
the figures in table 4 on the proportion of total value of housing
which was received in the form of rent as gift or pay. In general,
however, free rent amounted to less than 5 percent of the value of
all housing and at many income levels was negligible.

Rent as gift or pay is a more important source of the housing
value of Negro families than of native white families in New York
and Atlanta. About four-tenths of the housing value of New York
Negro families receiving incomes of $500 to $750 is in the form of
rent as gift or pay; at the income levels of $3,000 to $3,500 and
$4,000 and over, free rent amounts to almost five-tenths of the total
money value of housing.

When data are combined for families of different occupational
groups, we do not find a definite relationship between rent as pay
and family income. The occupational analysis presented in table E
of the supplement to the Tabular Summary for native white families
in New York City, however, reveals at what income levels rent as
gift or pay is important to families in the different occupational groups.
Among families in the wage-earner classification, for instance, free
rent made up a larger portion of total housing value in the income
classes under $1,500 than at succeeding levels. The wage-earner
occupation with which rent as pay is most frequently associated is
that of janitor or caretaker. Since the total remuneration for such
work is ordinarily rather low, it is to be expected that rent as pay
would be most important among wage-earner families at the bottom
of the income scale. On the other hand, in the salaried professional
4 In cases of rent received either as gift or as pay, the family may incur minor expenses for repairs, etc., in
connection with the free occupancy of the quarters. Such expenses have been deducted from the rental
value of the dwelling in arriving at the money value of rent received as pay or gift.




14

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

group it is at the $5,000 to $10,000 levels that free rent constitutes the
largest percentage of total housing value. Salaried professional work­
ers receiving a portion of their remuneration in the form of free rent
are frequently clergymen and resident heads of hospitals, schools, and
other institutions, and their cash salaries may also be relatively high.
T able

4. — R e n t

rec e iv ed a s p a y or g if tf a s a p r o p o r tio n o f to ta l e x p e n d itu r e f o r
h o u sin g , b y in c o m e c la ss

A. WHITE FAMILIES
Income class
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999 ______
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749 . ___
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over----

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small *
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
4.2
5.3
4.6
3.6
1.8
1.5
.5
1.1
1.2
1.1
2.3
1.5
.1

5.3

1.2
2.7
4.4
2.4
.4
2.3
2.1
2.1
4.6
.5
1.0
1.2
.6
2.1

0.6
.6
3.1
1.4
.2
.6
.2
2.8
1.0
.7

1.6
.7
.8
.5
.4
.2
.9
1.5
2.3
.4
4 3.2

0.5
1.3
.2
1.1
.6
.5
.6
3.8
41.4

2.7
1.6
3.3
1.0
1.1
1.4
1.3

0.8
9.9
6.4
3.3
5.5
1.7
1.2
4.2
1.9
.4

0.5
.8
1.4
.9
.5
1.2
1.1
.8
.4
1.0
1.9
1.4

0.4
3.5
1.4
3.5
1.7
1.5
.9
1.0
.4
.2
.5

1.8
5.8
1. 2
1.9
.6
1.3
1.8
2.2
3. 7
3 3.0

4.9

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

New
York

Under $250_________
$250-$499__________
$500-$749
_____
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249________
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______

37.6
10.8
10.6
2.2
2.6

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
0.8
2.3
.9

Income class

2.2 $1,750-$1,999_______
1.2 $2,000-$2,249_______
.5 $2,250-$2,499_______
.9 $2,500-$2,999_______
1.8 $3,000-$3,499________
.7 $3,500-$3,999________
4.3 $4,000 and over_____

New
York
4.8
3.9
47.8
48.6

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
6.6

3.5
2.5
8.6

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $7,500 and over.

From the data presented in table E of the supplement to the
Tabular Summary it is evident that the free rent reported in the
lower income levels was received by wage-earner families, and that
in the higher levels by families in the salaried business and professional
group.




Chapter II
Home Ownership and R ent in Relation to Income

In order to interpret differences in amount and types of housing
expenditures made by families in various groups of the population in
different communities as well as in various sections of the country,
a knowledge of the home tenure of the families under consideration
is essential. Not only are the expenses of home owners quite different
from rent of renting families but estimates on the total expense of
certain items such as fuel, light and refrigeration cannot always be
obtained from renters since such expenses are not infrequently covered
by the rental charge for the dwelling.
The analysis of the present chapter will bring together data on home
tenure and income gathered in seven different regions, in order to
facilitate regional and city-size comparisons.1
Since families receiving relief at any time during the year 1935-36
were studied in the random sample of families in each city, the use of
the random sample rather than the controlled sample of families giv­
ing detailed expenditures provides a basis for comparing the housing
level of the relief with the nonrelief families.
Proportion of home owners.—Regional factors and city-size dif­
ferences produced wide variation in the proportion of families which
owned their homes at the time of the survey. Among the families
living in the metropolises and large cities, home ownership was
found to be most prevalent in Portland, the large city of the Pacific
Northwest, and least frequent in New York City, where the con­
centration of 10 million people about New York harbor has made
home ownership relatively difficult.
Between the extremes of Portland and New York, we find ownership
of the family dwelling to be relatively common in Omaha-Council
Bluffs, with Denver and Columbus ranking next and then Atlanta.
(See table 5.) Among families with annual incomes between $500 and
$1,750, the proportion reporting home ownership in Providence was
1 The basic data on which this chapter is based are published in vol. I of each report on Family Income
and Expenditure. The proportions and averages shown are based upon a much larger sample of families
than the group which gave detailed information on expenditures. Thus wide fluctuations in figures due to
small samples are avoided. Although the general patterns of home tenure found among the random sample
of families resemble those of families whose detailed housing expenditures are shown in all other chapters of
the present report, differences are to be expected both because of differences in the size of the samples and
because of the restriction of the controlled sample to certain occupational and family type groups at each
income level.




15

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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

almost as low as in New York and was lower than in the other metrop­
olis included in the survey, Chicago; above this income level, Provi­
dence families were home owners much more frequently, proportion­
ately, than were families living in the two metropolitan cities.
T able 5.— P r o p o r tio n

o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g o w n e r s h ip o f f a m i ly hom ey b y in c o m e
c la ss 1

[White families containing husband and wife, both native born]
A. METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES
Income class
All families. _ _________
Relief____ ________
Nonrelief_______ __
Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over..

New
York
17
6
19
15
24
14
9
9
10
12
13
16
23
24
29
38
31

Chicago

Provi­
dence

21
9
22
15
24
18
13
14
17
19
19
22
26
34
34
38
37

20
3
22
16
25
12
9
10
13
16
20
25
39
38
44
50
69

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Denver Portland
bus
Bluffs
37
17
40
31
40
30
24
24
33
34
38
45
47
56
54
66
71

31
9
34
22
20
12
18
16
24
27
28
42
39
47
52
60
65

44
25
48
43
42
35
26
31
44
45
45
56
56
60
60
69
78

47
27
51
62
50
41
37
35
49
47
48
62
57
67
62
73
77

38
19
41
30
35
30
29
27
37
35
34
49
51
56
55
62
71

B. MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES, EAST CENTRAL REGION
Income class
AH families........................
R elief.........................
Nonrelief__________
Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over..

Muncie

New Spring- Beaver Connells- Logans- MatCastle field, 111. Falls
ville
port
toon

42
23
44

42
26
46

(2) 51
37
29
34
37
44
48
49
59
64
63
79
75

(2) 54
36
27
30
45
43
42
59
67
67
71
61
90

41
17
43
39
38
33
32
33
43
36
44
44
50
60
53
64
70

39
21
42

39
24
43

(2) 60
40
31
28
37
45
44
56
46
52
66
(2)
(2)

(2) 43
34
31
31
37
42
46
61
58
57
56
(2)
(2)

(2)
(2)

44
25
47
42
40
34
37
43
46
46
53
56
66
64
71

46
24
54
53
52
41
44
44
49
51
61
58
62
76
70
(2)
(2)

Peru

(2)
0)

46
22
50
50
50
46
33
37
47
55
50
68
68
78
83

1 These figures are based upon information given by a random sample of families and ar e published in the
seven regional reports on Family Income and Expenditure, vol. I. (See pt. II, p. 371.) This sample differs
from the controlled samples of families supplying the detailed data on expenditures.
3 Percentages not computed for fewer than 30 cases.

Within the East Central region, it is possible to compare the fre­
quency of home ownership in cities which vary widely with respect to
population. Here we find that ownership is related inversely to city
size, being most frequent in the small cities and least frequent in
Chicago.




HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME

17

In general, the proportion of families which owned their homes in­
creased quite consistently with rise in income level above the $750
point. The relatively high frequency of home ownership among fam­
ilies having current incomes of less than $500, together with internal
evidence presented by the schedules as to the character of the earnings,
occupation, and age of the head, suggests that such families had been
more prosperous in previous years, during which the purchase of a
home was undertaken. When the current income reported is more
nearly representative of the usual annual income, we should expect
home ownership to increase with rise in income since the purchase of
a home is not undertaken until families have attained sufficient income
to make the initial down payment and to give some assurance that
subsequent payments can be met. Using Columbus data to illustrate
this point, we see that only one out of every four families with incomes
of $750 to $1,000 reported home ownership; of families receiving cur­
rent incomes between $2,000 and $3,000, about two out of four were
home owners; while almost three-fourths of the families which secured
incomes amounting to at least $5,000 owned their dwelling quarters.
In New York the increase in proportion of home owners with rise in
income level was, of course, less rapid. Even at the highest income
level fewer than one out of three families owned their home.
The percentage of home owners among families receiving relief dur­
ing the year was relatively low in each community. It will be recalled
that in some cities, during the first year of the depression particularly,
the possession of property such as a home would have made it impos­
sible for the relief recipient to pass the “ means test” necessary before
receipt of public assistance. The small number of home owners
among families having received relief during 1935-36 may be taken
to represent those few that had not used up all resources, including
the investment in the home, before joining the relief ranks. Among
those that retained their homes, it may be assumed that normal re­
pairs and taxes on the home were smaller than the rent which would
have been necessary to shelter the family. In many cases such ex­
penses may not have been cared for during the current year.
Home ownership among occupational groups.—Ownership of the fam­
ily home is relatively more prevalent among families of business and
professional persons than among those of wage earners and clerical
persons in the lower income levels in most cities. (See table F of
the supplement to the Tabular Summary.) But as wage earners
reach the income levels of $1,750 or above, they tend to own their
homes relatively more frequently than do the other occupational groups.
It is probable that the irregularity of income which characterizes
many of the wage-earner occupations makes it difficult to accumulate
sufficient reserve for the down payment on a home and that home own­
ership is undertaken only when the family has achieved a certain de-




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

gree of security. It has already been pointed out that families of
wage earners at the upper income levels are, as a rule, larger and of
older age composition than families in the other occupational groups.
In cities where rented quarters other than apartments are relatively
scarce, wage earners may sometimes find it necessary to purchase their
homes in order to obtain quarters which are large enough to accomo­
date all members, yet which are within reach of the housing budget.
Of the business and professional families, those receiving their earned
income from independent business and independent professional pur­
suits were most likely to own their homes.2 Several factors combine to
favor ownership of the family home in the entrepreneurial groups.
The time required to establish a business or a professional career in
a community tends to discourage mobility among families of the inde­
pendent business and professional groups. The incidence of home
ownership may be expected to be greater among the more stable ele­
ments of the urban population. Furthermore many families in the
independent business and professional groups use the home as a place
of business—such as, for instance, the physician who has an office in
his home or the tailor who sets up his shop in his dwelling quarters.
Since landlords frequently place restrictions on the use of premises,
ownership may permit greater freedom in the operation of a business
or profession in the home.
Family type comparison oj proportion of home owners.—The relation
between home ownership and age of the family head has already been
pointed out in the bulletin Family Income in Chicago.3 A brief
summary of the findings will be helpful in the present analysis. In
Chicago, the median age of the head of native white complete families
which owned their dwelling quarters was 48 years as compared with
38 for renting families. While nearly three-fifths of the husbands in
renting families had not yet reached 40 years of age, about one-fifth
in the owning families were less than 40 years old. These figures do
not, of course, take into account the age at which the home was pur­
chased and hence are in a sense cumulative—that is, the figures on
home owners at the older ages include all those who purchased homes
at earlier ages and had not in the interval given up ownership. The
increasing proportion of owners at the older age is, in part, a result
of increasing income. Other factors are involved, however, as indi­
cated by the fact that, at each income level, these age differences
are apparent. Thus, the variations in proportion of home ownership
among the family types shown in table G of the supplement to the
Tabular Summary are probably associated with differences in the age
of the family head.
* Supporting data for the analysis of the business and professional groups considered separately are based
on the controlled sample and will be found in table 1 of the Tabular Summary.
3 Bull. No. 642: Family Income and Expenditures in Chicago, vol. I, p. 86, table 48.




HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME

19

Home ownership is most frequent, proportionately, among families
which include one adult and perhaps one to three other members in
addition to the husband and wife (types IV and V). Inasmuch as
the additional adult is usually a grown child, the head of such families
has attained an age at which home ownership is relatively common.
The size of some of the families included in this classification, as well
as the age of the head, may account for the frequency of ownership.

Among the families with low incomes in Columbus, those consisting
of only a husband and wife (type I) owned their homes more fre­
quently than did larger families. At the higher income levels, how­
ever, home ownership among families containing additional adult
members was more frequent. The ages of the heads of families
classified as type I vary widely; older couples whose children have
grown up and left the family home as well as newly married couples
are included here.
The relatively young families—those with one or two children under
16 years of age—ranked low in proportion of home owners.

Rental value oj owned homes.—The rental value reported for owned
homes represents an estimate of the amount for which such homes
would rent, in the light of rents paid for similar accommodations in
the same neighborhood. The estimate was made by the family and
checked by the investigator. Comparing the data of tables 6 and 7
(see fig. 3), it may be seen that rental values of owned homes tend to
be higher than rents of tenant families at practically every income level
in the cities surveyed. Since rental value is an estimate, however,
it is possible that home owners tend to overevaluate their dwellings.
It is also possible that owned quarters are superior to rented quarters
occupied by families of the same income level. Data from another
study seem to indicate that at comparable income levels the dwelling
quarters of home owners contain more rooms than do homes of rent­
ing families.4
4 In Portland, Oreg., for example, the average number of rooms for the two home tenure groups was as
follows:
Income class
All families ____ _ _____
_____ ________ _ _______
Under $500. _ __________________ _ _____________________________
$500-$999______________ ________________________________________
$1,000-$1,499___________ _________ __________ ___________________
$1,500-$1,999______ ____ _________________________________________
$2,000-$2,999__________________ ____ _____________________________
$3,000-$4,999____________________________________________________
$5,000-$7,499___________________________________________ ________
$7,500 and over _ _
_____________ _
____ _

Average number of
rooms
Owner
families
5.8
5.5
5.5
5.7
5.8
6.1
6.9
7.1
7.7

Tenant
families
4.6
4.4
4.5
4.7
4.8
5.2
5.8
6.8
7.0

From Consum er Use of Selected Goods and Services, by Income Classes, Market Research, Series Nos. 5-10,
Feb. 1937, pp. 20-21, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

In every city covered in the urban series of the Study of Consumer
Purchases rental values of owned homes tended to increase with rises
in family income. In the cities shown in table 6, families whose
current incomes were below $250 lived in homes which would rent,
on the average, for no more than $28 (in New York City) and as little as
$19 (in Portland).6 At the $1,000-$1,250 income level, rental values
of owned homes had risen to $40 and $22 in these same cities, and at
the $5,000 and over income brackets monthly rental values mounted
to $65 (in Portland) and $99 (in New York City). These two cities
represented the extremes in rental values at every income level.
T able

6. — A v era g e

m o n th ly r e n ta l va lu e o f o w n ed h o m e s, b y in c o m e c la ss

1

[White families containing husband and wife, both native born]
A. METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES
Income class
All families-----------------Relief_____ ____ ___
Nonrelief__________
Under $260_____
$250-$499..............
$500-$749_............
$750-$999_............
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over. _

New
York
$53.80
38.70
54.80
28. 30
37.70
41. 30
40.20
40.10
42.50
41.90
44. 50
46.60
47.60
49.10
56.20
69.10
99. 30

Chicago

Provi­
dence

$38.40
27.30
38.90
25.40
27.60
28.90
29.10
30.00
32. 70
33.60
34.40
35.90
38.10
41.10
44.60
51.40
71. 30

$50.20
29.30
50.70
22. 60
33.10
32.80
31.00
32.20
32.40
37. 40
37.00
37.00
41. 50
45.50
56.80
69.80
108. 30

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Denver Port­
bus
land
Bluffs
$39.20
24.90
40.00
22. 40
28.40
28.60
27.80
29.20
30.70
30.20
34. 60
36.60
39.60
41.50
48.20
56.80
79.40

$37.40
22.00
38.00
21.80
21.10
22.40
25.40
26.40
27.60
28. 20
30.60
32.40
35. 30
40.50
45.00
51.00
65. 70

$34.70 $37.50
18.50 20.50
36.10 38. 70
20.20 23.20
26.90 22.90
23.40 26.80
24.30 26.50
24.60 26.00
27.60 27.50
29.50 30. 80
32. 50 32.20
35.10 33.80
36.70 38.60
39.90 40.90
46.90 49.70
55. 40 56.50
70.40 83. 30

$28.50
17.60
29.40
18.80
22.00
20.30
21. 30
22.20
23.30
25.50
26.70
29.30
30.30
33.80
38.60
47.90
65.40

B. MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES, EAST CENTRAL REGION
Income class
All families-----------------Relief___ _________
Nonrelief------ ----Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over..

Muncie
$30.00
16.90
30.70
17.00
22.90
20. 50
24.10
23. 40
25. 30
29.40
30.20
32.50
34.90
37. 60
43.70
46.20
60.50

New Spring- Beaver Connells- LogansCastle field, 111. Falls
ville
port
$32.20
24.00
33.50
19.80
27.40
24.60
24.90
26.20
28.90
31.20
33.30
33.40
34. 40
39.60
43.20
50.00
66.60

$34.20
18.90
34.90
19.00
23.10
23. 70
25.00
26.70
27.10
28.80
31.80
33.80
37. 00
40.00
44.80
54.30
65.00

$28.60
21. 30
29.30
20.00
25.20
25. 30
23.50
25.40
25.50
29.00
28.80
33. 30
29. 40
32.70
38.50
40. 00
42.30

$27.30
19.10
28.70
36.20
21.50
25.40
24.60
24.00
25.90
26.90
29.80
31.70
29.50
33.70
33.20
33.60
52.20

Mattoon

Peru

$20.30 $23.00
10.60 11.70
21.20 24.70
14.70 16.00
15. 30 17.40
15. 30 18.00
15.90 18.60
18.20 18.90
19.40 22.70
20.70 23. 30
22.40 26.90
23.80 26.20
24.80 29. 30
28.70 31.30
30.60 35.80
41.20 38.00
43.80 45.50

$20. 80
12.90
21.50
17.30
17.80
17.00
16.90
17.40
19.40
21.70
22.70
23.90
25.50
25.70
30.20
38.30
31.00

1 These figures are based upon information given by a random sample of families and are published in the
7 regional reports on Family Income and Expenditure, vol. I (see pt. II, p. 371). This sample differs
from the controlled sample of families supplying the detailed data on expenditures.
5 Families with these low incomes were either drawing on savings or other assets or were incurring debts
in order to meet current living expenses.




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HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME
Fig. 3

AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT OF RENTED HOMES AND
AVERAGE RENTAL VALUE OF OWNED HOMES IN
FOUR CITIES AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS

1935-1936

NONRELIEF WHITE FAMILIES INCLUDING HUSBAND
AND WIFE BOTH NATIVE BORN

PROVIDENCE

DOLLARS

500
750

ANDUNOER

1000
1250

ANDUNOER

2000 AND
3000
5000
AND
UNDER
2250 4000 OVER

AND UNDER

ATLANTA

500
750

AND UNDER

COLUMBUS

500
750

AND UNDER

1000
1250

AND UNDER

DOLLARS

2000 ANOUNDER
3000 5000
ANO
2250 4000 OVER

AND UNDER

PORTLAND

DOLLARS

1000 AND
2000
3000
500 1000 2000 ANDUNOER
3000 5000
AND UNDER ANDUNOER AND UNDER
AND
UNDER ANDUNOER
1250 2250 4000
750 1250 2250 4000 OVER
INCOMECLASSINDOLLARS

AND UNDER

RENT OF RENTED HOMES
U. S BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS____________________




RENTAL VALUE OF OWNED HOMES

80

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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Size of city and rental value.—Rental values of owned homes tend to
be lower in the small cities than in the middle-sized communities
among families of comparable incomes. Similarly, homes in the mid­
dle-sized communities would rent for less than homes in the large
cities of Columbus and Chicago. Since land values are probably
higher in the large cities, it it possible that rental values which are
partly determined by ground rents are correspondingly higher. The
differences in rentals of Columbus and Chicago homes among families
in the income groups above $2,000, however, do not fall in line with
this hypothesis. Columbus families in the higher income brackets
placed a higher rental value on their homes than did Chicago families
in the same income classes. This may be due to the fact that, when
income permits, home owners whose work is located in Chicago pur­
chase suburban rather than city dwellings, while those families who
do remain within the boundaries of the city may live in homes either
with smaller grounds or of less recent construction and hence of lower
rental value. In Columbus, on the other hand, there are newly
developed sections within the city limits where homes with high rental
values are likely to be found.
Regional differences in rental values, by income class.—Wide intercity
differences in monthly rental values of comparable income groups may
be noted from the data of table 6. Among the six large cities, for
example, rental values of owned homes in Portland were consistently
below those of the other cities at almost every income level, while the
rental value of Providence homes tended to exceed those of the other
five communities. These differences in rental values may be attributed
in part to the fact that the climate of Providence is more severe than
that of Portland so the houses must be more substantially constructed
to be equally comfortable and housing construction may in general
be more expensive in Providence. The difference in cost may also be
due to the difference in cost of lumber, which is so commonly used for
home construction.6
In the large southern city studied, rental values tended to be below
those of most of the other cities, among families of comparable incomes.
Here again, the less substantial buildings required for the southern
climate probably account in part for the lower rental values. Fur­
thermore, as will be pointed out in later analysis, at comparable
income levels the housing facilities in this southeastern city tended
to be poorer than in the large cities of the other regions.
Rent of renting families.—The analysis of rent in relation to income
is complicated by the fact that the rent charge frequently includes
charges for items of household operation and for services. Generally
speaking, it is difficult to obtain estimates on the charge for the dwell6 According to the Real Property Inventory, “Urban Housing” report, 77 percent of the houses in the
Northwest cities have wooden exteriors while 65 percent in the Northeast cities are wooden.




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HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME

ing as distinct from these other items where they are billed together.
The inclusion of items of household operation is more common in
apartment houses than in private residences; furthermore, apart­
ment dwellers are* relatively more prevalent in some cities than in
others, and at certain income levels rather than at others. There­
fore, comparisons of rents paid at different income levels must take
into account the fact that the rent figures have not been tabulated
according to the kinds of dwellings rented or by the kinds of services
covered by rent. In comparing data on rental value of owned homes
and rents paid in comparable income groups as well as family expend­
itures for fuel, light, and refrigeration and other items of general house­
hold operation, account must be taken of the items included in the
rent charge. Figures are available, however, on the types and fre­
quency of items included in rent at each income level and they will
be presented in chapter IV.
Average monthly rent of renting families.—As was true for rental
values of owned homes, monthly rents of rented dwellings were highest
in New York City and lowest in Portland at almost every income level
in the metropolitan and large cities studied. Families in the for­
mer city reported monthly rents which were from one and one-half to
two times as high as those of tenants in the latter city. Chicago
families had the second highest rents. Atlanta renting families
(white) occupied a mixed position; in the income brackets below
$1,000 they had even lower rents than did Portland families, while
among families at the upper income levels, rents in Atlanta ranked
higher than in some of the other cities.
T a b l e 7 . — A v e ra g e m o n th ly re n t re p o rte d b y r e n tin g f a m i l i e s , b y in c o m e c la s s
[White families containing husband and wife, both native born]
A. METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES
Income class
All families____________
Relief___________
Nonrelief
__
Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999 ....
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over..

New
York
$40. 60
25.90
43.90
34.00
26.00
26. 60
27. 40
29. 60
31.80
35.20
37.90
41.60
44.20
48.40
55.70
66
. 40
115.40

Chicago

Provi­
dence

$32.80
18.10
34.60
30.30
22.90
22.90
22.70
26.00
28.00
30. 80
34.10
36. 70
40. 40
42.00
49. 70
57.00
79. 20

$24.80
15.20
26.50

21.00
18.60

18.20
18.50
21.10
22.80
25. 20
28.20
31.40
32. 80
37.60
44. 20
51.80
77. 20

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Den­
bus
ver
Bluffs
$24.40
15.40
26.10
24.50
19.30
18.60
18.30
21.00
22.30
24.90
26. 90
28. 20
31.70
32. 20
39. 50
44.10
58.50

$23.30
12.60
25.60
15.10
12.80
13.60
14. 90
18.40
19. 40
22
. 80
27.10
28. 30
32.30
34.60
40.90
46.20
62. 60

$24.90 $25.20
14.60 15.00
27.40 27.40
21.90 20.40
17.00 18.50
17.60 18.30
18.10 17.90
21.30 22. 00
24.20 23.10
26.40 25.90
29.50 28. 40
31.00 30.40
35.10 35. 20
36.30 34.70
43.90 42. 40
49.60 50. 50
60.80 65. 50

1

Port­
land
$20.40

12.20
22.20

20.90
14.90
15.80
16.30
17.80
19.40
21.50
24.00
25.90
28. 80
29.40
34.30
43.80
52.90

i These figures are based upon information given by a random sample of families and are published in
the seven regional reports on Family Income and Expenditure, vol. I. (See pt. II, p. 371.) This sample
differs from the controlled sample of families supplying the detailed data on expenditures.
153119°— 41-------3




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Table 7.— Average m onthly rent reported by renting fam ilies, by income class 1—
Continued

B. MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES, EAST CENTRAL REGION
New Spring- Beaver Connells- Logans- MatIncome class
Muncie Castle
field, 111. Falls
ville • port
toon
All families.....................
Relief_____ ____ ___
Nonrelief__________
Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over. _

$19.40
11.80
20.40
16.30
15.00
13.90
14.50
17.80
19.00
21.50
23.80
26.20
28.00
29. 50
35.70
39.00
40.80

$19.70
14.30
21.70
18.00
16.40
16.90
16.60
18.50
20.30
23.00
24.60
26.40
28.20
31.30
37.70
42.80
55.00

$25.00
12.60
27.00
16.70
17.40
16.90
18.10
21.00
24.40
26.90
28.80
31.30
34.70
36.50
41.80
47.20
60.60

$18.90
12.40
20.40
12.70
16.20
14. 50
16.30
17.40
19.10
21.10
24.40
26.00
25.30
28.60
32.70
36.20
33.60

$18.00
12.20
20.40
13.30
14.90
16. 20
14.70
17.10
19.30
22.00
24.30
23.10
26.80
28.70
31.60
28.30
38.80

$13.90 $14.10
8.10 9.10
15.40 16.90
9.30 13.20
10.80 14.00
11.00 12.70
11.80 12.90
13.90 13.90
15. 20 16. 60
18.30 20.20
20.20 21.20
21.20 21.20
23.70 25.10
24.00 24.90
22.40 26.90
35.60 (2)
34.20 28.30

Peru
$13.30
8.60
14.60
11.90
9.80
11.60
12.60
13.60
14.30
17.00
16.40
20.20
20.20
23.40
27.50
23.40
(>)

* Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

Size of city and rents of rented dwellings.— In the East Central
region rents were consistently highest in the metropolis, Chicago,
and lowest in the small cities. Except for rents of Springfield fam­
ilies in the income brackets above $1,250, the rents in middle-sized cities
were below those of Columbus, which in turn had lower rents than did
Chicago. As later analysis will show (ch. IV) a relatively high per­
centage of families in the combined middle-sized cities (Muncie,
New Castle, and Springfield, 111.) had heat included in the rent bill.
It is quite possible that Springfield families alone accounted for this
large percentage but no tabulation of this item by individual cities
is available.
T able 8.— Rent of renting fam ilies as a percentage of incom e , by income class 1
[White families containing husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

New
York

Chicago

Provi­
dence

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Den­
bus
ver
Bluffs

Port­
land

23.3
All families,.-...................
20.0
18.2
17.0
22.3
19.8 19.0.
16.9
44.6
50.3
23.7
R elief.........................
29.7
27.5
30.7 31.1
26.0
21.5
16.5
22.2
19.3
17.6
Nonrelief.....................
19.0 19.0
16.2
Under $250_____ (?)
(2)
(2)58.1
(2)59.2
(2)51.5 (2)
$250-$499_______
81.4
40.5
72.1
56.8 (2)45.2
$500-$749— ........
55.6
43.9
25.9
34.9
35.0
32.8 34.0
29.7
$750-$999_______
38.6
31.2
25.6
20.6
24.4 24.6
25.0
22.2
$1,000-$l, 249___
32.7
28.0
22.7
22.5
19.6
22.7 23.4
18.9
28.6
$1, 250-$l, 499___
24.8
20.3
19.7
21.3 20.4
17.1
17.0
26.5
$1, 500-$l, 749___
23.2
18.9
18.7
17.1
19.8 19.4
16.2
24.5
$1, 750-$l, 999___
22.1
17.4
17.5
19.2 18.3
18.3
15.6
$2,000-$2, 249___
23.8
20.9
17.9
16.1
16.0
17.6 17.4
14.7
$2,250-$2, 499___
22.6
20.4
16.3
16.6
16.0
17.7 17.8
14.5
$2, 500-$2,999___
21.4
18.8
16.9
14.3
15.3
16.1 15.5
13.1
19.9
14.2
$3,000-$3,999___
17.8
14.6
15.7 15.1
15.8
12.3
18.3
15.6
14.3
12.1
12.6
13.5 13.8
$4,000-$4,999___
11.7
15.7
13.5
12.2
10.2
11.2
10.6 10.9
9.6
$5,000 and over—
1 These figures are based upon information given by a random sample of families and are published in the
seven regional reports on Family Income and Expenditures, vol. I. (See pt. II, p. 371.) This sample
differs from the controlled sample of families supplying the detailed data on expenditures.
2 Percentage is not given because net current incomes under $260 formed only a fraction of current receipts,
which included borrowings, drawing on savings, etc.




HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME

25

In view of the differences in rental values of owned homes by size
of city, it seems likely that differences in rent of rented dwellings
are probably also indicative of more than mere differences in the items
included in the rent charge.
Ratio of rent to income.—Although average rents increased sub­
stantially with rises in the income level, the ratio of rent to income
declined steadily in each city as income rose. Thus, the rent for which
families in the income class of $250 to $500 had contracted amounted
to between four-tenths and eight-tenths of their current incomes.
Families having incomes of $5,000 or more allocated only slightly more
than one-tenth of their income to the rent item.
In interpreting the high ratio of rent to income among nonrelief
families at the bottom of the income scale, several qualifications must
be kept in mind. The current income of many of the families at the
lowest income levels does not represent the value of their living as
measured by total expenditures, because borrowing, withdrawals
from savings and the like were not included. Families which had had
higher incomes may have been reluctant to move from their accus­
tomed neighborhoods and living quarters even when their incomes did
not warrant their remaining. Furthermore the rental rate reported
represents the amount which tenant families contracted to pay and
not necessarily the amount which they actually paid during the year;
obviously in some of these cases, rental payments were allowed to
lapse.
The portion of current income which relief families allotted to rent
was lower than that for nonrelief families having incomes of less than
$750. Families receiving relief have, as a rule, fewer resources upon
which to draw; moreover the agency administering assistance fre­
quently encourages the family to adjust expenditures for rent to their
reduced income.
Rents of Negro renting families .— Rents paid by Negro families in
New York were substantially higher than those of Negro tenant
families in either Columbus or Atlanta and were higher, at most income
levels, than rents for white families in the metropolis. As a partial
explanation, we see that nine-tenths or more of the New York Negro
renting families with incomes between $500 and $3,500 lived in multi­
ple-family dwellings, which are more likely to include such household
operation items as heat and light in the rent payment than are singlefamily dwellings. The proportion of Negro families living in such
dwellings was higher than for white families in this metropolis at com­
parable income levels. The dwelling which houses from two to four
families was even less prevalent among Negro renters than among
white tenants in New York City; the characteristic type of multiplefamily structure among the Negroes was the apartment for five or more
families.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 9 .— Average m onthly rent reported by Negro renting fam ilies , by income c la ss 1
[Families containing husband and wife, both native born]
Income class
All fam ilies..___ ____
Relief . _____ _
Nonrelief__________
Under $250 ___
$250-$499____
$500-$749 _____
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1, 249___

New Colum­
York2 bus Atlanta
$31.70 $14.70
25.70 12.50
36.60 16.40
30.30 13.20
22.60 12.40
30.50 14.00
29.90 15.80
33.60 17. 00

$10.70
9.20
11.50
8.90
9.80
10.60
11.80
14.20

Income class
A ll

familes—Continued.
Nonrelief—Con.
$1,250-$l, 499___
$1,500-$l, 749___
£i ; 7.5fMn
q>A
l OU tpl, mo
<7<7v.___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over. _

New Colum­
York bus Atlanta
$36.90 $17.60
38.20 19.50
40.10 19.20
43.00 24.30
43.40 23.80
47.90 (3)
60.40 23.00
45.70 (3)

$15.20
16.60
17.50
18.60
21.00
24.60
23.80
(3)

1 These figures are based upon information given by a random sample of families and are published in the
seven regional reports on Family Income and Expenditure, vol. I. (See pt. II, p. 371.) This sample differs
from the controlled sample of families supplying the detailed data on expenditures.
2 Data are for Negro families residing in areas where one-third or more of the family heads were born in the
United States according to the 1930 census.
3 Insufficient number of renters in sample for computation of average.

Negro families in Columbus paid slightly higher rents than did
Negroes in Atlanta. (See table 9.) Unlike the situation in New
York, the rents of Negro families in each of these cities were lower than
the corresponding rents of white families. In both of these cities, the
type of multiple-family dwelling which accommodates five or more
families was used by a smaller proportion of Negro tenants than of
white at comparable income levels.
Rents and rental values among occupational groups.— Dwellings occu­
pied by families whose earnings are derived from wage-earner occupa­
tions have lower rents and rental values than do the homes of families
in the white-collar occupations. (See table H of the supplement to
the Tabular Summary.) In Chicago, for example, families in the
business and professional groups maintained rent levels which aver­
aged about one-fourth higher than those paid by wage-earner families
in parallel income groups. Although part of this difference may be
attributed to the fact that rent is less likely to include items such as
heat, light, and refrigeration among wage-earner families since they
tend to occupy apartments less frequently than do the business and
professional groups, part of the difference represents lower dwelling
rent. This difference among occupational groups is corroborated by
the rental-value data for owned homes—figures which, by definition,
do not include any operation charges. At every income level, the
wage-earner group lived in dwellings having a lower rental value than
that of the other occupational groups. Families of clerical workers
tended to rent or own homes having rents or rental values between
those of the other two occupational groups. Analyses in chapter VI
of the number of rooms and facilities with which homes are equipped
indicate that the quarters occupied by the wage-earner groups were
smaller, on the average, and less well-equipped with modern facilities
than were those of the other occupational groups.




HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENT IN RELATION TO INCOME

27

Rents and rental values among fam ily types.— As would be expected
from our previous discussion of the value of housing of families of
different composition,7 the larger families of types VI and VII tended
to pay the lowest monthly rents. Although no analysis is available
on the type of dwellings occupied by renting families of the various
types, it seems probable that the largest families are less apt to live in
apartments where items such as heat are covered by rent. It must be
remembered, however, that even when a figure is obtained for total
housing expenditures including fuel, light, and refrigeration, families of
types VI and VII rank low. Furthermore, as may be seen from the
Chicago data (see table I of the supplement to the Tabular Summary)
rental values of owned homes among these large families of types VI
and VII tended to be lower, at comparable income levels, than were
rental values of the other family types.
Families composed of only a husband and wife (type I), on the other
hand, lived in homes with higher rents and rental values than did the
other types at most income levels. In terms of per capita income the
two-person family is better situated financially than the other types
with the same family income; thus it is not surprising to find them
allocating more for their living quarters.
7

S ee c h . I , p . 7.




Chapter III
Expenses of Home Ownership

Since families that own the homes in which they live have quite
different types of expenditures from tenant families, a separate treat­
ment of the expenditures attributable to home ownership is presented.
In addition to the current expenses on the owned home such as taxes,
interest on mortgage, expense for repairs and replacements, and insur­
ance on the dwelling, a nonmoney expense of home ownership is also
shown. This last item is the difference between the rental value of
the dwelling and the current money expenses. Theoretically, home
owners could rent out their homes and make other living arrangements
if circumstances required. Thus, although the difference between
the money cost of owning a home and the rental value of the home is
regarded as nonmoney income resulting from home ownership, this
imputed income may also be regarded as a nonmoney expense of
home owners.
Money expenses of home ownership.—The money expenses of own­
ership such as taxes, repairs, replacements, mortgage interest, insur­
ance, etc., amount to about half of the rental value.1 (See fig. 4.) In
1935-36, the year of this survey, many families were just beginning
to get on their feet financially and were probably undertaking to
make repairs, etc., which had been needed for several years. Whether
the expenses on owned homes would be as large following a period of
several years of prosperity is an open question.
Disregarding differences in the income distribution of home own­
ers in the large cities, average money expenses on owned homes ranged
from $176 in Omaha to $311 in Providence. In New York the aver­
age was $459, while in Chicago the average amounted to $272. For
intercity comparison, however, only families with the same incomes
should be compared. (See pt. II, table 6.) At each income level, home
owners in New York City had higher average expenses on their owned
homes than did families in the other cities surveyed. Chicago home
owners tended to have the second highest expenses although in a
number of income brackets exceptions to this statement may be noted.
Of the six large cities, current expenses on owned homes seemed to
be greatest in Providence and least in Portland.
1 To obtain the percentage which money expenses represent of rental value, the percentages in table 19,
following, should be subtracted from 100 percent. The yearly rental value of home owners surveyed in
the controlled sample appears in table J of the supplement to the Tabular Summary, p. 360.

28




29

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

CURRENT MONEY EXPENSES FOR OWNED HOME
AS A PERCENTAGE OF RENTAL VALUE IN SIX
CITIES AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS
1935-1936

NONRELIEF WHITE FAMILIES INCLUDING HUSBAND
AND WIFE BOTH NATIVE BORN

CHICAGO

PERCENTAGE

500
750

AND UNDER

1000
1250

AND UNDER

PROVIDENCE

2000 3000 7500
2250 3500 10,000

AND UNDER

AND UNDER

ANO UNDER

500
750

ANO UNDER

1000
1250

ANO UNDER

INCOME CLASS IN DOLLARS
u. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS ___________________________________




2000
2250

AND UNDER

3000 7500
3500 10,000

AND UNDER

AND UNDER

30

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Only at the low income levels did home owners in the cities sur­
veyed spend as little as $100 or less, on the average, for the current
expenses of home ownership. As the higher income levels are reached,
the expenses on the owned homes rose until at top brackets the money
outlay on the home was very large. As a percentage of rental values
of the dwellings, however, money expenses of home owners at the
extremes of the income scale did not differ very materially in most
cities.
In the following pages, the specific expenses entailed by home
ownership and the capital investments made during the year will
be discussed.
Taxes during 1985-36 on owned homes.— Data on taxes refer to the
amounts incurred during the year but not necessarily the amounts
actually paid. The rate of taxation for real estate differs significantly
among various cities. In some cities the taxes are assessed on a pro­
portion of market value; while in other instances taxes are in terms
of the full market value. The types of items for which the general
real-estate tax is levied also vary from community to community.
Whereas the real estate tax may be separated from the taxes for
paving, upkeep of streets, building of storm sewers, etc., in some cities,
provision for these same items may be included in the general realestate tax in other communities. Furthermore, the tax rate may be
uniform throughout the community or different in the various sections
of the city. Taxation for improvements may be shared throughout
the city or may be assessed against the property affected by the im­
provement. For these reasons therefore, it is felt that the combina­
tion of taxes with special assessments more accurately portrays the
taxation item of expenditure for home owners than does the tax item
alone.

Average expenditures for taxes and special assessments on owned
homes.— Since taxes are based upon value of the home, we should

expect to find a more or less consistent increase in average amount
of taxes with rises in income level in all communities surveyed. In
most of the cities the yearly taxes and special assessments averaged
between $40 and $100 for home owners whose incomes for the year
1935-36 were below $3,000. (See table 10.) In New York City
the averages were considerably higher; at no income level did the
average fall below $125, and in most levels it ranged between $130
and $175 for the year. Since rental values tended to be higher in
New York City, however, larger taxes are to be expected. But this
does not entirely account for the difference, because when shown as a
percentage of rental value the taxes and special assessments of home
owners in New York City rank above those of the other cities.
(See table 11.)




EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP
T able

31

10.— Average expenditures for current taxes and assessments, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250
$250-$499
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1, 000-$l, 249_____
$1, 250—$1,499_____
$1,500-$1, 749_____
$1, 750~$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2, 250-$2, 499_____
$2, 500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3, 500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000—$7,499_____
$7, 500-$9,999_____
$10,000 and over—

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small 2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
$181.00
165.10
166.20
125.30
140.80
134. 40
140. 30
129.90
143.80
150.80
169. 30
209.50
245.00
342.10
497. 40

$76.80
50.50
77.50
72.10
80.20
80.60
81.40
90.90
106.20
89.80
115.60
110.10
170.00
197. 50
345.10

$78.66
$45.30 53.50
54.40 40.60
77.70 50.70
74.40 48.00
94.40 54.00
105.10 60.40
103.90 59.20
101.00 65.90
136.40 73.00
123.60 87.00
214. 20 91.00
208.90 100.20
»364.60 M94.60

$56.00 $26.90
40.00 49.80
45.80 50.70
47.50 54.50
57.00 62.20
58.00 67.90
68.40 69.20
81.30 75.20
68. 60 84.10
81.40 95. 70
100.70 97.00
108.70 119.90
121.60 149.30
6191.30 6185.20

$37.30 $58. 50
62.30 39.10
53.80 43.80
49.50 53. 50
71.20 51. 50
78.00 63.60
84.40 61.30
85.40 71. 50
111. 30 69.70
138.10 97.00
140.00 82.20
149.00 111.80
226.00 126. 50
287.70« 213.80«

$52.40 $54.30
46.90 45.70
52.40 45.40
59.60 55. 40
66.40 52.00
68.00 58.30
67.20 68. 20
76. 50 67. 60
72.40 64. 70
94.00 76. 30
108.70 392.20
116.90
130. 30
4183. 20

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_______________
$250-$499_ _ ______________
$500-$749_________________
$750—$999 _____________
$1, 000-$l, 249 __________
$1, 250-$l, 499 ___________
$1, 500-$1,749_. __________

Columbus Atlanta
$24. 70
41.60
31.40
31.10
35.90
32. 60

$18.00
28.40
27.10
37.80
33. 30
36.30
44.60

Income class
$1,750-$l, 999_____________
$2, 000-$2, 249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2, 500-$2,999_____________
$3, 000-$3,499_____________
$3, 500-$3,999_____________
$4,000 and over___________

Columbus Atlanta
$45. 60
64. 30
44. 30
49. 40

$53. 70
63.00
54.00
50.30
45.40
100. 50
86.60

i Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
* Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
* Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
*Incomes of $7,500 and over.
In the East Central region the average taxes and assessments in
small cities tended to be less than those in the middle-sized communi­
ties at every income level except the lowest. However, since rental
values were lower in the small cities, taxes represented a slightly larger
fraction of the rental value than in the middle-sized cities at every
income group. (See table 11.)
Taxes in Columbus fell below those of the middle-sized and smaller
communities both in terms of averages and as percentages of rental
value. In Chicago on the other hand, the average amount of taxes at
given income levels exceeded that of families in the other East Central
cities. But the ratio of taxes to rental values in Chicago was not con­
sistently larger or smaller than in the other communities. Thus it
cannot be concluded that taxes vary with city size in the region
discussed.
Taxes an d assessm ents as a percentage of rental va lu e .— Although
wide intercity differences are found in the ratio of expenditures for
taxes on owned homes, within each city the percentage is quite uni-




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

form throughout most of the income range. (See table 11.) In
Chicago, Providence, and Denver taxes generally formed about 20
percent of the rental value, while in Atlanta and Omaha, taxes
amounted to between 15 and 20 percent of the rental value. In
Columbus at most income levels taxes constituted slightly less than
15 percent of the rental value. The ratios in New York City, where
home owners were distributed in any one of five boroughs, were not so
uniform— due to fluctuations in rental values as well as in taxes at
given income levels. Taxes in this metropolis represented roughly
between 23 and 33 percent of the rental value.

Taxes and assessments oj homes of Negroes.— Since Negroes tend to
be more or less restricted to certain districts, it is not surprising to find
that their taxes differ from those of white families at comparable in­
come levels in Columbus and in Atlanta. If taxes are shown as a
percentage of rental values, the taxes of the Negro group represent a
smaller fraction of the rental value than is found of white home owners
in most income brackets in these two cities.
T able

11.— Average expenditures for current taxes and assessments as a percentage

of total rental value, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Metropolises
Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499 ________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1, 000-$l, 249_____
$1, 250-$l, 499_____
$1, 500-$1, 749_____
$1, 750-$l, 999_____
$2, 000-$2, 249_____
$2, 250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3, 000-$3,499_____
$3, 500-$3, 999_____
$4, 000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499_____
$7, 500-$9, 999_____
$10,000 and over. _.

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
62.2
23.2
33.4
22.5
28.7
28.9
24.4
24.9
28.0
22.7
27.0
25.6
32.0
24.1
33.2

27.0
28.5
22.3
20.5
20.3
19.8
19.0
20.1
21.4
19.2
21.3
19.0
23.2
25.1
26.4

22.0
20.9
23.5
19.4
20.4
22.3
22.4
21.0
17.6
20.8
23.9
20.7
«28.1

32.8
18.8
13.2
16.4
13.2
13.7
14.3
14.1
14.2
13.7
13.6
14.2
11.7
830.8

23.2
20.3
18.6
17.1
18.0
15.9
19.9
19.5
16.5
17.5
18.3
17.1
17.6
817.0

12.1 18.6 32.5
22.3 21.0 18.2
20.2 20.0 18.7
17.8 17.1 20.1
18.2 20.2 18.3
17.4 20.9 20.9
16.9 22.4 19.3
17.7 21.0 19.6
19.3 22.5 17.9
19.5 23.2 20.0
17.0 23.0 17.7
17.3 22.7 21.0
21.3 26.5 18.8
522.8 620.9 822.4

23.9
20.0
20.7
20.9
21.8
19.9
18.3
19.2
17.7
18.9
20.0
19.7
19.5
424. 3

29.5
25.1
27.2
21.9
23.0
22.4
21.2
19.8
19.7
21.1
321.8

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250. _
$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1, 000-$1, 249.
$1, 250-$1, 499.
$1,500-$l, 749.

Columbus Atlanta
10.2
18.4
11.5
13.6
12.8
12.0

14.9
20.9
17.4
18.7
13.9
15.9
17.8

Income class
$1, 750-$l, 999 .........................
$2, 000-$2, 249_____________
$2, 250-$2,499........ ..................
$2, 500-$2,999________ ____
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3, 500-$3,999_____________
$4,000 and over___________

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over,
fi Incomes of $7,500 and over.




Columbus Atlanta
11. 5
19.5
10.2
13.8

18.6
20.1
16.3
14.5
14.9
29.2
18.2

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

33

The average amount spent for taxes and assessments tends to be
slightly higher in Atlanta than in Columbus for families of the same
income level.

Percentage of home owners having expenditures for repairs and replace­
ments.— Included as repairs and replacements were those expenditures

which replaced or renovated worn parts and which, therefore, main­
tained rather than added to the value of the home. Structural
additions to the home were considered as improvements and not
classified as current expenses, but as increases in assets. It was
often difficult to differentiate between repairs and improvements,
particularly if the material used in making the repair differed from
that originally in the home. However, in order to simplify the
field interviews and editorial procedure, replacements, even though
with more costly material than that originally used, were regarded
as repairs.
The proportion of home owners having expenditures for repairs
and replacements in the year 1935-36 tended to rise with income
level, especially among families having incomes of $1,000 or more
during the year. (See pt. II, table 6.) In the metropolises and large
cities from 23 to 36 percent of the families with $1,000 to $1,250
income reported expenditures for repairs or replacements. At the
$2,000-$2,250 income level, from 36 to 61 percent of the owners
made repairs or replacements, while at the$5,000-$7,500 level from 46
to 77 percent reported expenditures of this sort.
In practically every income class a lower percentage of families in
the Southeastern cities had expenditures for repairs and replacements
than in the Northern and Central cities of comparable size.2 Home
owners in New York City represented the other extreme; they tended
to have expenses for these items more frequently than did families
which possessed their homes in the other communities.
Average expenditures for repairs and replacements.— The exten­
siveness of repairs made by home owners may vary greatly from
year to year and from owner to owner. During a period of great
depression, such as occurred in the early thirties, the upkeep of many
homes was neglected, and thus in the year 1935-36 major repairs
may have been more frequent than would have been the case in a
year following a period of prosperity.
The average expenditures for repairs or replacements of those
home owners who had such expenditures rarely fell below $50 for the
year in any income class and seldom exceeded $200 in the income

2 This regional difference seems to be corroborated by the data from the Real Property Inventory, 1934-36.
Approximately 23 percent of the urban dwelling units surveyed in the Southeast as compared with 16 per­
cent in all urban centers surveyed were either unfit for use or in need of major repairs. (Urban Housing, by
Peyton Stapp, Washington, 1938, p. 17.)




34

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

levels under $5,000. The expenditures for such items tended to be
larger at the upper than at the lower income levels, but extreme
fluctuations in the averages were found in every income class in the
cities surveyed. (See table 12.) Among home owners as a whole,
the average expense for repairs and replacements amounted to between
$62 and $113, for the metropolises and larger cities. These averages
represent roughly one-tenth of rental value.

Im provem en ts on ow ned hom es .— As was pointed out above, the
cost of improvements or structural additions to the home was a
capital investment and as such was treated as an increase in assets
rather than as a current expense of home ownership. The proportion
of home owners who improved their homes was, in each city and at
every income level, considerably lower than the proportion who
merely made repairs. Omaha and Atlanta had the most owners,
T a b l e 1 2 . —Average expenditures for

repairs and replacements for families reporting
repairs or replacements, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$l, 249
$1, 250-$l, 499_____
$1, 500-$l, 749_____
$1,750-$l, 999_____
$2,000-$2, 249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2, 500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499--------$3, 500-$3, 999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5, 000-$7,499_____
$7, 500-$9,999____
$10,000 and over—
Average 6__........ .

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small a
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
$104
48
15
108
60
110
72
123
103
185
122
181
167
116
872
113

$18
138
39
38
172
74
72
84
77
102
83
92
122
115
326
87

$6
87
178
150
176
88
71
358
121
164
215
«220

$15
29
65
114
111
93
105
81
98
150
88
83
133
«715

$50
29
89
183
69
86
58
90
57
89
129
118
138
8205

$69
57
110
75
141
80
69
46
77
97
232
100
204
8112

_________ __________ __ ...---- __________

97

101

87

92

$12
4
41
39
53
103
42
67
74
99
151
89
158
8216

$81
140
94
101
75
80
78
88
112
143
132
215
«121

62

95

$28
42
38
53
72
58
104
60
84
81
97
122
75
4157
68

$101
30
42
56
200
74
75
69
75
123
3110

_______

87

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250.......... ..................
$250-$499_ _ _ ......................
$500-$749.................................
$750-$999........ ........................
$1, 000~$1, 249..........................
$1, 250-$l, 499__________
$1, 500-$1, 749..........................
$1, 750-$l, 999__________

Columbus Atlanta
$184
163
32
72
61

$21
47
109
81
61
84
264

Income class
$2,000-$2,249.........................
$2,250-$2,499................. .........
$2, 500-$2,999........ .................
$3,000-$3,499_________ ___
$3,500-$3,999.....................__
$4,000and over......................
Average3________________

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
«Incomes of $7,500 and over.
8 Weighted by number of eligible families.




Columbus Atlanta
$70
144
100
109

$77
186
128
170
325
48
68

35

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

proportionately, who increased the value of their homes by improve­
ments while Chicago and Columbus had the fewest. Throughout
the income range, however, no city stood out as having a consistently
high proportion of home owners who made improvements on their
dwellings. (See table K of the supplement to the Tabular Summary.)
Neither does there appear to be a relationship between income level
and the percentage of owners who made structural additions to the
home or improved it in some other way.

T able

13 ,—Average expenditure for home owners reporting improvements on their
homes, by income class 1
WHITE FAMILIES

Income class

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small3
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 2

Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$11
$1, 000-$l, 249_____
$1, 250-$l, 499______
$1, 500-$l, 749______
50
$1, 750-$l, 999______ 223
$2,000-$2,249_____
312
$2, 250-$2, 499_____
$2, 500-$2,999_____
205
$3,000-$3, 499_____
257
$3, 500-$3, 999______ 245
562
$4,000-$4, 999_____
$5,000-$7, 499_____
6
$7,500-$9,999 ____
$10,000 and over__ 1, 491
Average____ ____ _ 220

$55
100
17
600
245
178
229
180
197
417
517
649
273
223

$100
29

313
6 716

268
53
291
167
130
154
116
283
139
»134

$127
112
48
58
122
58
67
140
240
120
105
177
6 593

$200
193
212
211
44
132
412
331
266
189
227
93

266

146

107

71

$104
10
735
247
88
430

$400
258
45
166
147
165
110
466
108
422
453
6 254

$25
16
75
105
45
37
171
154
172
107
314
108
232
6457

$38
50
129
70
13
146
117
331
198
76
54
320
5273

$29
5
86
130
191
142
161
153
169
4 343

214

100

113

128

1 The proportions of home owners used in deriving these figures are shown in pt. II, table 5. They
exclude families which were home owners during only a portion of the year. Thus the averages
shown are only approximate for those income levels where families of mixed tenure were found.
2 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
3 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
4 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
5Incomes of $5,000 and over.
• Incomas of $7,500 and over.
The amount spent for improvements by owners having such
expenditures tended to be higher at the top income levels than at
the bottom but there was no consistent increase with rise in income
level. With reference to table 13, we find that Providence home
owners spent the most, on the average, for improvements ($266) and
Omaha owners, the least ($71). In the metropolises and most of the
large cities home owners who reported such expenditures spent, on
the average, two to three times as much for improvements as did those
owners making repairs and replacements. But at given income
levels within each city, improvements sometimes cost more and some­
times less than repairs among families reporting these items.
In terest on m ortgage .— Next to taxes, repairs, and replacements,
interest on mortgage constitutes one of the major current expenses




36

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

of home ownership.3 As would be expected, the amount of interest
payment tended to increase with rise in income level since rental value
figures indicate that homes are more expensive as the higher income
levels are reached. (See pt. II, table 6.)
The average amount of interest on mortgages at a given income
level is, in part, a function of difference in the proportion of homes having
mortgages. Although a tabulation of the percentage of mortgaged
homes was not prepared from the controlled sample, such a tabulation
is available for the random sample of families giving the short inter­
view.4 These percentages are presented in table L of the supplement
to the Tabular Summary although they are not based on the same
sample of families as those giving the detailed expenditure data.
From these figures it may be noted that mortgages are slightly less
prevalent, proportionately, at the extremes of the income range. In
Chicago, for instance, whereas 67 percent of all nonrelief native white
complete families which were home owners had mortgaged homes,
the proportion of mortgaged homes fell below this percentage at every
income level up to $750 and at each interval above $3,000. At the
$10,000 and over level only 35 percent of the owned homes were
mortgaged.
The average amount paid as interest on mortgage tended to be
higher in New York City than in the other cities surveyed. Home
owners in this metropolis were paying an average of between $150 and
$250 as mortgage interest in most of the income brackets. At the
extremes of the income scale— under $750 and $7,500 and over— the
interest payments deviated from these averages. Chicago home own­
ers ranked close to those in New York City in the size of their interest
expenditures, and Providence owners quite consistently had larger
expenditures for this item than did home owners in the other five
large communities. In general, however, home owners of given
incomes had very similar mortgage interest expenses in the different
large cities. As would be expected from rental value data, interest
on mortgages tends to rise with income. In no city did the average
interest due among home owners with incomes of $500-$750 for the
year average as much as $40. At the next higher income class the
average did not exceed $75 in any city. The average interest con­
tinued to rise with income, until at the $5,000-$7,500 level home
owners had interest charges of no less than $65 (in Omaha) and as
much as $237 (in New York City).

3 Interest on mortgage was separated from the amortization of the mortgage. If families were unable to
separate the two payments, an estimate of the amount of interest was computed from an experience table
which took into account: (1) The amount of the payment last made, (2) the frequency of payment, whether
monthly, quarterly, or yearly, (3) the number of payments that had been made to date, (4) the amount of
the mortgage when given, (5) the term of years for which the mortgage contract was written (the amortiza­
tion period), (6) the interest rate, (7) whether payment included taxes and insurance.
4 See U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulls. Nos. 642 through 647 and 649: Family Income and
Expenditure, vol. I, Washington, 1939.




37

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

Interest on mortgage expressed as a percentage of rental value of
owned homes appears in table 14. New York City home owners
lead the owners in other cities in size of interest payments at most
income levels according to these figures also. Interest on mortgage
for families which owned their homes in this metropolis, represented
roughly from 25 to 35 percent of the rental value of homes in all but
a few income levels. In Chicago, Providence, Columbus, and Atlanta
the comparable percentages were slightly lower— between 20 and 30
percent as a rule— while in the other cities surveyed the most com­
monly occurring ratios were between 15 and 20 percent.

T able

14 .—Expenditure for interest on mortgage as a percentage of total rental

valuey by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499 _ _
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999 __ _
$4,000-$4,999 ___
$5,000-$7,499— .
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000 and over___

East Central
cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
5.6
8.7
36.3
32.1
39.8
25.5
27.9
32.8
33.4
33.4
26. 6
28.9
31.0
19. 6
30. 4

13.1
24.8
9.7
38.6 25.1
26.0 18.3
23.2 22.9
33.9 27.0
29.1 21.4
26.3 21.2
26.2 19.8
18.7 22.7
21. 3 19.0
20.0 11.6
20. 5 17.7
7. 7 «13. 5
21. 6

9.0
15.0
26.1
25.8
21.6
20.2
20.0
23.4
20.5
20.2
17.0
18.1
17.1
«6.0

14. 5
34.5
22.3
21.0
17.6
22.3
18.5
25.7
18.3
23.3
19.1
23.7
17.8
515. 7

3.1 4.0 9.6
10.6 25.2 24.9
15.1 8.7 11.5
8.7 11.2 21.9
13.8 20.1 17.7
10.3 15.4 21.4
15.3 18.3 22.0
11.7 13.4 19.6
13.3 17.2 17.1
7.6 16.6 19.3
10.7 18.1 20.6
9.6 14.8 22.1
9.3 9.4 19. 5
56.6 611.0 515.0

3.3
24.0
12.9
16.4
14.5
14.6
16.2
16.9
14.9
15.8
16.1
10.8
7.8
416.0

18.8
12.4
27.6
12.2
20.7
23.5
19.7
14.7
17.3
14.9
314.7

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_____ _____ _
$250-$499________________
$500-$749_________________
$750~$999_________________
$1,000-81,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________

Columbus Atlanta
38.1
20.7
21.2
18.8
17.7
31.8

11.1
8.7
14.0
19.2
17.0
15.8

Income class
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499 _ _____
$3,500-$3,999______________
$4,000 and o v e r ..._______

Columbus Atlanta
23.7
33.0
32.2
22.1

29.0
18.3
19.5
18.7
14.0
14.2

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.

D ecrease in m ortgage .5— The amount by which a family decreased
the principal of the mortgage on its home was not considered as a cur5 The figures for decrease in mortgage represent net decreases. This is true also of increases. Hence,
if a family both increased the principal and made payments on it during the year, only the net difference
was recorded as either a decrease or an increase.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

rent expense of home ownership but was classified rather as a decrease
in the family’s liabilities. As seen in table L of the supplement to the
Tabular Summary, the proportion of owned homes which were mort­
gaged was higher in New York than in the other large cities. But a
smaller proportion (15 percent) of New York home owners, as com­
pared with owners in the other cities for which data are presented in
table M of the supplement to the Tabular Summary, decreased their
mortgages by making payments on the principal. No one city
stands out as having a consistently high proportion of owners which
decreased mortgages, but Atlanta, Columbus, Portland, and Omaha
tended to rank high. In each of these cities approximately one-half
of the home owners paid off part of the principal of the mortgage;
this proportion is almost equal to the percentage of home owners
which reported mortgages in the random samples for these four cities
(table L of the supplement to the Tabular Summary).
T a ble 1 5 . — A verage am ount of decrease in mortgage fo r home owners reporting
decrease, hy incom e class 1
A. WHITE FAMILIES
Large cities

Metropolises
Income class

East Cen­
tral cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small3
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 2

Under $250_______
$250-$499 ________
$500-$749 _______
$750-$999_________ $144
$1,000-$1,249_........$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
122
$1,750-$1,999______
83
$2,000-$2,249______ 2,475
$2,250-$2,499______
173
$2,500-$2,999______
266
$3,000-$3,499______
275
311
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
455
962
$5,000-$7,499______
403
$7,500-$9,999______
207
$10,000and over___
Average__________
557

Income class
Under $250______________
$250-$499________________
$500-$749________________
$750—$999_______________
$1,000-$1,249..........................
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$ 1 , fin n -$ l ,7 4 9
$1,,750-$1,999_____________

$80
140 $118
133
100
243
233
206
147
250
136
152
193
291
178
229
253
215
317
164
324
411
297
530 81,002
887
214~ 172

$29
88
93
169
152
154
170
198
228
290
313
374
360
6942

$505
116
110
107
169
162
179
238
214
232
316
408
340
6437

182

201

$38
$87 $38 $87
70
$30
187 141 105
93
67
125
58 101
114
125
120 103 148
94
100
135 146 166
139
135
211 201 145
176
148
159 164 174
185
138
194 191 177
167
194
171 307 197
230
195
226 805 295
227 8339
254 665 338
370
606 390 335
437
209 455 437
8565
6360 6748 « 713
______
________ :____
173 213 169
155
133

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Columbus Atlanta
Income class
$76
76
122
177
118
216

$17
46
116
100
130
176
180

$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499_____ ____
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000 and over__
Average________________

Columbus Atlanta
$223
195
210
116

$137
231
253
215
683
81

1 The proportions of home owners used in deriving these figures are shown in pt. II, table 5. They exclude
families which were home owners during only a portion of the year. Thus the averages shown are only
approximate for those income levels where families of mixed tenure were found.
2 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
3 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
* Incomes of $3,000 and over.
8 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
• Incomes of $7,500 and over.




39

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

Although the proportion of home owners which decreased their
mortgages does not appear to be related to income level, the amount
which they paid on the principal shows a tendency to increase with
rise in income level. (See table 15.) New York home owners re­
ported the largest average payments on the principal ($557) while
Portland’s owners averaged the lowest in the large cities ($169).6
In the East Central region the average amount paid off on mort­
gages was highest in the metropolis and lowest in the small cities.
T a b l e 16 .— Average am ount of increase in mortgage fo r home owners reporting

increase , by incom e class 1
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small3
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 2

Under $250 _____
$250-$499
$500-$749
—
$750-1999
_____
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499 _____ $150
2,050
$1,500-$1,749
308
$1,750-$1,999 ____
$2,000-$2,249 ____
$2,250-$2,499
100
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999 ____
$4,000-$4,999 ___
$5,000-$7,499 ___
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000and over__
Average__________ («)

800
838
357
3,033
1, 304
2,800
3,736
3,683
4,958

$540 $2,100
$1, 727
200
1,968 1,745
1,311 1,209
1,261 1,643 1,850
2, 470 1,936
2,250 2,286
4,507 3, Oil
3,120 4,361
2,275 4, 721
2,615
s 10,925

$4,860
$500
$1,520
1,232 508
1,600 10, 333 1,879
861 967 1,348
761 400 2,775
606 804 1, 571
1,350 2,052 2, 092
1,033
2,600
206 2,262
3,200 3,183
5,024 5,027 4, 710
6,146 1,975 2, 725
«7,979

1,556

(#)

2, 297

1, 214 2,812 2,088

$1,420

2,065

$162
$904
755
800
208
980
1,333 1,181
2,700 1,558
1,372 2,078
410 2,256
3,025 1,958
1,640
433
42,265
4,840
1, 715
1,491

1,304

B. NEGRO FAMILIES

Income class

Columbus Atlanta

Under $250______________
$250-$499________________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999_____________

$3, 296

$500
500
725
1,200
480
2,366
2,519

Income class
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000 and over........... ..........
Average.. ______________

Columbus Atlanta
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)

$1,869
2,982
2,334
735

1The proportions of home owners used in deriving these figures are shown in pt. II, table 5. They ex­
clude families which were home owners during only a portion of the year. Thus the averages shown are
only approximate for those income levels where families of mixed tenure were found.
2Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
3Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
4Incomes of $3,000 and over.
3Incomes of $7,500 and over.
6 Insufficient number of cases for computation of average.
6 The comparison of the average amount paid on mortgage principal with the average interest payment
(part II, table 6) is of interest but should be interpreted with caution since the average for interest pay­
ments is based on all home owners, regardless of whether their homes were mortgaged and regardless of
whether they made interest payments, while the average for mortgage decreases is based on only those home
owners who actually decreased their mortgages.
153119° — 41-




4

40

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Increase in mortgage.— N et increases in the amount of mortgage,
whether through borrowing money on a newly purchased home or
through refinancing a mortgage, were reported less commonly than
were decreases. Of the home owners in the large cities, as few as 3
percent (Portland) and no more than 5 percent (Omaha) reported a
net increase in mortgage. (See table N of the supplement to the Tabu­
lar Summary.) The amounts borrowed on their homes by families
increasing their liabilities in the form of a mortgage were of course
significantly larger than the amounts which other home owners paid
on their principal. Among home owners increasing their mortgages,
those in Denver reported the largest average increase for the year,
$2,812. Omaha represented the other extreme with an average in­
crease of only $1,214. The variations between cities and at different
income levels were large and followed no consistent pattern as may
be seen from the figures in table 16.
Insurance on owned homes.— Insurance on the owned home is one
of the minor expenses of ownership. In the East Central cities sur­
veyed, the average expenditure for insurance ranged from a few dol­
lars at the lowest income levels where rental values of the homes were
also low, to as much as $87 for homes in which the rental value
amounted to over $1,300 for the year of the survey. In each city
there was a progressive rise in the size of the insurance payment with
each increase in income level. If expressed as a percentage of rental
value, however, insurance payments on the owned homes showed no
consistent variation from income level to income level. During the
year of the survey, expenditures for insurance represented from 1 to
4 percent of the rental value of the owned homes.
Insurance in middle-sized and small cities tends to be somewhat
higher than in Columbus and Chicago at comparable income levels,
particularly if expressed as a percentage of rental value. Since fire
insurance forms the major portion of the home insurance expense,
differences in rates for this type of insurance probably account for
the correlation between insurance expenditures and city size.
The average payments for insurance shown in part II, table 6, are
based upon all home owners— those having insurance payments during
the year as well as those who did not have insurance expenditures in
1935-36. As a rule, fire insurance on owned homes in most regions
tends to be on a 3-year basis, although some insurances are written
for longer or shorter periods. No attempt was made to prorate pay­
ments for previous or coming years as an allocation of expense for the
schedule year. It is quite possible that many home owners had not
paid insurance during the years immediately preceding 1935-36, so
although most of the policies may have covered 3 years, it does not
necessarily follow that only one-third of the families would have made
insurance payments during the year of survey.




41

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

P ercen tage o f hom e-ow ning fa m ilie s having expenditures fo r in su ran ce
on ow ned hom e. — The relatively large average expenditure for insurance

on owned homes made by home owners in New York City and Atlanta
was due to a larger percentage of families having insurance due
during the year. In these two cities well over half of the families in
most income brackets had insurance expense. As a general rule,
the proportions having insurance charges tended to be somewhat
lower in the other communities, but in only rare instances did fewer
than one-third of the home owners report on insurance payment.
There is no consistent relation between income and proportion of
families making insurance payments in the various communities.
A verage in su ran ce expense on ow ned hom es fo r fa m ilie s reportin g th is
item . — While these averages may be influenced by the number of years

customarily covered by the insurance as well as by the insurance rates
in different communities during a given year the figures shown in table
17 indicate how much insurance took out of the budget of home owners
who made payments.
T able

17. — Average expenditures for insurance premiums on owned homes for
families having insurance expenditures, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1, 250-$l, 499_____
$1, 500-$l, 749_____
$1, 750-$l, 999_____
$2, 000-$2, 249_____
$2, 250-$2, 499_____
$2, 500-$2, 999______
$3, 000-$3, 499______
$3, 500-$3, 999______
$4, 000-$4, 999______
$5, 000-$7, 499______
$7, 500-$9, 999_____
$10,000and over__

East Central
cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small 2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized i
$15
(3)
28
28
27
18
26
16
19
18
23
30
40
41
27

$17
13
15
9
20
19
28
25
32
22
26
18
32
37
108

(3)$3
6
11
5
12
10
12
18
16
11
30
28
641

$8
16
11
11
13
11
16
17
19
20
25
21
29
«72

(*)

$19
10
13
15
13
13
26
17
27
29
33
628
44

$13
5
12
9
18
22
20
24
26
22
23
43
68
e 69

$6
5
10
9
14
14
14
18
18
15
20
20
39
« 45

$7
5
12
14
13
13
17
18
17
24
28
24
33
845

$10
15
10
18
17
21
22
16
23
29
31
35
42
445

$8
14
8
15
18
17
16
20
19
25
429

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

Columbus Atlanta

Under $250._ ___ _______
$250-$499__ ____________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1, 000-$l, 249_____________
$1, 250-$1, 499_____________
$1, 500-$l, 749_____________

$9
12
13
11
9
8

(3)
^ $12
9
9
12
14
22

Income class
$1, 750-$l, 999
$2, 000-$2, 249
$2, 250-$2, 499
$2,500-$2,999
__ _
$3. 000-$3, 499. _
$3, 500-$3, 999____
$4, 000 and over__ ____ _

1Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3No families reporting expenditure in income class.
4Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.




Columbus Atlanta
$26
10
19
10

$17
24
21
17
18
10
29

42

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

As would be expected, the amount of insurance paid bears a definite
relation to rental value of dwellings. Since rental values rise with
increases in income, so does the insurance expense. Within a given
income level, however, wide intercity differences exist in amount spent
for insurance. Chicago and Omaha home owners tended to spend a
few dollars more for insurance than did families in New York City
and in the other large cities; but there are exceptions to this general­
ization.
Among home owners in cities of the East Central region those
living in middle-sized cities tended to have higher insurance premiums
than did home owners in Columbus; and at a number of income levels
the payments in these smaller communities exceeded those of home
owners in Chicago. Thus it appears that expenditures for insur­
ance on homes are, as a rule, slightly higher in the smaller than in
the larger cities. This correlation with city size is not, however,
without exceptions.
A verage non m on ey expense o f (or im p u ted incom e fro m ) ow neroccu pied hom es .—As the above analysis has shown, current money
expenses of home ownership tend to fall below rental values. The
difference between the money expenses of home ownership and the
rental value of the owner-occupied dwelling was treated as nonmoney
income from home ownership in arriving at family income. But, as
was pointed out above, this difference must also be considered a non­
money expense to home owners, because they could be renting their
dwellings to other families and receiving the full rental value from
tenants. Since, however, the owners prefer to occupy the dwellings
themselves, they should regard the rental value as a whole as their
expense. Part of this expense is paid in the form of taxes, interest on
mortgage, repairs and replacements, and other items discussed above,
while the other portion of rental value may be represented as a non­
money expense to home owners. In one sense, this nonmoney expense
represents the consumption of the interest return on the money invested
in the owned home. If the family had invested its capital in stocks*,
or bonds or in some business enterprise instead of in the purchase of;
a home, the family would probably be receiving an interest or profit
return which could be applied on the rent of a dwelling.
Whether the return to the home owner exceeds the return which
could be received from the investment of the capital elsewhere cannot
be ascertained from the data of the present study since figures are
lacking on the amount invested and date of purchase of the home.
Thus the present analysis will be confined to the amount of nonmoney
expense (or imputed income) secured by families which were home
owners and the relation of this expense to the rental value of the
dwelling.




43

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

During the year 1935-36, the difference between rental value and
money expenses of home ownership amounted to, on the average,
from $150 to $217 for home owners in the metropolitan and large
cities surveyed. Except for an occasional income group in which
an extreme deviation or two was noticeably reflected in the average,
nonmoney expense of home ownership increased with rise in income
level. (See table 18.) In a few instances, as in two income classes
in New York City, the money expenses of home ownership exceeded
the rental value of the home, with a resultant deficit or negative
nonmoney expense for the owned home.
T able 18 .—Average nonmoney expense of home ownership, for home owners, by

income class

A. WHITE FAMILIES IN METROPOLISES AND LARGE CITIES
New
York

Income class
Under $250____________
$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999 .........................
$1,000-$l, 249.__________
$1, 250-$l, 499.....................
$1, 500-$l, 749____ ____
$1, 750-$l, 999---------------$2,000-$2, 249__________
$2, 250-$2,499__________
$2, 500-$2,999.__________
$3, 000-$3,499.___ ____ _
$3, 500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4, 999__________
$5,000-$7, 499__________
$7, 500-$9,999.__________
$10,000ai*d over______
Average______________

Chicago

—$23
457
131
196
99
111
223
138
113
121
184
222
117
313
-238
150

$162
116
170
149
145
146
164
180
217
227
279
330
422
328
169

Provi­
dence

$132
136
153
152
158
154
209
235
255
281
485
483
i 549

Colum­ Atlanta OmahaCouncil Denver Port­
bus
land
Bluffs
$127
173
164
130
177
214
216
214
242
271
386
372
514
1586

$100
69
107
117
166
175
182
190
231
222
286
279
359
1627

$130
112
118
191
160
238
231
257
239
292
308
426
355
i 462

$151
157
171
184
177
181
198
217
260
306
277
371
445
1808

$101
98
125
112
122
149
142
176
209
219
179
225
284
i 511

204

217

147

._________ _________________ ____ ______________________

175

213

179

B. WHITE FAMILIES IN MIDDLE-SIZED AND SMALL CITIES

Income class

Under $250________
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499...............
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over____
Average___________

New
Eng­
land—
Haverhill
and New
Britain
$182
108
, 77
150
148
132
105
156
197
112
123
195
254
377
139

Pacific
East
Rocky North­
South­ Central— West Moun­
East
New
Central— tain— west—
ea stAber­ England, Central,
SpringMobile
deen
small
small
and Co­ Muncie, field and Butte
Belling­ cities 2 cities 3
and
lumbia and New Dubuque Pueblo
ham, and
Castle
Everett
$82
114
•121
139
149
166
199
199
212
242
257
248
294
449
186

$134
114
149
161
165
196
183
214
235
270
278
322
422
330
192

$75
154
104
121
154
163
159
155
260
249
201
231
454
332
155

1Incomes of $7,500 and over.
2Wallingford, Williamantic, Greenfield, and Westbrook.
2 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
* Incomes of $3,000 and over.




$67
82
131
105
150
121
167
167
195
241
234
222
298
303
152

$105
127
129
116
141
143
147
166
192
216
251
191
186
354
148

$153
136
116
152
134
148
173
173
148
102
4266

$80
102
68
140
60
122
158
164
161
164
<206

155

124

44

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

T a b l e 1 8 .— Average

nonmoney expense of home ownership, for home owners, by
income class— Continued
C. NEGRO FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$!,999______

Colum­ Atlanta Mobile
and
bus
Columbia
$122
133
97
130
186
124
219

$103
82
104
116
142
124
130
16

$100
111
92
98
121
134
122
-22

Income class
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000 and over__
Average_________

Colum­ Atlanta Mobile
and
bus
Columbia
$106
141
189
129

$150
149
179
129
76
286
110

$93
220
93
202
-178
103

In most income levels, home owners in New York City had lower
nonmoney expenses on their homes than did home owners in the other
large cities, due to relatively high current expenses of home ownership
in this metropolis. Home owners in no other large city consistently
ranked high or low with respect to these nonmoney expenses. Fur­
thermore, these expenses do not appear to be related to city size. In
the New England region home owners in the middle-sized cities had
lower nonmoney expenses than did Providence families, while in some
income brackets the expenses in small cities exceeded those of the large
city in this region.

N o n m o n ey expenses o j hom e ow n ersh ip as a percentage o j ren tal valu e .—

Although the amount of nonmoney expense of home ownership tends
to become greater with each rise in income and rental level, the ratio
of this figure to rental value does not rise with income. Instead, the
ratio tends to vary around 50 percent of the rental value. Due to the
fact that this is a survey of expenses during a single year, some families
were found making major repairs on their homes and having extremely
high expenses. Thus, fluctuations in the averages are to be expected
in this relatively small controlled sample.
There does not appear to be any consistent difference by city size
in the percentage which nonmoney home ownership expense forms of
rental value in cities of the various regions. At most income levels,
however, this ratio was lower for home owners in New York and Chi­
cago than in the six large cities. (See table 19.) In New York, for
example, the nonmoney expense constituted less than 35 percent of the
rental value in practically every income level, and in two income
groups money expenses exceeded the rental value thus leaving a neg­
ative return on home ownership for the year. Obviously this negative
return cannot be regarded as typical of every year or even of the year
of the survey since a larger sample would probably have yielded enough
families having a positive return to offset the extreme expenditures
made by a family or two at these income levels.




45

EXPENSES OF HOME OWNERSHIP

T able 19 .—Nonmoney expense of home ownership as a percentage of total rental

value of owned homes, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Metropolises
Income class

East Central
cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1

Under $250______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________ 8 -3.0
$750-$999_________ 64.3
$1,000-$1,249______ 26.4
$1,250-$1,499______ 35.1
$1,500-$1,749______ 20.2
$1,750-$1,999______ 23.9
$2,000-$2,249______ 38.9
$2,250-$2,499______ 26.5
$2,500-$2,999______ 22.0
$3,000-$3,499______ 18.2
$3,500-$3,999______ 29.3
$4,000-$4,999______ 27.1
$5,000-$7,499______ 15.3
$7,500-$9,999______ 22.0
$10,000 and over___ 3-15.9

57.6
1.7
33.4
48.4
37.7
35.5
34.0
36.3
36.2
46.5
41.8
48.1
45.0
53.6
25.1

64.1
52.3
46.4
39.6
34.1
32.7
45.1
48.8
33.0
47.4
54.1
47.9
642.3

53.4
60.7
53.4
41.9
48.8
54.3
51.3
50.8
52.2
50.8
60.3
57.9
59.8
636.5

41.5
35.0
43.5
42.2
52.4
47.9
53.1
45.6
55.7
47.7
52.1
44.0
52.0
655.8

58.6 75.5 56.1
50.2 52.9 45.6
47.0 63.6 53.4
62.2 63.7 42.1
46.8 50.3 43.4
60.9 48.5 48.9
56.5 52.7 44.8
60.6 53.4 48.4
54.8 52.5 53.6
59.3 51.5 45.2
53.9 45.5 38.6
61.6 56.5 42.3
50.6 52.1 42.2
856.8 658.6 653.4

6L 2 43.5
48.5 56.0
58.9 40.7
56.5 55.3
54.1 26.5
57.3 43.7
49.7 51.8
53.8 51.4
57.3 49.2
54.2 45.3
61.1 648.7
54.4
63.3
443.8

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_______________
$250-$499_. .
______
$500-$749________________
$750-$999
______
$1,000-$1,249
________
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749
________

Columbus Atlanta
50.2
58.8
35. 5
56.8
66.2
45.6

85.1
60.3
66.7
57.4
59.2
54.1
52.0

Income class
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499______________
$3,500-$3,999______________
$4,000 and over___________

Columbus Atlanta
55.4
32.1
32.4
52.6

5. 6
47.9
45.0
51.4
42.4
22.1
60.2

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
8Money expenses for the year on the home exceeded rental value.
4Incomes $3,000 and over,
s Incomes of $5,000 and over.
6Incomes of $7,500 ond over.

In Columbus, Denver, Omaha, and Atlanta the ratio of nonmoney
expense to rental value at most income levels was above 50 percent.
In Portland and Providence, however, the percentages were somewhat
lower than 50 percent in the majoritv of income classes.




Chapter IV
Items Covered by the R ent Payment

Rents paid by tenant families vary widely from region to region
as well as among cities of different size. Many of these differences
which were indicated in chapter II may now be explained, at least
in part, on the basis of what the rental payment includes. Before
turning to a consideration of the proportion of renting families
which have such facilities as heat and light included in the rent,
an examination of the prevalence of multiple-family rented dwellings
in the various cities will serve as an indication of the relative inci­
dence of rents which may be high because they include operation
items.1
The type of dwelling which the family rents determines, to a large
extent, what facilities will be included in rent. In apartment houses
which accommodate at least five families, heat is commonly covered by
rental payments. The expense for water rent is frequently met by
the landlord and hence covered by the monthly payment made by
the tenant. Separate gas and electric meters are often installed
for each unit in a large apartment house so that the tenant pays for
these utilities directly; even in such cases refrigeration may be pro­
vided by the management. Because a significant proportion of the
larger apartment houses are located fairly close to the business
sections of the town where space is limited, garages are provided
less frequently in connection with such dwellings than in cases where
the building houses fewer families.
Tenants renting flats or one-half of a two-family house frequently
pay for their own heat and other utilities but are likely to have a
garage included in the rent. When the landlord occupies one unit in
the dwelling, however, separate meters are not always installed and
thus the rent payment may include light, gas, heat, etc. This is
particularly true in the case of families which occupy what are com­
monly called light-housekeeping apartments in the home of the
landlord; such quarters are frequently furnished and the rent covers,
in addition, linens and dishes.
At the other extreme are the tenants which occupy one-family
houses. Aside from the usual inclusion of a garage, their rent pay­
ment commonly covers only the actual occupancy of the dwelling

1 The data on type of dwelling of renting families which are presented in table O of the supplement to the
Tabular Summary were obtained from the random sample of families rather than from the controlled sample
giving detailed data on expenditures.
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47

and their separate expenses for heat, light, water, etc., are comparable
to those of home owners.
The high rents in New York are associated with the fact that not
more than two-tenths and as few as one-tenth of the renting families
occupied single-family dwellings. Apartments in buildings housing
five or more families were the most common type of dwelling unit
at all income levels. (See table O of the supplement to the Tabular
Summary.) The predominance of this type of dwelling increased
with rise in income level while the proportion of renting families living
in houses which accommodated two, three, or four families declined
with increasing income.
As in New York between eight- and nine-tenths of the Chicago
renters occupied multiple-family dwellings. Among Chicago fam­
ilies with incomes between $500 and $1,500, however, the most
prevalent types of dwelling were those buildings which accommodated
from two to four families; above this income level, apartments in
large buildings were the most popular.
It is interesting to note that the proportion of Providence families
which rented multiple-family dwellings was as large or larger than
the corresponding proportions in New York and Chicago. This
observation is applicable only to families having incomes between
$500 and $3,500; a rapidly increasing proportion of Providence
tenants with family incomes of $3,500 or more rented single-dwelling
units. Quite unlike the situation in New York and Chicago, how­
ever, a rather small proportion of families in Providence—where
rents ranked relatively low—rented apartments in buildings for five
or more families. The overwhelming majority of these renters
(about eight-tenths of all renting families with incomes from $500
to $2,500) occupied two- or three-family houses. Thus for the three
cities in which equally high proportions of renting families are found
in multiple dwellings, the lowest average rents were found in Prov­
idence, where most of the renters lived in relatively small buildings,
and the highest average rents were found in New York which is
characterized by larger apartment buildings.
In Columbus, where one-fourth to more than one-half of the
renting families at different income levels occupied multiple-family
dwellings, flats and two-family houses predominated over the larger
dwellings. The proportion of renters living in multiple-family
dwellings was somewhat higher in Atlanta (38 to 53 percent); among
the lower income groups here, also, flats and two-family dwellings
predominated but at the higher levels the proportion of apartments
for five or more families is greater.
Among tenant families with incomes of $500 to $2,000, single-family
dwellings were most prevalent in the large West Central community
covered in the survey, Omaha-Council Bluffs. Only about one-fourth




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of the renters in this city occupied multiple-family dwellings; units
for two, three, and four families were about as common as larger
apartment houses. Starting at the $2,000 income class, the propor­
tion of families in this community which lived in dwellings that
accomodated more than one family exceeded that found in Portland.
Only between 19 and 35 percent of the renting families in Port­
land—where average rents were low—occupied multiple-family dwell­
ings. At all income levels in this Pacific Northwest city, the pro­
portion of renting families which lived in apartments housing five or
more families was considerably larger than the proportion in dwellings
which accommodated from two to five families.

The proportion of renting families which occupy one-family homes
increases with decreasing city size in the East Central region. In the
middle-sized and small cities, not more than about one out of every
four tenant families resided in a multiple-family dwelling. Almost
all of these multiple-family dwellings house from two to four families.

Inclusion of heat in rent 'payment.—As we should expect from our
preceding analysis of type of dwelling, heat is covered by the rental
payment of the majority of tenants in New York City and in Chicago.
No fewer than six-tenths of the New. York tenant families rented homes
which were heated. (See pt. II, table 5.) The proportion of
rented dwellings heated by the landlord tended to rise with increase
in income along with the proportion of renting families living in the
large apartment houses. At each income level, however, the percent­
age of heated dwellings exceeded the proportion of renting families
occupying quarters in apartment houses for five or more families, in­
dicating that the rental payment for some of the smaller multiplefamily dwellings included heat.
Next to New York, Chicago had the highest proportion of dwellings
which were rented with heat included in the rent charge. (See fig. 5.)
But some of the renting families with incomes of $500 to $1,000 had to
provide their own heat, although they lived in buildings which accom­
modated at least five families.

Although the incidence of multiple-family dwellings in Providence
was about as great as in the metropolises, the proportion of dwellings
where heat was covered by the rent bill was strikingly lower. The
characteristic multiple-family dwelling in Providence, however, accom­
modated fewer than five families.
In general, we find more families whose rent payment covered heat
than there were living in the relatively large dwelling units. Thus a
portion of the families which rented two-, three-, or four-family
houses had central heat for the entire building. This is particularly
true in the middle-sized and small cities of the East Central region.
Inasmuch as the proportion of rented heated dwellings exceeds, in a




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Fig. 5

49

PROPORTION OF RENTED DWELLINGS HAVING
HEAT INCLUDED IN RENT CHARGE IN SIX
CITIES AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS
1935-1936

NONRELIEF WHITE FAMILIES INCLUDING HUSBANO
AND WIFE BOTH NATIVE BORN

NEWYORK

PERCENTAGE

500

AND UNDER

750

CHICAGO

1000

2000

ANDUNOER

AND UNDER

30 0 0

7500

1250

22 50

3500

10,000

ANOUNOER

AND UNDER

500

1000

AND UNDER

AND UNDER

750

1250

INCOME CLASS IN DOLLARS
U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS_____________________________________




2000

PERCENTAGE

AND UNDER

AND UNDER

3000

7500

2250

3500

10,000

ANDUNOER

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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

few instances, the proportion of multiple-family dwellings, the rent
paid for some one-family houses may include the expense for heat.

Negro families rented heated dwellings in New York with greater
frequency than did white families, but the inclusion of heat in the rent
payment of Negroes in Columbus and Atlanta was rare. This is in
accordance with the findings that the bulk of all Negro renting fami­
lies in New York occupied apartments in buildings for five or more
families, while those in Columbus and Atlanta lived in smaller
multiple-family dwellings or in single-family houses.

Inclusion of light m rent 'payment.— The inclusion of the expense
for electricity in the rent charge is much less common than is the in­
clusion of heat. In New York, for instance, 16 percent of the rent­
ing families having incomes between $500 and $750 and not more than
6 percent of the families with larger incomes occupied dwellings in
which the landlord paid the light bill. The proportion of rented
homes which included light was slightly higher in some of the other
cities, but at no income level did it approximate the percentage of
rented multiple-family dwellings. This bears out the observation
that the electricity used by a renting family, particularly by those
living in large apartment houses, is usually registered on a separate
meter.
The inclusion of light in the rent payment tended to be more com­
mon for Negro than for white families in New York. It is probable
that a larger proportion of the Negro than of the white families were
subletting quarters rented on a ‘‘light-housekeeping’’ basis. In Co­
lumbus and Atlanta electricity was provided by the landlord very
infrequently except among Negro families having incomes between
$2,000 and $2,250; the bulk of these renting families lived in buildings
housing less than five families.
Inclusion of garage in rent payment.—Wide regional and city-size
differences are apparent from the figures in part II, table 5, on the
percentage of tenant families whose rental payment covers garage ex­
pense. There is a consistent tendency, however, for the inclusion
of a garage to be more common at the higher income levels than at
the low. As might be expected, the garage is included infrequently
in the metropolises and in Providence where most of the renting
families occupy multiple-family structures. In the other cities the
rents for at least one-half of the dwellings rented by families with in­
comes of $1,250 or more were quoted to cover the expense for garage.

In spite of the prevalence of single-family rented houses in the
middle-sized and small cities of the East Central region, the inclusion
of a garage tends to be less common at the middle income levels than
in the large city covered in this region, Columbus. In explanation,
we find that automobile ownership is slightly more frequent in Colum-




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51

bus.2 This city-size difference in the frequency with which garage
is included in rent must not be considered as typical of the country
as a whole. In fact, in the regions in which automobiles are owned
by a larger proportion of the families in the middle-sized than in the
large cities the inclusion of the expense for garage in the rent payment
occurs with greater frequency in the former than in the latter cities.
At only one income level, do we find garage included in the rent
payment of New York City Negro families. Garage expense was cov­
ered more frequently by the rent payments of Negroes in Columbus
and Atlanta, but in these cities Negro families were less likely to
receive this service with their rent than were white families.
Inclusion of water in rent 'payment.—The inclusion of expense for
water in the rent charge reflects regional differences in custom rather
than type of dwelling. In New York, Chicago, Providence, Columbus,
and Denver, the rental payment of practically all tenant families cov­
ered the cost of water. The type of dwelling most prevalent among
renting families varied widely in these five cities. In the remaining
cities there is a tendency for water to be included less frequently at
the upper income levels than at the lower. This tendency is apparent
even in Omaha-Council Bluffs where at the upper income levels we
found an increase with income in the proportion of renting families
occupying multiple-family dwellings, and particularly quarters in
apartment houses for five or more families.
Although about nine-tenths or more of the tenant families in the
metropolis and large city of the East Central region rented dwellings
where water was furnished by the landlord, only from one- to fivetenths of the renting families in the middle-sized cities of this region
received this service. The proportion was higher in the small cities,
ranging from four-tenths to more than seven-tenths.
Like the white families, practically all Negro renting families in
New York and Columbus had water included in their rent payment.
In Atlanta, where the custom of including water rent with the rent
of the dwellings was less universal, the rents of Negro families were
more likely to cover the expense of this item than were the payments
of white families.
Inclusion of furnishings in rent payment.—A larger proportion of
the families living in the three large western cities (Omaha-Council
Bluffs, Denver, and Portland) rented furnished dwellings than in cities
in the other sections of the country covered by this study.3 In view of
the infrequency of apartments in these western cities, as compared
with New York and Chicago for instance, this finding at first appears
inconsistent. The explanation is undoubtedly related to the greater
2 See Bull. 648, vol. VI: Travel and transportation.
3 No data were obtained on the amount of furnishings and equipment supplied.




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mobility of tenant families in the western United States4 and the
larger demand for furnished dwellings which such mobility creates.
4 The duration of occupancy of urban rented dwelling units in various geographical regions is shown as
follows in the Works Progress Administration publication Urban Housing, A Summary of Real Property
Inventories Conducted as Work Projects, 1934-36 (table O, p. 21):
Duration of present occupancy

All re­
gions *

North­
east

South­
east

North­
west

South­
west

Cali­
fornia

Percentage distribution of units
Total__________ ________ _
Less than 1year. _ ______________
1 to 2years...........................................
2 to 5 years..................... .......................
6years or more.................................. .
* Excludes New York City.




100.0
39.6
17.8
24.7
17.9

100.0
34.3
18.5
26.8
20.4

100.0
45.7
16.1
22.3
15.9

100.0
51.2
17.0
20.0
11.8

100.0
62.3
15.1
14.7
7.9

100.0
47.5
17.0
22.9
12.6

Chapter V
Expenditures for Household Operation

Expenditures for general household operation such as for telephone,
laundry, stationery and stamps, water rent, etc., were not included
in the analysis of money value of housing discussed in chapter I.
Costs of these items, together with expenditures for paid household
help and for home furnishings and equipment, must also be considered
when ascertaining how much it costs to maintain a home. The
reports on Family Expenditure, volume II,1 have combined the above
mentioned items with the total value of family housing to obtain
total expenditures for home maintenance. The analysis of the
detailed expenditures for general household operation, for fuel, light,
and refrigeration, and for paid household help form the subject matter
of the present chapter.2 Expenditures for household furnishings and
equipment are considered in a separate publication.3
Expenditures for Fuel, Light, and Refrigeration

Fuel, light, and refrigeration as a percentage of money value of housing.—
As pointed out in chapter IV, the expense for fuel, light, and refrigera­
tion is quite frequently covered by the dwelling rent payment. The
figures in table 20,4 which show the proportion of total housing expense
allocated to fuel, light, and refrigeration, are consequently an under­
evaluation since it is impossible to ascertain what portion of the rent
payment for heated quarters, for instance, should be deducted from
rent and included as heat. Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrig­
eration as such will therefore tend to form a smaller proportion of
total housing expense in those cities and in those income groups where
home ownership is relatively infrequent and particularly where a
1See U. S4Bureau of Labor Statistics Bulls. Nos. 642 through 647 and 649: Family Income and Expenditure,
vol. II, Washington, 1939.
2It is almost impossible to differentiate between the items of home maintenance which theoretically
should be charged against clothing, food or personal care and those which have to do with providing shelter
and living accommodations. So in the present report no distinction is made according to portion of the
expenditure which is personal and which is for the home.
3 U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bull. 648, vol. IV.
4Included in the expense for fuel, light, and refrigeration is the money value of these items when they were
received without direct expense to the family. Families reported free fuel infrequently in most of the cities.
In Atlanta however, there was a report at every income level. Free fuel was received by one or more fami­
lies interviewed for expenditures in every income class up to $3,000 in Omaha and up to $5,000 in Denver.
In no instance did the value of free fuel amount to more than 1 percent of total housing value for native
white families, except for the $250 to $500 level in the East Central small cities, where it was 3 percent. In
Atlanta, free fuel amounted to 10 percent of the total value of housing of Negro families receiving incomes
under $250 and to 2 percent at the income level of $250 to $500 but thereafter was only 1 percent or less.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

large proportion of renting families occupy apartments rather than
single-family dwellings. For this reason, the expenditures for fuel,
light, and refrigeration made by New York families form a consist­
ently low proportion of their total value of housing (between 6 percent
and 20 percent). The same situation is found in Chicago, only to a
slightly less marked degree.
20.—Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration 1 which are made separately
from rent as a proportion of total expenditure for housing, by income class

T able

A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises
Income class
Under $250. ______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$l, 249______
$1, 250-$l, 499_____
$1, 500-$l, 749______
$1, 750-$l, 999______
$2,000-$2, 249______
$2, 250-$2,499______
$2, 500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3, 500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5, 000-$7,499______
$7, 500-$9, 999______
$10,000 and over__

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small8
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 2
is. 4
19.7
20.1
17.8
16.9
16.5
15.5
14.0
16.8
13.7
14.9
12.2
10.8
8.9
5.6

27.2
26.1
25.2
21.5
20.9
21.3
19.2
20.0
18.1
17.9
16.0
16.3
15.4
11.4
11.9

30.6
32.1
33.4
31.9
31.4
32.0
30.9
29.6
29.2
24.6
26.1
23.7
20.9
•21.6

29.4
30.5
29.7
29.2
25.4
26.6
24.9
24.5
23.8
22.1
20.1
19.4
18.9
•12.9

38.8
34.5
29.9
29.5
27.2
24.6
24.8
22.8
24.2
21.5
19.3
20.0
20.2
•16.7

31.2 25.2 29.6
29.1 23.8 27.3
32.3 26.0 28.9
31.6 27.0 25.9
29.4 24.4 26.6
28.0 24.6 26.3
26.7 25.6 27.1
26.8 24.2 25.0
26.5 22.5 24.2
25.7 22.1 24.4
26.6 23.3 22.5
22.7 20.3 22.6
24.0 18.5 21.3
•24.9 •15.3 •19.0

26.9
29.5
30.3
29.6
28.9
27.0
25.7
25.0
24.5
22.5
21.8
20.7
19.9
820. 7

34.7
32.0
37.2
33.1
36.1
33.4
31.6
31.8
31.3
29.7
*27.3

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
New
York

Colum­
bus

Atlanta

Under $250_._ _ _ __
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________ 15.9
$750-$999
____ 18.5
$1,000-$l, 249_______ 15.2
$1,250-$l, 499_______ 17.5
$1, 500-$l, 749__........... 16.3

25.1
33.3
33.3
33.8
32.0
35.1

33.6
30.7
33.2
31.2
29.9
30.5
31.4

Income class

Income class

New
York

$1, 750-$l, 999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000 and over_____

14.6

12.7
14.0
13.8
10.7
17.2
5.8

Colum­ Atlanta
bus

30.1
31.0
25.2
29.5

30.7
28. 3
28.9
27. 3
35.4
29.3
27.1

1 Includes value of fuel received without direct expense to the family.
2Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
8 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
4 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
8 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
• Incomes of $7,500 and over.

But also of importance in. determining the proportion of housing
expenditures which will be allocated to fuel, light, and refrigeration are
climatic conditions. Expense for these items constitutes a larger
proportion of the total value of housing in Providence than in the other
large cities even though home ownership is less frequent there. And
the relative mildness of the climate in Portland results in a lower pro­
portion of housing value going to fuel, light, and refrigeration, despite
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55

Comparing cities of different size in the East Central region, we
find that fuel, light, and refrigeration claims about the same propor­
tion of total housing expenditure in Columbus that it does in the
middle-sized cities. Although renting families are more numerous
proportionately in Columbus than in the middle-sized cities, the most
prevalent type of rented dwelling is the one- or two-family house (see
table O of the supplement to the Tabular Summary); the rent pay­
ment for such dwellings does not usually cover heat and light. The
proportion of total housing expenditures which families living in the
small East Central cities allotted to fuel, light, and refrigeration was
definitely larger than the proportion in Columbus and in the middlesized cities.
Although expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration increase
with rise in income level, they do not keep pace with total housing
expenditures and consequently form a decreasing proportion of the
total money value of housing in each city.
In New York, where one-family dwellings were relatively less num­
erous in the Negro group than in the native white group, the propor­
tion of total housing expenditures allocated to fuel, light, and refriger­
ation was lower for Negro families than for white. In Columbus and
Atlanta, the expense for these utilities represented a larger portion of
the money value of housing of Negro families at given income levels
than for families of the white race, as relatively few of them lived in
multiple-family dwellings. Of the Negro families in the three cites,
those in New York spent the lowest proportion of total housing
expenses on fuel, light, and refrigeration.
Expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration form a consistently
high proportion of the total housing expenditures of wage earners, as
compared with families in the other occupational groups in Chicago.
This difference may be observed even at income levels where home
owners are relatively less frequent in the wage-earner classification
than in the other groups. (See table P of the supplement to the
Tabular Summary.) A special analysis of the types of dwelling occu­
pied by Chicago renting families in the various occupational groups
reveals that the proportion of wage-earner families which reside in
apartments and particularly in apartment buildings which house five
or more families is lower than the proportion found in the other occu­
pational groups. Thus, even when wage-earner families rent their
living quarters, they usually live in the types of dwellings where it is
necessary to incur expenses for fuel, light, and refrigeration.
Average expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration.—Families living
in New York City have smaller expenditures for fuel, light, and refrig­
eration, on the average, than do families in Chicago or in the six large
cities surveyed throughout the country. (See pt. II, table 7.) These
averages, however, are based on all families rather than on only those
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families purchasing the specified item and therefore reflect the incidence
of home ownership.
The average outlays made by all New York families for fuel, light,
and refrigeration are low because a majority of the families in this
metropolis pay rents which cover the cost of heated dwellings. Since
fuel is the most expensive of the items in this category, the frequency
with which heat is covered by rent payments serves as a rough index
of city differences in expenditures for total fuel, light, and refrigeration.
Chicago families also had relatively low expenditures for these items
of home maintenance. This is particularly true of families receiving
incomes of more than $1,250, a large proportion of whom were renting
heated apartments.
Providence families spent the largest amounts, on the average, for
fuel, light, and refrigeration. In chapter IV we saw that only a small
proportion of tenant families in this city paid rents which covered the
expense for heat. Moreover, the relative severity of the climate in
this city, as compared with Portland, Oreg., and Atlanta, makes fuel
a more important item in the family budget. Columbus, which re­
sembles Providence with respect to the infrequency of the inclusion
of heat in the rent charge, nevertheless had lower average expenditures
for fuel, light, and refrigeration. But data to be presented below will
indicate that the cost of heating a dwelling is lower in Columbus than
in Providence.
Climatic conditions account, in part, for the high average expendi­
tures in Omaha-Council Bluffs for the items in this category. But
also of importance is the prevalence of home ownership and the infre­
quency with which heat was included in rent.
Although Portland had the highest proportion of families living in
one-family dwellings, the average expenditures of all Portland families
for fuel, light, and refrigeration tended to be rather low. The low
cost is related to the mildness of climate on the Pacific coast and to a
difference in the type of fuel used for heat in this section of the country.
Similarly, climatic conditions are partly responsible for the relatively
low average expenditures for these items in Atlanta. In addition,
the inclusion of heat with rented quarters tends to be more common
in Atlanta than in the other cities of comparable size.
Within the East Central region, the average expenditures for fuel,
light, and refrigeration which were made by families in the middlesized and small cities were definitely higher than in Chicago but did
not differ consistently from the expenditures of Columbus families.
At the higher income levels where home ownership is most common,
particularly in the smaller cities, families in Columbus spent the least
for these items. At the bottom of the income scale, the expenditures
of Columbus families exceeded those of families in the smaller cities,




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57

partly because heat was included less frequently in the rent payment
of Columbus tenants.
W ith almost all New York Negro families renting heated dwellings
it is not surprising that expenditures for fuel, light, and refrigeration
average lower for Negro families than for white families at comparable
income levels. In Columbus, where the incidence if home ownership
is greater for the Negroes than for the white families and where heat
is included less frequently in the rented dwellings of the Negro families,
the Negroes had higher average expenditures for these home-mainte­
nance items than did the white families. This same racial difference
was found in Atlanta among families receiving incomes of $1,500 or
more.
W ithin the Negro group, the lowest expenditures were made by
families in New York because of the large proportion of apartmentdwellers, and the highest, in Columbus. The difference between
Columbus and Atlanta, where the proportions of home owners are
roughly the same, may be accounted for on the basis of climate.
Expenditures for coal.— The average expenditures to be discussed in
succeeding sections of this chapter are based on the number of
families reporting purchases of the commodities under consideration
and therefore do not reflect the frequency of home ownership nor
the inclusion of certain items in rent.
The proportions of families which purchased coal varied widely
from region to region. (See pt. II, table 7.) The use of this fuel was
most general in the East Central region, and least common in the
Pacific Northwest where lumber is plentiful. The proportion of
metropolitan families purchasing coal tended to be low because of the
frequency with which such families rented heated dwellings. In
Providence fewer than half of the families bought coal during the
year; many of these New England homes are equipped for the use of
fuel oil.
Of the families which purchased coal, those living in Providence had
the highest average expenditures and those in Portland and Atlanta,
the lowest. (See table 21.) It is to be expected that the cost of
heating the dwelling quarters would be relatively low in the South­
east and on the Pacific Coast where the climate is comparatively mild,
but the high expenditures of Providence families in comparison with
families in such cities as Columbus, New York, and Chicago, requires
further explanation. In Columbus, situated as it is in the heart of the
coal-producing area of the United States, the expense per unit of coal is
lower than in the other regions. New York and Chicago families
probably purchase less coal than do families in Providence since the
average number of rooms per dwelling unit among the families sur­
veyed is lower in the metropolises than in Providence. (See pt. II,
table 3.) In addition, coal prices are somewhat lower in New York




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and Chicago than in Providence. Expenditures for coal are larger in
all cities at the higher income levels among families purchasing coal,
an increase which is probably accounted for, at least in part, by the
increased size of dwelling quarters at the higher income levels.

T able 21

.—Average expenditure for coal for families purchasing, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Metropolises
Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_ ______
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,0G0-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
$30.30
52.70
49.50
51. 60
62. 40
65. 20
69.10
78. 70
84.10
87.60
106.10
102.00
115.00
147.80
95. 40

$42. 70
53.70
58.60
59.40
63.00
78.10
73.40
83.10
82. 60
87.70
89.60
90.00
107. 40
151. 70
196. SO

$38. 20
40. 60
63.20
53.50
76.20
74. 40
93. 80
89.50
106. 80
105. 50
117.60
132.00
144. 90
5204.00

$38.80 $37.70
$29.90 $26. 80 $50. 90 $44. 00 $42. 20 40.90 41.90
38.40 27.70 49.60 43.00 25.00 47. 00 47.20
38. 40 29.00 62. 60 45.90 16.70 50. 90 49.00
42.60 32.60 71.50 48.20 42. 50 52.00 56. 60
43.60 35.60 74.10 52. 80 30.00 55. 60 58.70
45. 50 42.50 71.90 58.70 51.70 58.70 59.20
48. 40 40. 40 77.90 56.70 34.00 61.10 62.90
53. 00 46.00 82.10 60. 00 46.70 61.20 65.50
53.00 49.00 82.20 62.80 30.00 66.40 69.40
56.70 56.70 81.40 69.80 53. 80 68. 20 371.20
57.10 56.70 77.00 77. 30 45. 00 68.50
56.60 61.80 100.60 78.00 66.70 74. 40
71. 30 70. 30 100.90 107.30 44.00 4 75.10
*79.80 477.10 *117.80 *112.00

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

New
York

Under $250_________
$250-$499___________
$500-$749___________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1.250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1,749_______

$28. 70
39.20
58. 60
53.90
82.70

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$25. 20
39.10
45.20
42. 50
47.40
54.90

$15.10
18.10
23.20
26. 40
30. 70
35.00
42.60

Income class

New
York

$1,750-$1,999________ $140.00
$2,000-$2,249________ 117. 50
$2,250-$2,499________ 83. 20
$2,500-$2,999________ 88.10
$3,000-$3,499________ 157. 70
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000 and over_____

Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
213 Beaver
Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
Incomes of $3,000 and over.

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$60.10
63.70
71.40
71.00

$41.60
49.20
47.80
50.20
47.60
48.70
79.00

4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
* Incomes of $7,500 and over.

In comparison with Columbus, families living in the middle-sized and
small cities of the East Central region reported high expenditures for
coal. Families in the small cities have more rooms to heat than do
Columbus families; however, this explanation is not tenable with re­
spect to the middle-sized cities. But in both the middle-sized and
small cities, a lower proportion of the families reported the use of gas
or electricity as kitchen fuel than was true among Columbus families.
Part of the additional cost of coal in these smaller East Central com­
munities is undoubtedly attributable to the use of this type of fuel for
cooking purposes.
In New York City, Negro families receiving annual incomes between
$1,000 and $2,500 spent more for coal, per family purchasing, than did
white families. There is a tendency for the dwellings of Negro fam-




EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSEHOLD OPERATION

59

ilies having incomes within this range to be larger than those of white
families. Moreover, a larger proportion of the Negro families used
some fuel for cooking other than gas or electricity. These conditions
are also present in Columbus and Atlanta to account for the higher
coal expenditures of Negro families, as compared with the white group.
The dwelling quarters of Atlanta Negro families with incomes of $3,000
to $4,000, however, are no larger than those of white families and the
use of gas or electricity for cooking is universal in both groups; at this
income level the cost of coal purchased by Negro families drops below
the expenditures of white families.
E x p en d itu res jo r coke an d briquets. — The use of coke and briquets
as a heating fuel is infrequent in these metropolitan and large cities
except for Providence, Omaha, Council-Bluffs, and Portland. Of the
families which purchased this fuel, those living in New York, Chicago,
and Providence tended to have the highest expenditures. The
amounts spent for coke and briquets tended to average lower, how­
ever, than the expenditures for coal. It is probable that some of the
families purchasing this type of fuel used it to supplement coal or
wood. (See pt. II, table 7, for statistics on such purchases.)
E xpen ditu res fo r w ood a n d k in d lin g . —Except in Portland, wood was
used primarily as a supplement to coal, coke and briquets, or gas.
One-tenth or fewer of the Portland families, however, reported the
purchase of coal while as many as eight- or nine-tenths bought wood
and kindling. (See pt. II, table 7.) The proportion of families in
this Oregon city purchasing wood and kindling tended to decrease as
the upper income levels were reached. Whereas well over threefourths of the Portland families with incomes below $3,500 bought
wood and kindling, only slightly more than one-fourth in the top in­
come bracket ($7,500 and over) purchased this type of fuel. The loca­
tion of Portland in the center of a lumber-producing region makes
wood cheaper per unit than in the other cities under consideration.
During the year of the survey, expenditures of families buying wood
and kindling amounted to between $30 and $40 at most income levels.
In the other cities, the average amount spent for this item seldom
exceeded $5 for the year.
Wood and kindling were purchased by the majority of Negro famlies in Atlanta. Their expenditures for this type of fuel averaged
between $10 and $15 during the year in most of the lower and middle
income levels.
E xpen d itu res fo r fu e l o il. — The use of fuel oil for heating purposes
was most common in Providence, Omaha-Council Bluffs, and Port­
land but in these cities only families at the higher income levels used
fuel oil to any extent. Of families in these three cities, Portland fam­
ilies reported the lowest expenditures for this item. (See pt. II,
table 7.) Among families purchasing fuel oil, the amount spent gen-




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erally increased with rise in income level in each city—due undoubt­
edly to the greater number of rooms to be heated at the upper than
at the lower income levels.5
Expenditures jor kerosene and gasoline.—Kerosene and gasoline were
used quite frequently by Providence families for cooking purposes.
This tendency was most marked among families with incomes of less
than $2,000. At the lower income levels, white families in Atlanta
and in the small East Central cities and Negro families in Atlanta
reported the use of this type of fuel with considerable frequency. But
the expenditures of these families for kerosene and gasoline were low
compared with those of Providence families. It is probable that the
function of these fuels is primarily to supplement other fuels except in
the New England cities. (See pt. II, table 7.)
Expenditures for electricity.—A family’s consumption of electricity
is determined only in part by the number of rooms which must be
lighted. The additional uses of electricity, such as for cooking, me­
chanical refrigeration, and the operation of various articles of house­
hold equipment combine to make the expenditures for electricity about
three to four times as high among families having incomes of $5,000
to $7,500 as among families receiving $500 to $750.
The average expenditures for electricity which are shown in table
22 do not necessarily reflect intercity differences in the rates charged
for electricity. When rates are low, families may find more uses for
this utility so that their consumption is high and when electricity is
relatively expensive, substitutes may be found.
Families in Portland and Atlanta reported the highest expenditures
for electricity. In Portland, electricity was a comparatively cheap
fuel and was consequently used for more purposes. The use of elec­
tricity as a cooking fuel was relatively common in Portland 6 since the
cost of coal and gas is high in the Pacific Northwest city. Moreover
the number of rooms for which electricity must be provided tended to
be high in Portland.
In view of the small number of rooms to be lighted, the relatively
low expenditures for electricity in New York and Chicago are under­
standable even though the average rate for electricity was higher in
New York than in most of the large cities studied. In the East Cen­
tral region, too, the expenditure for electricity among the small-city
families undoubtedly reflects, at least in part, their larger dwelling
quarters.
6 Averages per family purchasing can be derived from pt. II, table 7.
6 According to the Real Property Inventory of 1934 (Department of Commerce), 20 percent of the dwelling
units in Portland were equipped for the use of electricity as a cooking fuel.




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EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSEHOLD OPERATION

T able

2 2 ,—Average

expenditure for electricity for families purchasing, hy income
class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250 __ __
$250-$499
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249_
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over___

East Central
cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
$24.00 $20.80 $20.30
24.30 23.00 22.80
29.20 27. 50 26. 50
29.00 28.30 27.90
31.80 33.40 31.40
37.10 34.50 34.50
38.00 37.80 40.50
38.10 38.80 41.90
42. 70 41. 60 45.40
45.90 42. 70 49.70
45.90 45.10 48. 30
53.10 50. 00 60. 40
60.80 55. 80 63. 70
66. 50 69.10 897.30
882.00 681.30

$16.10 $17.30
21.90 22.00
28.30 23. 60
31.30 32.40
32.60 37.40
35.80 38. 70
36. 70 38. 70
40. 70 43. 60
42.80 46. 70
48.00 51.80
48. 20 56. 50
55. 60 60.90
64.90 67.20
671.80 «82.80

$18.00
21. 20
28.10
30.40
34.20
36. 30
39.20
42. 90
45.00
53.10
50.10
58.30
64.10
*85.10

$16. 70
22.00
21.60
27.10
28.70
33. 50
35.60
39. 40
40.10
45. 70
57.80
53.40
58. 30
*72.70

$23.10
23.40
26.80
33. 60
34.20
40.10
45.00
45. 70
50.90
54. 80
58.20
70.80
73.30
*89.60

$18.30 $20.00
20. 40 20.90
23.90 23.50
27.10 26.30
29.10 33.60
32.50 35.80
34.30 40.30
37.40 40.80
42.50 44.00
46.90 45.40
48. 70 850.90
52.50
50. 20
<56.80

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

New
York

Under $250... _____
$250-$499___________
$50O-$749___________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499 ____
$1,500-$1,749________

$19.70
20.40
22.10
28. 50
29.20

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$14.40
18.50
24.30
25.60
25.20
35.40

$13.30
17.10
18.80
19.30
24.10
27.90
29.00

Income class

New
York

$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249________
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000 and over____

$32.90
37.50
38.90
40.80
47.40

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$36.90
43.70
36.50
42.90

$37.00
36.60
50.60
37.80
43.20
59.00
55.00

18Springfield,
111., Muncie, and New Castle.
Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
<Incomes of $5,000 and over.
8 Incomes of $7,500 and over.
Expenditures for gas.— Gas rates vary considerably from city to city,
depending primarily upon whether natural gas or manufactured gas is
used. In cities where gas is expensive some of the families will nat­
urally substitute other types of fuel whenever possible. Thus we find
that electricity is a relatively common cooking fuel in Portland. How­
ever, during the colder months of the year, coal or wood may be used
as the cooking and water-heating fuel. The lower gas expenditures of
families in the small and middle-sized East Central cities, as compared
with Columbus, are related to the more widespread use of fuels other
than gas for cooking. In a Southeastern city such as Atlanta, there
are fewer months during which this type of substitution may be made
comfortably; thus the Atlanta families which used any gas during the
year reported rather high expenditures.
In Denver the availability of natural gas at favorable rates en­
courages its use for room heating as well as for cooking. The expen­
ditures of Denver families for this utility are consequently high.




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T able 23.—Average expenditure for gas for families purchasing, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises
Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999________ _
$1,000-$1,249_......... .
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749__.........
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249_......... .
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999.............
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over___

East Central
cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
$19.90 $20. 60 $18. 60
20.70 19.70 19.00
21.80 23. 50 22. 70
22.30 23.30 23.60
25.20 24.00 28.20
24. 60 27.10 30.00
29.10 25.00 35. 50
26.90 34. 50 36. 60
29.30 34. 30 44.30
30.10 35. 20 41.20
30. 70 42.00 38. 60
36. 30 46. 70 51. 60
33.80 53. 90 53.40
39. 80 61. 40 5154. 60
57.20 90.90

$24.00 $29.40
27.90 27.50
30. 20 29.10
32.90 33.90
30. 40 33.80
32.80 36. 70
32.90 37.80
33.80 36.90
35.90 39.40
40. 20 45. 20
40. 20 45. 60
41.80 52.40
70.80 70.00
»95. 50 697.00

$18.80 $18.20 $20.20
19.00 19. 70 22.00
26.40 20.60 27.00
24. 50 28.00 27.40
23. 90 26.20 26. 70
28.10 36.40 30. 50
27.10 41.10 32.00
29.10 46. 40 33. 70
33. 80 45.40 40.00
40. 50 68.90 49.90
63. 00 80.20 44. 20
72.60 92.80 61.00
41.30 108. 80 63.10
599. 50 6151.10 584.50

$21.00 $22. 80
21. 20 19.60
21. 80 24.40
24.90 28. 70
26.80 32.10
27. 00 32.30
28.10 36. 30
31. 00 35.70
30. 00 34.80
32. 50 39.10
38. 60 346.60
35.60
43.00
471.60

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

Now
York

Under $250... _____
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249________
$l,25h-$l,499_______
$1,500-$1,749________

$32.20
18.10
20. 70
20. 70
21.70

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$19.30
23. 70
30. 60
31. 40
30.40
34.80

$17.50
30.00
20.00
26. 70
29.70
37.10

Income class

New
York

$1,750-$1,999________
$2,000-$2,249________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000and over. ___

$25.00
22.00
32. 40
27.80
28.30

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$38.30
43. 20
28.10
28.10

$42. 60
35.10
40. 60
41.80
63. 50
51. 00
64. 40

12Beaver
Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
Falls. Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
* Incomes of $3,000 and over.
45Incomes
of $5,000 and over.
Incomes of $7,500 and over.
Expenditures for ice.— W ith increasing income which makes possible
the possession of a mechanical refrigerator, the proportion of families
purchasing ice drops rapidly.
Of the families using ice, those in Portland and Denver spent the
least. Their smaller expenditures are readily understood since the
relatively low summer temperature in these two cities makes refrig­
eration less essential than in the other cities studied. Atlanta,
with the longest period of warm weather, ranked highest in expense
for ice; New York was second.




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EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSEHOLD OPERATION

T able 24.—Average expenditure for ice for families purchasing, hy income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises
Income class
Under $250 ____
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$l, 249______
$1, 250-$l, 499______
$1, 500-$l, 749______
$1,750-$l, 999______
$2,000-$2, 249______
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2, 500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7, 500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over__

East Central
cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized i
$13.30
14.00
15.70
20.00
21.90
23.20
22.00
26.40
26. 40
26. 40
36.10
45.00
15.70
22.70
20.70

$8.00
10.60
10.80
13.20
16.20
17.20
16. 70
18. 70
19.50
21.20
26.20
23.70
30.00
(4)

$14.00 $10.30 $12.60 $7.00 $5.00
15.10 17.00 11.60 8.30 5.90
15.40 18.00 12.80 8.20 6.00
16.10 20.90 16.30 11.10 6.20
17.70 22.30 14.80 13. 30 6.70
20.00
18.80 24.90 17.90 11.50 9.40
20.20
19.60 20.00 16.00 11. 60 7.90
22.80 20. 60 24.20 26.90 12.40 10.00
21.80 19.40 26.30 20.00 13.50 8.40
18.70 21. 30 34.20 24.20 16.20 10.00
33. 50 19. 60 22.70 28. 70 21.00 16.00
21.50 30.00 23. 30 12.50 23.30 12.30
36.00 36.20 24.00 18. 00 70.00
631.00
28.00 «30.00 853.30
620.00 615.00
$10.60
9.00
13.30
14.50
18.30

$6.20
8.70
9.70
12.70
13. 30
13.80
14. 30
12.80
14.80
17.50
20.00
26.70
426.00
20.80

$5. 60
8. 30
10.00
11.40
13.10
13.50
15.20
15.70
15.50
18.00
317.50

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class

New
York

Colum­
bus

Atlanta

Income class

Under $250_________
$5.00 $1,750-$l, 999_______
$250-$499___________
8.00 $2,000-$2, 249_______
$4.80
$500-$749___________ $8.30
11. 20 $2, 250-$2,499_______
8.00
$750-$999___________ 18.20
9.30
12.00 $2, 500-$2,999_______
$1,000-$1,249 ______ -.20.70
10. 70
13.90 $3,000-$3, 499_______
10.90
$1,250-$l, 499_______ 21.00
16.20 $3, 500-$3,999_______
13.50
$1,500-$l, 749_______ 29.00
18.60 $4,000 and over.. _ .
1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
2 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
5 Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.
6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.

New
York
$26.40
32.30
23.70
31.90
30.50

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$15.70
10. 30
17. 70
18.40

$21.10
18.60
20.50
21. 50
20. 70
24.00
14.00

Expenditures for general household operation.— The running expenses
of the home classified in this category include amounts spent for
telephone, laundry supplies, laundry sent out, water, stationery,
postage, telegrams, moving and express charges, and other miscel­
laneous expenses such as furniture and metal polishes, matches,
scouring pads, and garden supplies.
Expenditures for the miscellaneous items of general household
operation, shown in table 8 of the Tabular Summary, become greater
as income rises but do not increase at the same rate as income. At
the $500-$750 income level the expense ranged from $17 in Columbus
to $36 in New York City while at the $5,000 level with income ten
times as high the corresponding figures were only 6 to 8 times greater
($143 and $205 respectively).
Families in Columbus consistently expended less for general
household operation than did families in the other cities at comparable
income levels due primarily to the fact that expenditures for laundry
sent out in Columbus were considerably below such expenditures




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in the other communities.7 In Atlanta, where the laundry expense
runs high, the cost of general household operation is also large relative
to that of the other cities.
Negro families consistently had lower home-operation costs than
did white families at comparable income levels— both in the Northern
and in the Southern cities surveyed.

G eneral household operation as a percentage o f total hou sin g expense .—

Although the cost of these miscellaneous goods and services which
are needed for running a home have not been included in the total
housing expense discussed in chapter I, it is interesting to note that
had such expenses been included the averages would have been
about $100 higher on the average. These items of household oper­
ation represented roughly between 10 and 20 percent of the total
money value of housing. Although some irregularities in the pattern
are found in the various cities, the ratio of expenses for household
operation to total housing tends to increase with income.
T able

25.—Expenditure for general household operation as a percentage of total
housing expenditure, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES
Metropolises

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-^3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500-$9,999______
$10,000 and over___

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small*
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized i
9.6
7.3
9.5

11.1
10.6
13.6

14.5
15.4
15.9
17.4
18.2
18.8
16.9
14.4
14.4

8.4
7.9
9.2
8.8
9.4 10.5
11.2 12.2
12.3 13.3
12.9 14.4
14.3 15.0
15.4 16.9
15.4 16.7
16.0 16.8
15.1 17.5
17.6 15.6
16.6 17.1
17.4 817.0

12.8

6.6
11.1
7.7 15.1

9.6
9.9
10.3

11.8
12.6

14.9
15.1
14.8
14.2
13.8
13.9

810.6

16.2
18.6
19.0
19.9
18.1
20.5
20.9
18.9
18.0
19.0
19.3
817.6

9.3 10.8 13.6
11.2 10.8 11.5
11.5 12.1 11.4
12.0 14.3 13.6
13.1 15.1 15.7
15.5 14.2 16.1
14.2 16.5 16.2
14.8 14.6 15.8
15.6 15.6 16.9
17.3 14.6 15.9
16.0 17.0 18.7
14.2 14.4 17.3
17.4 15.9 17.8
819.9 813. 5 815.9

8.9
9.0
9.6

10.8
11.0
11.7

12.9
13.3
13.5
15.7
15.1
13.8
15.3
413.7

13.1
10.6
10.5
11.9
13.1
14.4
13.8
16.1
15.3
16.3
816.5

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250_________
$250-$499......................
$500-$749______ ____
$750-$999......................
$1 ,nnn-$i ,249
$1,250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1,749................

New
York

Colum­
bus

Atlanta

5.7
7.0
9.2
8.7
14.4

5.3
6.2
7.3
10.4
11.2
12.0

5.2
7.0
9.5
11.2
11.8
18.6
19.0

Income class
$1,750-$1,999________
$2,000-$2,249........ .
$2,250-$2,499..........
$2,500-$2,999..........
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999........ .......
$4,000 and over...........

New
York
14.3
12.4
14.4
15.3
12.1

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
13.2
12.2
8.1
12.6

1 Springfield, HI., Muncie, and New Castle.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
2 Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru. 8 Incomes of $7,500 and over.
8 Incomes of $3,000 and over.
7 See table 8, pt. II.




17.6
19.1
18.2
21.8
27.8
24.7
23.4

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65

Expenditures jor laundry sent out.— The largest expense of general
household operation is that for laundry. This item comprises, on the
average, as much as two-fifths of the general household operation
expense in Atlanta. In the other cities the percentage is somewhat
lower, but is nevertheless significant. Housing expenditures for laun­
dry sent to a commercial laundry or laundress become consistently
larger with increases in family income in the cities studied.8 At the
$500-$750 income level expenditures for laundry not done in the home
amounted to an average of as little as $0.70 for the year (in Columbus)
if averaged over all families in the income bracket, and no more than
$8.10 (in New York City). At the $5,000 level, the cost of laundry
sent out was $41 and $91 respectively in these two cities.
At most income levels, families in New York City had higher
expenditures for laundry sent out than did the residents of the other
cities. This is to be explained largely by the lack of space for laun­
dering and drying in the multiple-family dwellings of New York City.
In Chicago and Providence also, multiple-family dwellings with their
limited space per family are relatively frequent so the laundry is sent
out. In cities with many one-family dwellings, average expenditures
for laundry sent out are relatively low.
In Atlanta, where more families have household help than is the
case in northern cities, one would expect laundering to be done in the
home. Such is not the case, however, as the expenditures for laundry
sent out in this city almost equal or exceed those found in the metrop­
olises and Providence at practically every income level. The explana­
tion probably lies in the prevalence of Negro laundresses in the South
who do the laundering in their own homes rather than in the homes of
their employers. Due to climatic differences— clothes worn in the
South are more frequently made of material which can be laundered
instead of dry cleaned, so the laundry expense as a whole—including
laundry supplies as well as cost of laundry sent out— tends to be higher
in Atlanta than in the Northern cities.
In the middle-sized and small cities of the East Central region
expenditures for laundry sent out exceed those of families in the
larger city of Columbus, in the income brackets below $2,250. The
laundry expenses are not, however, so large in the smaller cities as in
Chicago for this item. Thus there cannot be said to be a significant
difference by city size in the average expenditures for laundry at
specified income levels.
Expenditures for laundry supplies .— The expense for laundry supplies
such as laundry soap, cleaning powders, flakes, ammonia, starch, blu­
ing, etc., amounted, on the average, to slightly more than $10 during
the year per family in most of the large cities surveyed. In Atlanta
8 Expense for laundry sent out included cost of linens and other laundry for the home as well as personal
items of clothes. D ry cleaning is not included in this category.




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and Portland the expenditures for these items fell below $10 at most
income levels. In all cities, the average disbursements for these sup­
plies tended to increase with rise in income level, but the increase in
such expenditures was not proportional to the income rise. With a
tenfold increase in family income, $500-$750 to $5,000-$7,500, the
increase in expenditures for cleaning supplies was not even doubled.
In Atlanta, the fact that laundry is frequently sent out seems to be
associated with a smaller expenditure for laundry supplies. This
Southern city ranks next to the lowest in the average expense for
laundry supplies purchased by families at each income level while
expense for laundry sent out in this city exceeded that of families in
all cities except New York.
Portland families not only had low expenditures for laundry sent
out, but they spent less for laundry supplies, on the average, than
in other cities. It is quite possible that Portland does not have so
much soot and dirt in the air as do the industrial cities of the East,
since there is relatively little coal on the west coast and the preva­
lence of water power is conducive to the use of electricity for manu­
facturing.
While Negro families at each income bracket tend to spend less
for laundry sent out and laundry supplies than do white families in
Atlanta, Columbus, and New York City, this relationship does not
hold if families of the same composition are compared. In New York
City and Columbus for example, Negro families with husband and
wife only (type I) at some income levels have higher expenditures for
laundry and laundry supplies than do the white group. (See table Q
of the supplement to the Tabular Summary.) In Atlanta, however,
the expenditures for laundry of the white families consisting of a
husband and wife only, were somewhat higher than for Negroes of
comparable income and family composition. It is possible that
Negroes purchased cheaper supplies or that they obtained some
laundry supplies from their employers.
Expenditure jor telephone service.—Next to laundry expense, tele­
phone service is the most important expenditure of general household
operation. The figures shown in part II, table 8, do not include
estimates of the charge for telephone service included in the rent bill,
but they do include coin box calls by all members of the family and
long distance calls as well as the monthly service charges not billed as
part of rent. Families in the more expensive apartments are most
likely to have telephone included in the rent charge so the expendi­
tures for telephone presented in part II, table 8, are lower at the
middle and upper income levels than would be the case had all tele­
phone service charges been shown. However, despite this under­
evaluation of telephone expenses, the amount spent for telephone
service increases consistently with rise in income level in all cities.




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67

At the $500-$750 income bracket an average of $11 or less per family
was spent for telephone in the metropolises and large cities. At the
$2,000-$2,250 level, the averages ranged between $16 and $29 for the
different cities, while at the $5,000-$7,500 income class telephone
expenditures averaged between $41 and $71 for the year. Intercity
differences must be viewed in relation to the relative prevalence of
multi-family dwellings in which telephone service is included in and
inseparable from the rent bill. Since such data are lacking the inter­
city differences cannot be adequately interpreted.
A definite occupational difference exists in the average expenditure
for telephone service. (See table R of the supplement to the Tabular
Summary.) In Chicago, for example, wage earners spent less than
did the other occupational groups at almost every income level. On
the other hand, families of professional persons maintaining private
practices had the largest expenditure for telephone at every income
level except one. Families in this occupational group frequently
have their offices in their own homes, and thus maintenance of a
telephone is essential to their professional work.
Expenditure jor water.—The cost of water used for household and
lawn maintenance is borne almost entirely by the landlord in some
communities while in others the tenant pays for the water consumed.
Thus the intercity differences in the average amount spent for water
may be due to the relative frequency of owner-occupied dwellings, dif­
ferences in policy with respect to charging tenants for water, variations
in water rates or to different amounts of water used.9
In all the large cities except Atlanta, Omaha, and Portland, among
tenant families the dwelling rent charge tends to include the cost of
water consumed, particularly at the lower and middle income levels.
Thus the average expense for water rent shown in part II, table 8, is
primarily that of home owners although the base used in computing
the average includes tenants as well as owners. The average expense
in New York City, Chicago, and Providence amounted to less than
$6 for the year—in all income brackets up to $5,000, and generally
only a dollar or two was spent for water rent as such. In the cities
of Atlanta, Omaha, and Portland, the average increased from several
dollars at the low income level to $20 or $30 at the highest income
brackets. Although Denver renting families tended to have the
water cost included in the dwelling rent, home ownership was suffi­
ciently prevalent to bring up the average water expense to equal or
exceed that of families in the other cities. At the top income bracket
of $7,500 and over, in this city, an average of $36 was spent for water
during the year.
Percentage of families employing paid household help.—At every
income level higher proportions of white families in the Southeast
9 See ch. IV, for water rent included in the rent charge.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

than in any of the other regions surveyed had hired help.10 Even at
the lowest income level studied—$500-$750—8 percent of the fam­
ilies in Atlanta had paid help. The percentage rises rapidly until at
the $l,750-$2,000 level approximately half the families in this large
Southern city hired some household assistance; and in the classes of
$5,000 and over, practically every family employed household help.
In the middle-sized cities studied in the Southeast the percentage hav­
ing paid help was even greater than in Atlanta at comparable income
groups. Among families having incomes of $3,000 or over during the
year over 90 percent in Columbia and Mobile, the two middle-sized
cities in this region, reported having paid servants in the home.
Pronounced fluctuations were found in the percentage of families
employing help—particularly in the lower and middle income ranges.
In the income brackets of $5,000 and up, families with paid house­
hold help comprised well over three-fourths of the total families at
the upper levels.
T able

26 .—Average weeks help employed for families having help, hy income class
WHITE FAMILIES

Metropolises
Income class

Large cities

East Cen­
tral cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small 2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1

Under $250_______
$250-$499 ________
26.0 55.0
$500-$749 .............
5.6
12.0 34.5
20.0
$750-$999_________
4.0
5.0
15.0
3.3 5.0 23.3
$1,000-$1,249__......... 6.7 18.0
20.0 38.2
15.0
18.4 25.0 20.0
$1,250-$1,499______ 25.0 15.0 40.0
25.0 31.5
17.0
26.4 40.7
$1,500-$1,749______ 21.7 20.0 22.5
24.4 11.0 20.0
26.2
$1,750-$1,999______ 33.8 21.7 15.0
21.4 25.6 25.0
28.1 43.5
30.0
$2,000-$2,249______ 33.2 29.2 38.9
26.2 44.4
18.4 24.3 22.5
26.0
26.4 48.8
$2,250-$2,499______ 32.3 31.0 25.3
25.8 33.0 29.0
23.8
$2,500-$2,999______ 36.3 33.0 40.0
31.2 46.5
26.4 34.2 29.6
30.0
36.3 33.5 28.1
$3,000-$3,499______ 38.8 40.5 40.2
36.7 52.8
43.1
48.2 55.7
$3,500-$3,999______ 38.3 44.3 44.1
46.0 43.3 30.6
40.9
$4,000-$4,999______ 48.0 49.0 41.4
49.4 31.5 38.4
45.1 62.8
46.6
$5,000-$7,499______ 56.3 58.6 57.1
58.2 64.3
45.5 55.2 46.3 4 60. 0
$7,500-$9,999______ 74.1 68.4 s 76.3 « 86.7 8 90.2 8 44.4 s 62.5 5 73.2
$10,000 and over---- 110.3 79.2
1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru. 6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.

2.5
6.7
12.5
13.3
24.2
23.8
21.1
34.4
30.8
35.0
337.4

Full-time and part-time help.—The above percentages do not take
into account differences in the employment of full-time and part-time
help. A rough indication of the relative importance of the two types
of employment may be obtained from the average number of weeks
during which families had part-time and full-time help.11 (See pt.
II, table 8.)

Jo All persons employed by the family except nurses for the sick, seamstresses, and laundresses who did
not do the laundry work on the family’s premises were included as household help regardless of whether
such help lived in the family dwelling.
11 The classification of paid help into the full-time and part-time categories was made primarily on the
basis of the family’s understanding of these terms, rather than by an attempt to differentiate in terms of
hours of work per day or week.




EXPENDITURES FOR HOUSEHOLD OPERATION

69

It may be noted that whereas the help employed by families at
the lower income brackets in the various cities tends to be part-time
help, the reverse is true at the upper levels.
It is interesting to note that the nonrelief Negro families studied also
employed paid help with relative frequency. Although Negro families
in Atlanta had paid household help to a lesser extent than did white
families in this city in comparable income classes, the percentage of
Negroes employing household assistance in Atlanta did not differ sig­
nificantly from that found for white families in some of the northern
cities. Furthermore, the average expenditure of Negro families in
Atlanta having paid help tended to equal or exceed that of white
families in comparable income levels in the West Central and Pacific
Coast large cities surveyed.12
Average expense for household help per family employing paid house­
hold help.—Total expenditures for household help—nonmoney as well
as money—cannot be ascertained, since no evaluation was placed
upon the food or rooms furnished to the help.13
Among families employing household assistance the average expend­
itures for paid help during the year tended to increase with rise in
income level. (See table 27.) But at each income level there was
considerable variability in the averages of the different cities. Gener­
ally speaking, the average amounts spent per family for paid household
help in Atlanta were high, while those of Omaha families were low, in
comparison to the other cities. It cannot be concluded, however,
that wages per hour or week were greater in one community than
another, since in addition to including tips, etc., these averages do
not take into account differences in the number of paid servants as
well as in the hours or period employed.
In the income classes of $4,000 and above, New York City families
had higher expenditures for paid help than did those in Atlanta.
This may have been due to the fact that relatively more of these
upper income New York City families lived in apartments where the
money outlays for wages, tips, and gifts to help was greater because
the help did not receive meals or room with the family.
No city-size differences were found to be consistently true either
for the percentage of families employing paid household help or in the
average expenditures per family having paid help.
12 The data on household help for Negro families in New York City and Columbus fluctuate greatly, due
to the relatively small number of families at each income level, so no generalizations on the basis of such
figures seem advisable.
is The expenditures do include, however, money expense for aprons, or uniforms for paid help, tips and
presents to doormen, elevator operators, janitors, delivery boys, etc., as well as to help paid by the family.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 27. —Average money expenditure for paid household help by families employing

such help, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Metropolises
Income class

East Cen­
tral cities

Large cities

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleNew
Provi­ Colum­
Small a
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1

Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749 ________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$33
$1,250-$1,499______
50
$1,500-$1,749______
67
62
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
64
$2,250-$2,499______
82
$2,500-$3,999______
116
$3,000-$3,499______
138
$3,500-$3,999______
168
$4,000-$4,999______
255
$5,000-$7,499______
415
$7,500-$9,999______
624
$10,000 and over___ 1,294

$40
25
100
50
75
89
104
123
167
189
314
486
779

$200
50
25
111
73
122
163
133
205
284
e 715

$20
20
20
50
82
81
75
71
85
115
153
174
283
« 576

$88
30
41
44
93
96
100
115
114
170
198
244
345
6 500

(3) $5
50
50
30
62
83
65
62
94
138
141
145
3 280

$20
$17
3
$8
33
16
38
25
56
20
33
41
69
58
42
62
45
50
80
53
64
85
93
106 111
91
130 144 106
186 138 137
236 225 195
8 413 6 386 «438

$5
33
25
33
58
54
67
78
83
100
4 122

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250______
$250-$499________
$500-$749________
$750-$999 _____
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____

iNew
York
$5
80
64
235

Colum­
bus
$5
25

Atlanta

Income class

$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
33 $3,500-$3,999_____
92 $4,000 and over

$110
10
33

12Springfield,
111., Muncie, and New Castle.
Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru.
34Incomes
Less than $1.00.
and over.
4 Incomesof of$3,000
$5,000 and over,
e Incomes of $7,500 and over




New
York
$72

8

16
186

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
$130
55
67
395

$67
63
53
75
172
170
165

Chapter V I
Number of Rooms and Facilities W ith Which Homes
A re Equipped

Although the Study of Consumer Purchases did not aim to throw
light on the qualitative characteristics of goods purchased by families,
a few measures of the type of housing secured by families at different
income levels can be obtained from the data* collected. The reader
should bear in mind, however, that the most undesirable housing
conditions in the various cities surveyed are not depicted by the
figures of the Study of Consumer Purchases since data on the housing
of the lowest economic groups—those receiving public assistance in
all cities and those in the larger cities whose incomes were below $500
for the year—were not obtained in this study of expenditures.
Average number oj rooms}—The dwelling quarters of the families
surveyed in Columbus contained more rooms than did those of famlies in the other large cities and metropolises. Since family types
VI and VII, which represent large families of no less than five persons
and usually more, were studied in the East Central region only, the
average number of rooms would be expected to be larger there than
in the other regions. Later analysis of the number of persons per
room by family type will show, however, that the additional size of
dwelling in this region is not sufficiently great to prevent overcrowd­
ing among the largest families.
Although these larger families were included in the Chicago sample
also, we should expect the average number of rooms to be lower than
in large cities because of the high proportion of apartment dwellers
in the metropolis. As a matter of fact, the average number of
rooms was lower in Chicago than in the six large cities studied. (See
part II, table 3.) In comparison with New York, however, where
apartments are even more prevalent as a type of dwelling, Chicago
families had more rooms.
Of the large cities other than Columbus, Providence stood out as
having the highest average number of rooms per dwelling, particularly
at the top income levels. Dwellings in Atlanta and Denver tended
to be relatively small. The increase in size of dwelling with rises in
the income level was such that large city families receiving incomes of
$7,500 or more had homes which contained about twice as many
i The number of rooms in the dwelling quarters does not include bathrooms, hallways, porches (unless
enclosed and used for living purposes), alcoves, or rooms used only for business purposes.
1 5 3 1 1 9 ° — 4 1 -------- 6




71

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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

rooms as the homes of families with $500 to $750 incomes. This
increase in size of home reflects the larger families found at the upper
income levels among these nonrelief families as well as the expansion
which is permitted by higher incomes.
Within the East Central region, families living in the smallest
cities had the highest number of rooms as compared with families at
the same income levels in larger cities. Dwellings in the middlesized cities averaged slightly smaller than in Columbus.
The average size of dwellings of Negro families tended to exceed
the size of quarters (measured by number of rooms) occupied by white
families at comparable income levels. In Atlanta this tendency was
not apparent at the lowest income levels.
Since the above differences may be due in part to differences in
family size among the various income and racial groups, the follow­
ing analysis will deal with the number of persons per room.
Average number of persons per room.2—In the large cities and the
two metropolises surveyed, families at all income levels except the
$500 to $750 class in Atlanta averaged less than one person per room
among nonrelief native white complete families.3
Homes of families residing in the metropolises tend to have more
persons per room, on the average, than do those of families in the
other communities. (See pt. II, table 3.) Comparing New York
City and Chicago families with those of the six large cities, the aver­
age number of persons per room in the metropolises is consistently
2 The averages include all persons sleeping in the family living quarters at the end of the schedule year.
Thus guests, roomers, household help living with the families as well as members of the economic family
are included.
3 Data on crowding are available from the figures published by the National Health Survey, 1935-36, Pre­
liminary Report, Sickness and Medical Care Series, Bull. No. 5. Five cities which were surveyed by the
National Health Survey are also covered by the present report from the Study of Consumer Purchases.
The percentage of households with two or more persons per room, among white families, is shown in the
table below:
Percentage of households with two or more persons per room i
Income class
All white families________________
Relief________________________
Nonrelief- - -. ______ _____ Under $1,000_. ___________
$1,000-$2,000______________
$2,000-$3,000______________
$3,000 and over___ ______

Chicago, Columbus, Atlanta,
Ohio
111.
Ga.

Portland,
Oreg.

Springfield,
Mo.

3.5
6.2

1.8
9.0

6.4
23.0

1.3
3.1

6.8
24.0

4.2
3.3
2.1
1.6

2.0
.5
.2

9.2
2.3
.4
1.2

1.7
.6
.3
.3

7.4
1.8
.6
.3

i From National Health Survey, 1935-36, Preliminary Report, Sickness and Medical Care Series,
Bull. No. 5.




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73

greater at every income level above $1,500.4 Below $1,500, families
in Atlanta live in more congested quarters.5 Least crowding among
families with incomes below the average seems to exist in Portland
and Columbus. In the income groups above $2,000 in these six cities,
however, Providence families seem to be most favorably housed, accord­
ing to this standard. The differences are not large, however, so the
generalizations are not to be taken as conclusive. What intercity
differences appear to exist may be associated with differences in the
percentage of home owners. It is quite possible that home owners
have more rooms than do renters, but data on this point were not
tabulated in the present study.6
In the city groups for which data are available, a tendency for the
average number of persons per room to decline with rises in income
level may be noted. But the decrease is marked in only a few cities.
Since paid household help and guests become more numerous as income
rises the net effect is to offset the advantage gained by more rooms
per dwelling. The greatest decrease in average number of persons
per room with increase in income level may be noted among Atlanta
white families. In the income bracket of $500-$750, an average of
1.10 persons per room was found, while at the highest income bracket
of $7,500 and over Atlanta families had, on the average, somewhat
more than two rooms per person.
As compared with white families at comparable income levels in
New York City, Columbus, and Atlanta, the number of persons per
room among Negroes either is about the same or less than that among
white groups. To be sure, the Negro families actually are more
crowded, but this is attributable to their greater frequency in the
lower-income levels where crowding is more prevalent.7
Occupational differences in number of persons per room.—Since wage
earners tend to have more family members than the other occupational
groups with comparable incomes, it is not surprising to find that the
number of persons per room for this occupational group tends to be
somewhat greater than for the white collar groups. In the large
cities shown in part II, table 3, the occupational difference is quite
consistent between wage earners and the other groups, but in the two
metropolises no uniform pattern is apparent. At all events the differ­
ences are small. The white-collar occupational groups more fre* Since family types VI and VII, which represent large families of no less than five persons and usually
more, were studied in the East Central region only, the average number of persons shown for Chicago and
Columbus is slightly higher than it would have been if only five family types had been included; because
of the relative infrequency of these large families, however, the averages are not greatly affected.
* Unfortunately no data are available on the size of rooms, so congestion as such cannot be measured by
the data of this study.
« See ch. II, p. 19, for data from another study on number of rooms among owners and renters by income
class.
i The National Health Survey for Atlanta, for example, showed the same percentage of colored relief
families lived in quarters with more than one person per room as was true for white relief families, 56 percent
in each case.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

quently have nonfamily members such as guests and paid help in their
households.
Average number of persons per room by family type.—As would be
expected, among families of comparable incomes, the more persons in
the family, the greater the crowding. While the number of persons
living in the home at the end of the schedule year may differ from the
number in the economic family during the year as a whole, the two
sets of figures are sufficiently similar to reveal family type differences
in number of persons per room. In each of the East Central communi­
ties, families of type VII, consisting of 7 or 8 persons, were most
crowded in terms of persons per room. (See pt. II, table 3.) Fam­
ily types V and VI, consisting of 5 or 6 persons, shared the second
and third most crowded quarters, while type I with only two persons
in the economic family was least crowded in each community and at
each income level. For example, this last mentioned type averaged
0.38 to 0.45 persons per room at the $1,500-$1,750 income level; types
V and VI averaged between 0.85 and 1.02 persons per room; while
type VII had 1.16 to 1.31 persons sharing each room at this income
level in the East Central cities.
Housing facilities.—The percentage of dwellings equipped with
the three facilities of electric lights, running hot and cold water, and
flush toilets inside the dwelling may be used as an index of the modern­
ization of homes occupied by families at different income levels and
in different occupational groups. As may be seen from the figures of
table 28, and from the graphic presentation in figure 6, wide intercity
and inter-regional differences exist in the percentage of homes with the
combined facilities mentioned above. Whereas 91 percent of the
homes of families in Portland in the income bracket $500-$750 had
such facilities, only 6 percent in Providence were so equipped. At the
income levels above the lowest, however, Columbus and New York
led in the proportion of homes equipped with these modern facilities.
Within the East Central region, the proportion of houses with elec­
tric lights, running hot and cold water, and inside flush toilets was
highest at each income level in the large city, Columbus, and lowest
in the small cities.
In all the city groups covered, the percentage of homes with these
facilities tended to increase with rises in income level. At the top
income brackets practically every home was equipped with electric
lights, running hot and cold water, and inside flush toilet.




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NUMBER OF ROOMS AND FACILITIES

T able 28. —Percentage of families having living quarters equipped with running

hot and cold water, inside flush toilet, and electric lights, by income class
A. WHITE FAMILIES

Income class
Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749............. .
$750-$999_................
$1,000-$1,249__..........
$1,250-$!,499______
$1,500-$1,749............
$1,750-$1,999._..........
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999.__........
$3,00Q-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999__.........
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-17,499
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000 and over___

East Central
cities

Large cities

Metropolises

Omaha- Den­ Port­ MiddleProvi­ Colum­
New
Small 2
York Chicago dence bus Atlanta Council
Bluffs ver land sized 1
75
90
90
93
95
94
97
99
99
100
99
99
100
100
100

46
61
65
85
88
89
94
94
96
97
99

6
19
40
43
62
69
81
84
92
97
98
100
96
6 100

77
87
89
96
95
99
98
100
100
99
100
100
100
8100

24
51
58
66
85
92
89
96
98
98
98
99

39
76
63
82
86
95
95
98
98
100
100
98
100
8 100

75
82
81
85
93
96
97
98
99
100
100
100
100
H00

91
81
86
88
90
94
94
98
97
97
100
98

48
41
50
63
61
80
85
88
94
98
97
91
98
4100

33
27
33
50
58
71
72
83
79
88
392

B. NEGRO FAMILIES
Income class
Under $250
$250-$499
............
$500-$749 ..............
$750-$999 ..................
$1,000-$1,249 ............
$1,250-$1,499 ______
$1,500-$1,749 ______

New
York

Colum­
bus

Atlanta

94
92
97
99
97

56
52
70
89
81
95

2
3
12
23
31
53

Income class
$1,750-$1,999 ______
$2,000-$2,249________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999________
$3,000-$3,499 _______
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000 and over____

New
York
100
100
100
100
100

Colum­ Atlanta
bus
100
100
100
100

67
80
82
76
92
80
90

1 Springfield, 111., Muncie, and New Castle.
4 Incomes of $5,000 and over.
2Beaver Falls, Connellsville, Logansport, Mattoon, and Peru. 6 Incomes of $7,500 and over.
3 Incomes of $3,000 and over.

In New York, Negro families—the bulk of which occupy apart­
ment houses—had homes equipped with the specified facilities even
more frequently, proportionately, than did white families. In Colum­
bus and Atlanta, however, relatively fewer homes occupied by Negro
than by white families were equipped with the combined modern
facilities of electric lights, running hot water, and inside flush toilets.
The difference is particularly striking in the South. Part of the dif­
ference may be explained on the basis of lower rents of Negroes at
comparable income levels. However, even if Negro families with
equal or higher average rents are compared with white families in
Atlanta, the percentage occupying homes with the combined modern
facilities falls below that of white families.
Housing facilities of occupational groups.—Correlated with the
lower rents and rental value of wage earners as compared with other
occupational groups is a lower percentage of dwelling quarters with
the three modern facilities under discussion. At practically every
income level, in each of the large cities for which data are shown in




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

PROPORTION OF DWELLING UNITS EQUIPPED WITH
ELECTRIC LIGHTS. RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER
AND INSIDE FLUSH TOILET IN SIX CITIES
AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS

Fig. 6A

1935-1936

NONRELIEF WHITE FAMILIES INCLUDINGHUSBAND
AND WIFE BOTH NATIVE BORN
NEW YORK

PERCENTAGE

500
ANO UNDER

750

1000
AND UNDER

1250

CHICAGO

2000

3000

AND UNDER

AND UNDER

2250

3500

7500
AND UNDER

10,000

500
AND UNDER

750

1000

2000

AND UNDER

ANOUNOER

1250

2250

INCOME CLASS IN DOLLARS
U. S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS_________ ____ ____




3000

p er c en ta g e

7500

AND UNDER

ANO UNDER

3500

IO,ObO

77

NUMBER OF ROOMS AND FACILITIES

PROPORTION OF DWELLING UNITS EQUIPPED WITH
ELECTRIC LIGHTS, RUNNING HOT AND COLD WATER
AND INSIDE FLUSH TOILET FOR WHITE AND
NEGRO FAMILIES AT SELECTED INCOME LEVELS
COLUMBUS
AND ATLANTA, 1935 -1936
NONRELIEF FAMILIES INCLUDING HUSBAND
AND WIFE BOTH NATIVE BORN
COLUMBUS
p e r c en ta g e

WHITE FAM ILIES

500

AND UNDER

750

NEGRO FAM ILIES

1000

2000

ANO UNDER

ANO UNDER

ANOUNDER

ANO UNDER

ANDUNOER

2250

3500

750

1250

1250

3000

500

1000

percentage

2000

AND UNDER

2250

ATLANTA
perc en tage

WHITE FAM ILIES

NEGRO FAM ILIES

percentage

500

1000

2000

3000

500

1000

2000

3000

AND UNDER

ANOUNDER

ANOUNDER

ANOUNOER

ANDUNOER

ANDUNOER

ANOUNDER

ANDUNOER

750

1250

2250

3500

750

1250

2250

3500

INCOME CLASS IN OOLLARS

U. S- BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS____________________________________




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

table S of tbe supplement to the Tabular Summary, the percentage of
wage-earner homes having these facilities is less than that found for
all occupational groups combined.
S pecific hou sing fa c ilitie s .— When the various housing facilities are
considered separately rather than in combination, the regional and
city size differences indicated above may be analyzed in terms of the
presence or absence of specific types of equipment.
E lectric lig h ts .— Of the native white families receiving incomes of
$500 to $1,000, a larger proportion of those living in Atlanta than in
the other large and metropolitan cities occupied quarters which were
not equipped with electric lights. In general, however, electricity for
lighting purposes was used by almost all of the families studied in
these metropolitan and large cities.
Within the East Central region, the frequency with which quarters
are equipped with electric lights appears to bear some relationship to
city size. All dwellings surveyed in Chicago, even those occupied by
families receiving incomes between $500 and $750, were lighted by
electricity; in the small cities the use of electricity was not so universal
until above the income level of $2,250.
Kacial differences in the occupancy of quarters with electric lights
were apparent in Columbus and Atlanta but not in New York, where
the majority of Negroes are apartment dwellers. Fewer than half of
the Atlanta negroes with incomes of less than $750 lived in quarters
equipped with electric lights. In both Columbus and Atlanta, the
income required before all Negro families became users of electric
lights was considerably higher than the corresponding income for
white families.
R u n n in g hot a n d cold w a ter .— The inclusion of the facility of run­
ning hot water as one of the indices of a modern dwelling accounts
for the poor showing of Providence in the earlier analysis. Only 5
percent of the families with incomes of $500 to $750 lived in quarters
with running hot water. Although the proportion of dwellings
equipped with running hot water tended to increase with rise in in­
come level, some Providence families with annual incomes of over
$3,500 lacked this facility. The proportion of Atlanta families,
particularly those at the lower income levels, which did not have run­
ning hot water was relatively high except when compared with Provi­
dence, but in both of these cities, almost all families reported the
inclusion of running cold water in their dwellings.
More than 95 percent of Portland’s families, even at the lowest
income levels, occupied living quarters which were equipped with
running hot water.
Of the East Central cities in four different size groups, the large
city, Columbus, had the highest proportion of dwelling quarters
with running hot water. Chicago ranked second, the proportions in




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79

the metropolis being only slightly higher than in the middle-sized
cities. Homes in the small cities were least apt to be equipped with
running hot water.
A larger proportion of Negro families in New York City, as com­
pared with the white, occupied quarters with running hot water.
Among families with annual incomes of $500 to $750, for instance,
94 percent of the Negro group but only 81 percent of the white lived
in dwellings equipped with this facility. The explanation of this
racial difference is undoubtedly related to the greater frequency with
which Negro families reside in large multiple-family dwellings. At
this same income level of $500 to $750, 75 percent of the renting
families in the Negro group and 58 percent in the white, group lived
in buildings housing five or more families. (See table O of the supple­
ment to the Tabular Summary.) 8 In Columbus and Atlanta, on the
other hand, the inclusion of running hot water in the living quarters
was less common among Negro families than among white.
In sid e flu sh to ilet .— The dwelling quarters of almost all of the native
white families included in this study were equipped with flush toilets
inside the dwelling. Of the large cities, Denver and Omaha were
the most notable exceptions to this generalization. In Columbus,
too, a few families with incomes as large as $3,000 did not have flush
toilets in their living quarters. This facility was lacking in a higher
proportion of the homes in the middle-sized and smaller cities than
in the large city of the East Central region.
The dwellings of Negro families in New York were as well equipped
as those of white families in this respect also. But the frequency with
which living quarters included a flush toilet was slightly less for the
Negro than for the white families in Columbus, and in Atlanta, the
difference was marked.
Gas or electricity as kitchen f u e l .— A relatively large proportion of
the families living in Atlanta, Providence, and Portland used cooking
fuel other than gas or electricity. The use of a substitute for gas
or electricity was much more common at the lowest income levels
than at succeeding levels. In Portland wood was frequently used
for cooking by the low income families; in Providence, the popular
fuel was kerosene or gasoline while lower income families in At­
lanta generally used both wood and kerosene rather than gas or
electricity.
In the East Central region, gas or electricity was used for cook­
ing less frequently in the middle-sized cities, and particularly in the
small cities, than in Columbus. The use of coal ranges and of stoves
operated by kerosene and gasoline is more prevalent among families
living in smaller communities.

s Data on the type of dwelling are based on the random sample.




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Cooking fuel other than gas or electricity was used relatively more
by Negro families than by white families. This difference was par­
ticularly marked in the Southeastern city, Atlanta. Fewer than onetenth of the Atlanta Negro families which received incomes between
$250 and $1,250 lived in quarters equipped with gas or electricity
as a kitchen fuel. The common substitutes were kerosene or gasoline
and coal, depending primarily upon the season of the year.
Furnaces.— In the two metropolises and in the large cities other
than in Providence and Atlanta, more than nine-tenths of the fam­
ilies with incomes of $2,000 or more occupied quarters which were
heated by furnaces. The proportion of families with lower incomes
which had. furnace equipped dwellings varied widely from city to
city. This facility was most frequent in Omaha and New York and
least frequent in Atlanta and Providence. The climate of Atlanta
makes a furnace less essential than in Northern cities. In Providence
many of the dwellings are not of recent construction and hence are
not so modernly equipped as those in Omaha and Portland, for in­
stance. In metropolitan centers such as New York and Chicago the
high proportion of families living in quarters heated by furnaces is
related to the frequency of apartment buildings.
Families in the East Central middle-sized cities had furnace-heated
dwellings more often than did families in the small cities.
In New York City the dwellings of Negro families with annual
incomes greater than $1,000 were equipped with furnaces more fre­
quently, proportionately, than the quarters of white families. This
again reflects the greater incidence of apartment dwellers among the
negroes than among the white families. In Columbus and Atlanta,
however, the homes of Negro families were less apt to be heated by
furnaces than were the dwellings occupied by white families. This
was particularly true in Atlanta.




Chapter V II
Summary

The average expenditures of families for housing, are in general, more
closely correlated with income than with any other factor. Although
the amount spent for housing increased consistently with rises in the
income level, housing expenditures absorbed a lower proportion of the
total budget of families at the top of the income scale than at the
bottom.
Regional differences also exist, with housing costs in the Pacific
Northwest lower than in the other six regions covered. Within each
region, too, housing expenditures of families living in middle-sized and
small cities tended to be lower than those of families residing in large
cities or metropolises.

There appears to be some relationship between occupation and hous­
ing costs, wage earner families having the lowest expenditures at given
income levels and independent professional and business families, the
highest. The influence of family type on housing costs is such that
large families tend to spend less than do families composed of fewer
members.
Among families living in the metropolises and large cities included
in this report, home ownership was most common in Portland and
least prevalent in New York City. Families residing in middle-sized
and small cities owned their dwellings more frequently, proportion­
ately, than did families in the large cities. In all city groups of all re­
gions it was apparent that, with rising income, families tend to become
owners of the family dwelling rather than renters. At comparable
income levels, the rental value of an owner-occupied dwelling is
higher than the rent paid by a tenant family.
The families surveyed in the Study of Consumer Purchases are not
adequately representative of the lowest incomes. Furthermore, the
present volume deals only with urban families. It is significant, never­
theless, that families with incomes as low as $750 average less than
one person per room in all cities covered.
The inadequacies of housing at lower income levels among nonrelief
families in the cities studied appear more sharply in terms of the qual­
ity of the housing than in terms of congestion. Thus in every city
except Portland at least one quarter of the dwellings occupied by non­
relief families with incomes of $500 to $750 were without one or another




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FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

of the basic facilities associated with modern urban housing—running
hot and cold water, flush toilets inside the dwelling, and electric lights.
In fact, even in the middle-sized and large cities, 1 to 3 percent of the
families with incomes as high as $3,000 lack one or another of these
facilities. It is reasonable to suppose that the inadequacy of basic
facilities at low incomes is associated with housing which is inadequate
in other respects as well, though no effort was made to study the state
of repair of the dwelling, the character of the neighborhood or the
accessibility of open spaces.
Since large families appear to spend less for housing than do smaller
ones with the same income, it follows that congestion or the quality
of housing is related to family type. On the latter point no tabula­
tions were made. As regards congestion, however, it appears that the
family accommodates itself to living quarters; there is little evidence
that living space is adapted to the changing composition of the family.
Thus, husband-and-wife families even at low incomes average about
two rooms per person. Families with one child under 16 tend also to
live in 4-room dwellings. The families with two children under 16
with incomes of less than $750 average less than 4 rooms in some cities,
while in others the average is somewhat greater than 4 rooms. How­
ever, the family with three or four children under 16 (type VI) aver­
aged more than 1 person per room at all income levels below $2,500
in Chicago and at all but one income level below $2,000 in the middlesized cities surveyed in the East Central region. In the largest fam­
ilies studied, those with seven or eight people, the standard of one
room per person was not attained, on the average, in the East Central
region by families with incomes of less than $4,000. Congestion in
other words is present among large urban families of low and moderate
income, and fails to appear in averages for all families at low income
levels only because of the relative infrequency of families of 5 or more
persons.




Part II
Tabular Summary and Appendixes




83

T a b l e 1.— N u m b e r o f fa m ilie s : Total number of nonrelief fa m ilies in clu ding husband and w ife , both native-born , eligible for the expenditure

study in the areas covered; and num ber of fam ilies reporting on expenditures; by fa m ily ty p e , occupation , and incom e , in

1 year, 1985-86

00

NEW YORK CITY

Family type
Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Negro families
Occupational group

Salaried
Independent
IV Wage Cler­
and earner
ical Busi­ Pro­ Busi­ Pro­
V
fes­ ness fes­
ness sional
sional
(6)
(7)
(5)
(9) (10) (11)
(8)

Income class

( 1)

(2)




1,821
3,910
6,656
8,209
9,672
9,701
9,164
5,761
10,060
6,149
3,164
1,910
2,716
836
806

1,045
3,791
7,552
10,597
11,851
13,224
12,955
8,956
14,537
7,373
3,881
2,389
3,194
866
1,314

686
2,030
4,687
6,716
8,776
9,552
9,552
7,522
14,478
8,747
5,910
2,716
3,254
1,164
1,821

3,552
7,403
12,955
14, 657
15,821
15,134
11,045
7,911
15,851
5,910
2,328
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
2,328
5,940
8,029
10, 627
11,880
13,731
8,776
12,896
7,493
4,299
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*) (*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
1,701 120 120
2,060 298 657
2,000 418 1,463
2,716 746 1,522
1,313 538 1,611
3,284 955 2,716
2,269 836 2,955
1,194 776 2,060
1,015 1,194 1,821
2,119 1,582 2,627
597 657 1,045
1,284 1,284 1,134

I

II
and
III

IV Wage Cler­
and earner
ical
V

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(8)

Busi­
ness
and
pro­
fes­
sional
(9)

A. Total number of eligible families 1

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$500-$749____ _________ 3,552
$750-$999______________ 9,731
$1,000-$1,249___________ 18,895
$1,250-$1,499___________ 25,522
$I,500-$1,749___________ 30,299
$1,750-$1,999___________ 32,477
$2,000-$2,249___________ 31,671
$2,250-$2,499___________ 22,239
$2,500-$2,999___________ 39,075
$3,000-$3,499___________ 22,269
$3,500-$3,999___________ 12,955
$4,000-$4,999___________ 7,015
$5,000-$7,499___________ 9,164
$7,500-19,999___________ 2,866
$10,000 and over............ 3,941

Occupational group

Family type
Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

(*)
(*)
(*)
895
836
1,582
1,911
2,090
3,373
2,806
2,298
2,985
2,836
567
239

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$l,249__.
$1,250-$1,499— .
$1,500-$1,749_—
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2, 250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

428 241
2,139 1,284
3,209 1, 765
2,460 1,337
1,952 989
936 348
722 320
427 240
508 214
241 133

53
668
936
508
375
321
161
107
27

134
187
508
615
588
267
241
80
267
108

428
1,871
2,674
2,112
1,283
481
241
134
187
(*)

(*)
134
214
241
241
187
347
160
214
(*)

(*)
134
321
107
428
268
134
133
107
241

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

White families

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
16
44
89
142
162
195
166
144
210
160
113
88
95
43
36

8
14
19
37
39
38
43
32
46
46
26
20
24
13
8

5
19
42
68
70
91
69
70
83
62
42
31
42
16
16

3
11
28
37
53
66
54
42
81
52
45
37
29
14
12

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.




16
37
67
79
66
68
43
38
63
32
16
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
7
22
35
43
48
53
41
49
38
19
C)
(*)
C)
C)

(*)
(•)
(*)12
17
34
23
10
23
23
16
13
18
8
10

(*)
(*)
(*)

3
6
6
8
14
21
20
22
14
23
13
16

(*)
(*)
(*)11

12

20
22
22

32
24
25
32
29
4

$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$I,499_
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999___.
$2,000-$2,249___.
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

8
32
54
45
53
32
27
15
19
9

5
16
22
15
24
12
12
8
8
5

2
12
21
12
11
11
6
4
1

1
4
11
18
18
9
9
3
10
4

8
25
38
36
33
16
9
5
7
(*)

(*) 4
6
6
7
7
13
6
8
(*)

(*) 3
10
3
13
9
5
4
4
9

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500-$9,999___________
$10,000 and over_______

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

OO
Ot

o f fa m ilie s : Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife , both native borny eligible for the expenditure 00
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year. 1935-86—- ^

T a b l e 1 .— N u m b e r

Continued

C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Income class
(1)

Occupational group

Total
number
of families

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Independent
Wage Clerical
earner
Busi­ Profes­
ness sional
(12)
(10)
(13)
(11)

Salaried
Busi­ Profes­
ness sional
(14)
(15)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$500-$749.............................................................
$750-$999______________ ________________
$1,000-$1, 249___________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500-$9,999____________________________
$10,000 and over. ...............................................




5,940
15,480
22,040
25,150
27, 330
27, 590
23,110
17,960
19, 700
11, 730
7,440
6,700
4,220
810
670

1,850
4,880
6,190
7,020
7,210
7,270
5,450
4,160
4,190
2,650
1,480
1,230
1,010
160
120

1,640
3,690
5,420
5,730
5,930
5,700
4,650
3,710
3,100
1,740
1,160
930
630
30
10

810
2,420
3,010
4,080
3,980
3,740
3,540
2,460
2,400
1,000
810
560
570
140
130

840
2,590
3,920
4,210
5,320
5,760
4,770
4,380
5,650
3,590
2,260
2,290
1,230
220
230

320
770
1,250
1,940
2,200
2,450
2,500
1,790
2,410
1,710
1,070
890
440
180
90

390
920
1,790
1, 540
1,840
1,990
1,540
960
1,000
480
290
360
190
30
70

90
210
460
630
850
680
660
500
950
560
370
440
150
50
20

5,940
11,820
15,380
15,020
14,450
13,370
9,500
6,840
6,630
3,000
1,370
1,000
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
3.660
6.660
7, 230
9, 200
9,830
9,360
6, 720
7,040
3,920
2,640
1,970
(’)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
1,680
1, 610
1,790
1,410
1,350
1,750
1,150
770
860
910
160
120

(*)
(*)
(*)
140
230
320
250
320
610
470
370
520
720
150
70

O
C)
(*)370
870
1,230
1,220
1,420
1, 770
1,640
1,380
1,230
1,670
370
370

(*)
C)
(*) 710
970
1,050
1,370
1, 310
1,900
1, 550
910
1,120
920
130
110

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Family type

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
153119

I
£
I
I

$500-$749__._
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.




8
17
25
41
38
45
43
43
42
38
39
32
20
3
9

8
16
24
36
36
41
40
43
51
37
34
26
18
3
1

8
20
24
35
31
43
34
49
42
32
26
31
13
10
6

6
14
18
33
40
42
39
43
48
30
39
40
23
8
6

7
14
17
32
26
36
46
35
34
39
30
29
14
6
2

9
18
19
34
28
32
31
31
41
24
19
21
6
3
3

4
11
12
27
18
25
23
25
37
26
19
18
8
4
2

(*)
(*)
(*)

50
58
75
91
68
82
68
75
72
55
44
18

(*) 52
64
75
69
71
77
81
79
65
53
26
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*) 29
24
40
35
29
41
27
27
38
26
12
3

(*)
(*)
(*) 11
10
16
13
24
25
16
22
31
22
6
5

(*)
(*)
(*) 13
21
32
26
30
36
35
31
39
33
12
11

(:
(*)
(*) 19
25
23
37
30
42
28
29
45
21
7
10

TABULAR SUMMARY

$1,750-$1,999_...
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499....
$7,500-$9,999.
$10,000 and over

50
110
139
238
217
264
256
269
295
226
206
197
102
37
29

OO

T able 1.— N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure

study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family typef occupation, and income, in 1 yeary 1935-36—

00

Continued

Occupational group

Family type
Ihcome class

Total num­
ber of
families

(1)

(2)

II and III IV and V
(3)

(5)

(4)

Salaried

Wage
earner

Clerical

Independent
business and
professional

(6)

(7)

(8)

Business
(9)

Professional
(10)

(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
C)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)

A. Total number of eligible families1
$500-$749......................................................................................
$750-$999____________________________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________________________
$2,250-$2,499_______________________________ _________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________________________
$3,500-$3,999_____________ _________ _________________
$4,000-$4,999_______________ ________ ____ ____________
$5,000-$7,499_____________ _____ __________ ___________
$7,500 and over........................................ .....................................




560
1,236
1,498
1,660
1,254
1,294
946
604
774
342
196
210
244
160

204
392
490
520
412
372
312
160
232

100
56
48
64
32

252
574
642
654
436
546
312
198
234

112
64
66
82
38

104
270
366
486
406
376
322
246
308
130
76
96
98
90

560
960
1,124
1,014
684
700
360
212
178
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(•)

C)
(*)
C)
(•)
(*)

276
374
428
358
330
318
180
216

114
90
114
108
60
136
80
52

66
102
62

48

68

82
90
96
150
152
104
96
92
82

56
54

68
70
56

94
110
40
48
50
16

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

PROVIDENCE, B. I.: WHITE FAMILIES

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures




30
64
82
138
133
167
133
104
136
69
41
46
49
25
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

10

17
18
33
32
32
37
22
36
17

12
1086

9
26
36
62
55
75
56
39
43
27
211717

6

11
22
28
43
46
60
40
43
56
25

12
17
22
13

(*)
(*)
C)
(*)
(*)

30
34
49
51
35
49
41
31
24

(*) 30
33
37
44
36
32
24
28
(*)
(*)
<*)
(•)
(*)

<•)
(*)
(•) 25
19
25
16
12
33

21
12
16
20
10

♦ This group not covered in expenditure study.

(•)
(•)
n

12
20
26
22
24

28
25
19
16
13

12

(•)
(*)
(*)

13
15
31
22
13
22
23

10

14
16
3

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749___
$750-$999___
:$1,000-$1,249_
$1,250-$1,499_
:$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249_
^2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.
$3,000-$3,499.
$3,500-$3,999___.
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

00

CO

1.— Number of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure
*0
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, w 1 year 1985—86— ®

T able

Continued

COLUMBUS, OHIO
Negro families

Family type
Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II III

IV

(2)

(3)

(4) (5)

(6)

Occupational group

Family type

Inde- Salaried
penddent
Wage Cler­ busi­
V VI VII earner
ical ness Busi­ Pro­
fes­
and
profes­ ness sional
sional
(7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) 04)

Income class

(1)




878
2,578
3,650
4,115
4,065
4,073
3,035
2,348
3,190
1,998
1,095
830
623
230

403
883
1,197
1,330
1,293
1,265
875
708
852
510
222
205
170
73

143
560
712
762
760
713
440
353
378
255
132
97
20
2

85 143 42
348 400 122
465 588 235
532 748 318
455 842 298
425 925 345
320 807 318
233 670 212
265 1,080 380
165 670 232
95 438 128
95 265 90
68 250 85
13 115 27

62
200
325
315
292
260
165
82
120
83
50
50
12

65
128
110
125
140
110
90
115
83
30
28
18

878 (*)
2,038 540
2,728 922
2,458 980
2,170 1,067
1,978 1,145
1,235 940
810 670
1,017 997
432 560
188 292
145
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

Busi­
II IV Wage Cler­ ness
and and earner
and
ical profes­
III V
sional

(3) (4) (5)

(2)

(6)

(7)

(8)

A. Total number of eligible families i

A. Total number of eligible families i
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$! ,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___.
$2,250-12,499.. _
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500 and over.

Total
num­
ber of
fami­ I
lies

Occupational group

(*)
«
(*)
413
378
428
335
298
390
308
155
192
208
98

(*)
(*)
(*)
152
218
282
285
295
398
378
265
288
255
112

(*)
(*)
(*)
112
232
240
240
275
388
320
195
205
160
20

$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_ _____
$2,500-$2,999_______

100
328
625
543
283
150
27
22
20
23

60 20 20
158 85 85
312 178 135
275 100 168
118 47 118
62 18 70
7 5 15
12 2 8
12
8
5 8 10

92
282
580
495
235
120
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
12
18
18
2
23
10
18
10

8
46
33
30
30
28
4
12
2
13

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

White families

B. Number of families reporting on expendi­
tures

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
35
103
152
223
238
295
247
236
267
159
104
118
60
22

9
21
27
41
35
47
36
51
42
30
18
28
14
8

8
23
27
49
34
53
37
42
35
23
11
12
5
1

5
16
21
41
38
48
40
36
40
22
11
16
8
2

5 3
17 7
23 16
24 21
46 32
55 37
45 33
38 29
58 40
34 23
28 20
29 21
19 8
9 2

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.




5
11
23
33
38
31
33
22
16
14
10
9
1

8
15
14
15
24
23
18
36
13
6
3
5

35
65
93
88
78
91
85
64
65
20
13
(*)
(*)
(*)

(•)
38
59
76
74
72
65
62
85
39
19
12
(*)
C)

(•)
(*)
(*)34
32
66
43
45
46
36
19
34
24
13

(•)
(*)
C)

10
27
39
30
29
35
26
31
33
21
7

(*)
(*)
(*)15

27
27
24
36
36
38
22
39
15
2

$250-$499....................
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__.............
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499__...........
$1,500-$1,749___..........
$1,750-$1,999__......... .
$2,000-$2,249__...........
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______

14
39
50
56
36
26
7
8
4
8

5
11
19
22
13
10
1
5
2
1

4
13
21
17
10
5
2
1
3

5
15
10
17
13
11
4
2
2
4

12
24
37
42
21
17

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(•)
C) 4

2
15

6

9
9
9

1
5
4
3
3

4
1
5

5

8
2

TABULAE SUMMARY

$500-$749...........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499.._
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249_._
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999.__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

CD

1.— N u m b e r o f fa m ilie s : Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure O
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— ^

T able

Continued

ATLANTA, GA.
Family type

Income class

( 1)

Negro families
Occupational group

Total
num­
ber of
II IV Wage Cler­
fami­ I and
and
lies
III V earner ical
(2)

(3) (4) (5)

(6)

(7)

Family type

Inde­ Salaried
pend­
ent
busi­
ness Busi­ Pro­
fes­
and
profes­ ness sional
sional
(8)
(9) (10)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
238
470
580
640
692
720
540
458
530
172
162
146
104
36

198
364
362
482
608
664
652
516
794
222
212
222
236
100

608
814
846
786
850
670
562
356
392
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)

(*)

340
546
458
630
790
724
610
746
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

C)
(•)
C)
130
178
196
138
154
208
154
122
104
156
78

(*)
(*)
84
94
156
126
1 86
332
278
274
292
226
82

Sala­
ried
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional
(13)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
(*)
(*)
(*)
54
84
112
86
102
140
106
96
70
44
24

Under $250_____ 182 88 24 6 40 4 41 6 182
$250-$499_______ 980 422 122 80 194 62 54 46 872
$500-$749_______ 1,926 678 308 162 348 138 170 122 1,742
$750-$999_______ 1,508 516 164 76 390 178 80 104 1,342
$1,000-$1,249____ 698 212 56 40 210 96 24 60 590
$1,250-$1,499____ 376 118 22 20 130 40 22 34 298
62
$1,500-$1,749____
64 44 24 14 52 34 2 12
$1,750-$1,999____
56
$2,000-$2,249____
1 (*)
$2,250-$2,499____
60
36 28 26 4 48 24 6 16 (*)
$2,500-$2,999____
26
$3,000-$3,499____
$3,500-$3,999____
10
$4,000 and over...
20

(*)10
54
44
46
24
20
22
28

(*)82
100
90
40
26
20
22
10

66

24

(*)

16
30
32
22
28
22
20
18
62

1935-36

172
320
450
390
536
540
444
434
494
144
118
98
86
48

(2)

Inde­
pend­
ent
Cler­ busi­
II III IV V VI VII Wage
earner ical ness
and
profess onal
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)

C IT IE S ,




608
1,514
1, 392
1, 512
1,836
1,924
1,636
1,408
1,818
538
492
466
426
184

(1)

Total
num­
ber of
fami­ I
lies

SELEC TED

$500-$749_____
$750-$999__........
$l,000-$l,249-_.
$1,250-$1,499...
$1,500-$1,749.__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999--_
$3,000-$3,499__$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499—
$7,500 and over.

Income class

Occupational group

F A M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

White families

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
7
15
19
34
33
37
31
27
40
18
14
17
16
10

9
32
34
75
59
68
73
58
80
21
4J
37
25
18

10
23
32
50
70
71
57
66
72
47
29
49
33
21

26
41
46
47
35
45
33
30
38
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
29
39
30
43
36
36
34
33
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
33
29
37
26
27
45
32
35
43
33
24

(*)
(*)
(*)
28
26
32
33
31
39
31
28
30
22
13

(*)
(*)
(*)
21
29
26
33
29
37
33
21
30
19
12

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

Under $250_____
$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,996____
$3,000-$3,499____
$3,500-$3,999____
$4,000 and over...

24 9
134 34
194 62
161 54
120 26
99 25
26
25 • 15
22
24
17 11
9
5
9

4
21
24
16
14
11
9

2
13
18
16
16
5
6

5
28
37
37
23
19
22

2
11
21
14
15
12
15

1
19
21
11
12
11
1

1
8
11
13
14
16
5

24
103
123
99
73
62
1 <*>
1 (*)

(*)
5
27
22
23
12
9
9
11

(*)21
29
24
13
13
7
6
4

10

2

19

11

3

8

(*)

28

10

This group not covered in expenditure study.

(•)

5
15
16
11
12
10
10
7
26

SUM M ARY




26
70
85
159
162
176
161
151
192
96
84
103
74
49

TA B U LAR

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-11,499..........
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$l,999______
$2,000-$2,249..........
$2,250-12,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over___

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

CO
CO

T able 1.— N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure JO

study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1985—36— ^

Continued

Family type
Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

D E N V E R , C O L O .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Family type

Occupational group

Inde­ Salaried
pend­
ent
IV
Cler­ busi­
and Wage
earner
ical
Pro­
ness
V
and Busi­ fes­
profes­ ness sional
sional
(6)
(5)
(9) (10)
(8)
(7)

Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$500-$749___
$750-$999__
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,479.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.
$3,000-$3,499.
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999—
$5,000-$7,499—
$7,500 and over.




666 296 231 139
1,965 707 928 330
3,108 1,006 1,323 779
2,927 945 1,146 836
3,077 969 1,190 918
2,795 908 955 932
2,309 694 772 843
1,863 530 588 745
2, 373 643 619 1, 111
707 173 272 262
493 143 150 200
510 150 136 224
445
47 143 255
163
27
27 109

666
1,469 (*)496
2,054 1,054
1,547 952
1,465 1,020
1,057 1,143
854 925
554 816
588 904
(*)
o
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*) (*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
289
299
224
180
170
320
251
133
204
153
61

Occupational group

Inde- Salaried
pendent
IV
Cler­ busi­
and Wage
Pro­
ical
earner
ness
V
and Busi­ fes­
profes­ ness sional
sional
(6)
(7)
(5)
(9) (10)
(8)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
(*)
(*)
(*)61
177
235
197
211
381
313
231
241
268
102

(*)
(*)
(*)78
116
136
153
112
180
143
129
65
24
(*)

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over____

966
2,622
3, 522
3,870
4,032
3,492
3,240
2,142
2,976
1,038
726
1,020
960
384

426
966
1, 398
1,308
1,452
1,284
1,020
684
960
306
204
318
228
96

354
1,080
1, 224
1,446
1,260
1,278
1,062
714
786
288
246
252
264
90

186
576
900
1,166
1,320
930
1,158
744
1, 230
444
276
450
468
198

966
1,992
2,502
1,956
1,632
1,218
1,170
498
594
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
630
1,020
1,068
1, 380
1,194
1,056
774
1,074
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
492
594
540
498
396
516
408
294
318
432
246

(*)
(*)
(*)174
210
252
204
258
384
354
318
450
390
108

(*)
(*)
(*)
180
216
288
312
216
408
276
114
252
138
30

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

O M A H A , N E B R .-C O U N C IL B L U F F S , IO W A : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures




4
14
21
29
29
38
37
24
23
12
11
14
1
2

7
23
31
42
57
44
44
39
41
20
14
11
10
4

3
13
23
36
47
37
41
35
62
19
12
24
20
55

14
31
46
31
40
25
33
18
19
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)

19
29
36
36
32
33
32
32
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)24
23
22
20
16
26
15
13
21
13
4

(*)
(*)
(*) 8
20
21
18
19
23
23
13
20
13
7

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

(*)
(*)
(*)
8
14
19
18
13
26
13
11
8
5

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499__ ___
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499____
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over____

19
58
81
132
144
166
141
147
170
77
54
81
51
25

7
12
27
32
32
41
34
33
31
14
8
21
8
6

8
33
30
57
58
73
60
59
74
30
20
26
19
7

4
13
24
43
54
52
47
55
65
33
26
34
24
12

19
38
49
44
47
38
32
32
28
(*)

(*)20
32
34
35
39
33
35
43

(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)

(*)

(*)

♦ This group not covered in expenditure study.

(*)
(*)
(*)
23
29
35
25
31
27
30
23
29
21
13

(*)
(*)
(*)16
16
27
24
22
33
23
18
24
17
8

(*)
(*)
(*)

15
17
27
27
27
39
24
13
28
13
4

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999._$2,000-$2,249__.
$2,250-$2,499_._
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,0Q0-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

B . Number of families reporting on expenditures

CO

Oi

1.— N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— ^

T able

Continued

P O R T L A N D , O R E G .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Income class

Total num­
ber of families

(1)

(2)

I
(3)

Occupational group

Hand III IV and V
(4)

(5)

Wage
earner

Clerical

Independent
business and
professional

(6)

(7)

(8)

Salaried
Business
(9)

Professional
(10)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$500-$749_____________________ ________ ________ ____
$750-$999_______ ________________________________ ____
$1,000-$1,249________ _____ _____ __________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________ ____ ___________ —
$1,500-$1,749_________________________ __________ _____
$1,750-$1,999_________________________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________ __________
$2,250-$2.499______________________________ __________
$2,500-$2,999______________________________ __________
$3,000-$3,499________________________ ________________
$3,500-$3,999_______________________ ________ ...._____$4,000-$4,999______________ ____ ___________ __________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________________________
$7,500 and over..----------- ---------------------------------------------




891
2,220
3,432
3,966
4,263
3,996
3,066
2,211
2,655
687
573
636
471
219

453
981
1,455
1,617
1,581
1,527
1,095
675
735
237
165
147
129
48

249
777
1,188
1,191
1,443
1, 278
909
756
759
183
192
189
132
30

189
462
789
1,158
1,239
1,191
1,062
780
1,161
267
216
300
210
141

891
1,671
2,367
2,178
1,974
1, 764
1,170
738
765
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
549
1,065
1,059
1,323
1,308
1,050
759
885
(*)
(•)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*) 459
573
450
321
306
381
249
195
243
222
153

(*)
(*)
(*) 111
195
210
261
225
324
270
237
255
210
54

C)
(•)
(•) 159
198
264
264
183
300
168
141
138
39
12

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Family type

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

5
25
16
46
46
49
43
37
41
22
19
18
10
7

17
34
42
70
83
85
88
79
76
43
35
35
21
6

7
26
28
53
68
77
77
70
85
39
20
44
26
20

(*)
(•)
(*)
(*)
C)

29
52
50
52
42
49
46
44
40

(•) 33
36
41
62
59
47
42
44
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)
(*)

(•)
(•)
(•) 34
34
39
36
32
40
35
32
40
30
21

* This group not covered in expenditure study.

(*)
(*)
(•) 16
29
30
37
33
38
36
22
35
19
8

C)
(*)
(*)

26
30
34
42
35
40
33
20
22
8
4

SU M M ARY




29
85
86
169
197
211
208
186
202
104
74
97
57
33

TABU LAR

$500-$749-_$750-$999__..
«$1,000-$1,249.
:$1,250-$1,499.
;$1,500-$1,749.
:$1,750-$1,999.
:$2,000-$2,249.
:$2,250-$2.499_
:$2,500-$2,999_
:$3,000-$3,499.
:$3,500-$3,999.._.
#4,000-$4,999__
"$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

O

T a b l e 1 . — Number

of fam ilies: T o ta l n u m b er o f n o n re lie f fa m ilie s in c lu d in g h u sb a n d a n d w ife , both n a tiv e born, elig ib le fo r the e x p e n d itu re
s tu d y in the a re a s covered; a n d n u m b e r o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g on e x p e n d itu re s; b y f a m ily ty p e , o c c u p a tio n , a n d in co m e , in 1 y ea r, 1 9 8 5 —3 6 —

£0

Continued

N E W E N G L A N D , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

(1)

Total
num­
ber of
fami­ I
lies
(2)

II
and
III

(3) (4)

Inde­
pend­ Sala­
ried
ent busi­
IV Wage Cleri­ busi­
ness
and earner
cal ness and
V
and
profes­ profes­
sional sional
(5) (6)
(7) (8)
(9)

Income class

(1)

Inde­
pend­ Sala­
ent ried
Wage Cleri­ busi­ busi­
II III IV V VI VII earner
cal ness ness
and and
profes­ profes­
sional sional
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13)

Total
num­
ber of
fami­ I
lies
(2)

30
56
142
200
256
224
218
178
106
86
64
36
46
48

120
274
578
646
584
398
286
236
124
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
40
122
178
194
152
156
134
76
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
82
74
76
72
62
40
90
56
6
48
36

(*)
(*)
(*)38
98
82
134
96
46
138
76
46
58
54

$250-$499 __________
$500-$749___________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249________
$1,250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1,749________
$1,750-$1,999________
$2,000-$2,249________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000-$4,999 .. ____
$5,000 and over______

236
842
1, 872
3,026
2, 464
2,164
1,936
1, 374
1,108
572
440
288
314
380

134
262
526
872
692
606
476
284
280
126
98
72
90
94

42
142
422
632
468
400
342
256
160
108
74
52
40
36

6
102
246
406
342
284
220
152
116
70
72
34
34
46

32
184
302
508
474
488
472
356
312
146
118
84
98
152

12
66
118
238
180
160
212
150
128
56
30
34
32
26

10
236
66 20 746
170 88 1,574
272 98 2,088
196 112 1, 596
138 88 1, 296
130 84 966
108 68 614
80 32 374
48 18 (*)
38 10 (*)
10 2 (*)
(*)
20
14 12 (*)

(*)
96
298
536
490
470
508
356
298
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
306
218
234
222
160
160
214
122
94
122
188

(*)
(*)
(*) 96
160
164
240
244
276
358
318
194
192
192

193 5 -3 6

32
118
- 326
406
406
290
264
222
104
82
48
10
32
28

C IT IE S ,

58
140
232
338
288
194
166
128
76
60
20
6
28
14

SELECTED




120
314
700
944
950
708
648
528
286
228
132
52
106
90

IN

A. Total number of eligible families 1

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249_$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749.$1,750-$1,999__$2,000-$2,249_„
$2,250-$2,499__.
$2,500-$2,999.__
$3,000-$3,499.__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

Occupational group

E X P E N D IT U R E S

Income class

Family type

Occupational group

F A M IL Y

Family type

E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
4
13
14
30
27
19
22
24
16
7
5
2
3
2

1
17
35
56
52
61
49
39
23
20
12
4
6
7

2
5
22
28
40
35
35
33
29
25
12
9
6
3

7
26
50
50
51
41
37
36
23
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*) 9
21
33
37
27
32
23
23
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)19
10
23
19
10
9
18
12
1
8
6

(*)
(*)
(*)12
21
24
18
27
13
34
17
14
7
6

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499...
$l,500-$l,749-_$1,750-$1,999_
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499_
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499---$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over

28
99
133
248
260
233
255
228
193
130
87
63
76
62

9
23
27
50
50
40
45
38
38
24
17
19
12
11

5
16
20
46
51
46
35
39
36
19
16
7
13
4

3
16
17
34
36
36
39
36
28
20
13
8
13
10

4
17
23
37
42
41
50
39
31
23
17
13
19
22

4 3
11 10
16 18
38 27
32 25
23 27
29 32
31 26
25 24
17 19
11 8
12 3
11 8
5 5

6
12
16
24
20
25
19
11
8
5
1
5

28
79
84
105
99
72
76
78
45
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

*This group not covered in expenditure study.

(*)20
49
61
68
68
72
65
55
C)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)53
47
49
53
33
36
60
35
25
25
33

29
46
44
54
52
57
70
52
38
51
29

SU M M ARY




7
35
71
114
119
115
106
96
68
52
29
15
15
12

TABU LAR

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over______

CO
CO

1.— N um ber of fam ilies: T o ta l n u m b e r o f n o n r e lie f fa m ilie s in c lu d in g h u s b a n d a n d w ife , b o th n a tiv e b o rn , e lig ib le fo r th e e x p e n d itu r e
s tu d y i n th e a rea s covered; a n d n u m b e r o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g on e x p e n d itu r e s ; b y f a m i l y ty p e , o c c u p a tio n , a n d in c o m e , i n 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —

able

Continued

S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S

Negro families
Occupational group

Family type

(1)

Total
number of
families

I

(2)

(3)

Inde­
pend­
ent
II and IV and Wage Clerical busi­
V earner
ness
III
and
profes­
sional
(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Salaried
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional

Income class

Total
num­
ber of
families

j

(9)

(1)

(2)

(3)




96
356
623
705
579
679
652
447
440
253
222
178
178
261

31
100
125
205
153
173
165
106
96
49
49
41
39
49

34
143
316
284
228
259
226
146
144
95
78
57
42
64

31
113
182
216
198
247
261
195
200
109
95
80
97
148

96
315
470
380
271
271
216
118
113
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)41
153
197
203
251
255
177
151
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

Cleri­
cal,
Hand IV and Wage busiV earner and
III
profes­
sional
(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

A. Total number of eligible families 1

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$250-$499...........
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_.........
$1,000-$1,249_„
$1,250-$1,499„_
$1,500-$1,749_ —
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249_$2,250-$2,499_„
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499_„
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

Occupational
group

Family type

(*
(*)
(*)
70
57
56
66
49
55
73
51
56
50
125

(*)
(*)
(*)58
48
101
115
103
121
180
171
122
128
136

Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749----$1,750-$l,999_._.
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500 and over

280
- 1,041
. 1,095
518
218
75
14
14
17
20
11

151
457
451
183
75
12
7

77
339
292
130
44
19
16

6

6

52
263
245
973
352 1,016
468
205
174
99
44
56
22 1I <*>
(*>
l (*)
19 j H
l (*)

17
68
79
50
44
19
14
14
17
20
11

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

White families

Income class

100

T

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
28
62
88
148
151
159
163
139
137
83
68
71
61
48

6
14
15
29
35
28
33
30
32
13
20
14
13
8

59
62
62
46
52
31
22
20
21
21

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•This group not covered in expenditure study.




10
25
60
57
69
68
63
53

28
41
47
52
43
44
40
33
34
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(•)

41
38
43
44
38
41
35
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
35
27
38
29
23
36
26
26
23
26

(*)
(*)
(*)31
30
44
47
36
45
47
42
45
38
22

Under $250______________
$250-$499________________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-11,749_____________
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500 and over___________

29
140
140
122
96
39
12
10
11
16
5

13
48
52
31
26
7
7

10
51
44
38
32
13
12

6
41
44
53
38
19
14

4

5

12

23
88
92
77
67
28
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

6
52
48
45
29
11
12
10
11
16
5

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

O

Continued

2

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Family type

Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

(1)

(2)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN,

2

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

Occupational group

I

II
and
III

IY Wage Cler­
and earner
ical
V

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Inde­
pend­
ent
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional
(8)

Family type

Sala­
ried
busi­
ness
and
pros
sional
(9)

Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

0)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
$250-$499________________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000-$4,999_____________
$5,000 and over___________




326
924
1,362
1,547
1,226
1,080
1,013
679
462
247
151
107
99
116

143
317
402
471
323
268
301
188
137
59
37
30
27
28

110
321
574
571
453
362
329
201
102
65
37
19
20
29

73 326
286 767
386 1,082
505 946
450 677
450 551
383 473
290 270
223 155
123 (*)
77 (*)
58 (*)
52 (*)
59 (*)

(*)
157
280
314
319
273
302
221
145
(*)
(*)
(•)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)199
146
141
115
74
82
102
43
46
35
65

Occupational group

Inde­
pend­ Sala­
ried
ent busi­
IV Wage Cler­ busi­
and earner
ical ness ness
V
and and
profes­ profes­
sional sional
(6)
(5)
(8)
(7)
(9)

A Total number of eligible families 1
(*)
(*)
(*)88
84
115
123
114
80
145
108
61
64
51

$250-8499________________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249_____ ______
$2,250-12,499_____________
$2,500-$2f999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000-$4,999_____________
$5,000 and over___________

49
233
429
775
866
819
786
519
415
155
135
79
79
101

23
115
149
283
287
267
239
162
134
37
38
22
21
36

17
86
167
297
327
325
304
172
114
46
36
26
20
20

9
32
113
195
252
227
243
185
167
72
61
31
38
45

49
196
356
502
591
449
394
239
163
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)37
73
152
144
230
223
143
124
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)

(*)
(*)
(*)98
77
60
70
59
55
62
45
32
33
59

(*)
(*)
(*)

23
54
80
99
78
73
93
90
47
46
42

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

WEST CENTRAL,

102

1.— N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1985-36—

T able

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
153119'

31
67
72
157
139
143
144
131
109
62
54
47
42
46

6
15
12
35
28
26
31
26
26
15
12
11
13
9

12
27
38
62
58
51
61
49
38
20
18
14
11
16

13
25
22
60
53
56
52
56
45
27
24
22
18
21

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•This group not covered in expenditure study.




31
38
43
49
44
39
36
35
28
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
*)

(*)
29
29
41
33
34
42
36
28
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
36
35
33
39
23
26
28
19
24
18
26

$250-$499_______ _______
$500-$749_____ ____ ______
$750-$999_________ ____
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499____________ _
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000~$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000~$3,499_____ ______
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000-$4,999_____________
$5,000 and over___________

16
37
66
127
136
133
151
148
120
76
58
47
37
35

4
11
17
30
28
32
35
29
24
19
12
10
7
9

8
18
25
55
60
58
63
62
44
27
19
21
11
11

4
8
24
42
48
43
53
57
52
30
27
16
19
15

16
25
43
48
51
41
49
40
28
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

C)12
23
.41
31
36
39
41
37
(*)
(*)
(•)
(*)
(*)

(•)
(*)
(*)24
29
30
27
33
22
42
20
18
16
19

(*)
C)
(*) 14
25
26
36
34
33
34
38
29
21
16

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499________________
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$1,750-$1,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999— ___________
$4,000-$4,999_____________
$5,000 and over___________

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

O
CO

C o n tin u ed

Occupational group

Family type
Income class

Total num­
ber of fami­
lies

I

II and III

IV and V

Wage earner

Clerical

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Independent Salaried
business
business
and profes­ and profes­
sional
sional
(8)
(9)

A. Total number of eligible families i
$250-$499_________________ ____________ _____ ____________
$500-$749_~_________ _____________________________________
$750-$999________________________________________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________________________________________
$1,250-$1,499_____________________________________________
$1,500-$1,749________________ _____- -------------------------------$1,750-$1,999____________________________ ___________ _____
$2,000-$2,249_____________________________________________
$2,250-$2,499-------------- -----------------------------------------------------$2,500-$2,999_____________________________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________ _________________________
$3,500-$3,999_____________________________________________
$4,000-$4,999-------------------------------------------------------------------$5,000 and over-----------------------------------------------------------------




93
257
573
1,070
893
801
660
428
352
171
97
62
66
86

58
112
217
342
303
218
189
115
96
53
30
15
9
20

16
78
216
444
334
329
250
152
128
58
26
20
22
18

19
67
140
284
256
254
221
161
128
60
41
27
35
48

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

93
230
495
743
614
459
325
169
133

(*) 27
78
147
133
144
169
94
95
(*)
(*)
C)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*) 135
94
117
77
73
63
79
56
32
33
52

(*)
(*)
(*)

45
52
81
89
92
61
92
41
30
33
34

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

104

1.-—N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born, eligible for the expenditure
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1935-36—

T able

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.




3
18
23
49
47
59
54
48
31
23
11
13
6
6

2
11
17
42
34
47
46
45
37
23
10
16
18
7

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
n

9
32
34
46
43
42
28
32
20

<*)

C)
(*)
O
(*)
O

12
19
34
28
27
32
27
20

(*)
(*)
(*)

23
25
39
28
26
25
27
15
14
15
9

n
(*)
(*)

13
22
21
31
30
23
32
13
20
13
8

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__.
$1,500-$1,749_..
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249...
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

0

01

Continued

Family type

Income class

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Occupational group

Busi­
IV Wage Cler­ ness
and
and earner
ical profes­
V
sional
(6)
(8)
(5)
(7)

Family type

Income class

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

A. Total number of eligible families1
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.




21
117
340
460
466
376
316
252
156
90
221

12
56
134
175
158
118
97
84
52
35
63

5
43
155
174
188
145
111
66
45
27
76

4
18
51
111
120
113
108
102
59
28
82

21
101
306
351
323
242
190
128
53
(*)
C)

(*)
16
34
69
85
70
59
57
40
(*)
C)

Occupational group

Total
num­
ber of
fami­
lies

Busi­
Wage Cler­ ness
VII earner
and
ical profes­
sional
(9) (10) (11) (12)

A. Total number of eligible families 1
(*)
(*)
(*)40
58
64
67
67
63
90
221

$250-$499_________ 181
$500-$749_________ 527
$750-$999_________ 945
$1,000-$1,249______ 1,222
$1, 250-$l,499______ 1,009
$1,500-$l,749______ 877
$1,750-$1,999____
768
$2,000-$2,249______ 500
$2,250-$2,499____ -■ 404
452
$2,500-$2,999____ $3,000 and over------ 510

78
186
234
344
273
216
169
126
104
96
127

24
98
189
234
152
128
119
56
49
50
52

19
45
125
155
95
97
84
45
27
39
26

35
111
189
222
242
227
235
150
127
162
194

9
37
67
116
106
97
86
55
57
62
55

9
34
81
102
93
69
45
30
14
17
26

7
16
60
49
48
43
30
38
26
26
30

181
463
783
850
653
477
414
276
213
212
169

(*)

64
162
190
190
208
167
99
82
78
64

(*)
(*)
(*)
182
166
192
187
125
109
162
277

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

N E W E N G L A N D , 4 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

106

1.— N um ber of fam ilies: Total number of nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native borny eligible for the expenditure
study in the areas covered; and number of families reporting on expenditures; by family type, occupation, and income, in 1 year, 1935—36—

T able

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
$250-$499
$500-$749
$750-$999 _ _ __
$1,000-$1,249 ____
$1,250-$1,499 ____
$1,500-$1,749_______
$l,750-$l,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499 ____
$2,500-$2,999 ___
$3,000 and over____

11
50
96
151
150
154
131
97
82
41
71

7
16
33
46
47
38
34
21
20
9
14

2
22
45
58
50
67
38
36
32
16
23

2
12
18
47
53
49
59
40
30
16
34

11
40
78
89
81
80
60
41
28
(*)
C)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.




(*)
10
18
36
38
41
36
27
24
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
26
31
33
35
29
30
41
71

B. Number of families reporting on expenditures
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999 _____
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749— .
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over_

28
85
108
182
179
189
180
176
140
161
142

9
12
19
31
23
28
29
34
25
26
20

3
14
16
29
34
28
31
22
28
27
16

4
14
21
33
21
28
27
24
19
17
12

7
18
17
26
32
28
31
26
27
30
35

2
10
14
25
27
29
25
30
22
28
25

2
9
12
21
24
29
21
20
7
14
11

1
8
9
17
18
19
16
20
12
19
23

28
62
65
79
70
77
70
72
52
60
44

(•)23
43
54
55
59
50
49
37
41
28

(*>
(*)
(*) 49
54
53
60
55
51
60
70

2,— A d ju s t e d

In c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u r e :

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family typef occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
White families
Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Negro families
Occupational group

Family type

Salaried
Independent
IV Wage Cler­
and earner ical
Pro­
Busi­ Pro­
V
fes­ Busi­
fes­
ness sional
ness sional
(6)
(5)
(8)
(9) (10) (ID
(7)

Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. Income 1
$663
928
1,139
1,387
1,631
1,901
2,116
2,368
2,704
3,247
3,740
4,511
5,916
8,528
20,616

$683
912
1,141
1,369
1,626
1,868
2,140
2,361
2, 735
3,215
3, 735
4,515
5,888
8, 483
16,297

$673
902
1,161
1,397
1,634
1,886
2,154
2,379
2,800
3,215
3, 733
4,407
5,865
8,377
19, 111

$670
922
1,140
1,374
1,635
1,884
2,151
2,357
2, 777
3,203
3,705
(’)
C)
C)
C)

(*)
$897
1,155
1,385
1,620
1,887
2,128
2,365
2,730
3,253
3,698
(*)
(•)
C)
(*)

A. Income 1
(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,399
1,609
1,859
2,144
2,360
2,762
3,126
3, 798
4,381
5, 748
8,549
14,528

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,399
1,600
1,843
2,139
2,406
2, 763
3,194
3,691
4, 582
5,926
8,579
23,487

(*)
(•)
(*)
(t)
$1,659
1,860
2,117
2,435
2, 751
3,224
3,826
4,493
5,893
8,354
18,027

C)
(*)
(*)
$1,444
1,685
1,901
2,128
2,375
2,696
3,281
3, 738
4,446
5,966
8,387
14,980

$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1, 500-$l,749________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499___ __ $2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000 and over ____

$681
968
1,149
1,431
1,675
1,899
2,119
2,386
2,729
4,020

$665
999
1,140
1,432
1,688
1,870
2,115
2,379
2,647
4,104

(t)
$915
1,141
1,387
1,686
1,925
2,104
2,401
(t)

(t)
$943
1,198
1,464
1,644
1,903
2,134
2,389
2,810
3,915

$681
959
1,151
1,429
1,679
1,902
2,149
2,408
2,739
C)

(•) $1,134
(*)
$927
1,142 1,143
1,476 1,390
1,655 1,670
1,881 1,906
2,110 2,088
2,333 2,426
2,688 2,795
C) 4,020

1 9 3 5 -3 6




$670
916
1,145
1, 381
1,629
1,883
2,137
2, 369
2, 751
3,224
3,735
4,472
5,889
8,453
18,481

Busi­
IV Wage Cler­ ness
and earner ical and
pro­
V
fes­
sional
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

$50O-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$!,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$!, 999___________
$2,000-$2,249________ —
$2,250-$2,499--------------$2,500-$2,099............ ........
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,GG0-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500-$9,999___________
$10,000 and over...........

Occupational group

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

NEW YORK CITY

108

T able

B.

B. Expenditure 1
$1,085
1,120
1, 254
1,475
1,692
1,926
2,165
2,342
2, 707
3,191
3, 594
4, 367
5, 650
7,951
14,851

$1,020
1,067
1,189
1,463
1,655
1,911
2,141
2, 279
2, 629
3,171
3,440
4, 203
5,444
8, 427
15,805

$1,105
1,035
1,225
1,431
1,675
1,933
2,131
2,317
2,646
3,234
3, 753
4,453
5,404
7, 510
13,868

$1,232
1,381
1,393
1,559
1, 760
1,932
2,235
2,421
2,822
3,169
3,572
4,408
6,061
7,938
15,138

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
tAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
•This group not covered in expenditure study.




$1,085
1,041
1,185
1,424
1,633
1,959
2,231
2, 345
2,721
3,295
3,484
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$1,367
1,403
1,570
1,743
1,875
2,088
2,304
2,679
3,162
3, 569
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,392
1,752
1,924
2,228
2,476
2,854
3,211
3,750
4,296
5,894
7, 271
14,155

(*)
(*)
(*)
$2,092
2,046
2,255
2,177
2,490
2,784
3,130
3,844
5,056
5,347
10,233
17,187

(*)
(*)
(*)
(t)
$1,813
1,891
2,099
2,437
2,611
3,165
3,486
4,273
5,805
7, 653
13,499

(*)
(*)
$1,(*)546
1,828
1,949
2,294
2,292
2,658
3,082
3,684
4,174
5,490
6, 572
12,460

$500-$749...........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499___.
$1,500-$1,749___.
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000 and over.

$695
1,043
1,184
1,450
1,636
1,976
2,018
2,165
2,573
3, 559

$692
1,059
1,160
1,434
1,598
1,956
2,034
2,189
2,590
3,062

(t)
$944
1,203
1,442
1,725
1,994
2,142
2,060
(t)

(t)
$1,287
1,238
1,491
1,643
1,977
1,913
2,236
2, 519
4,182

$695
1,045
1,182
1,437
1,673
1,990
1,881
2,094
2,547
(*)

(*)
(*) $1,123
$932
1,255 1,158
1,537 1,528
1,500 1,600
1,942 1,974
2,119 2,002
2,215 2,175
2,647 2,473
(*) 3,560

TA BU LA R SU M M A R Y

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249---$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749----$1,750-$1,999----$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499----$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over

Expenditure 1

O
CO

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation, and income
in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

110

T a ble 2 . — Adjusted incom e and expenditure:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Occupational group

Family type
Income class
(1)

All fami­
lies
(2)

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Independent
Wage Clerical
earner
Busi­ Profes­
ness sional
(13)
(10)
(12)
(11)

Salaried
Busi­
ness
(14)

Profes­
sional
(15)

A. Income 1
$687
893
1,098
1,365
1,607
1,849
2,104
2,373
2, 715
3,256
3, 776
4,402
6, 111
8,328
13,082

$693
917
1,182
1, 342
1, 619
1,875
2,103
2,385
2, 723
3,210
3, 720
4,424
5,822
8,800
(t)

$670
922
1,112
1, 392
1, 639
1,888
2,122
2,366
2,735
3, 215
3,702
4, 540
5, 705
8, 722
13,313

$670
911
1,137
1,379
1, 635
1,895
2,110
2,363
2, 767
3, 257
3,731
4,467
6,080
8,914
13,890

$638
88]
1,128
1,393
1, 618
1,876
2,132
2,375
2, 679
3,224
3, 710
4, 499
5,908
7,957
(t)

$736
946
1,113
1,370
1,594
1,888
2,132
2,369
2, 732
3,200
3, 644
4,375
5,684
8,706
11, 570

$714
916
1,194
1, 387
1,643
1,912
2,109
2,363
2,818
3,232
3, 777
4,431
6, 211
8, 648
(t)

$684
908
1,125
1, 3S5
1, 624
1,889
2,118
2,361
2,746
3,238
3,733
4,368
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$915
1,148
1, 375
1, 622
1,862
2,109
2,369
2,720
3,262
3,716
4,460
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,371
1,590
1, 858
2,116
2, 396
2,743
3,267
3,728
4, 464
5,931
8,548
14,044

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,391
1, 605
1,877
2,139
2,402
2,769
3,170
3, 778
4,528
6,147
8,423
12,374

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 325
1, 608
1,889
2,078
2,387
2,756
3,184
3,741
4, 512
5,837
8,872
18,941

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,411
1, 623
1,850
2,120
2,394
2,712
3,234
3, 740
4,403
0,099
8, 355
12, 240

193 5 - 3 6




$684
908
1,132
1,369
1, 621
1,876
2,113
2,372
2, 735
3, 238
3,731
4,453
5,966
8, 643
16, 277

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

$500-$749........................................ .....................
$750-$999____________ ____ ______________
$1.000-$1,249____________________________
$1.250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500—$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499___ _________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499__________ _________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500-$9,999___________________________
$10,000 and over.............................................. -

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES

B. Expenditure 1
$893
1.036
1,207
1,408
1, 637
1,842
2.036
2, 283
2,556
2,858
3,241
3,879
4, 776
6,989
10, 552

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
t Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
* This group not covered in expenditure study.

$780
983
1,210
1,315
1, 612
1,785
2,002
2,285
2,490
2,893
3,361
3,851
5,096
6,705
(t)

$956
1,036
1,143
1,435
1, 662
1,886
2,081
2,280
2,725
2,829
3,228
4, 069
4, 776
7,006
9,067

$1,170
1,119
1, 284
1,458
1,688
1, 864
2,038
2,315
2,557
2,740
3,067
3,826
4, 746
7,050
10,161

$1,129
1,402
1, 259
1,393
1, 642
1,978
2,043
2,282
2,642
3,022
3, 429
4,121
5,057
6,492
(t)

$1,027
1,135
1,115
1,451
1,656
1,913
2,089
2,296
2,559
2,891
3, 379
3,953
4,274
6,473
9,287

$936
1,141
1,605
1, 530
1,816
1,948
2,165
2, 311
2,676
3,009
3,485
3,994
6, 621
8,036
(t)

$893
1,046
1,168
1,406
1,656
1,818
2,015
2,278
2,609
2,783
3,136
3,832
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$1, Oil
1,297
1, 416
1, 628
1,845
2,027
2, 292
2,474
2, 763
3,161
3,940
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 388
1, 558
1,923
2,071
2,285
2,496
3,070
3, 340
3,741
4,786
6,390
11,803

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,497
1, 674
1,862
2,413
2,394
2,673
2,982
3,406
3, 867
4,749
7, 326
9, 521

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 418
1, 615
1,888
2,162
2,312
2,694
2,982
3, 324
4,047
4,859
7, 323
10,905

(*)

(*)
(*) 397
$1,
1,569
1,916
2,028
2,202
2,565
2,916
3. 352
3, 730
4,634
6, 386
8, 662

SUM M ARY




$771
955
1,173
1,423
1, 577
1,772
2,002
2,244
2,432
2,859
3,195
3, 665
4, 307
6,927
9,056

TA B U LAR

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-13,499___
$3,500~$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.

able

2 ,— A d ju s t e d

in c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u r e :

Average adjusted income and total expenditure^ by family typef occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Occupational group

Family type
Income class

All families

(1)

(2)

I
(3)

II and III IV and V
(4)

(5)

Wage
earner
(6)

Independent
Clerical business and
professional
(7)
(8)

Salaried
Business
(9)

Professional
(10)

A. Income i
$500-$749__________________________________________
$750-$999___________________________________ _____
$1,000-$1,249_______________________________________
$1,250-$1,499_______________________________________
$1,500-$1,749_______________________________________
$1,750-$1,999_______________________________________
$2,000-$2,249_______ _______________________________
$2,25(M>2,499____ __________________________________
$2,500-$2,999_______________________________________
$3,000-$3,499______________ ________________________
$3,500-$3,999.......................................— ............. -_________
$4,000-$4,999_______________________________________
$5,000-$7,499_______________________________________
$7,500 and over.........................................................................




$700
873
1,125
1,374
1,613
1,886
2,140
2,389
2,709
3, 223
3, 771
4,455
6,006
10. 215

$673
881
1,127
1,364
1,627
1,871
2,113
2, 418
2,697
3,280
3,784
4, 687
5, 756
ql, 002

$735
857
1,212
1,373
1 ,6 0 5

1,892
2,165
2, 392
2,724
3,172
3,775
4, 384
6,166
9,051

$668
900
1,133
1,383
1,611
1,895
2,143
2, 367
2,706
3, 226
3,757
4, 389
6, 039
10,426

$700
874
1,129
1,375
1,621
1,882
2,147
2,367
2,738
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)$885
1,115
1,363
1,599
1,895
2,150
2,403
2,653
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,360
1,611
1,889
2,100
2,400
2,713
3,250
3,748
4,431
5,888
11,050

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,395
1,611
1,889
2,134
2, 391
2,727
3, 208
3,792
4, 522
6,014
8,971

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,423
1, 624
1,888
2,131
2,408
2,747
3,228
3,747
4, 356
6,239
13,350

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

P R O V ID E N C E , R . I .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

112

T

B. Expenditure 1

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
*This group not covered in expenditure study.




$829
946
1,198
1,398
1,658
1,899
2,132
2, 256
2, 538
2,984
3,164
3, 931
5,043
8, 317

$770
888
1, 201
1, 361
1, 618
1, 925
2,126
2, 320
2, 530
2, 791
3, 226
3, 947
4, 711
8,094

$864
895
1,191
1, 420
1, 572
1,895
2,145
2,257
2, 458
2, 911
3, 311
3,942
5,080
7,170

$859
1,143
1, 211
1,406
1, 793
1,881
2,128
2, 214
2,604
3,199
2, 993
3, 917
5,206
8, 881

$829
930
1, 211
1, 370
1,678
1, 868
2,193
2,213
2,512
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$1,005
1,161
1, 456
1,602
1, 930
2,130
2, 261
2, 557
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,400
1,657
1, 991
2,020
2,198
2, 474
3, 205
3,189
3,820
4,850
7,858

C)
(*)
(*)$1,401
1,729
1,904
2,211
2,406
2,640
2,907
3, 220
4,085
5,076
7,908

(*)
C)
(*)$1,436
1,697
1,916
2,036
2,202
2,472
2, 934
2,985
3,781
5,331
12,195

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749__-_
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.
$3,000-$3,499.
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

CO

in c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u r e :

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family typet occupation, and income,
in 1 yeart 1985-86— Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C O L U M B U S , O H IO

Negro families

White families
Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II III

IV

V

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4) (5)

(6)

(7)

Family type

Occupational group
Inde- Salaried
penddent
Wage Cleri­ busi­
VI VII earner
cal ness Busi­ Pro­
fes­
and
profes­ ness sional
sional
(8) (9) (10) (ID (12) (13) (14)

Income class

All
fami­
lies

0)

(2)

A. Income 1
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$l,000-$l,249-__
$l,250-$l,499-_$l,500-$l,749--~
$l,750-$l,999-_$2,000-$2,249__$2,250-$2,499._$2,500-$2,999._$3,00Q-$3,499--_
$3,500-$3,999__$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499_ __
$7,500 and over




$652 $637 $645 $652 $687
888 876 880 906 899
1,138 1,118 1,144 1,139 1,158
1,374 1,376 1, 367 1,375 1,383
1,620 1,609 1,606 1,618 1,638
1,865 1,851 1,860 1,881 1,882
2,127 2,098 2,114 2,131 2,163
2,383 2,366 2,380 2,384 2,402
2,743 2,702 2,750 2,768 2,774
3,225 3,270 3, 216 3,223 3,202
3,764 3,711 3,692 3,793 3,814
4,404 4,409 4,413 4,479 4,387
5,938 6,058 5,922'6,223 5,903
12,283 10,905 (t) (t) 13,913

$650
925 893 $873
1,142 1,146 1,152
1,367 1,353 1,—
1,648 1,621 1,615
1,865 1,869 1,840
2,141 2,116 2,111
2,378 2,390 2,393
2,727 2,733 2,726
2,177 3,309 3,200
3,764 3,716 3,730
4,496 4,313 4,094
5,4r (t) 6,434
(t)

Occupational group

Busi­
II IV Wage Cleri­ ness
and
I and and earner
cal profes­
III V
sional
(3) (4) (5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(*)
(*)
$936
1,072
1,365
(t)
1,881
2,109
2,409
2,741

(t)$636
860
1,165
1,357
1,618
(t)
2,074
(t)
2,738

A. Income 1
$652
884
1,131
1,379
1,611
1,855
2,130
2,367
2,724
3,227
3,703
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)$90
1,156
1,371
1,637
1,871
2,123
2,401
2,738
3,226
3,758
4,251
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,347
1,617
1,870
2,122
2,381
2,749
3,218
3,793
4,424
6,038
12,355

R(*)

$1,364
1,629
1,886
2,138
2,371
2,886
3,198
3,810
4,431
5,983
12,642

<:)
(*)
$1,385
1,621
1,
2,120
2,397
2,762
3,254
3,746
4,455
5,768
(t)

$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______

$474 $497 $459 $423
647 644 665 636
899 892 882 936
1,137 1,146 1,098 1,144
1, 343 1, 334 1,336 1,355
1,635 1,638 1,654 1,627
1,884 (t) (t) 1,913
2,090 2,135
(t)
2,406 (t) (t) (t)
2,738 (t) 2,747 2,686

$477
649
901
1,137
1,340
1,636
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

114 FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T a b l e 2 .— A d ju s t e d

B. Expenditure1

B. Expenditure1
$791
941
1,173
1,386
1,578
1,776
2,015
2,223
2,413
2,766
3,092
3,499
4, 725
7,075

$794 $707 $774
955 913 952
1,169 1,155 1,143
1,302 1,426 1,376
1,495 1, 546 1,560
1,744 1,832 1,786
1,965 2,039 2,024
2,170 2,214 2, 215
2,249 2, 503 2,480
2,694 2,641 2,971
2,844 3,186 3, 218
3,433 3,319 3,403
4,522 4, 564 4,303
7,227 (t) (t)

$811
935
1,159
1,504
1,688
1,749
2,010
2,283
2,481
2,713
3,079
3,443
4,937
7, 578

$924 $852
1,057 897 $887
1,326 1,181 1,181
1,407 1,362 1,378
1,609 1,645 1,690
1,759 1,861 1, 791
2,104 1,982 2,110
2,196 2,215 2,308
2,375 2,504 2,588
3,012 2,753 2,908
3,182 3,304 3,570
4,055 3,751 3,201
4, 750 (t) 5,079

(t)

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$791
940
1,160
1,375
1,533
1,716
1,955
2,206
2,433
2,715
2,898
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$945
1,208
1,426
1,594
1,805
1,973
2,229
2,376
2,783
2,374
3, 518
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,368
1,677
1,898
2,117
2,259
2,358
2,687
3,144
3,606
4,707
6,817

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 228
1,725
1,824
2,390
2,260
2, 482
2,915
3,032
3,524
5,005
7,623

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,514
1, 613
1,848
1,895
2,170
2,445
2,699
3,046
3,348
4,303

$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______

$545 $534 $584 $542
691 688 702 688
900 879 882 969
1,076 1,057 1,094 1,097
1,161 1,164 1,100 1,185
1,436 1,438 1,447 1,431
1,838 (t) (t) 2,060
1,792 1,687
(t)
2,122 (t) (t) (t)
1,982 (t) 1,869 1,672

$555
694
900
1,076
1,155
1,440
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
$1,004
1,041
1,126
(t)
1,838
1,633
2,076
2,049

(t)

fAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

*This group not covered in expenditure study.

(t)$672
861
1,095
1,235
1,400
(t)
1,838
(t)
1,929

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499__$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000-$3,499—
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999_$5,000-$7,499-_
$7,500 and over.

Oi

Average adjusted incom e and total expenditure, by fa m ily ty p e , occupation , and incom e ,
in 1 year , 193 5-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

in c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u r e :

Sala­
ried
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional
(13)

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

$222 $230 (t) $268 (t) (t) (t) $236 (*)
$413 (*)
417 425 $467 447 $479 $423 $517 440 $412 (*)
$433
668 674 666 655 663 674 672 668 658 654 678
908 915 904 927 936 872 951 917 S76 934 936
1,224 1,176 1,135 1,170 1,182 1,178 1,152 1,195 1,175 1,098 1,135
1,408 1,419 1,350 1,418 1,402 1,405 1,401 1,412 1,401 1,371 1,417
1,611 1,721 1,699
■ 1,888 2,003 2,043 1,824 1, 916 (t) 1,886
1,910 1,931 1,901
2,154 2,157 2,132
\ (*)

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

ATLANTA, GA.

Negro families

White families
Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

(1)

(2)

I
(3)

Family type

Occupational group

Inde­ Salaried
pend­
ent
II IV Wage Cler­ busi­
and and earner
Pro­
ness
ical
III V
and Busi­ fes­
profes­ ness sional
sional
(9) (10)
(8)
(4) (5) (6)
(7)

Income class

All
fami­
lies

0)

(2)




$650
897
1,145
1, 389
1, 617
1,884
2,117
2, 387
2,701
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)$911
1,157
1,408
1,617
1,872
2,097
2,404
2,735
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(3)

Inde­
pend­
ent
Wage Cler­ busi­
II III IV V VI VII earner
ical ness
and
profes­
sional
(4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (ID (12)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,387
1,616
1,870
2,120
2,403
2,794
3,203
3,713
4,489
5, 766
11,360

(*)
(*)
C)
$1, 383
1,616
1,865
2,160
2,378
2,732
3,246
3,732
4, 527
6,125
12, 338

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,371
1,621
1,893
2,159
2,405
2,762
3,274
3,754
4, 526
5, 673
8,963

Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000 and over..

$236
437
667
917
1,185
1,409
1,677
1,914
2,147
2, 374
2, 711
3, 323
3,929
5,447

3,367 2,648 (t) 3,206 3,289 2, 385 3,007 (*)

2,801 3,920 3,157

1935-36

$500-$749________ $650 $669 $643 $645
$750-$999— ........... 901 914 888 906
$1,000-$1,249.......... 1,150 1,168 1,140 1,144
$1,250-$1,499_____ 1,394 1, 383 1,387 1,413
$1,500-$1,749_____ 1,617 1,608 1,600 1,645
$1,750-$1,999.......... 1,876 1,879 1,873 1,877
$2,000-$2,249.......... 2,114 2,125 2,114 2,107
$2,250-$2,499_____ 2,396 2,383 2,411 2,396
,$2,500-$2,999_____ 2,736 2,715 2, 702 2,773
$3,000-$3,499_____ 3,238 3,198 3,267 3,243
$3,500-$3,999.......... 3, 731 3, 714 3,745 3, 731
$4,000-$4,999_____ 4, 518 4,605 4, 557 4,455
$5,000-$7,499_____ 5,946 6,116 5,918 5,897
.$7,500 and over.... 11,483 13,873 12,025 10,141

I

Occupational group

A. Income 1

A. Income 1

116

T a b l e 2 . — A d ju s t e d

B. Expenditure

B. Expenditure 1
$676
996
1,222
1,420
1,639
1,901
2,068
2,307
2,519
2,920
3,356
3,785
4,959
7, 530

$734
1,020
1,281
1,409
1,622
1,833
1,934
2,198
2,347
2,803
3, 340
3,560
4,733
8,327

$625
937
1,197
1,410
1,644
1,924
2,088
2,437
2,496
2,902
3, 384
3,703
5,039
7,004

$691
1,054
1,189
1,444
1,650
1,931
2,142
2,287
2,642
3,013
3, 344
3,938
5,007
7, 339

$676
1,006
1,194
1,388
1,693
1,894
1,970
2,336
2, 353
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)

(*)$975
1,265
1,483
1,588
1,921
2,102
2,326
2,545
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
*This group not covered in expenditure study.




(•)
(*)
(*)
$1,391
1,512
1,866
2,207
2,130
2,641
2,794
3,354
3,720
4,688
7,104

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,397
1, 576
1,809
2,121
2,370
2,563
2,904
3,413
3, 792
5,221
8,340

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,442
1,802
2,001
2,096
2,247
2,558
3,153
3,201
3,852
4,582
6,155

Under $250____
$250-$499.........
$500-$749______
$750-$999_...........
$1,000-$1,249.......
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000 and over..

$338
479
675
894
1,139
1,327
1,552
1,665
1,845
1,960
2,033
2,474
2,876
3,914

$320 $272 (t) $333 (t) (t) (t)
478 452 $488 483 $492 $436 $567
665 665 672 684 670 693 609
856 891 849 925 928 870 972
1,178 1,061 1,080 1,112 1,138 1,198 1,186
1,343 1,321 1,351 1,292 1,316 1,368 1,386
•1, 508 1, 767 1,842 1,680 1,746 (t) 1,800 |
l
2,170 2,013

(t)

$338
480
676
888
1,142
1,313
(*>
(*)
C)

2,496 2, 619 1,920 2,658 (*)

C)
$465
675
868
1,170
1,351
1,397
1,921
1,760

(*>
$485
665
972
1,057
1,384
1,502
1,496
1,809

(*)
$425
672
962
1,175
1,389
1,743
1, 569
1,998

2,084 2, 537 2,641

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749..... ..........
$750-$999__.............
$1,000-$1,249........ .
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499..........
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499..........
$7,500 and over__

2.— A d ju s t e d in c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u re :

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Occupational group

Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

DENVER, COLO.: W HITE FAM ILIES

Inde- Salaried
pendent
IV
Cler­ busi­
and Wage
earner
Pro­
ness
ical
V
and Busi­ fes­
profes­ ness sional
sional
(9) (10)
(5)
(8)
(6)
(7)

Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. Income 1
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499_______
___




$699
907
1,152
1, 391
1, 636
1,861
2,118
2, 386
2, 733
3, 224
3, 751
4, 504
5, 659
10, 793

$718
913
1,145
1, 379
1,642
1,871
2,122
2, 394
2, 729
3,278
3,826
4,546
(t)
(t)

$701
893
1,149
1,402
1, 639
1,856
2,113
2, 383
2, 718
3,192
3, 711
4,423
5,563
14, 655

$654
937
1,169
1, 386
1,628
1,858
2,123
2, 383
2,745
3,222
3, 729
4, 526
5,624
9,908

$699
907
1,160
1,406
1,643
1,855
2,109
2,359
2,689
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$909
1,139
1,380
1,625
1,862
2,138
2,404
2, 731
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

Occupational group

Inde- Salaried
pendent
IV Wage Cler­ busi­
and earner ical ness
Pro­
V
and Busi­ fes­
profes­ ness sional
sional
(5)
(6)
(7)
(9) (10)
(8)
A. Income 1

(*) (*)
(*)
(*) (*)
(*)
(*)
(*) (*)
$1,339 $1,368 $1,448
1,634 1,645 1, 635
1,880 1,864 1,868
2,089 2,121 2,089
2,396 2,375 2,400
2, 795 2, 751 2, 747
3,188 3,256 3, 219
3, 718 3,773 3,745
4,494 4,500 4,549
5,442 5,823 5,220
and over
11,$7,500
750 10,219

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750—$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499 .
$7,500 and over____

$669
892
1,144
1, 398
1,633
1,880
2,128
2,387
2,740
3,245
3,745
4,460
5,939
10, 355

$662
871
1,121
1,382
1,642
1,864
2,113
2,377
2,712
3,213
3, 722
4,457
5,929
10, 321

$691
893
1,151
1, 399
1, 612
1,888
2,115
2,403
2, 739
3,253
3, 725
4,399
5,921
10,010

$650
928
1,167
1,420
1,640
1,894
2,152
2,381
2,763
3, 261
3, 776
4,495
5,955
10, 529

$699
887
1,140
1,404
1, 635
1,880
2,139
2,364
2,683
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$908
1,150
1, 390
1, 639
1,875
2,105
2,390
2,758
(*)
C)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 387
1, 621
1,883
2,137
2,370
2, 768
3, 208
3, 716
4,403
5,910
10, 333

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,442 $1, 393
1,615 1,612
1,883 1,903
2,160 2,123
2,458 2, 376
2,702 2,780
3,277 3, 258
3,756 3,781
4,497 4, 464
5,871 6,223
11,056 8,022

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

OMAHA, N EBR.-C O UN CIL BLU FFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES

118

T able

B. Expenditure 1

B. Expenditure 1
06TT8SX
■ If —

$904
986
1, 230
1,434
1, 596
1,792
1,981
2.138
2,418
2,876
3,263
3, 775
4,880
8,068

$807
946
1, 222
1,376
1, 560
1,822
1,948
2,155
2, 237
2, 551
3,054
3, 714
(t)
(t)

$980
990
1, 213
1,450
1, 598
1,811
1,963
2,232
2,‘438
2,888
3,124
3,408
4,809
8,120

$996
1, 063
1,272
1,478
1,631
1, 745
2,026
2,051
2, 514
3,080
3, 515
4,038
4,880
7,759

$904
975
1,203
1,442
1,602
1,728
1,989
2,044
2, 254
(*)
n
(*)
h

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
*This group not covered in expenditure study.




(*)
$1,019
1,284
1,444
1, 581
1,827
1,937
2,168
2,406
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,372
1, 527
1,826
2,129
2,042
2, 579
2,895
3,146
3,797
4,538
9, 356

(*)
(*)
$1,(*)440
1, 716
1,831
2,109
2, 327
2, 527
2,950
3,415
3,808
5,122
7,295

(*)
(*)
$1,(*)393
1, 642
1. 876
1,860
2,164
2, 513
2,682
3,109
3, 579
4, 356

$500-$749.________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999..... .......
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over___

$817
974
1,190
1,470
1,682
1,834
2,097
2, 220
2, 515
2,870
3,408
3,694
4,859
7,913

$899
869
1,140
1,379
1,641
1,801
2,014
2,127
2,461
2, 711
3, 358
3, 376
4,435
6,496

$758
1,027
1,228
1,526
1, 664
1,856
2,024
2, 263
2, 569
2,836
3, 381
3,787
4,969
7,159

$751
1,053
1, 217
1,507
1,742
1,851
2, 234
2, 264
2, 525
3,000
3,467
3,684
5,005
8,945

$817
974
1,163
1,453
1,667
1,797
2,208
2,167
2, 305
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
b

$0974 (*)
(*)
1,258 (*)
1,511 $1, 344
1, 733 1,626
1,832 1,804
1,967 2,109
2,155 2, 247
2, 526 2,707
(*) 2,812
(*) 3,313
(*) 3,506
(*) 4,991
C) 7, 534

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 761 $1,498
1,702 1,598
2,009 1,909
2,140 2,060
2, 382 2, 334
2,560 2,514
2,905 2,909
3, 518 3, 340
3,827 3,691
4, 757 4,739
9,463 5,460

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,C00-$1,249______
$1,250-$!,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
CO $3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-^4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over___

CO

A d ju s t e d in c o m e a n d e x p e n d it u r e :

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by fa m ily type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year , 1935-36 — C on tin ued

INonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Family type
Income class

All families

(1)

(2)

I
(3)

Occupational group

II and III IV and V
(4)

(5)

Wage
earner

Clerical

Independent
business and
professional

(6)

(7)

(8)

(*)$893
1,160
1,402
1,641
1,871
2,124
2,372
2, 716
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

C)
(*)
(*)
$1,383
1,648
1,883
2,129
2,398
2,773
3,230
3,739
4,490
5,846
11,333

Salaried
Business
(9)

Professional
(10)

A. Income 1
$500-$749__ ....................................... ..........................................
$750-$999____________________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________ __________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________________________
$1,500-$1,749____ ____________________________________
$1,750-$1,999________________________________ ______
$2,000-$2,249_____ ____ ______________________________
$2,250-$2,499____ ____________________________________
$2,500-$2,999__________ ______________________________
$3,000-$3,499_____ - _______ __________ _______________
$3,500-$3,999______________________ ________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________________________
$7,500 and over______________________________________




$688
882
1,136
1,397
1,649
1,882
2,138
2,388
2,728
3,224
3,772
4,465
5,909
11,067

$693
859
1,128
1,386
1,644
1,875
2,131
2,399
2,758
3,234
3,739
4,428
5,690
8,876

$688
904
1,137
1,407
1,652
1,878
2,138
2,390
2,717
3,219
3,788
4,546
6,182
9,246

$674
896
1,148
1,401
1,651
1,894
2,144
2,377
2, 719
3,217
3,782
4,435
5,873
12,200

$688
880
1,125
1,398
1,651
1,883
2,149
2,387
2,714
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

n

o
(*)
$1,385
1,664
1,892
2,129
2,448
2,734
3,229
3,786
4,442
6,046
10,691

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,394
1,665
1,912
2,153
2,375
2,744
3,201
3,790
4,467
5,533
9,371

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

PORTLAND, OREG.: W HITE FAM ILIES

120

T a b l e 2 .—

B. Expenditure1

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$858
985
1,159
1,405
1,597
1,882
2,069
2,260
2,528
2,853
3,276
3,688
4,635
7,688

$747
969
1,086
1,414
1,552
1,774
2,082
2,208
2,461
2,849
3,171
3,238
4,054
5,934

$862
949
1,193
1,404
1,606
1,865
2,056
2,291
2,560
2,789
3,189
3,961
5,071
5,690

$1,116
1,085
1,241
1,392
1,646
1,836
2,064
2,274
2,552
2,898
3,432
3,740
4,720
8, 710

$858
966
1,121
1,391
1,549
1,792
2,013
2,222
2,474
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$1,047
1,240
1,441
1,635
1,843
2,152
2,218
2,576
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

* This group not covered in expenditure study.

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,387
1,629
1,861
2,119
2,428
2,627
2,989
3,228
3,781
4,565
7,742

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,457
1,670
1,808
2,002
2,318
2,379
2,791
3,406
3,585
4,719
7,556

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,366
1,660
1,859
1,975
2,240
2,565
2,745
3,120
3,718
4,586
7,603

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499._.
$1,500-$1,749___.
$1,750-$1,999„_
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499—
$3,50O-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499—
$7,500 and over.

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2

.—

Adjusted Income and expenditure:

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation, and income,
in i year, 1935-36— Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

( 1)

(2)

I

II
and
III

(3) (4)

EAST CENTRAL, 3 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Occupational group

Inde­
pend­ Salaent busiIV Wage Cleri­ busi­
ness
and earner
cal
ness
V
and
and profes­
profes­ sional
sional
(5) (6)
(7)
(9)
(8)

Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

(1)

(2)

A. Income i
$250-$499..........
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499__.
$1,500-$1,749_„
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249..-_
$2,250-$2,499_._
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000-$3,499_$3,500-$3,999_-_
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over




$412 $357 (t) (t)
695 675 $703 $719
912 909 921 899
1,137 1,135 1,129 1,152
1,364 1,349 1,375 1,363
1,619 1,630 1,606 1,625
1,879 1,882 1,869 1,891
2,124 2,116 2,137 2,113
2,379 2,381 2,367 2,388
2,704 2,736 2,682 2,703
3,223 3,129 3,190 3,276
3,755 (t) 3,790 3, 750
4, 276 4, 253 4,279 4, 287
7,015 (t) 6,263 7,268

$412
694
908
1,136
1,367
1,626
1,871
2,113
2,378
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

Occupational group

Inde­
pend­ Sala­
ent ried
Wage Cleri­ busi­ busi­
I II III IV V VI VII earner
cal ness ness
and and
profes­ profes­
sional sional
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) ( 10) (11) (12) (13)
A. Income 1

(*)
$695
932
1,154
1,349
1,607
1,878
2,140
2,394
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,106
1,348
1,607
1,933
2,072
2,380
2,711
3,198
(t)
4,265
6,631

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,124
1,387
1,615
1,871
2,164
2,354
2,700
3,241
3,747
4,284
7,270

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_.........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,4S9—
$1,500-$1,749.._.
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999....
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

$435 $429 $426 $445 $494 $338 $471
669 642 706 675 657 697 677 $741
895 867 926 887 930 873 892 873
1,134 1,115 1,149 1,137 1,146 1,135 1,136 1,133
1,364 1,352 1,374 1,376 1,367 1,344 1,370 1,379
1,608 1,593 1, 613 1,603 1,613 1, 621 1,604 1,640
1,870 1,862 1,856 1,867 1,894 l, 875 1,846 1,871
2,120 2,129 2,103 2,104 2,128 2,116 2,115 2,151
2,372 2,367 2,374 2,405 2,370 2,364 2,367 2,373
2,739 2,661 2,720 2,791 2,775 2,774 2,734 2,815
3, 218 3,295 3,125 3,173 3,250 3,160 3,233 3,252
3, 701 3, 752 3,599 3, 731 3,699 3,718 3, 700
4,414 4,403 4,634 4, 519 4,315 4.363 4,413 (t)
6, 732 6, 700 6, 543 7,786 6, 351 7,038 7,691 6, 558

$435
667
893
1,126
1,366
1, 611
1,872
2,122
2,360
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)

$690
913
1,153
1,353
1,600
1,868
2,117
2,364
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,156
1,371
1, 605
1,856
2,117
2,354
2,734
3,198
3,732
4,397
7,243

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,154
1,383
1,609
1,879
2,118
2,407
2,742
3,226
3,687
4,424
6,232

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

NEW ENG LA ND , 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAM ILIES

122

T able

B. Expenditure 1

B. Expenditure1
$789 $698 (t) (t)
847 809 $862 $906
1,009 956 1,025 1,059
1,224 1, 214 1,199 1.285
1,401 1,338 1,442 1,406
1, 670 1,659 1,647 1, 708
1, 970 1,998 1,977 1,942
2,014 2, 022 2,027 1,994
2,218 2,098 2,186 2,334
2, 594 2,611 2,649 2, 532
3,068 2, 751 2,944 3, 259
3,153 (t) 3,583 3,035
3, 547 2, 777 4,098 3, 631
5, 430 (t) 4, 937 5, 988

$789 (*)
825 $994
1,004 1,027
1.209 1, 273
1,40$ 1,379
1,660 1,704
1,975 1,801
2,003 1,992
2,201 2,195
(*)
C)
(*)
C)
<*) C)
(*)
C)
(*)
C)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
•This group not covered in expenditure study.




(*)
(*)
(•)
$1, 215
1, 368
1,708
1,912
1,868
2,254
2,688
3,113
(t)
3, 271
4, 260

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1, 246
1,432
1,621
2,189
2,168
2, 268
2,535
3,034
3,120
3, 774
6, 210

$250-$499_____
$500-17491____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249— .
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749__
$l,750-$l,999 —
$2,000-$2,249._
$2,250-$2,499— .
$2,500-$2,999— .
$3,000-$3,499— .
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

$642 $504 $587 $539 1,130 $975 $829
775 700 783 815 818 787 838 $880
956 885 959 1,017 1,001 941 994 1,012
1,160 1,127 1,161 1,221 1,147 1,217 1,146 1,186
1,367 1,390 1, 335 1,357 1,369 1,364 1,355 1,409
1,548 1,428 1,580 1,649 1,582 1,572 1,548 1,659
1,748 1, 702 1,796 1,818 1, 678 1,825 1,720 1,873
1,967 1,931 1,954 1,910 1,928 2,042 2,050 2,191
2,109 2,044 2,123 2,113 2,153 2,046 2,252 2,062
2,436 2,270 2,370 2,625 2, 450 2,609 2,493 2,455
2,767 2,857 2,664 2, 688 2,744 2,803 2,836 3,132
3,070 2,804 3,142 3, 059 3,186 3,203 3,103 (t)
3,392 2, 976 3, 604 3,537 3, 556 3, 504 3, 618
4,331 4, 046 4,361 4, 308 4,426 3,953 4,581 5, 915

$642
768
953
1,124
1,341
1,502
1,716
1,901
2,063
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
C)

(•)$836
981
1,270
1,403
1, 619
1,791
1,950
2,126
C)

(•)
(•)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,193
1,467
1,648
1,689
2,038
2,051
2,463
2,739
3,168
3,453
4,446

(*)
(•)
(*)
$1,258
1,385
1, 563
1,840
2,107
2,185
2,419
2, 777
3,023
3, 353
4, 219

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over______

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incom e and expenditure:

Average adjusted income and total expendituret by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year} 1935-36— Continued
Negro families

White families
Occupational group

Family type
Income class

All
families
T
1

( 1)

(2)

(3)

Inde­
pend­
ent
II and IV and Wage Clerical busi­
V earner
ness
III
and
profes­
sional
(6)
(7)
(8)
(4)
(5)

Salaried
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional

Income class

All
families

(9)

(1)

(2)

I
(3)




$469
658
913
1,140
1,379
1,635
1,881
2,145
2,379
2, 750
3,245
3,746
4,411
7,473

$458
684
895
1,120
1,356
1,645
1,879
2,146
2,384
2,810
3, 248
3,791
4,385
6,689

$448
639
921
1,145
1,385
1,623
1,867
2,138
2,405
2, 704
3,236
3, 738
4,436
7,526

$505
658
910
1,152
1,387
1,642
1,895
2,150
2,359
2,763
3,249
3, 729
4,410
7,709

$469
660
913
1,142
1,384
1,638
1,864
2,141
2,352
C)
(•)
(•)
(•)
C)

Cleri­
cal,
H and IV and Wage busiearner
V
III
and
profes­
sional
(6)
(7)
(4)
(5)
A. Income 1

A. Income
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749—
$l,750-$l,999.-_
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499...
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000-$3,499—
$3,500-$3,999-._
$4,000-14,999.__
$5,000 and over.

Occupational
group

Family type

Under $250.............................
$250-$499________________
(*)
(*) $500-$749...............................
$647 (*)
C)
(•)
913 (•)
$750-$999________________
(*)
1,132 $1,138
$1,154
$1,000-$1,249........................
1,370 1.387 1,370 $1,250-$1,499_____________
1,635 1,610 1,643 $1,500-$1,749_____________
1,892 1,878 1,888 $1,750-$1,999_____________
2,145 2,127 2,159 $2,000-$2,249_____________
2,379 2,378 2,406 $2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500 and over__________
2,763 2,745
C)
3,252 3,242
(*)
3,747 3,746
(•)
4,307 4,451
(•)
6,825
8,177
(*)

$238 $226
391
403
624
633
875
850
1,131 1,144
1,428 1,403
1,628 1
1,893 > 1,914
2,158 I
2,384 } 2, 500
3,170

$256
393
606
862
1,110
1,435
1,846
2,385

$243 $241
404
440
622
627
874
904
1,131 1,127
1,432 1,425
1,957 1 <*>
1 (*)
2,802 { R

$193
388
645
875
1,147
1,436
1,628
1,893
2,158
2,384
3,170

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S

124

T able 2.— Adjusted

B. Expenditure1
$609
721
943
1,163
1,383
1, 622
1,850
2,073
2,167
2,541
2,819
3,148
3, 725
5, 342

$540 $640
716
674
962
888
1,103 1,169
1,272 1,441
1,649 1,609
1,783 1,912
1,953 2,102
2,175 2,146
2,427 2,467
2,738 2,869
2,750 3,368
3,462 3,431
4,818 5,436

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$646
784
948
1, 213
1,401
1,617
1,840
2,116
2,179
2,655
2,819
3,196
3,957
5,474

$609
722
927
1,167
1,354
1,562
1,721
2,070
2,121
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$719
994
1,148
1,378
1,646
1,916
2,018
2,158
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

Under $250______________
$250-$499________________
(*)
n
(*) $500-$749________________
(*)
$750-$999________________
(*)
(*) $1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,176 $1,177
1, 538 1,379 $1,250-$1,499_____________
1,684 1,689 $1,500-$1,749_____________
1,836 1,956 $1,750-$1,9£9_____________
2,082 2,167 $2,000-$2,249_____________
2,099 2,252 $2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500 and over___________
2,561 2,533
2,760 2,836
3,095 3,173
3,478 3,820
5, 562 5,139

$274 $263
409
386
607
613
841
811
1,092 1,140
1,410 1,374
1,518 )
1,606 Y 1,666
1, 659 f
2,105 } 2,040
2,132

"This group not covered in expenditure study.

$268
407
616
821
1,038
1,349
1, 437
2,104

$314 $276
456
410
617
610
879
839
1,081 1,080
1,446 1,324
1,696
2,142 1 (*)

$251
404
637
850
1,139
1,661
1,518
1,606
1, 659
2,105
2,132

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_____
$500-$749........ .
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__$1,250-$1,499._.
$l,50O-$l,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249_-_
$2,250-$2,499__.
$2,500-$2,999_._
$3,000-$3,499.-$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

B. Expenditure1

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incom e and expenditure:

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

126

T able %•— Adjusted

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bom]
Family type
Income class

1

( )

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(2)

(3)

(4)

R O C K Y M O U N T A IN , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Occupational group

Inde­
pend­
ent
IV
Cler­ busi­
and Wage
earner
ical
ness
V
and
profes­
sional
(8)
(5)
(6) (7)

Sala­
ried
busi­
ness
and
profes­
sional
(9)

Family type
Income class

(1)

All
fami­
lies

I

II
and
III

(2)

(3)

(4)

A. Income i
1250-1499...........
*500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999___.
$2,000-$2,249— .
$2,250-$2,499___.
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,499___.
$3,500-$3,999___.
$4,000-$4,999_._.
$5,000 and over.




$454
646
882
1,150
1,378
1,631
1, 870
2,132
2,401
2, 749
3,234
3, 739
4,430
7, 036

$403
605
860
1,159
1,380
1,599
1,867
2,140
2, 416
2,687
3,194
3. 703
4,437
7, 698

$486
651
868
1,130
1,368
1, 633
1,854
22,2,124
, 371
745
3, 216
3, 696
4,496
6, 419

$501
688
925
1,164
1,387
1, 651
1,886
2,134
2, 405
2,780
3, 262
3, 773
4,401
7,023

$454
643
881
1,157
1,388
1,641
1,869
2,152
2,389
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)

Occupational group

Inde­
pend­ Sala­
ried
ent busi­
IV Wage Cler­ busi­
and earner
ness
ical
ness
V
and and
profes­ profes­
sional sional
(5)
(7)
(8)
(6)
(9)
A. Income 1

(*)
$663
885
1,125
1,351
1,624
1,874
2,128
2, 391
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,153
1,373
1,599
1,887
2,116
2, 442
2,744
3,185
3,730
4,338
7,049

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,159
1,415
1,644
1,850
2,105
22,753
,397
3,253
3,747
4,480
7,019

$250-$499..........................
$500-$749________________
$750-$999________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$l,750-$i,999_____________
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000-$4,999____________
$5,000 and over.. _______

$457
683
895
1,149
1,394
1, 632
1, 889
2,136
2,385
2, 763
3,197
3, 751
4,402
7, 503

$431
673
866
1,138
1, 358
1,623
1, 884
2,123
2,367
2,754
3,222
3,707
4, 355
6,474

$504
695
900
1,163
1,396
1,629
1,893
2,137
2,386
2,753
3,174
3,766
4,375
6, 783

$431
685
925
1,143
1,431
1,649
1,890
2,144
2,396
2,773
3,195
3,769
4,441
8, 646

$457
681
895
1,151
1,399
1,643
1, 884
2,137
2,388
(*)
(*)
O
(.*)
(*)

(*)
$696
894
1,153
1, 391
1, 621
1,900
2,141
2,366
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)

(*)
(*)

$1,127
1, 359
11,874
, 608
2,134
2,379
2,808
3,197
3,765
4,366
6, 827

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,169
1,388
1, 636
1,896
2,121
2, 412
2, 733
3,197
3, 742
4,427
8,453

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

W E S T C E N T R A L , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

B . E x p e n d itu r e 1

$690
736
932
1, 555
1, 350
1,576
1, 733
1, 953
2,070
2,496
2, 674
2, 929
3,446
4, 560

$563
630
836
1,169
1,303
1,416
1, 677
2,013
1,893
2,301
2,577
2,520
2,961
4.172

$752
717
915
1,116
1,352
1,639
1, 669
1, 936
2,049
2,415
2,543
3,016
3, 501
4,758

$843
876
1,057
1,186
1,381
1,621
1,833
1, 927
2,188
2,632
2,783
2,109
3,676
4, 644

1 S ee e x p la n a t io n o f ta b le s fo r d e fin it io n o f th is ite m .
* T h is g r o u p n o t c o v e r e d b y in e x p e n d it u r e s t u d y .




$690
722
909
1,123
1,306
1,492
1, 675
1, 776
1, 902
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$803
1,017
1,165
1,319
1,708
1,733
1,964
2,127
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,244
1,567
1, 608
1, 780
2,182
2,113
2,547
2, 505
2, 748
3,344
4, 529

(*)
(*)
$1,(*)256
1,448
1, 622
1, 915
2,020
2,247
2, 461
2, 741
3,066
3,502
4, 598

$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___

$733
890
1,051
1.287
1,509

$1.500-$1,749___
$1, 7 50 -$l,999_ _.
$ 2 ,0 0 0 -$ 2 ,2 4 9 _ $2 ,2 5 0 -$ 2 ,4 9 9 „_.
$2,500-$2,999___

1,605
1, 917
2 ,079
2 ,2 3 2
2,653

$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 a n d o v e r .

2,818
3.287
3,793
5,414

$633
824
981
1,207
1,471
1,626
1,908
2,046
2,053
2,461
2,685
2,910
3,814
4, 433

$732
975
1,047
1,297
1, 515
1,554
1, 887
2,020
2,280
2,526
2,986
3,156
3,670
5, 388

$988
900
1 151
1,388
1, 543
1,654
1,962
2,162
2,339
2,830
2,802
3, 663
3,847
6,209

$733
903
1,058
1,296
1,516
1,607
1,907
2,056
2,226
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$829
1,020
1,268
1,567
1,601
1,805
2,073
2,177
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,282
1,352
1, 555
2,263
2,142
2,216
2,781
2 ,7 9 9

3,477
3, 778
5,167

(*)

(*)
(*)

$1, 246
1, 502
1, 653
1,961

2,112
2, 344
2 ,5 6 7
2 ,8 2 8
3 ,1 5 8
3 ,8 0 4
5, 761

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_...............................
$500-1749________________
$750-$999_________ _______
$1,000-$1,249_____........... .
$1,250-$1,499_____________
$1,500-$1,749_____________
$1,750—$1,999_— ........... .
$2,000-$2,249_____________
$2,250-$2,499_____________
$2,500-$2,999_____________
$3,000-$3,499_____________
$3,500-$3,999_____________
$4,000-$4,999_____________
$5,000 a n d o v e r ______________

B . E x p e n d it u r e 1

to

in com e and expenditure: Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

Family type
Income class

All families

(1)

(2)

Occupational group

I

II and III

IV and V

Wage earner

Clerical

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Independent Salaried
business
business
and profes­ and profes­
sional
sional
(8)
(9)

A. Income1
$250-$499________________________________________________
$500-$749________________________________________________
$750-$999________________________________________________
$1,000-$1,249_____________________________________________
$1,250-$1,499_____________________________________________
$1,500-$1,749_____________________________________________
$1,750-$1,999_____________________________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________________________
$2,250-$2,499_____________________________________________
$2,500-$2,999_____________________________________________
$3,000-$3,499_____________________________________________
$3,500-$3,999_____________________________________________
$4,000-$4,999_____________________________________________
$5,000 and over__ ___________________________ ________




$469
693
938
1,159
1, 392
1,656
1,880
2,124
2,392
2,750
3,208
3,769
4,384
7,436

$466
652
927
1,147
1, 367
1,666
1, 873
2,116
2,337
2, 772
3, 256
3, 766
4,260
7, 272

$564
670
955
1,162
1, 396
1, 645
1,878
2,129
2,430
2,744
3,178
3,728
4, 327
7,789

(t) $788
933
1,169
1,419
1, 660
1,887
2,126
2,395
2, 736
3,194
3,802
4, 451
7,372

$469
692
943
1,156
1,386
1, 655
1,865
2,135
2, 357
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*) $699
917
1,177
1,411
1, 659
1,890
2,114
2,407
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,157
1,413
1,666
1,885
2,114
2,429
2, 762
3,162
3, 777
4, 418
6,547

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1,133
1,390
1,642
1,911
2,123
2,405
2, 740
3,275
3, 762
4, 350
8, 795

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

128

T a b l e 2 .— A djusted

B. Expenditure i

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$729
818
940
1,162
1,387
1, 666
1,864
2,039
2,219
2,411
2,968
3,433
3,463
6,031

$770
737
882
1,081
1,316
1,550
1, 776
2,035
2,269
2,288
2,789
3,263
3,023
5, 436

$832
759
998
1,188
1,427
1,659
1,880
2, 033
2,191
2,426
2,795
3,539
3,422
4,950

(t)
$1,021
942
1,222
1,422
1, 772
1,920
2,049
2,210
2,504
3, 210
3,450
3, 602
6,685

t Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

$730
795
941
1,142
1, 368
1, 688
1,843
, 2,077
2,351
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)
$1,011
944
1,241
1,469
1, 611
1,916
1,994
2,115
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)

(*)

(*)
(*)$1,172
1, 385
1, 623
1,821
1,998
2,257
2,450
3,042
3,382
3,491
5,544

This group not covered in expenditure study.

(*)
(*)
(*)$1,187
1,410
1,698
1,879
2,048
2,054
2,377
2,870
3,489
3,437
6,777

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_.........
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999__.
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499...
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

bO

CO

incom e and expenditure:

Average adjusted income and total expenditure, by family typey occupation, and incomey
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

Family type
Income class
(1)

All
fami­
lies ' I
(2)

(3)

II
and
III
(4)

Occupational group

Busi­
IV Wage Cler­ ness
and earner
and
ical profes­
V
sional
(6)
(7)
(5)
(8)

Family type
Income class

All
fami­
lies

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

( 1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

A.. Income i
$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-81,249_______
$1,250-81,499_______
$1,500-81,749_______
$1,750-81,999_______
$2,000-82,249_______
$2,250-82,499_______
$2,500-82,999_______
$3,000 and over____




8473
683
926
1,141
1, 391
1,631
1,885
2,140
2, 392
2, 769
4, 002

8443
657
928
1,135
1, 397
1, 625
1,889
2,112
2,392
2,711
3,927

(t)
8708
926
1,148
1,390
1,634
1, 877
2,158
2, 397
2,838
3, 798

(t)
8701
920
1,143
1, 386
1,634
1, 889
2,153
2,390
2, 774
4, 249

8473
679
930
1,143
1,387
1,634
1,873
2,128
2, 378
(*)
(*)

Occupational group
Busi­
Wage Cler­ ness
VII earner
and
ical profes­
sional
(9) (10) (11) (12)

A.. Income1
(*)
8704
886
1,140
1,388
1,609
1,902
2,200
2,379
(*)
C)

(*)
(*)
(*)
81,143
1,421
1,644
1,905
2,115
2, 414
2, 769
4,002

$250-8499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-81,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

8449
680
886
1,134
1, 391
1,633
1,882
2,128
2, 384
2, 732
3,829

8443
675
913
1,137
1,402
1,645
1,891
2,129
2, 423
2,777
3, 779

8459
715
862
1,125
1,380
1,605
1,878
2,183
2,387
2, 730
4, 242

8506
660
869
1,137
1,391
1,609
1,876
2,116
2,356
2,698
4, 567

8406
656
861
1,132
1,403
1,610
1,879
2,111
2,347
2, 707
3, 672

(t)
$730
885
1,134
1,387
1,695
1, 885
2,134
2, 392
2, 755
3, 773

(t)
$652
923
1,134
1,358
1,638
1,866
2,117
2, 426
2,711
3, 555

(t)
$703
894
1,133
1,394
1, 661
1,919
2,126
2, 386
2,762
4,035

$449
685
879
1,122
1, 401
1, 642
1,878
2,128
2, 370
2,739
3,536

(*)
(*)
$652
(*)
910 (*)
1,152 $1,161
1,361 1,394
1,617 1,624
1, 887 1,889
2,163 2,101
2, 380 2,413
2,739 2,722
3,420 4,102

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
M W ENGLAND, 4 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
EAST CENTRAL, 5 SMALL CITIES! WHITE FAMILIES

130

T a b l e 2 . — Adjusted

B. Expenditure!
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499...
$1,500-$1,749_..
$1,750-$1,999_..
$2,000-$2,249...
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

$684
920
1,013
1,210
1,390
1,677
1,871
2,042
2, 317
2, 622
3, 432

$699
931
1,020
1,168
1,363
1, 627
1,831
1,965
2, 320
2, 502
3,169

(t)
$863
988
1, 226
1,385
1, 684
1,841
2.151
2, 321
2, 672
3, 439

(t)
$1,019
1,065
1, 252
1,434
1,722
1,938
2,035
2, 312
2, 722
3, 627

$684
936
1,018
1, 211
1, 363
1,666
1,851
1,985
2, 326
(*)
(*)

B. Expenditure!
(*)
$817
961
1,259
1,462
1,684
1,890
2,054
2,232
(*)
(*)

1 See explanations of tables for definition of this item.




C)
C)

(*)
$1,124
1,438
1, 715
1,913
2,142
2, 364
2,622
3, 432

$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000 and over. .. _

$64
756
916
1,178
1,374
1,581
1,773
2,005
2,168
2,477
2,996

$579
667
875
1,197
1,350
1, 547
1, 630
1,899
2,141
2, 241
2, 533

$602
815
905
1,208
1,337
1, 569
1, 781
2,131
2,181
2,434
3,124

f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

$660
773
950
1,204
1,317
1, 535
1,798
1,988
2,100
2,361
3,805

$704
752
893
1,089
1, 407
1,575
1, 780
2,036
2,121
2, 576
2,998

(t)
$959
952
1,201
1,421
1,693
1,882
1,997
2,313
2, 614
3, 222

(t)
$724
990
1,198
1,384
1,590
1,846
1,969
2,263
2, 515
3,148

$1,(t)012
944
1,117
1,462
1,647
2,020
2,108
2,181
2, 644
3,473

$641
749
911
1,164
1,358
1,586
1, 766
2,042
2,191
2,496
2,904

(*)
(*)
$811 (*)
933 (*)
1,167 $1, 248
1,363 1,456
1, 560 1,591
1, 777 1,786
1,989 1,938
2,151 2,135
2, 425 2,476
2, 812 3,094

This group not covered in expenditure study.

132

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T a b l e 3 , — Living

quarters occupied: A v e ra g e n u m b e r o f ro o m s in liv in g q u a r te r s ,
a vera g e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s p e r ro o m , a n d p e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s h a v in g liv in g
q u a rte rs w ith c e r ta in m o d e rn f a c ilitie s , b y f a m i ly ty p e y o c c u p a tio n a n d in c o m e ,
in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES
______
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running
hot and cold water,
Average Average
flush toilet, and elec­
number number Average inside
tric
lights
Running Other
of per­ number
Family type and income ofrooms
cold water combi­
in sons in of per­ Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
class
inside
living
living
sons per
kitchen fuel
en gas or flush toilet, nations
quar- quar- room i
of facil­
electricity
and
electric
ters ters 1
ities
Central No central and no
lights
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(3)
(6)
(2)
(5)
(7)
(1)
(8)
(9)
A l l fa m ilie s
62
4.5
2.9 0.65
13
q
$500-$749______________
19
.77
67
3.1
17
4.0
$750-$999______________
6
107
3.2
.81
65
1
24
4.0
$1,000-$1,249 __________
3
3.3
72
4.1
.80
21
$l'250-$l',499___________
7
(*)
3.4
.82
4
1
86
9
$1,500-$1,749.................. — 4.1
(*)
3.3
.78
4.2
87
6
1
4
$1,750-$1,999 __________
2
4.2
3.4
.81
91
5
1
$2,000-12,249.__________
3
4.3
3.4
.80
2
96
1
1
$2,250-$2^499___________
.74
97
2
4.7
3.5
1
$2,500-$2,999___________
3.6
.78
99
4.6
1
$3,000-$3,499 __________
(*)
1
3.5
99
.71
$3'500-$3*999
_____ 4.9
.68
5.3
3.6
99
1
$4,000-$4,999 __________
3.7
.69
5.4
100
$5,000-$7,499___________
.62
6.1
3.8
100
$7,500-$9,999___________
.64
4.3
100
6.8
$10,000 and over.. _____
F a m ily ty p e I
.46
4.3
2.0
75
13
$500-$749______________
12
3.5
2.1
79
.60
7
7
$750-$999_____________
7
2.2
.66
3.3
79
21
$1,000-$1,249 __________
2.2
.58
3.7
81
19
$1,250-$1,499___________
2.3
.63
3.7
94
3
3
$1,500-$1,749 __________
2.1
97
3.5
.60
3
$1,750-$1,999_....................
2.2
.68
98
2
$2,000-$2,249__ ______ 3.2
2.1
.62
3.4
99
1
$2,250-$2,499 __________
2.0
.56
100
3.6
$2,500-$2,999 _________
2.1
100
.60
3.5
$3,000-$3,499___________
2.1
.58
100
3.7
$3,500-$3,999 __________
2.3
4.1
.56
100
$4,000-$4,999___________
2.5
.58
4.3
100
$5,000-$7,499 __________
2.3
.48
4.8
100
$7,500-$9,999 __________
.45
100
3.0
$10,000 and over . _ _ _ 6.6
F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I
60
4.0 1.05
3.8
$500-$749
20
20
62
3.4
.92
19
3.7
5
14
$750-$999_________ ...
53
29
3.6
.85
4
4.2
$1,000-$1,249 _____ ...
14
.89
3.5
69
18
3.9
1
$1,250-$1,499___________
12
.88
89
7
4.0
3.5
$1,500-$1,749 __________
4
.82
85
7
5
3
3.6
4.4
$1,750-$1,999 ____
91
.82
7
3.5
4.2
2
$2,000-$2,249 .
.84
98
3.6
4.3
$2,250-$2,499 __________
2
2
.78
96
3.7
4.8
$2,500-$2,999 __________
2
1
.79
98
3.7
4.7
$3,000-$3,499 __________
1
3.8
.77
100
5.0
$3,500-$3,999 ____
.74
3.9
5.3
100
$4,000-$4,999
4.1
100
5.4
.75
$5,000-$7,499
100
6.4
4.5
.70
$7,500-$9,999
4.7
.68
100
7.0
$10,000 and over
F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V
33
.62
34
3.7
6.0
33
$500-$749______________
51
33
5.4
4.3
.79
8
$750-$999______________
8
22
4.3
.91
64
4
4
4.7
$1,000-$1,249 __________
6
.89
64
28
4.9
4.3
$1,250-$1,499___________
8
19
1
5
4.4
.93
70
$1,500-$1,749 __________
4.8
5
4.1
.87
80
9
4.7
2
$1,750-$1,999___________
6
3
5
4.4
.86
87
$2,000-$2,249 __________
2
5.1
6
94
4.3
.84
5
1
$2,250-$2,499___________
5.1
4.2
.78
95
5
5.4
$2,500-$2,999 __________
5.4
4.6
.86
100
$3,000-$3,499___________
4.1
.72
97
$3,500-$3,999 _ ................. 5.6
3
4.3
.69
98
$4,000-$4,999 __________
6.2
2
6.4
4.4
.69
100
$5,000-$7,499 __________
4.2
.62
100
$7,500-$9,999 ................... 6.8
4.7
.70
100
$10,000 and over______ . 6.7
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item. *Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.
_____




TABULAR SUMMARY

133

T able 3.— Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
Occupational group and ber of
income class
rooms
in
living
quar­
ters
( 1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric
ber
lights
of persons
per Gas or electricity as No kitch­
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(7)
(6)
(4)
(5)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-13,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________

4.5
4.0
3.9
4.1
4.2
4.6
4.4
4.4
5.0
5.2
5.2

2.9
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.5
4.0
3.8

0.65
.78
.83
.83
.81
.75
.83
.84
.70
.78
.73

62
57
62
63
84
82
93
95
94
100
94

3.9
4.1
4.2
4.0
3.8
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.3
5.0

2.9
3.2
3.2
3.5
3.1
3.3
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.4

.75
.77
.76
.88
.84
.80
.77
.77
.84
.67

100
71
78
87
88
89
98
98
100
100

4.8
4.2
4.6
4.0
4.7
4.9
5.5
5.2
5.4
5.0
6.0
6.7

3.5
3.2
3.3
3.1
3.4
3.5
3.9
3.8
4.2
3.8
3.8
4.8

.73
.75
.72
.78
.72
.71
.72
.72
.77
.76
.63
.71

97
90
98
92
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100

4.2
4.1
3.7
4.4
4.2
4.8
4.6
4.5
5.1
5.0
6.8
7.0

3.5
3.1
3.3
2.7
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.8
4.1
3.8
4.9
4.6

.82
.76
.90
.62
.77
.70
.76
.84
.80
.75
.71
.66

75
87
100
93
92
100
100
95
100
100
100
100

13
22
26
29
9
8
7
2
4

8
1

19
13
9
8
5
5
3
2
6

6
2
2
5

5
7
4
4
6

3

C lerica l

$750-$999______________
$1,000~$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________

21
15
9
7
4
2
2

2
1

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500-$9,999___________
$10,000 and over------------

10
2
5

3
3
4

In d e p e n d e n t p ro fessio n a l

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500-$9,999___________
$10,000 and over-----------

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




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7

13
8
5

134

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 3.— Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type , occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
Occupational group and ber of
rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
Cl)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1

Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric
ber
lights
of persons
per Gas or electricity as Nokitch­
room 1
kitchen fuel
en gas or
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

(2)

(3)

(t)
4.4
4.2
4.0
4.2
4. 3
4.4
5.1
5.6
5.2
5.3
6.0

(t)
2.9
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.4

(t)
0.67
.76
.85
.84
.79
.76
.69
.64
.66
.60
.57

3. 2
3.9
4.2
3.9
3.9
4.0
4.0
4.5
5. 2
6. 2
6.8
9. 2

2.9
3.1
3.2
3.0
3.1
3. 2
2.9
3.4
3. 2
3.9
3.6
4.8

.89
.79
.76
.76
.80
.79
.72
.74
.62
.64
.52
.52

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

S a la ried bu sin ess

$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500-$9,999_________
$10,000 and over---------

(t)

96
100
100
100
100
96
100
96
100
100
100

4
4
4

S a la rie d p ro fessio n a l

$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500-$9,999_________
$10,000 and over_____

100
67
96
96
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




19
4

7
4

4

7

135

TABULAR SUMMARY

T a b l e 3.— Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,

average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities

Average Average
Running hot and cold water,
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
number
ofrooms
of
per­
Running
Family type and income in sons in of per­ tric lights
class
cold water
living living sons per
inside
quar­ quar­ room 1 Gas or electricity as' No kitch­ only,
flush toilet,
kitchen fuel
ters ters 1
en gas or and electric
electricity lights
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(7)
(6)
(2)
(3)
(8)
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,25Q-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$l,750-$lj999___________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over______

4.0
4.2
3.8
4.1
4.1
4.3
4.3
4.7
4.4

3.2
2.9
2.9
3.1
3.0
3.4
3.2
2.7
3.1
3.1

0. 79
.68
.76
.76
.73
.78
.74
.58
.69
.47

4.3
4.4
3.4
3.9
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.7
4.1
4.4

2.6
2.2
2.2
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.3

2.1
2.2
2.4

.61
.49
.64
.64
.64
.63
.61
.56
.52
.54

(t)3.8
4.4
4.2
4.3
4.1
4.3
5.2
(t)

(t)
3.9
3.8
3.8
3.4
3.8
4.0
3.0
(t)

(t)
1.03
.85
.90
. 79
.92
.92
.57
(t)

(t) 79
73
85
91

(t)4.7
4.1
4.6
4.6
5. 3
5.0
7.0
4.8
9.2

(t)
4.3
3.8
4.0
3.8
4.2
3.8
4.3
3.8
4.0

(t).91
.91
.87
.84
.80
.75
.62
.79
.43

1(t)10090

6.6

F a m ily ty p e I

$50Q-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749_ . ____
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499 .
$2,500-$2,999
_
$3,000 and over __ _

49
64
87
83
91

100
100
94
100
100
20
51
94
78
96

100
100
89
100
100

Other
combi­
nations
of facil­
ities
(9)

23
18

228
7
5
2

68
3
1
3

22
2

40
19
15
4

40
13
67

13

4

5
9

6

1121
6

11

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

$500-$749
_$75Q-$999
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 _
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2 500-$2,999

100
100
100
(t)

215
15

11

(t)

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$5fft0-$749
$7ft0-$999
$1onn-$l 249
$l’250-$l’499
$C500-$1,749 _________
$1 750—$1 999
$2 000-$2,249
$2250-$2,499
$2
999
$3500-$2
000 find nv«r

90
83

100
100
100
100
TOO

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
153119°— 41-




-10

66

104
5

6

136

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
tn 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T a b l e 3 . — L i v i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
N E W Y O R K C IT Y : N E G R O F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
Occupational group and ber of
rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electric­
ity
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(5)
(4)
(7)
(6)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e earn er

$500-$749...........................
$750-$999..................... .
$1,OO0-$1,249.....................
$1,250-$1,499............. ........
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999................ .
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________

4.0
4.3
3.8
4.2
4.1
4.4
4.6
4.8
3.9

3.2
2.8
2.9
3.2
3.1
3.4
3.3
2.8
3.3

0.79
.65
.77
.75
.75
.77
.73
.58
.84

49
61
84
82
91
1Q0
100
80
100

3.4
3.8
3.5
4.0
3.6
4.4
4.5
4.6

3.6
2.5
3.0
2.3
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.7

1.06
.66
.86
.57
.84
.68
.66
.58

100
100
89
85
100
100
100
100

4.2
4.1
4.2
3.9
4.7
3.8
4.9
5.0
6.6

3.8
2.8
3.5
3.1
3.7
3.4
2.4
3.5
3.1

.90
.69
.82
.79
.79
.89
.49
.70
.47

60
100
75
93
100
100
100
100
100

23
21
2
12

22
9
8
6
3

6
9
4
3

2
3

20

C lerica l

$750-$999...... ....................
$1,000-$1,249__..................
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 ..........___
$1,75Q-$1,999-....................
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499 ............... .
$2,500-$2,999................ . _

11
15

B u s in e s s a n d p ro fessio n a l

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___............. —
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over________

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




40
25
6

TABULAR SUMMARY

137

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per roomf and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 — Continued

T a ble 3 . — L iv i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Average Average
Running
hot and cold water,
number number Average inside flush
Running Other
of per­ number tric lights toilet, and elec­ cold
Family type and income ofrooms
water combi­
in sons in of perclass
No
kitch­
only,
inside nations
living living sons per Gas or electricity as en gas or flush toilet,
quar­ quar­ room i
kitchen fuel
of facil­
electricity
and
electric
ters ters i
ities
Central No central and no
lights
furnace furnace furnace
(3)
(4)
(5)
(2)
(7)
(1)
(8)
(9)
(6)
A l l fa m ilie s

3.2 0. 73
36
4.4
3.4
35
.79
4.3
3.6
.82
50
4.4
.82
66
3.6
4.4
3.6
.78
75
4.6
82
3. 7
. 77
4.8
.76
3.7
90
4.9
3. 7
.74
93
5.0
92
3.8
.75
5.1
3.8
. 72
96
5. 3
5.4
3.9
.72
99
100
5. 5
4.0
. 73
.68
100
5. 9
4.0
4. 5
100
.71
6.3
4.7
100
.67
7.0
38
.45
4.4
2.0
2.3
43
.58
4.0
72
2.1
. 51
4.1
2.3
.56
67
4.1
.54
76
2.1
3.9
92
4.1
2.2
.53
89
4.2
2.1
.50
2.1
.48
100
4. 5
2.2
4.1
. 53
100
2.1
98
4. 3
.49
2.1
4. 4
.48
100
2.4
100
. 50
4. 7
.44
2. 3
100
5. 3
100
2.9
. 58
5.0
$10,000 and over
2.4
.46
100
5. 3
F a m ily ty p e I I
25
.79
$500-$749_______
3.1
3.9
19
$750-$999 . ___
. 78
3.0
3. 9
3.3
.88
45
$1,000-$1,249_
3. 7
76
3.2
.80
$1,250-$! ,499
4. 0
.76
78
3.1
4.1
$1,500-$1,749 ___ __
.72
72
3.2
4.4
$1,750-$1,999______ ___
.64
3.2
100
$2,000-$2,249
5.0
<fi2.250-S2.499
94
3. 3
. 72
4. 5
.66
97
$2,500-$2,999
3.2
4.9
S3.000-S3.499
99
3. 2
. 62
5. 2
.66
$3,500-$3,999
96
3.3
5.0
$4,000-$4,999
. 66
3. 3
100
5. 0
$5,000-$7,499
3. 6
. 66
100
5. 5
100
$7,500-$9,999
60
3. 7
. 61
$10,000 arid over
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
F a m ily ty p e I I I
38
$500-$749
4.4
4.0
.91
.88
25
4.1
$750-$999 .
4. 7
14
4.1
.95
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.3
43
4.1
.89
$1,250-$1,499......................
4. 6
4.1
.86
70
$1,500-$1,749
.
4.8
4.2
80
.85
$1,750-$1,999
5.0
4.2
91
.90
$2,000-$2,249
4.7
94
4.2
.82
$2,250-$2,499
5.1
98
4.1
$2,500-$2,999
.80
5.2
94
4.1
.75
5. 5
$3,000-$3,499
.75
5.8
4.3
100
$3,500-$3,999
4.4
.74
$4,000-$4,999
6.0
100
.82
4. 5
100
$5 000-$7,499
5. 5
.71
100
$7 500-$9,999
7.0
5.0
.64
100
4.9
$10,000 and over................ 7.7
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
•Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.

$500-$749______________
$750-$999_______ ____
$1,000-11,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249_..............
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999______ _
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500-$9,999___________
$10,000 and over. _
F a m ily ty p e I
$500-$749.-. _
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249_.........
$1,250-$1,499. .
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$ 1,999
$2,000-$2,249__ _____
$2,250-$2,499 .
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999 .
$5,000-$7,499 _
S7.50ft-$9.999




8
26
13
19
12
7
4
1
3
1

15
14
23
13
8
5

2
2
1
1

1

51
34
35
15
12
11
5
6
4
3
1

62
42
14
10
9
6

3
5
o(*)
(*)
(*) 1

i

2

13
43
15
11
16
9

50
27
40
13
6
18
6
3
4

1

13
20
22
32
16
4
5
2
2

6

49
55
58
22
14
16
4
4
6

12
11
1

3

138

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

193 5 -3 6

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

T a ble 3 . — L iv i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES

Average Average
Average
number number
of per­ number
Family type and income ofrooms sons
in
of per­
in living living sons
class
quar­ quar­ roomper1
ters ters i
C)
Fam ily type I V

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush
toilet,
kitchen fuel
en gas or
facil­
electric ofities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(7)
(5)
(8)
(9)
(6)

66
5.2
3.2 0.62
_________
$500-$749
3.6
4.5
.80
50
$750-$999
_______
54
.78
4.0
5.1
$i,000-$l,249__________
4.6
3.6
.78
$1,250-$1,499__________
81
3.4
. 72
$R500-$R749 _______ _
4. 7
80
$1,750-$R999__________
.70
5. 3
3. 7
80
.74
$2|000-$2'249__________
3.7
5.0
90
$2^250-$2,499__________
3.6
.68
88
5. 3
$2^500-12,999__________
.68
5.4
3. 7
85
.66
$3^000-13,499__________
5.4
3.6
95
$3i500-$3j999__________
.62
3.6
5.7
100
$4,000-$4,999__________
5. 5
3. 7
.67
100
$5,000-$7,499___________
6.2
.63
3.9
100
$7,50G-$9,999__________
4. 2
.68
6. 2
100
$10,000 and over----------4.4
.66
6.8
100
Fam ily type V
$500-$749______________ 4. 6
5.4 1.17
$750-$999______________
5.4
. 96
5.6
47
$1,000-$1,249____ ______
5.2
5. 5 1.06
52
5.2
5. 5 1.06
$1,250-$1,499 _
60
.96
5.6
5.9
78
$1,500-$1,749_................
5.6 1. 02
5.5
79
$1,750-$1, 999. .
5. 5
.90
82
6.1
$2,000-$2,249
5.5
.97
$2,250-$2,499 _____
5. 7
93
5.8
5.6
.97
87
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499 _____
5.4
.89
6. 1
97
.90
$3,500-$3,999 ______
6.1
5.5
100
5.6
.95
5.9
$4,000-$4,999______
100
$5,000-$7,499 ______
5.6
.78
7.1
100
.74
7.4
5. 5
100
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000 and over _.
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
Family type V I
5.4 1.15
4.7
44
$500-$749_____________
5.5 1.17
4.7
38
$750-$999 _ __________
4.4
5.1 1.15
42
$1,000-$1,249 ___
5.1 1. 09
4.7
66
$1,250-$1,499____
5.4
5.5 1.02
66
$1,500-$1,749___________
5.4 1.08
5.0
$1,750-$1,999_____ ___
90
5.5 1.05
$2,000-$2,249 . .
5.3
89
5.2
5.3 1.02
$2,250-$2,499___________
79
5.8
5.6
.96
$2,500-$2,999___________
92
5.6
5.6 1.00
$3,000-$3,499_________
96
5.7
$3,500-$3,999______
5. 7 1.00
100
5.6
.91
$4,000-$4,999_________
6.1
100
5. 7
.96
$5,000-$7,499___________
5.9
100
.82
100
$7,500-$9,999________ .
7.7
6.3
7.1
.83
$10,000 and over. _ _ . _ 8.6
100
Family type V II
5.3
7.0 1.32
25
$500-$749_____
_.
4.6
7.2 1. 56
26
$750-$999______________
7.7 1. 35
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.7
50
5.8
44
7.3 1.26
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.4
$1,500-$ 1,749 _
7.1 1.31
53
7.2 1.27
5. 7
81
$1,750-$1,999_...................
$2,000-$2,249_
7.3 1.23
69
5.9
7.4 1.26
86
$2,250-$2,499_...............
5.9
6.4
94
$2,500-$2,999_____
7.3 1.15
6.4
7. 4 1.15
90
$3,000-$3,499__
6. 3
7.3 1.17
96
$3,500-$3,999____ ___
7. 3 1.17
6. 3
100
$4,000-$4,999__
7.
7 1.10
7. 0
100
$5,000-$7,499__
8.4 1.14
100
$7,500-$9,999___________
7. 4
$10,000 and over_______
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




17
27
ii
2
9
5
4
7

14
293
22
11
5
4

6

14

5

22
29
17
16
6
3
4
4

26
8
7
7
2
15
5
2

11
6

17
9
40
8
18
11
5
8
8
5

72
13
45
18
11
16
14
7
8
3

45
40
29
17
12
4
5
21
4

75
48
33
49
31
17
5
9
4
10
4

14

11

3

9
9
11

TABULAR

139

SUM M ARY

q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able 3 . — L i v i n g

fNonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
flush toilet, and electric
num­ inside
lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
en gas or
room 1
electricity
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(5)
(7)
(6)
(4)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$500-$749______________
$750-$999__ ________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 ____
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 ___
$2,000-$2,249 ______
$2'250-$2'499 ________
$2,500-$2'999 ________
$3'000-$3,499 _
$3,500-83,999 ______
$4,000-$4,999_________

4.4
4.3
4.5
4.6
4.8
5. 0
5.2
5.2
5. 3
5.8
5.4

3.2
3.5
3.7
3. 6
3.6
3. 7
3.9
3. 7
4.1
4.2
4.1
4. 5

0.73
.80
.82
.80
.78
. 77
.78
. 72
.79
. 78
. 71
.83

37
32
42
55
75
76
85
87
86
94
98
100

8
25
16
25
8
14
7
3
7
3

4.1
4.1
4.1
4. 5
4. 7
4.9
4.9
5. 0
5. 2
5. 3
5.3

3. 1
3. 4
3.5
3. 5
3.6
3. 6
3.8
3. 7
3. 7
3.9
4.1

. 76
.82
.85
. 79
. 76
. 74
.77
. 74
. 70
. 73
. 78

46
68
83
73
86
94
98
95
94
100
100

30
7
10
17
(*)
2

4.7
5.1
4.9
4.8
5. 0
4.9
6. 0
5.2
5.5
6.1
7.0
6.6

3.6
3.5
3. 6
3. 6
3. 6
3. 8
3. 8
3. 7
4.0
4. 2
5.2
5.0

.75
.69
.74
.76
.72
. 77
.64
.71
.72
.69
.74
.75

84
75
90
92
94
90
100
100
100
100
100
100

16
4

5.1
4.3
4. 5
4.5
5.2
5.2
5.4
5.3
5.8
6.0
6.0
6. 7

3.4
2.8
3. 2
2.8
3.4
3.4
3. 7
4.2
4. 0
3.9
4. 3
5. 0

72
97
100
100
98
98
100
100
100
100
100

21

1
3
1
2

50
37
39
20
16
10
7
10
5
3
2

(*)
(*)

4
6
1

C lerica l

$750-$999 ___________
$1,000-$1,249 _ .
$1,250-$1,499 _____
$1,500-$1,749 ____
$1,750-81,999 ______
$2,000-$2,249 _ .
$2,250-$2,499 . _
$2,500-82,999 ___
$3,000-83,499 __ _
$3,500-83,999
$4,000-84,999___________

96
14
4
2
56

(*)
(*)
(*)

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess

$1,250-$1,499 _________
$1,500 $1,749 __________
$1,750-81,999 ________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-82,499 ________
$2,50O-$2,999
$3,000-83,499
$3,500-$3,999 _______
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500-89,999

$10,000 and over

11

3

5

5
4
6
8
6
7

In d e p e n d e n t p ro fe ssio n a l

$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-82,249 ........... .
$2,250-82,499 __________
$2,500-82.999
$3,000-$3,499 ____
$3 500-$3,999
$4 000-$4,999
$5 000-87,499
$7,500-89,999

.67
.65
. 72
.63
.65
.65
.69
.79
. 69
.64
. 72
$10,000 and over
. 74
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
^Percentages of less than 0,5are not shown.




95

5

3
1

21
25

7
3
2
2

(*)

140

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

1 9 3 5 -3 6

3.— L iv i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Avernumber of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Avernumber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
en gas or
room 1
electricity
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(6)
(5)
(7)
(4)

Salaried business

$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250--$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___

$10,000 and over.
Salaried professional

$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749__,_
$1,750-$1,999.__.
$2,000-$2;249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___

$10,000 and over.

3.6
4.4
4.4
4.7
4.2
5.1
5.0
5.6
5.5
5.8
5.8
7.3

3.4
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.3
3.7
3.6
3.8
3.8
4.0
4.2
4.8

0.94
.81
.80
.74
.78
.73
.71
.68
.69
.68
.72
.65

91
86
90
94
99
100
99

4.0
4.3
4.2
5.0
4.9
5.3
5.1.
5.3
5.5
5.6
7.3
6.8

3.0
3.4
3.2
3.4
3.2
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.8
3.8
4.8
3.8

.75
.78
.76
.69
.65
.66
.67
.68
.69
.67
.66
.55

76
80
94
97
91
100
99
97

! See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




5
8
3

2
1

100

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

4
3
4
1

100
100
100
100
100

100
100
100

Running
cold water
only, in
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

8

15
3
3

16
5
3
9
1

3

4

TABULAR

141

SUM M ARY

T able 3.— L iv i n g quarters occupied: A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s, by fa m ily type, occupation , and incom e,
in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
PRO VIDENCE, R. I.i W HITE FAM ILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­ Average
age number Average Running hot and cold water,
num­ of per­ number inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
Other
Family type and income ber of sons
of per­ tric lights
cold water combi­
rooms livingin sons
class
inside nations
in living quar­ roomper1 Gas or electricity as No kitch- only,
toilet, of facil­
kitchen fuel
on gas or flushelectric
quar­ ters 1
electricity andlights
ters
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(6)
(2)
(4)
(7)
(5)
(3)
(8)
(9)
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

4.2
4.6
4.7
4.8
5.1
5.5
5. 5
5.8
5.9
6.4
6. 7
6. 5
7.8
9.9

3.1
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.4
3. 7
3.4
3.9
4.8

0. 75
.72
.72
.70
.68
.64
.62
.58
.60
.54
.55
.52
.50
.48

4
9
25
32
53
58
76
76
90
96
98
96
96
100

$500-$749
_____
$750-$999 ___________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1 250-$l,499
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _ _____
$2,500-12,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5 000-$7,499
$7,500 and over.

4.3
4.6
4.5
4. 7
4.8
5. 4
5.0
5. 5
5. 7
6.4
6.0
5. 7
6. 6
8.0

2.2
2.0
2.3
2.1
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.3
2.2
2.3
2.2
2.1
2.9

.51
.43
.50
.45
.48
.41
.42
.38
.40
.35
.38
.39
.32
.36

10
22
35
43
56
61
75
71
82
100
100
100
93
100

$500-$749
$750-$999
.............
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999 _________
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499 $7,500 and over

3. 9
4. 3
4.6
4.6
5.1
5.1
5.6
5.8
5. 8
6. 0
6. 8
6.1
7. 6
8. 7

3.4
3. 5
3.6
3.5
3.5
3. 6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3. 7
4.1
3. 5
4.3
4.6

.87
.81
.78
.76
.69
.71
.64
.62
.62
.62
.60
. 58
.56
.53

20
31
54
62
84
90
92
98
95
100
100
100

$500-$749 _ __________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$ 2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _____ - $2'500-$2'999 __________
$3^000-$3^499 _________
$3'500-$3\ 999
$4,000-$4,999 _ ____
$5 00ft-$7’499
F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s H a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

4. 6
4.3
.93
$500-$749 ____ _____
.93
4.9
4.6
$750-$999. ___________
.85
4.5
5. 3
$1,000-$1,249
4.5
5. 2
.86
$1,250-$1,499 __________
4.6
.84
5. 5
$1,500-$1,749___________
6. 2
.76
4. 7
$1,750-$1,999
.78
$2,000-$2,249
6.0
4.7
4. 5
.75
$2,250-$2,499 _____ __ 6.0
$2,500-$2,999___________
4.2
.69
6.1
4.2
.62
6. 7
$3,000-$3,499
4. 3
7. 2
.60
$3 500-$3,999
7.1
3.8
.54
$4,000-$4,999
8. 6
4. 7
.54
$5 000-$7,499
.50
5.6
$7,500 and over________ 11.0
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




10
22
22
49
51
70
68
94
93
100
92
94
100

2
5
10
7
7
9
3
8
1
1
4
3
10
7
15
3
16

5
5
4
2
2
2
1

94
78
59
54
36
30
19
16
8
3

3
1
3
2

1

2

4
6
4

90
66
48
49
37
24
18
13
18

9
1
g

7
3
8
8
7
6
1
5
2
2

9
13
11
14
7
8
7
7
2
8

7
5
4
4

100
90
65
57
35
31
15
5
6

2
1

5

5
5
9
6
1
2

91
72
62
55
38
35
22
25
2
7
6

6

142

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U B E S I N

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

1935-36

T a b l e 3 . — L iv i n g

q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa cilitie s, by fa m ily type, occupation, and incom e,
in 1 year, 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PRO VIDENCE, R. I.: W HITE FAM ILIES

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)
W a g e earn er

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric
ber
lights
of per­
sons
per Gas or electricity as No kitch­
kitchien fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(5)
(4)
(6)
(7)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2'250-$2,499___________
$2,500-.$2,999 __________

4.2
4.5
4.8
4.8
5.1
5.4
5.5
5.3
5.6

3.1
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.5
3.8

0.75
.74
.71
.71
.71
.66
.66
.67
.68

4
10
27
25
48
48
70
56
75

2
3
10
8
4
9
8
13
4

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999_____ __ __

4.6
4.5
5.1
5.1
5.4
5.6
5.9
5.8

3.0
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.6
3.4
3.7
3. 2

.65
.74
.66
.65
.66
.60
.62
.55

4
22
43
56
65
84
83
89

13
8
7
13
16
10

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499__ ______
$7,500 and over________

4.9
5.1
6.1
5.2
6.4
5.9
6.4
7.0
7.4
8.1
10.3

3.1
3.5
3.2
3.2
3.9
3.4
3.6
3.4
3.2
4.0
4.8

.64
.68
.52
.62
.60
.57
.57
.49
.44
.49
.47

45
57
76
59
83
97
97
100
100
90
100

7
8

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-13,499_______
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over________

4.0
5.2
5. 4
5.4
5.9
5.9
6.0
6.2
5.3
7.2
9.3

2.9
3.1
3.2
3. 1
3.2
3.6
3.3
3.8
3.4
3.7
4.8

.73
.59
.60
.57
.54
.60
.56
.60
.64
.51
.51

35
64
73
86
92
97
97
100
92
100
100

13
11
9
7
3
3

C lerical

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess
a n d p ro fessio n a l

S a la ried b u sin ess

S a la ried p ro fessio n a l

3.2
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.7
.68
$1,500-$1,749___________
.59
5.1
3.0
$1,750-$1,999___________
3.6
.65
5.5
3.4
.60
$2,000-$2,249___________
5. 7
6.2
3.4
.55
$2,250-$2,499___________
3.2
6.3
$2,500-$2,999___________
.51
$3,000-$3,499_ . . _ . 6.9
3.5
.50
$3,500-$3,999________ _ 7.5
3.8
.50
7.5
3.5
.47
$4,000-$4,999___________
8.2
.49
$5,000-$7,499___________
4.0
.43
$7,500 and over________ 11.3
4.9
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




63
74
88
80
93
96
96
92
100
100
100

6
6
6
3
3
4
3

3
12

3

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)
94
80
57
57
42
40
22
31
17
83
65
50
30
19
16
7
11
45
35
20
29
17
3
10
52
25
18
7
5
3

8
5
7

6

37
21
12
14
4
4
8

1
4
3

2

4

TABULAR SUMMARY

143

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having^ living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T a ble 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of per­
class
in living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room i
ters ters i
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush
toilet,
kitchen fuel
en gas or
facil­
electric ofities
electricity andlights
Centra] No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(6)
(5)
(7)
(8)
(9)

47
4.5
3.0 0. 66
46
3.4
.68
5.0
63
.65
5. 3
3. 5
80
5.4
3.4
.63
81
5.6
.63
3. 5
86
5. 6 3. 6 .64
90
5.8
3. 6 . 62
97
3.6
.60
6.0
96
6.0
3.6
.60
95
3.8
.62
6.1
97
3.8
6. 5
.59
99
.54
6.8
3.7
.52
100
7.6
4.0
100
8.8
3.8
.43
45
4.6
2.0
.43
57
2.2
4.8
.46
76
2.1
.40
5. 3
77
5.4
2.3
.43
2.4
85
.45
5. 3
89
2. 2 .42
5. 2
91
2. 1 .40
5.3
96
2.2
.41
5. 4
93
5.4
2. 1 .39
89
2.1
. 37
5. 7
97
6.4
. 32
2.0
96
2.1
.35
6.0
100
2. 6 . 34
7. 7
100
2. 6 .32
8.1
3.4
38
.85
4.0
3.2
34
.66
4.9
56
3.1
.61
5.1
85
. 59
5. 4
3. 2
5.4
78
.61
3. 3
84
.58
5. 5
3. 2
98
5.8
3. 2
. 55
92
. 55
5. 8 3. 2
100
5.8
3. 5
.60
91
.53
3. 2
6.0
100
5. 8 3. 0
. 51
.44
100
6. 8 3.0
100
3. 8 . 54
7. 0
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
F a m ily ty p e I I I
3.6
40
4.0 1.11
$500-$749
36
.82
4.3
$750-$999_ _
5. 2
52
4.1
. 79
$1,000-$1,249
5. 2
89
4.1
.73
$1,250-$1,499
5.6
.72
83
$1,500-$1,749
4. 2
5.8
.74
92
$1,750-$1,999 _____
5. 6 4.2
4.1
90
$2,000-$2,249
5.8
.70
4. 2
. 73
97
5. 7
$2,250-$2,499
94
4. 2
.69
6.1
$2,500-$2,999
$3 000-$3,499
. 72
100
6. 2 4. 5
100
6. 7
4.8
. 71
$3 500-$3,999
4.4
. 66
100
6. 7
$4 000-$4,999
. 66
100
6. 7
4. 4
$5 000-$7,499
$7,500 and over________ (t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases,
* percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown,

$500-$749_____________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
______
$l'250-$l',499___________
$1,500-$1,749. _______
$1,750-$1,999
$2'000-$2'249 __
$2^250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3^500-13,999__________
$4,000-$4,999 _________
$5j000-$7,499
______
$7,500 and over.
F a m ily ty p e I
$500-$749__$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999 __
$5,000-$7,499 ..
$7,500 and over
F a m ily ty p e I I
$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5 000-$7,499
$7,500 and over




30
40
26
15
14
13
8
3
4
4
3
1

i
l
(*)
(*)

33
29
17
14
15
11
9
4
7
11
3
4

3

49
58
25
15
13
13
2
6
3

13
7
6
2
4
1
1

10
6
5
2
1
(*)
1
(*)
(*)

(*)
(*) 1

11
10
2

11
4
7
4

13
6
9
4

2
10
5
3

2
6

40
36
43
9
13
7
10
3
4

8
5
2
1

20
20
4
2

(t)

144

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES,

1 9 3 5 -3 6

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

T a ble 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

Average Average
Average
number number
of per­ number
ofrooms sons
in
of perFamily type and income in living living sons
quar­ quar­ roomper1
class
ters ters i
(2)

(1)
F a m ily ty p e I V

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush
toilet,
kitchen fuel
en gas or
facil­
electric ofities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

$500-$749 _ __________
$750-$999_ ___________
$1,000-$1,249 __________
$l'250-$l'499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$L750-$lj999___________
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2'250-$2^499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3j500-$3j999___________
$4',000-$4'999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over____ __.

5.0
5.4
5.8
5.7
5.8
5.8
6.0
6.5
6.2
6.2
6.8
7.4
7.4
9.2

3.2
3.4
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.8
3.9
3. 6
3.9
3.5

0.64
.63
.63
.62
.60
.64
.61
.56
.57
.62
.57
.48
.53
.38

80
62
57
91
78
80
89
100
99
100
95
100
100
100

$500-$749
$750-$999 _____________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over

5.7
5.6
5.7
5.5
6.2
5.9
6. 2
6.2
6.3
6.6
6.7
7.5
8.2
8.4

5.3
5.3
5.5
5.4
5.3
5.5
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.5
5.4
5.8
5.6
6.1

.93
.95
.96
.99
.85
.93
.86
.86
.82
.83
.80
.77
.68
.73

33
29
59
62
79
93
79
94
90
96
100
100
100
100

33
57
30
28
10
7
8
3
6
4

$500-$749
4.8
$750-$999
5.4
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.4
$1,250-$1,499 _ _ ___ _ 5.5
$1,500-$1,749___________
5.9
$1,750-$1,999___________
6.3
$2,000-$2,249___________
5.8
$2,250-$2,499___________
6.5
$2,500-$2,999__________
6.4
$3,000-$3,499___________
6.6
$3,500-$3,999___________
6.3
$4,00(>-$4,999 __________
6.5
$5,000-$7,499___________ (t)
$7,500 and over. ________

5.2
5.5
5.4
4.4
5.4
5.4
5.2
5.6
5.4
5.6
5.8
5.2
(t)

108
1.02
1.00
.80
.91
.86
.89
.86
.85
.85
.92
.80
(t)

20
37
65
62
82
94
91
94
92
100
100
100
(t)

20
41
26
27
14
6
6
6
8

11

49
7
13
20
36
6
11
13
33

13

F a m ily ty p e V

_______________________

__________________
__________________
__________________
__________________
________

-

F a m ily ty p e V I

_
_______________________

.

20

38
33
8
14
20
9
1
5

10

10
3
6
4

40
7
5

1
8
2

34
14
11
8
7
3

20
11
2
5
4

3

F a m ily ty p e V I I

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
7.4 1.40
5.3
$1,000-$1,249 _____
7.4 1.34
5.5
65
$1,250-$1,499 _____
6.2
7.6 1.22
71
$1,500-$1,749___________
6.2
7.2 1.16
80
$1,750-$1,999___________
6.1
7.1 1.17
64
$2,000-$2,249 __________
6.1
7.3 1.19
86
$2,250-$2,499 ____ ___
7.2 1.07
6.7
85
$2,500-$2,999
7.5 1.07
7.0
84
$3,000-$3,499___________
7.4 1.06
7.0
100
$3,500-$3,999 _________
7.4 1.19
6.2
67
$4,000-$4,999 ... ____
6.9
6.6
100
.95
$5,000-$7,499 __________
7.0
.91
100
7.7
$7,500 and over.. ___
1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
. . . .




___

13
8

25
28
8

3

5
4
3

TABULAR

145

SUM M ARY

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T a ble 3 . — L i v i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)
W a g e ea rn er

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$l, 249__________
$1,250-$l, 499 _________
$i' snn-$l' 749
$1,750-$l, 999...... ..............
$2 000-$2' 249 ______
$ 2 , 250-$2,499__________
$2, 500-$2,999.................$3, OQiO-$3,499 ................ _
$3, 500-$3| 999__________
C lerica l
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$l, 249 _____ _____
$1,250-$lj 499__________
$1, 500-$l, 749________
$1 750“$1,999__________
$2 000-$2,249_________
$2 250-$2,499__________
$2 500-$2,999______ ___
$3 000-$3 499
- ___
$3500-$3 999
___ _ _
$4 000-$4,999 ______
In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

(2)
4.5
5.1
5.4
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.8
6.0
6.1
6.2
4.9
5.2
5.4
5.6
5.4
5.8
6.0
6.0
6.1
6.8
6.5

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)
3,0
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.7
3-7
4.3
4.5
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.6
3.5
3.4
3.5
3.7
3.9
3.8
3.4

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric Running
ber
lights
cold water Other
of per­
only, in­ combi­
sons Gas or electricity as No kitch­ side flush nations
kitchen fuel
per
en gas or toilet, and of fa­
room 1
electrici­ electric
Central No central ty and no lights cilities
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
0. 66
.70
.66
.65
.65
.66
.68
.64
.62
.70
• 7;3
.60
.63
.61
.64
.65
.59
.58
.62
.64
.56
.52

47
48
57
81
72
79
81
96
96
94
83
37
82
75
91
91
97
96
95
97
100
100

30
38
30
14
20
21
15
2
3
6
17
49
14
20
7
7
3
4
4

2

1
1

4

10
7
6
2
2
2
(*)

13
5
7
3
6
2
1
0

3
1
1

11
4
(*)1
2

.53
8
5.7
86
3.0
6
$1 250-$l, 499 ________
.53
95
4
5.9
3.1
$1, 500-$l, 749__________
I
. 57
6.1
93
6
3.5
$1 750-$l, 999 ________
1
.63
3
90
3.7
$2 000-$2 249
- - - 5.9
.54
6.4
3.5
98
$2* 250-$2 499 .........
.61
87
13
3. 7
6.0
$2’ 500-$2,999__________
.57
95
5
3.6
$3 000-$3,499 ______ - 6.2
. 53
96
4
6.9
3.7
$3’ 500-$3 999 ____- .54
4
96
3.8
7.0
$4*000-$4,999 ___- -. 52
4.1
100
7.9
$5’000-$7,499 _ _ _ _ _
.48
4.4
100
9.1
$7 500 and over
S a la ried b u sin ess
.60
73
18
3.0
5.0
$1 250-$l, 499
__
1
.59
3.4
99
5.8
$l’ 500-$l 749
.59
$1’ 7;w$1 999
3.4
100
5.8
.53
94
4
$2’ 000-$2 249
_ _ _ 6. 6 3.5
94
.59
$9
499
6
5.9
3.5
.56
100
3.3
5.9
$2’ 500-$2’ 999
7
.59
3.4
93
$3’000-$3’ 499
5.8
.59
$3’ROn-$3’ 999
100
3.7
6.3
.55
3.8
100
6.9
$4’ 000-$4>999
.53
3.9
100
7. 3
$5* 000-$7' 499
. 36
100
3.2
8.8
$7 500 and
S a la ried p ro fessio n a l
2
.67
94
4.5
3.0
$1 250-$l 499
12
.65
$1’ ROO-$l 749
88
5.2
3.4
2
$1’ 7^0-$l’ 999
. 53
98
2.8
5. 3
.56
100
$2 009— 249
5.9
3.3
4
.57
3.3
96
5.8
$2* 250-$?; 499
2
.56
98
6.2
3. 5
$2’ 500-$2’ 999
1
.54
99
6. 5
3. 5
$3* 000-$s 499
.54
$3’ 500-$s’ 999
100
3.6
6.6
$4’ 090—^4^999
.53
100
3.6
6.8
nnn-^7’ 4QQ
.52
100
3.9
75
$7 ,500 and over________
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown,
f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




I
3

1
6
2

9
2

4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

146

3. — L iv i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
Average Average
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
number
of
of
per­
Running
Family type and income rooms sons in of per­ tric lights
class
cold water
in living living sons per
only,
inside
quar­ quar­ room i Gas or electricity as No kitch­ flush toilet,
kitchen fuel
ters ters i
en gas or and electric
electricity lights
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(2)
(4)
(7)
(3)
(8)
(1)

Other
combi­
nations
of facil­
ities
(9)

A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499______________
$500-$749 __________
$750-$999
___ _
$1,000-$!,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749 _________
$1,750-$1,999 __________
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999 __________

5.0
4.9
5. 3
5.2
5. 7
5.7
5.9
5.9
6. 6
6.0

2.8
3.1
3. 2
2.9
3.3
3.3
3.5
2.8
2.8
3. 2

0.56
.62
. 60
.55
.58
.58
.59
.47
.42
.54

4
33
46
43
59
78
82
78
100
89

4.9
4. 8
5.2
5.0
5.8
5.8
(t)
5.8
(t)
(t)

2.3
2. 0
2.1
2.0
2.0
2. 2
(t)
2.2
(t)
(t)

.46
.42
.40
.41
.35
.37
(t)
.37
(t)
(t)

51
49
38
35
85
(t)
80
(t)
(t)

5.3
4. 8
5.0
5.3
5.1
5. 3
(t)
(t)
7.0

3.5
3. 6
3. 6
3. 5
3. 6
3.6
(t)
(t)
3.7

.66
.75
.72
.66
.71
.69
(t)
(t)
.52

5.1
5.2
5.8
5. 6
5.8
5.6
5.8
(t)
(t)5.2

3.9
4.4
5.1
3.9
4.5
4.1
4.2
(t)
(t)3.5

.75
.85
.87
.70
.77
.73
.73
(t)
(t)
.67

33
19
24
46
22
17
18
22
11

19
(*)

5
11
7
5
15

39
37
23
46
5

F a m ily ty p e I

$250-$499 ___ ______
$500-$749
__
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 ____
$1,500-$1,749_______ __
$1,750-$1,999
. __
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _________
$2,500-$2,999 _ ______ _

31
2
9
46
28
15
20

23

50
52
43
36
37
46

25

1

2
8
7
37

46
45
34
8

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

$250-$499__ _________
$500-$749
__
$750-$999 _ ________
$1,000-$1,249 _____
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-.*!,749__________
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249 ________
$2,250-$2,499 ____ _ .
$2,500-$2,999 __________

(t)

3
51
46
63
54

100

(t)
(t)

25
23
6

22
6
12

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$250-$499 ________
$500-$749_____________
$750-$999
____
$1,000-$1,249 _________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999_____ _____
$2,000-$2,249 _________
$2 250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999 _ __ __

(t)
(t)

22
31
33
49
80
78
83

22
18
33
51
11
11
17

75

25

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
*Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




16
11

56
35
23
9
11

TABULAR SUMMARY

147

3.— L i v i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family typef occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
room i
en gas or
electric­
and no
Central No central ity
furnace furnace furnace
(7)
(4)
(5)
(6)

Running
cold water
only, in
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________

5.0
4.9
5.2
5.2
5.7
5.7

2.9
3.1
3.2
2.9
3.5
3.3

0. 58
.63
.61
.56
.61
.58

5
33
45
39
56
77

30
20
24
49
21
17

5.0
5.6
5.6
(t)5.9
5.5
6.5
4.8

2.4
2.5
2.3
(t)3.5
2.5
2.8
2.5

.48
.44
.41
(t).59
.45
.44
.52

54
64
86

46
36
14
11

(t)4.8

(t)2.9

(t).59

20

5
10
7
5
19

40
37
24
7
4
6

13

(t) 35
19

C lerica l

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________

100
100
75

25

B u s in e s s a n d p ro fe ssio n a l

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________

5.9
5.2
6.0
5.5
(t)6.2
(t)7.0

3.7
3.0
2.9
3.3
(t)
3.0
(t)
3.8

.46
.57
.48
.59
(t).48
(t).54

34
60
92
62
82
(t) f
(t)

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t) 18
21
38
18
(t)
40

8

148

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 3 . — L iv i n g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s, by fa m ily ty p e , occupation , and incom e,
in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bom]
ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES
Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of per­
class
in living living sons per
quar. quar­ room i
ters ters i
(1)
A l l fa m ilies

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499______ ____
$1,500-$1,749__________ _
$1,750-$],999 _________
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499- ________
$3.500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499.

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and colId water,
inside flush toilet, and elec- Running
Other
trie lights
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil­
en gas or flushelectric
kitchen fuel
electricity andlights
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(9)
(7)
(6)
(8)
(5)

3.5
3.6
3.4
3.5
3.0
3.5
3.6
3.4
3.7
3. 7
37
37
3. 9
4.0

1.10
.90
.82
.82
.64
.73
.73
.66
.67
.64
.64
.60
.60
.48

10
15
29
41
50
47
60
65
72
97
89
83
78

16
39
37
35
43
41
41
36
33
26
1
11
16
22

$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249 ___
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249_ ___
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4.000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500 and over _

3.3
3. 2
3. 9
4. 0
4. 2
4.1
4. 3
4. 3
4. 7
5. 2
4. 5
5. 2
5. 8
8.6

2.6
2. 2
2.1
2. 2
2. 4
2. 2
2. 2
2. 0
2. 2
2. 0
2.0
2. 2
2. 3
2. 2

.79
.67
.53
.55
.56
.54
.51
.47
.47
. 39
.45
.41
. 40
.26

21
26
31
67
75
59
68
67
71
96
86
92
54

14
47
40
42
32
19
33
32
30
29
4
14
8
46

14

57
32
28
27
6
8
3

15
6
1

$500-$749________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999 . __
$2,000-$2,249. _ _
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999.. .
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500 and over__

3.0
3.6
4.1
4.2
4. 5
4.5
4.9
5. 2
5. 4
5. 5
6. 2
5. 8
6. 4
8. 7

3.4
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.5
3. 5
3.6
3.6
3.6
3.5
3. 8
3.6
3.8
3.8

1.13
1. 03
.88
.86
.77
. 77
.73
.69
.67
.64
.61
.62
.59
.44

3
6
33
37
52
37
60
71
76
98
90
93
94

22
30
43
22
42
47
51
37
29
22
2
10
7
6

11
4
9
5
3

44
46
36
37
18
l
12
3
(*) 2

23
17
6
3

11
16
21
21
28
46
55
59
70
96
90
75
83

11
42
25
48
55
51
37
38
38
27
10
22
17

50
47
50
27
21
18
14
4
3
3
4

39
3
4
3

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$500-$749______________
4.5 1.32
3.4
$750-$999______________
4.8
.90
5.3
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.7 1.04
4.5
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.6
.95
4.9
$1,500-$1,749___________
.59
5.2
3.0
$1,750-$1,999___________
.80
5.6
4.5
$2,000-$2,249 . -____
.84
4.5
5. 3
$2,250-$2,499___________
5.9
4.5
.76
$2,500-$2,999___________
.77
6.0
4.7
$3,000-$3,499___________
4.9
.78
6.4
$3,500~$3,999 _____ ____
6.4
4.7
.74
$4,000-$4,999___________
6.8
4.5
.66
$5,000-$7,499______ ____
6.9
4.5
.66
5.0
.60 1
$7,500 and over________ 1 8.2
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




(*)

8
2
6
2
1
1
1

50
43
37
32
14
8
11
3
2
2
2

26
6
5
2
1

3. 2
4.0
4.2
4.3
4.7
4.8
4.9
5.2
5.5
5.8
5.8
6. 2
6.5
84

1
1

6

(*)
(*) 3
3
(*)

3
3

TABULAR SUMMARY

149

q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters}
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 yeart 1935-36— Continued

T able 3. — L iv i n g

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES

Aver­
age
num­
ber of
Occupational group and rooms
in
income class
living
quar­
ters
(1)
Wage earner

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
en gas or
room i
electrici­
ty
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(4)
(6)
(7)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 ...................
$1,250-$1,499......................
$1,500-$1,749.....................
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499...................
$2,500-$2,999___________

3. 2
4.1
4.1
4.3
4.6
4.9
4.9
5.4
5.3

3. 5
3.6
3.4
3.6
2.5
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.8

1.10
.89
.83
.84
. 54
.71
.74
. 66
.72

9
14
19
30
32
29
54
56

16
31
32
30
52
52
56
37
37

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499_............. .
$1,500-$1,749.... .......... .
$1,750-$1,999.....................
$2,000-$2,249................ .
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________

3.8
4.3
4.1
4.8
4.8
4.9
4.9
5.6

3. 5
3.4
3.4
3.6
3.5
3.7
3.3
3.8

.92
.80
.82
.75
.74
.76
.67
.67

14
16
42
45
61
55
59
61

56
46
40
38
35
31
39
39

$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$l,749________ _
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499_____ ___
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over________

4.8
4.9
4.8
5. 6
5.9
5.8
6.3
6.4
6. 5
6.8
8.3

3.4
3.3
3.6
3. 7
3. 7
3.7
3.9
3.6
3.8
4.0
4.4

.71
.68
.75
.66
.63
.64
.62
.57
.58
.58
.53

16
55
49
65
63
77
70
94
84
91
70

57
35
35
33
37
23
25
6
16
5
30

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999...............
$2,000-$2,249__...................
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499.....................
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499 __________
$7,500and over_____ ...

4.7
5.0
4.6
4.9
5.1
5. 4
5.3
5.6
6.0
6.4
8.4

3.6
3.5
3.4
3.4
3.6
3.4
3.7
3.8
3.7
3.8
3.7

.76
.70
.74
.69
.71
.63
.70
.67
.61
.60
.44

41
53
61
53
71
71
69
97
93
80
80

38
26
37
36
27
26
31
7
20
20

56
61
69
61
69
70
85
100
80
68
92

28
34
23
37
29
25
12
20
32
8

Clerical

Independent business and
professional

Salaried business

Salaried professional

$1,250-$1,499_._________
4.4
3.3
.75
$1,500-$1,749___________
.74
3.3
4.5
$1,750-$] ,999___________
.73
3.5
4.8
$2,000-$2,249__........... .
3.2
5.2
.61
$2,250-$2,499______
3.3
.62
5. 3
$2,500-$2,999. ..............
3.7
.71
5. 2
$3,000-$3,499................ . 6.2
.56
3.5
3.9
.66
$3,500-$3,999.............. . 5.9
.63
6.3
4.0
$4,000-$4,999___________
.65
$5,000-$7,499 ______
6.2
4.0
.42
3.7
$7,500 and over______
8.8
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




8
2
6
4
2
3
5
4

2

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)
50
49
39
43
18
14
124
7

26
9
9
4

27
33
18
10
4
14
2

3

5

3

27
10
14
2
5
4

3
2
2

2

18
13
11
2
3
3
16
5
8
2
5
3

6

150

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 3,— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rodms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-S6— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
Average Average
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
of
per­
number
of
Family type and income rooms sons in of per- tric lights
Running
class
cold water
in living living sons per
inside
quar­ quar­ room 1 Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush toilet,
kitchen fuel
ters ters 1
en gas or and electric
electricity lights
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(7)
(3)
(4)
(2)
(8)
(1)

Other
combi­
nations
of facil­
ities
(9)

A l l fa m ilie s

Under $250___________
$250-$499_ _ .
$500-$749______________
$750-$999 __________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000 and over_______

3.1
3.0
3.2
3.6
4.1
4.9
5.1
5.5
5.9
6.0
6.5
5.8
5.6
7.8

3.0
3.3
3.6
3.7
4.0
4.0
4.1
3.5
4.2
4.4
4.0
4.0
3.4
4.9

0.99
1.10
1.12
1.02
.98
.81
.81
.64
.72
.74
.61
.69
.61
.63

3.0
3.0
3. 0
3.4
4.0
4.9
4.5
5.8

2.0
2.1
2.3
2.4
2.4
2.4
2.2
2.6

.67
.70
.76
.70
.60
.49
.48
.44

2.3
2.7
3.2
3.3
3.8
4.3
5.4
5.2

3.0
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.1
3.5

1.30
1.10
1.00
.97
.83
.79
.57
.67

(t)2.9

(t)4.1

(t)
1.41

(*)

2
8
3
9
21
22
44
54
40
60

(*) 6
4
13
28
20
39
47
32
38
40
20

8
14
9
65

(*) 5
4
26
16
21

2
3
6
17
10
22
28
20
13
.

10

9
21
35
42
48
44
33
38
16
8
24
8
20

91
77
62
46
29
25
14
5
4
10
10

F a m ily ty p e I

Under $250__ ______
$250-$499
_________
$500-$749 __________
$750-$999
_________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over______ _

(*)

6
6
28
2
27

32
30
42
50
39
36
14

100
68
64
47
10
19
12

F a m ily ty p e I I

Under $250 . _ _ . _
$250-$499 __________
$500-$749 _____________
$750-$999
_________
$1,000-$1,249 _ _______
$1,250-$1,499__ _______
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over. _ _ __

8

16
9
50
54

25
15

1
4
8

16
38
53
44
73
17
15

100
76
62
46
36
18
16

F a m ily ty p e I I I

Under $250____________
$250-$499 ___________
$500-$749
__ _____
$750-$999 ____________
$1,000-$1,249 __ _____
$1,250-$1,499____ _____
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over________

2.9
3.9
4.2
6.2
6.1

(t)

4.0
4.1
4.0
4.4
4.1

(t)

1.37
1.06
.96
.71
.67

(t)

(t)

28

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




(t)

4
40
36

13
60

15
56
57
42
36

(t) 85
44
43
41

151

TABULAR SUMMARY

T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
Average Average
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
of
of
per­
number
Running
Family type and income rooms sons in of per- tric lights
class
cold water
in living living sons per
only,
inside
quar­ quar­ room i Gas or electricity as No kitch­ flush toilet,
kitchen fuel
ters ters i
en gas or and electric
electricity lights
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(6)
(5)
(7)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(1)
(8)

Other
combi­
nations
of facil­
ities
(9)

F a m ily ty p e I V

Under $250 __ _______
$250-$499______________
$500-$749__________ __ _
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over. _____

3.0
3.1
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.9
6.0

3. 6
3. 5
3.5
3. 6
4.0
3.9
3.9
3.8

1.20
1.13
1.00
.89
.88
.77
.67
.62

(t)3.1
3. 4
3.3
3. 7
4.6
5.8
8.0

(t)5. 4
5.6
5.4
5. 7
5.0
5. 4
5. 6

(t)
1.75
1. 66
1.63
1. 52
1.10
.94
. 70

(t)
2.8
3. 2
3. 8
4.3
5. 0
(t)6. 0

(?)5. 3
5.3
5. 4
5.1
5.3
(t)5. 3

(t)
1.90
1. 65
1. 40
1.19
1. 06
(t). 88

Under $250 _ _ _ ___ (t)
3.0
$250-$499________ ___
4. 4
$500-$749 . _________
4.2
$750-$999__ _________
$1,000-$1,249___________
3.8
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.8
$l,500-$2,249 . ____
5.8
$2,250 and over..
___ 7.1

(t)7. 5
7.6
7.0
7.3
7.7
7.3
7.2

(t)
2. 50
1.73
1.67
1.92
1.60
1. 25
1.02

1
-12
33

1
16
2
10
37
49

2
1
11
24
10
18
8

8
41
39
48
42
25
10

100
90
56
34
26
30
8

F a m ily ty p e V

Under $250____________
$250-$499 _____________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999__ __v______
$1,000-$1,249 __1______
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over _ ___

1
63

15
8

20
44

19
18
39
29
40
35
12

81
81
61
71
40
6
17

F a m ily ty p e V I

Under $250 ________
$250-$499 .................—
$500-$749
____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$1,499
____
$l,500-$2,249
$2,250 and over

9

1
8

12
2
8
18

20
14
32
58
55

4
12
33
38

46
42
74
59
17
12

100

(t)
(t)

80
73
66
26
18

F a m ily ty p e V I I

25

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

1 5 3 1 1 9 ° — 4 1 --------- 1 1




33
25

(t) 100
54
54
26
29
17

152

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

3. — Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family typet occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
Nokitch­
per
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
and no
Central No central tyfurnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e earn er

Under $250_______
$250-$499________
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____

3.1
2.9
3.2
3.6
4.0
4.7

3.1
3.3
3.6
3.7
4.1
4.0

0.99
1.13
1.13
1.04
1.01
.85

2.4
3.3
4.4
4.6
5.2
5.5
5.8
5.7
5.8

3.0
3.2
3.5
4.0
3.7
3.4
4.0
4.7
4.3

1.25
.98
.79
.86
.70
.62
.69
.82
.75

3.2
3.4
4.0
4.4
5.3
4.4
4.9
5.2
9.7

2.9
3.3
3.8
3.6
3.6
4.3
3.0
3.4
3.9

.90
.98
.95
.83
.68
.99
.60
.65
.54

3.1
3.5
4.7
4.6
6.0
5.4
5.9
6.4
6.4

2.9
3.6
2.9
3.2
3.8
4.6
3.7
3.9
4.2

.92
1.02
.62
.69
.63
.86
.62
.60
.66

3
7

6
1
12

1
3
5
18
8

10
9
37

7
22
8
32
9
36
30

20
4
9
4
33
12
55
39
15

9
20
34
41
47
46
25
55
70
50
34
27
25
9

91
79
63
48
31
27

C lerica l

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over________
In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess an d
p ro fe ssio n a l

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over________

•
15
18
20
42

6
22
23
25
14
60
33

80
64
36
4
9
12
9

5
6
10
16
15
45
14

28
44
50
39
8
10
54
17

67
50
34
23
39
20
20
8

12
13
6
18
9
15

50
13
50
55
43
55
30
11
12

38
60
19
18
21
9
15

S a la ried b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over________

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




7
14
56
40

7
25
9
22
27
40
33
48

153

TABULAR SUMMARY

T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES
Average Average
number number Average
of per­ number
Family type and income of rooms
in sons in of perclass
living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room 1
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil­
kitchen fuel
en gas or flushelectric
electricity andlights
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(9)
(7)
(8)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2^000-$2j249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5^000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and ov er._____

4.3
4.1
4.8
5.0
5.1
5.1
5.4
5.4
5.8
6.2
6.5
6.6
7.0
8.6

3.1
3.1
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.5
3. 6
3.8
3. 6
4.0
4.4
3. 7

0. 71
.76
.71
.68
.65
.67
.65
.65
.63
.61
.56
.60
.62
.43

34
65
60
78
82
95
95
98
96
100
96
98
97
100

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 _ ____
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over. ____

4.0
3.4
4.4
4.7
4.9
4.7
4.8
4.8
5. 3
6.1
6.2
6. 7
(t)
(t)

.58
.63
.50
.45
.44
.45
.43
.48
.40
.35
.33
.37
(t)
(t)

50
87
78
89
80
100
92
100
100
100
100
100
(t)
(t)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over________

3.9
4.3
4.7
4.9
5.0
5.2
5.5
5.2
5.6
5.7
6.4
6.5
6.4
7.9

2.3
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.3
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.5
(t)
(t)
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.5
3.7
3.8
3.5
3.9
4.2
4.0
4. 2
3.9
3.8

.95
.81
.76
.73
.71
.71
.68
.67
.68
.73
.63
.65
.62
.48

14
51
57
83
77
97
94
100
95
100
100
92
90
100

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$500-$749______________
.65
33
5.7
3.7
$750-$999 ___________
4.9
.82
4.0
58
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.4
43
4.6
.85
.83
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.5
4.5
62
91
$1,500-$1,749__________
5. 7
4.4
.76
4.4
.80
89
$1,750-$1,999 _________
5.5
$2,000-$2,249
4.3
.77
97
5.6
$2,250-$2,499 __________
5.9
4.4
95
.74
$2,500-$2,999
____
6.2
4.4
.71
94
4.4
$3,000-$3,499
_____
6.8
.65
100
$3,500-$3,999 __ ______
4.4
.66
90
6.7
$4,000-$4,999
4.8
.72
100
6.7
$5,000-$7,499
___
7. 6
5.1
.67
100
$7,500 and over
8. 6
3. 6
.42
100
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




5
9
3
4
2

2
2

2
4
3
5
3

14
11
7
5
2
1

38
13
23
12
8
5
2

2

6

5

25
135
7
8

25
8
9
3
7

58
16
24
11
13
6
4

14
17
12
1
8
3
8

10
9
2
4
3
10

23
11
14
6
6
5
2

33
33
34
20
4
3
3

34
23
16
1
11
5

154

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

T able 3. — Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,

average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type , occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bom]

OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)
W a g e ea rn er

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities

Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric
ber
lights
of persons
per Gas or electricity as No kitch­
room 1
en gas or
kitchen fuel
electrici­
ty
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(7)
(6)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499
____
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 .
$2'000-$2,249 ___ _ _
$2,250-$2,499 ______ __
$2,500-$2,999 ___ ___

4.3
4.0
4.7
5.1
5.0
4.9
5.2
5.4
5.9

3.1
3.1
3.3
3.4
3.4
3.4
3. 5
3.6
3.8

0.71
.77
.70
.66
.69
.69
.67
.67
.65

34
64
52
84
73
89
97
100
90

5
9
5
2

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
___
$1,250-$1,499
___
$1,500-$1,749 ___ _____
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999

4.0
4.8
4.7
5.3
5.1
5.3
5.4
6.1

3.0
3. 5
3.4
3. 2
3.4
3.5
3.6
3. 6

.75
.73
.72
.61
.67
.66
.66
.59

$1,250-$1,499
_____
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999_______ __
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500 and over

5.6
5. 5
5.4
5. 2
5. 2
5.9
6.3
6.9
6.9
7.4
9.3

3.6
3.1
3.2
3.1
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.9
5.2
3.5

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749_.
-$1,750-$1,999_
_____
$2,000-$2,249_
$2,250-$2,499 ...............
$2,500-$2,999____ ___
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999 ______
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499____ ..
$7,500 and over-

4. 3
5.3
5. 2
5. 6
5.3
5. 2
6.2
6.4
6.4
6.8
8.1

2.9
3. 5
3.2
3. 6
3. 2
3. 5
3.8
3.5
3.9
3.8
3.8

C lerica l

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess a n d
p ro fe ssio n a l

S a la rie d b u sin ess

S a la rie d p ro fe ssio n a l

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)
23
11
13
7
117

5

38
13
30
9
14
3
5

70
76
72
90
100
94
97
97

7
9
2

14
9
14
2

9
15
5
6
6
3

.64
.56
.60
.60
.69
.64
.57
.52
.57
.70
.38

68
87
92
96
94
97
100
100
94
91
100

9

.67
.66
.62
.64
.60
.67
.62
.55
.61
.56
.47

100
100
100
87
100
100
100
92
100
100
100

$1,250-$1,499
4.0
2. 6
.65
$1,500-$ 1,749
3.3
.65
5.1
.66
$1,750-$1,999
5. 3
3. 5
$2,000-$2,249
5. 6
3.3
.59
$2,250-$2,499__ ______
6. 1
3.3
.54
.64
$2,500-$2,999___________
5. 5
3.5
5.8
3.8
.65
$3,000-$3,499___________
.62
$3,500-$3,999 .
6.0
3.7
6.8
4.6
.67
$4,000-$4,999__
5.2
$5,000-$7,499
______
6.5
.80
$7,500 and over________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

86
92
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
100

3
4

3
20
5
4

3

3
8
8
6
6

9

13
8
14
8
5

155

TABULAE SUMMARY

T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of perclass
in living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room 1
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Othercold water combin­
inside ations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil­
kitchen fuel
en gas or flushelectric
electricity andlights
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(7)
(6)
(8)
(9)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249
_____
$2'250-$2'499___________
$2,500-$2,999
_____
$3'000-$3'499
$3,500-$3j999 _______
$4jOOO-$4,999
_____
$5,000-$7,499 __
$7,500 and over______ _

4.1
4.0
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.8
5. 2
5.2
5. 3
5. 3
6.1
6.2
7.0
8.0

2.9
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.3
3. 3
3.4
3.4
3.5
3. 6
3.6
3. 7
3. 7
4.1

0. 71
.78
.74
.71
.71
.69
.64
.66
.66
.67
.59
.60
.53
.52

57
53
56
69
72
87
92
93
95
95
98
100
100
100

13
25
24
15
19
8
5
4
4
5
2

$500-$749
$750-$999
____
$1,000-$1,249 _______
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
-$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499 . ______
$2,500-$2,999 _ ______
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999
_.
$5,000-$7,499_____ __
$7,500 and over

3.9
3. 4
3.9
3. 7
4.1
4. 2
4.8
4.5
4.8
5.3
5. 5
5.8
5.8
7.8

2.1
2.1
2.0
2.1
2. 2
2.2
2.0
2. 1
1.9
2. 2
2.4
2. 2
2. 2
2.7

.54
.61
.51
. 56
.53
.52
.42
.47
.40
.42
.44
.38
.38
.35

57
91
67
74
79
89
95
89
100
83
93
100
100
100

29
9
21
12
13
8
5
4
17
7

$500-$749___
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249. _____
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3.999__________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over. _

3.9
4. 2
4. 2
4. 6
4.7
4.9
5. 0
5. 2
5. 3
5. 0
5.9
6.0
7.1
6.5

3.5
3.6
3. 5
3. 7
3.6
3.6
3. 7
3.6
3. 7
3.9
4.0
3.9
3.7
4.0

.90
.86
.83
.79
.76
.72
.74
.79
.70
.77
.68
.65
.52
.61

49
24
44
65
76
87
91
98
98
100
100
100
100
100

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s T V a n d V

.73
$500-$749__________
4.8
3.5
.86
4.0
$750-$999____________
4.7
.89
5.3
4.7
$1,000-$1,249___________
.74
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.3
3.9
.82
5.2
4.3
$1,500-$1,749___________
.83
5.4
4.5
$1,750-$1,999___________
.72
4. 2
$2,000-$2,249 5.9
4.4
.78
$2 250-$2,499
5. 7
4.5
.80
$2 500-$2,999
5.6
5.6
4.3
.77
$3,000-$3,499___________
.62
6.6
4.1
$3,500-$3,999
4.6
.70
6.5
$4,000-$4,999
7.4
4.4
.59
$5 000-$7,499
.56
8.7
1
4.8
$7,500 and over------------i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




75
46
58
68
60
83
90
91
89
100
100
100
100
100

45
24
18
19
11
7
2
2

14
26
14
25
5
3
5
9

5
4
1
1
2
1
1

5
5
9
7
4
1
2
1
1

20
13
10
8
3
3
1
1

4
7
7

14
8
7
1
3

4

3

13
9

13
17
5
2

2

3
4
5
2

23
5
10
4
4
7
2

25
22
15
12
1
2
2

25
17
8
4
6
6
4

156

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having^ living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type , occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985-38— Continued

T a b l e 3 . — Living

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
Occupational group and ber of
rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
0)
W a g e ea rn er

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­
age Running hot and cold water,
num­ inside flush toilet, and electric
ber
lights
of persons
per Gas or electricity as No kitch­
en gas or
kitchen fuel
room 1
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(7)
(6)
(5)
(4)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000—$1,249
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1 750-$l 999
$2 000-$2,249
$2 250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
_____

4.1
4.1
4.4
4.6
4.4
4.6
5. 5
5.2
5.1

2.9
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.3
3.3
3.4
3.7
3.8

0. 71
.78
.73
.71
.76
.72
.61
.71
.74

57
49
53
58
61
84
90
85
86

13
25
22
22
27
11
5
8
10

5
4
2
2

5
6
12
9
7
3
5
4
4

$750-$999 ........... ........
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499 ________
$1,500-$1,749 . _____
$1 750-$l,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
__
$2 500-$2 999

3.8
4.3
4.5
4.8
5.0
4.9
5.0
5.1

2.9
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.2
3.2
3. 6

.77
.75
.71
.68
.68
.66
.65
. 70

67
66
86
76
90
96
90
95

25
26
7
17
6
2
4
5

3
3
4
2
4

5
2
3
2

$1,250-$1,499 _________
$1,500-$1,749 _
__
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499 - _____
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999 __ ___
$5,000-$7,499
_____
$7,500 and over __ ____

4.2
5.2
4.8
5.8
5. 5
5. 5
5.4
6.8
6.4
6.8
7.4

3.2
3.6
3.1
3.8
3.5
3.1
3.6
3.9
3.8
3.6
4.3

.76
.68
.65
.65
.64
.57
.66
.57
.60
.53
.58

62
87
80
91
100
98
96
100
100
100
100

10
3
11
6
2
4

$1,250-$1,499 _________
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _______
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499 __________
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499
_____
$7,500 and over _ _ _ __

5.0
4.8
4.8
5.0
4.8
5. 4
5.0
5.4
6.0
6.6
9.4

3.2
3.0
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
3. 4
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.6

.65
.63
.69
.65
.69
.63
.68
.63
.61
.55
.39

94
77
83
93
96
100
90
100
100
100
100

C lerica l

I n d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess
a n d p ro fessio n a l

S a la rie d b u sin ess

S a la rie d p ro fessio n a l

4.2
2.9
.68
$1,250-$1,499 __________
4.2
2.7
.63
$1,500-$1,749___________
.66
4.6
3.1
$1,750-$!,999 _________
3.4
.69
$2,000-$2,249____ _____ 4.9
5.6
3.3
.58
$2,250-$2,499___________
3.3
$2,500-$2,999___________
5.6
.58
$3,000-$3,499___________
5.6
3.7
.67
$3,500-$3,999___________
5.9
3.5
.59
$4,000-$4,999___________
6.2
3.6
.58
$5,000-$7,499___________
8.4
4.0
.48
4.4 1 .60
$7,500 and over________
7.3
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




84
84
100
89
100
98
100
87
100
100
100

14
3

23
9
7
4
10

3

20
16
13
9
3
2
3
5
5
2
2
14
7
9
3

6
5

6
9

10
7
11
2
13
________

157

TABULAR SUMMARY

T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: A v e ra g e n u m b e r o f ro o m s in liv in g q u a rte rs ,
avera g e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s p e r ro o m f a n d p e rce n ta g e o f f a m ilie s h a v in g liv in g
q u a rte rs w ith c e rta in m o d e rn f a c il it ie s , b y f a m i ly ty p e , o c c u p a tio n , a n d in c o m e ,
in 1 y e a r f 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
P O R T L A N D , O R E G .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Average Average
Running
hot and cold water,
number number Average inside flush
of of per­ number tric lights toilet, and elec­ Running Other
Family type and income rooms
cold water combi­
sons in of perclass
in living living sons per Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only, inside nations
flush toilet, of facil­
quar­ quar­ room 1
kitchen
fuel
en
gas
or
electric ities
ters ters 1
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(4)
(6)
(2)
(3)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

$500-$749 . ________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 __________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249
_____
$2^250-$2’499 _________
$2,500-$2^999 __________
$3^000-$3,499 __________
$3^500-$3^999 ___ _____
$4^000-$4'999 __________
$5i000-$7'499 _________
$7,500 and over ______

4.6
4.4
4. 6
4.9
5.0
5.2
5.4
5.4
5. 7
6.1
6.2
6.6
7.1
8.2

2.9
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.2
3.3
3.4
3. 6
3.4
3.5
3.8
3.7
4.3

0.63
.69
.67
.65
.66
.61
.62
.63
.63
.56
.56
.58
.53
.52

39
37
58
71
73
86
87
95
93
97
100
97
96
100

24
24
12
10
7
6
6
1
2

$500-$749 _____________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749 _________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499_______ __
$2,500-$2,999 _________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999 _________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000-$7,499___________
$7,500 and over ____

4.6
4.3
4.1
4.3
4. 5
5.0
4. 7
4.6
5.1
5.5
5.1
5. 5
5.6
6.0

2.2
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.0
2. 3
2.4
2.1
2.3
2.3
2.3

.48
.50
.51
.46
.49
.42
.44
.44
.45
.43
.42
.42
.41
.38

40
42
62
91
75
88
94
99
96
100
100
93
92
100

40
24
12
2
2
7
6
1

$500-$749 _____________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749 ______
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999 _ _______
$3,000-$3,499 __________
$3,500-$3,999
_ _ __
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499 __________
$7,500 and over________

4.1
4.2
4.8
4.8
4.8
5.1
5.5
5.6
5.6
6.1
6. 2
6.8
8.0
7.6

3.6
3.6
3.6
3. 6
3. 6
3. 6
3.6
3.7
3. 7
3. 6
3.9
3.8
4.2
3.9

.88
.85
.75
.75
.75
.71
.66
.66
.66
.59
.62
.55
.52
.51

24
29
60
59
75
92
90
93
93
98
100
100
100
100

12
23
20
13
14
2
3
3
4

52
17
11
13
5
2
1
1
2

26
2
17
7
8
6
2

14
20
29
10
8
4
5
3
3

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$500-$749 ____________
5.1
.70
3.6
$750-$999 ____________
.81
5.2
4.2
$1,000-$1,249___________
.79
4.3
5.5
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.4
.77
5.7
$1,500-$1,749___________
.74
5.9
4.4
$1,750-$1,999___________
.74
4.2
5.7
$2,000-$2,249 __________
4.4
.74
6.0
$2,250-$2,499 _________
5.9
4.4
.74
$2,500-$2,999___________
6.2
4.3
.70
$3,000-$3,499___________
.62
6.7
4.2
4.2
.59
$3,500-$3,999 _________
7.1
6.9
4.5
.66
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499
7.5
4.4
.58
.55
9.0
5.0
$7,500 and over________
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




57
40
47
56
68
79
80
95
92
94
100
98
96
100

28
20
16
7
10
2
2
2
2

4
4
1
1

1
4
20
21
12
1
15
1

5
7
3

8
7
6
8
1
1
4
7

8

2
4

9
15
10
11
10
5
6
2
3
3
2

6

4
3
1

12
25
9
15
6
4
6
3
1
2

29
14
18
14
17
8
9
2

3

6

158

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

T able 3. —Living quarters occupied: A v e ra g e n u m b e r

o f ro o m s in liv in g q u a r te r s ,
avera g e n u m b e r o f p e rso n s p e r ro o m , a n d p e rce n ta g e o f f a m ilie s h a v in g liv in g
q u a rte rs w ith c e rta in m o d e rn f a c ilitie s , b y f a m i ly ty p e , o c c u p a tio n , a n d in c o m e ,
in 1 y e a r , 1 9 8 5 - 3 6 — Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
P O R T L A N D , O R E G .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Aver­
age
num­
ber of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)
W a g e ea rn er

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons
per
room 1

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and electric Running
lights
cold water Other
only, in­ combi­
Gas or el(jctricity as No kitch­ side
flush nations
kitcbten fuel
en gas or toilet, and of fa­
electrici­ electric cilities
Central No central ty and no lights
furnace furnace furnace
(6)
(5)
(7)
(8)
(9)

$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-11,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2'250-$2,499 ___
$2'500-$2,999

4.6
4.5
4.7
4.7
5.1
5.1
5.3
5.0
5. 7

2.9
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.4
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.7

0. 63
.69
.66
.69
.66
.63
.65
.68
.65

39
31
53
67
64
85
82
93
96

24
28
11
8
7
4
7
3

28
21
19
9
17
3
4
4

$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 ____
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749 .
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999

4.3
4.5
5.1
4.9
5. 2
5.3
5. 3
5.6

3.0
3. 2
3.1
3.3
3.2
3. 2
3.3
3. 6

.69
.70
.61
.68
. 62
.61
.62
.64

55
68
79
83
87
98
98
96

13
15
12
6
10
2
2

14
9
4
4
1

$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$! ,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _________
$2,500-$2,999 _______
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999 _______
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500 and over___

5.4
5.0
5.8
5.6
5.9
6.0
6. 7
6.0
6.6
7.0
8.1

3.2
3. 2
3. 2
3. 5
3.9
3.6
3.5
3.4
4.0
3.7
4. 2

.59
.64
.55
.62
.67
. 61
.52
.58
.60
.53
.51

72
76
87
83
94
88
100
100
100
91
100

12
12
3
4
7

10
2
3
1
3
5

$1,250-$1,499 _________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999 ____
$3,000-$3,499 ____ __
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499 ___ ____
$7,500 and over______

4.7
5.0
5.0
5.4
5. 6
5.8
5. 7
6.4
6.1
7. 2
8.3

3.5
2.9
3.0
3.2
3.0
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.7
3.8
4.3

.74
.59
.60
.60
.54
.60
.60
.57
. 61
.52
.52

84
85
93
81
100
87
94
100
93
100
100

6
3
2
4
2

$1,250~$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over._ _ ...

5.0
4.8
5.4
5.8
6.0
6.1
6.1
6.4
7.3
7.1
8.8

3.0
3.0
3.0
3.4
3.4
3.5
3.3
3.4
3. 6
3.7
5.3

.60
.63
.56
.58
.57
.57
.54
.53
.49
.52
.60

64
86
92
88
90
93
97
100
100
100
100

C lerica l

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

S a la ried b u sin ess

S a la ried p ro fessio n a l

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




5
6
2
3
2

2

9
15
11
14
12
5
7
4
16
8
5
7
2
2
6
10
7
12
3

9
10
6
5
13
9
6
4

6
2
2

3
14
11
5
6
5

10
2

3
3

9
3
6
5
5
3

TABULAR SUMMARY

159

T able 3. — L iving quarters occupied:

A v e ra g e n u m b e r o f ro o m s in liv in g q u a r te r s ,
avera g e n u m b e r o f p e rso n s p e r ro o m , a n d p e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s h a v in g liv in g
q u a rte rs w ith c e rta in m o d e rn f a c ilitie s , by f a m i ly ty p e , o c c u p a tio n , a n d in co m e ,
in 1 y e a r, 1935—36—Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

N E W E N G L A N D , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Average Average
Running
hot and cold water,
number number Average inside flush
of of per­ number tric lights toilet, and elec­ Running Other
Family type and income rooms
sons in of per­
cold water combi­
class
in living living sons per Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only, inside nations
quar­ quar­ room i
flush toilet, of facil­
kitchen
fuel
en
gas
or
ters ters 1
electric ities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(2)
(3)
(7)
(1)
(8)
(9)
A l l fa m ilies

$250-$499______________
4.4
3.2 0. 72
12
$500-$749______________
21
4.4
2.9
.66
$750-$999______________
3.2
4.6
27
.69
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.0
3.3
30
.66
54
$1,250-$1,499___________
3.5
.69
5.0
5.4
3.5
.64
59
$1,500-$1,749___________
77
3. 5
.63
$1,750-$1,999___________
5.6
$2,000-$2,249 _______
5. 6
77
3. 6
. 65
$2,250-$2*499___________
5.6
3.5
.62
61
$2,500-$2,999___________
3.5
.59
87
6.0
$3,000-$3,499 __________
86
6.4
3. 6
. 57
.62
80
$3,500-$3,999___________
6. 3
3.9
84
$4'000-$4',999 __________
6. 9
3. 4
.49
3.6
100
$5,000 and over
7. 6
.47
F a m ily ty p e 1
25
2.3
.58
$250-$499 __________
4.0
39
4.1
2.0
.50
$500-$749 __________
38
4. 5
2.2
.48
$750-$999 __________
35
2. 2
$1,000-$1,249 ________
.48
4.6
2.2
51
.46
4.7
$1,250-81,499 __________
58
2. 3
.44
5.2
$1,500-81,749 __________
5.4
2.4
.44
78
$1,750-81,999 __________
76
$2,000-$2,249 _____ _ 5.0
2.3
.46
74
2.2
. 39
5.7
$2,250-$2,499 ________
100
5.2
2.0
$2,500-$2,999 __________
.38
100
. 28
$3,000-$3,499
___
7. 2
2.0
$3,500-$3,999 ________ (t)
(C 71
(t)2.0 (t). 40
$4,000-$4,999
___
5.0
$5,000 and over ___ _ (t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I
$250-$499
--(t)4.3 (t)3.5 (t).81
6
$500-$749______________
24
4.6
3.6
.79
$750-$999______________
23
4.8
3.7
.76
$1,000-81,249___________
3. 8
60
.78
$1,250-$1,499
_ . _ _ 4.8
.72
5.2
3.7
60
$1,500-81,749___________
82
3.6
5.3
.68
$1,750-$1,999___________
81
5. 5
3. 6
.66
$2,000-$2,249
5.4
3.6
.65
65
$2,250-$2,499
______
3. 8
90
$2,500-$2,999
_. .
6. 3
. 60
5.9
3.8
.65
83
$3,000-$3,499 _______
75
3. 5
. 64
5. 5
$3 500-$3 999
3. 5
100
. 49
7.0
$4 000-$4 999
4. 6
100
7. 8
. 58
$5,000 and over
F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V
$250-$499
(t)
(t)3.8 (t).75
7
5.1
$500-$749
____
4.0
.79
13
5.0
$750-$999______________
4.6
.75
37
6.2
$1,000-81,249___________
4.6
47
.79
5.8
$1,250-$1,499
4.1
.71
59
5.8
$1 500-$l 749
4.3
70
.70
6. i
$1,750-$1,999
______
72
4.6
.75
6.1
$2,000-$2,249
4.4
48
.76
5.8
$2,250-$2,499___________
74
4.4
.69
6. 4
$2 500-$2 999
.62
84
6. 5
4.0
$3 000-$3,499
4. 2
.64
78
$3 500-$3 999
6. 7
$4’nnn-$4’999
4.1
. 52
80
79
3.5
.41
100
8.5
$5^000 and over________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
•Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




39
34
30
38
21
15
10
9
12
3
7
12
25
35
23
41
26
7
10
17
13

2
4
3
2
3
2
2
8
8
5

49
33
33
24
19
23
8
10
20
7
7
7
50
16
31
24
18
33
5
7
13

10
6
5
4
3
2
4
5
1
9
10

C)

2
7

29
34
34
35
18
21
6
8
7
10
9
25
28
32
40
21
14
15
6
17
8
11

6
2
4
5

5
4
3
4
5
11

43
29
31
18
13
7
11
22
8
(t) 57
45
7
24
27
12
11
23
18
8

(*)

11
11
7
4
6
6

(•)
8
5
12
8
11
8
3
20

160

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1985—36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENGLAND, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
per
Nokitch­
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(6)
(7)
(5)

Running
cold water
only, in
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________

4.4
4.3
4.6
5.1
5.0
5.4
5.5
5.4
5.7

3.2
2.9
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.5
3.8
3.6
3.6

0. 72
.67
.69
.68
.71
.64
.69
.67
.64

12
23
22
24
49
44
64
67
44

39
31
30
42
20
21
17
14
12

4.5
4.6
4.7
4. 9
5. 3
5. 6
5.5
5.5

2.8
3.1
3.1
3. 3
3. 4
3.3
3.7
3.3

.63
.69
.66
.68
. 64
.58
.68
.60

10
48
34
62
75
85
80
70

47
32
36
21
11
7
4
13

5.7
5.3
5.7
5. 7
6. 3
5.6
6.1
6.9
(t)6.8
7. 2

3.2
3.4
3.5
3. 6
3. 4
3. 7
3.7
3. 9
(t)3.4
3. 6

.56
.64
.62
.63
. 54
.65
. 60
. 56
(t).49
. 50

66
67
79
87
100
84
91
91
(t)
83
100

22
24
4
5

5.1
5.5
5.2
5.6
5. 6
5. 7
6.0
6.0
6.2
6.9
8.0

3.1
3.5
3.5
3.2
3. 5
3.4
3.5
3. 5
4.0
3.4
3.6

. 61
.64
.67
. 58
.63
.60
.58
.58
.65
.49
.45

43
56
82
87
81
71
84
83
78
84
100

29
27
5
4
11
22
3
5
14

3
4
2
2
7
4

49
35
37
26
24
31
12
14
33

8
7
6
5
4
(•) 5
7

C lerica l

$500-$749.- ___________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 _ ____
$1,500-$1,749
____
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499
____

4
7

20
16
21
17
14
8
10
8

23
C) 2

12
9
9
8
16

(*)

6
9

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499
___
$1,500-$1,749___ ______
$1,750-$1,999
$2 000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
___
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-13,999
$4,000-$4,999
___
$5 000fl.nd over

4
9

5

8

17

S a la rie d b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249
___
$1,250-$1,499.
___
$1,500-$1,749_____ ____
$1,750-$1,999 _
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-12,999 __________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3.999___________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000 and over _____

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




8

28
9
10
8
7
11
12

(*)

8
3
9
2
16

TABULAR SUMMARY
161
T able 3.— L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of perclass
in living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room 1
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having Inring quarters; with
specified combinations of m<Ddern facilityes
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
Other
tric lights
cold water combiinside nationsGas or electricity as Norkitch only,
toilet, of facil­
en gas or flushelectric
kitchen fuel
ities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(9)
(6)
(7)
(5)
(8)

$250-$499
3.6
2.8 0. 78
$500-$749_____________
3.5
4.5
.78
$750-$999_____________
4.6
.78
3.6
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.1
.70
3.6
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.1
3.6
.70
$1,500-$1,749___________
5.3
3.6
.68
$1,750-$1,999___________
5.5
3.8
.69
$2,000-$2,249___________
5.8
3.8
.66
$2,250-$2,499___________
.64
5.8
3.7
$2,500-$2,999_________
6.0
3.4
. 57
$3,000-$3,499_
6.4
3. 7
. 58
$3,500-$3,999 ___
6. 8
. 53
3. 6
$4'000-$4,999____
3.6
6.8
. 53
$5,000 and over
3. 9
. 53
7. 3
F a m ily ty p e I
$250-$499
2.1
3.0
. 70
$500-$749
4. 2
2.1
. 50
$750-$999 _____
4. 3
2. 2
.51
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.1
2.1
.41
.42
4. 8
$1,250-$1,499______
2.0
$1,500-$1,749
4. 9
2. 2
.45
$1,750-$1,999__________
4.8
.48
2.3
$2,000-$2,249________
5. 5
2.0
.36
5.4
2.1
$2,250-$2,499__________
.39
$2,500-$2,999______
5.1
2.2
.43
$3,000-$3,499________
.34
6.4
2.2
$3,500-$3,999__________
.36
6. 7
2.4
$4,000-$4,999_______
2. 2
.33
6.6
$5,000 and over
.34
6. 8
2.3
F a m ily ty p e I I
$250-$499______________
4.0
3.0
.75
$500-$749______________
4.2
.74
3.1
$750-$999______________
4.2
.74
3.1
$1,000-$1,249___________
3.2
4.6
.70
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.9
3.2
.65
$1,500-$1,749_________
5.1
3.1
.61
5. 5
3. 2
. 58
$1,750-$1,999 _____ _
$2,000-$2,249__________
.56
5. 5
3.1
$2,250-$2,499____ ____
.54
5. 7
3.1
$2,500-$2,999___________
5. 9
.25
1.5
$3,000-$3,499___________
6. 2
3. 2
.52
$3,500-$3,999___________
6. 8
.54
3. 7
$4,000-$4,999__________
.49
6. 5
3. 2
$5,000 and over - - ____
7.2
.56
4.0
F a m ily ty p e I I I
$250-$499______________
3.3
4.0 1.21
$500-$749______________
4.1 1.02
4.0
$750-$999______________
4.4
4.0
.91
.82
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.2
5.1
.84
$1,250-$1,499___________
4.2
5.0
5.2
4.1
.79
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
. 70
5. 7
4.0
4.2
.75
$2,000-$2,249___________
5.6
$2,250-$2,499____ _____ 5. 7
4.0
. 70
.72
$2,500-$2,999_________
5.8
4.2
.65
$3,000-$3,499___________
6.6
4.3
4. 2
$3,500-$3,999 ___ ____
6. 3
.67
6.8
4.2
.62
$4,000-$4,999 __________
7.0
4.8
.68
$5,000 and over____
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
*Percentages of less than 0-5 are not shown.




45
33
41
53
55
74
82
82
86
96
96
91
97
100
56
44
49
62
55
95
85
78
88
95
100
100
100
100
20
42
39
49
56
72
80
94
89
98
89
100
100
100
67
29
37
34
43
54
86
76
96
95
88
75
100
100

7
7
7
5
6
3
4
6
2
1
1
1
10
9
7
4
14
8
5

6
9
4
6
1
9
3
2
5

10
18
10
14
2
4

3
1
2
3
1

(*)
(*) 2
2

38
29
33
23
26
15
10
9
4
1
2
6
2

1

44
34
33
20
29
5
8
8

6
3
1
1

60
26
36
27
21
19
5
6
8

14
30
17
14
13
5
5
3
2
1
1
3
21
8
8
9
3
4

20
20
13
19
16
8
6
6

9
1
7

33
24
9
24
26
23
7
15
12
25

47
44
15
21
8
7
5

162

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6
T able 3.— Living quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarter$,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family typet occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Average Average
Running
hot and cold water,,
number number Average inside flush
of of per­ number tric lights toiiet, and elec­ Running Other
Family type and income rooms
cold water combi­
sons in of per*
class
in living living sons per Gas or electricity as No kitch- only, inside nations
flush toilet, of facil­
quar­ quar­ room 1
on
gas
or
kitchen
fuel
electric ities
ters ters i
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(7)
(8)
(6)
(9)
(4)
(3)
(2)
(5)
(1)
F a m ily ty p e I V

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over______

5.0
5.0
5.4
5.2
5.4
5.6
5.8
6.0
6.0
6.3
6. 5
6.6
6.9
7. 7

3.5
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.4
3.6
3.4
3.6
3.7

0. 70
.72
.65
.67
.68
.62
.62
.62
.63
.54
.55
.52
.52
.48

25
31
52
66
72
73
96
86
88
95
100
86
96
100

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,259-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999________
$2,009-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000-$4,999________
$5,000 and over______

6.0
4.6
5.1
5.8
5.6
5.6
6.3
6.3
6.0
7.0
6.7
7.2
7.3
6.6

5.8
5.2
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.6
5. 7
5.5
5.8
5.5
5.1
5.1
5.3
5.2

.97
1.13
1.08
.93
.96
1.00
.90
.87
.97
.78
.76
.71
.73
.79

50
9
26
50
46
62
68
73
63
100
100
84
88
100

F a m ily ty p e V

F a m ily ty p e V I

$250-$499___________
5.0 1.52
33
3.3
$500-$749___________
19
5.4
5.6 1.04
$750-$999___________
5.3 1.13
38
4.7
$1,000-$1,249________
5.3 1.00
44
5.3
$1,250-$1,499________
4.9
5.2 1.06
45
$1,500-$1,749________
5.4
.98
57
5.5
$1,750-$1,999________
5.4
5.5 1.02
57
5.2
.94
$2,000-$2,249________
80
5.5
$2,250-$2,499________
5.4
88
5.7
.95
$2,500-$2,999________
5.2
.80
100
6.5
$3,000-$3,499________
6.2
6.4
.97
100
$3,500-$3,999________
6.0
.67
100
9.0
$4,000-$4,999________
5.9
90
7.1
.83
$5,000 and over______
100
9.4
6.6
.70
F a m ily ty p e V I I
$250-$499___________
7.5 1.97
$500-*$749___________
3.8
9
$750-$999___________
5.0
7.5 1.50
7.2 1.47
34
$1,000-$1,249________
4.9
7.4 1. 23
$1,250-$1,499________
63
6.0
$1,500-$1,749________
6.0
7.7 1.28
52
7.4 1.16
6.4
43
$1,750-$1,999________
7.3 1.09
$2,009-$2,249________
6.7
63
6. 2
6.3 1.02
$2,259-$2,499________
77
$2,500-$2,999________
6.6
7.6 1.15
87
6.8
7.0 1.03
100
$3,009-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999________
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
$4,000-$4,999________
7.9
$5,000 and over______
8.0
.98
100
1See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




17
7
1
2
7
2
4

10
9
13
9
14

25
7
2
4

4
4
3

12
19
6
3
22
5

9
7
6
4

35
34
19
16
14
4
3
4
5
9
4

50
17
13
10
6
9
5

20
40
20
44
24
22
14
11

50
61
34
17
10
1
10
9

8

8

33
22
41
23
40
13
32
12
7

34
40
21
18
5
8
5
4

10

8
13

2
8

17
47
59
10
30
29
18
11

________ 11 ..................

83
44
7
27
18
18
11
12

163

TABULAR SUMMARY

3. — L iving quarters occupied: Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family typey occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
and no
Central No central tyfurnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________

3.6
4.5
4.6
4.9
5.1
5. 2
5.5
5.7
5.8

2.8
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.7
3. 7
4.0
3.9
3.9

0.78
.78
.78
.73
.73
. 72
.72
.69
.67

45
31
41
49
51
67
73
74
78

7
8
7
4
8
6
5
8

3
1
1
2
1
1
3
4

4.4
4.5
5.2
5.1
5. 2
5.5
5.8
5. 7

3.3
3.5
3.6
3. 6
3. 4
3.5
3.7
3.9

.74
.78
.68
. 70
.66
.65
.64
.68

50
47
65
58
83
94
88
88

12
4
12
7
3
(*) 2
4

5.5
5.3
6.1
5. 7
6. 0
6. 0
6. 0
6. 5
7. 4
7. 0
7. 5

3.2
3.5
3.5
3. 6
3.8
3. 6
3.8
4.0
3.6
3.8
4.0

.59
.67
.57
.63
. 62
.60
.62
.61
.49
. 53
.54

50
68
84
81
81
95
98
97
89
95
100

5
9
2
11
4
2
3
3

4
2
1

4.8
5.0
5. 0
5. 6
5. 9
5. 6
5. 9
6.4
6. 5
6.6
7. 2

3.1
3.4
3. 3
3. 6
3. 7
3. 4
3.1
3.6
3. 6
3.4
3. 7

.66
.68
.66
. 63
.62
. 60
52
. 57
. 55
. 52
. 52

67
80
90
89
93
89
95
96
92
98
100

7

5
2

38
29
32
27
27
18
15
12
4

14
32
18
15
17
7
5
6
6

29
34
10
27
12
2
7
7

9
11
9
8
2
4
2

20
18
8
11
8
1

21
3
5
8

6
2

5

17
17
9
11
4
3
2
3
7
2

4
1
1

C lerica l

$500-$749______
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 - _____
$1,500-$1,749 . _____
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 _ _____

4
4
(*) 1
1

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess
a n d p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,25(M>2,499________
$2,500-$2,999 .
__
$3,000-$3,499._________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999 _
$5,000 and over S a la ried b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 ___ ____
$1,500-$ 1,749
$1,750-$! ,999 _ ____
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
____
$3,000-$3,499 _________
$3 500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999 _ _____
$/» 000 and over

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




3
7
2

1
1
1
1

164

F A M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S, 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

T able 3. — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa cilities, by fa m ily type, occupation, and incom e,
in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
SOUTHEAST, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
sons in of per­
Family type and income inrooms
living sons per
living
class
quar­ quar­ room i
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

$250-$499______________
$500-$749_______ _
$750-$999__ ...
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,0Q0-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over________

3.7
4.0
4.5
3.8
4.8
5.1
5.2
5.4
5.5
5.9
5.9
6.4
6.6
7.7

3.5
3.3
3. 7
3.4
3.5
3.8
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.6
3.6
3.9
4.0

0.94
.83
.82
.89
.72
.74
.72
.69
.68
.64
.61
.57
.59
.52

$250-$499 ____________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999_ _ __________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999 _________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over_______

2.8
3.8
3.8
2.2
4.7
4.7
5. 1
5.0
5.1
5. 2
5.9
6. 2
5.7
8.0

2.3
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.1
2.5
2.4
2.0
2.3
2. 1
2.3
2. 1
2.1
2.2

.82
.60
.58
.99
.44
.53
.46
.40
.45
.40
.38
.34
.37
.28

$250-$499______________
$500-$749 __________
$750-$999
___
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499 ____
$3,500-13,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000 and over________

4.1
3.8
4.6
4.1
4.6
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.4
5.8
5. 7
6. 3
6.4
7.0

3.7
3. 5
3. 7
3.5
3.7
3.8
3.7
3.6
3.7
3.6
3.5
3.8
3.7
3.9

.90
.92
.81
.86
.81
.76
.72
.69
.68
.63
.62
.60
.58
.56

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil­
kitchen fuel
en gas or flushelectric
electricity andlights
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

4.4 1.05
4.2
$250-$499- ____________
.91
$500-$749______________
3.9
4.3
.93
4.6
$750-$999______________
4.9
.88
4.3
$1,000-$1,249 ________
4.9
4.2
.81
$1,250-^1,499 _________
5. 2
.84
4. 5
5.4
$1,500-$1,749 ________
$1,750-$1,999___________
5.2
4.5
.87
.83
$2,000-$2,249___________
5.6
4.7
4.5
.79
$2,250-$2,499___________
5.7
4.7
6.4
.73
$2,500-$2,999___________
4.4
.72
6.1
$3,000-$3,499___________
.66
$3,500-$3,999 _________
6. 5
4.3
7.1
4.7
.67
$4,000-$4,999___________
.59
4.7
8.0
$5,000 and over------------i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




2
4
3
6
9
18
22
28
37
46
58

6
7
8
31
30
48
50
59
56
53
55
56
43
37

6
12
4
3
2
4
2
3
2
3
3
2
4
1

6
7
2
14
25
46
31
37
68
90

14
10
46
35
52
51
68
67
45
64
50
32
10

26
3
11
1
5
5

4
4
4
7
11
13
23
41
46
38
43

8
9
28
26
53
58
68
69
50
45
54
49
53

8
6
4
1
5
2
3
2
2
5

2
8
5
17
10
16
32
41
54

10
10
5
20
29
40
41
46
41
70
58
60
45
39

4
10
7
5
4
3
4
4
2
7
5
7

55
66
67
57
60
40
40
26
21
14
12
3
5
4

(*)

33
15
21
7
4
5
2
3
3
3
2
2
2

67
57
24
42
55
30
41
13
2
9
5
6

33
3
631
3
6
6
(*) 6

58
77
79
61
59
37
31
10
13
17
12
13

26
17
8
6
6
4
1
9
3
5
2

40
60
76
67
65
50
46
44
36
13
16
3
4
7

T

(*)

(*)

40
23
14
13
4
6
2
1
2
5
3
3

TABULAE SUMMARY

165

T able 3. — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa cilitie s, by fa m ily ty p e , occupation, and in com e ,
in 1 year, 1 93 5-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
SO U TH EAST, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
per
No kitch­
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
ty
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$!,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499__________

3.7
4.0
4. 5
3. 1
4.6
4.8
5.0
5.4
5.6

3.5
3.3
3.6
3.4
3. 5
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8

0.94
.82
.80
1.10
. 77
.80
. 76
.70
.68

2
2
5
5
17

6
8
21
14
32
24
58
53

6
12
1
4
2
2
5

3.7
4.5
4.5
5.2
5.3
5. 2
5.4
5.3

3.6
3.7
3.4
3.5
3.8
3.6
3.8
3.8

.97
.82
.76
.67
.72
.70
.71
.72

8
4
7
12
12

4
17
50
41
60
64
53
61

5. 1
5.3
5. 2
5. 2
5.6
5.9
5.8
5.9
6.8
6.6
7.9

3.4
3.4
3.5
3.9
3.2
3. 7
3.8
3.6
3.8
3.7
4.1

.66
.64
.67
.74
.58
.62
.64
.61
.56
.56
. 52

3
6
7
7
9
18
36
56
47
67

4.2
4.3
5. 1
5. 3
5. 2
5. 5
6.0
6.0
6.2
6.6
7.5

3.1
3.2
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.7
3.8
3.6
3.6
4.0
4.0

.73
.75
.69
.68
.71
.68
.64
.61
.58
.60
.53

3
3
2
9
9
28
24
26
29
46
51

55
66
67
66
80
56
61
34
30

(*)

5
13
2
8
5
5

73
68
44
44
26
29
27
15

18
2
6
5
2
(*)
3
7

23
38
45
51
69
55
59
40
42
39
31

10

54
47
44
45
11
23
17
10
7

10
9
4
2
8
8
3
9

39
61
65
64
63
53
57
59
62
44
42

8
3
2
4
3
2
2
3

48
30
29
23
20
19
12
13
4
4
7

2
3
4
2
4
4
3
3

33
14
27
74
8
5
3

C lerica l

$500-$749_____________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$!,249___________
$1,250-^1,499__________ ■_
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
In d e p e n d e n t b u sin e ss a n d
p ro fe ssio n a l

$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over_______

2
5
5
3
5
2
7
2

S a la ried b u sin e ss a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over............... .

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




(*)

166

F A M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S , 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

T able 3. — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room, and percentage of fa m ilies having' livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa cilities, by fa m ily type, occupation, and incom e ,
in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

SO U TH EAST, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED C ITIES: NEG RO FAM ILIES

Average Average
number number Average
Family type, occupa­
of of per­ number
rooms sons in of pertional group, and
in living living sons per
income class
quar­ quar­ room i
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Under $250
$250-$499
____ _
$500-$749 .
_____
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
___
$1 250-$l,499
$l|500-$l,749___________
$1,750-$1,999
_$2,000-$2,249
_____
$2 250-$2,499
$2^500 and over _ _

3.0
3.1
3. 4
3.9
4. 5
5. 2
5.4
5. 2
5. 2
5. 8
6. 4

3.1
3.0
3. 2
3.4
3. 5
4.0
3.4
4. 2
3.8
3.7
3.9

1. 03
.97
.95
.86
. 78
.76
.62
.80
.73
. 63
.61

Under $250
--- -$250-$499 . _______
$500-$749 . ________
$750-$999
-$1,000-$1,249
______
$1,250-$1,499
_____
$l,500-$2,249
$2,250 and over

2.9
3.0
3. 3
3. 5
4. 5
4.9
5. 7
6. 3

2. 4
2.0
2. 3
2. 2
2.1
2.0
2.3
2.0

.82
.66
.69
.62
.47
.41
.40
. 32

Under $250____________
$250-$499______________
$500-$749 - _________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
___
$1,250-$1,499 ________
$l,500-$2,249 _ _
$2,250 and over__ ___

3. 3
2.9
3. 2
3.9
4.1
5. 2
5.1
5.4

3. 6
3. 5
3. 5
3. 4
3. 5
3. 9
3. 5
3. 2

1.09
1.20
1.08
.86
. 85
.75
. 68
.59

Under $250____________
$250-$499 _____ _____
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 ____
$1,250-$1,499 ______
$l,500-$2,249___________
$2,250 and over. . _

3.0
3. 6
3.7
4.3
4.6
5. 3
5. 3
6.1

4. 5
4. 4
4. 3
4.5
4. 6
4. 5
4.5
4. 5

1. 50
1. 21
1.15
1.04
1.00
.85
.85
.73

Under $250____________
$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999 ____________
$1,000-$1,249_ ________
$1,250-$1,499__ ______

3.0
3.1
3. 4
3.9
4. 4
5.0

3.1
3.1
3. 3
3. 4
3. 7
4.1

1.04
.99
.96
.88
.84
.82

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

W a g e earn er

C lerica l, b u sin ess, a n d
p ro je ssio n a l

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
cold water Other
only, inside combin­
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ flush
toilet, ations
kitchen fuel
en gas or
facil­
electric ofities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

Under $250____________
2.8
2.4
.84
$250-$499______________
3.5
2.7
.78
3.1
.84
$500-$749______________
3.7
$750-$999______________
4.6
3.4
.75
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.9
3.0
.61
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.8
3. 4
.59
$1,500-$1,749___________
5.4
3.4
.62
$1,750-$1,999___________
4. 2
.80
5. 2
$2,000-$2,249___________
5. 2
.73
3.8
$2,250-$2,499___________
. 63
5.8
3.7
$2,500 and over________
6.4
3.9
.61
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




3
3
3
10
5
14
50
20
9

9
6
13
37
34
50
52
36
31
18
27

88
94
84
55
48
35
13

1
7
9

11
5
15
39
45
29
29

89
94
85
48
36
43

11
8
12
37
21
46
33
20

79
92
88
57
60
47
11

6
8
11
15
59

(*)
8
(*) 9
5
38
5

4
12
35
32
58
47
29

100
96
80
59
51
26
7

6
6
7

3
2
2
9
4

10
5
13
38
34
59

87
95
85
54
51
30

2
15
20
14
14
49
75
46

8
7
9
15
7
14
50
20
9

9
19
29
37
25
39

(*)
(*)
7
18

14
33
1

(*)

5
7
18

5
8
10
14
14
49
75
46
6
10
28
57
67
4
6
31
80

(*)

(*)

10
1
13
7
25

22

7

100
83
74
55
33
48
26
36
31
3
27

TABULAR SUMMARY

167

T able 3. — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s , by fa m ily ty p e f occupation , and in com e ,
in 1 year , 1 93 5-36 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

W EST CENTRAL, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of per­
class
m living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room 1
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499______________
$500-$749 ______
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999____ _ _
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499 ___
$3,500-$3,999 ___
$4,000-$4,999____

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combininside ationsGas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil
kitchen fuel
en gas or flushelectric
ities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(7)
(9)
(6)
(8)

4.4
4. 3
4.6
5.0
5. 2
5. 4
5. 3
5. 5
5.8
5.8
6. 3
6.1
6. 5
7. 4

3.1
3.4
3.4
3.5
3. 5
3. 7
3. 5
3. 5
3.6
3. 8
3. 7
3. 5
3. 8
42

0.71
.80
.73
.70
. 68
. 69
. 66
. 63
.62
. 64
. 59
. 57
. 59
57

8
11
9
24
29
40
48
59
59
85
89
91
100
86

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$!,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249 _
$2,250-$2,499 ____
$2,500-$2,999 ___
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999 _
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over

4.3
3. 5
4.0
5.1
4.8
5.0
4.8
5. 2
5. 5
5. 5
6. 3
4.7
5. 6
6. 8

2. 2
2. 2
2.0
2. 2
2.0
2.1
2. 3
2.1
2.1
2. 3
2.1
2.1
2. 3
2. 4

. 51
. 61
.51
. 44
.42
.43
.48
. 41
. 38
. 42
. 33
. 44
41
'.36

18
7
42
26
46
42
68
65
81
92
81
100
86

$250-$499_______
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1,749________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249______ .
$2,250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500 -$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over

4.1
4. 4
4.4
4. 6
5. 2
5.1
4. 9
5. 3
5. 6
5. 6
6.1
5. 9
6. 3
6. 9

3. 5
3. 6
3.6
3. 6
3. 6
3. 8
3. 5
3. 4
3. 6
3. 9
3. 6
4.1
3. 9
4. 2

. 85
. 82
.82
. 77
. 69
. 74
. 70
. 65
. 65
. 70
. 60
. 70
! 63
. 61

8
7
13
14
23
47
50
61
69
100
85
100
100
88

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

2
2
4
7
8
5
12
7
9
2
4
7
3

3
7
20
9
18
8
10
14
3
8
9
9
7
7
9

(*)

3
4
2

4

8
3

46
46
60
55
53
44
37
28
29
10
7
2
11

41
41
23
14
10
11
3
6
1
3

50
42
46
44
61
54
35
20
17
13
9

50
40
43
11
6
(*)
3
3
6

42
47
59
57
62
31
43
24
26
6

42
46
22
21
6
13
8
5

12

23
46
$250-$499____________
5.0
4. 4
.88
23
8
36
9
6
49
$500-$749 - 5. 0
4. 5
. 91
5
75
6
$750-$999______________
6
8
5.5
4.3
.78
10
61
1
5.4
18
10
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.6
.85
17
40
$1,250-$1,499___
5.4
4.4
7
. 82
36
14
49
32
5
4. 6
5. 8
. 78
$1,500—$1,749
6
32
4. 4
52
10
. 74
$1,750—$1,999______
5. 9
6
37
6.0
4.4
.74
50
7
$2,000-$2,249___________
38 (*)
4. 4
51
.74
8
3
$2,250-$2,499___________
6.0
3
13
4.
4
79
5
$2,500-$2,999
6.1
. 71
10
90
$3 000-$3,499
6. 4
4. 5
. 70
92
8
4. 0
. 58
$3 500-$3,999
6. 9
100
46
66
70
$4 000-$4 999
84
16
.64
7.8
5.0
$5’,000 and over________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item. * Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.
153119°— 41------ 12




168

FA M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S , 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

T able 3. — Living quarters occupied: Average num ber of room s in livin g quarters,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having living
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s, by fa m ily ty p e , occupation, an d in com e ,
in 1 year, 1 935-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

W EST CENTRAL, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
per
No kitch­
kitchen fuel
room i
en gas or
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

Wage earner

$250-$499________
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____

4.4
4.2
4.6
4.8
5.1
5.2
5.2
5.5
5.7

3.1
3.4
3.3
3.6
3.4
3.8
3.5
3.6
3.7

0. 71
.82
.73
.75
.67
.73
.68
.65
.64

8
12
5
12
20
33
42
37
49

2
2
4
5
8
4
14
11
20

3
4

4.6
4.8
5.4
5.2
5.7
5.1
5.4
5.6

3.1
3.5
3.4
3.7
3.8
3.3
3.4
3.6

.68
.73
.62
.71
.65
.65
.62
.63

9
25
29
34
44
54
75
61

3
14
9
5
6
6

5

5.2
5.3
5.4
5.1
5.8
6.1
5. 7
6.9
6.2
7.5
7.5

3.2
3.4
3.5
3.4
3.6
3.4
3.7
3.9
3.5
4.2
4.5

.63
.64
.65
.67
.62
.56
.65
.57
.57
.56
.60

60
47
48
61
82
79
79
92
84
100
80

4
8
9
16
9
8
10

2

5.4
5.5
5.7
5.9
5.7
5.9
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
7.2

3.3
3.4
3.4
3.7
3.4
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.5
3.7
3.8

.62
.61
.61
.62
.60
.60
. 64
.60
.58
.62
.54

60
51
59
52
62
55
89
88
95
100
92

4
4
2
12
8
4
4
3
5
8

4

46
41
60
62
58
47
42
40
23

41
45
27
21
14
16
2
12
4

71
56
55
51
46
38
19
39

20
11
2
6
5
2

Clerical

$500-$749_____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________

(*)

In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess
a n d p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over______

27
44
40
17
10
12
14
6
20

7
1
3
6
8
7

30
45
33
32
30
41
7
9

6
(*) 6
4

S a la ried b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000~$4,999_________
$5,000 and over______

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




TABULAE SUMMARY

169

T able 3 .— L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quartersf
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s , by fa m ily type, occupation , and in com e ,
in 1 yea r , 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ROCKY M O UN TAIN ,

2

M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms sons in of per­
in living living sons per
class
quar­ quar­ room i
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and col d water,
inside flush toilet, and elec- Running
trie lights
Other
cold water combi­
inside nations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
toilet, of facil­
kitchen fuel
en gas or flushelectric
electricity andlights
ities
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over________

4.0
3.8
3.9
4.2
4.5
4.3
4.4
4.7
4.9
5. 4
5. 6
5.4
5.9
6.3

3.1
2.8
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.4
3. 7
3.7
3.3
3.7
4.0

0. 79
.74
.85
.78
.74
.76
.77
.72
. 70
.68
.65
.62
.63
.63

4
36
21
36
42
56
61
65
73
83
93
87
95
100

$250-$499_____ ___
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249________ _
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000 and over.____ _

3.8
3.2
3.8
3.8
4.2
3.9
4.1
4.0
5.0
5.0
5.3
4.9
5. 0
5.3

2.5
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.1
2.1
2.1
2. 2
2.5

.66
.65
.55
.58
. 50
.53
.51
.55
.46
. 42
.41
. 43
. 44
.48

52
32
36
41
77
75
73
78
89
91
66
100
100

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999___________
$5,000 and over______

4.0
4.3
3.6
4.3
4. 1
4. 2
4.4
4.7
4. 5
5. 6
5.9
5. 5
6.1
6. 2

3.4
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.6
3. 6
3. 7
4. 1
3.6
3.8
4.1

.85
.79
1.00
.84
.83
.85
.81
.77
.80
.66
.69
.66
.62
.66

13
17
21
31
46
46
49
67
76
76
90
95
100
100

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

30
24
14
24
30
16
22
18
18
11
7
4
5

16
13
21
22
18
15
11
9
7

25
14
10
35
30
5
17
17
18
3
9
13

25
13
15
14
25
5
4
6
4

25
33
14
22
31
21
31
16
17
16
10

13
10
17
27
13
18
15
10
5

25
6
14
7
6
4
2
1
2

25
21
30
11
4
9
4
7
2
4
4

25
25
4
6
2

25
21
18
11
4
7
2
4

5

8

13

(*)

25
15
5
11
7
3
1
3

24
25
43
9
3
12
4
4
2
8

5

$250-$499______________
4.5
.96
4.3
50
25
$500-$749______________ 4.6
.85
25
3.9
25
37
$750-$999______________
4.6
34
4.6 1. 00
9
18
12
4.4
.93
$1,000-$1,249___________
11
26
4.7
43
5
$1,250-$1,499___________
5. 2
4.4
.85
28
39
17
10
4.2
.88
24
$1,500-$1,749................
4.8
46
20
3
.94
$1,750-$1,999___________
4.8
62
14
14
4.5
5
$2,000-$2,249___________
5.4
4.3
.79
56
20
10
11
.82
$2,250-$2,499___________
5. 2
4.3
67
19
11
5.5
4.4
.81
84
$2,500-$2,999_________ _
4.4
.
76
$3,000-$3,499___________
5.8
96
4
$3,500-$3,999___________
5.6
3.9
.70
95
4. 5
10
$4,000-$4,999___________
6. 4
.71
90
5. 1
$5,000 and over________
7. 2
.70
100
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item. * Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




8

25
13
27
15
6
7
5
14
3
5
5

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36
T able 3.— L iv in g quarters occupied: A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s , by fa m ily ty p e , occupation , and in com e ,
in 1 yea r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued
170

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ROCKY M OUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
flush toilet, and electric
num­ inside
lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
No kitch­
per
kitchen fuel
en gas or
room 1
electrici­
ty
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________

4.0
3.8
3.8
4.4
4.4
6.4
4.4
4.5
4.7

3.1
2.8
3.4
3.3
3.3
4.8
3.4
3.5
3.4

0. 78
.74
.88
.76
.76
.75
.78
.78
.73

4
31
16
35
34
51
55
57
64

30
27
12
20
33
11
27
20
26

16
15
24
29
24
17
12
12
10

25
7
15
4
7
6
2
2

25
20
33
12
2
15
4
9

3. 5
4.2
3.9
4.5
3.9
4.3
4. 7
4.8

2. 7
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.1
3.4
3.5
3.3

.76
.73
.82
.73
.80
.80
. 75
.69

60
47
32
56
58
60
72
77

5
26
30
25
21
22
20
17

5
7
17
6
16
11
8
3

9
13
3
3
2

30
11
8
10
2
5
3

4.1
4. 3
4. 5
5.3
5.4
5. 7
5.9
6.0
5. 5
5.9
5.9

3.3
3.1
3.3
3.3
2. 5
3. 9
3.9
3.6
3.1
3. 7
3.9

.80
. 72
. 72
.62
.46
.68
.67
.60
.57
.63
.66

36
64
61
84
75
77
91
100
94
94
100

38
18
29
8
14
3
7

6
3
5
16

3.8
4.6
4.5
4.3
4.9
5.2
5.0
5.4
5. 3
6.0
6.8

3.1
3. 2
3.2
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.4
3. 7
3.4
3.8
4.1

.81
.69
.71
.79
.69
.63
.68
.68
.65
.63
.60

66
68
68
74
69
84
78
90
82
96
100

21
17
27
10
12
14
13
10
6
4

C lerica l

$500-$749 ______ ___
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499_____ ___
In d e p e n d e n t b u sin ess
a n d p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$1,499 ________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999________ _
$2,000-$2,249___ ______
$2,250-$2,499________ _
$2,500-$2,999___ ______
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999_____ ____
$4,000-$4,999
_____
$5,000 and over
___

13
3

13
15
4
5
6
4
2
6

6
3
7

7

6

S a la ried b u sin ess a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249 __________
$2,250 -$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999
______
$3,000-$3,499 _________
$3,500-$3,999 _________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000 and over________

1 See explanation of tables for definitions of this item.




12
5
9
3

3
9

16
2
6
3

TA BU LA R SU M M A R Y

171

T able 3.— Living quarters occupied: Average num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa cilitie s, by fa m ily type, occupation , and in com e ,
in 1 yea r, 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
PACIFIC N O R TH W EST, 3 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Average Average
number number Average
of of per­ number
Family type and income rooms
sons in of perclass
in living living sons per
quar­ quar­ room 1
ters ters 1
(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

(2)

(3)

(4)

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
inside flush toilet, and elec­ Running
tric lights
Other
cold water combin­
inside ations
Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush
toilet,
kitchen fuel
en gas or
facil­
electric ofities
electricity andlights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(6)
(7)
(8)
(5)
(9)

$2J50-$499__ __________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499___^ ______
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 __________
$2,000-$2,249
_____
$2,250-$2,499 _________
$2'500-$2'999 __________
$3'000-$3,499 __________
$3,500-$3,999 _________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5^000 and over________

4.2
5.0
4.8
5.0
4.9
5.2
5.1
5.4
5. 7
5.4
5.8
6.3
6.6
8. 3

3.8
4.2
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.8
4.8
6.0
5.9
6. 2
7.6

0.90
.84
.88
.87
.94
.82
.85
.82
. 85
.90
1.04
. 93
. 94
.92

4
3
3
12
13
26
24
35
49
60
75
64
100

4
4
5
10
7
8
13
11
6
14
6

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999 __________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$l,499 __________
$1,500-$1,749 ______
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999 _________
$3,000-$3,499_ ________
$3,500-$3,999___________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000 and o v e r _____ _

4.5
5.2
4.3
5.2
4. 2
4. 5
4. 5
4.7
4.6
4.8
4.9
5.2
5. 2
8.3

3.0
2.9
2. 9
2.5
3.0
2.6
24
2.2
2.9
3.5
3.2
3.6
4. 5
2. 7

.67
.56
67
.48
.72
. 58
. 53
.48
.62
.74
.66
.68
.86
.32

3
8
1
20
20
45
22
46
62
56
60
60
100

3
6
9
16
9
8
8
11
40

F a m ily ty p e I

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

$250-$499______________
3.0
3.0 1.00
$500-$749______________
4.6
5.4 1.18
$750-$999____________
4.9 1 04
4.7
$1,000-$1,249___________
4.7
3
4.9 1.04
$1,250-$1,499___________
7
4.8
4.8 1.00
$1,500-$1,749___________
15
5.0
4.3
.86
$1,750-$1,999___________
5.1
4. 9
.96
16
5.0
$2,000-$2,249___________
4.8
.96
31
$2,250 $2,499___________
5.4
4.2
.78
35
5.4
45
$2,500-$2,999 __________
5.7 1.06
$3,000-$3,499 __________
6.1
.92
5.6
65
$3,500-$3,999___________
.92
92
6.3
5.8
6.2
$4,000-$4,999___________
5.2
68
.83
$5,000 and over________
6.5
8.4 1. 28
100
F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V
$250-$499______________ (t)
5.4 (t)5.2 (t). 96
$500-$749______________
9
$750-$999______________
5.8
5.3
.91
$1,000-$1,249___________
5.3
4
5.9 1.11
6.2 1.08
$1,250-$1,499___________
5.8
10
4
$1,500-$!,749___________
6.1
5.7
.93
$1,750-$1,999___________
21
5.7
5.5
.96
$2,000-$2,249 __________
6.3
5.6* .88
18
$2,250-$2,499___________
6.7
7.0 1.03
25
$2,500-$2,999 __________
5.2
6.0
.86
42
8.4 1.34
62
6.3
$3,000-53,499___________
7.0
7.3 1.05
$3,500-$3,999 _______
70
$4,000-$4,999 _________
62
7.3
7. 3 1. 00
$5,000 and over________
8. 9
9.4 1.06
100
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




9
3
1
5
9
9
15
17
8

90
70
83
76
75
62
51
50
28
23
6
2
9
100
70
68
73
69
58
47
53
17
22
11
100
67
96
75
87
67
60
44
27
24
8
16
(t)

5
6
9
11
6
15
9
11
12

76
87
80
65
60
44
55
38
23
4
7

10
2
7
2
2
1

12
3

7
3

7
5
5
2

20
7
15
6
14
16
18
24
17
28
9
21
24
12
17
2
6
8
16
29
8
22
40
171
19
5
13
15
16
23
14
19
8
16
(t) 15
6
6
14
25
24
21
22
26
38
15
19

172

F A M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S , 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

T able 3. — Living quarters occupied: Average num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,
average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s, by fa m ily ty p e , occupation, and in com e,
in 1 year, 1 93 5 -3 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
Nokitch­
per
kitchen fuel
room 1
en gas or
electrici­
ty
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(5)
(7)
(4)
(6)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

Wage earner

$250-$499
_____ ___
$500-$749 ___________
$750-$999 _____________
$1,000-$1,249 _
$1,250-$1,499___________
$l,50O-$l,749 __________
$l'750-$l,999
$2,000-$2,249 . ______
$2,250-$2,499 __________

8
5
22
7
27

3
1
3
6
5
12

90
75
86
82
82
76
62
77
27

.66
.82
.96
1.00
.82
.80
.80
.80

34
22
10
23
35
30
42
35

16
12
7
19
8
10
16

32
68
62
61
32
47
36
35

4.5
4.8
5.6
4.9
4.5
5.4
4.5
6.8
5.8
6.5

7
11
11
24
34
29
56
60
72
71
100

11
21
7
12
24
12
9
4
19
5

64
52
60
40
19
39
15
4

7.7

.91
.95
1. 00
.90
.88
.97
.83
1. 21
.86
.95
.92

4.9
4.7
5.2
5.2
4.1
4.5
5.1
4.9
6.1
5.9
7.5

.94
1.13
1.06
.98
.70
.85
.95
.82
1.02
.92
.93

14
34
22
34
28
57
44
61
77
57
100

6
4
20
8
7
12
13
8
10
7

59
58
38
26
39
10
30
8
4
18

4.2
4.9
4.8
5.1
4.9
5.3
4.9
5.4
5.5

3.8
4.3
4.2
4.3
4.5
3.9
4.0
4.7
4.6

0.90
.87
.88
.85
.92
.73
.83
.87
.84

5.9
5.1
4.8
4.7
4.9
5.4
5.0
6.1

3.9
4.2
4.6
4.7
4.0
4.3
4.0
4.9

5.0
5.0
5.5
5.4
5.1
5.6
5.4
5.6
6.7
6.9
8.4
5.2
4.2
4.9
5.3
5.9
5.3
5.4
6.0
6.0
6.4
8.1

•

10
2
7
1
2

20
7
16
5
13
11
16
34

Clerical

$500-$749 ____________
$750-$999 ____________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499 _ ____
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249 _ ____ _
$2,250-$2,499
____

7
5
3

18
3
11
9
11
15
12
14

Independent business and
professional

$1,000-$1,249 __________
$1,250-$1,499 __________
$l,50O-$l,749
_____
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249 _____ _____
$2,250-$2,499 ....................
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999 ________
$4,000-$4,999 __________
$5,000 and over____

18
16
22
24
23
20
20
32
9
24

Salaried business and
professional

$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749 _________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 __________
$2,500-$2,999_..................
$3,000-$3,499___________
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999 _________
$5,000 and over __ ___

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




10

11
4
20
32
26
21
13
23
9
18

TABULAR SUMMARY

173

Average number of rooms in lining quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1 98 5-86 — Continued

T a b l e 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
N E W E N G L A N D , 4 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Average Average
Running hot and cold water,
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
of of per­ number tric lights
Family type and income rooms
Running Other
sons in of per­
class
cold water com
in living living sons per
bin
inside
quar­ quar­ room i Gas or electricity as No kitch­ only,
flush toilet, ations
kitchen fuel
ters ters i
facil­
en gas or and electric ofities
electricity lights
and no
Central No central furnace
furnace furnace
(L
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499___________

4.7
4.6
4.9
5.1
5.2
5.6
5.6
5.9
6.4
6.5
7.0

2.5
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.5
3.5
3.5
3.6
3.2
3.5

0. 54
.66
.65
.62
.64
.61
.61
.60
.56
.50
.50

20
21
14
23
34
47
53
59
70
78
83

8
3
3
8
9
12
7
7
5
4

4.7
4.4
5.0
4.6
4.9
5.0
5.2
5.4
5.9
5.8
6.1

2.0
2.2
2.1
2.2
2.2
2.3
2.3
2.1
2.2
2.0
2.1

.42
.51
.42
.48
.45
.45
.44
.40
.37
.34
.34

14
37
14
37
39
48
56
55
86
78
79

14

(t)4.4
4.6
5.1
5.0
5.5
5.6
5.8
6.1
7.1
7.0

(t)3.6
3.7
3.5
3.6
3.5
3.6
3.8
3.5
3.6
3.7

(t).81
.80
.68
.73
.64
.64
.65
.58
.51
.53

(t) 5
10
17
34
49
57
56
75
81
91

8
6
6
13
5
4
11
6

9
18
13
13
12
11
4

(t)5.3
5.5
5.7
6.1
6.4
6.1
6.4
7.0
6.9
7. 7

(t)
3.9
4.4
4.2
4.5
4.6
4.3
4.5
4.8
4.5
4.5

(t).73
.79
.73
.74
.72
.71
.70
.69
.65
.58

8
27
10
27
45
47
65
53
74
79

6
12
1
10
6
2
4
13

(t) 27
6
15
18
14
5
7
3

10
18
16
11
11
10
6
3
3
3

21
37
49
33
24
13
18
7
47
2

41
21
18
25
22
18
16
24
15
14
12

23
17
7
3
6
5

26
42
30
21
4
23
6
11

72
14
27
18
27
21
11
24
10
11
14

54
58
27
25
15
16
12
7
4

24
8
37
15
19
12
17
12
19
5

F a m ily ty p e I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499 _________

8
10
21
10
10
4

7

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999__________ .
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499 ______
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________

(t)

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

$250-$499______________
$500-$749_____________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999____, ______
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,499__________

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




32
39
45
28
18
16
5
14

(t)

33
22
18
26
13
26
28
22
13
18

FA M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S, 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

174

3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 — Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
N E W E N G L A N D , 4 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
per
Nokitch­
kitchen fuel
room i
en gas or
electrici­
and no
Central No central tyfurnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W age ea rn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-11,749___________
$1,750-11,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________

4.7
4.5
4.9
5.0
5.2
5.6
5.5
5.8
6.1

2.5
3.0
3.2
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.4
3.5
3.9

0. 54
.66
.65
.64
.65
.64
.62
.60
.63

20
22
13
18
28
44
47
60
64

8
2
3
10
9
15
7
7
8

10
10
16
12
11
10
6
5
4

21
43
49
34
32
14
22
6
11

41
23
19
26
20
17
18
22
13

4. 7
4.4
5.4
5.4
5.8
5.8
6.0
6.5
6.5
7.0

3.1
2.9
3.2
3.4
3.3
3.5
3.6
3.4
3.2
3.5

.65
.66
.58
.63
.57
.61
.59
.52
.50
.50

17
22
36
46
54
63
58
73
78
83

6
5
3
9
5
6
8
3
4

71
15
11
11
11
5
2
3

46
28
9
11
13
8
5
4
2

6
12
22
25
19
13
26
17
14
12

C lerica l, b u sin ess, a n d
p ro fessio n a l

$500-$749
________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249 ______
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over________

See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




TABULAR SUMMARY

175

Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 1 98 5 -8 6 — Continued

T a b l e 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S
Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
Average Average
Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
number number
number
of
per­
Family type and income of rooms sons in of per­ tric lights
Running
in living living sons per
class
cold water Other
quar­ quar­ room 1 Gas or electricity as
only, inside combinters ters 1
No kitch­ flush toilet, ofationskitchen fuel
facil­
en gas or and electric ities
electricity lights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(3)
(2)
f6)
(7)
(1)
(8)
(9)
A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over___ _ __

5.7
4.8
5.3
5.3
5.6
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.7
6.3
6.5

3.2
3.2
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.7
3.9
3.9
3.8
3.8

0. 56
.66
.68
.69
.66
.66
.64
.66
.68
. 60
.58

30
24
26
45
52
63
65
74
75
87
91

3
3
6
3
5
6
6
8
2
1
1

5.8
4.1
5.1
5.3
5.4
5.4
5.5
5. 7
5.9
5.9
5.9

2.1
2.0
2.3
2.3
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.2
2.0
2.1
2.0

.36
.49
.45
.43
.38
.38
.38
.38
.35
.35
.34

33
47
37
74
56
64
57
93
94
93
100

2.
3
11
7
5

5.0
4.5
4.8
5.0
5.1
5. 5
5.5
5.6
5.9
6.2
7.2

3.0
3.0
2.5
3.2
3.2
3.0
3.1
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.4

.60
.67
.52
. 64
.62
.56
.57
.58
.54
.53
.48

33
3
23
40
58
75
74
74
79
93
86

5.0
5.2
5.3
5. 2
5. 7
5. 5
5. 6
6.1
5. 8
6. 3
7. 0

4.0
4.0
4.2
4.0
4.1
4.3
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.6

.80
.76
.78
. 77
. 72
.78
.73
.68
. 70
.66
.66

8
16
42
55
72
73
80
95
91
100

(*)

1
2
1
2
1
1
2

(*)

34
53
30
31
22
19
15
11
9
10
3

33
20
37
19
20
10
13
6
12
2
5

44
40
26
13
15
25
14
2
6
7

23
13
35
10
29
19

33
55
29
41
19
18
12
9
4
7
14

34
31
39
14
10
5
7
6
17

25
64
45
33
32
20
18
14
9

75
24
24
25
11
5
6
6

F a m ily ty p e I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249 _
$1,250-$1,499
.
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249 _____
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999 _____
$3,000 and over __ _

3

F a m ily ty p e I I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249 _____
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999 _________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over_ ____

11
9
12
2
7
11

5
1

F a m ily ty v e I I I

$250-$499 ____________
$500-$749_ ___________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499 _
$1,500-$1,749 _________
$1,750-$1.999 _________
$2,000-$2,249
$2 250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999 _________
$3;fififi and over

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown,




8
2
3
3

4
7

5

176

F A M IL Y E X P E N D IT U R E S IN SE L E C T E D C IT IE S , 1 9 3 5 - 3 6

T a b l e 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : A verage num ber of room s in livin g quarters ,

average num ber of persons per room , and percentage of fa m ilies having livin g
quarters w ith certain m odern fa c ilitie s , by fa m ily ty p e , occupation , and in com e ,
in 1 yea r , 1 93 5 -3 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Running hot and cold water,
Average Average
number number Average inside flush toilet, and elec­
number
of
per­
of
Running Other
Family type and income rooms sons in of per­ tric lights
cold water combin­
class
in living living sons per
only,
inside ations
quar­ quar­ room 1 Gas or electricity as No kitch­ flush toilet,
kitchen fuel
facil­
ters ters 1
en gas or and electric ofities
electricity lights
Central No central and no
furnace furnace furnace
(4)
(6)
(5)
(2)
(7)
(9)
(8)
(SO
(1)
F a m ily ty p e I V

$250-$499_____________
$500-$749______ ______
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249 _ - ____
$l'250-$M99___________
$i;500-$l',749___________
$1,750—$1,999___________
$2'000-$2',249___________
$2,250-$2,499 - ____
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over _ __

6.6
5.7
5.4
5.5
5.8
6.1
5.9
5.7
6.2
6.4
6.5

3.4
3.0
3.3
3.7
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.6
3.8
3.6
3.6

0.52
.53
.62
.67
.63
.61
.61
.64
.61
.56
.55

14
7
11
6
6
3
3
9

14
13
23
40
61
56
66
74
59
86
92

29
70
32
32
16
21
15
11
16
14

43
10
32
22
17
14
16
6
20

(t)

32
22
45
41
7
9
19
5
3
12

39
54
24
20
25
10
10
11
10
8

(t)

78
38
39
13
16
34
17
12

11
31
35
32
3
14

25
23
57
49
6
15
17
17
21
9

62
65
18
19
40
31
22
35
16
12

2
6

5

1

7

F a m ily ty p e V

$250-$499______________
$500-$749 ____
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,600-$2,999
$3,000 and over________

(t)

5. 7
6.8
5.6
6.0
6.0
6,4
6.3
3. 2
6.8
6.2

(t)

(t)

(t)

5.6
5.5
5.3
5.4
5.7
5.3
5.5
5.6
5. 5
5.5

.97
.81
.94
.91
.94
.83
.87
1.80
.80
.88

(t)

(t)

1.14
.97
.96
.87
.92
.99
.85
1.16
.94
.83

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

29
24
18
36
59
72
55
68
87
76

■

6
3
9
9
12
16

7
4

4

F a m ily ty p e V I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749_____________
$750-$999 _
$1,000-$1,249- . _____
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over __ _____

4.9
5. 3
5. 2
5.9
5.8
5.6
6. 2
4.9
5.8
6.9

5.6
5.1
5.0
5.1
5.4
5.5
5.3
5.7
5.5
5.7

11
31
25
48
71
54
62
100
88
100

7
9
8
7

i
I
4

F a m ily ty p e V I I

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249.................. .
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000 and over______

(t)

6.6
5.1
5.7
5.8
6.6
6.6
6.4
6.9
7.0
7.2

(t)

7.1
7.4
7.3
7.7
7.7
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.5
7.4

1.08
1.45
1.29
1.34
1.17
1.13
1.18
1.08
1.07
1.02

13
12
25
16
43
50
43
48
54
67

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases,




8
11
4
12
9
7

8

6
5

TABULAR SUMMARY
177
T a b l e 3 . — L iv in g q u a r t e r s o c c u p ie d : Average number of rooms in living quarters,
average number of persons per room, and percentage of families having living
quarters with certain modern facilities, by family type, occupation, and income,
in 1 year, 193 5-S 6 — Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Percentage of families having living quarters with
specified combinations of modern facilities
Aver­
age
num­
ber
of
Occupational group and rooms
income class
in
living
quar­
ters
(1)

(2)

Aver­
age
num­
ber
of per­
sons in
living
quar­
ters 1
(3)

Aver­ Running hot and cold water,
age
inside flush toilet, and electric
num­ lights
ber
of per­
sons Gas or electricity as
per
Nokitch­
kitchen fuel
room i
en gas or
electrici­
and no
Central No central tyfurnace
furnace furnace
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)

Running
cold water
only, in­
side flush
toilet, and
electric
lights

Other
combi­
nations
of fa­
cilities

(8)

(9)

W a g e earn er

$250-$499______________
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$!,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
$2,250-$2,499___________
$2,500-$2,999___ _____
$3,000-$4,999
___
C le ric a l , b u sin ess , a n d

5. 7
4.8
5.3
5.2
5.5
5.7
5.7
5.8
5.3
6.4
6. 5

3.2
3.2
3.8
3.7
3.8
4.0
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.8
3. 7

0. 56
.67
.71
.71
.68
.69
.64
.66
.73
.59
.57

30
21
25
39
47
56
62
69
67
83
87

3
4
5
3
6
8
5
11
4
1
3

$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________
$1,500-$1,749___________
$1,750-$1,999___________
$2,000-$2,249___________
____
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999___________
$3,000-$3,999___________

5.0
5.3
5.4
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.9
6.0
6.3
6.5

3.0
2.8
3.4
3.6
3.6
3.8
3.9
3.8
3.9
3.8

. 60
.53
.63
.63
.62
.64
.66
. 63
.61
.58

40
28
59
63
73
70
81
84
91
93

7
3
2
4
6
4
1
1

1
2
1
3
(*) 2
3

32
53
31
33
22
19
17
13
13
135

35
22
38
38
24
14
16
5
13
3
5

52
31
28
21
18
13
7
4
7
3

5
31
9
13
5
10
8
12
1
3

p ro fessio n a l

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
*Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




3
3
1
1
(*)
1
(*)

178 FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36
T able 4. — H ou sing: Average value of housing secured with and without money

expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 19S5—86

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: W HITE FAM ILIES

Income class

All
hous­
ing,
plus
fuel,
light
and
refrig­
eration

(1)
$500-$749 _______________
$750-$999 ____
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999______________
$3,000-$3,499______________
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999______________
$5,000-$7,499______________
$7,500-$9,999______________
$10,000 and over___
___

(2)
$374
396
416
450
502
539
588
621
683
747
805
1,017
1, 212
1,807
2, 868

Value of housing 1
Fuel,
light,
and
refrig­
eration Total
(3)
$55
78
83
80
85
89
91
87
114
102
120
124
131
160
161

(4)
$319
318
333
370
417
450
497
534
569
645
685
893
1,081
1, 647
2, 707

Money expenditure

Without money
expenditure

Rent
Other
re­
Owned ceived
hous­
Total
Total Family
home ing
home as pay
or gift
(10)
(8)
(6)
(5)
(7)
(9)
$306 $306
$13 —$3
$16
276
276
42
21
21
303
303 (*)
11
30
19
344
345
25
9
16
$1
398
395
3
19
10
9
428
425
3
22
14
8
4
471
467
23
26
3
11
506
495
21
28
7
524
12
536
33
25
8
615
596
19
22
30
8
640
611
29
45
45
841
791
50
52
52 (*)
1,032
943
89
21
49
28
1,527 1, 307
220
120
92
28
561 -31
-34
2,738 2,177
3

NEW YORK CITY: NEG RO FAM ILIES

$500-$749 ______ ______ $339
$750-$999 ________________
371
427
$1,000-$1,249 _____________
$1,250-$1,499______________
450
$1,500-$1,749______________
491
562
$1,750-$1,999______________
598
$2,000-$2,249______________
670
$2,250-$2,499______________
688
$2,500-$2,999 ____________
$3,000 and over______ ____ 1,180

$53
68
65
78
80
82
76
94
95
118

$286
363
362
372
411
480
522
576
593
1,062

$158
260
316
361
396
468
506
542
561
358

$158
260
316
361
395
466
503
539
556
336

(*)
$1
2
3
3
5
22

$128
43
46
11
15
12
16
34
32
704

$3
1
1
2
-15
16
8
32
197

(*)
(*)$2
1
3
5
8
9
13
22
39
41
161

$24
4
30
47
28
36
46
57
68
109
83
105
134
126
222

$24
(*)
20
29
17
34
34
45
55
79
79
97
122
118
182

$14
5
9
24
25
29
39
68
84
87
129
223
293
461

$5
9
18
22
25
36
66
83
80
117
200
288
405

$128
40
45
10
13
27
26
557

CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749 _____ _____ $310
$750-$999_________________
329
$1,000-$1,249______________
365
$1,250-$1,499______________
413
$1,500-$1,749______________
456
$1,750-$1,999______________
501
$2,000-$2,249______________
527
$2,250-$2,499______________
574
622
$2,500-$2,999______________
654
$3,000-$3,499______________
734
$3,500-$3,999______________
793
$4,000-$4,999______________
976
$5,000-$7,499______________
$7,500-$9,999______________ 1,317
$10,000 and over__________ 1,885

$83
85
92
89
95
107
101
115
113
117
117
129
150
150
224

$227
244
273
324
361
394
426
459
509
537
617
664
826
1,167
1, 661

$203
240
243
277
333
358
380
402
441
428
534
559
692
1,041
1, 439

$203
240
243
277
331
357
377
397
433
419
521
537
653
1,000
1, 278

(*)

$4
10
18
11
2
12
12
13
30
4
8
12
8
40

PRO VID EN CE, R . I.: W HITE FAM ILIES




$170
190
224
237
278
299
340
334
384
501
452
536
663
903

$170
190
224
237
278
297
336
324
366
483
435
506
575
752

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)$2
4
10
18
18
17
30
88
151

$14
C)
6
3
4
3
2
1
7
12

8» c« S3

$500-$749_________________ $264
$80 $184
$75C-$999_________________
285
195
90
$1,000-$1,249______________
350
233
117
$1,250-$1,499______________
382
121
261
$1,500-$1,749______________
442
303
139
$1,750-$1,999______________
482
154
328
$2,000-$2,249______________
548
169
379
$2,250-$2,499______________
402
571
169
$2,500-$2,999______________
660
192
468
$3,000-$3,499______________
780
192
588
$3,500-$3,999______________
787
206
581
$4,000-$4,999______________
994
235
759
$5,000-$7,499_______ ______ 1,208
252
956
$7,500 and over___________ 1,739
375 1,364
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.50 are not shown.

TABULAR SUMMARY
T able

179

Average value of housing secured with and without money
expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

4,— H o u s in g :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C O LUM BU S, OHIO: W HITE FAM ILIES

Income class

All
hous­
ing,
plus
fuel,
light
and
refrig­
eration

(1)

(2)

$500-$749_________________ $262
$750-$999___ _________ _ 307
$1,000-$1,249______________
350
$1,250-$1,499______________
391
$1,500-$1,749______________
435
$1,750-$1,999______________
458
$2,000-$2,249______________
501
$2,250-$2,499______________
529
$2,500-$2,999______________
560
$3,000-$3,499 ____________
645
714
$3,500-$3,999______________
$4,000-$4,999______________
789
$5,000-$7,499______________ 1,026
$7,500 and over ______ _ 1,819

Value of housing 1
Fuel,
light,
and
refrig­
eration Total
(3)
$77
93
104
114
110
121
125
130
133
143
143
153
194
234

(4)
$185
214
246
277
325
337
376
399
427
502
571
636
832
1, 585

Money expenditure

Without money
expenditure

Rent
Other
re­
Total Family
Total Owned
ceived
home hous­
home
ing
as pay
or gift
(5)
(6)
(7)
(9)
(10)
(8)
$172
185
204
223
256
251
275
296
292
348
332
388
456
1,095

$172
185
204
223
254
250
272
293
287
339
317
366
418
973

$13
29
42
54
69
86
101
103
135
154
239
248
376
490

$13
27
40
42
63
86
100
100
134
154
219
240
370
490

$29
26
22
31
69
45
146
71
161
168

$29
24
15
28
69
45
146
71
123
168

(*)
$1
(*) 1
2
3
2
5
7
11
16
28
71

$4
7
19
24
46
50
64
70
108
107
160
174
272
574

$4
7
19
24
46
48
63
69
96
103
156
169
237
554

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$11
1
1
3
4
9
16

$14
12
11
29
52
71
89
25
118
127
166
109
61
257

$11
10
10
27
47
69
74
11
107
127
126
109
61
257

(*)
(*)$2
1
3
3
5
9
15
22
38
122

$2
2
12
6
(*)
1
3
1
20
8
6

C O LUM BU S, OHIO: NEG RO FAM ILIES

$250-$499_________________
$500-$749_________________
$750-$999________ ______
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999______________

$215
260
298
314
340
373
471
473
576
485

$51
86
99
106
109
131
142
146
145
143

$164
174
199
208
231
242
329
327
431
342

$135
148
177
177
162
197
183
256
270
174

$135
148
177
177 ’"’(*) ""
162 (*)
197 (*)
183
256
264
$6
170
4

$2
7
3
38

A TLAN TA, GA.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_________________ $177
$750-$999_________________
249
$1,000-$1,249______________
289
$1,250-$1,499______________
337
$1,500-$1,749_ ____________
376
$1,750-$1,999______________
434
444
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499_ ________ ___
507
$2,500-$2,999______________
528
634
$3,000-$3,499______________
$3,500-$3,999______________
735
$4,000-$4,999______________
797
918
$5,000-$7,499______________
$7,500 and over _________ 1,379

$68
84
85
98
101
106
110
115
125
135
141
158
184
229

$109
165
204
239
275
328
334
392
403
499
594
639
734
1,150

$105
158
185
215
229
278
270
322
295
392
434
465
462
576

$105
158
184
215
228
276
267
320
290
385
423
449
434
505

(*)
(*)

$2
1
1
12
4
4
5
35
20

ATLAN TA, GA.: NEGRO FAM ILIES

Under $250______________ $123
$32
$91
$250-$499_________________
46
113
159
$500-$749_________________
186
61
125
152
$750-$999_________________
219
67
192
$1,000-$1,249______________
271
79
212
$1,250-$1,499______________
303
91
$1,500-$1,749______________
348
108
240
121
278
$1,750-$1,999______________
399
$2,000-$2,249______________
444
319
125
464
134
330
$2,250-$2,499______________
462
$2,500-$2,999______________
125
337
482
$3,000-$3,499 ____________
169
313
$3,500-$3,999______________
134
332
466
$4,000 and over _________
664
178
486
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.50 are not shown.




$77
101
114
123
140
141
151
253
201
203
171
204
271
229

$77
101
114
123
140
140
150
252
200
200
167
195
271
219

$3
2
1
2
5
2
15
14
11
40

180 FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36
T able

Average value of housing secured with and without money
expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 1935—86— Continued

4.— H o u s in g :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

OM AHA, NEBR.-—COUNCIL B LU FFS, IOW A: W HITE FAM ILIES

Income class

(1)
$500-$749 _____________
$750-$999 ______________
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$?,500-$2,999______________
$3,000-$3,499_ ____________
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999______________
$5,000-$7,499 ____________
$7,500 and over___________

All
hous­
ing,
plus
fuel,
light
and
refrig­
eration
(2)
$287
298
368
417
460
495
531
578
614
712
764
937
965
1,319

Value of housing 1
Without money
Fuel,
Money expenditure
expenditure
light,
and
Rent
refrig­ Total
Other
re­
eration
Owned ceived
Total Family
hous­
Total
home ing
home as pay
or gift
(5)
(4)
(3)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
$159
$89 $198
$159
$39
$39
212
189
86
189
23
15
$8
250
200
199
118
50
44
6
$1
286
201
85
200
1
131
71
14
326
134
246
245
1
80
80
357
251
247
4
138
106
101
5
390
141
253
247
6
137
131
6
154
424
267
273
6
151
143
8
284
162
452
16
268
168
160
8
529
353
342
11
176
183
176
561
375
17
203
358
186
186
724
458
407
51
266
213
266
733
450
404
46
232
283
283
609
997
430
179
388
322
376
12

D EN V E R , COLO.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_________________ $264
$750-$999 _____________ 290
309
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
363
399
$1,500-$1,749______________
467
$1,750-$1,999______________
495
$2,000-$2,249______________
542
$2,250-$2,499______________
586
$2,500-$2,999 ___
730
$3,000-$3,499______________
771
$3,500-$3,999 _____________
892
$4,000-$4,999______________
1,058
$5,000-$7,499 _____
$7,500-$9,999______________ 1,634

$65
66
79
97
96
114
125
130
131
161
179
180
196
250

$199
224
230
266
303
353
370
412
455
569
592
712
862
1,384

$154
168
175
203
234
274
259
275
325
380
428
452
558
685

$154
168
174
201
232
270
255
271
315
361
410
416
491
565

(*)
$1
2
2
4
4
4
10
19
18
36
67
120

$45
56
55
63
69
79
111
137
130
189
164
260
304
699

$43
27
35
51
47
71
105
114
130
175
164
256
304
699

$2
29
20
12
22
8
6
23
14
4

$41
37
50
67
62
87
97
104
134
155
117
162
195
489

$40
28
46
55
56
81
93
99
132
155
116
158
195
489

$1
9
4
12
6
6
4
5
2
(*)
1
4

PO R TLA N D , O REG.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_________________ $232
$750-$999_________________
253
$1,U00-$1,249______________
280
339
$1,250-$1,499______________
352
$1,500-$1,749______________
405
$1,750-$1,999______________
434
$2,000-$2,249______________
480
$2,250-$2,499______________
522
$2,500-$2,999__________ ___
614
$3,000-$3,499______________
$3,500-$3,999______________
658
734
$4,000-$4,999______________
886
$5,000-$7,499_____________
$7,500 and over___________ 1,342

$68
69
80
87
93
106
117
120
126
150
148
166
189
255

$164
184
200
252
259
299
317
360
396
464
510
568
697
1,087

$123
147
150.
185
197
212
220
256
262
309
393
406
502
598

$122
146
149
183
194
209
214
249
249
284
354
375
457
453

$1
1
1
2
3
3
6
7
13
25
39
31
45
145

NEW ENG LA ND , 2 M ID D LE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499_________________ $300
295
$500-$749_________________
325
$750-$999_________________
$1,000-$1,249______________
363
404
$1,250-$1,499______________
449
$1,500-$1,749______________
517
$1,750-$! ,999______________
527
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
562
609
$2,500-$2,999______________
$3,000-$3,499______________
721
734
$3,500-$3,999______________
750
$4,000-$4,999____ _________
$5,000 and over___________ 1,577

$74
82
99
109
126
139
157
156
166
182
206
199
202
345

$226
213
226
254
278
310
360
371
396
427
515
535
548
1,232

tablesthanfor$0,definition
this item.
♦1 ASee
verageexplanation
amounts ofofJess
50arenotofshown.




$204
166
214
223
256
273
327
308
314
342
403
456
388
925

$204
166
213
222
256
272
323
303
310
327
380
438
373
737

$1
1
(*) 1
4
5
4
15
23
18
15
188

$22
47
12
31
22
37
33
63
82
85
112
79
160
307

$22
21
8
21
21
35
33
52
78
74
85
79
160
307

$26
4
10
1
2
11
4
11
27

181

TABULAR SUMMARY
T able

4.

— H o u s in g : Average value of housing secured with and without money
expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born!

EAST CENTRAL, 3 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Income class
(1)
$250-$499 -$500-$749_________________
$750-$999_________________
$1,000-$1,249 _____________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999______________
$3,000-$3,499______________
$3,500-$3,999 __________
$4,000-$4,999______________
$5,000 and over_____ _____

All
hous­
ing,
plus
fuel.
light
and
refrig­
eration
(2)
$215
259
286
348
374
415
455
496
534
625
677
763
828
952

Fuel,
light,
and
refrig­ Total
eration
(3)
$57
75
86
103
108
112
117
124
130
140
147
158
165
197

(4)
$158
184
200
245
266
303
338
372
404
485
530
605
663
755

Value of housing 1
Without money
Money expenditure
expenditure
Rent
Other
re­
Total Family
Total Owned
ceived
home hous­
home as pay
ing
or gift
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9) (10)
$130 $130
$28
$27
$1
145
145
2
39
37
159
159 (*)
41
37
4
188
188
54
3
57
202
201
64
62
2
$1
206
206 (*)
92
97
5
2
248
246
85
90
5
265
2
263
103
4
107
262
267
5
137
135
2
323
313
162
10
156
6
15
371
356
159
146
13
385
15
400
205
205
364
339
25
299
287
12
522
41
481
233
233

SO U TH EAST, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499_________________ $179
197
$500-$749_________________
253
$750-$999 _______________
295
$1,000-$1,249______________
332
$1,250-$1,499______________
392
$1,500-$1,749 _ _
433
$1,750-$1,999______________
471
$2,000-$2,249______________
498
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999______________
611
629
$3,000-$3,499______________
695
$3,500-$3,999______________
801
$4,000-$4,999______________
$5,000 and over___________ 1,121

$48
64
79
90
100
109
119
123
130
144
148
164
176
213

$131
133
174
205
232
283
314
348
368
467
481
531
625
908

$123
114
149
175
181
210
245
261
259
328
316
364
436
545

$123
114
149
174
178
210
245
259
257
317
312
355
413
503

$1
3
(*)
(*) 2
2
11
4
9
23
42

$8
19
25
30
51
73
69
87
109
139
165
167
189
363

$8
10
17
29
45
73
68
84
99
127
135
152
163
363

$9
8
1
6
1
3
10
12
30
15
26

SO U TH EAST, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: NEG RO FAM ILIES

Under $250_______________
$250-$499________________
$500-$749
_ ___
$750-$999_________________
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500 and over______ _____

$106
133
155
197
252
268
329
358
351
457
429

$20
39
50
64
79
78
114
110
115
115
123

$86
94
105
133
173
190
215
248
236
342
306

$72
80
88
101
102
95
130
265
143
133
243

$72
80
88
100
101
89
127
258
140
123
240

$11
6
3
7
3
10
3

$14
14
17
32
71
95
85
-17
93
209
63

$9
13
17
32
60
64
67
-17
93
179
-2

(*) 11
31
18

$32
35
26
47
70
68
63
95
137
141
97
163
312
265

$8
7
1
3
3
6
6
16
i5

$5
1

30
65

W EST CENTRAL, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499_________________
$500-$749_________________
$750-$999 __ ___________
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499______________
$2,500-$2,999______________
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999______________
$4,000-$4,999______________
$5,000-$7,499______________

$215
237
251
309
359
393
426
465
519
602
627
654
805
912

$64
74
92
105
126
128
137
141
151
175
167
150
185
225

$151
163
159
204
233
265
289
324
368
427
460
504
620
687

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.50 are not shown.




$119
120
126
156
160
194
220
229
225
270
363
326
308
422

$119
120
126
156
160
193
218
222
221
261
356
316
293
383

(*)
(*)
(*)$1
2
7
4
9
7
10
15
39

$32
43
33
48
73
71
69
95
143
157
97
178
312
265

182

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

T able

4.— H ou sing: Average value of housing secured with and without money
expenditure, by income, in 1 year, 1935—86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ROCKY M O UN TAIN , 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Income class

All
hous­
ing,
plus
fuel,
light,
and
refrig­
eration

(1)

(2)

$250-$499 ______________ $201
235
$500-$749_________________
272
$750-1999_________________
305
$1,000-$1,249______________
346
$1,250-$1,499______________
368
$1,500-$1,749______________
437
$1,750-$1,999______________
452
$2,000-$2,249______________
493
$2,250-$2,499______________
615
$2,500-$2,999______________
641
$3,000-$3,499______________
714
$3,500-$3,999______________
746
$4,000-$4,999 _________
$5,000 and over____ ____ _ 933

Value of housing 1
Fuel,
light,
and
refrig­
eration Total
(3)
$65
62
86
94
105
108
131
132
145
142
166
160
187
230

(4)
$136
173
186
211
241
260
306
320
348
473
475
554
559
703

Without money
expenditure

Money expenditure

Rent
Other
re­
Total Family
Total Owned
ceived
home hous­
home as pay
ing
or gift
(6)
(5)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
$111
141
126
172
169
201
215
218
229
310
322
364
372
491

$111
141
126
172
167
199
210
210
223
288
303
328
335
410

(*)
(*)
(*)$2
2
5
8
6
22
19
36
37
81

$25
32
60
39
72
59
91
102
119
163
153
190
187
212

$25
24
47
27
58
55
79
98
113
153
138
159
187
212

$8
13
12
14
4
12
4
6
10
15
31

PACIFIC N O R TH W EST, 3 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499_________________ $181
$500-$749_________________
233
$750-$999 ________________
214
$1,000-81.249______________
261
262
$1,250-81.499______________
306
$1,500-$1.749______________
373
$1.750-$1.999______________
$2.000-$2.249______________
380
423
$2.250-82.499______________
492
$2,500-$2,999______________
563
$3,000-$3,499. __________
638
$3,500-$3,999______________
608
$4,000-84,999 __________
$5,000 and over___
- - 1, 050

$42
55
52
62
66
78
89
97
100
112
147
156
154
249

$139
178
162
199
196
228
284
283
323
380
416
482
454
801

$84
115
108
136
122
156
210
182
207
229
283
310
283
502

$84
115
108
136
121
153
204
176
200
220
262
293
255
336

(*)
(*)
(*)
$1
3
6
6
7
9
21
17
28
166

$55
63
54
63
74
72
74
101
116
151
133
172
171
299

$49
58
50
58
72
68
71
97
106
149
133
165
171
299

$6
5
4
5
2
4
3
4
10
2
7

$27
28
25
48
33
52
51
68
62
57
148

$261
4
3
5
2
13
17
20

$32
36
21
58
27
62
93
102
98
113
161

$4
143
6
2
5
(*) 8
10
19
18

NEW ENG LA ND , 4 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499 ______________
$500-$749 _______________
$750-$999 ______________
$1,000-$1,249______________
$1,250-$1,499______________
$1,500-$1,749______________
$1,750-$1,999______________
$2,000-$2,249______________
$2,250-82,499______________
$2,500-82,999______________
$3,000 and over__________

$255
319
306
373
389
480
490
525
568
652
812

$67
96
100
121
132
159
173
180
186
186
237

$188
223
206
252
257
321
317
345
382
466
575

$135
194
177
204
221
264
264
277
307
392
407

$135
194
177
203
218
261
256
271
295
369
310

$1
3
3
8
6
12
23
97

$53
29
29
48
36
57
53
68
75
74
168

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-8499_________________ $216
$71 $145
$500-8749_________________
238
74
164
$750-$999 _______________
90
247
157
$1,000-81,249______________
310
102
208
$1,250-81,499______________
331
119
212
385
128
$1,500-81,749___________
257
134
424
$1,750-81,999______________
290
141
302
443
$2,000-82,249______________
143
314
$2,250-82,499______________
457
154
365
519
$2,500-82,999______________
605
165
440
$3,000 and over___________
See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Average amounts of less than $0.50 are not shown.




$109
114
133
144
183
190
197
192
206
233
261

$109
112
133
143
182
189
194
188
203
225
239

$2
1
1
1
3
4
3
8
22

$36
50
24
64
29
67
93
110
108
132
179

T able 5.— F a m i l y

h o u s in g a n d fa c ilitie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : D is tr ib u tio n o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu r e s ,b y ten u re ; avera ge h o u sin g
e x p e n d itu r e ; a n d p ercen ta g e o f re n tin g fa m ilie s h a v in g s p e c ifie d f a c ilitie s in c lu d e d in re n t; b y in c o m e , in 1 y e a r y 1 9 8 5 -8 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

153119'

Number of eligible
families 1
Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

Housing expenditure

Owners
Renters
Rent
re­
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Gar­ Furn­ Heat Water Light
Total1 Own­
Renters
tenure as gift Family
ers
ers
Family Other1 age ishings
Other1
home
or pay home
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
(9)
(10)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)
(5)

None
Me­
chani­ Refrig­ of the
cal re­ eration facili­
ties
friger­
listed
ator
(20)
(19)
(18)

NEW YORK CITY: W HITE FAM ILIES

3, 552
9, 731
18, 895
25, 522
30, 299
32, 477
31,671
22, 239
39,075
22,269
12,955
7,015
9,164
2,866
3,941

239
866
1.612
2, 925
3,940
4,657
5,164
5, 463
9, 791
6, 358
4,090
2.209
2.209
776
985

3,284
8, 836
17,194
22, 537
26,209
27, 701
26, 448
16,657
29,164
15, 761
8,806
4,806
6,836
2, 060
2,925

P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t P erc e n t

13
5
8
5
9
13
9
14
21
17
23
23
18
23
13

81
89
82
92
86
85
89
85
77
82
77
77
81
75
87

1
1
1

6 (t)
(t)
6 (t)
(t)
10 $366. 30
3 361. 70
4 391.10 $4.60
2 354. 50
.20
1 351. 30 1. 30
1 382. 80 6. 70
1 400.80 6. 50
1 541. 70 6.30
444. 50 18. 20
596. 70 30.40
1 647.80 75. 30
2 1,106. 40 287. 70
1, 733.90 164.40

$311. 70
295. 30
323. 50 $0.20
351.00 1.20
404. 90 2.40
437. 90 3. 60
479.00 4.40
514.60 11.60
553. 90 14. 20
618. 70 23.10
666. 30 33. 30
844.60 55. 30
1,018.40 92.60
1,418. 70 195.90
2, 270.90 567. 40

2
3
5
8
9
8
17
6
11
8
17
4

2
1

(*)
(*)
(*) 2
2
1
4

65
58
60
67
74
82
82
91
79
93
85
92
86
91
100

100
98
100
100
100
99
99
99
99
99
97
100
100
96
100

16
3
5
6
2
1
4
3
4
3
2
12

26
17
25
39
44
56
63
69
60
82
70
86
77
94
98

42
59
89
84
87
94
100
85
100
89

100
92
97
100
96
100
100
100
100
89

16
8
8
4
2
3
8

16
1
7
7
16
22
35
35
73
54

8
2
2
4
1
1
4
4
3
5
3
4
12
4

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749 ._
$750-$999 ____
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_ ___
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499__ _
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-13,499_____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000 and over...

(*)
(*)

NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAM ILIES

$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999 _
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over___

428
2,139
3, 209
2,460
1, 952
936
722
427
508
241

80
53
107
53
27
27
53
107
80

428
2,059
3,156
2, 326
1,898
909
695
348
401
107

5
1
1
2
3
4
12
21
22

58
81
89
96
94
93
96
81
79
45

See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



42
14
10
3
4
4

(•[)
(• )
(1)
(■ )
(■
(■ \)[)
(■ ■)
7
$281L30
33 (t)

(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
$3. 80
(t)

$273. 90
291. 90
354. 60
373.10
412. 60
466.10
508. 50
598. 00
628. 80
456.00

$0. 30
1. 20
1.90
2.80
4.30
6.10
9. 40

*Percentages less than 0.5 are not shown.

2

4
4

19

4
4
19

tAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

11

00

CO

5.— Fam ily housing and facilities included in rent: Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able

Number of eligible
families1
Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

Housing expenditure

Rent
Owners
Renters
re­
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Gar­ Furn­ Heat Water Light
Total i Own­
Renters
tenure as gift Family
ers
ers
age ishings
Family
or pay home Other1 home Other i
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
(2)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(7)
(6)
(11)

None
Me­
chani­ Refrig­ of the
cal re­ eration facili­
friger­
ties
listed
ator
(20)
(18)
(19)

CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$l,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-13,999_____ ‘
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499_____
$7,500-$9,999_____
$10,000 and over. __

5,940
15,480
22,040
25,150
27,330
27, 590
23,110
17,960
19, 700
11, 730
7, 440
6,700
4,220
810
670

770
1, 590
2,650
3,900
4, 720
5,020
4,810
4,490
6, 390
3, 860
2, 310
2,460
1,400
340
230

5,090
13, 770
19, 290
21,100
22, 500
22, 300
18,140
13, 370
13, 220
7, 780
5,000
4,080
2,710
. 460
350

P e rc e n t P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t

15
7
16
16
11
23
25
27
30
36
32
33
36
24
47

560
40
520
$500-$749________
$750-$999________ 1, 236
66 1,166
4
$1,000-$1,249_____ 1,498 110 1, 378
7
$1,250-$1,499_____ 1,660 210 1,442
12
14
$1,500-$1,749_____ 1,254 172 1,080
15
$1,750-$1,999_____ 1,294 256 1,032
946 230
714
22
$2,000-$2,249_____
604 222
374
32
$2,250-$2,499_____
774 272
502
34
$2,500-$2,999_____
342 130
31
$3,000-$3,499_____
216
42
$3,500-$3,999_____
196
108
86
210 102
40
$4,000-$4,999_____
108
244 152
$5,000-$7,499
92
59
160 118
42
59
$7,500 and over___
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



84
92
82
80
87
74
74
71
68
61
66
65
63
75
53

i
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1

$122.30
177. 30
231. 40
181. 20
246.00
262. 80
282.60
287. 60
317.00
250. 40
315.90
300.90
402.90
366. 30

$0.70
.80
2.60
7.60
4.00
15.00
32.90
56. 70
36.60

$214.00
240.60
253. 30
307.00
343. 90
386. 90
414.10
442.00
502. 20
537. 20
619. 70
667.80
797.10
1,159.10

$0.20
.30
2.10
1.60
4. 20
6. 60
7. 60
13. 40
10. 20
19. 20
47.00
51.30

5
14
8
11
20
22
28
20
24
32
34
31
37
45
54

10
11
13
9
6
6
8
9
9
8
2
7
7
10
38

18
27
38
55
54
61
64
71
76
82
92
85
86
91
100

100
97
98
97
96
97
96
94
96
95
97
96
94
94
100

11
16
13
11
8
6
8
8
10
12
6
7
12
20
24

5
16
14
34
39
43
48
61
60
73
79
82
82
89
94

4
7
12
10
9
9
14
17
25
14
21
27
39
38

2
2
1
2
2
1
2
(*) 1
2
1
(*)

PEOVIDENCE, E. I.: WHITE FAMILIES
95
4
4
4 100
5
(t) $175. 00 (*)
1
1 100
92
4 (t)
195. 30
(t)
(t)
1
93
99
$123. 60
230.90 $0.30
2 177.00 $1.40 244. 80
2
2
5 100
2 (*)
2
86
. 50
i
1 232. 20
1 (*)
84
285. 20
7 100
3
.60
1
2
83
7
4 100
2
.20 300.00 2. 30
1 211 304.90
1
3
349. 50 17.50
4
10 100
6 (*) 3 (*)
76
317. 30
1
1
67
254.30 10.60 364.90 10.00
5
6 100
3
1
1
1
10
99
5
66
246.60 32.10 425. 50 8. 50
8
4
67
2 517.60 16.80 490.30 16.90
9
13 100
9
7
1 311.60 12. 40 535. 50 17.90
8
4
57
24
9 100
55
6
14
5 411. 70 16.40 628. 70 35.00
18
23
90
17
17
io5
41
19
95
19
14
525.10 66.90 659. 30 93.00
29
12 750.00 124. 40 971. 40 206. 70
22
15 100
*Percentages less than 0.5 and averages less than $0.05 are not shown. f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

184 FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-36

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

housing and facilities included in rent: Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T a b l e 5 . — Fam ily

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Number of eligible
families1
Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

Housing expenditure

Owners
Renters
Rent
re­
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Gar­ Fur­ Heat Water Light
Total1 Own­
Renters
tenure as gift Family
ers
ers
Family Other1 age nishings
Other1
home
or pay home
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17)
(10)
(2)
(8)
(9)
(3)
(ID
(5)
(6)
(7)
(4)

None
Me­
chani­ Refrig­ of the
cal re­ eration facili­
ties
friger­
listed
ator
(20)
(18)
(19)

$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499_____
$7,500 and over___

878
2, 578
3, 650
4,115
4, 065
4,073
3,035
2,348
3,190
1,998
1,095
830
623
267

195
485
740
1, 270
1, 302
1,508
1,330
1, 078
1, 818
1, 092
628
555
442
208

672
2,058
2,872
2,802
2, 722
2,530
1,678
1,248
1, 360
955
450
268
168
58

P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t P ercent.

10
16
23
31
34
38
45
44
52
55
56
63
69
74

90
83
75
66
62
60
53
53
44
44
42
34
26
23

1
1
3
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
3
3

00
(t) 40 (t) $178.
1 $112.
203. 30
1 143. 40 $0.10 227. 70
2 181. 50
246.00
1 186.00 1.90 300.80
.80 293. 40
1 180. 20
1 205. 30 7.20 324. 80
1 208. 20 1. 90 363.40
1 221.70 5. 60 365.10
261. 80 8. 90 416.30
1 254.50 17. 50 450. 50
2 263. 30 21.00 544. 90
2 345. 30 39. 80 602.90
1, 019. 20 163. 50 723. 20

$0.60
1.80
1.70
1.20
3.10
3. 50
10.10
8. 20
30.00
24. 90
13. 70

28
43
56
66
68
63
70
75
69
66
79
77
77
100

5
5
7
2
3
1
4
4
1
2
9
3

7
4
4
5
12
4
6
6
6
11
19
12
6

92
95
94
94
93
96
97
99
97
82
96
96
90
95

5
4
3
2
9
1
2
1
2
10

2
3
5
2
4
7
12
13
8
26
11
6

2
2
(*) 1
1
2

3
1
1
(*) 2
1
2
12
3

TABULAR SUMMARY

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

10

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES
25
40
105
115
112
50
17
15
15
20

72
285
520
425
170
98
10
7
3
3

24
18
15
21
37
36
67
67
75
89

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



76
81
80
78
63
64
33
33
11

$120. 70
$144. 20
93.10
167. 70
176. 40 $16.00 188. 90
194. 50
99. 30
95. 20
205. 80
147. 60
.20 226.40
212. 00
176. 00
223. 50
25 296. 00
(t)
170. 50 5.00 (t)
1
5
1

lO
toO 11i
si

100
328
625
543
283
150
37
22
20
23

*Percentages less than 0.5 are not shown.

$0.70
(t)
(t)

24
42
37
16
28
33
33

4

7

100
98
95
100
93
89
100
100
(t)

i

5

7
33

f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

a)
(t)

185

$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749_
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499_
$2,500-$2,999.

housing and facilities included in rent: Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T a b l e 5 . — Family

(1)
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499_____
$7,500 and over___

608
1,154
1', 392
1, 512
1,836
1, 921
1,636
1,408
1,818
538
492
466
426
184

36
144
174
330
452
510
652
524
824
226
240
258
252
142

566
998
1,188
1,160
1,364
1, 382
970
864
966
304
242
200
170
40

P e rc e n t P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t

4
9
18
18
26
27
33
35
40
43
51
59
66
88

96
90
82
79
72
71
64
63
57
53
44
38
32
9

1
2
2
1
2
1
1
3
4
2

11
182
14 168
82
Under $250______
980
$250-$499________
85
76 890
12
1
204 1,714
$500-$749__......... 1,926
9
89
1
312 1,182
22
75
$750-$999________ 1,508
1
698
32
64
$1,000-$1,249_____
228 458
1
55
43
$1,250-$1,499_____
376
206 166
62
36
24
54
37
$1,500—$1,749_____
64
40
20
66
28
3
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
56
38
14
68
25
4
60
52
6
82
15
3
$2,250-$2,499_____
36
26
10
70
18
$2,500-$2,999_____
8
85
15
$3,000-$3,499_____
26
18
10
8
2
80
20
$3,500-$3,999_____
20
18
2
90
10
$4,000 and over___
See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
Averages less than $0.05 and percentages less than 0.5 are not shown.



1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3

(t)
$128. 50
139.00
159. 90
150. 60
189. 80
161.40
227. 20
183. 80
242. 90
263. 00
355. 40
331. 60
496. 60

(t) $128. 50
164.60
$2.20 190. 50
.20 226. 60
256. 20
6.00 310. 20
4.40 311. 50
1.40 363. 80
7.80 371. 70
7. 60 494. 60
9.00 611. 50
16.90 584. 80
31. 80 679. 00
82. 40 846. 80

$0.10
.30
.60
1. 30
.60
2. 60
2.80
3. 20
5.40
11.10
15. 30
28.10
6.70

26
45
47
52
70
72
71
67
78
92
77
80
87
61

5
4
6
8
10
2
6
5
8
6
8
4

10
10
22
26
37
30
39
32
39
54
55
38
39

57
46
60
53
47
53
50
53
42
46
61
56
38
39

15
13
12
8
10
2
10
4
6
3

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES
95
7 (t)
$84. 20
1
94
1
3 $53. 50 (t)
109. 00 $0. 40
6
2
1 52. 20
1
86
2
121. 80 (*)
4
2 86.40 $0.10 135. 80 (*)
8 (*)
2
85 (*)
4
58
4
3 97. 90
2
.30 169. 70
1 104. 70
1
4 (*)
54
179. 80 2. 60
45
9 120.00 (*).50 200.00 1. 60
18
3 272. 50
67
210. 60
33
20
3 163.40 1.40 312. 00
30
20
40
40
182.30 1.30 (t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
12 168. 90 4. 90 252.00
175. 20 4.10 (t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
268. 20
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
189. 40 12.10 (t)
(t)
t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

5
4
6
9
15
20
9
28
21
37
42
35
35

5
1
6
2
6
6
3
2
10
8
2
16

25
19
13
20
12
12
8
4
2
2
39

(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)

5
5
12
14
22
46
55
60

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

186

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
Distribution of families reporting
Housing expenditure
included in rent1
expenditures 1
None
Me­
Rent
Owners
Renters
chani­ Refrig­ of the
re­
Own­
Fur­
Own­
Gar­
Mixed
facili­
cal
re­
ceived
Water
Light
Total i ers Renters ers Renters tenure
Heat
friger­ eration ties
as gift Family Other1 Family Other1 age nishings
listed
ator
home
home
or pay
(20)
(12)
(14)
(13)
(15) (16) (17) (18)
(19)
(8)
(10)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(4)
(7)
(9)
(11)
ATLANTA, GA. : WHITE FAMILIES
Number of eligible
families1

h o u s in g a n d fa c ilitie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able 5.— F a m i l y

Income class
(1)

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
Number of eligible Distribution of families reporting
Housing expenditure
families1
included in rent1
expenditures 1
None
Me­
Renters
Rent
Owners
chani­ Refrig­ of the
re­
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Ga­ Fur­ Heat Water Light cal
Total i Own­
re­
facili­
Renters
eration
ers
tenure as g ift Family
ers
rage nishings
Family
friger­
ties
listed
o r pay home Other1 home Otheri
ator
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(20)
(9)
(10)
(2)
(19)
(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
(11)
OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA; WHITE FAMILIES
666
1,965
3,108
2,927
3,077
2,795
2, 309
1,853
2,373
707
493
510
445
163

187
388
932
1,234
1,360
1, 214
1, 306
1,044
1,564
411
262
364
350
139

473
1, 547
2,122
1,649
1,666
1, 547
979
796
789
292
228
146
92
20

$500-$749____
$750-$999____
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749__.
$1,750-$1,999_._.
$2,000-$2,249_ _.
$2,250-$2,499-_.
$2,500-$2,999__.
$3,000-$3,499-_.
$3,500-$3,999__.
$4,000-$4,999__.
$5,000-$7,499__.
7,500 and over

966
2,622
3, 522
3,870
4,032
3,492
3,240
2,142
2,976
1, 038
726
1,020
960
384

204
570
852
1, 392
1, 356
1,110
1, 560
1,062
1, 620
546
390
612
630
318

744
1, 986
2, 610
2,448
2, 568
2, 298
1,626
1, 038
1,314
468
312
378
312
60

P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t P e rc e n t

30
13
33
36
46
43
56
55
64
58
60
62
80
81

70
81
58
59
50
55
42
42
29
40
40
38
20
17

24
17
21
27
24
37
51
51
49
53
59
63
63
86

66
68
69
68
66
58
45
41
50
41
41
32
32
14

'See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



4
1
4
1
1
1
4
2

5
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
4
5

$91. 70
110.80
132.60
115.60
182.00
152. 50
178.40
166. 80
197. 20
200. 20
262. 70
265. 50
346. 40
2 351. 90
DENVER,
5 $49. 20
15 140. 50
10 97. 70
4 104. 70
8 175. 00
4 192.00
3 178.10
6 188. 60
234. 60
4 287. 50
331. 80
1 286. 00
409.40
570. 90
6
5
4
1
1
2
3

$191. 20
7
211.10
31
$0.50 250.30 $0.80
46
.10 262.30
.80
50
.60 306.60 1.10
56
3.90 321. 30 5.80
57
4.30 346. 50 5. 30
56
6.40 425.00 3. 30
62
21.00 421. 90 7.40
76
14.40 538. 00 9. 70
68
22.70 507.40 15.70
79
84
42.90 707. 30 37.40
54.00 572. 30 17.50 100
175. 30 735.00 163. 50 100
COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES
$169. 80 $0.80
36
198. 30
46
213.40 1.10
43
$2.20 249. 50 1.90
54
.70 277. 30 2. 30
51
6.00 340. 20 2.20
57
4.60 337. 30 3.60
64
3. 50 386.40 6.20
67
12.00 398. 70 8.60
68
22.40 432.40 11.30
89
15. 60 543. 50 15.20
76
31.70 646. 80 45.40 100
77. 30 708.40 47.60
80
126. 70 570.00 106. 20
75

20
10
7
3
8
17
17
21
9
20

22
23
18
21
22
24
7
7
18
8
22
12
5

15
29
12
14
19
23
26
37
16
20
21
18
12

56
51
39
29
26
35
37
45
21
20
29
22
12

29
32
25
24
29
31
25
20
28
23
32
24
50
75

100
98
98
98
98
98
98
98
96
97
100
93
97
100

20
8
2
2
8
18
3
2

14
20
16
12
14
18
6
8
3
6
8
6
5

3
3
9
6
9
27
10
9
16

2
1
2
4
‘9
8
6

23
22
29
22
22
18
11
7
6
24
3

14
20
8
17
16
27
14
15
26
17
35
30
40
50

14
20
7
18
14
24
13
14
19
13
24
6
31

1
1
1
2
2

>

td
d

SUMMARY

$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3.000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-$7,499_____
$7,500 and over___

oo

(1)

324
642
1,110
1,881
1,944
1,836
1, 914
1,209
1, 752
411
327
456
342
198

555
1, 518
2,235
1, 992
2,232
2,082
1,098
957
846
267
234
174
126
21

$250-$499________
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999 .
$3,000-$3,499 _
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000 and over___

120
314
700
944
950
708
648
528
286
228
132
52
106
90

28
76
100
162
154
192
176
198
138
114
78
28
78
62

92
238
592
774
792
508
466
324
146
112
52
24
28
28




P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t

40
28
35
47
41
52
65
53
59
69
59
68
66
94

60
66
62
47
51
43
33
45
37
29
37
31
34
6

12
19
9
14
14
25
26
32
38
48
69
40
63
52

88
70
89
83
85
71
71
65
60
45
28
60
37
48

55
29
$149.90
31
$78.90
56
23
20
117. 30 $2.20 165.90 $0.20
109.10 1.00 174.40
56
29
17
.30
9
32
153. 90 2. 80 229. 60
61
.40
158. 90 4.20 225. 90 2.10
59
10
16
72
14
155.60 3.60 279.90 3.00
18
72
174. 80 6. 70 289.80 5. 30
20
24
72
188. 50 7.60 317. 60 5.60
23
19
22
22
181. 30 13.00 351.10 11.30
74
72
24
5
264. 80 22.10 336.90 40.70
28
284. 60 37.40 448. 60 40.90
65
23
1 307.10 51.30 527.00 29.10
32
78
22
389.10 50.40 587.30 34.00
85
445. 20 151.10 (t)
(t)
(t)
NEW ENGLAND, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
15
20
(t)
(t) $221.
11 $128.10
9
204. 70
6
1
1 178.10
5
3
9
218.10 $0.60
11
5
2
3 169.60
234. 50 1.20
1 216. 50 $0. 70 262.10
11
12
2
.40
11
2
2 244. 50 1. 30 286.40
12
.80
3
20
17
294.00 4.40 323. 20 3.90
3 266. 50 2.80 335. 20 6.00
13
17
2 277.00 5.00 347. 90 3.60
34
14
1 316. 60 23. 70 365. 20 10.20
5
6
34
26
3 354.10 5. 50 474.10 82.00
32
58
9
470. 50 18.40 417. 50 14.90
468. 30 34.00
33
58
315.10
469. 30 24.00 918.60 192.10
57
50
1
1
3
4
2
1
1
3
2
4

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

5
2
3
4
3
1
1
1

58
37
34
36
35
27
28
25
35
10
28
38
22
100
100
100
100
98
99
100
99
98
100
100
100
100
71

8
9
8
11
2
2
5
6

3
14
17
30
15
19
24
19
17
8
32
42
38
(t)

9
3
4
2
8
36

t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

8
4
3
4
7
4
2
11
9
21

3
8
6
14
5
3
1
*6
8
3
6
(t)
6
3

14
15
18
11
21
10
12
7
7
23
14
3
2

1
1
2

193 5 - 3 6

891
2,220
3,432
3,966
4,263
3,996
3,066
2, 211
2, 655
687
573
636
471
219

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000-37,499_____
$7,500 and over___

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

Income class

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
Number of eligible Distribution of families reporting
Housing expenditure
included in rent1
families 1
expenditures 1
None
Owners
Renters
Me­
Rent
chani­ Refrig­ of the
re­
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Gar­ Fur­ Heat Water Light cal
Total1 Own­
Renters
facili­
re­
eration
age nishings
ers
ers
tenure as gift Family
Family
ties
friger­
listed
or pay home Otheri home Other i
ator
(10)
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) 08)
(19)
(20)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(5)
(6)
(11)
PORTLAND, OREG.: WHITE FAMILIES

188

h o u s in g a n d fa c ilit ie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able 5 . — F a m i l y

5.— F a m i l y h o u s in g a n d fa c ilitie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Number of eligible
families 1
Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Housing expenditure

Owners
Renters
Rent
Own­
Mixed re­
Total i Own­
ers Renters ers Renters tenure ceived
Family
as gift Family
or pay home Other1 home Other1
(12)
(10)
(9)
(4)
(2)
(3)
(7)
(8)
(6)
(ID
(5)
EAST CENTRAL, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE

Me­
None
chani­ Refrig­ of the
Ga- Fur­
cal re­ eration facili­
rage nishings Heat Water Light friger­
ties
listed
ator
(20)
(13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(19)
FAMILIES

4 $84.90
$142.10
6
76
1
121. 30
154. 30
30
68
1
1 103. 70
42
74
177.80 (*)
1
1 124.40
41
216.10
66
62
1
57
1 140. 40 $0.40 226. 50 $0. 70
52
1
.80 259.00
.20
59
1 146. 50
1
185.10
2.
70
3.00
68
301.40
53
1
1 184.00 3.20 337. 60 1.10
75
50
1 175. 20 4.20 378. 80 6.20
42
2
85
74
1
42
1 227. 80 11.00 431.90 8.10
1 266.10 14.20 446. 80 12.80
82
47
1
92
36
270. 40 16.70 540. 30 9.40
1 244. 80 18.60 534. 60 31.30
84
31
1
422. 70 35.50 670. 60 80. 30
90
28
SOUTHEAST, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
12
$250-$499________
96
13
83
6
4
90
(t) $132.90
(t)
6 $87.80
123. 40
33
$500-$749________
356
48
303
9
86
623
93
528
14
3
65.
00
163.
90
45
$750-$999- _____
83
56
$1,000-$1,249 ____
705 154
543
21
79
129. 60 $2.10 183. 50 $0.60
74
$1,250-$1,499_____
579 191
379
1
. 10 212.10 4.50
29
67
3 121. 00
1
679 202
152. 60
.50 257. 00
.70
73
$1,500-$1,749 ___
471
43
56
1
1
74
652 209
434
$1,750-$1,999
176.80
1.10
.20
33
65
276.10
1
80
41
195. 40 3.10 300.10 2. 60
$2,000-$2,249 ___
447 202
239
58
2 175.90 1. 60 347. 90 2.00
83
$2,250-$2,499 __
227
51
440 212
47
92
2
4 252. 50 16.20 402. 70 3.80
$2,500-$2,999_____
253 148
99
49
45
2
5 221. 80
81
222 104
42
3.10 423. 20 5. 00
$3,000-$3,499 _
115
51
1
1 301. 20 4. 80 478. 80 17. 30
81
$3,500-$3,999
178
93
85 • 60
38
17.90
90
55
43
2 358. 80 20.10 500. 80
$4,000-$4,999 ____
178 114
61
94
$5,000 and over___
261 203
57
81
19
471. 50 40.20 643. 00 49.80
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item. *Averages less than $0.05 and percentages less than 0.5 are not shown.

$250-$499_______
$500-$749 . ___
$750-$999.
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999 ____
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over___




236
842
1,872
3, 026
2,464
2,164
1,936
1,374
1,108
572
440
288
314
380

78
216
468
950
960
860
872
684
614
338
224
172
208
284

154
614
1, 378
2,022
1,462
1,264
1,044
682
484
228
216
116
104
96

20
31
24
32
36
46
45
49
55
56
52
63
68
71

10
8
5
1
6
4
8
4
1
7
6
2

32
13
15
9
13
25
20
15
14
12
25
21
4
12

51
36
31
25
25
37
27
22
21
16
34
21
4
12

34
10
8
2
4
5
9
5
1
2
5
2

(*)
(*)

2
2

1
4
6
6
3
4
10
5
4
12

8
6
(*) 1
1
2
3
1
1
2
5
2

59
15
3
3
46
8
6
5
1
1
38
3
4
1
40
2
35
2
8
1
35
2
1
1
3
29
3
5
30
8
4
2
2
28
5
12
38
10
16
1
1
10
23
4
12
35
14
6
35
20
6
18
18
40
f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

2
3
3
4
1
6
4
18
4
3
11

4c
3<
34
4(
2£
If
1<
1/c

TABULAR

P erc e n t P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

CD
d

IS

4
4
ie

1C

30
35
37
23
12
12
15
8
12
6
13
7
7

d

oo
co

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Number of eligible
families 1
Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

Housing expenditure

None
M e­
Rent
Owners
Renters
chani­ Refrig­ of the
Own­
Oa- Fur­ Heat Water Light cal
Mixed re­
re­ eration facili­
Total1 Own­
rage
ers Renters ers Renters tenure ceived
nishings
Family
friger­
ties
as gift Family
listed
ator
or pay home Other1 home Other1
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(20)
(10)
(19)
(9)
(2)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(11)
(3)
(5)
SOUTHEAST,

280
Under $250------$250-$499________ 1,041
$500-$749________ 1,095
518
$750-$999________
218
$1,000-$1,249_____
75
$1,250-$1,499_____
14
$l,50O-$l,749_____
14
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
17
$2,250-$2,499_____
20
11
$2,500 and over___

39
149
182
167
85
32
15
15
10

238
888
909
348
131
33
6
5
2
5

2

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAMILIES

P e rc e n t P e rc e n t P ercen t P ercen t

9
11
18
31
47
48
55
79
100
81
82

90
88
82
67
49
47
33
21
12

1
3

1 (t)
1 $31. 60
38.90
1 78.10
1 85.20
5 67.00
12 140. 80
245.60
140. 50
7 103. 00
18 293. 90

(t)
$2.20
1.20
7.70
8.00
3. 60
3. 70

$76. 60
86.40
98.70
111. 30
120. 60
122.40
152.00
204. 30
312.00

$0.30
1.20
3. 90
13. 30

7
1
4
6
11
36
42

11.00

60

C)
(*)

3
9
25

(*) 4
4
17

30

30

82
85
83
63
75
52
42
67
30

(*) 1
6
8
30

C)
(*)

(*)
(*) 1
1
4
30

WEST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
4
61
326 134
183
42
$126.80
$250-$499________
58
$105. 60
58
6 64. 60
4
46
6
$500-$749
924 311
23
145.10
56
11
590
71
42
4
3
$750-$999________ 1, 362 442
25
5 94.50
144.90 (*)
6
3
901
57
70
1
(*)
32
1 (*)
893
38
2 109. 90
179. 60 $0.10
2
5
$1,000-$1,249_____ 1, 547 623
53
59
1
1
22
1
45
52
214. 60
84
3
6
$1,250-$1,499_____ 1,226 629
568
2
1 102. 00 (*)
.10
1 142. 30 (*)
2
2
1
241. 80 1.30
4
9
31
$1,500-$1,749_____ 1,080 548
516
43
56
73
2
12
34
5 (•)
481
37
58
4
1 143. 20 $1.70 277.90 1.40
63
8
$1,750-$1,999_____ 1,013 518
4
6
24
8
254
5
36
679 420
154. 20 10.20 323. 20 4.40
62
$2,000-$2,249
61
39
5
7
2
8
462 295
52
19
158
30
46
1
1 124. 40 3.60 323. 00 4.70
76
$2,250-$2,499_____
16
3
14
3
16
33
$2,500-$2,999_____
247 178
69
57
38
5 216. 80 13.20 383. 00 5.40
89
7
15
22
5
7
151
52
5
83
65
48
334.10 3.20 417. 50 9. 30
81
$3,000-$3,499_____
5
2 253. 50 8. 30 513. 70 19. 30 100
26
19
19
24
51
51
107
81
26
67
26
$3 500-$3 999
6
34
45'
74
99
71
69
31
27
176.40 5. 80 539.10 40. 20
$4>000-$4,999
6
6
52
24
116
86
29
75
20
5
78
303.10 42.70 583. 70 12.40
$5,000 and over___
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item. *Averages less than $0.05 and percentages less than 0.5 are not shown. fAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.



10
15
16
34
24
24
17
33
40

18
22
20
28
12
14
26
21
15
3
11
6

190 FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

5.— F a in t ly h o u s in g a n d fa c ilit ie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1935—36— Continued

T able

5.— F a m i l y h o u s in g a n d fa c ilitie s in c lu d e d i n r e n t : Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Number of eligible
families1
Income class

(1)

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

None
Rent
Owners
Renters
Me­
the
Own­
Mixed re­
Gar­ Fur­ Heat Water Light chani­
Refrig­ of
Total i Own­
cal re­ eration
facili­
nishings
age
ers Renters ers Renters tenure ceived
friger­
ties
as gift Family Other1 Family Other1
home
or pay home
ator
listed
(12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(20)
(2)
(10)
(3)
(8)
(19)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(11)
(9)
(5)
ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
49
233
429
775
866
819
786
519
415
155
135
79
79
101

15
55
136
246
377
361
342
297
224
112
60
50
43
73

31
171
279
512
463
432
436
215
186
41
70
27
35
27

P ercen t P ercen t P ercen t P e rc e n t

37
16
32
22
37
42
45
57
56
60
53
67
63
69

63
$99. 00
64
13
7 61.00
60
4
4 96.00
4
67
7 122. 40
1
56
6 116. 30
52
4
2 132. 80
47
3
5 154. 20
40
2
1 160. 70
1
41
2 146. 20
31
4
5 270. 30
38
6
3 226.10
4 245.10
26
3
37
248. 50
31
351. 50
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3
48
5 $34. 00
54
2 71.10
55
3
9 74.10
44
3
7 116. 20
1 79. 30
4
48
2 113. 40
3
50
3 132.10
49
2
41
3
3. 120. 90
41
4
4 125. 50
3
3 176.10
29
2
184. 80
50
2
2 267. 30
14
224. 20
16
23
4
253. 70

$122.20
33
12
94
28
150. 70
51
32
18
92
11
$0. 50 151. 50 $0.40
45
42
82
.10 200. 40
.40
31
18
89
57
44
82
3. 90 213. 80 1.20
59
19
24
.70 254. 40 3. 50
93
67
35
4. 50 274. 60 4. 30
12
92
67
28
13
92
5.00 286.10 10.60
66
27
63
30
24
94
7.00 328. 20 4. 50
24
32
95
25.00 373. 60 16.10
75
22
23
92
23.20 420. 30 4. 30
71
24
38. 60 513.00 32.20
57
36
92
11 100
43. 20 473. 80 16. 30
56
9
54
106.10 597. 30 50. 20
15
48
93
MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
84
$140. 60
26
66
10
$0.20 149. 80
58
8
2
48
130. 60 $0. 90
69
19
3
61
44
.30 154. 20
.20
80
20
8
21
12
1. 60 162. 00
.80
77
50
14
3. 40 210. 70 2.10
83
16
57
6. 50 274. 00 5. 40
78
10
28
46
22
8
56
5. 40 248. 00 6. 00
90
92
5
19
48
9. 70 294. 40 5. 00
90
34
41
55
7. 80 327. 70 18. 50
24
82
24
46
39. 30 328. 70 5. 20
10
10
10
15. 20 402. 30 30. 30 100
67
44 100
33. 20 353. 90
31
10
41
205. 30 574.10 73.00 100

12
27
10
8
12
14
3
10
1
16
3

10
2
2
10
14
6
3
10

14
3
8
14
6
6
23
24
15
4

1
3
8
22
7
8
19
6
10

2
5
5
5
5
7
13
5

1
2
4
4
4
6
9

6
1
3
3
4
2
1
4
5
4
8
8
13
4
8
13
5
9
2
4
3
18

191

44
$250-$499________
93
45
47
$500-$749________
44
257
99
153
$750-$999________
573 190
350
33
$1,000-$1,249_____ 1,070 391
638
46
$1,250-$1,499_____
893 430
418
47
45
$1,500-$1,749_____
801 417
348
$1,750-$1,999_____
660 320
326
46
162
53
$2,000-$2,249__
428 243
352 222
$2,250-$2,499_____
51
117
62
65
$2,500-$2,999_ .
171 101
$3,000-$3,499_
33
48
97
60
62
15
82
46
$3,500-$3,999
11
84
$4,000-$4,999
66
51
86
21
73
63
$5,000 and over___
See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



Housing expenditure

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499________
$500-1749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$l,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_ _
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999_
$5,000 and over___

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

5.— Family housing and facilities included in rent: Distribution of families reporting expenditures, by tenure; average housing
expenditure; and percentage of renting families having specified facilities included in rent; by income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(1)

Distribution of families reporting
expenditures 1

Percentage of renting families having specified facilities
included in rent1

Housing expenditure

Rent
Owners
Renters
Me­
None
re­
chani­ Refrig­ of the
Own­ Renters Mixed ceived
Gar­ Fur­ Heat Water Light cal
Total i Own­
Renters
re­
facili­
tenure as gift Family
ers
ers
age nishings
Family
friger­ eration ties
or pay home Other1 home Other1
listed
ator
(10)
(12)
(2)
(3)
(16)
(9)
(20)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(17)
(5)
(ID
(18)
(19)
NEW ENGLAND, 4 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499________
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000 and over___

21
117
340
460
466
376
316
252
156
90
221

4
18
43
112
122
119
117
112
79
41
142

17
97
295
343
341
257
198
138
75
49
78

P e rc e n t P e rc e n t P ercen t P e rc e n t

18
21
20
30
24
34
29
39
39
54
65

70
77
77
68
74
63
69
61
57
44
32

1
2
1
1
2
1

12 (t)
2 $192. 30
2 205. 70
163.00
1 175. 30
3 241. 90
1 213.60
226. 60
2 273. 50
1 398. 60
3 264. 90

(t)
$2.30
1.80
. 50
11.00
2. 30
31.60
19. 30
48. 60

$170.80
192. 70
181. 80
218. 40
228. 40
276. 60
271. 40
307.00
320. 90
384. 60
423. 80

$0. 50
4. 60
3. 90
7. 40
7. 40
6. 20
18.10
73.20

9
22
33
32
38
48
48
50
75
78

15
8
4
6
1
3
7

15
11
2
8
7
12
5
4
11
11
13

100
98
99
100
98
100
99
98
96
83
100

16
6
13
9
6
16
12
10
12
23

63
75
62
57
49
41
43
38
55
46
47

15
4
1
1
3
6
1
5

15
4
1
1
3

3
1
3

5
10

I
1
2
4
5

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499________
181
$500-$749________
527
945
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249_____ 1,222
$1,250-$1,499_____ 1,009
$1,500-$1,749_____
877
$1,750-$1,999_____
768
500
$2,000-$2,249_____
404
$2,250-$2,499 ____
$2,500-$2,999 ____ 452
510
$3,000 and over___

68
187
281
443
439
408
393
289
246
306
358

108
335
642
763
558
456
367
207
153
140
145

40
34
30
40
43
49
56
61
59
70
72

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




57
60
67
57
54
46
42
37
38
26
23

4
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
4

3 $104. 20
2 80. 30
2 98. 70
2 113. 40
1 166. 70
2 157.10
1 155. 30
1 153. 80
2 168. 20
4 197. 70
1 216. 60

$1.50
2.10
1.20
5.20
4. 50
3.50
6. 70
26.80

$116. 30
135. 90
147. 20
174.60
187. 30
227. 50
246.60
247. 20
272. 30
322. 80
340.10

$2.50
.20
.30
2.40
3. 30
2. 80
1. 80
5.00
5. 20

43
44
51
43
56
59
61
62
54
75
56

1
2
4
1
2
2
3
2

f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

8
1
5
2
4
4
2
2
5

3
1
1

2
1
1
2
4
2
5

18
12
11
22
19
24
15
22
22
11
15

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Number of eligible
families1

192

T

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, hy income, in 1 yeary 1935-86

6.— Housing for hom e-owning fam ilies:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(I)

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Other
housing1
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
All items on
ing
replace­ premiums
Other
replace­
ments ments premiums
ments
mortgage charges taxes
(13)
(5)
(12)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(10)
(9)
(11)

TABULAR

NEW YORK CITY: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749______________________________________
$750-$999__________________________________
$1,000-$1,249_— ___________________________ __
$1,250-$1,499__- _________________________ ___
$1,500-$1,749___________________________________
$l,750-$l,999--_ _______________________________
$2,000-$2,249_-- _______________________________
$2,250-$2,499___________________________________
$2,500-12,999___________________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________________
$3,500-$3,999
....
$4,000-$4,999 _
_
_____
$5,000-$7,499___________________________________
$7,500-$9,999 _
_ __________
___
$10,000 and over
__ _ _ _ _____ _ _

100
56
25
29
71
82
48
58
72
85
76
72
77
83
87

83 $313.90 $313.90
253. 60 253. 60
57 366.30 366.30
91 361.70 361.70
41 395. 70 391.10
61 354. 70 354. 50
62 352.60 351.30
65 389.50 382.80
55 407.30 400.80
68 548.00 541. 70
67 462. 70 444. 50
68 627.10 596. 70
55 723.10 647.80
73 1,394.10 1,106. 40
83 1,898. 30 1, 733.90

$16.20
61.80
180.60
178.90
194.90
118. 60
160.10
170.80
171.80
221.40
167. 30
236.90
236.80
278.20
455.20

$1.80
.40

.30

$56.00
140.70
166.20
125.30
140.80
125.10
124.00
125. 30
123. 30
147.00
161. 50
209.10
245.00
341. 60
435.00

$125.00
24.40
(*)9.30
16. 30
4.60
20. 50
3.80
7.80
.40
.50
62.40

$104.20
26.70
3.70
31.30
42.30
90.00
34.60
71.50
74.50
157.10
92.60
130.10
128. 30
96.70
758.90

$12.50
15.80
25.40
11.00
11.10
16.30
10.60
10.70
12.30
15.10
20.20
22.10
29.90
22.40

$0.80
.30
(*)
(*)
.10
.20
15. 30
359.50

$4.60
.20
1.30
6.70
6. 50
6.30
18.20
30.40
75. 30
287.70
164.40

oc
>

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.
N ote—Of the Negro families in New York City which furnished data on expenditures, there was an insufficient number of home owners to permit computation of reliable
averages by income class for this table.




CO

CO

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

6.— Housing for hom e-ow ning fam ilies:

(1)

Repairs, Insurance
replace­ premiums
ments
(2)
(3)

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
ing
(4)

All items
(5)

Other
housing i
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
ing
on
Other
replace­
ments ments premiums
mortgage charges taxes
(12)
(13)
(7)
(9)
(10)
(6)
(8)
(ID

CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749______________
_ .
$750-$999________ ____
$1,000-$1,249_____ . ___ _ .
$1,250-$1,499_____ ____
$1,500-$1,749_____ ____
$1,750-$1,999. ___ _____ _ $2,000-$2,249_____ ___________
. _ _
$2,250-$2,499_____________ ___ ____ _ __
$2,500-$2,999
. _
$3,000-$3,499___________________________________
$3,500-$3,999___________________________________
$4,000-$4,999___________________________________
$5,000-$7,499 ___ ___________ ________ __
$7,500-$9,999 ________________ ____ . ___
$10,000 and over- __ __________ _____

32
55
36
35
37
48
61
58
62
59
54
69
50
76
65

15 $122.30
55 177.30
40 231.40
28 181.20
39 246.00
36 263. 50
57 283.40
44 290.20
54 324. 60
41 254.40
50 330.90
46 333.80
47 459. 60
55 402.90
80 1,106.90

$122.30
177. 30
231.40
181.20
246.00
262.80
282.60
287.60
317.00
250.40
315.90
300.90
402.90
366.30
981.30

$37.10
43.90
133.80
91.10
91.50
138.20
124.80
132.70
130. 50
87.70
121.30
115.80
150. 60
60.80
282. 60

$2.40
2.90
2.00
16. 60
3.80
15.20
3. 70
20.60
2.30
6.50

$76.80
44.70
77.50
67.40
74.00
79.40
81.20
89.50
104. 60
87.20
112.70
109.00
160. 60
197.50
345.10

$5.80
4.70
6.20
1.20
.20
1.40
1.60
2.60
2.90
1.10
9.40

$5.90
75.70
14. 20
13.20
63.60
35.30
44.10
49.00
47.90
60.20
44.60
63. 50
60.90
87.40
211.80

$2.50
7.20
5.90
2.40
7.80
6.70
15.70
11.20
17.20
9.00
12.80
8.20
14.90
20.60
86.60

$5.50
34.10
69. 30
78.00
105. 30
48. 60
43.80
200. 60
72.40
81.80
124. 70
189.60

$2.80
1.30
4. 50
.60
6. 70
4.90
3.70
6.60
4.10
3.20
11.80
13.50
20.30

$1.00
1.00
55.20

$0.70
.80
2.60
7.60
4.00
15.00
32.90
56.70
36.60
125.60

PROVIDENCE, R. I.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___.
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249_—
$2,250-$2,499_—
$2,500-$2,999— .
$3,000-$3,499_—
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499---■ $7,500 and over.
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



92
39
39
52
60
55
62
56
60
50
58
86

92
22
40
11
56
48
32
36
26
28
40
48
50

$73. 60
123. 60
178.40
232.20
305.10
317. 30
264. 90
278. 70
534.40
324.00
428.10
592.00
874.40

$73. 60
123. 60
177.00
232. 20
304.90
317. 30
254. 30
246. 60
517. 60
311.60
411. 70
525.10
750.00

$20.00
65. 20
60.50
87. 90
124.90
100.90
98.10
95.20
175. 50
112.40
103.90
178.00
175. 50

$2.70
.20
.90
1.10
1.00

$45. 30
54. 40
77. 70
74. 40
91. 10
104. 90
103. 90
101. 00
136. 40
123. 60
214. 20
208. 90
359. 90

$3.30
.20

4.70

$1.40
.20
10.60
32.10
16.80
12.40
16.40
66.90
124.40

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

194

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

6.— Housing for hom e-owning fam ilies:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(1)

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Other
housing i
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
ing
All items
on
Other
replace­ premiums
replace­
ments ments premiums
ments
mortgage charges taxes
(8)
(9)
(10)
(12)
(13)
(2)
(4)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(11)
50
30
28
40
33
43
50
50
52
48
55
50
64
53

50 $111. 00 $111. 00
42 112. 40 112. 40
38 143. 50 143. 40
48 181. 50 181. 50
56 187. 90 186. 00
55 181. 00 180. 20
48 212. 50 205.30
54 210.10 208. 20
48 227. 30 221. 70
45 270. 70 261.80
40 272. 00 254. 50
66 284. 30 263. 30
43 385.10 345. 30
69 1,182. 70 1, 019. 20

$21. 50
42.80
80.10
78. 40
91.80
79. 70
84.10
98. 50
94.90
107. 60
109. 00
116. 40
146. 60
95.80

$0. 30
.80
2. 20
.30
.40
. 70
. 60
.50
.20
.80

$37. 50
42. 50
39. 20
43.10
45. 50
47. 50
56. 20
54.10
57. 30
68 40
83. 70
87. 30
98. 60
492. 30

$40. 50
11. 00
1. 40
7. 60
2. 50
6. 50
4. 20
5.10
8. 60
4. 60
3. 30
3. 70
1.60
2.30

$7. 50
8. 60
18. 20
45.80
36. 60
39.80
52. 50
40.70
51. 00
71. 80
48.50
41. 70
85.10
379. 20

$4.00
6.60
4.20
5.30
7.40
6. 20
7.80
9.10
9.30
8.90
10.00
13.90
12. 60
49.60

$79. 20
17.90
3. 20
21.60
25.70
47.20
96. 70
38.00

$3.40
4.80
8.00
7. 20
6.30
7.00
113.20
. 00
13. 00
3.90

$0. 90
.50
.20
.10
.10

$0.10
1.90
.80
7. 20
1. 90
5. 60
8.90
17. 50
21. 00
39. 80
163. 50

TABULAR SUMMARY

COLUM BUS, OHIO: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749 ____ _______
______ _______
$750-$999____ ______ _________ ________
__________________
$1,000-$1,249___________
$1,250-$1,499___________ ____________________
$1,500-$1,749._ ____ _________________________
$1,750-$1,999___________________________________
$2,000-$2,249___________________________________
$2,250-$2,499 __________________________________
$2,500-$2,999_ ________________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________________
$3,500-$3,999 ___________________________________
$4,000-$4,999___________________________________
$5,000-$7,499 _______________
______________
$7,500 and over ______ __ ______________ _

COLUM BUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAM ILIES




43
11
10
30
42
67
67
38

36
41
63
66
68
85
43
33
67
38

$120. 70
93.10
192. 40
99. 30
95. 20
147. 80
176. 00
223. 50
294. 00
175. 50

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$120. 70
93.10
176. 40
99. 30
95. 20
147. 60
176.00
223. 50
294. 00
170. 50

$92. 60
46. 70
57. 80
43.10
49.80
86. 40
93. 70
108.80
140. 00
79. 20

$24. 70
31.90
31. 40
31.10
35.90
29. 20
45. 60
64.30
44. 30
49. 40

♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$16. 00
.20
5.00

195

$250-$499____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$!,499
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__

6,

— Housing

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

for hom e-ow ning fam ilies:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

(1)

Owned family homes 1
Other
All hous­
housing1
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
Repairs, Insurance ing
Other
replace­
on
ing
All items
replace­ premiums
ments ments premiums
mortgage charges taxes
ments
(12)
(13)
(10)
(9)
(7)
(8)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(3)
(ID
(2)
ATLANTA, GA.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_____________ _
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________________ ______________
$1,250-$1,499
... .
$1,500-$1,749 ___
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499 ________________________
$2,500-$2,999 ________________________
$3,000-$3,499 ________________________
$3,500-$3,999 _____________________________
$4,000-$4,999 ______________________________ .
$5,000-$7,499 _____________________________
$7,500 and over___________________________ ...

100
26
36
23
23
44
36
26
42
39
26
57
48
46

70
62
75
80
75
52
57
66
57
73
64
67
63

$141.00
128. 50
141. 20
160.10
150. 60
195.80
165.80
228. 60
191. 60
250. 50
272. 00
372. 30
363.40
579. 00

$141.00
128. 50
139. 00
159.90
150. 60
189. 80
161. 40
227. 20
183. 80
242.90
263. 00
355. 40
331. 60
496. 60

$35. 00
67.90
54.90
58.30
55. 90
80. 90
63.40
107. 30
75.80
108. 30
105. 00
150. 30
123. 30
176.30

$2.40
9. 50
3.10
1.90
3.90
2.70
2. 20
7. 60
.40
6.10

$56. 00
40.00
45.80
47. 50
51. 40
58.00
68.40
78. 70
68. 60
81.40
100. 70
108. 70
121. 60
188.90

$5. 60
(*)
2. 60
2.40

$50.00
7. 50
32.20
42.00
15.90
37. 90
20.90
23. 50
23.80
34.90
33. 60
67. 50
66. 30
94. 40

$13.10
6.10
9. 70
12.30
9. 80
6.80
15.10
11. 20
15. 40
21. 50
21. 20
18. 50
27. 70

$0.10
.50
.20
. 10
1. 50
.80

$2.20
.20
6.00
4. 40
1.40
7. 80
7. 60
9. 00
16.90
31. 80
82.40

ATLANTA, GA.: NEG RO FAM ILIES

Under $250_________ ____ ______ __ _ _ _
$18. 00
$250-$499______________________ _____ _
53. 50
28
36
$500-$749______________________ _
52. 20
19
30
$750-$999______________________
32
16
86. 50
$1,000-$1,249_ ____________ ___
98. 20
17
35
$1,250-$1,499 ______________
35
54 104. 70
$1,500--$1,749 ___________ . .
31
46 120. 50
$1,750-$1,999 _ _____________ '
46
70 272.50
$2,000-$2,249 . _____ _
39
56 164.80
$2,250-$2,499 „
_ _ _ .
28
56 183. 60
$2,500- $2,999
___________ _
35
50 173.80
$3,000-$3,499
_ _____ _
44
67 179.30
$3,500-$3,999
_ „ . _
50
50 268. 20
$4,000 and over
33
67 201.50
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$18.00
53. 50
52. 20
86.40
97.90
104. 70
120.00
272. 50
163.40
182. 30
168.90
175. 20
268. 20
189.40

$18. 00
$3. 70
$5.80
$4.20
$15.10
24. 70
8. 90
2. 70
2. 60
13. 50
24. 50
17. 40
3.00
28. 20
32.90
4.90
13.70
4.10
32. 50
.80
46.10
$0. 70
21. 50
7.80
38. 90
.20
35.90
.40
25.90
9. 90
39. 60
39. 50
5.10
121.60
11.70
83. 50
2.00
53.70
29.90
13.30
3.00
57. 20
60.00
11. 60
.60
52.10
64. 60
53. 40
8.70
44.80
65.10
50.30
12. 20
75. 00
42. 60
45. 40
5. 20
79. 50
21.00 162. 50
19. 60
15.80
67.40
86. 60
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$0.10
.30
(*)
.50
1. 40
1. 30
4.90
4.10
12.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

196

Table

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

6.— Housing for hom e-owning fam ilies:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Average expenditure

Percentage of families reporting ex­
penditure

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Other
housing i
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
on
ing
All items
replace­ premiums
replace­
Other
taxes
ments ments premiums
ments
mortgage charges
(12)
(5)
(6)
(13)
(4)
(7)
(9)
(10)
(3)
(8)
(2)
(ii)

Income class

(1)

OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLU FFS, IOW A: W HITE FAM ILIES

69
61
34
36
44
45
52
52
56
53
41
57
46
44

78
52
54
37
50
37
48
71
46
65
41
46
66
88

$91.70
110.80
133.10
115. 70
182. 60
156. 40
182. 70
173. 20
218. 20
214. 60
285. 40
308. 40
400. 40
527. 20

$91. 70
110.80
132. 80
115. 60
182. 00
152. 50
178.40
166.80
197. 20
200. 20
262. 70
265. 50
346. 40
351.90

$6.90
23. 60
38. 00
26. 60
47.10
40.20
62. 50
49. 50
58. 00
37.30
60.90
66. 30
65.10
54. 00

$0. 30
. 50
1. 60
. 20
1. 30
1. 20
. 10
1. 40
. 20
2. 60

$26.90
46.80
49.10
50. 00
56. 50
66. 20
67.90
72. 00
82. 20
94. 30
97. 00
118. 60
148. 70
185. 20

$3.00
1. 60
4. 50
5. 70
1. 70
1.30
3.20
1.90
1.40
1. 30
.60

$47. 40
34. 60
37. 40
27.00
62.00
36.00
35.70
24.10
42.90
51. 50
95. 20
57. 00
93.90
49. 20

$10. 50
2. 50
6. 50
7. 00
9.10
8.20
9. 70
18.80
12.10
14.10
9.40
19. 70
38.10
60. 50

$37. 30
56.90
42.00
41.70
64.70
71. 50
76. 60
78.40
103. 50
128. 60
129.80
140. 70
204.70
272. 60

$5. 40
11.80
7.80
6. 50
6. 50
7.80
7.00
7.80
9. 50
10. 20
8.30
21. 30
15.10

$2. 50
1.90
10.70
18.10
23. 00
48. 40
19.00
38. 60
29.80
42. 50
68. 00
33. 70
86.70
112. 40

$1. 30
1. 30
5. 50
4.00
5. 70
6.10
4. 20
7.00
7.00
6. 20
8.10
5. 90
15. 30
19.10

(*)
$6.20
3. 00

$0. 50
. 10
.60
3.90
4. 30
6. 40
21.00
14.40
22. 70
42.90
54. 00
175. 30

TABULAR SUMMARY

____ _ .
$500-$749 ________ _ ______
$760-$999_________ .
. .
$1,000-$1,249____________________________ _____
$1,250~$1,499 _________ _____
_ _
$1,500-$1,749___________________________________
$1,750-$1,999 ___________________________________
$2,000-$2,249 . _
$2,250-82,499___________________________________
$2,50O-$2,999 ____ ____ _________________________
$3,000-83,499___________________________________
$3,500-83,999 ___________________________________
___
$4,000-$4,999 _ _
_
_
$5,000-87,499 ___
__ _
$7,500 and over -_
__ _

DENVER, COLO.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_.........
$1,000-$1,249___.
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__..
$2,250-$2,499__$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.




21
48
26
46
43
47
45
58
40
43
45
38
55
52

21
27
53
45
42
45
31
38
38
41
41
30
39
42

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$49. 20
140. 50
97.70
106.90
175. 70
198.00
182. 70
192.10
246. 60
309.90
348. 40
317. 70
486. 70
697. 60

$49. 20
140. 50
97. 70
104. 70
175. 00
192. 00
178.10
188. 60
234. 60
287. 50
331.80
286. 00
409. 40
570.90

$8.10
75. 00
23. 40
32. 50
70.60
57. 60
68.90
54. 60
85.10
98. 60
110. 20
97.00
80. 50
151. 70

$4. 30
.60
3.10
1.90
1.60
2.90
1. 40
1. 90
4. 50
.40
.90

Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$1.40
.10
.20
1.00

$2. 20
.70
6.00
4. 60
3. 50
12.00
22.40
16. 60
31.70
77. 30
126. 70

CO

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

for hom e-ow ning fam ilies:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

(1)

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
All items
on
replace­ premiums
ing
Other
ments replace­
ments
mortgage charges taxes
ments premiums
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(10)
(12)
(4)
(9)
(ID

Other
housing i
(13)

PORTLAND, OREG.: W HITE FAM ILIES

$500-$749______
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249---$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,499...$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500 and over-

27
23
37
51
26
44
48
40
53
60
49
54
55

48
44
50
52
47
46
49
40
50
54
69
51
47
42

$78.90
119. 50
110.10
156. 70
163.10
159. 20
181. 50
196.10
194.30
286.90
322. 00
338. 40
439.50
596.30

$78. 90
117. 30
109.10
153.90
158.90
155. 60
174.80
188. 50
181. 30
264.80
284. 60
307.10
389.10
445. 20

$17. 20
53. 60
26.90
58. 30
49.80
65. 30
69.90
71. 30
66. GO
93. 30
95.80
117.80
130. 90
143.80

$0.10
1.10
.10
1. 00
1.10
2.00
1. 50
.40
1.80

$50. 20
38. 50
38.90
49. 90
49. 30
57. 50
58. 30
69.10
67. 60
96.00
82.00
107. 70
125. 40
213.80

$8.30
.60
4.90
3.60
2.20
6.10
3. 00
2. 40
2.10
1. 00
.20
4.10
1.10

$21.80
32. 20
34.80
51. 30
19. 40
35.10
37. 40
35.40
59.10
85.90
64. 50
116. 00
66.70

$3. 20
2.80
6.10
7. 30
6. 20
6.20
8.40
7.20
8.50
13.20
19. 20
12.40
15.30
19.10

$16. 60
23. 60
25. 70
30.70
40. 30
91. 60
32. 40
43. 50
47.80
87.10
152.10
24. 30
54.80

$2.20
2.60
5. 20
6. 00
6. 30
8.10
5. 70
2.90
5.80
13.00
14.40
8.40
7. 60

$0.10
.10
.20
.20
.40

$2. 20
1. 00
2.80
4. 20
3. 60
6.70
7. 60
13.00
22.10
37.40
31.30
50.40
151.10

NEW ENGLAND, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



70
71
44
29
48
43
38
52
38
61
62
25
43

22
31
54
51
51
56
42
30
38
44
62
29
43

$75.00
128.10
178.10
169.60
217. 20
245.80
298. 40
269. 30
282. 00
340. 30
359. 60
488.90
315.10
493. 30

$75.00
128.10
178.10
169. 60
216. 50
244. 50
294. 00
266. 50
277. 00
316. 60
354.10
470. 50
315.10
469. 30

$51.90
78.80
58. 60
68. 00
85. 40
66. 20
111. 70
110. 20
111. 90
101.10
137. 50
112. 40
143.80

$0.90
1. 00
4.00

$75.00
57. 40
73.10
80.10
110.90
112. 30
128. 00
115. 00
119.30
149. 60
152. 90
166.10
166. 00
263.10

$0.20
.10
.70
1.10
1. 50
.40

$0.70
1.30
4.40
2.80
5. 00
23. 70
5. 50
18.40
24.00

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Income class

Average expenditure

Percentage of families reporting ex­
penditure

198

T able 6. — Housing

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

6.— H o u s in g fo r h o m e -o w n in g f a m ilie s :

153119

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Percentage of families reporting ex­
penditure

Average expenditure

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Other
Repairs, Insurance ing
housing i
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
ing
All items on
replace­ premiums
Other
replace­
ments ments premiums
ments
mortgage charges taxes
(13)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(12)
(10)
(11)

Income class

(1)

E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S




$2. 40
1. 20
4. 00
. 40
2. 00
3. 30
2. 60
.70
2.10
2. 90
7. 50
3.10

$18. 70
10.10
6. 80
11.10
21.50
20.20
44. 90
33.10
27. 80
37. 30
52.40
73. 40
39. 70
90. 90

$6. 50
5. 30
5. 40
6. 80
8. 00
8. 30
11.60
6.90
13. 50
16.80
17. 00
15.90
22. 50
28. 00

$1.40
.20
7. 50
.30
. 10
1. 50
2.60
2. 30
3. 80
.60

$7. 50
11.90
8. 80
29. 50
5. 40
14. 50
15.00
21. 50
10. 30
32. 60
16. 60
44. 00
92. 60
106. 70

$7.60
3.20
18. 70
9. 50
14. 20
15.90
27. 60
19. 90
20. 40
28. 20
29. 50
33. 50
68. 30

.10

$0.40
.80
2. 70
3.20
4. 20
11.00
14. 20
16. 70
18.60
35.50

$3. 30
.40
. 10
. 50
.90

$2.10
. 10
. 50
1.10
3.10
1. 60
16. 20
3.10
4.80
20.10
40. 20

$1. 70

SU M M ARY

64 $84. 90 $84. 90
$52. 40
$7. 30
$2. 70
44. 50
36 121. 30 121. 30
56. 30
32. 60
52. 40
55 103. 70 103. 70
6. 50
38 124. 40 124. 40
46. 60
. 30
58. 40
46 140.80 140. 40
44. 30
62. 40
.20
40 147. 30 146. 50
50. 00
67. 60
52 187.80 185.10
59. 50
.20
65.20
44 187. 20 184. 00
67. 20
.30
73. 20
61. 20
. 30
69. 80
60 179. 40 175. 20
58 238.80 227. 80
78. 90
.70
93. 30
55 280. 30 266.10
87. 50
.50 106. 60
46 287.10 270. 40
64. 20
114. 00
54 263.40 244. 80
52. 30
122. 80
62 458. 20 422. 70 120. 60
180.10
S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S
$250-$499__________________________________ _
$73.50 $73. 50 $27. 00
$39. 00
50
$500-$749______________________________________
42
87. 80
87. 80
10
29. 70
$1.10
37. 50
$750-$999_____________________________________
65. 00
65. 00
16
30
16. 50
36. 50
$1,000-$1,249____________________________________
82 131.70 129. 60
19
32. 60
2. 20
45.20
$1,250-$1,499___________________________________
52 121.10 121. 00
8
53. 50
51. 50
.90
$1,500-$1,749___________________________________
74 153.10 152. 60
20
58.40
61. 50
.70
$1,750-$1,999____________________________________
12
75 177. 90 176. 80
69. 00
5.80
63.20
$2,000-$2,249___________________________ ____
23
59. 40
86. 50
76 198. 50 195. 40
$2,250-$2,499__________________________________
16
87 177. 50 175.90
77.10
68. 50
99. 30
$2,500-$2,999__________________________________
27
89 268. 70 252. 50
98. 20
22
84 224. 90 221. 80
$3,000-$3,499__________________________________
76. 40
98. 00
$3,500-$3,999__________________________________
34
92 306. 00 301. 20 103. 70
120. 80
83 378. 90 358. 80
1.10 129. 00
$4,000-$4,999__________________________________
45
98. 80
$5,000 and over . _____ _ __
__
91 511. 70 471. 50 111. 40
184. 50
31
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
68
24
18
21
30
35
43
55
33
46
54
60
53
58

TABU LAR

$250-$499_____________
_____ _
$500-$749_______
____ ____ . .
$750-$999__________ . _ . _ ____ _
$1,000-$1,249_____________________ . .
$1,250-$1,499____________________________________
$1,500-$1,749__________________ _ _________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________________
$2,000-$2,249__________________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________________
$3,000-$3,499______ _•___________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________________
$5,000 and over.
__ __

CO
CO

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

6.— H o u s in g fo r h o m e -o w n in g f a m ilie s :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
All items on
ing
replace­ premiums
Other
ments replace­
ments
mortgage charges taxes
ments premiums
(2)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(3)
(7)
(8)
(10)
(9)
(12)
(11)

Income class

(1)

Other
housing i
(13)

S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : N E G R O F A M IL IE S

Under $250_____________________________________
$250-$499_______________________________________
$500-$749_________ _________________________ .
$750-$999_______ _______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________________
$1,250-$1,499-_____ ____________________________
$1,500-$1,749._________________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________________
$2,000-$2,249__ ________________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________________
$2,500 and over.__ __ _______________ ___ ______

6
8
8
16
12
67
23
14
56

70
52
32
54
70
66
100
78
93
86
67

$35. 00
31.60
38.90
80. 30
86.40
74.70
140.80
253. 60
144.10
106. 70
293.90

$35. 00
31.60
38.90
78.10
85. 20
67.00
140. 80
245. 60
140. 50
103. 00
293.90

$30. 80
21.90
25.60
34.90
37.60
41.80
70. 30
36.00
56.90
57. 40
63. 20

$5.20
3.30
24.90
23.50
14.50
46. 50
11.10
46.10
7.70
55. 70

$0. 30
1.40

$7.30
12. 60
13.10
2.50
8.00
188. 70
19. 00
11.50
144. 40

$4.20
4. 50
2. 70
5. 70
10. 70
8.20
16.00
9. 80
18. 50
25.00
30.60

$7. 50
10.30
27. 70
12. 50
24. 30
16. 20
34.10
13.00
26. 40
154. 00
51.60
21.40
61. 70

$7. 30
3.90
5.30
9. 40
10.90
12.00
11.80
14. 50
17.40
14. 90
25. 60
17.40
25.10
44.90

$2.20
1.20
7.70
8.00
3.60
3.70

W E S T C E N T R A L , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

$250-$499______________________________________
$500-$749______________________________________
$750-$999_______________________________________
$1,000-$1,249_____ ______________________________
$1,250-$l,499____________________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________________
$3,500 $3,999____________________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________________
$5,000 and over ____________ _ ______ _ ______
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



7
12
38
37
35
26
47
20
32
71
54
22
39

66
40
40
71
71
64
56
76
76
70
66
75
64
87

$105. 60 $105. 60
64.60
64.60
94. 50
94. 50
109. 90 109.90
102.30 102.00
142.80 142. 30
144.90 143. 20
164.40 154. 20
128.00 124. 40
230. 00 216. 80
337. 30 334.10
261. 80 253. 50
182. 20 176. 40
345. 80 303.10

$50. 00
10.80
33.20
23. 30
21.40
43.00
47.90
32.10
20. 20
70.00
40. 40
68. 30
8. 30
44.10

$0.30

$39. 00
49.90
45. 70
49.40
55.80
58.80
64. 30
69. 30
73.20
102. 90
107. 70
111. 10
119.10
152. 40

$1.80
. 10
1.40
3.90
3. 00
.80
.60
2. 60
6. 40
5.10
.40

$3.40
2.10

$0.30
.50
1.70
10.20
3.60
13. 20
3.20
8. 30
5.80
42. 70

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Average expenditure

Percentage of families reporting ex­
penditure

200

T able

T able

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

6. — H o u s in g fo r h o m e -o w n in g f a m ilie s :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

Owned family homes 1
All hous­
Other
housing1
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
Repairs, Insurance ing
on
ing
All items
replace­ premiums
replace­ premiums Other
taxes
ments
ments
mortgage charges
ments
(2)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(13)
(3)
(12)
(11)

Income class

(1)

R O C K Y M O U N T A IN , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

42
71
29
46
28
45
49
51
54
67
32
75
37
43

$99.00
61.00
96.50
122. 50
120.20
133. 50
158. 70
165. 70
153. 20
295.30
249.30
283. 70
291.70
457.60

$99.00
61.00
96.00
122.40
116. 30
132.80
154.20
160.70
146.20
270.30
226.10
245.10
248.50
351.50

$43. 50
8.50
21.80
43.70
33.40
20.90
36.30
34. 50
39.50
55.60
28.80
35.50
51.20
44.30

$0.70
.50
.40
2.00
.20
1.50
4.20

$52. 70
40.60
62.40
51.30
57.40
65.00
75.50
80.00
69.00
127.70
126.20
125. 70
138. 70
167.20

$4.70
2.30
1.70
5.10
5.10
7.10
3.60
15.10
15.20
6.80
12.40
9.80

$0.30
.30
2.80
16.70
18.50
35.30
26. 70
30.40
24.40
55.10
47.80
54.30
33.50
112. 70

$2.50
11.60
4.30
7.70
4.80
6.10
8.60
8.30
8.20
16.70
7.70
22.80
8.50
17.20

$3.30
5.00
42.00
12.50
17.00
36. 20
30.10
25.60
48.00
11.70
83.50
39. 70
54.10

$8.00
4.30
6.10
9.00
7.40
7.90
7.60
6.60
9.80
10.80
17.10
15.00
14.40
13. 30

$0.20
.10
.40
.30

$0.50
.10
3.90
.70
4.50
5.00
7.00
25.00
23.20
38.60
43.20
106.10

SU M M ARY

15
16
5
37
29
51
36
40
39
41
30
28
44
51

TABU LAR

$250-$499________ ___ ___
_
$500-$749______________________________________
$750-$999__________________
. ___
$1,000-$1,249_______________________________ ____
$1,250-$1,499____ _____________ . . ___
$1,500-$1,749_______________ ... ________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________ ____
$2,000-$2,249___________________________________
$2,25Q-$2,499___________________________________
$2,500-$2,999___________________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________________
$3,500-$3,999___________________________________
$4,000-$4,999___________________________________
$5,000 and over.

P A C IF IC N O R T H W E S T , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S




7
18
44
29
36
33
43
35
45
35
67
47
45

100
35
51
65
77
69
52
49
64
61
65
53
71
44

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$34.00
71. 30
74.10
116. 50
80.90
116.30
138. 60
126. 30
135. 20
183.90
224.10
282. 50
257.40
459.00

$34.00
71.10
74.10
116.20
79.30
113. 40
132.10
120.90
125. 50
176.10
184. 80
267. 30
224.20
253. 70

$32.20
24.30
24.30
28.30
48.80
38.90
37.90
38.90
56.90
64. 30
73. 50
86.50
17.40

$0.80
1.20
.30
.80
2.20
2.80

$26.00
31.30
35.70
37.50
30.40
38.50
48.40
44.90
49.40
56.60
88.90
83.90
S3.60
163.80

$2.20
2.20
.40
.90
1.00
.60
1.10
1.60
11.30
5.10

♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(*)
$0.30
(*)
.70
(*)
.10

$0.20
.30
1.60
3.40
6. 50
5.40
9.70
7.80
39.30
15.20
33.20
205.30

201

$250-$499______________________________________
$500-$749______________________________________
$750-$999______________________________________
$1,000-$1,249___________________________________
$1,250-$1.499____________________________________
$1,500-$1,749___________________________________
$1,750-$1,999_______________________ __________
$2,000-$2,249___________________________________
$2,250-$2,499 _ .
$2,500-$2,999___________________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________________
$3,500-$3,999_______________________________ ____
$4,000-$4,999___________________________________
$5,000 and o v e r.__ ____________________ ____

Percentage of home-owning families reporting expenditure for selected items and average
expenditure for all items of housing, by income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

6.— H o u s in g f o r h o m e -o w n in g f a m ilie s :

202

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

N E W E N G L A N D , 4 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

100
47
74
55
57
53
52
27
55
56
51

$59. 30
192.30
205.70
165.30
177.10
242.40
224.60
228.90
305.10
417. 90
313.50

$59.30
192. 30
205.70
163.00
175. 30
241.90
213.60
226. 60
273. 50
398. 60
264.90

$67. 70
78.60
44.80
64.60
91.80
71.50
99.40
89.20
106. 60
71.10

$1.80
.70
.70
1.40

$51.80
85.00
77.20
74. 30
84.20
92. 90
104.70
84.40
102.60
133. 30
125.80

$16.60
.70
.20
1.10
.60

$12.10
7.10
3. 80
19.10
58.00
24.40
21.00
27. 50
34.40
54.10
47. 50

$2. 70
5.00
2.60
8.10
9. 30
8.90
6.10
11.70
11.00
13.20
14.70

$0.80

$2 30
1.80
.50
11.00
2. 30
31.60
19. 30
48.60

E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

$250-$499
$500-$749
$750-$999_______________________________________
$1,000-$1,249___________________________________
$1,250-$1,499__ ____________________________
$1,500-$1,749—_ ______________________________
$1,750-$1,999 _______________________
$2,000-$2,249 __
____ _____ _________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________________
$2,500-$2,999
______________
_____
$3,000 and over
___ ____ ___ _ _ _ _____




12
24
9
34
29
33
28
40
46
44
43

34
36
33
53
53
51
39
57
57
53
51

$104.10
80. 30
98.70
114. 90
168.80
158.30
160. 50
158.30
171.70
204.30
243.40

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$104.10
80.30
98.70
113.40
166. 70
157.10
155.30
153.80
168. 20
197. 60
216.60

$34. 50
22. 50
46.10
30.80
47.10
65. 50
60.00
46.80
56.50
54.00
62.20

$0.50
.10
.30
1.30

$53.10
40.20
44.80
53.20
50.10
55.80
67.80
64.80
63.40
73.90
91.40

$1.20
5.50
.60
2.20
1.90
2. 50
.40
2.80
1. 30
2.40
.80

•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$0.70
.20
.30
(*)

$1.50
2.10
1.20
5.20
4.50
3.50
6.70
26.80

193 5 -3 6

$7.50
3. 50
13.80
7.00
8. 70
7.80
11.60
5.10
13.20
18. 40
12.40

C IT IE S ,

$36.10
19.50
36.20
15.80
46.80
25.10
36.30
67.90
140. 30
55.60

SELECTED

36
54
49
38
50
58
50
56
59
50

IN

$250-$499________ ____
$500-$749____________ . . .
$750-$999___________ _
$1,000-$1,249 . _
$1,250-$1,499________________ _________________
$1,500-SI,749____________________________________
$1,750-SI,999___________________ ______________
$2,000-$2,249 ____________ _____ ____ „ . .
$2,250-$2,499 „ _____ . _____ _ _ _____ _
$2,500-$2,999
_ __ . __ _ _
____
$3,000 and over. __________ _ ___ __ ______

E X P E N D IT U R E S

(1)

Owned family homes 1
Other
All hous­
housing1
Repairs, Insurance ing
Interest Refinanc­ Current Assess­ Repairs, Insurance
Other
ing
replace­ premiums
All items on
replace­
ments ments premiums
ments
mortgage charges taxes
(12)
(13)
(10)
(8)
(9)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(2)
(11)

F A M IL Y

Income class

Average expenditure

Percentage of fami­
lies reporting ex­
penditure

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
N E W Y O R K C IT Y : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , 5 T Y P E S

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

94
100
100
99
98
99
100
97
100
99
100
100
98
100
100

32
37
39
32
29
21
22
16
29
17
28
20
20
18
11

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line

Fuel oil

(8)
(7)
(6)
(9)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

26
30
38
30
28
20
20
14
26
16
28
20
20
14
11

6
7
1
2
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
2
4

1
2
4
4
4
9
4
5
1
2
3

6
9
5
7
6
6
5
2
4
1
7
1
6
13
16

12
4
6
5
25
3
3
(*)
1
2
1
1
4
2

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(10)

(11)

(12)

81
100
98
96
98
99
100
97
98
99
100
100
98
100
100

87
94
92
96
97
98
98
94
98
97
97
97
91
95
96

57
75
61
52
43
31
24
22
22
11
18
8
7
11
14

$3. 30
3. 30
1.50
.30
2.00
.10
2. 30
3.50
6. 50
2.40
10. 20
14. 70
21.80
9.20

$19.40
24.30
28.60
27. 80
31.20
36.70
38.00
37.00
41.80
45.40
45.90
53.10
59.60
66. 50
82.00

$17. 30
19.50
20.10
21.40
24. 40
24.10
28. 50
25.30
28. 70
29.20
29.80
35.20
30.80
37.80
54.90

$7.6(
10. 5(
9.6(
10.4(
9.4(
7.2(
5.3(
5.8(
5.8C
2.9(
6.5(
3.6(
1.1C
2. 5(
2.9C

B. Average expenditure
$500-8749______
$750-8999______
$1,000-81,249....
$1,250-81,499....
81,500-81,749___
$1,750-81,999___
$2,000-82,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-82,999___
$3,000-83,499___
$3,500-83,999___
$4,000-84,999....
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-89,999 . . . .
$10,000 and over.

$54.90
77.80
82. 70
80.00
85.10
89.10
91.00
87.00
113.90
102. 50
119.60
123.80
131.40
159.70
161.40

$9. 70
19.50
19.30
16. 50
18.10
13. 70
15.20
12. 60
24.40
14.90
29. 70
20.40
23.00
26.60
10.50

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$8.40
14.10
19. 20
15.90
17.00
13. 20
13. 60
10.80
22. 20
13. 50
28.90
18.30
23.00
26. 20
10. 50

$1.30
5. 40
.10
.60
1.10
.50
1.60
1.80
2.20
1. 40
.80
2.10
.40

$0.60
1.00
3. 60
3.20
3.90
8.80
3. 20
5.10
1. 20
1.60
2. 50

(*)
$0.40
.30
.70
.20
.40
.30
.10
.10
(*)
.20
(*)
.60
.70
1.60

$0.90
.30
1.50
1.10
.50
1.40
.40
(*)
.80
.40
(*)
.10
1.30
.30

*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

>
W
d
tr1

203

10
9
5
2
4
1
4
3
5
3
11
11
17
12

SUMMARY

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-81,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-81,749___
$1,750-81,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-82,999___
$3,000-83,499___
$3,500-83,999___
$4,000-84,999___
85,000-87,499___
$7,500-89,999....
810,000 and over.

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749._____ ______________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499________________ ________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-83,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999
____
_____
$4,000-$4,999
.
____
$5,000-$7,499
. _ ____
$7,500-$9,999
__
$10,000 and over______________________

87
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

38
21
32
27
15
9
6
10
8
3
3
12
12
7

38
7
32
24
15
9
6
10
8
3
3
12
12
7

12
14
5

12

(*) 3
5
1
1

1

14

3

3

(*)
9

5

1

12
13
20

7
5
2

3
4
6
3
4

87
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
100

87
93
95
100
99
100
98
94
100
94
93
90
88
89
100

50
56
45
41
22
10
6
15
4
4
7
12
9

$21.10
21.00
27.70
28.20
32.70
36.00
37.20
31.00
39. 70
40.50
39.60
49.70
54.10
60.40
86.70

$14.90
16.70
20.00
21.00
21.30
20.30
24. 00
20.00
21. 30
22. 30
17.00
19.50
22. 20
28. 60
66.10

$8.30
7. 20
6.10
9.60
4.20
1.70
2.00
6.20
.60
1.50
1.50
1.20
1.90

B. Average expenditure
$500-8749... __________________________
$53.40
$8.60
14. 50
$750-$999_
_________ ______
62.50
69.80
14.40
$1,000-$1,249_. ____ . _____
$1,250-81,499. ____
____
73.60
13.50
69.80
$1,500-81,749 . .
____
11.10
$1,750-81,999
_____
67. 20
6.90
$2,000-82,249
. .
67.70
4.50
66. 00
8. 50
___
$2,250-82,499
8. 50
$2,500-82,999
70.30
72.30
2.90
$3,000-83,499 _______ ___________
66.90
.60
$3,500-83,999
$4,000-84,999
88. 30
17.90
90.30
11.00
$5,000-87,499
_______
$7,500-89,999
119.90
24.00
$10,000 and over.
154.80
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$8 60
3.10
14.40
12.70
11.10
6.90
4. 50
8. 50
8. 50
2.90
.60
17.90
11.00
24.00

$11.40
.80

$0.30
8.20

$0.10
.50
.40
1.00
(*) .10
(*)

.30
.10

1.60
1.00
2.00

$0.40
.30

(*)

.10

$2.60
1.20
.20
2.20
5.10
1.20
.20
4.00

*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

204

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T a b l e 7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, hy family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND III




Gas

Ice

(ID

(12)
100
100
92
94
98
100
98
95
99
98
96
100
91
100
96

40
89
78
55
45
36
24
17
21
11
14
7
6
11
29

$17.00
19.60
19.50
19.90
25.60
26.10
29. 30
26.80
28.60
29.30
32.60
34. 70
36.10
43.90
54.10

$3.80
13.00
12.30
9.70
10. 60
9.30
5.70
4.00
5.90
3. 60
2.50
2.50
.70
3.20
8.60

>

W
d
>

205

$50O-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$l, 249-..
$1, 250-$l, 499_.._
$1, 500-$l, 749. __
$1,750-$l, 999---$2,000-$2,249....
$2,250-$2,499—
$2, 500-$2,999... _
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3.999__
$4,000-$4j 999__
$5,000-$7,499___
$7, 500-$9,999—
$10,000 and over.

Coal

SUMMARY

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$l, 249__
$1,250-$l, 499__
$1,500-$l, 749__
$1, 750-$l,999__
$2,000-$2, 249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3, 500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 $7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling i
Bitumi­
line
Total Anthracite nous
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(10)
(2)
(1)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
20
80
5
5
100
46
46
9
100
2
100
32
32
8
14
98
92
100
30
1
2
10
4
29
7
98
25
25
9
98
100
4
100
5
19
17
2
9
3
100
4
4
2
100
20
20
5
96
96
20
4
1
1
16
3
6
1
99
30
9
4
30
99
100
3
1
6
100
13
10
3
100
1
4
4
100
26
26
6
1
100
2
14
14
12
100
97
3
8
9
97
19
19
25
100
6
19
100
18
18
9
21
100
24
24
18
100
B. Average expenditure
$40.80
$2.40
$17.60
79.40
$18.00
$18.00
$0.40
.40
$3.10
24.90
79.00
15.20
15.20
. 10
2.10
3.90
25.90
75.80
16.10
$0.60
.50
15.50
$6.30
1.40
1.80
26.10
82.80
14.80
.30
14.80
. 10
31.40
98.10
13.90
13.00
.90
8.40
.20
1.40
.70
38.10
93.50
16. 70
16.70
3.10
.20
37.90
.40
.20
89.60
15.20
3.50
11.70
4.60
.70
38.30
(*)
(*)
111.10
22.40
.20
9.80
41.40
22.20
3.00
(*)
100. 50
11.20
7.00
4.20
3.20
.90
7.50
44.80
126. 60
29.30
29. 30
9.30
.10
6.50
46.30
(*)
109.90
12.00
10.10
1.90
8.20
52.50
127.00
20. 30
20. 30
3.20
.30
8.10
58.30
164.50
16.50
16. 50
8.30
1.20
.70
19. 30
71.40
208. 30
20.10
20.10
1.00
25.30
99.20
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Average amounts of less than $0. 05 are not shown.

Income class

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Coal

$500-$749
_____ _____________
$750-$999___________________________
$1,000-$1,249 ________________
$i; 250-$i; 499________________________
$1,500-$l, 749________________________
$1,750-$l, 999________________________
$2,000-$2,249 _____________________
$2, 250-$2,499 _____________________
$2, 500-$2,999________________________
$3,000-$3,499 ______________ ____
$3,500-$3,999 _____ _____________
$4,000-$4,999________________________
$5,000-$7, 499
_.
$7,500-$9,999
__________________
$10,000 and over_____________________

100
100
100
98
98
96
100
97
100
98
100
100
97
100
100

66
54
57
41
50
37
39
17
42
29
43
30
28
26
7

33
46
54
39
46
36
33
16
36
29
43
30
28
17
7

$500-$749 __________________ —
$750-$999 _________________ ___
$1,000-$!, 249 _____________________
$1, 250-$l, 499________________________
$1, 500-$l, 749_______________________
$1,750-$l, 999_______________________ :
$2,000-$2, 249
____
$2, 250-$2,499
$2, 500-$2,999_____________-__________
$3,000-$3,499._ _____________________
$3, 500-$3,999
$4, 000-$4,999________________________
$5,000-$7,499
—_ _____
$7,500-$9,999
__ ____
$10,000 and over__________ _________

$80.40
103.80
106.80
94.50
105. 20
99.00
110. 00
99.90
146. 90
125. 70
143. 30
160. 90
169.80
184. 90
130. 40

$27.40
31.90
32.80
20.70
30.20
20. 30
23.40
12.50
37. 50
26.60
45.50
29.40
35.60
36.00
8.20

$20. 70
28.10
32.40
20.30
26.20
19.90
18.20
11.20
31.70
26.60
43.70
25.80
35.60
35.10
8.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(1)




Total
(3)

Anthracite
(4)

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
67
84
86
95
95
92
98
93
97
98
99
100
93
96
93

100
87
57
62
65
46
40
33
36
16
27
16
4
12
10

$24.00
24.70
21.20
24.50
25.90
25.30
31.60
27.40
34.00
33.90
34.70
46.70
32.90
39. 90
50. 50

$11. 70
12.10
10. 40
12.40
13.50
9.80
8.10
7. 70
9.20
3.40
11.90
7.00
1.30
2.40
.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(9)
(10)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
67
33
24
100
8
8
11
11
15
3
97
2
2g
98
9
7
7
5
96
4
9
8
1
5
5
96
10
1
6
100
6
9
9
1
1
7
97
6
4
14
5
100
8
6
2
4
6
6
98
2
100
2
15
3
2
12
100
2
3
3
97
3
19
41
4
26
100
9
2
13
100
13
B. Average expenditure
$17. 30
$6.70
29.50
$4.70
$0.90
3.80
34.20
2.50
5.10
$0.60
.40
2. 90
30.00
$1.90
1.70
.40
.40
1.90
1.00
29.10
3.10
.50
4.00
35.70
2. 70
3.50
.40
.80
.90
38.90
.80
5.20
6.40
.80
39.90
6.00
1.30
6.20
.20
43.70
13. 90
.20
2.00
6.40
5.80
49.60
5.40
.20
6.60
49.00
1.80
.60
.50(*)
1.10
56.20
3.10
.10
.20
18.20
3.60
33.10
65.50
1.40
2.60
36.50
67. 30
.90
.20
67.50
1.80
.60
1.70

Income class

206

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

T a b l e 7 . — H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Income class
(1) ’

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

Coal

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1 line

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Total
(3)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

02)

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$l,50O-$l, 749_-_
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000 and over.

100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
78

40
40
14
18
11
9
4
19
16
22

40
36
10
14
11
9
4
19
11
22

4
4
4

2

5

6
5

11
8
6
12
8
6
4
6
10

6
8
2
11
2

2
5
2
3
11

58
93
91
97
98
100
93
94
100
78

60
86
85
92
89
94
100
100
100
78

89
90
87
82
72
47
44
19
26
22

$11.40
19.00
20.10
27.60
28.60
32.90
34.90
36.60
40.80
37.00

$19. 30
15.60
17.60
19.00
19. 30
23. 50
22.00
32.40
27.80
22.10

$7.40
16.00
18. 00
17. 30
20.90
12.40
14.20
4.50
8. 30
6.70

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499_ _.
$2,500-$2,999_..
$3,000 and over.

$52.90
68. 50
65.10
77. 70
79.70
82.10
75.80
94.00
95.10
117. 80

$11. 50
15. 70
8.20
9.70
9.10
12.60
4.70
15.80
14.10
34. 70

$11. 50
13.80
6.30
7.20
9.10
12.60
4. 70
15.80
9. 30
34.70

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.
•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.




$1.90
1.90
2. 50
4.80

(2)
$4.60
3.80

$2.90
.70
.70
1.00
.80
.20
(•)
. 10
.30

$0.40
1. 50
.30
2.80
.90

$0.20
.30
. 10
.50
17. 30

TABULAR SUMMARY

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

8
<1

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , lightf and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, hy family type and income, in 1 yearf 1985—86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

208

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(I D

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

$500—$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249_..
$1,250-$1,499._.
$l,50O-$l,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
80

60
56
8
22
4
18
11
12

60
50
7
15
4
18
11

6
1
7
12

20
13
15
4
9
11

13
15

7

80
93
84
100
100
100
92
100
100
80

40
76
78
93
89
91
100
100
100
80

80
96
90
81
65
32
42
12
20

$15.80
16.20
16.20
27.80
29.80
33.60
35.60
39. 70
45.70
33.40

$12.40
11.80
15.00
17.20
17.20
22.30
21.80
26.10
20.60
20.60

$5.80
17.40
20.60
17.40
21.80
9.50
14.40
6.60
11.00

B. Average expenditure

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

$55.60
72.90
57.10
78.20
72.20
96.10
71.80
79.70
84. 40
65.00

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$16.40
23.80
5.30
11.00
3.30
30.60
13.70
11.50

$16.40
20.70
4.30
6.40
3.30
30.60
13.70

$3.10
1.00
4.60
11.50

$5.20
1.10
.60
.10
.10
.20

$2.60
4.00

$0.20

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE I

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPES II AND HI
Income class
(1)

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

Coal
Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Total
(3)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(7)

(6)

Fuel oil Electricity

(8)

(9)

Ice

(10)

(ID

(12)

(t) 89
100
91
100
100
83
75
(t)

(t) 100
95
91
90
100
100
100
(t)

(t) 85
89
86
* 71
3 48
33
25

$22. 60
25.80
27. 40
27. 20
31. 40
39.80
25. 00
(t)

$21. 20
21. 60
18.80
21.00
21. 20
23. 20
35.00
(t)

(t)$13.10
16.80
17.90
20. 60
12.00
9. 30
5.20

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749___________________________
$750-$999 _________________________
$1,000-$1,249________________________
$1,250-$!,499________________________
$1,500-$1,749________________________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
___
$3,000 and over
_____
_____

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
(t)

(t) 18
26
9
19

(t) 18
16
9
19

25

25

10

5

16
9
19

(t)

5
9
10

5
5
10

(t)
$1.10
1.30
4.60

$0.70
.80
.30

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749 _______ _______________
_____ _______
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249________________________
$1,250-$1,499 _ _______ _______
$1,500-$1,749 . _________________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2 499
$2,500-$2 999
$3,000 and nvfir

$61. 30
82.40
73.90
97.90
64. 60
72.30
90.20
(t)

(t)$4.40
14.80
6.30
21. 50

( $4. 40
10. 20
6.30
21. 50

25.00

25.00




(2)

$1.60
1.40
2.70

209

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 No family in this group reported an expense of more than $0.49 for this item.
■ [Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

$4.60

TABULAR SUMMARY

Gas

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, hy family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

Income class
(1)

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

Coal
Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Total
(3)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

100
100
96
94
100
100
100
foo
75

(t) 100
90
90
87
90
100
100
100
75

(t) 72
72
78
84
65
56
67
40
25

$28. 60
23. 40
27. 30
27.40
33.80
30. 70
42. 30
38.90
41. 50

(t)
$21.90
19.00
23.00
21.70
27.80
21. 50
48.00
32. 20
24.00

$16. 60
11. 20
16. 50
19. 70
16.70
17. 20
17. 00
10. 40
1.20

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999_ _.
$2,000-$2,249_ _.
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
75

10
14
17
10
11
33
20
50

10
14
17
10
11
33
20
50

33
10

10
10
6
10
11
20

6
10
25

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249..__
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

$67.10
60.70
79. 60
80.80
85. 00
83. 60
141. 70
106.90
183. 70

$6.00
9.80
11.00
4.40
14.10
9. 70
17. 70
78.00

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$6.00
9.80
11.00
4.40
14.10
9.70
17. 70
78. 00

$24.70
7.20

$1.10
1. 60
1.00
.60
.10
.50

$1.40
$1.70
39.00

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

210

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in i t/ear, 1935-86— Continued

T a b l e 7 . — H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, 7 TYPES

Income class
(1)

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

Coal
Total
(3)

Anthracite
(4)

$33.30
$500-$749________________________ __
$82.90
84.90
33.00
$750-$999_
_
92.10
32.80
$1,000-$1,249________________________
28.50
88.80
$1,250-$1,499________________________
94.70
27.10
$1,500-$1,749______________________
28.90
107. 20
$1,750-$1,999________________________
101.10
25. 70
$2,000-$2,249__ ___
115. 30
29.10
$2,250-$2,499________________________
113.30
28. 90
$2,500-$2,999__
_______
116. 90
27.20
$3,000-$3,499________________________
20.60
117.40
$3,500-$3,999________________________
24. 30
$4,000-$4,999________________________
129.10
150.00
20.40
$5,000-$7,499 ______________________
150. 30
9.10
$7,5O0-$9,999_.
_________________
224.40
55.10
$10,000 and over _ _ __ __________ __
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$7.50
9.10
9.80
9.00
2.90
5.90
2.80
5.60
4. 20
2.90
5.00
2.40
4.10
5.60




(12)

67
68
64
50
37
36
24
24
22
16
8
8
4
2
$5. 40
7. 20
6.90
6.60
6.00
6.20
4.00
4.50
4. 30
3.40
2.10
1.90
1.20
(*)

211

11
16
17
16
6
8
5
6
6
5
5
3
4
2

100
94
97
93
96
96
98
95
94
94
98
94
94
87
86

Ice

SUMMARY

78
62
56
48
43
37
35
35
35
31
23
27
19
6
28

$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499_____________________ __
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499________________________
$2,500-$2,999_ _.
$3,000-$3,499_____________________
$3,500-$3,999________________________
$4,000-$4,999_______ __ ____ ____
$5,000-$7,499_______ __ ____ __ __
$7,500-$9,999__
$10,000 and over

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
Gas
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(10)
(8)
(9)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(ID
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
92
90
13
5
5
4
69
1
88
6
88
10
10
51
86
41
8
6
3
10
89
92
86
8
33
4
3
6
1
89
93
8
7
38
8
94
32
12
6
2
5
96
94
32
12
5
5
96
(*)
92
11
3
1
4
95
29
92
2
1
4
93
30
8
92
1
94
27
10
5
5
2
86
1
5
98
17
9
94
4
24
3
94
5
(•)
12
94
3
2
15
7
93
1
2
86
6
9
7
87
2
86
8
26
16
86
B. Average expenditure
$18.50
$25.80
$0.10
$5.00
$1. 30
$19.10
$0.20
23.90
3.80
20. 20
17. 30
' .50
2.60
.30
23. 00
20. 20
3.70
.30
.50
3.20
24.50
19.50
20.00
3.10
.20
.20
4.20
26.00
24.20
21.40
5. 60
.30
.20
3.00
31.10
23.00
33.10
9. 80
.20
.30
3.20
25.50
22.90
8. 80
.20
2.60
23. 50
36. 30
(*).20
23. 50
9.60
.30
3.00
36.90
31.70
24.70
6.80
.10
.20
2.70
38. 70
31. 60
24. 30
8.50
.20
.50
4.60
40.10
32.40
.10
15.60
7.50
.60
6.20
44.20
36.10
.20
21.90
5.20
.50
6.10
47.00
43.90
16. 30
6.90
.10
17.60
1.20
51.90
50.70
14. 50
.10
60.10
9.10
52. 80
.20
13.50
49.50
1.70
1.30
18.20
78.20
69.90
*Percent ages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 19S5-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Income class
(1)
$500-$749___________________________
$750-$999____________________ ______
$1,000-$1,249-______________________
$1,250-$1,499_______________________
$1,500-$1,749________________________
$1,750-$1,999.................................................
$2,000-$2,249................................................
$2,250-$2,499.................................................
$2,500-$2,999..................................................
$3,000-$3,499................................................
$3,500-$3,999.................. _........................... .
$4,000-$4,999...... ...........................................
$5,000-$7,499.................................................
$7,500-$9,999.................................................
$10,000 and over_____________________

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)
100
91
89
87
93
86
97
94
80
85
96
95
95
62
65

$60.20
$500-$749 .......................................... ......
70.40
$750-$999.......................................................
87.10
$1,000-$1,249________ _______ ________
71.40
$1,250~$1,499................................... ..............
79.00
$1,500-$1,749_______ ________________
67.70
$1,750-$1,999_______________ ________
76.00
$2,000-$2,249.................................................
97. 50
$2,250-$2,499.............................................__
65.70
$2,500-$2,999________________________
75.10
$3,000-$3,499.............................. .................
75. 90
$3,50O~$3,999________________________
84. 40
$4,000-$4,999.... ...........................................
128.
20
$5,000-$7,499......................... ......................
44.70
$7,500-$9,999...........................- ...................
$10,000 and over .
__ _
98.20
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



Coal
Anthracite
(4)

Total
(3)
75
51
50
35
42
22
26
33
20
23
7
12
24
10

6
24
21
4
4
5
6
5
5
9
10

$25.90
26.30
36.90
17.10
24.80
16.40
16.10
27.40
16.10
19.10
8.10
9.80
20.00
31.40

$4.10
19.10
9. 30
1.50
2.80
1.40
5. 30
3. 30
5. 60
7.20
31.40

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(9)
(6)
(7)
(5)
(8)
(10)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
12
75
88
82
45
6
15
9
33
12
81
5
6
6
13
14
7
87
12
38
9
88
1
1
4
18
85
21
8
5
97
1
3
27
10
94
20
3
76
2
2
18
5
85
96
2
6
8
12
1
4
95
15
10
9
95
62
65
B. Average expenditure
$25.90
$18.00
$0.30
22.20
.60
$6. 60
$1.70
16.50
17.80
.70
.30
$0.90
3.60
22.50
1.80
7.60
23. 30
7.80
23. 30
.30
5.50
27.60
13.60
.70
.10
2.50
28.10
2.30
31.40
14.70
4.80
22.10
7. 20
.20
1.90
31.90
16.10
2.20
28.80
2.90
15. 80
.20
1.10
31.40
1.30
8. 80
2.50
35. 40
9.80
.60
5.90
37. 80
8.90
12.80
15. 90
44.20
28.50
45.60

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
88
82
72
82
82
82
92
89
72
82
91
95
95
62
65

75
52
65
35
19
13
16
14
4
5
10
4

$13.40
11.90
15.70
16.10
18.10
17.70
19. 30
26.10
17.80
19.60
22.30
26.90
37. 30
16.20
21.20

$2.60
6.80
6.50
5.50
2.70
2.20
2.10
2.80
.80
.80
3.40
1.90

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

212

T a ble

T a ble

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE II

Income class
(1)

(t)

100
89
100
89
96
100
96
90
94
94
96
86
97
100




Total
(3)
75
62
37
47
33
25
28
15
23
7
13
12

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling 1
line
Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(7)
(8)
(10)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(9)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
12
88
12
63
12
86
24
52
14
11
3
5
6
14
82
17
20
12
12
8
3
89
38
91
1
1
14
5
8
25
1
1
10
100
20
5
12
7
3
96
25
3
11
7
5
4
88
1
3
6
93
20
7
4
13
94
1
1
5
96
8
2
3
3
86
12
4
6
97
100
33
(t)

$27.80
28.20
12.30
27.00
19.80
18.40
22.00
12.00
19.40
6.90
14.50
12.20

$7.50
10.20
5.10
8.40
3.20
2.80
3.50
3.50
1.90
6.00
1.20

$20.30
18.00
7.20
18.60
16.60
15.60
18.50
8. 50
17. 50
6.90
8.50
11.00

B. Average expenditure
$6.30
$1.30
4.90
$0.20
5.00
.30
.30
.40
11.20
.10
.10
9.90
(*) .20
3.10
10. 50
7. 60
2.90
3.20
(*)
1.80
6.80
44.30

$2.60
1. 60
4.70
2.10
.40
6.10
4.00
1.10
10.10
.80
11.10

$14.30
17.40
23.50
23.80
30.10
31.80
39.20
35.10
34.70
42.30
46.50
44.30
51. 30
68.30
(t)
t Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

Gas

Ice

CD

(12)
88
89
88
81
89
99
96
86
94
93
96
86
97
100

50
81
62
38
23
32
7
13
14
4
6

$19. 70
17. 50
17.90
17.80
18.00
19. 40
19.30
29.40
23.20
35.30
26.70
36.80
31.90
39.00
(t)

$3.40
7.50
6.40
4.50
3.70
6.20
1.70
2.30
2.70
.70
2.50

(t)

£W

dt-1
►w

213

$500-$749__________ _______ ________
$74.10
$750-$999__________________________
78.60
$1,000-$1,249________________________
70.10
$1,250-$1,499________________________
75.50
83.70
$1,500-^1,749_____________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________ _____
91.90
$2,000-$2,249
...................................
85.50
$2,250-$2,499 .........................................
93.30
$2,500-$2,999 ...........................................
88.70
$3,000-$3,499
. . .
98.20
$3,500-$3,999_ ................................... ......
94.20
$4,000-$4,999_
95.10
$5,000-$7,499
101.10
$7,500-$9,999
151.60
$10,000 and over
(t)
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

Coal

SUMMARY

$500-$749 .....................................................
$750-$999________ __________________
$1,000-$1,249________________________
$1,250-$ 1,499____________________ ___
$1,500-$1,749______ ______________
$1,750-$1,999............. ......................... ..........
$2,000-$2,249_. _ .......................................
$2,250-$2,499 . ............................ ............
$2,500-$2,999.............. .................................
$3,000-$3,499 ................................................
$3,500-$3,999 ...............................................
$4,000-$4,999 _ _ ............................ ......
$5,000-$7,499__ _____ _____________
$7,500-$9,999
$10,000 and over
_
_

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7*— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.

100
98
100
100
100
99
99
100
95
100
100
98
92
81
100

87
76
72
59
41
34
34
29
45
30
15
17
17
12
50

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling 1
line
Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)
(6)
(10)
(7)
(8)
(9)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
25
75
12
4
76
2
8
16
18
56
10
14
98
1
24
36
9
13
11
9
36
5
5
5
5
11
27
19
99
7
3
(*)
1
34
1
13
7
95
11
1
29
2
97
10
35
3
3
8
5
95
30
2
10
96
3
5
15
4
12
5
20
3
98
17
92
6
12
7
81
50
100

100
88
100
100

100

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
100
96
92
88
95
99
91
100
95
98
100
98
94
81
100

75
93
53
56
43
35
14
20
22
3
11
3
6

$19.40
22. 20
19. 40
23.30
22.90
24. 50
22. 20
29.40
36.30
47.90
49.60
41. 30
49.00
68.40
45.40

$11.00
8. 70
5.50
6.40
7.10
6.90
2.70
3.70
4.90
1.00
5.10
.30
1.00

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.




$94. 70
93.90
101. 70
104.00
89. 50
106.30
92.10
105.50
135. 30
125.40
144. 50
133.40
119. 60
165. 70
180. 00

$43.50
34.50
39. 50
33.20
22.00
26.80
23.30
22.90
38.90
24.40
17.10
13.50
16.60
33.30
80.90

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$15.50
1.50
7.80
11.80
2.40
10.50
.60
9.40
6.20

$28.00
33.00
31. 70
21.40
19.60
16.30
22.70
22.90
29.50
24.40
17.10
7.30
16.60
33.30
80.90

$4.30
7.80
4.40
1. 50
11.90
3.90
9.10
6.90
2.20
6. 20
1.50
6.20
6.40

$1.00
(*) .30
.20
.10
.10

$0.40
1.10
.40
.10
(*)
(*)
3.40

$0.60
5. 50
6.10
1.10
.30
2.30
.70
5.40
5. 70
16.60
26.70

$20.40
22. 60
24.00
29.50
34.20
35.60
37. 60
39. 70
42.80
44. 20
46.50
50.10
46.80
57. 60
53.70

‘Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

214

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE III

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

153119

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE IV
Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

O'M

$500-$749............
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.

$129. 20
96.00
109. 30
96. 20
96.20
146.90
116. 20
138. 60
121. 80
125. 80
114. 60
130. 20
146.90
156. 50
298. 60

84
59
75
51
35
55
37
43
32
37
28
32
20
4
48

$52. 40
43. 40
46. 30
33. 90
23. 30
45. 80
26. 90
36. 20
25. 50
30. 40
23.30
29. 30
22. 50
3. 00
98. 60
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

17
42
11
11
3
13
6
14
6
5
9
6

$18. 20
28. 60
6.00
6. 50
1.10
7. 80
3. 60
12.10
4.10
2.10
8. 50
5.00

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
100
86
94
92
90
96
92
91
100
92
63
91
86
100
76

67
59
68
66
37
60
32
33
22
26
6
10
6

$23.00
19.10
22. 90
21.10
22.90
38. 20
23. 30
38.40
36. 60
27.90
33.30
46.00
54. 20
45. 60
73.60

$7. 70
6.90
7.90
10.00
6.00
9. 20
5. 40
6. 30
3. 90
6.00
.90
2. 20
1.10

‘Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

>
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>

215

100
100
100
97
95
98
96
95
100
95
99
92
86
100
76

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(7)
(10)
(6)
(8)
(9)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
67
17
100
50
14
27
9
90
6
65
5
11
6
100
92
5
3
42
8
90
32
12
8
(*) 7
98
22
50
18
15
92
36
22
5
4
13
4
95
29
8
4
4
100
26
11
(*)
14
4
32
95
19
6
98
19
12
1
92
26
2
4
86
3
6
10
20
4
4
12
100
4
76
48
20
48
B. Average expenditure
$26. 30
$34. 20
$19. 80
23.10
3.00
$0.50
14. 80
27. 70
.30
$1.10
$1.40
40. 30
1.70
4. 50
.90
25. 60
27. 40
.20
32.10
11.20
.30
.20
22.40
13. 50
4.10
.50
35.60
38.00
.40
2.10
36.40
23. 30
21.70
11.70
.90
.60
6.10
38. 40
24.10
10.10
.10
2.90
42.70
21.40
(*)
.40
5.00
37.10
28. 30
19.00
42.90
14. 80
8. 20
6.00
1.80
48.10
2. 80
24. 30
48. 20
3. 70
.20
.80
16. 20
22.50
76. 30
5.10
26. 50
3.00
73.20
3. 80
44. 40
98.60
5.00

SUMMARY

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000-$7,499___
$7,500-$9,999___
$10,000 and over.




* Coal

Income class

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

T a ble 7. — H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

CHICAGO, ILL.: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE V

Coal




Ice
(12)
86
63
79
70
84
57
56
42
47
18
17
9

$11. 40
5.80
8.70
8. 40
14. 50
7.70
10. 30
8.40
10.00
3. 90
3.90
1.70

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Gas
briquets kindling i
Bitumi­
line
Total Anthracite nous
(5)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(9)
(10)
(2)
(8)
(1)
(ID
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
14
85
14
$500-$749............ ........... .............................
71
29
100
14
100
71
87
3
$750-$999_______ ____________________
100
87
13
97
87
$1,000-$1,249________________________
100
77
15
62
7
12
91
83
64
$l,250-$lj499_______________________
44
12
15
8
100
25
95
100
73
$1,500-$1,749________________________
15
66
18
7
100
100
100
56
9
4
4
48
16
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
98
6
98
97
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
52
5
14
47
8
1
6
100
99
100
4
$2,250-$2,499________________________
63
59
15
10
100
100
100
54
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
59
16
5
100
10
5
8
100
93
34
43
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
11
3
5
100
10
2
100
100
$3,500-$3,999________________________
46
3
43
13
15
3
100
100
100
11
7
$4,000-$4,999_ ______________________
40
12
100
100
40
100
8
15
26
18
8
46
$5,000-$7,499________________________
100
100
100
$7,500-$9,999________________________
12
25
75
62
75
$10,000 and over_____________________
(t)
(t)
(t)
B. Average expenditure
$33. 20
$117.90
$41.30
$10. 90
$8.10
$4.60
$1.70
$26.70
$21. 30
$500-$749 ________________________ _
56. 40
$750-$999____________________________
126. 40
56.40
16. 60
$0.10
19. 40
28.10
39.90
116. 50
48. 30
8.40
5.10
.70
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
26. 40
27.30
26.00
.80
123. 60
42.90
16.90
9.10
29.90
28. 30
$1, 250-$l,499_____ ___________________
4.20
46. 30
26.90
137. 90
55. 30
9.00
.70
5.80
$1,500-$1,749_- _____________________
34.70
41. 40
34. 50
142. 80
15. 50
.20
3.20
4.00
39.90
30.90
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
6.90
45. 40
12. 30
154. 40
5. 30
40.10
.30
.20
39.00
39.50
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
7.40
52. 60
49.20
42.10
36. 50
3. 40
8. 60
.40
$2,250-$2,499. _____________________
148. 60
3. 50
41.30
146.10
38.30
.20
4.10
38. 30
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
47.20
8.90
1.50
43.10
33.10
51. 50
150. 40
40.70
7.60
7.10
.20
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
2.10
1.80
169. 80
39.90
39.40
52. 40
55.90
.50
16.80
.50
$3,500-$3,999_ _ _____________________
.40
14.30
37. 30
37. 30
53.90
167. 60
.90
10. 20
49. 30
$4,000-$4,999 ______________________
12. 50
25.00
11.40
.70
69.00
81.80
248. 80
37. 50
48.40
$5,000-$7,499
_ ____
12. 20
113. 60
51.00
2.00
48.40
$7,500-$9,999
................
$10,000 and over
__
(t)
(t)
(t)
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
Income class

216

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T a b l e 7 . — H o u s e h o ld

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d average e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E VI

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100
96
88
96
100
100
100

67
57
49
42
58
55
37
42
39
49
21
33
5
33

$500-$749_________________________
$750-$999_________________________
$1,000-$1,249________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________
$2,500-$2,999_____ ___ _______
$3,000-$3,499
.
$3,500-$3,999
____ __
$4,000-$4,999
. _
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500-$9,999
_ _____________
$10,000 and over
__ ________

$81.50
91.90
99.20
98.50
119.90
128. 60
112.80
116.10
144. 30
152. 20
116.10
191.80
142. 50
321. 30
252. 30

$25.80
30.90
28.30
31.80
36.30
39.10
27.90
32.70
31.10
45.50
17.20
23.20
5.80
53.30

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



11
13
10
4
9
14
3
10
4

$4.30
4. 60
6.20
1.10
3.50
7.80
1.90
9.90
4.20

'Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

Gas

Ice

(ID

(12)
89
91
100
78
94
95
99
100
100
96
88
96
100
100
100

78
69
65
61
57
36
36
32
26
28
3

$22.90
23.30
30.80
19.50
25.20
27.20
27.30
31.40
44.50
40.40
34. 60
82.90
47. 30
121. 70
163. 40

$7.00
6.40
8.20
6.90
10.00
7.70
5.10
5.40
5.10
4. 70
.50

H3
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>
SUMMARY

$500-$749__-_________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499________________ ______
$2,500-$2,999_________ _______________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499
$7,500-$9,999_________________________
$10,000 and over

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(10)
(8)
(6)
(7)
(9)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
11
22
56
89
11
44
2
100
39
14
93
40
9
7
93
10
49
15
21
100
9
6
50
7
100
25
(*)
8
100
37
14
42
8
3
100
36
6
100
5
10
10
96
39
16
9
4
88
11
8
4
9
33
96
5
32
100
5
33
33
100
100
B. Average expenditure
$21.50
$3.40
$1.40
$21.00
26.30
1. 60
29.70
(*)
22.10
26.80
5.10
30.70
$2.20
5.80
$1.00
31. 30
32.80
.40
11.10
4. 60
.70
31. 60
31.30
.40
.40
20. 30
33.50
5.20
27.90
9. 50
37.80
32. 70
38.80
7.70
. 10
.20
5. 40
47.40
29.20
10. 60
16.00
45. 60
35. 60
50.10
13.00
8.10
5. 60
12.30
55.10
23.20
8.00
.30
10.00
57. 50
5.80
31. 60
.30
53. 30
70.00
76.30
88.90

to
h-1

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items1 by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

T able 7. — H o u s e h o ld

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigeration

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

75
85
67
81
79
46
70
54
66
55
37
53
53
20

11
8
5
12
17
16
9
7
2
5
23

75
74
59
76
67
32
59
45
59
53
32
53
30
20

8
7
26
18
5
17
10
12
19
21
7

43
8
7
4
4
3
4

8

Gas

Ice

(10)

(ID

(12)

5

11

15
20

Electricity

(t)

4
3
6
2
10
2
20
70

(t)

100
100
92
100
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

50
80
66
76
89
60
62
48
@4
46
37
14
23
30

$19.00
23.20
27. 60
30.90
35.70
33. 60
26.60
32.90
46.90
44.00
51. 70
47. 40
110.10
142 10
(t)

$1.80
8.30
9. 80
9.10
14. 80
9. 60
7.00
7. 00
10.80
8. 70
6. 50
3.90
8.60
.60

(t)

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749 __________________________
$750-$999 __________________________
$1,000-$1,249_______________ ____ _____
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749 . _____________________
$1,750-$1,999 . ____ _______________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999 ________________________
$3,000-$3,499 ______________________
$3,500-83,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999 ______________ _______
$5,000-87,499 ______________________
$7,500-89,999 _____________________
$10,000 and over __ _____ ______

$61.10
108. 40
109. 00
126.10
155. 30
132. 70
129. 80
2 151.40
179.50
167. 00
165. 00
186. 30
363. 60
358. 40
(t)

$23.00
50.30
35.80
48.80
52.70
41.90
53.70
46.00
61.20
56.00
29.20
53.20
73.80
2.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
f Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.



$5.80
4.10
3.10
9.10
12.50
11.50
10. 60
7.80
1.30
3.30
29.90

$23.00
44.50
31.70
45. 70
43.60
29. 40
42.20
35.40
53. 40
54. 70
25.90
53.20
43.90
2.80

$8.70
2.70
15.50
10.20
2.30
15.90
9.10
8.60
17.50
20.90
7. 70

$2. 60
. 10
.70
.20
.20
.30
.30
.70
2.40

$0.70
.80

$1.70
3.00
4. 60
5.40
2.90
14.20
2.80
65. 80
144.20
(t)

2 Includes $0.90 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration,

$17. 30
24.00
26.30
32.20
36.40
37.40
36.20
43.80
45.80
46.80
45.90
57.40
97.60
66 30
(t)

1935-3 6

100
89
92
95
96
100
85
97
100
100
100
100
100
100

S E L E C T E D C IT IE S ,

$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999 ___________________________
$1,000-11,249 ________________________
$1,250-$1,499 ________ ____________
$l'500-$b749_________________________
$1,750~$1,999 ________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499 _______________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000j-$4,999 ______________________
$5,000-$7,499 ____________ ______
$7,500-$9,999 ______________________
$10,000 and over- __________ ___

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil
briquets kindling 1
Bitumi­
line
Anthracite nous
(9)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

F A M I L Y E X P E N D IT U R E S I N

Coal

Income class

218

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bornj
CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE VII

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

fNonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bom]
P R O V I D E N C E , R . I.: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)
38
34
31
31
34
45
40
39
47
38
45
34
41
15

38
30
28
29
34
42
36
36
43
38
45
28
41
12

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999-..
$2,000-$2,249-._
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

$79.90
90. 10
117. 50
121. 40
138.70
154. 40
168.70
168. 80
191. 90
192. 30
206.10
235.00
252.10
375. 40

$14.50
13.80
19. 60
16. 60
25. 90
33. 50
37. 50
34.90
50. 20
40.10
52. 90
44.90
59.40
30. 60

$14. 50
12.60
17.10
16.00
25. 50
31.40
34. 60
32. 60
45.70
40.10
52. 90
38. 70
59.40
19. 40




i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

3
3
2
(*)
3
4
4
5
6
4
$1.20
2.50
.60
.40
2.10
2.90
2.30
4. 50
6.20
11. 20

18
67
10
74
15
5
22
22
63
20
68
20
36
42
23
34
36
45
43
38
28
41
45
26
49
16
43
59
6
42
54
3
39
21
14
47
12
54
7
7
18
9
B. Average expenditure
$24.80
$2.00
$0.30
31.50
3.50
1.20
12.10
27.50
.80
1. 20
35. 60
10.70
23. 50
1.00
19. 20
23.80
1.60
19.60
31.00
1.70
11.10
32.90
1.30
10.30
34.70
1.90
7.90
35. 90
2. 50
1.60
36. 90
2.00
.10
21. 40
2.40
1.40
12. 90
2. 30
1.10
13. 20
3.50
.60

Gas

Ice

(10)

(ID

(12)

1
4
6
6
15
16
33
54
62

91
97
100
96
98
98
98
99
100
100
100
91
100
100

59
58
82
78
93
91
94
90
83
99
100
87
98
71

83
78
83
82
66
64
54
46
38
16
26
26
21
15

$1.40
.20
2.00
3. 40
4.50
6.70
18.70
18. 60
59. 40
53.90
116. 20

$18.50
22.10
26.50
26.80
30.80
33.80
39. 70
41.50
45.40
49.70
48. 30
55.00
63.70
97. 30

$11.00
11.00
18. 60
18.40
26. 20
27. 30
33. 40
32. 90
36.80
40.80
38.60
44.90
52.30
109.80

$8.80
7.00
11.00
11.90
12.10
12. 80
10.90
10. 50
8.30
3.00
8.70
5. 60
6.50
4.20

(•)

3

Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.

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>

219

100
100
100
99
100
100
98
99
100
100
100
91
100
100

Electricity

SUMMARY

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil
Bitumi- briquets kindling i
line
nous
(6)
(7)
(5)
(8)
(9)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuelf light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7*— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bom ]

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749............................................ ..........
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________ ______ ___________
$1,500-$1,749____________ ____ __________
$1,750-$1,999___________________ ________
$2,000-$2,249___________________ _____ _
$2,250-$2,499__________________________
$2,500-$2,999____ _____________ ______
$3,000-$3,499_____ ____________ _____
$3,500-$3,999................................ .......... .......
$4,000-$4,999_______ ______ - ............ ..........
$5,000-$7,499.......................................... .
$7,500 and over— ........................................

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
77
100
100

50
58
29
29
20
55
34
41
52
40
51
27
35

50
58
23
29
20
52
34
41
40
40
51
16
35

6
3
12
11

10
3
18
18
43
17
27
32
27
46
30
4
11

50
61
65
69
30
31
28
18
19
10

40
18
24
25
13
47
35
52
43
66
37
16
66
31

11
7
12

2
4
3
9
10
6
57
41
52

90
90
100
92
99
99
100
100
100
100
100
77
100
100

60
62
89
89
99
99
96
100
100
100
100
77
93
100

90
80
77
75
54
45
55
46
26
10
40
23
14
17

$4.50
2.70
2.10
8. 40
12.00
9. 30
46. 50
33. 50
77.90

$18.40
18. 50
25.70
24.10
28.90
33. 60
39.80
39.20
43.80
44.40
41.10
43. 60
60. 20
68.40

$11.90
10.50
20. 20
17. 50
27.70
27.70
32.00
29. 90
34. 90
36. 40
36. 60
26.00
38.40
148. 60

$10.30
6.60
11.00
11. 30
9.80
10.40
10.60
13. 30
3.00
2.40
14.40
3.40
5.00
3.40

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749...................................................
$750-$999_____________________ ______
$1,000-$1,249________________________
$1,250-$1.499__________________________
$1,500-Sl,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249__________________________
$2,250-$2,499__________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499___ ____ _______________
$3,500-$3,999__________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499 ________________________
$7,500 and over-------------------------------------

$75.10
87.90
115. 50
115.90
130.30
151.10
159. 60
155.90
178. 60
185. 40
205. 40
165. 60
198.10
307. 40

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,




$16.80
25.10
18.80
16.00
18. 60
46. 90
34. 50
35.90
55. 40
42. 50
76.80
41.00
46.30

$16.80
25.10
15.90
16.00
18. 60
45. 40
34. 50
35.90
43. 40
42.50
76.80
25.90
46.30

$2.90
1.50
i2 .66
15.10

$1. 40
2. 90
10.10
11.40
30.80
11.60
23. 60
29.50
21. 60
42. 40
26.10
3. 90
9.70

$0. 60
1. 20
.90
1.30
1.40
1.90
1.00
1. 20
1.70
3. 20
1.10
.70
2. 40
7.20

$15.70
23.10
28.80
34.30
13.10
14.50
15. 40
4.80
9.80
2.10
.50
2. 60
1. 90

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

PEOVIDENCE E. I.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

220

T

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bornl

PROVIDENCE, R. I.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND III
Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitum i­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
97
100
100
100
97
100
100
100
100
100
100

33
13
23
23
33
39
41
42
48
42
35
33
32

33
6
23
23
33
36
30
37
46
42
35
33
32

7

3
11
8
2

11
3
21
26
34
46
54
41
50
52
52
22
23

78
90
71
71
45
48
19
15
9

9
18
14
26
24
41
45
51
69
53
50
48
13

6
6

3
2
7
15
9
5
18
26
66
75

89
100
100
96
100
97
100
97
100
100
100
100
100
100

56
58
80
74
85
88
99
75
98
100
100
94
100
100

78
72
78
82
67
70
31
28
33
17
29
8
15
13

$18.00
23.10
26.50
26.90
30.50
33.20
43.00
45.10
47.50
47.80
52.90
53.20
62.50
78.40

$10.40
10.30
15.40
18.40
22.40
27.50
35.30
34.40
36.60
42.70
37.30
47.00
51.10
171. 50

$9.40
5.90
9.60
11. 50
10.10
14.50
6.40
7.40
9.90
2.80
7.70
2.30
5.60
1.30

SUMMARY

$500-$749.............. .
...............................
$750-$999........... ........ .....................................
$1,000-$1,249_________________ ______ — _
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,50(K$1,749___________________ ____ ___
$1,75Q-$1,999_______________________ ____
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499 _______ __________ _ _____
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999________ ___________________
$5,000-$7,499 ...............................................
$7,500 anc\ nvar

B . Average expenditure
$82.80
88.30
111.90
118.60
129. 70
156.50
177. 50
175.50
197.90
185.80
214.40
216. 20
259. 20
392.00

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$12.80
4.80
13.30
12.00
21. 70
25.20
34.00
38.40
49.80
38.80
33.00
44.70
47.60

$12.80
2.20
13.30
12.00
21.70
23.40
25.30
34.90
48.00
38.80
33.00
44.70
47.60

$2.60

1.80
8.70
3.50
1.80

$1.90
1.40
11.80
11.20
21.40
32.50
43.70
33.00
41.10
44.90
60. 60
26.30
25.40

$1.40
.90
.90
.80
1.50
.90
1.30
2.00
2.90
1. 70
2. 30
1.80
3.00

$30.30
41.40
32.30
37.70
22.80
20.40
6.60
4.90
.90
.40
.80

$2.10
1.70
7.60
11.00
10.10
5.90
21.20
40.00
64.40
137.80

221

$750-$999......... ................................................
$1,000-$1,249.......... .......................................
$1,250-$1,499................... ......... .................
$1,500-$1,749 .......... ......... ........ .
$1,750-$1,999________ ___________________
$2,000-$2,249___________________ ____
$2,250-$2,499_________ ____ _____________
$2,500-$2,999_______ ____ _______________
$3,000~$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999 ____________ ______ _______
$4,000-$4,999____ __________ ______ _____
$5,000~$7,499____________ _________ _____
$7,500 and over_________________________

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

Wood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749 ___ ____ ____________________
$750-$999 _____________________________
$l,b00-$l,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749
_ _______
$1,750-$1,999 ___________________________
$2,000-$2,249
__________ ____ _________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999_______________ ______ _____
$3,000-$3,499 ___________________________
$3,500-$3,999
___ ___________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5 000-$7,499
____________ ____________
$7,500 and over---------------- ----------------------

100
100
100
100
100
100
94
100
100
100
100
92
100
100

27
42
48
43
49
45
46
36
43
34
50
39
52
27

27
42
44
37
47
41
46
33
43
34
50
31
52
20

4
6
2
4
3
2
8
7

9
12
28
13
30
40
32
47
49
28
36
28
4
12

18
24
26
23
29
36
54
41
52
45
68
61
52
16

73
59
48
65
52
54
38
39
20
7
8
21
8
12

6
1

2
2
28
22
27
51
61

100
100
100
100
95
100
94
100
100
100
100
92
100
100

64
52
76
72
96
86
88
96
59
96
100
88
100
49

82
86
100
88
75
74
75
59
50
21
15
39
30
16

$19. 60
25.00
27.50
29.40
32.90
34.70
36.50
40.10
45.00
55.40
49.70
61.80
67.00
115.60

$10. 80
13.20
21.90
19.40
28.70
26. 60
32.80
33. 60
38. 30
42. 70
41.20
53.00
62.40
69.90

$4.40
9.80
13.50
13.20
16. 60
12.80
15.70
11.10
11.10
3.50
5.40
8.80
8.30
5.80

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749 _____________________________
$750-$999
___________________________
$1,000-$1,249_______________________ —
$1,250-11,499____________________________
$1 500-$l,749
.
_
. ___ _____
$1,750-$1,999
________________________
$2 000-$2,249
- _______
_____ _ _
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3 000-$3,499
_____
__________
$3 500-$3,999
_______________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499
_ _______ _
_______
$7,500 and over_________________________

$82. 60
97.20
130. 60
131.20
157.00
154.40
169. 20
171. 90
197. 30
203. 20
199. 40
282. 60
281. 70
392.50

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$14.40
16.20
32.30
23. 40
37.90
32.30
44.00
31.30
46. 60
39.20
51.90
46.90
77.90
54.30

$14.40
16.20
25.90
21.30
36.70
29.30
44.00
28. 60
45.80
39.20
51.90
41.00
77.90
34.40

$6.40
2.10
1.20
3.00
2.70
.80
5. 90
19.90

$3. 60
9.00
15.20
9.50
18. 50
22.90
• 25. 90
35.20
39. 70
23. 30
25.00
26.90
4.60
23. 50

$0.70
1.10
.70
1. 40
.80
1.50
3.00
1.40
1.90
1.70
2.80
3.40
2.70
2.30

$29.10
22.90
17.50
34.40
21.60
23. 60
11.30
18.30
11.90
2.60
.20
2. 60
.30
.50

$2.00
.50

.90
2.80
34.80
23.20
79.20
58. 50
120. 60

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

222

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PROVIDENCE, R. I.; WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bornl

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES, 7 TYPES

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
98
99
99
99
100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100

91
91
92
93
89
92
88
90
90
82
75
74
75
70

$500-$749______________________ _____
$750-$999________________ .
$1,000-$1,249____________ ___
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999________________________
$2,000-$2,249__________________ ___
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999__________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over_________________________

$77.00
93.00
103. 90
114.00
109. 80
121. 30
124. 60
129.90
133. 30
142.70
143. 30
153. 20
193. 60
234. 00

$27.20
34. 90
35. 30
39.60
38. 80
41.90
42. 60
47.70
47. 70
46. 50
42.80
41.90
53. 50
55. 90

(*)

91
90
91
90
88
91
86
88
86
81
73
71
73
66

1
3
1
1
2
2
4
1
2
3
2

4

3
3
2
3
1

1
1
1
1
3
5
6
4
5
9
19
5

(*)
(*)

1
4
2
5
3
7
10
10
7
32

(*)
(*)
(*)

1
2

(*)
1
8

93
96
98
99
96
100
100
100
99
100
99
99
100
100

91
91
97
96
96
100
100
98
99
100
99
99
100
100

89
76
71
67
56
50
47
32
31
23
28
11
10
7

$15.00
21.00
27.70
31.00
31.30
35. 80
36. 70
40. 70
42. 40
48. 00
47. 70
55.00
64. 90
71.80

$21. 70
25. 40
29. 30
31.60
29. 20
32. 80
32.90
33.10
35. 50
40. 20
39. 80
41.40
70. 80
95. 50

$12. 50
11.50
10. 90
10.80
9.90
9. 40
9. 20
6. 60
6.00
4.90
5. 50
3. 30
3. 60
2.10

B. Average expenditure

$ 0 .1 0

.20
1.60
.40
.40
1.00
1. 20
1.90
.70
1. 20
2.10
2. 30
3. 00

$27. 20
34.80
35.10
38.00
38. 40
41.50
41.60
46.50
45. 80
45. 80
41. 60
39.80
51. 20
52.90




3.60

(*)
(2)
(*)
(*)
$0.10
. 10
.10
.10
.30
.10
.30
.80
2.00

$0. 60
.20
.40
.60
.10
(2)
(*)
(*)

$0.10
.30

(*)
.10

3.10

223

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* N o family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.
♦Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$0. 30
.30
.20
1.30
3.10
1.70
1. 60
2.80
7.40
11. 20

SUMMARY

$500-$749_____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249__________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749______ _____________________
$1,750-$1,999__________________________
$2,000-$2,249________________________
$2,250-$2,499________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499________________________
$3,500-$3,999________________________
$4,000-$4,999________________________ .
$5,000-$7,499__________________ _____
$7,500 and over___________ _____________

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling *

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$l,749__________________________
$1,750-Sl,999_____ ______________________
$2,000-$2,249___________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999___________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500 and over........ . _ - ___ __________

100
100
98
97
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

89
96
88
87
81
85
78
82
81
55
72
66
48
63

1
3

4

89
96
88
87
81
84
78
79
81
55
72
62
48
63

2
2
2
4
7
12
10
15
13

1
5
1
8
4
10
12
8
6
37

6

4
5

5

100
100
96
97
91
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
98
96
93
91
100
100
99
100
100
100
98
100
100

100
59
50
61
52
31
34
21
20
8
9
18
21
26

$17.00
18. 20
31. 50
27. 40
27.90
35. 60
33.70
38. 50
37. 20
47. 40
40.80
47.70
61. 50
73. 50

$26.10
25. 20
29. 40
29.10
26. 30
29.10
30.50
33. 20
36. 00
38. 90
35. 20
33. 60
102. 70
82. 90

$17. 30
11.30
8. 00
9. 90
10.00
5.40
8.10
4. 20
4. 50
2.40
4.20
4.30
7.10
7.70

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749
________________________
$750-$999
______________ - ____
$1,000-$1,249 ________________________
$1,250-$1,499 _________________
$1,500-$!, 749 ________________________
$1,750-$1,999 ___________________________
$2,000-$2,249__________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499
___________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999_ _______________________
$5,000-$7,499
_______________ _______
$7,500 and o v e r _____ _ ________ ____

$87.10
92. 40
103. 50
105.10
98. 70
108. 90
111. 90
119. 50
116.80
127. 20
127. 80
129. 90
206. 30
213. 50

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.




$26. 70
37.70
33.90
36. 30
33. 20
35. 90
35. 20
41.40
39.10
32.10
36.90
35. 20
34.30
46. 20

$0. 30
1.60

4.50

$26. 70
37.70
33. 90
36. 30
33. 20
35. 60
35. 20
39.80
39.10
32.10
36. 90
30.70
34. 30
46. 20

$0. 70
.80
. 20
2.70
4. 40
2.00
5.70
10.60
8.50

$1.40
(*)
$0. 20
(*)
.20
(*)
. 70
. 10
.40
. 70
3. 20

.20

$0. 20
1.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

224

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T a b le

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, ana
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, hy family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE II

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

(t)

100
94
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
100
100
100
100

87
78
91
98
86
93
93
87
88
87
86
64
60

3
8
6
11

5

(t)

(t)

87
78
91
98
83
93
85
87
88
81
75
59
60

2
2

922
7

12

1
4
4
4
3

4

30
41
40

62
93
86
67
51
57
42
28
33
12
11

(t)

(t)

87
79
98
100
100
100
100
93
100
100
100
100
100

$11. 50
19.00
23.70
30.00
28.20
36.40
36. 80
38.90
44. 30
50.20
48. 70
62. 60
58. 40

$15. 30
24.00
27.20
29. 20
30. 80
33. 50
32. 30
26. 50
40. 70
39. 30
32. 20
48.90
77.40

$5.50
13.60
13.20
10. 30
8.90
10. 60
8.80
6.40
9.00
2.00
2.70

87
92
98
100
100
100
, 100
97
100
100
100
100
100

20

B. Average expenditure
$58. 20
84. 90
93.90
112.40
102. 60
122.90
125.00
117.10
144. 30
140. 30
132. 90
136.40
177. 20

(t)

$25.90
28. 20
29. 80
42.90
34. 60
41. 40
42. 50
44.80
50. 00
48. 80
42. 60
17. 40
33.40

(t)

$1.40
2. 60
4.10
6.70
2.10

$25. 90
28. 20
29.80
42.90
33. 20
41.40
39. 90
44. 80
50.00
44.70
35. 90
15. 30
33.40

(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.




$0.10
(2)
$1.00
4. 50
. 50

0.10
(*)
. 10
(*)
.30

6. 30
7.10

.40
.40
2.80

C)

(t)

fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 eases.
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(t)

5.20

225

$500-$749________________________
_ _
$7o0-$999 ___________
___
$1,000-$1,249__
. .
_ _ .
$1,250-$1,499- _ :_________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249 _
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999__
______________________
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499
_ _
_ _
$7,500 and over

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749__________
_ _ _ ................
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999___________________________
$3,000-$3,499___________________________
$3,500-$3,999______
________
_ _
$4,000-$4,999-. . . _____
$5,000-$7,499________________________ _
$7,500 and over

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

226

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A . Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_____________________________
$1,000-$1,249__________________________
$1,250-$1,499__________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________
$1,750-$l,999______________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499 ___________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________ .
$4,000-$4,999______________________ .
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over___________________ __

(t)

100
97
100
98
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

80
89
100
95
98
97
98
92
93
85
35
83
100

3
1
2
4
3
4
7

(t)

80
86
100
95
97
95
94
92
90
81
28
83
100

2
4
2
2

3

5
1
4
4
14
11
6

5
4
17

(t)

19
5
6
4

2

3

(t)

80
97
100
98
99
100
100
100
• 100
100
100
100
100

(t)

(t)

80
89
100
92
94
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
78
87
62
54
57
38
25
21
9
13
4
30

$10.00
23. 70
24.00
36. 00
34. 40
34. 70
39.20
41.40
42.00
52.00
58.00
53. 80
52.90

$14.00
26.10
27.50
30.50
25. 50
31.20
32. 00
31.60
33.10
48.40
63.30
33. 30
37.00

$13.40
9. 50
12.90
12.10
8. 20
11. 70
8. 30
5.00
2. 60
2.90
2. 70
(*)
11.20

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749____________
$750-$999________________________
$1,000-$1,249__________________
$1,250-$1,499__________________
$1,500-$1,749 ______________
|l,750-$l,999 ______
$2,000-$2,249 _____________________
$2,250-$2,499 _________________
_
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499
____________
$3,500-$3,999
______
$4,000-$4 999
____
$5 000-$7 499

:$7 Son arwi nvpr

$60.40
96. 60
97. 90
121.40
116.00
124. 70
128. 60
126.10
132.90
156. 20
145. 50
148. 80
167. 50

(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$23.00
36. 20
32.90
41.60
45.10
46. 60
48.00
48.00
51.70
48.70
21.40
49.10
66.40

(t)

$1.00
.60
.80
2.10
1.50
1.80
4.70

(t)

$23. 00
35.20
32.90
41.60
44. 50
45.80
45.90
48.00
50.20
46.90
16.70
49.10
66.40

$0.20
1.60
.40
1.10

$0.10
.10
(*)
.10
.10
1.00
.10
.20

3. io

3.20
12.40

(t)

$1.10
.60
.90
1.20

(t)

-[Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

.30

(*)

(t)

(t)

*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE III

T a b le 7.— H ousehold operation—Fuel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and

refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935S6 — Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE IV
Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
100
100

100
93
90
94
92
95
89
96
92
94
73
79
78
76

5
16

4
9
3
6

100
93
85
78
92
95
89
92
83
94
73
76
72
76

20
5
1
6
9
6
10
24
6

3
3
3
6
6
6
3
5
42

18

80
93
100
100
95
100
100
100
98
100
97
100
100
100

80
93
95
100
96
100
99
100
100
100
97
100
100
100

80
85
67
73
55
56
60
38
34
31
44
12

$11. 80
24.40
27.20
34.40
34.80
35.60
38. 20
43.20
44.80
48.60
45.80
58.60
70.90
68.30

$18. 80
28.60
30*. 70
37. 00
30. 60
36. 00
35. 40
35.40
34. 40
38. 30
42.40
40. 30
65.20
71.70

$8. 80
12. 70
11. 50
12.10
9.90
10. 90
10. 80
7.50
5.60
5.80
7.00
3. 50

>W
dt-1
>
SUMMARY

$500~$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499.__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499_. .
$2,500-$2,999.. .
$3,000-13,499 _. _
$3,500-$3,999_ __
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499_. _
$7,500 and over.

B. Average expenditure




$75.00
103. 90
117.30
124.80
117.80
125.70
132.40
142.90
138.90
148.20
149. 60
168. 40
188. 60
217.60

$32. 00
38.20
46. 60
41. 30
42.50
42.50
44. 30
54.00
50.90
52. 50
44. 30
51.00
52. 50
65.40

$1.10
8.60

2.40
3.80
2.30
5.70

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$32. 00
38. 20
45. 50
32.70
42. 50
42. 50
44. 30
51.60
47.10
52. 50
44. 30
48. 70
46.80
65. 40

$3.60
1.30
$0. 60
3. 60
2.60
3.20
2.90
9.90
14.60
3.30

(*)
$0.10
. 10
.20
. 10
.20
.40
(*)
2. 30

6.60

Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

227

$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-SI,499__.
$1,500-$1,749_._
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2.249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499_. .
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999. _ _
$5,000-$7,499_. .
$7,500 and over.

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 yeart 1935-86— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

228

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

GD*

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_____________________ _________
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500 and over______________ ____ _____

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

100
86
93
87
100
96
99
98
99
97
100
69
100
64

6
8
6

100
86
93
87
100
90
91
98
93
97
100
69
100
64

2

2

1
2
2
5
9
9

4
29
10

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
94
100
100

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
95
100
100
100
100
100

100
86
74
51
65
70
53
32
50
33
31
6

$25.00
26.00
26.80
35.20
35. 30
36.60
39.60
42. 50
43.80
44.50
53.90
56. 70
65.50
79. 30

$33. 70
25. 30
34.70
37.10
31.60
37. 50
36. 30
33.70
33.70
39.60
35.40
54.70
56.20
192. 40

$6.70
9.40
10.00
9.10
13.20
12. 70
9. 50
6.20
8.40
5. 30
7.50
1. 70

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499. ____________________ ___
$3,500-$3,999 ________ ________ ____
$4,000-84,999 ___________________________
$5,000-$7,499
_______________________
$7,500 and over
_______ ____________

$94.70
101.60
106.00
111.10
125. 70
134.90
135. 20
135. 30
137. 80
143. 60
155. 50
171.30
209. 90
312.00

$29.30
40.90
34.50
28. 70
45.60
48.00
49.70
52.70
51.30
53.80
57.60
43.10
84.60
40. 30

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$2.60
$4.30
3.80

$29.30
40.90
34.50
28.70
45.60
45.40
45.40
52.70
47. 50
53. 80
57.60
43.10
84.60
40.30

$1.00

.50

$0.10
. 10
.20
. 10
.40

1.10
15.10
3.60

(2)

2 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

C O L U M B U S , O H IO : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V

T

able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel> light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, m 1 ?/ear, 1985-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

C O L U M B U S , O H IO ; W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V I
Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gasoline

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
(t)

100
100
94
99
98
96
89
89
100
100
83
72

100
100
94
99
96
96
89
89
100
100
83
72

2

(t)

80
89
98
94
100
98
98
100
100
100
100
100

80
74
84
91
63
56
56
64
28
27
29
8

(t)

(t)

$17. 20
24. 60
29. 50
27.80
36.10
34. 80
36. 60
41. 50
44.20
39.40
47.50
50.90

$17. 40
24.40
30.00
30.00
32. 80
31. 40
32. 60
43. 60
32. 50
33.80
28. 50
52. 80

$8.20
9.20
12.80
12.80
8.20
10. 60
10.90
11.60
8.60
16. 70
4.40
4.10

100
100
98
99
100
98
98
100
100
100
100
100

4
2
9
5
12
8
7
14
22

1
2

5

3

4

3

6

26

(t)
B. Average expenditure

$69. 00
88.40
106.90
116.80
119.10
132. 50
125.90
147. 80
139. 70
153.60
134.00
155.40

(t)

$26. 20
29.80
33. 60
45. 50
42.00
53.40
43.30
43.80
50.10
60.80
44. 60
38.50

(t)

$0.80

$26. 20
29. 80
33. 60
45. 50
41. 20
53. 40
43. 30
43.80
50.10
60. 80
44.60
38. 50

(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 N o family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.




$0.40
$1. 00
2. 30
2.40
7.30
3.40
2. 90
9.00
8. 30

$0.70

(*)
(2)
.10

(?)
.90

(*)
.80

(t)

(t)

fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

229

$500-$749_____________________________
$750-$999_____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_______ ____ _______________
$1,250-$1,499__________________________
$I,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999__________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499________ ___________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500 and over_________________ _______

TABULAR SUMMARY

$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999_______________ J___________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____ _______________________
$7,500 and over_____________ __________

T

able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

C O L U M B U S, O H IO : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V H

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________________________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500 and over_______________________ _

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
10C
100
100

100
100
94
100
94
100
100
96
70
100
100
82

4

100
100
94
100
94
100
96
96
70
100
100
82

12
14

6
4
6

18

88
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
ICO
100
100

75
86
100
100
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100

88
93
79
84
72
58
80
48
86
17
36
18

$20.80
27. 00
29. 80
29. 90
38. 30
34. 30
40.10
45. 50
49. 20
64. 00
54. 50
59. 40

$20.10
27. 30
37.10
39.10
35.90
29. 50
34. 20
39. 40
57. 50
32.90
47.30
52.70

$8. 00
13. 40
9. 80
17. 20
13. 30
8.00
19. 20
8.10
13. 30
6. 90
20.00
9. 50

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_____________________________
$1,000-$1,249__________________________
$1,250-$1,499____________________________
$1,5C0-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499____________________________
$3,500-$3,999____________________________
$4,000-$4,999_____________ __________
$5,000-$7,499____________________________
$7,500 and over. __ __
__ ______

$83. 80
113. 00
124. 40
136.00
131. 20
123. 60
148.10
144. 40
161.20
169. 70
191. 30
173. 40

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$31. 00
42.10
47. 70
49.80
43.70
51. 60
53. 40
49.20
41.20
65.90
69. 50
51.60

$1. 40

$31.00
42.10
47. 70
49. 80
43. 70
51. 60
52. 00
49. 20
41.20
65. 90
69. 50
51.60

$3. 90
3.20

$0. 20
1. 20
$2.20

.20

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Income class

230

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able 7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
153119

fNonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

C O L U M B U S , O H IO : N E G R O F A M IL IE S , 5 T Y P E S

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitum i­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

100
m100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100 ______
100
______
100
1
100 ______
100 ______

iao
100 ______
______

94 __________

36
17
14

94 ___________
99 ___________
98 ___________
95
2

98 __________
95 __________

O

100 ______
100 ______

89 __________

84

96

89

89 ___________

89 ___________

89 __________

68
86
100
100
100
100
100

45
79
81
96
92

81
98
97
82
82
54
42
67
44
44

$8.70
18.70
24.80
30.10
28.00
34.80
38. 30
43.20
28.10
28.10

$3.90
7.80
9.00
8.80
8.90
7. 30
6.60
6.90
7.80

100
100
100
100
100

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.

$51.00
85.70
98.90
106. 50
109. 20
131. 40
142.00
145. 70
144. 60
142. 70

$25.20
39.10
42. 50
42.50
46.50
52.20
60.10
56.70
71.40
63.20

$0. 50

$25. 20
39.10
42.50
42.00
46. 50
52.20
60.10
56. 70
71.40
63.20




$1.60

..1100
.80
.40

$2.10
.80
1.20
O

$9.80
15. 50
20.90
24.60
25.20
35.40
36.90
38.90
36. 50
42.90

8.10
231

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$1.30
3.80
.50
.50
.60

>W
t"1
w>
cl

SUMMARY

$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000--$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$!,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

232

T

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditures
$250-$499 ..................... .
...... ...... $500-$749.
$750-$999
___ —
$1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499
_______
$1,500-$1,749
__________________
$1,750-$1,999 __________________________
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999_ ____ ___________ _________

(t)
(t)
(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)
(t)
(t)

100
100
92
100
98
96
100

(t)
(t)
(t)

100
100
92
100
98
96

23
45
18
22
39

46
24
16
1

4

(t)
(t)
(t)

100

54
79
84
93
100
100
100

(t)
(t)
(t)

31
74
75
92
81
100
100

69
100
98
84
96
27

(t)

60

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499___________________________ ___
$500-$749____ _________________________
$750-$999
___ $1,000-$1,249____________________________
$1,250-$1,499
_______ __________ _
$1,500-$1,749
_ _ ____________
_____ __
$1,750-$, 1999
$2,000-$2,249____________________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________________
$2,500-$2,999

$44.50
87.40
93.50
99.50
101.50
140.50

(t)
165.40
(t)
(t)

$21.30
42.50
40.00
43.30
43.90
51.90

(t)
71.20
(t)
(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$21. 30
42. 50
40.00
43.30
43.90
51.90

(t)
71.20
(t)
(t)

$2.10
5.80
1.00
.50
1.10
$3.90

$2.60
1.00
1.90
.10

$8.60
14.20
20.20
21.20
21.90
41.30

(t)
45.60
(t)
(t)

$6.40
16.40
22.30
24.80
23.90
40.30

(t)
41.40
(t)
(t)

$3. 50
7. 50
8.10
9.60
10. 70
3.10
7.20
(t)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE I

T able 7.— H ousehold operation— Fuel, ligh t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and

refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPES II AND HI
Income class

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
(t)
(t)

100
100
94
100
100
71

6

(t)
100

100
100
94
94
100
71

22
16
17
24

(t)
100

100

(t)
(t)

(t)
33

100
100
94
94
95
64

75
87
94
100
100
100

100
100
94
100
100
100

6

(t)

100

100

33

$13.80
16.00
18.80
24.70
24.90
31.00
(t)

$14.00
19.80
27.20
36. 50
31.90
29.10
(t)
(t)

$3.80
7.80
8.90
9.20
13.80
7.70

44.00

25. 70

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.

$61.10
77. 70
94. 60
117. 90
116. 90
102.40
(t)
(t)

$29. 50
32.30
39.40
47.10
45. 90
34.60
(t)

149.30

76.00

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$3.00

$29. 50
32. 30
39. 40
44.10
45.90
34.60
(t)
76.00

$1.80
.10
.40
.40

.30

$0.20

TABULAE SUMMARY

$250-$499
________________ ______
$500-$749__________ ________________
$750-$999
_____________________ .
$1,000-$1,249
______________________
$1,250-$1,499 ___________________________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
_
$2,500-$2,999
__ ________________

(t)
3.30

fco
CO
CO

T able 7. — H o u s e h o ld

234

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : P e rc e n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
re fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999__
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)
(t) 100

(t)
(t)

100
100
100
100
98
100
100
75

(t)
(t)

100
100
100
100
98
100
100

22
23
2
26
2
7
28

75

(t) 50

44
24
22

78
80
78
100
100
100
100

56
80
78
100
100
100
100

100
92
100
74
63
75
44

(t)
(t) 100

(t)
(t) 100

(t)
(t) 75

$9. 70
17. 40
25.20
30.00
28.80
31.90
43. 40

$10.20
21.70
27. 50
34.90
30.40
31.40
35. 50
(t)
(t)36.00

$5.40
8. 30
11.20
7.10
5.10
10. 90
4.00
(t)
(t)
15.80

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499___
$5C0-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-12,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,5C0-$2,999.

$59. 50
90. 20
117. 30
111.10
113.70
131.10
144. 70
(t)
(t)
149.80

$31. 30
39. 40
52. 60
38. 70
49. 30
56.80
61.60
(t)
(t)
51. 70

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.




$31. 30
39. 40
52. 60
38. 70
49. 30
56. 80
61.60
(t)
(t)
51.70

$0. 30

(*)2.00
..1100
.20
(t) .80

$2.60
1.40
0.80

(t)(t)45.50

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T able

P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
re frig e ra tio n , a n d average e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n :

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

$500-$749
______
_____
$750-$999____________________________

100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

1

$23. 60
25.20
25.20
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
23.50
$1,250-$1,499___
. ..
$6.40
25. 60
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
26.80
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
28.70
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
31.30
36. 30
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
38. 00
$3,000-$3,499 __
________ ___
38. 00
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
43. 30
$4,000-$4,999 _
. _ _
44. 30
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
37.00
$7,500 and over _____ ____________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.




Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(12)
(10)
(6)
(8)
(9)
(7)
(H)
a . :P ercentage of families reporting expenditure
79
32
59
88
61
53
78
25
82
73
91
38
70
68
87
42
27
87
1
87
55
71
15
94
28
72
(*)
93
89
35
28
9
1
1
92
25
63
27
99
1
71
97
92
33
36
6
24
68
97
94
30
2
74
1
94
19
35
6
96
1
67
90
12
98
29
C)
11
2
25
90
67
100
2
1
70
2
12
2
93
26
100
4
29
63
2
94
8
100
48
5
27
3
12
99
88
B. Average expenditure
$23. 60
$11.00
$6.10
$10. 20
$9.40
$8.10
25. 20
3.40
3.80
18.00
20.10
13. 30
25. 20
2.90
3.90
20. 50
20. 40
12.30
23.10
$0. 20
.90
2.40
30. 50
29. 50
11. 30
25. 60
(*)
1. 30
1.70
34.80
30.10
7.80
26.80
.80
.30
38. 30
33. 80
6. 20
(*)
28.70
.40
.80
.80
37. 50
34.80
6. 60
31.30
.90
. 10
42. 30
34. 70
5. 80
36. 30
. 50
1.40
.20
5.00
44.80
37. 00
38. 00
.40
1.00
. 10
50. 80
40. 70
4.10
38.00
.90
. 70
$1. 40
56. 50
41.00
2. 50
43. 30
.60
. 70
1. 00
60. 90
48. 70
2. 80
(*)
44. 30
1.50
1.10
1.40
67. 20
65. 80
2.90
37.00
2.70
1.30
18. 60
82.00
85. 40
1.60
*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

235

$68.40
83.80
85. 20
98.30
101. 30
106. 20
109. 60
115.10
2 125. 30
135.10
141.00
158.00
184. 20
228. 60

88
91
87
72
72
63
71
68
74
67
67
70
63
48

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line

SUMMARY

$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499___ _____ -- ____
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999__________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499__________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999___________ , _____________
____
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over_____ _______________ _

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

T able

P e rc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re f o r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e frig e ra tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s, h y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 - 3 6 —Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n .— F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

236

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: W HITE FA M ILIES, TY PE I

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_______ _________________ ..
$750-$999_______________ _ _ _
$1,000-$1,249__________________________
$1,250-$1,499____ _____________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999____________ „____________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-17,499________ ___________ _____
$7,500 and over___________ ___________

100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

71
84
79
63
48
42
33
36
56
47
29
43
25
17

71
84
79
63
48
42
33
36
56
47
29
43
25
17

2
3
3
17
8

43
37
33
30
12
7
17
14
28
19
15
14
5

3
4

71
76
96
89
94
98
100
96
94
100
100
100
100
100

43
100
79
100
92
94
94
94
99
94
80
86
98
96

71
79
47
41
29
9
26
8
4
9
4
17
2

$3.30
5.20

$13. 70
16.00
22.30
28.60
34.20
34. 30
29.40
36.20
42.00
48.50
51.40
52.30
57.60
62.20

$11.00
20.90
18.40
31.50
25.90
26.00
30.00
25.70
31.10
43.30
32.50
37. 20
64. 60
152. 30

$11.10
15.80
10.10
7.90
5.90
2.80
3.90
1.70
.80
3.60
1.10
5.30
1.30

43
21
2
1
9

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_______________ _____________
$750-$999________________ ____________
$1,000-$1,249_____ ________ _________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________ _____
$1,750-$1,999______________________ ..
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_______________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_______________________ .
$4,000-$4,999_______________________ _
$5,000-$7,499_ _______________ _______
$7,500 and over __ _______________




$72. 50
72.70
77. 80
85.80
84.10
80.60
74. 30
78.10
101. 20
120. 70
98. 00
125. 20
143. 80
231.10

$22. 50
18.90
21.70
17.20
17.90
17. 40
10. 70
14.10
26. 50
23.20
12.80
26.10
12.10
9.90

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$22. 50
18.90
21.70
17.20
17.90
17. 40
10. 70
14.10
26. 50
23.20
12.80
26.10
12.10
9.90

$0.20
1. 50
. 50
7.70
1.50

$6.90
1.10
2.70
.60
.20
.10
.30
.40
.40
.60
.20
.50
.50

$7. 30
2.60
(*)
(*)
.20

♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

T able 7. — H o u s e h o ld

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l, lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r such ite m s, by f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 —8 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND in
Income class
(1)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

$66.90
$500-$749___________________________
$750-$999__________________________
78.80
$1,000-$1,249__________________ — .
86. 70
$1,250-$1,499_____________ ________
103. 30
$1,500-$1,749__ ______
_ ____
105. 70
$1,750-$1,999________________________
106. 70
$2,000-$2,249__ _____________
116. 20
$2,250-$2,499... _____________ ___
122. 50
125.90
$2,500-$2,999____ _________________
$3,000-$3,499.., _______________
115.90
151. 50
$3,500-$3,999 . _________________
$4,000-$4,999
____ ____
156. 80
184. 40
$5,000-$7,499
____ __
$7,500 and over___ __________________
259. 80
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




Coal
Total

Anthracite

(3)

(4)
89
90
88
76
78
65
78
77
79
52
68
66
52
39

$21.80
25.10
25. 30
25.00
27.90
27.80
25.80
34.90
36.10
28. 70
34.40
44.10
36. 50
30. 30

3

$0.90

Bitumi­
nous
(5)
89
90
88
73
78
65
78
77
79
52
68
66
52
39
$21. 80
25.10
25. 30
24.10
27. 90
27. 80
25. 80
34.90
36.10
28.70
34.40
44.10
36. 50
30.30

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Fuel oil

(9)
(7)
(8)
(6)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
56
67
40
46
44
27
2
25
23
14
29
41
34
6
3
1
36
42
4
3
2
29
6
25
45
41
28
6
B. Average expenditure
$13. 40
$3.40
4. 60
6.40
1.90
3.30
5. 20
$0. 50
1.10
.40
3. 70
1.10
.60
1.10
.60
.10
.90
1.50
.30
1. 50
1.00
. 10
.80
2.60
1.10
1. 60
2. 20
3.80

5
17

$4.40
26.30

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(10)

(11)

(12)

67
78
83
97
94
99
93
97
98
94
100
100
100
100

33
54
72
80
92
96
93
92
94
88
84
96
92
94

67
82
79
48
35
18
27
26
25
15
11
9
13
6

$10. 30
14.10
19.20
32.60
32.80
37.60
41.80
46.10
43.70
46.20
62.80
54.60
64.60
97. 50

$11.00
16.10
22.60
28.10
32.00
34. 90
39.70
35.10
35.80
35.40
44.70
54. 80
78. 30
97.40

$7.00
12.50
14.40
10.80
8.90
5. 30
6.60
5.40
7.00
4.50
1.80
2.20
3.40
2.30

>
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F►
W
SUMMARY

$500-$749 ____ __
__ .. ___
$750-$999____________________________
__ ___
$1,000-$1,249__ ..
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499.
$3,50O-$3,999_
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000-$7,499
__ ___
$7,500 and over__________________ ___

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion
(2)

to
CO

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, li g h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re f o r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-SI,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and o v er___________ ________

100
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
97
94
73
86
79
92
86
82
92
86
85
82
67

$500-$749.........................................................
$66.10
$26. 30
$750-$999____________________________
100. 00
31. 00
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
92.20
29. 40
$1,250-$1,499___________________
102. 40
26.60
$1,500-$1,749__________ _____
29.80
111. 80
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
126. 00
33.30
43.40
128. 30
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
42.60
139. 70
$2,500-$2,999_ _ ______________________
2139. 80
42. 60
54.60
$3,000-$3,499 . ______________________
159. 50
$3,500-$3,999 ___ _______________
156. 90
54.80
173. 40
50. 50
_________________
$4,000-$4,999
198.90
59.60
$5,000-$7,499
.
____
216. 30
52.50
$7,500 and over _____________________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.20 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.




Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Gas
Ice
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(9)
(7)
(8)
(5)
(6)
(10)
(12)
(11)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
60
20
100
70
40
100
31
72
92
97
28
72
94
49
84
55
36
79
30
14
93
73
86
74
42
93
82
41
86
1
10
28
100
79
2
4
86
45
50
100
92
10
88
42
(*)
37
5
97
86
96
37
82
35
5
96
91
24
1
11
35
100
92
88
31
86
100
100
14
1
85
19
3
100
95
3
12
94
82
33
100
3
8
4
39
4
67
14
98
81
B. Average expenditure
$8.70
$26. 30
$11. 30
$7.00
$6.00
$6. 80
31.00
24. 60
4.00
3.70
24.50
12. 20
29. 40
4. 50
20.60
19. 50
6.40
11. 80
26.60
.90
29. 30
29.80
. 60
15. 20
29.80
3.10
$0.10
37.70
1.00
31. 70
8.40
33. 30
1.00
.10
.80
42.20
38.80
9. 80
43.40
1.30
1.40
39.60
34.10
8. 50
(*)
42.60
1.20
44.10
42.10
.10
9. 60
42. 60
1.90
47. 30
41. 50
6. 30
(*)
54. 60
1.30
.20
56.10
43. 20
4.10
54. 80
.90
54. 60
42. 90
3. 70
50. 50
1.10
. 50
$0. 70
68.90
49. 70
2. 00
(*)
59.60
1.20
2. 50
71.80
60. 60
3. 20
2.80
52. 50
1. 70
22. 30
85. 90
48.90
2.20
*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

238

T able

T able

P ercentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r fu el, light, and
refrigeration , and average expenditure for such item s , by fa m ily type and incom e, in 1 year, 1 98 5-36 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, 7 TYPES

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

Coal

Income class

Total fu e l,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

84
99
99
98
96
97
97
95
93
90
89
92
60
90

3
1
4
4
10

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(10)

(ID

(12)

15
24
43
58
73
82
90
100
93
97
94
100
100
100

8
3
9
15
31
31
58
59
67
78
100
80
70

84
98
99
98
90
77
85
55
77
40
39
54
20
10

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$12. 70
$12. 70
$1. 40
$4.20
$31. 70
$6.30
$5.10
$2. 00
$250-$499_____
45. 90
17. 60
4. 90
7.80
17.90
11.20
4.10
$0.30
22. 80
$500-$749_____
23.00
14.40
3. 70
.90
11.10
61.20
.20
8.10
$750-$999_____
25.90
1.80
11.80
25.90
3.10
67.40
13.60
11. 20
12.50
$1,000-$1,249__
29. 50
78. 60
1.70
2 7 .8 0
13.10
1. 80
17. 60
4.00
lo .'io '
$1,250-$1,499__
34.00
34.00
90. 60
9. 60
2.40
22. 90
9. 20
12. 50
(*)
41.30
41. 30
$1,500-$1,749__
1.10
26.10
11. 50
15. 80
107. 60
11.80
39. 50
$1,750-$1,999...
39. 50
11.60
121.00
7.30
.90
37.00
24. 70
124. 70
44. 60
$2,000-$2,249_._
1. 20
9. 40
.50
20.70
14. 30
45. 80
34.00
43.00
43.00
133. 50
5. 60
.40
8. 20
$2,250-$2,499_._
49.10
27. 20
44. 70
8.40
125. 30
44.70
4.00
. 10
35. 50
$2,500-$2,999.-_
32. 60
43. 80
11.20
168. 90
43. 80
6.70
.50
43. 20
63. 50
$3,000-$3,499__
134. 20
29. 20
$3,500-$3,999__
29. 20
.40
59.00
40. 80
4.80
1. 40
71.10
5. 30
65. 80
177. 70
$4,000 and over.
5.10
55.00
45.10
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
'Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.50 are not shown.
2 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.



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t-1
>
SUMMARY

Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
S750-S999_____
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499__
$I,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249._.
$2,250-$2,499__$2,500-$2,999-._
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000 and over.

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil
Bitumi­ briquets kindling *
line
nous
(5)
(8)
(6)
(7)
(9)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
84
85
70
83
95
96
(*)
98
98
68
94
58
98
92
87
36
1
35
91
97
(*)
75
27
97
22
95
70
89
73
21
73
7
90
65
89
11
92
69
8
20
60
70
90

(2)

to
o

CO

refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE I
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

78
99
98
96
90
89
100
93

4
2
8

78
95
96
96
82
89
100
93

56
96
94
99
79
81
77
86

89
81
72
53
12
26
20

11
32
41
60
90
89
100
100

1
7
29
63
52
93

67
98
98
98
79
65
57
57

$7. 30
5.10
4.40
2.60
.20
1. 60
.70

$1.70
5. 70
6.40
10. 40
20. 30
22. 60
28.40
38. 80

$0.10
1. 60
6. 90
17.90
19.30
40.90

$3. 60
7. 90
10. 70
11. 10
9. 60
11.30
13.10
9.10

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

$33.10
48. 20
56.00
60. 70
70.50
90. 60
109. 90
148. 90

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$13.40
19.20
20. 90
23.10
25. 20
32.10
40. 20
56.70

$0. 50
.30
3.40

$13. 40
18.70
20. 60
23.10
21. 80
32.10
40. 20
56.70

$7.10
10.30
13. 50
11.90
8. 30
5.10
8. 20
3. 40

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

240

T able 7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, ligh t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for fu el, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such item s, by fa m ily type and incom e, in 1 year, 1 98 5-36 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE II

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
100
99
100
100
100
100
69

7
8

100
93
99
100
100
100
92
69

100
97
100
91
71
73
67
38

100
82
62
64
40
18
33

9

26
45
72
73
82
100
100

7
29
54
75
77

100
100
99
100
93
100
67
8

$4. 20
7. 80
14.00
14.80
23. 80
41.80
48. 20

$2. 70
6. 30
16.70
30. 30
47. 50

$5.00
8. 30
11.70
11.90
10. 80
13. 90
12.40
2. 20

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

$27. 80
42. 20
66. 40
73.10
78. 60
91.50
133. 40
125.00

$12.00
15. 60
24.70
28.80
31.30
30. 70
43.30
23. 80

$0. 40
2.90

$12.00
15. 20
24.70
28.80
31.30
30.70
40. 40
23. 80

$7.00
9.10
16.70
15. 60
13. 20
3. 50
3. 90
3. 30

$3.80
5.00
2.80
2. 80
2. 20
2.10
1.70

$0. 80

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Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

241




o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l, lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , m 1 y e a r , 1 93 5-36 — Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
(t)

(t) 100
100
100
95
100
71

(t)

100
100
100
95
100
71

5

(t) 92
100
82
70
80
50

(t) 84
(t)

43
49
40
50

20

(t) 15
56
63
75
100
71
(t)

(t)

6
20
40
71

(t) 100
100
100
90
80
86

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

(t)
$42.00
69. 40
77.00
78. 20
118. 60
92.10
(t)

(t)
$15. 20
27. 30
33.30
25. 80
42. 20
25. 90

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t)
$15. 20
27.30
33.30
25. 80
42. 20
25.90 .

(t)$12. 50
$0.20

13.10
12. 90
8. 40

6.2.0000

(t)$3. 90

1.80
3. 50
2.70
1. 80
2. 30

(t)

$2. 80
10. 40
12. 60
19. 60
37. 60
21. 60

(t)

(t)$7. 60
$1. 30
8. 50
11. 80
29. 60

(t)

16. 80
13. 40
13. 00
19. 20
10.70

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE III

242

T able

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies reportin g expenditure for fu el, light, and
refrigeration , and average expenditure for such item s, by fa m ily type and in com e, in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE IV

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitum i­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

80
100
100
100
100
100
96
96

80
100
100
100
94
100
96
96

6

2

60
98
99
89
93
100
66
61

100
90
62
47
41
38
25
12

14
47
65
74
80
95
100

8
21
8
13
49
67

100
100
99
95
97
80
63
33

$3.60
4.90
3.90
2.20
2.10
2.90
.20
.50

$2.10
10.10
12.80
17. 70
22.60
35.80
52.60

$2.30
4.00
2. 50
4.00
19. 20
33.80

$5.40
7. 50
10.30
12. 60
15.00
12.10
13.30
8. 50

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499...
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

$27.10
44.40
63.40
71.30
84. 50
87.40
121. 60
147.00

$11.60
17. 90
23. 60
25.60
33. 60
33.80
45.00
46. 40

$2.20

$11. 60
17. 90
23. 60
25.60
31.40
33.80
45.00
46. 40

(2)

$6. 50
12.00
13.20
14.10
13. 60
12.00
8.10
5.20

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Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249._$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
3 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.

243




o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu r e fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d a vera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s, b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 — Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
Under $250___________________________
$250-$499
_____________________ _
$500-$749
____ ___________
$750-$999
_____________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_ ______________ ______
$l,500-$2,249 . _____________________
$2,250 and over_______________________

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

91
100
97
100
100
91
92

(t)

91
100
97
100
100
91
92

(t)

81
100
97
100
100
85
75

(t)

81
89
79
69
60
12
8

19
35
39
31
60
94
92

8
2
10
26
83

$4.70
3.90
5.50
4.30
4. 20
.80
.70

$2.40
6.50
8.30
11.50
15.90
30. 70
44.00

$0.20
.60
2.20
10.10
32.90

(t)

100
100
100
100
80
91
42

B. Average expenditure
Under $250 ______ ____ _______________
$250-$499____________________________
_________ ____________
$500-8749
$750-8999____________________________
$1,000-81,249_________________________
$1,250-81,499________________________
$1,500-82,249_________________________
$2,250 and ov er______ _______ ___ __

(t)

$48.10
54.80
60.50
77. 60
81.70
116.30
153.10

(t)

$18.00
20. 70
25.20
28.20
33.20
40.40
60.60

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
tPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t)

$18.00
20. 70
25.20
28.20
33. 20
40.40
60.60

(f)

$13. 90
15.00
12.20
20.30
12.60
17. 90
4.50

(t)

(t)

$9.10
8. 50
9.30
12.70
13.60
16.40
10.40

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE V

244

T able

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for fu el, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such item s, by fa m ily typ e and incom e, in 1 year, 1 93 5-36 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE VI

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Income class
(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Gas

Ice

(10)

(11)

(12)

75
76
66
42
27

(t) 27
26
45
67
100
(t)
100

(t)

(t) 90
100
100
100
82
(t)
67

$3.80
4.00
4.90
2. 30
1.10

(t)
$4.10
5.40
9.20
19.30
31. 40
(t)
39. 70

(t)

oil

(9)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000~$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$l,500-$2,249___
$2,250 and over_ .

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
(t) 100

(t)

91
100
97
100
100
(t) 100

6

(t)

91
94
97
100
100
(t)
100

(t)

91
99
100
100
91
(t)
100

8
18
100

B. Average expenditure
Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$l,000-$l,249-_.
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

$44.20
66.70
70.60
88. 60
97.80
141.60

(t)

$15.80
26.10
24. 70
34.90
36.20
(t)
40.30

$1.70

$15.80
24. 40
24.70
34.90
36.20
40.30

(t)

$14.40
19. 90
19.40
14.10

(t)11.5.3020

$3.00
7.40
42.00

(t)$6.10

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Electricity

Fu el

11.30
12.40
15.00
10.50
14.30

(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
■ (■ Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

245




o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d re frig e ra tio n s P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re f o r fu e l , lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d a vera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s, b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 — Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

(6)

(7)

(8)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
Under $250______ ____ _______________
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749_______________ _____________
$750-$999_____ : ______________________
$1,000-$1,249 ________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________ _________
$l,500-$2,249 _______________________
$2,250 and over___________ ___________

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

100
100
98
100
100
100
100

12

(t) 100
100
98
100
100
100
100

9

(t) 100
100
98
91
94
83
88

(t) 88
77
72
47
41
17

12
57
44
74
71
83
100

(t) 100

33
50

98
100
80
88
100
50

$3.00
2. 70
10.00
18.60

(t)
$7.30
9.30
15. 70
13.90
15.30
19.00
6.90

9

6

B. Average expenditure
Under $250----$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249—
$2,250 and over.

(t)$45.70

59.80
79.80
84.60
98. 20
134.60
141.80

(t)$19.00
21.10
33.40
31.50
40.80
58.00
57.10

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
t Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t)$19.00
21.
10
33.40
31. 50
40.80
58.00
50.50

(t)$11. 60
$0.80

10.80
14.60
19. 70
16.40
15.00
11.70

(t)$5.80
3.20
3.20
1. 40
1.90
1.30

$2.00
15.40
9.90
17.30
21.10
31. 30
47. 50

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -36

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES, TYPE VII

246

T able

■ If — 0 6 IIS 2 I

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r fu e l , light , and
refrigeration , and average expenditure for such item s , by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1 year , 1 93 5-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES

7.— H o u s e h o ld

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

100
100
100
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
100




52
38
54
66
69
51
59
59
47
35
33
31

$45.30
35.20
52.00
60.80
56.30
44. 60
52.20
50.90
47.70
29. 30
25.40
31.20
22.20
16.50

$27.20
18.20
33.20
48.00
51.00
37.60
46.90
48.50
37. 60
27. 70
25.40
31.20

22

22.20

(6)

(7)

(8)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
44
21
23
37
28
6
15
7
32
37
3
7
15
2110
6
38
3
8
2
20
29
4
15
27
36
27
21
32
8
103
4
20
23
2
111
28
107
26
25
36
25
21
37
105
27
31
23
73
13
14
6
57
15
B. Average expenditure
$18.10
$2.00
$0.80
17.00
1.20 $3.30
.90
$4.20
18.80
.90
2.80
3.90
1.50
12.80
2.90
2.80
1.10
1.00
2.20
10.10
1.40
.70
5.30
4.20
7.00
18.70
1.60
.40
5.90
5.30
13.20
1.30
.20
16.60
.70
7.70
2.40
1.20
12.20
10.10
19.30
18.90
.90
36.40
1.60
50.70
1.00
10.60
1.70
46.30
3.40
.70
89.60
13.00
100.60
16.50
19.50
.50

89
85
96
99
100
97
92
99
99

100
100
100
100
100
$16.00
18.00
27.00
30.10
34.20
35.20
36.10
42.50
44. 60
53.10
50.10
58.30
64.10
85.10

66
71

79
92
93
93
93
96
96
99
100
98

100
100

$12. 40
13.50
20.90 ,
22.50
22.20
26.10
25.20
27.90
32.40
40.10
63.00
71.10
41.30
99.50

H3
100
82
71
63
50
43
46
29
24
19

885

dtdF
S3>

$12.60
9.50
9.10
10.30
7.40
7.70
7.40
7.80
4.80
4.60
2.30

1.00
1.20

247

$89.10
$500-$749 .................................................
85.80
$7504999___ ____ ____________________
118.10
$1,00041,249_________________________
131.50
$1,25041,499___ ____ _________________
$1,50041,749_________________________
134.50
138.50
$1,75041,999_________________________
141. 50
$2,00042,249_________________________
154.10
$2,25042,499 ________________________
$2,50042,999 ___________________ _____
162.20
183. 30
$3,00043,499 ___ ___________ ____
203.10
$3,500-43,999 ________ ______________
213.00
$4,00044,999 ___ ________
232.10
$5,00047,499 ____________________ ____
321.70
$7,500 and over_____________________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

89
71
83
85
76
62
67
62
58
36
33
31
22
14

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

SUMMARY

$500-$749_____ ___________ ___________
$750-$999_______ _____________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,25041,499_________________________
$1,50041,749_________________________
$1,75041,999_________________________
$2,00042,249_________________________
$2,25042,499___________ ____ _________
$2,50042,999
_ ______________
$3,00043,499 __
$3,50043,999 ________________ ____ ___
$4,00044,999 ___ ___________________
$5,00047,499
...................—
$7,500 and over............................ ......... .......

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l} lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , .79 8 5 - 3 6 —-Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

248

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

$500-$749_......... .............................................
$750-$999.................... ........ ..........................
$1,000-$1,249__________ ____ __________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_____________________ ____
$1,750-$1,999...................... ........ ........ .........
$2,000-$2,249__............................................
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999__..............................................
$3,000-$3,499............................... ...................
$3,500-$3,999........................... ......................
$4,000-$4,999__...............................................
$5,000-$7,499...................................................
$7,500 and over..............................................
$500-$749_.........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___.
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__.
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.




Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

75
43
77
72
71
44
52
58
40
18
17
14

$74.30
67.50
108. 70
120.10
120.50
114. 70
120.20
130. 60
147.10
181.60
202. 70
234. 70

$39.00
14.10
50.40
48.70
50.60
28.90
35.80
45.20
27.90
16.40
13.00
13.80

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

(t)

25
30
62
53
68
36
46
57
29
18
17
14
$17.00
6.90
40.70
35.90
48.00
27.00
31.70
44.70
20.50
16.40
13.00
13.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
50
25
25
8
19
19
4
29
28
19
6
37
3
8
20
30
7
8
34
35
2
4
10
26
35
1
18
15
11
36
24
7
11
24
30
4
22

(t)

$22.00
7.20
9. 70
12.80
2. 60
1.90
4.10
.50
7.40

B. Average expenditure
$0.50
$2.00
.90
$5.00
2.20
.90
3.80
1.00
.30
7.00
1.40
1.00
22.00
2.10
.20
13.80
1.30
.30
10.80
1.30
24.50
4.60
.30
1.80
26.20
3.40
2.70

(t)

(t)
(t)

13
7
2
1
14
7
16
48
37
58

$6.80
7.80
2.90
1.40
11.90
8.00
23.10
49.40
36.50
77.70

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

75
70
91
100
100
96
92
100
100
100
100
100

$11.50
18.10
26.80
25.00
30.00
28.80
29.60
35.10
42.00
50.80
43.70
56.00

(t)
(t)

fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

50
70
87
97
93
95
100
100
100
100
100
92

100
70
58
74
64
36
41
22
23
20
24
8

$7.80
12.70
21.50
22.20
19.20
25.00
20. 60
27.60
22.90
53. 50
76. 20
80.90

$13.50
9.90
6.90
11.30
8.40
6.30
7.20
3. 60
5.40
6.60
5.30
.20

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

OMAHA, NEBB.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

OMAHA, NEBB.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND IH
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_.........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499.__
$1,500-$1,749._.
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249.__
$2,250-$2,499_-_
$2,500-$2,999._.
$3,000-$3,499._.
$3,500-$3,999...
$4,000-$4,999-..
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
84
81
87
78
53
74
59
56
50
32
20

57
38
52
73
69
45
67
56
44
50
32
20

43
46
33
18
9
8
8
3
12

8
13
7
14
30
23
35
30
45
9
8
11
38

29
32
27
34
36
32
48
40
29
44
14
8
20
38

14
27
20
7
8
4

6
1
8
7
7
9
15
27
26
80
50

100
92
97
97
100
96
96
98
98
100
100
100
100
100

86
65
77
92
89
93
96
98
97
100
100
100
100
100

100
84
74
51
39
38
39
15
27
15
4
8
10

$2.10
1.00
9.60
4.10
7.50
8.60
16.40
39.40
33.10
85.60
83.10

$19.00
16.80
25.80
32.60
35.90
40. 30
34.50
42.80
41.90
50.90
50.10
61.30
60.10
78.90

$17.70
12.60
21.20
22.80
21.60
26.40
24.60
28.50
35.60
32.00
65. 30
99.50
37. 00
51.90

$13.90
9.60
9.10
8.20
6.00
7.60
6. 70
3.60
4.50
3.60
2.40
1.50
1.70

H
>
W
c\
F
>

w

d
g
g
>

B. Average expenditure
$102.60
93.50
119. 20
132. 50
134.00
150.00
145. 80
153.30
161.90
182.50
197.40
200.50
213. 20
273.10

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$48.60
46.10
49.70
62.90
59.10
40. 50
57.40
42.90
47.70
44.50
30 00
21.80

$32. 50
23.60
31. 80
52.60
52.70
34.80
52.10
40.40
37. 30
44.50
30.00
21.80

$16.10
22. 50
17.90
10.30
6.40
5.70
5.30
2.50
10.40

$5.00
7.60
3.30
8.70
24.70
15.80
26.20
22.40
33.40
9.90
4.70
6.50
56.20

$1.70
.90
.70
1.10
1.80
.90
2.30
1.80
1.20
1.70
.30
.40
.50
3.00

$1.70
2.50
3.00
.60
.90
.40

249

$500-$749..........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499_ _.
$2,500-$2,999_. _
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-17,499. __
$7,500 and over.

T able

7.

— Household

and

250

operation— Fuel, light, and refrigerations P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t,
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s, b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V
Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
:$500-$749_________ __________________
:$750-$999___________________________
$1,000-$1,249________________________
$],250-$l,499_____________________ .
:$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
:$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
:$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over_________ __________ _ _

100
100
100
100
100
100
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
95
94
96
78
89
72
67
70
34
44
62
26
21

100
53
46
72
69
71
62
64
59
30
44
62
26

33
51
54
27
12
27
11
3
11
4
21

6
3
25
17
15
16
19
15
3
16

33
46
43
20
41
16
8
30
15
20
40
28

33
14
23
13
5
4
6
5

5
6
2
3
6
6
51
44
17
64
60

100
100
100
100
100
100
88
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

67
91
72
86
98
92
85
91
94
96
100
100
100
100

100
100
80
65
50
56
56
45
24
23
8
3

$20.30
21. 30
29.00
32. 40
36. 30
36. 30
42. 90
47.40
47. 70
57.00
54. 60
58.10
68. 00
86.20

$13.30
18. 00
19.40
22.40
26. 30
26.90
29. 40
27.60
36.10
39.70
52.00
47.40
43.00
120. 20

$8. 30
8. 30
11.90
12.10
8.20
9.00
8. 30
14.10
4. 70
4.40
1.10
1.10

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749__________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499 ________________________
$7,500 and over__________ ____________

$97.90
103. 70
128. 60
143. 30
150. 40
149.80
155. 30
171.40
171. 20
185. 30
207. 40
206.10
241. 50
304.30

$53.30
49.70
58.10
72.00
58.90
64.00
61. 30
61.30
59.20
22.10
30.80
61.70
26.60
24.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$40.00
27. 40
25. 90
55. 60
52.20
50. 60
55.10
57.60
47.80
17. 70
30.80
61.70
26.60

$13.30
22. 30
32.20
16. 40
6. 70
13. 40
6.20
3.70
11.40
4.40
24.80

$2.90
1.10
15.20
9. 30
10. 30
13. 30
14. 50
13.10
2.70
19.00

$1.10
2.00
1.10
.80
1.80
.30
.20
1.10
.50
1.00
1.80
1.00

$2. 70
. 10
5.30
2.20
.30
1.10
.30
(2)

$5.20
4.40
1.40
2. 50
7. 50
7.90
48.50
69.00
33. 30
82.80
73.10

2 No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

T able

Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for fu el, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure fo r such item s, by fa m ily type and in com e , in 1 year, 1 985-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
53
62
78
70
57
54
58
41
30
29
20
15
15
4

$14. 40
$500-$749____________________________
$65.10
$1.10
$12.00
$33.00
$0.80
$33.00
$0.10
17.80
$750-$999____________________________
66.40
30.50
30.20
11.80
$0.30
.90
.30
2 79.20
36.30
36. 30
19.20
16.50
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
.50
. 10
97.00
39.50
39.50
.40
24.90
23. 50
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$0.10
.80
40.70
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
95.90
40.70
25.50
21.00
1.10
(3)
114.00
44.00
.10
43.90
. 10
30.50
32.40
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
. 70
. 10
(*)
44. 20
34.50
124.80
44. 20
.30
$ 2,000-$2,249 _________________________
.50
38. 60
130. 40
44. 30
37.80
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
45.00
.70
1.20
41.30
(*)
131.20
44.60
2.10
.50
.10
39. 30
42. 70
42.50
$2,500-$2,999____ _____________________
161. 30
4.60
$3,000-$3,499 ________________________
39.10
39.10
.20
.70
45. 20
66.80
178.80
37.90
37.90
1.10
7.60
56.60
71. 40
$3,500-$3,999 ________________________
52. 30
180.40
32.00
32.00
.50
3.00
$4,000-$4,999 ________________________
89.10
$5,000-$7,499 _________ ___________
196.10
23.60
6.00
17. 60
1. 20
12.50
57.10
99.00
$7,500 and over _____________________
11.20
.20
14.20
72.70
151.10
250.20
11.20
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
» No family in this group reported an expenditure of more than $0.49 for this item.
2 Includes $0.20 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration. * Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$3.70
5.10
6.40
7.80
7.60
6.20
6.70
5.10
4.00
4.70
4.20
3.50
2.70
.80

95
89
97
95
92
92
99
96
98
99
98
98
98
100

75
71
79
82
77
75
78
75
71
56
49
41
22
10

1
(*)

I
3
2

75
70
79
82
77
75
78
74
69
56
49
41
20
10

(*)
1

37
20
16
26
25
17
23
34
16
18
31
11
20
5

11
2
3
3
1
2
1
1

5
(*)

1
2

4
5
3
8
5

86
81
89
92
89
91
97
96
98
99
98
98
98
100

B. Average expenditure




TABULAR SUMMARY

66
60
80
84
80
89
94
89
94
97
89
96
91
100

$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-^1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499 ________________________
$2,500-$2,999 ___________
$3,000-$3,499 ....................
$3,500-$3,999 _
__
$4,000-$4,999 _______________________
$5,000-$7,499______________________ .
$7,500 and over
_________ _

to

Or

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re f o r f u e l , lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r such ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e t in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued

7 ,— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling *
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750~$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

100
84
96
89
81
80
98
91
98
100
100
93
100
100

86
44
70
74
59
56
58
61
55
52
40
32
5
17

4
5

86
44
70
74
59
56
58
57
55
52
40
32
5
17

86
50
88
83
70
78
83
83
88
93
76
93
80
100

57
44
78
58
43
37
55
34
16
24
15
7
17

$17. 70
$17. 30
9.30
15.30
17.00
16.20
20.40
20.60
14.60
20.20
24.10
31.80
32.20
$0.90
27.90
35.60
31.70
34.00
.20
33.80
13.20
40.10
50.10
63.50
15.30
63.80
81.40
3.70
42.00
77.80
41.60
140.20
72.50
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$4.30
3. 50
7. 20
6.80
8. 20
4.30
5.50
3.10
2.90
3.20
3.40
2.00
3.20

43
7
20
21
9
14
33
12
12
24
7

14

2
5
12
10
4

5

100
68
84
86
81
80
92
91
98
100
100
93
100
100

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_____
$73.60
$33.60
$750-$999_____
19.50 47.60
$1,000-$1,249._.
i 73. 80
32.70
$1,250-$1,499__
79.10
30.70
$1,500-$1,749__
74.00
30.00
$1,750-$1,999__
92.60
32.00
$2,000-$2,249___
93.40
26.60
$2,250-$2,499_. _
100. 50
28. 60
$2.10
$2,500-$2,999__
105.90
34.80
.70
$3,000-$3,499__
145.20
37.70
$3,500-$3,999__
183. 30
36.80
$4,000-$4,999__
151.10
22.00
$5,000-$7,499__
122. 30
2.70
$7,500 and over.
235.40
19.50
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Includes $0.50 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.



$33. 60
19. 50
32. 70
30.70
30.00
32.00
26.60
26. 50
34.10
37.70
36.80
22.00
2. 70
19.50

$0.60
. 20
.60
1.00
.40
.30
1.50
. 20
.90
.50
C) .20

$0.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Income class

252

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bora]

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , tw i y e a r , 1 9 8 5 - 8 6 —Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES H AND III
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)
100
93
100
98
97
99
99
100
98
95
100
100
100
100

62
85
79
84
84
85
86
78
74
71
55
41
27
7




$29.60
33.70
34.80
42.20
45. 60
49.90
48.90
48.80
48.20
48.30
36. 60
31.30
18.80
5.80

$2.90
.40
2.50
7.40
12.30

’Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$11.60
17.10
21.10
26.90
28.30
35.10
37.10
41.80
42.80
50.30
57.50
55.50
65.10
85.80

Ice

(ID

(12)
50
65
72
83
87
98
96
95
97
95
93
100
100
100

50
83
81
75
68
62
54
37
21
8
19
7
7

$4.60
11.40
14.80
22. 20
25.00
33.50
46.10
52.10
51. 80
55.30
73.40
94.00
113.40
172.50

$4.00
7.00
6.50
8.40
8.60
7.10
6.80
5.90
3.60
1.40
3.10
1.50
.60

253

$500-$749____________________________
$54.30
$29. 60
$750-$999___
72.10
34.40
$0.70
$1,000-$1,249____
.
34. 80
77. 80
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
2101.60
42. 20
45. 60
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
108. 40
50. 20
$1,750-$1,999______ __________________
126. 80
.30
$2,000-$2,249. __ ______________________
139.50
48.90
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
149. 90
48.80
$2,500-$2,999_ ______________ _____
147.10
48. 20
$3,000-$3,499_.
_________________
158. 70
48. 30
172. 60
36. 60
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
190. 70
31.30
$5,000-$7,499_ _ ___ __________ _____
212. 60
18.80
$7,500 and over
__ __ ____
264.10
5.80
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

B. Average expenditure
$0.30
$1.30
.80
1.40
.60
.70
$0.20
.90
.80
.10
.40
.10
.60
(*)
1.30
.70
.90
2.00
1.00
2.40

Gas

SUMMARY

$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999__________________ _________
$1,000-$1,249_________________ _____
$1,250-$1,499_______ ________ ______
________
$1,500-$1,749____________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999____________ ___________
$5,000-$7,499._.________ __________
$7,500 and over

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling 1
line
Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(10)
(8)
(9)
(7)
(6)
(4)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
12
75
38
12
62
87
22
2
83
6
89
79
26
95
1
5
84
24
90
2
29
84
99
1
2
1
84
16
99
2
86
26
100
44
78
98
21
74
2
95
30
71
100
42
55
8
100
16
41
15
100
30
27
100
7

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e frig e ra tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s, b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 3 6 —Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over _________________ ____

75
91
95
98
100
99
100
98
99
100
96
100
96
100

75
91
92
87
89
89
89
86
81
48
49
48
27
9

4
5
r

75
91
92
87
89
89
89
86
77
48
49
48
22
9

3

25
49
18
36
27
28
27
26
16
13
26
12
22
9

11
2
2
4
2
6
8
9

75
91
95
96
96
97
100
96
99
100
96
100
96
100

50
68
79
87
82
91
100
87
96
100
96
95
92
100

50
51
71
77
62
65
65
51
45
45
26
25
26

$12.80
16.60
18. 30
28.40
24. 40
31.80
37.40
36.10
43.60
85. 90
75.40
91.80
101.10
146. 60

$2.00
4.50
5.20
8.10
6.10
7.60
7.60
6.00
5.10
7.90
5.90
5.80
5.30

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________ __
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_______ _________ „
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over _________ ____________




$66.50
87.30
89.40
111. 70
108.20
126.20
138.80
139.00
140. 50
174.00
180.90
195. 40
222. 70
251.10

$38.20
41.50
43. 90
46. 30
47.70
52.30
55.40
56.50
49.90
33.90
39.90
39.60
36. 50
9. 70

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$4.60
12.30

$38. 20
41.50
43.90
46.30
47.70
52. 30
55.40
56.50
45. 30
33.90
39.90
39. 60
24.20
9. 70

$13.00
23.10
21. 20
27.40
28. 50
32.90
37.80
39. 50
41.30
45. 50
$0.40
$8. 60
50.40
57. 70
60.10
18.70
27.60
66.80
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.
$0.50
1. 60
.60
1.30
1.40
1. 30
.60
.90
.60
.40
.70
.50
1.00
.40

$0.20
.20
.10
.30
(*)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-3 6

Coal

Income class

254

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PORTLAND, OREG.: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

'8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
98
98
100
98
99
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

9
8
3
8
9
6
10
6
9
8
4
3
5

3
2
1
4
4
1
2
3
2
5
3
2

6
6
2
4
5
5
8
3
7
3
1
3
3

3
14
20
16
15
19
22
16
18
15
14
4
9
2

82
88
85
77
85
82
79
74
78
77
59
50
37
28

1
1
1
(•)
(•)

97
94
98
95
98
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

58
56
66
58
61
66
69
73
64
78
79
67
74
87

6
22
20
24
18
18
19
18
19
7
15
13
2
4

$0.40
.70
.70
1.10
2. 40
2. 80
7. 30
11.00
7.80
16. 90
18.90
31.20
46.20
82.90

$22.40
22.00
26. 30
31.90
33.50
39.70
45.00
45.20
50.90
54.80
58.20
70.80
73. 30
89. 60

$11. 70
12. 30
17.80
15.90
16. 30
20.10
22.10
24.60
25.60
38.90
34.90
40.90
46. 70
73.50

$0.30
1. 30
1.20
1.50
1.20
1.70
1.50
1.80
1.60
.70
2.40
1.60
1.40
.60

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999_._
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

$68. 40
68.60
80.10
87.20
93.10
106.00
117. 40
119. 90
126.00
149. 70
148. 20
165. 80
188. 80
255.10

$3.80
2.00
.50
3.40
2.70
3.10
3.40
2.80
2.70
4.30
1.80
2.00
2.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$3.40
.50
.10
1. 30
1.10
.40
.90
1.50
1.20
1. 80
.80
.60

$0.40
1. 50
.40
2.10
1.60
2.70
2.50
1. 30
1. 50
2.50
1.00
2.00
1.60

$0.30
2.90
4. 50
5.80
5.10
7.40
10.00
7. 30
7. 90
6. 60
6. 80
2. 50
6.10
1. 20

$29. 50
27. 40
29.10
27.60
31.90
31.20
28.10
27.20
29.40
27.50
25.20
16.80
12.90
7.30

(*)
(*)
(*)
$0.10
(*)

*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

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2
2
2
3
5
6
10
17
11
20
26
38
52
67

SUMMARY

$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$l,750-$l,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999_._
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

T able

P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued

7*— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

PORTLAND, ORF.G.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999 ___________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________ _____ __________
$li250-$l'499_.____ __________________
$1,500-$1,749_____ _____________ ____
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2.500-$2,999__________________ ______
$3,000-$3,499 _______________________
$3,500-$3,999_______________ _________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000-$7,499_________________________
$7,500 and over_______________________

100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

8
12
6
9
11
3
4
12

5
6
2
1
1
2
8

3
6
4
8
10
1
4
4

23
26
18
15
25
23
8
18
19
14
7
16
8

80
86
88
60
78
74
60
55
63
83
49
35
30
27

2
8
5
22
21
9
6
22
16
23
54

100
100
100
92
99
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100

80
64
76
53
47
76
68
68
44
92
64
57
69
81

35
17
35
14
11
5
25
6
5
11

$0.60
3.40
1.90
16.80
14.40
6.40
6.10
16.10
18.40
19.80
57. 20

$19.40
20.80
23. 30
34.40
33.00
36.40
44.70
41.20
47.40
48.50
53.50
55. 50
59.10
66. 50

$15. 20
14. 30
19.80
14.00
11.40
19. 30
20.00
16. 80
20.50
50.50
12.10
46.40
55.00
71.30

$2.50
1.20
2.30
1.00
1. 30
.30
2.30
1.00
.20
.90

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_______ _________________
$2,250-$2,499____________________ ____
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-13,999 _______________________
$4,000-$4,999. _______________________
$5,000-$7.499 __________________ ____
$7,500 and over.. _ ____________________

$61.20
66.30
74.90
83.10
84.50
100.80
111.40
99.90
104.90
144.20
105.90
133. 40
151. 80
215.00

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$1.30
6.70
2.70
6.00
5.00
.80
.90
4.10

$1.20
2.60
.30
.30
.30
.20
2.30

$0.10
4.10
2.40
5.70
4.70
.60
.90
1.80

$4.60
3.90
7.60
6.60
10.40
7.80
4.30
6.90
7.30
6.30
4.70
9.40
5.70

$26. 60
22.80
26.70
17.50
26.40
25.50
16.80
20.10
21.80
27.70
17.70
7.50
8.50
14.30

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

256

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e frig e ra tio n , a n d average e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 1 9 3 5 - 3 6 —Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PORTLAND, OREG.: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND IH
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
94
100
100
96
98
99
100
98
99
100
100
100
100
100

6
3
9
12
2
7
2
4
4
4
2
3

6
5
1
1

6
3
3
7
1
6
2
4
4
4
2
3

12
6
24
15
14
16
14
20
26
12
26
5
2

82
90
82
86
90
85
92
80
79
73
68
49
20
35

2
2
1
2

6
7
6
2
10
3
15
13
31
24
50
74
45

88
90
97
93
96
99
100
98
99
100
100
100
100
100

29
49
69
56
72
57
61
78
66
76
75
71
77
70

12
11
21
12
15
19
15
11
13
12
9
12

$1.50
2.00
2.00
.80
4.50
1.80
9.10
9.10
20.90
17.80
32.60
69.30
51.30

$17.90
22. 50
29.70
29.50
32.90
42.30
49.80
48.60
57.20
56.30
58.80
70.40
81.40
103.20

$7.00
11.10
19.10
14.10
18.90
17.90
18.60
29.50
27.20
41.40
37.90
46. 50
56.80
88.20

$1.10
. 30
1.30
.70
1.00
2.20
1.20
1.20
1.20
1.70
.80
2.00

B. Average expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499...
$1,500-$1,749...
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

$59.10
70.00
87.50
84.70
2 92. 30
106. 20
114. 40
126.30
133.20
150.60
156. 70
173.40
220. 60
251. 60

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.



$0.40
.30
1.90
2.30
.20
2.50
.80
1.90
1.90
3.10
.90
.90

$0.90
1.10
.10
.60

$0.40
.30
1.00
1.20
.10
1.90
.80
1.90
1.90
3.10
.90
.90

$1.10
1.80
7.50
4.90
3.10
5.80
5.70
9.20
12.20
4.30
12.70
3.40
1.10

$30. 50
31.90
27. 60
32.60
34.00
33.30
34.80
27.90
24.20
24.10
25.60
17.60
11.10
8.90

(*)$0.20

(*)

.20

a Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

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$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249_ _.
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749_..
$1,750-$1,999_ _.
$2,000-$2,249_..
$2,250-$2,499_..
$2,500-$2,999_..
$3,000-$3,499...
$3,600-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999_..
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

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Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n — -F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n :

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$l,000-$l,249.-_
$1,250-$1,499._.
$1,500-$1,749._$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249._$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999__.
$3,000-$3,499.__
$3,500-$3,999__.
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 jand over.

100
93
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

42
11
8
2
9
8
12
11
16
9
8
5
8

14
3
5
.1
4
6
5
6
8
4

29
11
5
2
4
7
8
5
11
3
6
4

7
2
13
16
14
28
17
13
14
3
2
9

86
86
82
90
89
89
87
86
87
73
60
58
51
28

3

6
8
5
4
14
12
25
32
41
56
76

100
90
98
100
97
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

43
50
45
66
67
64
77
72
76
67
95
70
76
93

14
13
23
20
28
23
36
18
30
11
28
14
4
5

$2.10
3.90
2.20
2. 30
9.80
7.80
23. 80
22.00
36.70
47.90
98. 40

$35. 70
23.70
27.10
30.80
34.80
41.30
41.40
45.30
49.10
59. 60
61.20
78.50
76.80
94.60

$9.70
10. 30
12.10
20.50
19.30
23.50
27.20
26.50
27.90
26. 80
49. 70
34. 70
35.20
71.10

$0.10
.70
1.30
1.30
1.80
1.80
2.90
2.00
2.30
.80
5.40
1.80
3.10
1.00

B. Average expenditure
'$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249_. _
$1,250-$1,499._.
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499_._
$2,500-$2,999__$3,000-$3,499-_.
$3,500-$3,999__.
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499__
$7,500 and over.

$98.30
71.20
79.20
95.70
105.10
112. 60
126.20
130. 70
134. 70
154. 00
173.10
177. 00
191. 40
269. 60

See explanation o f tables for definition of this item.



$17.70
6.20
1.80
.40
3.10
2.40
2.50
6.40
4.40
6.10
2.20
3.70
4.40

$16.00
.50
2.10
.70
1.70
4.00
2.80
2.60
2.20
1.40

$1.70
6.20
1.30
.40
1.00
1.70
.80
2.40
1. 60
3.50
3.70
3.00

$1.30
1.00
4.10
5. 60
5.10
15.90
8.10
5.60
7.40
2.00
.80
7.20

$35.10
29. 00
35.90
36.50
36.50
36. 30
34.00
32.60
37. 60
29. 50
30. 60
20.80
16.80
4. 50

$0.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

Coal

Income class

258

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PORTLAND, OREG.: WHITE FAM ILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENGLAND, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, 5 TYPES

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-12,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500~$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-13,999 ___________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and over ________ ___

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

24
44
39
38
34
53
55
47
61
50
60
70
32
39

24
35
35
35
28
48
49
44
58
46
51
51
24
39

9
5
3
6
5
6
3
6
4
13
19
8

12
11
6
7
22
12
21
21
17
13
9
21

8
6
6
6
4
4
7
5
28
16
20
18
22

100
87
100
97
98
98
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100

76
75
80
88
93
96
96
96
88
82
97
93
91
100

40
6C
8C
71
65
62
52
5C
4?
35
25
14
IS

$19. 60
18.10
26.40
27.10
26.80
23.70
21.70
26.10
22.40
15. 30
35.90
22.20
40.20
40.10

$3.10
2.40
2.80
3.10
1.90
2.40
3.20
5.80
25.40
17.90
11.80
18.80
38.60

$21. 40
19.50
25.60
28.70
31.10
35.40
40.10
37.90
40.80
49. 50
48.00
47.90
57.10
78.10

$10.40
18. 20
14.00
19.90
23.20
26. 50
32.40
32. 30
30.20
29.60
37.10
41.90
37. 60
154. 30

$4.60
3. 7C
7. 4C
7.3C
8.6C
7.2C
7.9C
6.2C
7.10
5.00
3. 50
2.30
2.50

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749 _________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and ovar

$73. 50
82.10
99.20
108. 60
126. 30
138.90
156. 50
155.60
166. 40
181.90
205.90
199. 40
202. 50
345.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$7.70
13. 50
20.20
18.20
18.90
34.90
38.60
33.10
49. 30
45. 40
54. 60
70. 70
28.40
33. 20

$7.70
9.60
18. 00
16.80
15.40
30.90
34. 30
31.80
43.60
42.80
44. 00
49. 30
23.90
33. 20

$3.90
2.20
1.40
3. 50
4. 00
4.30
1. 30
5.70
2.60
10. 60
21.40
4.50

$9.60
4.80
2. 50
3.40
12.90
8.00
11.70
16.10
9.90
10. 30
7.00
15.80

$0.20
1.20
.70
1.20
1.70
1. 30
1.70
.70
.90
1.40
1.90
2.60
2.10
.80

259

63
54
68
64
67
59
48
58
58
32
43
44
57
26

12
16
11
10
11
25
20
12
20
19
17
28
20
12

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499 ____________________________

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such itemsy by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7. — H o u s e h o ld

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

100
80
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
(t)
100
(t)

50
70
85
95
95
98
90
100
87
67
100
(t)
100
(t)

50
61
74
64
55
59
59
26
39
11
18
29

$19.10
15.90
25.80
25.70
29.60
34. 50
35.50
35.20
38.60
60. 30
50.40
(t)
45.00
(t)

$5.80
20.60
14.10
20.20
23.10
24. 50
29.70
36.80
25.90
30.00
36.70
(t)
36.60
(t)

$4. 30
3.90
7.10
6.40
7.80
6.70
11.00
3.90
8.10
2.00
1.80
2.00

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499_._
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499—
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$6,000 and over.

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
(t)
100
(t)

50
49
41
25
26
52
60
34
48
22
100
(t)
29
(t)

(t)
(t)

50
29
41
23
20
46
58
27
47
22
100

20
2
6
6
5
7
13

10
3
12
4
27
6
13
18

29

(t)

20
8
4
5
11
11
11
9
18

50
38
67
70
58
78
42
43
81
11
(t)

57

13
5
3
7
8
12
56
(t)

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749--.
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249_. _
$2,250-$2,499...
$2,500-$2,999__.
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.




$56.50
76.60
100.40
90.90
112.10
125.90
144. 60
128.40
151. 50
179.60
210.40
(f)
177. 80
(t)

$16.00
16.10
27.70
8.20
16.70
29.10
36.90
24.20
41.10
20.20
105. 80
(t)
17.10
(t)

$16.00
7. 30
27. 70
7.40
13.40
22.30
35.80
21.60
27.50
20.20
105. 80
(t)
(t)

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$8.80
.80
3. 30
6.80
1.10
2.60
13.60
17.10

$5.00
2.60
9.20
3.00
10.00
3.40
5.00
14.70

$1.60
. 70
2.30
.30
.60
1.10
.90
.30
1.00
(t)

$11. 30
9.70
22.10
24.50
23.10
27. 50
20.40
18.40
17.50
3. 30
(t)
77.10

$3.80
2.90
1.00
2.30
5.60
15.00
63.80
(t)

fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-36

Coal

Income class

260

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENG LAND, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE I

T able

o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 — Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW ENGLAND, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPES II AND III

Income class
(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(t) 88
100
99
97
96
100
100
100
95
100
100
100
100

(t) 71
76
86
90
92
97
100
94
95
92
100
100
100

71
87
77
67
58
49
47
52
30
17
33

(t)
$20.60
25.10
29.40
32.00
34.60
40.80
38.70
39.30
46.80
50.80
46.00
49. 30
73. 30

(t)
$13.60
13.60
18.50
22.00
25.10
35.10
35.70
31. 30
32.60
34.80
28. 50
51.70
58.50

$4. 40
8.20
7. 70
9.00
6.80
5.80
6.00
7. 30
5.60
2.80
6.40

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
(f)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

44
36
34
31
43
41
56
77
55
33
50
33
20

44
35
34
24
38
34
56
69
55
8
50
33
20

5
7
5
7
8
25

10
13
25
22
22
22
21
20
17
52

17
7
16
14
20
16
4
28
25
17
19
39

(t) 65
76
68
73
57
54
62
45
30
50
50
52
41

6
5
7
8
8
7
6
20
33
27

B. Average expenditure




(t)
$77. 50
104.60
115.50
129.50
137.80
154.10
168. 70
174.10
182.00
192. 20
148.10
189. 50
272. 60

$11.60
17.50
17.70
16.70
27. 50
28.00
40.60
60.70
55.20
24.80
46.30
22. 60
25.00

$11.60
15. 30
17.70
12.40
24.10
21.80
40.60
55.10
55.20
3.40
46. 30
22.60
25.00

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$2.20
4.30
3.40
6.20
5.60
21.40

$4.40
5.70
14.00
13.70
15. 50
18. 90
14.60
16.50
13.00
38. 20

$0.90
.40
.70
1. 50
1.10
.60
.10
1.10
2.10
1.90
3.80
2.60

(t)
$22. 70
33.90
32.70
30.10
24.70
23. 70
25.60
19.80
14.00
20.20
27.30
17.50
60.40

$3.70
1.50
3.10
4.20
4.30
4.60
3.10
9.20
43.90
52.80

tPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

261

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$!,499. _.
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-12,499.
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499...
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

>

W
d
>
S3

SUMMARY

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499_..
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999_..
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

lig h ty a n d

262

T able 7.— H ousehold operation — F uel, ligh t, and refrigeration: P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l,
refrig era tio n y a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r such ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENGLAND, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V
Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749.. ....................... ........................ .
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249______ __________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_______________ _________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_ _______________________
$3,500-$3,999__________ _______________
$4,000-$4,999
_____ ________ . .
$5,000 and over ______________ __

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

29
39
65
50
64
68
47
56
66
67
79
33
50

29
26
58
45
61
62
43
56
54
67
52
33
50

13
9
5
3
64

128
27

(t)

36
5
1
27
7
14
31
15
16
13

(t)

7
24
8
14
44
30

(t)

(t)

71
53
46
69
44
46
65
55
50
52
42
59
25

41
25

100
100
99
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)
$29.40
16. 60
20.10
25.60
19.30
20.10
32.20
28.60
24.80
59.00
21.20
33.60
40.00

$3.50
5.30
2.20
.40
1.60
1.60
4.80
14.00
4.00
9.50
43.20
41.50

(t)
$26.40
26.50
32.40
31.20
37.30
42.90
38.90
43.70
44.40
45.10
47.70
69.90
91.00

20
22
26

17
31
33

86
4
2
855
17
218

(t)

93
82
83
94
98
100
89
83
81
100
90
80

100

(t)

36
74
68
74
72
52
70
51
58
34

21

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999_____________________ _______
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________ — ____ ________
$2,000-$2,249............. ............... ........... ........
$2,250-$2,499______ _________ _____ ___
$2,500-$2,999______ ____ ______________
$3,000-$3,499 ____ ____ _____________
$3,500-$3,999 ..............................................
$4,000-$4,999 _____ ________________
$5,000 and over. ___________________




(t)
$106.30
85.00
124. 70
137.10
151. 70
168.60
158.60
169. 70
183. 30
214. 80
214. 60
226. 40
450.50

$10.90
14.00
36. 20
24.90
49.40
52.90
30.00
44.00
53. 70
61.10
82.30
39.20
34.50

$10.90
8.20
30.80
22.60
47.20
48.30
28.10
44.00
46.80
55. 30
51. 40
39.20
34.50

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$5.80
5.40
2.30
2.20
4.60
1.90
6.90
5.80
30.90

(t)
$14. 50

2.00
.10
15. 30

4.90
8.40
21.70
9.00
11.70
9.80

(t)
$0.80
1.60
.50
3.70
2.20
3.40
1.30
1.20
1.60
2.20
3.00

2.20

fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

(t)
$21.90
14.50
22.20
25.20
30.00
31.20
24.80
32.20
26.60
38.90
47. 60
28.50
243. 50

(t)
$2.40
6.30
7.90
9.00

8.20
8.10
8.10
6.20
6.50
4.50
3.30

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

T a b l e 7.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e lf lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r t 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

153119

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, 7 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

77
89
86
93
90
87
91
90
91
90
83
82
88
72

1
(•)
1
1
1
(*)
1
4
2

77
89
85
93
89
86
90
90
91
90
82
82
86
70

1
3
3
(*)
2
1
1
2
5
1
4

29
28
24
20
12
7
7
6
3
1
2

6
4
6
3
3
8
10
9
13
12
11
8
10

(*)

(*)

(*)

1
1
1
2

4
5

50
56
65
71
78
88
84
86
87
89
96
89
92
95

5£
51
3£
3f
2£
21
IS
15
S
1C
12

$12.80
18.60
22.20
26.60
28.50
31.50
33.30
36.70
42.10
46.40
48.20
52.00
50.20
56.80

$10.50
11.90
14.20
17.70
20.90
23. 80
23. 60
26. 70
26.00
28.90
37.10
31.70
39. 60
68.00

$2.1C
4.8C
5.6C
7.5C
6.80
5.40
5.00
3. 70
4.00
2.10
2.40
2.40
2.60
2.50

34
51
5£

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499_. _
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

$57. 20
75.50
86.50
103.00
108.00
111. 70
117. 40
2124. 30
129. 50
139. 70
146.80
3 158.00
164. 70
4 196. 70

$29.90
36.40
40. 40
47.30
46.80
48.40
53.40
55.00
55.70
59.80
56.60
56.20
65.50
54.10

$0.40
(*) .40
.20
.70
.10
.90
4.20
2.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.
3 Includes $5.90 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.



$29.90
36.40
40.00
47. 30
46. 40
48.20
52.70
54.90
55. 70
59.80
55.70
56.20
61. 30
51.90

$0.50
2.20
1. 60
(*) .70
1.00
1.30
1.40
5.10
.80
4.20

$0.20
.10
.10
.20
.10
.20
.20
.50
.40
.40
.40
.20
.70

$1.90
3. 60
3.70
3. 30
2.50
.90
1.10
1.20
.20
.30
(*)

$0.30
(*) .10
.80
.50
.70
4.30
5.80
7.80

4 Includes $2.60 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.
•Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

263

70
91
93
98
98
97
93
98
99
99
99
99
100
100

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999_..
$2,000-$2,249_ __
$2,250-$2,499_ __
$2,500-12,999...
$3,000-$3,499...
$3,500-$3,999...
$4,000-$4,999_..
$5,000 and over.

T a b l e 7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l, lig h t, a n d

in 1

y e a r , 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 —Continued

264

r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r such ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e ,

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I
Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Qas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499___......... ....................................... .
$500-$749____________ ______________ _
$750-$999________ ____________________
$1,000-$1,249_________ ________________
$1,250-$1,499........ .................................... .
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________ ____
$2,000-$2,249___ ______________________
$2,250-$2,499___________ ________ _____
$2,500-$2,999
_______________ ____
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999___ ____ _________________
$4,000-$4,999____ ____________ _______—
$5,000 and over_______________________

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100

67
82
81
90
84
71
85
81
84
81
74
84
83
86

67
82
81
90
84
71
85
81
84
81
74
84
83
86

7
7

5
2
4

1

2

6

8
9
2
18
15
10

22
16
6
12
5
5
1

1
4

6
4

9

56
90
88
97
99
93
93
99
98
95
100
95
100
100

56
67
77
82
91
90
82
97
80
87
89
74
100
100

33
57
50
50
46
32
19
20
14
8
8
10
9
13

$8.90
16.00
20.80
26.50
27.10
29.30
30.90
32.10
41.60
42.80
47.00
43.20
44.80
47.80

$11.00
11.40
15.50
18.90
23.60
23.60
21.80
28.30
22.70
24.00
24.00
21.10
46.90
54.90

$1.60
5.60
4.60
6.80
6.40
3.90
2.70
2.10
1.40
.40
3.00
3.20
1.40

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499........................ ...............................
$500-$749__ _________________ ________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499 __________ ______________
$1,500-'$1,749 .................................................
$1,750-$1,999...................................................
$2,000-$2,249_________ ________________
$2,250-$2,499
_ _____________
$2,500-$2,999___ _____________________
$3,000-$3,499 _ ................................
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_ _ ______________________
$5,000 and over __________ ____________

$48.70
65.10
80.50
100.90
105.80
101. 70
102.00
3 111.90
115.80
122.00
122.30
3 144. 30
170. 70
170. 20

$26.10
30.70
37. 90
45.30
43.00
42.50
46.30
48.70
48.30
54.40
47.50
62.10
58.80
66.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Includes $0.50 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.



$26.10
30.70
37.90
45.30
43.00
42. 50
46.30
48.70
48. 30
54.40
47. 50
62.10
58. 80
66.10

$1.50
4.30
1.30
1.40

$0.20
.10
.20
.50

.20
.20
. 10
.40
. 60
.30

$1.10
1.20
.50
1.70
.40
1.10
. 10
.30

$1.10
.50
3.20
17.00

3 Includes $14.60 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

T a b l e 7.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: P e rc e n ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e frig e ra tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r such ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , i n 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 —8 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE II
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

80
83
73
94
76
95
91
87
92
98
82
84
77
80

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line

Fuel oil

(8)
(9)
(7)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

3

2
5

8

80
83
73
94
73
93
86
87
92
98
82
84
69
80

(6)

40
39
30
25
19
12
10

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(10)

(ID

(12)

100
87
91
98
92
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

40
54
64
67
66
86
92
86
98
98
100
100
85
100

20
37
58
64
56
27
45
19
18
27
5
8

$18.00
17.20
20.20
22.90
$0.40
27.20
30.80
$2.80
33.90
40.50
.60
39.40
51.10
2.30
50.40
60.00
55.10
50.00
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$7.20
11.80
13.90
13. 90
18.20
23.00
24. 20
24.00
28. 30
29. 50
50.00
31.10
37.90
66.80

$1.80
3.30
6.80
8.60
7. 70
4.30
5.00
1.80
4.70
5.80
.60
1.20

6

3

1
2
2

7

3

5
12
6
12
32
16

2

SUMMARY

$250-$499_--_______ __________________
$500-$749________ _____ ____ ________
$750-$999_______________ ____ ________
$1,000-$l, 249---___ _________
____
$1,250-11,499____ . .................. .........
$1, 500-$l, 749 __
$1,750-$l, 999___
.
_____
$2,000-$2,249 . _
$2, 250-$2,499 - .................................
$2, 500-$2, 999 _ _ _
$3,000-$3,499 _
_
_____
$3, 500-$3,999 .
$4,000-$4, 999 .
___________
$5,000 and over______________________

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

B. Average expenditure




$29.60
36.90
35.10
43.80
42.60
49.90
46.10
54.70
57.40
58.40
57.80
58.60
50.20
49.80

$0.10
. 10
.10
(•)
.10
.20
.30
.40
.80
.80

$2.20
4.60
4.80
2.40
5.10
1.60
1.00

265

$250-$499..................................................... .
$58.80
$29.60
36.90
$500-$749____________________________
73.90
$750-$999____________________________
35.10
80.90
$1, 000-$l, 249_________________________
43.80
91. 70
$1, 250-$1,499_________________________
$2.20
103. 40
44.80
$1, 500-$l, 749_________________________
.80
110. 40
50.70
$1,750-$l, 999__ _______ ______________
117.00
50.00
3.90
$2,000-$2, 249_________________________
54. 70
121.20
$2, 250-$2,499_________________________
130. 70
57.40
$2, 500-$2,999_________________________
147.50
58.40
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
57.80
159.60
$3, 500-$3, 999_________________________
149.70
58.60
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
156.40
61.40
11.20
$5,000 and over............................................
166.60
49.80
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

266

7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued
E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E I II

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499................................. .......................
$500-$749__________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$l, 249___
$1, 250-$l,499
$1, 500-$l, 749 - ___
$1,750-$l, 999_________________________
$2,000-$2, 249— _____ ______
$2,250-$2,499— .........................
$2, 500-$2,999— ________
$3,000-$3,499__ _______ _
$3, 500-$3,999 .
_ _ ___
$4,000-$4,999 .
— ..................
$5,000 and over__ __ _

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

67
88
88
95
97
92
97
92
89
100
100
100
88
65

10
6

67
29
41
55
78
84
91
85
93
86
96
100
88
100

33
53
71
49
64
55
26
21
22
16
9
6
12

$16.00
$14.00
$24. 30
6. 80
16.50
35. 70
$0.10
$6.50
7.50
(*)
21. 40
38. 20
5.40
13.50
48.70
(*)
6.00
29.50
$0.10
20.00
2.80
27.60
46. 20
4. 90
(*)
20.60
33.40
43.90
5.50
.20
.30
25.80
36.20
55.00
. 10
1.70
42.10
26.60
58. 30
.20
.30
.40
43. 20
27.60
50. 40
3.90
1.10
33.60
63. 50
52. 30
. 50
34.50
69. 50
48.20
.20
33. 90
75. 50
47. 80
2.70
48. 30
71. 70
7.00
. 50
71.10
49. 30
76.50
35.70
7.00
3. 30
$14. 60
* Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$0.30
6. 30
7.10
6.80
8.80
6.90
4.10
2. 40
3.70
4.90
3.20
2.50
6.20

67
88
78
95
97
86
97
92
89
100
100
100
88
65

1
9
9
2
3
6
9

6
2
(*)
2
8
1
8
4
10
4
50
18
21

47
34
30
19
14
6
7
9

100
88
88
100
99
96
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

B. Average expenditure
$24. 30
$54. 60
$250-$499— .......................................... ...
$500-$749 . _ _ _______
71.90
35.70
$750-$999 .
.
82.30
40.90
104. 60
48.70
$1,000-$I, 249_________________________
110. 30
46.20
$1, 250-$l, 499_________________________
111.40
44.50
$1, 500-$l, 749_________________________
122.90
55.00
$1,750-$1,999...______________________
58.30
130. 30
$2,000-$2, 249__ _____________________
129.90
50.40
$2, 250-$2,499__ _____________________
149. 90
63. 50
$2, 500-$2,999 ...........................................__
157. 30
69.50
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
75. 50
163.10
$3, 500-$3,999__ ____________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
201.10
71. 70
192.60
35. 70
$5,000 and over______ _______________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$2.70
.60

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

Coal

Income class

*Ta b l e

7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935- 36—Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E IV

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

(1)

(2)

$250-$499___________________________
$50Q-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1.500-$1,749_________________ ____
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499__________________ _______
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and over____ ______ __________

$95. 80
98.80
97. 50
113. 80
109.10
115.30
118.00
123.10
131. 30
139.10
141.30
2164. 60
146.60
217.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
$7.80 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

2 Includes




♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
50
71
83
81
85
94
86
81
87
90
96
86
92
91

50
83
56
85
47
37
42
44
31
9
18
13
18

$15.00
18.70
20. 20
24. 00
22. 60
24.50
24. 70
26. 90
26. 70
30.30
37. 70
33. 20
30 50
78.90

$2. 50
6.40
4. 40
9. 40
5. 90
6. 50
6. 40
6. 40
3. 90
1.30
3.80
3. 50
3.00

267

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

and Kerosene
Coke and Wood
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling 1 andline
Bitumi­
Total Anthracite nous
(9)
(10)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(4)
(5)
(3)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
75
50
100
100
5
18
100
14
97
97
100
91
91
6
14
100
98
4
5
5
98
100
89
89
5
3
100
1
1
88
7
2
87
79
11
90
90
4
6
93
90
90
13
100
92
92
4
15
100
75
75
4
7
100
68
9
5
5
68
18
100
4
96
96
9
100
63
4
59
4
18
9
100
B. Average expenditure
$49.50
$49. 50
$5. 50
$23. 30
44.80
44.80
3.90
25. 00
(•)
43. 30
43. 30
2.10
27. 50
48.70
48.70
29. 00
$0.10
2.60
47.90
47.90
1.50
29. 50
$1. 60
. 10
51.00
51.00
(*)
31.00
2. 30
(*)
55. 70
$0.30
55.40
.20
. 10
30.90
52.10
52.10
. 20
1.60
34.00
1.90
57.20
57. 20
.90
42.60
62.90
.50
62.90
3.30
40.80
45.60
45. 60
5.20
.20
48.80
40.20
40. 20
17.40
.10
.10
$10. 30
55. 50
67.30
67 30
.20
2. 90
42. 20
.80
53.80
49.30
3.00
15.10
62.50
4.50

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499___________ ________________
$500-$749________ _________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249 ______________________
$1,250-$1,499 ____ __________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________ ____ _
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and over________________ ____ _

Coal

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native-born]

E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999________________ _____
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and over______________________ ^

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
95
100
90
97
89
98
100
100
90
81
92
100
83

1

25

100
95
100
89
97
89
98
100
100
90
81
92
88
83

10
11
10
2
11
15
10
24
12

25
40
32
18
11
9
9
13

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
88
100
100
100

50
29
65
70
76
91
74
87
76
90
100
100
88
100

50
20
74
54
42
45
30
38
48
26
12
42
12

$1.50
6. 30
4.50
1.40
2.20
1.30
2.30
3.20

$15.30
22.30
21.40
26.60
30. 30
36.40
39.20
35.20
45.30
48.00
46.80
51.50
63. 70
47.10

$9.80
7.60
15.70
20.40
21.30
30. 90
22.60
26.10
25.30
28.20
38.90
43.80
31. 70
61.50

$4.80
.80
6.00
6.40
5.30
6.10
4.80
5.10
7.90
5.30
3.10
10.60
1.80

17
B. Average expenditure

$250-$499_____ _______________________
$500-$749_______ _____________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249____________________ _____
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________ _______________
$2,000-$2,249__________ _*______________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________________ ____
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________ ____________
$5,000 and over__________ ____________




$68.40
74.30
97.80
101.10
116.10
124. 60
133.10
130.20
146.60
150.60
159.60
166.20
178.30
174.80

$37.00
37.10
50.00
46.20
57.00
49.60
64.00
60.40
67.60
68.80
70.80
60.30
81.10
51.00

$0.40

26.90

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$37.00
37.10
50.00
45.80
57.00
49.60
64.00
60.40
67.60
68.80
70.80
60.30
54 20
51.00

$0.20
.20
. 10
(*)
.30
.20
.20
.50
.30
$15.20

•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

268

7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T able

7.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuelt light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V I

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
90
96
100
100
100
97
96
100
84
100
100
' 83
57

4
11




(12)
33
58
64
48
52
55
47
23
39
8
11

$6.70
3.20
5.90
5.80
5.20
7.00
8.70
3.60
4.10
.90
3.40

269

$250-$499........................ ___ ___________
$30.60
$13.90
$500-$749 .................... .
_ _____
67.60
35.80
$750-$999____________________________
93.20
43.30
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
113.40
55.50
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
107. 20
48.40
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
127. 20
60.90
132.90
58.50
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
145.30
$1.50
65.00
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
126.90
55.00
148. 30
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
55.00
$3,000-$3,499 _ .
164.80
71.80
10.90
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
169.00
68.30
161.50
60. 40
$4,000-$4,999 __
— ___
$5,000 and over______________________ * 260.00
52.00
i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Includes $38.30 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

Ice

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499__ _ __ _ _
______
$500-$749__________ ___ ___ ______
$750-$999______________ _ _ ____
__
_ ____
$1,000-$1,249____
.
$1,250-$1,499___
$l,500-$l,749-_ _ _ _
___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249 .
$2,250-$2,499 _
$2,500-$2,999______ ___ _________
$3,000-$3,499
$3,500. $3,999
$4,000-$4,999 ___ _____ ____ ____
$5,000 and over __ _ ___ _ ____

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Gas
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(7)
(8)
(6)
(5)
(10)
(9)
(ID
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
67
33
100
49
29
80
90
36
100
50
96
7
3
93
60
5
23
100
64
15
100
100
1
85
100
100
84
17
16
100
97
4
92
16
92
8
100
96
3
7
3
98
100
88
84
6
6
10
100
11
100
89
100
100
100
100
83
17
100
83
86
14
14
100
57
B. Average expenditure
$6.30
$3.70
$13.90
16. 20
$9.10
3.30
35.80
12.40
24.50
6.90
43.30
$0.20
16.90
27.10
8.10
55.50
(*)
(*)
16.80
32.10
4.70
48.40
23.50
35.50
.30
60.90
24.00
38.40
.30
3.00
58. 50
30.70
41.20
.50
1.50
63. 50
$2.80
39.00
25.70
.10
.50
55.00
2.50
$5.90
51.40
31.70
. 10
3.30
55.00
44.90
44.50
.20
60.90
58.70
42.00
68.30
47.60
52.80
.70
60.40
104.00
34.80
.30
52.00
30.60
*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$l,000-$l,249-__
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__.
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
100
100
100
100
94
100
100
87
100

100

83

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil
Bitumi­ briquets kindling i
line
nous
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
(5)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
94
100
100
87
100

17

17
9
4
5
8
8
18

50
63
47
24
20
32
16
18

6
(t)

67

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(10)

(11)

(12)

67
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

33
28
48
52
72
62
66
77
62
100

33
47
63
50
54
57
40
63
17

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$64.00
$34.20
$750-$999______
95.30
50.60
$1,000-$1,249___
108. 70
54.10
$1,250-$1,499___
117. 60
55.80
$1,500-$1,749___
119. 50
56.10
$1,750-$1,999___.
126. 80
56.50
$2,000-$2,249_...
137. 20
63.90
$2,250-$2,499___
160.90
70.00
$2,500-$2,999___
122.80
51.70
$3,000-$3,499___
176. 60
75.00
$3,500-$3,999___
(t)
$4,000-$4,999___
2 225.80
$5,000 and over.
56.60
$11.30
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2Includes $39.00 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.



$34.20
50.60
54.10
55.80
56.10
56. 50
63.90
70.00
51.70
75.00
45.30

$13. 70
$5.80
20.90
7.10
25.60
12.90
31.60
18.90
31.80
21.70
21.80
28.90
.20
$7.10
40.90
24.10
.10
34.90
40.90
.50
46.00
25.10
55.20
46.40
(t)
(t)
(t)
70.00
55.30
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.
$5.00
.20
O .10

$2.50
12.50
8.00
3.90
4. 60
4.60
4.00
3.90

$2.80
4.00
8.10
7.30
5. 30
7.70
4.20
10.70
4.90

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

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270

T able

T able

7.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , 5 T Y P E S

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)
66
88
90
81
87
88
81
79
82
73
74
80
80
59

3
2
3
1
7
1
2
1
1
1
1
2

$47. 70
$7.70
$250-$499____________________________
15.10
$500-$749____________________________
63.80
$750-$999____________________________
79. 30
16.70
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
90.00
17.20
100. 50
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
21.70
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
109. 40
23.70
118.90
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
22.80
123.00
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
26.00
130. 20
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
28.80
143. 70
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
27.80
148.00
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
31.30
164.00
$3,500-$3,999
________________
40.00
175.80
$4,000-$4,999
. . ...........................
38.60
212. 60
36.40
$5,000 and over_______________________
1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.

$0.40
. 10
.40
.10
1.20
.50
.50
.40
.30
.50
.40
1.10




100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

Ice
(12)
72
71
78
68
63
42
36
44
26
30
14
11
17
7
$9.60
11.90
13.90
14.00
15.10
10. 30
9.10
12.00
7.80
8.20
5.60
3.80
5.00
3.20

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-11,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999________ ________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499_________________________
$3,500-$3,999_________________________
$4,000-$4,999_________________________
$5,000 and over_______________________

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
Gas
Bitumi­ briquets kindling 1
line
nous
(5)
(6)
(7)
(10)
(8)
(9)
(ID
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
14
64
66
63
66
21
86
71
79
73
1
94
87
59
40
60
62
92
59
80
35
(*)
65
80
32
95
70
1
87
61
73
30
97
4
80
79
17
99
63
(*) 4
4
81
78
67
16
96
81
5
1
89
66
9
100
72
2
21
61
1
91
98
51
73
4
88
7
9
100
78
5
6
95
63
100
3
5
4
95
80
68
100
59
11
3
19
58
100
97
B. Average expenditure
$7.30
$7.90
$7. 30
$10. 40
$4.80
15.00
10. 70
9.40
12.00
4.70
16. 30
5.20
10.10
$0.10
20.50
12.80
17.10
5.20
5.60
24.50
23.50
(*)
20.50
6.50
5.30
26.20
25.70
23.20
$0.10
2.90
4.90
35.30
32.20
22. 30
1.10
5.60
3.10
.10
40.60
36.50
25.60
1.50
3.80
2.80
.60
38.80
37.50
28.50
1.10
43.30
1.10
2.90
.40
44.80
27.30
.60
3. 30
50.10
4.20
.30
49.20
30.90
1.80
54.10
4.20
.70
1.90
48.40
38.90
1.00
4.10
5.10
56.40
53.60
38.60
3.90
60.30
3.90
.60
2.90
60.60
36. 40
7.00
6. 60
1.00
4.00
73.90
80.50
‘Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

to

■ <!

7.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuelf light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Income class
(1)
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999_._
$3,000-$3,499._$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999—
$5,000 and over.
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999._.......
$l,000-$l,249-_.
$1,250-$1,499...
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499.__
$2,500-$2,999...
$3,000-$3,499-_.
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999—
$5,000 and over.




Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Coal

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­ Fuel oil Electricity
briquets kindling1
Bitumi­
line
Total Anthracite nous
(2)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(8)
(9)
(3)
(7)
(10)
A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
83
33
100
83
100
67
84
100
87
86
87
71
84
42
100
84
61
90
52
32
100
86
86
100
1
84
84
49
100
30
98
93
54
32
100
93
90
52
100
69
69
9
15
99.
51
14
92
100
68
68
6
10
2
2
2
60
75
73
100
100
42
58
58
58
100
100
82
82
9
55
13
100
100
87
75
100
100
87
68
58
6
68
100
100
74
63
16
100
63
10
100
B. Average expenditure
$52. 80
$8. 30
$8.30
$4.00
$9.20
$10.00
14. 60
14.60
3.60
10.20
14.60
59.40
73.40
13.70
13. 70
4.10
5.90
18.80
85. 70
17.20
17.20
1. 30
5.40
22. 60
19.80
19.80
1.60
99.80
4.00
25. 30
(*)
23.00
23.00
2.00
95.80
3.30
32.70
$2.40
6. 30
1.10
116. 70
20.00
20. 00
40.10
20.00
1.70
117.40
20.00
3.00
2.90
36.30
27.20
$0.70
26.50
1.40
2.60
.20
124.30
41. 70
24.20
24.20
4.70
9.80
137. 30
44. 50
34.10
2.10
5.30
145.40
34.10
.20
48.90
43.00
3.60
136.10
43.00
43.40
34.40
157.40
34.40
1.60
56.90
47.70
5.50
6.20 .
259.20
47.70
72.10
•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.
iSee explanation of tables for definition of this item.

Gas

Ice

(11)

(12)
17
30
58
68
82
72
82
80
100
90
92
94
94
100

100
73
84
84
77
34
32
37
23
19
13
6
16
10

$6.30
4.90
16.50
23.10
31.10
28. 30
37.60
33.40
42.80
50.70
48.40
45.20
53.40
105. 30

$15.00
11.50
14.40
16.10
18.00
6.50
9.20
18.10
8.40
3.40
6.40
.90
4.50
5.60

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

SOUTHEAST, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES; WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

272

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operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, awe? average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T a b l e 7 v—H ousehold

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

SOUTHEAST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND HI
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
83
93
95
69
88
76
88
77
78
80
62
69
69
52

8
5
5
6
1
2
2

83
88
90
69
82
75
86
75
78
80
62
69
69
52

1
1
5
6
2
8
5
5
15

83
77
55
60
80
55
62
71
74
72
46
54
64
55

58
72
59
32
34
28
16
14
7
11
6
4

1
6
10
9
4

75
76
95
88
94
100
98
97
100
95
100
100
100
100

17
12
41
66
59
76
85
86
86
95
89
100
100
86

75
73
74
58
59
33
20
33
15
29
18
15

$11.90
9.50
20.20
25.80
25.40
38.70
45.10
40.50
47. 30
50.40
60.00
60.10
56.90
77.50

$5.70
2.90
13. 70
28.70
22.80
36.20
41.10
42.70
44. 60
55.20
51.20
63.50
63.50
66.70

$12.10
12. 30
12.20
12. 50
14.50
7.90
4.20
7.40
4.50
8.40
7.10
3.10

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499....... .
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249.__
$1,250-$1,499___.
$1,500-$1,749...
$1,760-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999._.
$3,000-$3,499__.
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

$54. 60
61.10
79.20
90.40
99.90
112.50
124.40
127.40
130.10
148.90
154. 50
170.10
167. 20
188.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$10. 80
14.80
18.50
14. 30
23.90
21.30
25.40
29.10
28.20
31.00
30.10
34.30
31.70
29.40

$1.20
.40
.70
1.30
.40
.50
1.30

$9.60
14.40
17.80
14. 30
22.60
20.90
24.90
27.80
28.20
31.00
30.10
34.30
31.70
29.40

$0.30
.50
2.10
1.20
.40
1.50
.80
2.60
5.20

$4. 30
11.80
4.60
4.10
6. 50
3.80
3.20
3.80
3.00
2.60
2.10
4.00
3.20
6.00

$9.80
9.80
10.00
5.00
6.80
4.30
4.60
1.80
1.30
.90
.20
(*)

$0. 30
2.30
7.40
6.20
3.30

*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249_._
$1,250-$1,499___.
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

SOUTHEAST, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V
Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

30
81
85
91
88
96
81
87
88
75
80
83
89
61

2
13
2
2
1
3
3
3

30
81
85
89
75
94
79
87
87
72
77
80
89
61

2
3
2
5
2
4
7
7
22

70
69
68
74
74
72
72
72
63
52
52
64
74
54

40
58
71
43
31
31
20
18
12
21
9
7
17

4
1
3
1
2
6
7

50
76
96
92
94
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

10
24
26
41
59
69
73
78
85
88
86
91
93
100

40
68
80
67
56
58
53
56
36
35
12
21
18
9

$9.00
12.80
22.00
24.40
28.10
33.50
36.90
38.70
44.40
50.30
52.00
60.50
63.00
73.00

$2.40
6.70
8. 80
16.90
24. 80
30.60
31.70
35.50
42. 50
45.40
46.00
50. 80
62. 30
78. 30

$1.60
11.80
16.60
14.00
13.50
15. 40
13.20
12.10
10.00
10.10
4.10
8.00
6.00
3.80

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249...
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over.

$35.30
71.10
83.40
93. 40
102.00
115. 70
115.40
122. 20
133.10
142.10
144.10
173.90
186.90
207.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.



$3.70
16.10
15.30
21.10
20. 60
26.70
22.40
27.00
30.00
26.70
30.90
42.50
43. 20
35.80

$0.40
2.00
1.00
.90
.40
1. 30
1.00
2.40

$3.70
16.10
15. 30
20.70
18.60
25.70
21.50
27.00
29.60
25.40
29.90
40.10
43.20
35.80

(*)
$0.90
.90
.90
1.00
1.90
1.60
6.10
8.20

$15.90
15. 50
7.10
10. 50
10.30
2. 60
7. 30
4. 30
2.80
5.30
5.20
4.50
5.10
7.00

$2.70
8.20
13.20
6.50
4.70
6.90
2.90
3.50
1.50
2.50
1.30
1. 20
1.70

$0.40
.10
.20
1.00
.80
2.70
6.00

♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Income class

274

7.— H ousehold operation— F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, lights and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

T able

1.— H ousehold operation—F uel, lig h t, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

SOUTHEAST, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
94
82

44
63
77
96
91
92
93
100
100
75
82

2

44
63
75
96
91
29
93
100
100
75
82

1
2
1
1

97
99
96
98
92
88
93
100
100
57
18

88
83
79
54
45
43
12
28
12

18

12
19
30
58
65
76
100
100
100
94
82

8
15
17
21
21
65
75
73

85
93
98
95
83
81
79
57
57
31
54

(*)
$0.10
1.30
4.40
4.60
9.60
8.80
16.20
38.60
37.70

$3.40
7.30
9.70
11.90
12.90
12.80
20.30
17.90
8.90
6.30
12.10

(*)
(*)

B. Average expenditure
Under $250_______________________
$250-$499._-.................. . _ _______ __
$500-$749 ____________________________
$750-$999 ___________________
$1,000-$1,249................. ... . ___
_
$1,250-$1,499________ ________ ..
$1,500-$1,749 .
_____
$1,750-$1,999 .
— _____
$2,000-$2,249.. _____________________
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500 and over

$20. 50
38.80
49.80
64. 50
79.30
78.40
114.00
110. 50
115. 20
115. 40
123. 30

See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$3.20
6.30
11.00
17.30
18.50
20.50
35.30
30.60
31.90
23.20
34.10

$0.30

$3.20
6.30
10.70
17.30
18. 50
20.50
35. 30
30.60
31.90
23.20
34.10

(*)
$0.20
.20
.20

$10. 80
19.40
20.10
19.20
25.00
16. 70
18.80
22.50
18.60
8.80
3.50

$1.60
3.40
3.50
3.50
2. 60
4.90
1.20
4. 30
.80

$0.90

$1.50
2.40
5.20
11.10
15.70
18.90
28.80
30. 70
34.40
37.70
35.90

Percentages oi less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

£

d
d
>

SUMMARY

Under $250 _________________________
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999________ __________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499____ _____________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999
______________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499..................................................
$2,500 and o v e r ___________________ _

to
Oi

able

7.— H o u s e h o ld

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d

r e fr ig e r a tio n ,

and avera ge

P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t , a n d
f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1985-36—Continued

r e fr ig e r a t io n :

e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s ,

276

T

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

Incom e class
(1)

Coal

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499__
$I,500-$2,249_. $2,250 and over.

100
100
100
100
98
100
100
66

59
52
74
100
86
100
100
66

6

59
52
68
100
86
100
100
66

3

95
100
99
99
88
72
100
66

89
81
86
61
47
42

11
23
31
54
71
58
100
66

$1.50
3.40
3.40
4.50
3.10
11.30

$1.40
2.70
5.40
11.90
15.90
17.80
27.30
17.10

7
14
43
86
66

75
96
100
93
78
57
57
22

$0.10
.10
1.10
3.10
9.60
29.40
18.40

$3.60
8.00
10.60
10. 70
11.70
13.10
13.00
4.50

(*)
(*)

B. Average expenditure
Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

$19.10
41.40
50.10
66.20
77.40
81.50
118.90
74.20

i See explanation of tables for definition of th is item .
•Percentages of less than 0.5 are not show n.




$4.20
6.00
11.30
19.20
19.10
22.50
30.50
19.30

$5.60

$4.20
6.00
10.70
19.20
19.10
22. 50
30. 50
19.30

$0.10

$8.40
21.20
19.20
18.80
24.50
7.20
18.70
14.90

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

SOUTHEAST, 3 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAM ILIES, TYPE I

T able

7,

— H o u s e h o ld

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, l i g h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : P e rc e n ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu r e fo r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
re fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both n ative born]

SOUTHEAST, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEG RO FAM ILIES, TYPES II AND H I
Incom e class
(1)

Coal

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

Anthracite

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

(6)

Fuel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
97
100
100
100

21
76
76
99
85
94
100
60

21
76
76
99
85
94
100
60

2
7

100
97
97
98
91
94
100
40

79
92
77
50
54
33
29
40

19

21
8
26
61
54
69
100
100

8
13
15
38
60

95
85
97
94
84
77
63
20

$1.00
4.20
4.00
10.30
52.20

$3.40
6.50
9.20
10.90
12.20
10.70
18.50
5.00

B . Average expenditure
U nder $250_______________ _______________
$250-$499_________________________________
$500-$749 _______________________________
$750-$999 ____ _______ __________________
$1,000-$1,249_______ _ _________ _________
$1,250-$1,499_____________________________
$l,500-$2,249_____________________________
$2,250 and over______ _________________

$25. 40
37.30
48.50
63.60
67.70
69.50
117.10
135. 60

$1.20
7.50
10.30
17.80
15.70
18.20
30.60
15.60

$1.20
7.50
10.30
17.80
15.70
18.20
30.60
15.60

$0.10
.80

$16. 20
18.10
19.70
19.80
20.20
16.90
21.00
3.80

$1.90
3.70
4.30
3.40
2.10
.70
3.10
2.80

$0.90

$2.70
1.40
5.00
10.70
12.50
19.00
32.70
56.20

TABULAR SUMMARY

U nder $250 ...............
$250-$499 .........................................
$500-$749 ___________________
$750-$999 ____ _ _ _ _ _
_ _
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499_______________ ______________
$l,500-$2,249______________________________
$2,250 and over______ ________ ____________

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .




to

able

P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1985-86—Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

278

T

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and w ife, both native born]
Coal

Incom e class

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
U nder $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249...
$1,250-$1,499----$l,500-$2,249----$2,250 and over.

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
93

33
66
82
92
97
90
96
87

33
66
82
92
97
90
96
87

4
3

100
100
92
97
97
89
96
37

100
74
72
51
40
47
8
5

25
31
60
65
84
100
93

(*)

8
16
10
23
82

100
100
86
89
67
51

B . Average expenditure
U nder $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249_. .
$1,250-$1,499—
$l,500-$2,249—
$2,250 and over.

$18.10
36.30
50.40
63.40
85.40
81.50
109.00
126.70

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 are not shown.




$3. 50
5.50
11.20
15. 30
19.30
21.00
34. 80
33.10

$3. 50
5. 50
11.20
15. 30
19.30
21.00
34.80
33.10

$0.50
.40

$10. 20
17.90
21. 50
18. 90
26.90
19.20
19.40
5.40

$1.70
2.70
3.10
2.80
2. 50
5.00
1.80

$3.10
5.00
10.70
17.10
19.10
32.00
37.40

$0.10
1. 60
5. 50
3.50
7.40
40.10

$2.70
7.10
9.00
13.70
14.10
13.70
13. 60
10. 70

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

SOUTH EAST, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAM ILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l} lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d average e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r y 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

153119°— 11-

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

WEST CENTRAL, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Incom e class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

A nthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets
(6)

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
100
98
99
100
100
99
100
96
97
99
96
95
100
100

51
48
70
72
70
66
69
56
61
48
58
44
31
30

15
8
18
20
24
20
31
22
20
26
30
25
14
15

46
42
54
52
46
46
39
36
41
22
28
20
17
15

4
8
5
13
11
13
11
22
18
14
11
9
8
6

60
54
41
52
52
51
52
48
41
37
43
40
29
14

53
52
58
33
31
19
12
12
7
3
3
3
6
3

24
15
22
37
49

81
85
93
98
99
99
97
94
96
99
96
95
100
100

34
30
42
60
67
74
86
78
86
93
90
88
95
94

54
61
56
57
50
46
35
29
30
16
20
5
3
2

$1.20
1.20
.90
2.20
1.80
3.80
6. 30
7.00
8.20
32.60
19.10
19.40
32. 60
75.10

$12.80
18.00
21.50
26.00
31.30
33. 30
38. 70
38.40
42.90
47.50
48.00
50. 50
61.50
69.20

$7.90
7.20
10.40
15.80
19. 90
22. 60
26.10
27. 90
26.90
31.90
37. 70
34.80
49. 40
47. 60

$3. 30
4.70
6. 50
7.00
7.80
6.10
5.80
4. 30
5.20
2.90
4.00
1.80
.60
.40

7
3
2
3
4
5
7

8
8

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499__________________________________
$500-$749________________________ _________
$750-$999__________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999______________________________
$3,000-$3,499______________________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________________
$4,000-$4,999____________ _________ ________
$5000 and over.......................... .............................

$64.40
74.20
91.80
104. 60
126. 20
128. 20
2 136.90
141. 30
150. 70
174. 60
166.80
150. 50
185.00
225.10

$18.40
18.90
34.40
36.60
45.90
42.80
46.00
38. 70
45. 20
38.70
43.50
31.20
30.40
25.40

$3. 60
2.30
6.40
8.60
13.20
11.30
19.20
13.20
13.60
20. 80
23.40
15.20
14. 50
13.00

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .
2 Includes $0.60 for item s reported as other fuel light, and refrigeration.



$14.80
16.60
28.00
28.00
32.70
31.50
26. 80
25. 50
31.60
17.90
20.10
16.00
15.90
12.40

$1.30
6.80
2.00
7.30
8.10
11.10
7.20
19. 30
17. 20
17.70
11. 50
9.80
8.80
6. 50

$13. 70
11.60
8.00
6. 30
7.00
6. 30
4.40
4.20
3. 50
2. 80
2. 30
2.30
1.70
.90

$5.80
5.80
8.10
3.40
4. 40
2.20
1.80
1. 50
1.60
.50
.70
.70
(*)

*Average am ounts of less than $0.05 are not show n.

>
dat-1
w►
SUMMARY

$250-$499_________________________________
$500-$749__________________________________
$750-$999__________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999______________________________
$3,000-$3,499______________________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________________
$4,000-$4,999______________________________
$5,000 and over___________________________

to

CO

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

T otal fuel,
ligh t, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

A nthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

(6)

Fuel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499__ _____ _________________________
$500-$749_________________________________
$750-$999 . . _____________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749________ _____________________
$1,750-$1,999_______ _______________________
$2,000-$2,249_____________________________
$2,250-$2,499_____________ ________________
$2,500-$2,999__________________________
$3,000-$3,499. _______________________
$3,500-$3,999 _______ _________________
$4,000-$4,999 - ____ ___________________
$5,000 and over,.___ _________________

100
100
100
99
100
98
100
89
94
100
84
91
100
100

33
42
74
69
64
55
70
47
46
37
49
44
16
26

17
20
16
16
11
37
12
26
25
31
35
8

33
42
54
53
48
44
36
35
20
12
18
9
8
26

3
12
4
12
6
19
13
7

67
57
30
60
44
52
52
34
28
26
26
36
15

50
33
76
31
30
10
3
8
6
12
8

17
9
6
2
8
7
9
34
9
54
46

83
82
83
99
100
98
92
86
94
100
84
91
100
100

33
48
37
54
66
88
94
80
84
88
77
73
91
100

33
60
59
58
57
35
30
15
4
33

$5.20
4.50
10.10
2. 30
4.00
.80
.30
.90
2. 70
2.00
.40

$2.70
3.60
5.40
.50
7. 20
6.00
10.50
42. 70
4.70
39.00
98.40

$8. 70
15.10
16. 60
27.10
28.40
34.00
34.70
29. 70
41.70
36. 30
34. 30
51.90
48.00
67. 70

$5. 50
10.60
8.00
14.60
19.10
26.00
28.40
27.10
21.90
33.80
39.90
32. 40
42.90
48.60

$1.20
3.90
9.00
7.20
10.10
4. 40
4.20
2.20
1.10
7.00

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499_________ _______________________
$500-$749______ ___________________________
$750-$999_________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499_____________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999_____________________________
$3,000-$3,499________________________
$3,500-$3,999__________________________
$4,000-$4,999___________________________
$5,000 and over__________________ __ _

$51. 20
66.40
89.20
104.60
117. 90
114. 50
130. 70
117. 50
124.40
152. 90
117. 80
117. 70
141. 40
234. 30

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .



$10. 60
15.80
41.90
36. 50
44.40
33.10
47.90
31.10
28.00
24.40
34.20
26.30
10. 70
19. 60

$5.80
8.90
8.60
7. 50
4.50
25.00
8.30
15.50
18. 70
21.40
17. 40
6. 60

$4.80
15. 80
33.00
28.00
36.90
28. 60
22.90
22.80
12.50
5. 70
12. 80
8.90
4.10
19. 60

$2.70
5. 30
3. 70
10. 90
4.00
18. 70
15.70
11.90

$17. 30
10.20
3. 60
6.20
8. 20
4. 80
4.00
1.80
2.80
1.80
2. 00
2. 40
.80

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Incom e class

280

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both n ative born]

W EST CENTRAL, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE I

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

WEST CENTRAL, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAM ILIES, TYPES II AND III
Coal

Incom e class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

0)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

(6)

Fuel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

01)

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
98
100
96
100
100
100
100

67
55
70
79
68
68
68
51
72
74
49
45
44
33

17
20
22
29
25
15
30
27
26
39
29
40
13
14

58
41
48
50
43
53
38
24
46
35
20
5
31
19

8
12
8
13
6
15
21
32
17
7
18
20
13

50
34
38
40
54
40
51
50
50
39
39
60
38
26

67
70
57
42
24
25
14
7
7
6
15
12

5
2
6
9
5
6
3
11
17
24
23
56

75
80
95
97
98
98
99
95
97
96
100
100
100
100

23
17
40
55
66
72
82
79
93
96
94
90
100
94

75
69
48
53
42
47
35
26
34
4
11
15
6

$2.10
1.40
4.00
6.10
3.40
4.50
2.90
21.00
20. 70
28.20
17. 80
86.80

$14.00
18.20
21.70
24. 00
32.90
32.20
37.90
41.50
39.90
48.20
46.60
61.40
52.40
74.10

$6.90
4.70
10.60
13.80
18.90
20.60
22.70
28.10
28. 30
28. 30
40.00
33.20
46.00
44.80

$5.20
4.60
4.30
6.80
6.50
7. 30
5.90
4.00
5.70
.80
2.10
8.50
1.60

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__.
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__.
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over.

$72.50
72.00
88.60
102.60
127.10
127.70
131.40
140.50
149.80
158.90
172.60
191.30
176.10
235.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .



$26.10
21. 30
31.30
37.90
49.40
42. 60
37.50
31.40
53.10
52.60
35.60
29.40
44. 30
27.10

$1.30
5. 30
7.60
12.70
13.90
8. 30
15.00
15.50
18.90
23.60
20.10
24.00
16.00
8.80

$24. 80
16.00
23. 70
25.20
35.50
34.30
22.50
15.90
34.20
29.00
15.50
5.40
28. 30
18.30

$2.60
9.50
2.10
9. 30
4. 60
10.90
15. 30
27.00
16. 00
6.20
22. 30
23.60
13.30

$10.80
7.80
8.00
3.60
7.20
4.80
5.80
3. 30
2. 50
1.80
3.00
3.20
2.30
1.40

$6.90
5.90
8.50
5.80
3.60
3.20
2.90
.70
1. 40
2. 30
3.80

>
W
3J
SUMMARY

$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over.

T

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r f u e l , lig h t , a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch item ,s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1 y e a r , 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

282

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

W EST CENTRAL, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPES IV AND V
T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Coke and
briquets

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

(6)

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249__.
$1,250-$1,499__.
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499__.
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000-$3,499—
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999—
$5,000 and over.

100
94
100
100
100
99
100
99
97
100
100
95
100
100

62
45
67
67
75
72
69
64
66
41
66
43
34
31

8
3
11
14
28
30
27
26
15
20
30
16
17
23

54
42
63
54
47
42
42
44
51
21
36
31
17
8

8
11
7
14
22
12
6
17
20
22
13
10
11
11

62
73
57
60
55
59
52
57
44
41
52
36
34
15

38
53
41
24
38
19
16
17
9
11

4
3
8
10
9
27
21
28
33
47

85
94
100
98
100
99
100
99
97
100
100
95
100
100

38
25
52
72
70
67
82
77
84
94
94
95
94
92

62
52
65
61
54
52
39
41
43
30
18
4

$0.90
3.80
8.00
9.50
9.10
33.80
27.40
24.10
34.90
58. 30

$19.10
20.80
26.10
27.10
31.70
33.90
42. 70
42.00
44.90
52.50
55.20
46.20
72.00
67.60

$14.20
6.20
12.90
19.00
21.50
22. 30
27.20
28.20
29.30
33.00
35.60
36. 60
54.10
48.60

$4.60
5.60
7.20
7.20
7.60
6.30
6.80
6.00
7.50
5. 50
3.50
.60
1.10

5

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499......... ............................................................
$500-$749 ......................................... ..........................
$750-1999____________ _____ _____ _____ ______
$1,000-$ 1,249_______________ _____ ___________
$1,250-$ 1,499________________________________
$1,500-$ 1,749________________________________
$1,750-$ 1,999________________________________
$2,000-$ 2,249________________________________
$2,250-$ 2,499________________________________
$2,500-$ 2,999
___
_ _ _
$3,000-$ 3,499________________________________
$3,500-$ 3,999
_____________________
$4,000-$ 4,999________________________________
$5,000 and over




$78.30
85.40
99.50
106.60
131.20
137.00
3 146. 30
157. 60
167.10
193. 40
187.50
154.10
211.10
215. 40

$22.00
19.80
31.20
35.20
43.30
48.60
51.80
48.80
52.10
38.20
51.80
34. 30
35.30
27.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .

$2.80
1.40
1.90
4.60
16.60
17.70
18.20
14.90
10.00
20. 30
25.90
11.20
18.00
21.10

$19.20
18.40
29. 30
30.60
26.70
30.90
33.60
33. 90
42.10
17.90
25.90
23.10
17.30
6.10

$1.90
8.40
3.80
6. 70
14.90
11.50
2.70
14. 30
18.80
26.60
11.90
10.40
11.60
12.70

$11.20
17. 30
12.60
9.50
5.80
8. 30
3.70
6. 50
4.40
3.80
2.10
1.90
2.00
1.00

$5.30
7. 30
5.70
1.90
5.50
2.30
1.90
2.30
1.00
.10

3 Includes $1.50 for item s reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Coal

Incom e class

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

T a b l e 7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Incom e class

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

A nthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets
(6)

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(8)

(7)

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A . Percentages of fam ilies reporting expenditure
100
93
98
100
99
96
99
98
100
98
98
100
100
100

91
82
88
72
70
69
68
64
58
61
64
43
49
28

1
3
2
3
1
3
2
2

91
82
87
72
67
67
66
63
58
58
62
43
49
26

(*)
1
3

64
22
33
41
38
41
39
35
39
35
30
16
28
8

37
8
10
9
5
5
2
2
1
1
2

(*)
1
2
3
4

87
91
92
94
95
94
98
98
100
98
98
100
100
100

4
30
22
43
45
47
61
57
62
60
76
68
81
85

35
51
54
61
59
41
48
38
37
20
21
17
6
20

$13. 70
17.70
22.80
26.60
31.00
32.90
43.00
44.80
52.40
56.60
61.70
61.80
71. 30
85.80

$0.80
10.70
6.90
18.30
25.80
24.40
39.40
40.80
50.10
41.20
55.30
63.80
87. 50
109.00

$1.70
2. 50
4.30
5.70
5.80
5.00
5.60
5.20
5.20
2.40
2.80
3. 50
.80
5.10

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$250-$499__________________________________
$500-$749_______________________________
$750-$999_______________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499
____
_____________
$1,500-$1,749
____ ______________
$1,750-$1,999 .
___
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
_____
$2,500-$2,999
_____ _____
$3,000-$3,499
. _ _______________
$3,500-$3,999
. _________________
$4,000-$4,999
___ ___________________
$5,000 and over. _________________________

B . Average expenditure
$65.10
61.50
86.20
94.30
105. 50
108. 50
131.40
131.60
144. 60
142. 50
166. 20
159. 50
187.30
230. 20

$41.50
29.20
48.60
39.80
40. 50
42.60
40. 50
38.00
34. 30
40.00
42.30
24. 30
26.90
20.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .



$0.80
2.00
2.00
2.30
.10
.80
1.20
1.20

$41. 50
29.20
47.80
39.80
38. 50
40. 60
38.20
37.90
34.30
39.20
41.10
24. 30
26.90
18.90

$0.10
.20
.20

$3. 70
1.20
3.10
3.10
2.20
2.90
2.60
1.90
2.40
2. 30
1.40
.80
.80
.40

$3.70
.20
.50
.70
.20
.70
.10
(*)
(*)
(*)
.20

(*)
$0.90
2.70
5.10
9.80

*Percentages of less than 0.5 and average am ounts of less th an $0.05 are not show n .

283

$250-$499..................... ................ .............................
$500-$749
_ _ ___
$750-$999
. . ___ _______
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
_____________________
$1,250-$1,499
$1,500-$1,749
_______________________
$1,750-$1,999 ____________________________
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
.
....................
$2,500-$2,999
______ ____
$3,000-$3,499 . .
............................
$3,500-$3,999..... ..............................................
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over. .
_______________

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and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuelf light} and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, hy family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-36— Continued

7*— Household operation— Fuel, light,

284

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I
T otal fuel,
ligh t, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

B itum i­
nous

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling 1

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

Fuel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499___
$500-$749_________________________________
___
$750-$999._ .
$1,000-$1,249 .
$1,250-$1,499_____________________________
$1,500-$1,749_ _ ______ _______
$1,750-$1,999_________________ ___________ _
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999______________________________
$3,000-$3,499______________________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________________
........................................
$4,000-$4,999
$5,000 and over______ _____________________

100
87
100
100
100
92
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
75
76
63
64
57
61
52
61
52
67
46
49
33

3
6
1
9

100
75
73
63
58
56
61
52
61
52
58
46
49
33

10

50
4
7
9
10
2

100
83
90
89
92
92
100
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

31
30
52
41
44
73
62
53
58
76
75
81
77

39
49
59
55
33
40
41
33
19
16
29
33

$4.50
(*)
.20
.30
.30
.10

$14.80
15.00
19.60
23.40
29.60
32. 50
40. GO43. 50
51.00
58.70
55.90
54.60
67.50
66. 30

$10.30
11.40
13.40
30.90
15.60
44.20
42.10
46. 30
42.50
43.90
57.00
62.00
55.20

$1.50
4. 50
5.70
7.20
3.80
5.00
6.90
6.00
2.80
1.80
3.00
11.30

100
31
32
30
32
35
35
26
43
37
17
12
19

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499______________ ____________
$500-$749_________________________________
$750-$999_________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999 ___________
$3,000-$3,499 .
____________ . ___
$3,500-$3,999
________________ __
$4,000-$4,999
______________________
$5,000 and o v e r ____________ ____________




$69.10
55.10
85.10
75.90
104.10
86.80
122. 20
127. 40
141.40
133. 70
139. 40
140. 50
143. 70
151. 20

$44. 30
26.20
44.90
31.40
34.70
32.20
31.00
33.80
34. 30
26.90
37.60
24. 70
13.80
18.40

$2.40
1.10
.70
4.30

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .

$44.30
26.20
42.50
31.40
33.60
31.50
31.00
33. 80
34. 30
26.90
33. 30
24.70
13.80
18.40

$0.60

$5.50
2.10
4. 50
1.70
1. 40
2.70
1.90
1.10
3.20
2.80
.20
1.20
.40

*Average am ounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Coal

Incom e class

T

able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985—36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

EOCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND III
Coal

Incom e class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets
(6)

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499.. .
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999_. .
$2,000-$2,249. _.
$2,250-$2,499_ _.
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499_. .
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999_ _ _
$5,000 and over.

100
100
95
100
97
97
100
100
98
91

94
100
100
100

75
90
91
82
61
73
62
68
46
63
58
35
53
36

3
8
9
9

75
90
91
82
61
70
57
68
46
54
58
35
53
27

25
15
7
10
10
4
4
4

1
1

i

9
9

62
98
92
96
94
93
100
98
98
91
94
100
100
100

12
32
18
30
53
43
58
55
75
60
63
75
88
91

75
62
47
55
56
44
47
40
36
22
16
5
12
9

$9.40
19. 50
23.60
29.20
30.50
32.80
44.00
44. 60
51.70
51.50
63.20
62.70
70.90
97. 70

$2. 40
11. 30
4.70
14. 60
23. 60
24.00
39.70
34.70
56.60
49.80
57. 70
74.50
82.90
114. 20

$4.00
3.20
3.20
4.00
4.50
5.30
5. 40
5.10
4.30
2.90
2.40
.70
2.50
.90

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B . Average expenditure
$47.10
69. 20
80.00
99. 70
96.60
113.10
130. 70
124.10
142.10
144.20
167. 30
172.10
196. 80
254.00

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .



$25.80
34. 30
46.40
47. 30
35. 50
46.20
38.50
37. 60
27.90
37.90
42. 60
18.20
39. 30
26. 70

$1.80
5.40
2. 80
6.30

$25. 80
34. 30
46.40
47.30
35. 50
44.40
33.10
37. 60
27.90
35.10
42. 60
18.20
39.30
20.40

$0.30
.40

$1.40
.40
1.80
3.20
2. 50
3.00
2.40
2.00
1.60
2.00
1.40
.60
1.20
.70

$4.10
. 50
.30
1.00
1.80
.30
. 10
. 10

$0.10

15.40
13.80

285

$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249. _ _
$1,250-$1,499...
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999_ _.
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999___
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over.

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, m i year, 1985-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

286

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V
T otal fuel,
ligh t, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets
(6)

Kerosene
W ood and and
gaso­
kindling 1
line

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

(7)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499________ _________ _
$500-$749_________________________________
$750-$999_________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749____________________________
$1,750-$1,999___________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499........................
$2,500-$2,999____________________________
$3,000-$3,499_______________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________
$4,000-$4,999.................... ................
$5,000 and over____ ________________ _____

100
100
100
100
100
100
98
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

100
88
98
69
90
78
83
70
65
65
66
48
47
19

4
4
1
2

100
88
98
69
86
74
82
68
65
65
66
48
47
19

25
41
50
52
52
44
38
43
32
37
19
31
11

25
20
8
7
3
1
6
5

2
4
5

100
100
94
96
99
96
95
98
100
100
100
100
100
100

25
16
50
41
56
52
55
60
61
85
57
78
89

50
62
70
74
67
47
56
32
40
19
26
18
6
14

$19. 30
23.90
25. 80
27.20
33.30
33.50
44. 60
46.20
54.00
58.90
64.20
66.10
73.70
96.10

$11.30
4.20
30.90
22.90
35.30
34.20
45.20
48. 60
34.90
61.00
59. 60
104.10
149.50

$2.00
4.00
5.40
8.30
5.80
6.00
6.40
3.80
5.20
1.90
3. 70
6.20
.30
2.00

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499 _______________________________
$500-$749 . . .
. ___
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499_______________________ ___
$1,500-$1,749 . ___________ ____
$1,750-$1,999
. . _.
$2,000-$2,249 _____________________________
$2,250-$2,499 ____ ____ ______________
_____________________
$2,500-$2,999 . .
__ .
$3,000-$3,499
_ ___
$3,500-$3,999
_____
$4,000-$4,999 __________________________
$5,000 and over
____________ __ ______




$89.10
67.10
96.80
112.80
118.40
127.40
141. 40
142.20
148. 80
146.00
182. 30
162.10
206.40
282. 50

$63. 70
27.90
56.70
40.70
53.30
49.70
52.50
42.10
38.70
48.00
45.20
29.00
27. 60
18. 60

$5.60
3. 90
.60
.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .

$63. 70
27.90
56. 70
40.70
47.70
45.80
51.90
41.90
38.70
48.00
45.20
29.00
27.60
18.60

$3. 30
3.40
5.00
2. 70
2.90
3. 70
2.40
2.20
2.30
2.20
.70
.70
. 50

$0.80
1. 30
.70
.40
(*)
(*)
.10
.50

$2.50
6.00
15.80

♦ Average am ounts of less than $0.05 are not show n.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Coal

Incom e class

T

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Incom e class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

A nthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

Kerosene
W ood and and gaso­
kindling 1
line
(7)

(6)

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
100
100
100
96
99
100
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

16
11
18
16
13
15
21
18
23
21
8
22
10
18

1
1
1
3
2
2
2
4
10

16
11
18
16
12
15
21
15
21
19
6
18
10
8

(*)
(*)

2
3
2
1
2

4
4

68
86
90
88
90
89
84
94
82
78
79
88
70
69

4
2
(*)
3
3
2
(•)
2
2

10
8
2
3
10
17
21
21
14
33
35
40
42
37

16
12
8
19
19
22
22
29
23
20
8
29
11
36

$0.20
.20
1. 30
1.90
2.50
5.40
4.60
10.70
42.70
26.70
36.90
114.80

$12.40
17.70
16.90
22.00
23.50
27.40
32.40
35.30
42.40
46.90
58.80
65.00
63.90
89.90

$2. 40
1.70
.50
.60
2.00
4.50
7. 40
4.50
4.30
9.20
9.50
12. 20
15.90
18.10

$0.60
.70
.50
.90
1.10
1.20
1.60
2.20
2.00
1.60
.40
4.50
1.40
4.00

B . Average expenditure
$250-$499__________ __________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____ _______________________
$1,000-$1,249__________________________ . .
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999______________________________
$3,000-$3,499______________________________
$3,500-$3,999______________________________
$4,000-$4,999______________________________
$5,000 and over___________________________

$42.40
54.60
51.70
62.10
65.60
78.00
89.10
97. 30
2 100. 30
111. 50
147.40
155. 60
154.50
249.20

$0.20
2.30
2.20
1.80
1.90
4.40
4.00
5.60
4.00
5.60
2.80
10.50
3.10
6.00

(*)
$0.30
(*)
1.40
.30
.60
.30
1.40
1.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .
2 Includes $0.50 for item s reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.




$0.20
2.30
2.20
1.80
1.90
4.10
4.00
4.20
3.70
5.00
2.50
9.10
3.10
4.80

(*)
$0.40
.10
.10
.20
.30
(*)

.80

.30

$26.80
31.80
31.40
36.60
35.30
38.30
40.60
44.00
41.60
36.30
33.20
35.90
33.30
16.10

$0.20
.20
(*)
.10
.20
.50
.10
.60
1.20

^Percentages of less than 0.5 and average am ounts of less than $0.05 are not show n.

287

3
6
9
9
9
12
48
26
40
83

90
98
97
95
93
99
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100

(*)
(*)

SUMMARY

$250-$499__________________________________
$500-$749_________________________________
$750-$999_________________________________
$1,000-$1,249______________________________
$1,250-$1,499______________________________
$1,500-$1,749______________________________
$1,750-$1,999______________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________________________
$2,500-$2,999____________ _________________
$3,000-$3,499__________________________
$3,500-$3,999_____________________
$4,000-$4,999_______________________ __
$5,000 and over_________ _________________

T

able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

T otal

A nthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over.

100
100
100
90
98
100
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100

25
14
12
23
17
16
9
14
26
15
11
40
20

4

25
14
12
23
17
16
9
10
26
15
11
40
20

8
3

100
94
95
84
78
81
62
86
56
69
56
100
59
50

1
6
7
4
16
10
17
33
20
41
100

100
97
97
90
81
96
100
100
98
100
100
100
100
100

11
5
3
17
27
41
23
8
47
34
60
30
70

$0.70
2.80
.50
2.60
8.90
7.00
10.70
23.20
22.40
48.90
183.00

$13.80
15.20
15. 30
19.90
21.20
20.40
23. 70
29.60
42.80
34.20
61.10
50.80
47.00
106.50

$1.50
1.30
(*)
3.30
5.60
16.00
3.70
2.30
12.80
9.40
11.80
5.30
40.20

8
8
5
7

25
11
5
20
16
25
32
24
26
23
11
40
20

B . Average expenditure
$250-499_______
$500-$749...........
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999___
$3,000-$3,499___
$3,500-$3,999—
$4,000-$4,999—
$5,000 and over.




$52.10
53. 60
50.00
54.50
56.60
59.90
77.20
80.10
85.00
87. 80
121. 20
129.20
121.90
357. 50

$0.30
.90
2.70
2.20
1.30
2.40
3.30
3.80
2.20
2.30
4.80
18.40
3.66

$0.90

1 See explanation of tables for defintion o fthis item .

$0. 30
.90
2.70
2.20
1. 30
2.40
3. 30
2. 90
2.20
2.30
4.80
18.40
3.66

$1.10
1.20

$37.00
35. 30
30.40
30.70
26.10
29.80
28.60
31.70
24. 30
23.20
22.00
21.80
20. 70
20.80

$0.40

.20
2.00

3.80

♦ Average am ounts of less than $0.05 are not show n.

$1..3000
1..30.6000
1.20
3.00
2.40
3.20
.80
.70
4.00
4.00

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

Coal

Incom e class

288

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both n ative born]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief fam ilies including husband and wife, both native born]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND IH
Coal

Incom e class

T otal fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

B itu m i­
nous
(5)

Coke and
briquets

W ood and
kindling i

Kerosene
and gaso­
line

F uel oil

E lectricity

Gas

Ice

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A . Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure

100
99
100
100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

16
28
18
17
17
23
22
15
17
19
16
18

4
1
3
8

16
28
18
13
16
23
19
15
17
11
16
18

5
2
8
18

67
90
94
89
96
88
95
95
95
83
92
69
73
85

1
1
5
2
1

1
2
8
15
6
10
19
38
50
67

100
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

8
2
6
16
11
20
19
26
54
47
33
52

7
14
24
18
17
13
29
27
26
19
23
14
56

$1.90
.50
1.30
5.10
3.40
4.40
6.30
6.00
16.00
15.10
8.50
22.20

$0.50
1.10
1.10
1.30
1.20
.90
2.00
2.40
2.80
.90
4.40
3.10
11.30

H>3
dwf
£

SUMMARY

'$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1;000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999.._
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499.. _
$3,500-$3,999-. .
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over

B . Average expenditure




$25.00
54.10
52.80
64.60
72.70
81.10
89.00
99.60
2 107.90
107.80
121.10
174.80
177.40
222.50

$6.20
2.40
2.20
3.80
6.70
3.50
7.80
4.00
5.30
4.90
.30
19.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item .

$0.10
.70
2.00
1.00

$6.20
2.40
2.20
3.70
6.00
3.50
5.80
4.00
5.30
3.90
.30
19.80

$0.10
.10
.20
1.50

$14.30
29.60
31.00
38. 70
40.10
36.60
44.30
42.90
48. 30
43. 30
41.10
42.50
39.10
6.50

$0.10
.10
.40
.50
.40

$0.60
.40
1.70
2.40
4.30
4.20
15.30
40.50
50.80
81.10

$10.70
15.30
18.20
21.90
25.80
29.40
34.00
37.70
41.30
50.40
42.70
72.30
75.60
80.10

2 Includes $1.40 for item s reported as other fuel, ligh t, and refrigeration.

289

■ $250-$499______
$600-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-$2,499___
$2,500-$2,999._ .
$3,000-$3,499.. .
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000 and over

T able

P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re f o r fu e l, lig h t, a n d
r e fr ig e r a tio n , a n d avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r su ch ite m s , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1 y e a r, 19S5-S6—Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n :

(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

(8)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499..... ...................................................
$500-$749....................................... .................
$750-$999_______ _____________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250 -$1,499__ _____ _________________
$1,500-$1,749...... .............................. ............
$1,750-$1,999________ ________________
$2,000 $2,249______________-.....................
$2,250-$2,499...................................................
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000-$3,499________ ________ ________
$3,500-$3,999 .................................... ..........
$4,000-$4,999................................. .................
$5,000 and over_______________________

(t)

100
100
99
100
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

13
6
4
13
28
17
29
30
27
10
18

2
4
6
5

8

18

13
6
4
13
28
13
23
25
19
10

2
1
4
s

(t) 68
78
91
96
97
90
97
90
82
89
96
71
71

7
3
3
3

(t)
2
4
5
8
8
19
76
19
34
82

100
93
99
99
100
99
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

$0. 70
3.30
2.40
3. 80
3.10
21.20
74. 30
18.90
25.10
99.10

(t)
$24. 70
17.40
24. 50
23. 40
30.80
37.90
37.10
43.10
54.50
67.40
67. 30
60.90
86.60

(t)

4
3
6
11
16
22
12
28
23
24
50
18

20
3
10
23
26
23
31
17
12
27
12
35

(t)$1.90
1.50
1.40
2.70
4.70
5.10
3.80
9.10
5.50
10.40
23.20
7.40

$1.60
.10
.30
1.40
1.20
1.20
2.10
.80
1.30
4.80
.70
1.30

• B. Average expenditure
$250-$499
............................................
$500-$749
...........................................
$750 $999
....................................
$1,000-$1,249 - __________________
$1,250-$1,499 ________ ____________
$1,500-$1,749 _______________________
$1,750-$1,999__ ______________________
$2,000-$2,249 _______________________
$2,250-$2,499 ________________ _______
$2,500-$2,999
_____
$3 000-$3,499 _
_
$3,500-$3,999 ______________________
$4 000-$4,999
_
___
$.5,000 and o ve r

(t)
$56.70
52.70
67.10
67.50
89.50
99.20
107.40
104.00
136.00
183. 50
156.10
148. 50
214.20

$0.90
.60
.20
3.30
5.20
4.90
5.50
8.90
14.00
5.60
2.10

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•[Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases



$0.10
1.10
1.00
1.60
3.30
2.10

$0.90
.60
.20
3.30
5.10
3.80
4.50
7.30
10.70
5.60

$0.20
.20
.50
1.80

(t)
$28. 50
33.60
40.20
40.40
48.00
46.60
53.90
47.70
41.00
36. 30
38.90
33.00
17. 70

$0.70
(*)
1.00

*Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

Income class

290

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENGLAND, 4 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, 5 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

(6)

Fueloil

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

32
26
29
43
45
55
63
62
58
62
48

16
25
26
41
41
52
57
58
53
50
38

16
1
3
2
4
3
8
4
5
12
10

6
13
18
15
14
13
24
21
12
11

64
69
71
73
64
55
65
62
59
30
32

3
5
8
7
14
11
10
14
28
35

64
89
95
98
96
96
100
97
100
100
100

16
35
32
38
53
66
71
71
75
64
72

80
68
64
75
70
54
60
47
41
26
28

$22.10
28.40
30.00
33.90
29.90
29.80
31.40
29.80
24.80
14.10
16.00

$1.40
2.70
4. 30
2.60
10.10
7.60
4.50
13. 60
25.50
46.70

$12.20
21.70
22.30
26.90
28.50
35.70
36.60
40.00
44.40
50.70
61.20

$1.30
7.00
6.60
8.10
16.40
20.80
22. 80
23.80
25.80
27.00
43.50

$7.70
5.50
6.40
7.70
8.10
6.70
9.50
7.60
5.90
5.10
4.40

33
43
37
38
41
39
38
37
42
34
33

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499
.............................................
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249______ ____ ______________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-81,999________ ________________
$2,000-$2.249_________________________
$2,250-82,499_________________________
$2,500-82,999_________________________
$3,000 and over_______________________

$66. 50
95.90
99.50
120. 70
131.80
159. 30
173. 30
180. 20
185.80
186. 50
237.00

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$16. 70
16.60
15.20
25.20
30.40
39.10
49. 50
51.50
49.80
48.00
48. 30

$6.60
16.50
13.10
24.20
27.90
37.70
44.50
49. 30
47.00
40.00
40.90

$10.10
.10
2.10
1.00
2. 50
1. 40
5.00
2.20
2.80
8.00
7.40

$3.10
7.50
8.20
7.70
9.10
8.20
16.60
13. 30
11.40
11.70

$6.50
12.20
8.80
6.40
8.20
8.00
7.70
6.40
8.20
4.70
5.20

>

§
>

SUMMARY

$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499______ ____ ______________
$2,600-$2,999................................................
$3,000 and over_____________________

to

CO

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499 ____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999*____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999
. _ ___________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over_______________________

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

57
31
32
46
50
49
64
66
56
55
64

28
31
29
40
46
46
58
60
48
33
50

29
3
6
4
3
8
6
8
22
14

7
19
19
15
14
12
21
11
7

57
51
66
62
53
42
67
55
62
22
29

57
38
38
35
26
25
32
36
29
33
36

7
3
6
9
21
13
19
20
33
29

57
89
90
95
95
89
100
100
100
100
100

28
58
31
58
64
72
79
77
90
67
71

86
60
61
64
57
38
58
28
37
33
36

$10. 30
20.40
21.00
26.80
27.00
31.80
34.70
39. 50
38.60
43.70
51.40

$2.30
11.60
8.40
10.70
20.20
26.40
23. 50
24. 50
31. 60
26.00
23.60

$9.70
5.70
6.40
6.70
8.00
4.70
8.10
6.70
6.30
7.90
5.50

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499__________ _______________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999 _____________________
$2,000-$2,249_______________ ____ _____
$2,250-$2,499________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over----------------------------------

$80.70
100.90
99.50
121.00
135.20
149.50
163.30
166.20
190.80
162. 30
202. 90

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.




$29. 30
27.90
19.70
30. 70
38. 70
36.80
47.60
56.40
49.80
29.00
55.60

$11.60
27.90
18.00
28.40
36.40
35. 50
42.30
53.20
45.10
15.90
48.20

$17.70
1.70
2. 30
2.30
1.30
5.30
3.20
4.70
13.10
7.40

$3.20
9.90
9.90
7.50
10.60
8.80
13.80
11.90
8.20

$11. 40
10.40
9.40
5.20
2.90
4.60
5.10
2.20
2.90
5.00
5.40

$17.70
18.80
23.10
27.80
28.70
18.10
32.10
20. 40
20.70
13.60
12.30

$2.90
1.60
3.20
2.20 .
16.50
12.20
7.70
27.10
25.20
40.90

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

NEW ENGLAND, 4 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

292

T able

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENGLAND, 4 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES II AND IH
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

(6)

Fuel oil

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499____ ______________•_________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$l,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_______ _________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over ___________________

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

21
17
32
39
59
65
62
64
63
44

19
15
31
37
58
62
54
64
50
35

2
2
1
2
1
3
8
13
9

5
8
24
14
15
17
17
16
19
13

48
34
38
47
47
39
33
50
38
26

87
76
86
63
56
57
67
41
44
30

9
8
3
12
15
6
12
19
43

89
100
100
96
98
100
98
100
100
100

8
27
24
54
62
80
67
78
56
74

(t) 74
67
79
72
58
63
54
25
12
17

(t)
$33.30
39.20
38.10
27.20
32.40
25.60
36.70
23.40
21.00
17.80

$4. 50
4.20
1.30
9.60
8.00
3.10
6.20
17.60
50.00

(t)
$22.40
22.50
25.60
28.10
39.20
35.50
40.20
49.80
53.80
59.00

$1.00
4.20
5.20
17.50
16.70
27.10
25.80
24.90
26.60
34.40

(t)$5.60
6. 70
7.90
7.80
7.80
10.40
8.70
4.00
2. 60
2.30

(t)

(t)

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499
. ......................... ___
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499 . ___________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over_______________ ______

(t)
$81.30
94.20
115.10
121. 70
162.30
175.10
179. 50
177.40
208.30
230.40

$4.10
6. 70
17.40
21.50
39.50
51.40
50.50
51.80
65.40
44.70

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
t Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 eases.




$3.70
4.60
17.00
20.60
39.00
48. 70
46.20
51.80
55. 90
38.30

$0.40
2.10
.40
.90
.50
2.70
4.30
9.50
6.40

$2.60
4.00
10.30
8.80
7.60
11.10
10.20
11.20
17.20
18. 30

$12.30
6.40
6.40
9.50
9.50
6.00
4.30
6.10
4.10
3.90

7.

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(7)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(6)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999 ____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249 ___ __________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over____ __________________

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

24
55
57
51
56
60
59
56
69
41

24
50
57
42
51
50
59
50
69
32

5
9
5
11
6
9

8
17
6
15
14
20
38
25
6
12

48
44
44
53
44
42
40
47
31
38

(t) 84
67
71
81
67
71
66
69
25
35

(t)
11
10
9
6
5
10
31
32

92
94
100
98
100
100
95
100
100
100

32
50
30
40
64
54
70
60
69
70

$6.10
5.20
4.00
3.10
2.80
7.40
33.40
48.00

(t)
$24.00
25.50
29.10
30.90
35.20
39.50
40.40
45.40
56.50
70.80

$7.00
9.00
8.70
9.60
20.20
17.80
22.00
21. 50
28. 70
67.20

(t)

76
61
86
85
64
60
58
58
31
32

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499_______________ _____________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________ ________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999_________________________
$2,000-$2,249______________________
$2,250-$2,499_______ ____ _____________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over_______________________

(t)
$115. 50
115.60
129.20
143.10
165. 70
180. 50
192.30
188.00
195. 60
269.20

$11.10
29.40
28.80
33.40
41.00
49.10
48.10
48.40
54.90
46.10

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPercentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$11.10
26.00
28.80
28.30
38. 30
42.20
48.10
45.20
54.90
37.80

$3.40
5.10
2.70
6.90
3.20
8.30

$3.90
11.50
2. 20
6.10
9.50
12.70
27.30
14.50
5.10
8.30

$17. 70
14.40
8.40
13. 30
9. 70
11.70
11.20
14.40
5.00
6.20

(t)
$46.90
20. 50
37.00
36.00
38.60
36.70
33.00
29. 50
8.10
17.20

(t)
$4.90
5.30
8.90
8.60
7.50
9.90
7. 50
6.90
3.90
5.40

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

NEW ENGLAND, 4 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPES IV AND V

294

T able

T able

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel , light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 yeart 1935—36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

■ If—

06TTSQT

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, 7 TYPES
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1 line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100

100
100

99
99
100
98
100
99
99
99

97
84
96
92
93
94
91
95
93
93
85

97
84
95
92
93
93
90
93
90
92
84

5
1
1
(*) 1
1
3
3
2
1

(•)
(•) 1
1
(*> 1

5
15
11
8
11
11
7
6
12
6
8

40
46
40
27
26
18
16
7
19
6
6

1
2
(*) 1
2
(*> 2
4

95
94
93
99
97
100
98
100
98
99
99

43
49
52
69
70
83
83
91
83
92
90

39
54
56
58
54
52
50
42
40
31
20

$19.00
19.60
21.90
26.00
32.60
35.80
39. 50
40.80
43.10
44.90
50.40

$9.80
9.60
12.70
19.80
22.50
26.80
30.10
32.50
28.90
36.00
41.90

$2.20
4.50
5.60
6.60
7.10
7.00
7.60
6.60
6.20
5.60
3.50

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499..................... .............. .................
$500-$749_______
_____
___
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749___ . _______________
$1,750-$1,999___
_______________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499_________________________
____ ________
$2,500-$2,999 _
$3,000 and over_______________________

$71.30
74.50
90. 30
102.10
119. 30
127. 80
134.10
141. 20
143.10
154. 50
165.30

$36.60
35.20
45.30
45.10
52.60
55.20
53.90
59.80
60.90
64.50
60.50

$0.90
.30
.60
.10
.30
.50
1.70
1.40
.90
.90

$36.60
34.30
45.00
44.50
52.50
54.90
53.40
58.10
59.50
63.60
59.60




$0.30
1. 20
.60
.80
.60
1.30
.30
.10
.40
.20
.40

$3.40
4.40
4.00
3.50
2.80
1.70
2.10
.90
1.90
.70
.50

(*)
(*)$0.20
.90
.40
.50
2.60
8.10

295

1See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 and average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$0.20
.10
.20
.60
.10
1.20

►3
>
W
d
tr1
>
S3

SUMMARY

$250-$499__........
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___.
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999_..
$2,000-$2,249__.
$2,250-$2,499_. _
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

o p e ra tio n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— H o u s e h o ld

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

Bitumi­
nous

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

CD

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

100
100
100
100
100
100
95
100
96
95
95

100
60
100
86
90
86
78
96
85
88
71

13
3
3
5
4
4
5

100
60
100
86
90
83
75
91
81
88
66

2
3

26
2
10
22
8
5
12
3

40
33
10
22
11
31

89
87
81
100
100
100
95
100
96
95
95

44
60
67
88
69
93
71
94
93
89
90

22
83
55
63
46
42
60
25
17
11
16

$17.30
14. 60
16.40
24.70
32.50
36.10
31.80
39.20
38.60
40.90
42.80

$10.00
8.80
15.00
22.80
19.60
27.20
20.70
26.50
32.00
30.00
41.40

$1.40
6.80
6.90
6.90
5.70
5.90
9.50
5.70
2.50
2.40
2.70

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499..........
$500—$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000 and over.

$72. 70
56.70
86.20
97.80
113.50
121.80
115.50
137. 50
126.90
136.00
142.00

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
•Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.




$42.00
20.90
43. 60
41.40
52.90
50.60
45.70
66.10
53. 30
62.60
49.40

$1.90
1.40
1.70
3.10
.40
1.10
3.70

$42.00
19.00
43.60
41.40
52.90
49.20
44.00
63.00
52.90
61.50
45.70

$1.00
2.70

$2.80
(•)
.40
1.20
1.30
.20
.50
. 10

$2.00
2.80
3.30
.90
1.60
.70
4.90
(*)

$0.70

5.70

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SMALL CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES, TYPE I

296

T a b le

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, lights and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1985-86— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE H

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light ,and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitum­
inous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

(7)

$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749__________________ _________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999___________________ ______
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________ __________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over______ ________________

100
100
100
95
93
100
100
100
97
100
100

100
100
88
93
78
92
80
88
90
81
82

5
6
6

100
100
86
93
78
92
80
88
84
81
82

20
2
8
9
14
6
11

33
74
47
29
25
9
7
6
12

4

2

9

100
97
97
95
92
100
98
100
97
100
100

33
37
53
71
59
95
90
94
76
100
91

33
40
65
47
45
50
29
32
12
12
9

$15.00
22.00
15.80
24.90
28.90
35.50
44.10
37.80
44.80
44.20
55.70

$5.70
5.70
12.30
17. 50
17.00
31.90
40.60
30.10
29.50
45.50
56.40

$1.00
2.80
6. 50
6. 30
6. 80
6.90
5. 40
4.10
1.50
5.50
1.00

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749_______________ ... _____
$750-$999__________ ________ _____
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499______ __________________
$1,500-$1,749_______________ _________
$1,750-$1,999___________________ ______
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499______________ •__________
$2,500-$2,999_________________________
$3,000 and over______________ . . ___

$60.70
74.00
87.70
97.60
100.60
129. 50
138. 80
2122. 50
136. 70
156. 90
193.60

$32. 30
38.10
46.90
43.10
42. 50
54.40
47.80
49.80
59. 30
53.80
58.70

$1.60
1. 90
6.20

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.




$32. 30
38.10
45. 30
43.10
42.50
54. 40
47. 80
47. 90
53.10
53. 80
58. 70

$1. 40
. 20
.30
.30
. 30
. 10
.20

$6. 70
5.40
4. 80
5.60
2.60
.50
.60
. 50
1.40

$2.50
7.90
21.80

fcO

TABULAE SUMMARY

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure

CO

298

operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigerationt and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-86— Continued

T a b l e 7. — Household

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

(8)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

.(10)

(11)

(12)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499____________________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999 ___________________________
$1,000-$1,249 _____________ ______
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1.999 _____________________
$2,000-$2,249 . _____________________
$2,250-$2,499 _____________________
$2,500-$2,999 _____________________
$3,000 and over-----------------------------------

100
100
100
100
100
100
97
100
100
100
100

100
96
100
92
95
100
92
100
95
93
68

8
6
7

100
96
100
92
95
100
92
93
95
93
68

25
8
9
2
3
9
7
6
16

75
68
55
33
23
15
11
7
5
14
8

8

16

100
100
93
98
100
100
97
100
95
100
100

25
24
38
64
77
88
92
97
81
86
84

50
48
57
65
34
57
28
22
105
8

$16. 80
21.70
22. 20
23. 50
34. 40
35.00
42.90
40. 50
45.70
48.10
75.90

$3.80
3.90
11.00
18. 40
19,40
28.80
31. 60
32. 60
27.80
38.90
55.60

$1.30
4.20
4. 20
7.40
6.10
9.20
3.90
3. 80
.80
1.40
.50

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499 ___________ _____ __________
$500-$749 ___________________________
$750-$999 ______________ _____________
$1,000-$1,249 ________________________
$1,250-$1,499 ________________________
$1,500-$!,749 . _____________________
$1,750-$1,999
___________________
$2,000-$2,249
__________________
$2,250-$2,499
. ______ ________
$2,500-$2,999 _
_ ____ _______
$3,000 and over____________ ______ ..

$67.40
86. 50
84. 30
103. 40
103.90
129.00
134. 50
143. 30
133. 50
156.40
247. 50

i See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
* Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.




$36. 20
47.90
41.90
50.10
41.00
54. 50
54.90
65.70
58.40
66.90
71.70

$2.30
4.30
4.80

$36. 20
45.60
41.90
45. 80
41.00
54. 50
54. 90
60.90
58.40
66.90
71.70

$1.00
. 20
1.00
(*)
. 10
.30
. 10
. 10
1.60

$8.30
8.30
4.00
4.00
3.00
1.40
.90
.60
.70
1.10
.20

$0.30

42.00

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE III

T able

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuel, light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE IV

Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

Anthracite

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Bitumi­
nous
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling 1
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(ID

(12)

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

86
100
98
98
99
98
100
95
95
97
91

1

86
100
98
98
99
98
100
95
95
96
91

1
2
5

14
10
11
15
4
16
3
5
14
14
11

43
23
25
24
24
25
12
5
41
3
8

9
2
4
3
4

100
100
100
100
94
100
100
100
100
100
100

43
58
55
63
84
70
84
95
88
100
92

57
32
55
56
60
59
58
58
60
48
21

$23. 30
22. 30
28. 30
27.10
33.50
35.20
41.20
39. 20
41.00
42.50
46.10

$10.00
16.00
13. 70
19. 40
30.60
22. 70
28.70
39.10
24.20
37. 70
38.00

$5.00
2.60
5. 30
5.90
6.70
7.70
8.60
7.40
8.70
6.80
3.60

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499_ ____ __________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999
___ _____ . ____
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749
_ . _ ________
$1,750-$1,999 ________________________
$2,000-$2,249 ________________________
$2,250-$2,499 ________________________
$2,500-$2,999 ________________________
$3,000 and over_____ ________________

$75.00
87.20
98.10
103. 20
129.70
132.20
135.90
141.90
* 147.70
158.30
157.80

$34.00
44.50
49.30
45.60
54.50
61.30
56.10
55.30
65.40
66.60
63.00

$1.00




(*)
$6.16
3.60

$0. 70
.20
. 10
1.80
. 10
3.30
.20
.10
.50
.30
.40

$2.00
1.60
1.20
3.40
2.20
2.00
1.00
.30
4.20
.10
.50

$6.20
2.10
.50
4. 30
6.20

299

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
8 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.
♦ Average amounts of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$34.00
44. 50
49.30
45.60
54.50
61.30
56.10
55. 30
65.40
65. 60
63.00

SUMMARY

$250-$499___ ________ ________________
$500-$749____________________________
$750-$999____________________________
$1,000-$1,249_________________________
$1,250-$1,499_________________________
$1,500-$1,749_________________________
$1,750-$1,999__________ _______________
$2,000-$2,249_________________________
$2,250-$2,499 ________________________
$2,500-$2,999 _______________________
$3,000 and over____________________ ...

Percentage of families reporting expenditure for fuely light, and
refrigeration, and average expenditure for such items, by family type and income, in 1 year, 1935-36— Continued

7.— Household operation— Fuel, light, and refrigeration:

300

T able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(4)
(5)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling1
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

87
100
100
95
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t) 48
24
49
62
79
90
90
84
87
84

(t) 29
58
58
66
46
58
53
62
43
36

(t)
$20.40
25.10
29.80
37.40
37.10
40.80
46.30
45.30
48.20
53.30

(t)
$12.00
8.30
15.50
26.40
27.20
34.90
34.90
36. 30
36.20
37.40

(t)$3.20
3.60
4.60
11.10
4.50
8.80
8.70
9.90
9.90
8.10

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499...........
$500-$749...........
$750-$999..........
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-SI,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000~$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t) 100
90
94
100
92
100
100
100
100
96

2
2
4
2
5

(t) 100
90
94
100
92
98
100
98
95
96

2
5

42
20
7
15
19
10
17
18
3
20

(t)

39
56
54
33
29
5
10
13
8
12

(t)

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499...........
$500-$749...........
$750-$999__........
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499_._
$1,500-$1,749...
$1,750-$1,999...
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

(t)
$86.50
90.60
112. 50
2143. 20
124. 70
154.90
159. 20
156.80
163.40
172.00

(t)
$40.80
47.00
54.20
60.70
52.10
67.60
67.40
63.00
68.00
71.00

$0.60
.90
1.90
1.50
2.30

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
2 Includes $0.10 for items reported as other fuel, light, and refrigeration.
fPercentages and average not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t)
$40.80
47.00
53.60
60.70
52.10
66.70
65.50
61. 50
65.70
71.00

$1.00
2.10

$2.00
1.60
.20
.90
.70
.80
.30
.40
. 10
.90

(t)
$8.10
5.00
7.20
4.50
3.10
2.00
1.60
1.90
1.00
1.30

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

EAST CENTRAL, 5 SM ALL CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES, TYPE V

T able

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e f r ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies
refrigeration , and average expenditure for such item s , hy fa m ily type and incom e , in 1

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E

Income class
(1)

Coal

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)

(4)

reporting expenditure for fu e l , light , and
year , 1 9 3 5 -3 6 — Continued

VI

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t) 33
69
51
62
79
79
68
89
79
92

(t)

(t)
$27.80
26.40
30.10
29.00
36. 90
37.00
46. 60
58.40
56.60
67.40

(t)
$9.70
16.80
25.80
20. 30
26.50
30.80
25.90
27.00
33.10
44.60

(t)
$2.90
6. 30
9. 30
8.40
6. 50
4.70
4.60
3.50
4.20
3.40

(8)

(7)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
(t)

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

78
91
96
100
100
96
94
89
94
90

6

(t) 78
91
96
100
100
96
88
89
94
90

6

9
8
9
15
6

(t) 56
31
38
38
18
20
20
12

11

33
50
67
77
51
42
38
25
12
19

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499...........
$500-$749_.........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499—
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

(t)
$89.50
92.00
112. 50
124.50
129.30
132.40
143. 70
149.00
146. 20
175. 20

(t)
$39. 60
37.90
45.20
60.80
56. 20
57. 30
60.70
46.20
50.70
59.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item.
fPereentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$0.80

(t)
$39.60
37.90
45.20
60.80
56. 20
57.30
59.90
46.20
50. 70
59.80

$2.50

.40
.20
.50
.20
.10

(t)
$9.50
4. 60
2.10
5.60
3.00
2.10
3.20
1.50

$13.90

TABULAR SUMMARY

$250-$499...........
$500-$749...........
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$l,999...
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000 and over.

CO
O

7.— H o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n — F u e l, lig h t , a n d r e fr ig e r a t io n : Percentage of fa m ilies
refrigeration , and average expenditure for such item s , by fa m ily type and incom e , m I

reporting expenditure fo r fu e l , light , and
yearf 1 98 5-86 — C ontinu ed

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
Coal

Income class

Total fuel,
light, and
refrigera­
tion

Total

(1)

(2)

(3)

Anthracite Bitumi­
nous
(5)
(4)

Kerosene
Coke and Wood and and
gaso­
briquets kindling i
line
(6)

(7)

Fuel oil

Electricity

Gas

Ice

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(t) 88
92
100
100
94
100
100
100
100
100

(t)

$18.90
32.40
27.10
33.20
35.80
42.80
44.70
52.10
59.60
59.90

(t)
$8.60
4.90
12.60
18.20
26. 30
34.70
30.90
24.70
26.50
38.10

(8)

A. Percentage of families reporting expenditure
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249._$1,250-$1,499__$1,500-$1,749___
$1,750-$1,999___
$2,000-$2,249___
$2,250-12,499. ..
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000 and over.

(t) 100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

(t) 100
100
92
100
100
100
96
100
100
100

8
li

(t) 100
100
92
100
100
100
96
89
100
100

12
20
15
11
11
5
4

8

50
54
34
30
20
29
25
35
32
21

12

6
6

38
23
44
55
71
76
79
65
56
79

(t)

75
46
52
74
74
53
63
76
51
32

B. Average expenditure
$250-$499__........
$500-$749_____
$750-$999........
$1,000-$1,249—
$1,250-$1,499—
$1,500-$1,749—
$1,750-$1,999—
$2,000-$2,249—
$2,250-$2,499—
$2,500-$2,999—
$3,000 and over.

$103. 60
99.90
96.80
127.50
131. 50
150.50
148.10
174.10
161. 20
172.50

$59.30
49.80
40.60
62.50
56.00
61.60
52.70
77.90
57.90
65.80

1 See explanation of tables for definition of this item,
t Percentages and averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




$1.40
4.70

:t)
$59.30
49.80
40.60
61.10
56.00
61.60
52.70
73.20
57.90
65.80

$0.80
.50
6.70
.30
.40
.10
.20
1.50

$7.10
10.60
4.60
3.80
3.70
3.10
4.50
2.60
7.20
3.10

3.30
3.10

(t)
$8.30
1.70
5.20
9.50
9.30
8.20
11.80
16.80
6.90
4.10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

E A S T C E N T R A L , 5 S M A L L C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S , T Y P E V H

302

T able

T

8 . — O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36

able

Family type and
income class
(1)
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499 , ______
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500-$9,999_________
$10,000 and over______

$11.10
9.50
10. 70
10. 70
12. 60
11.10
11. 50
13.20
12. 50
13.30
15.90
14.70
14.90
16.30
29.60

$8.10
11.90
15.70
21. 60
24.90
36.20
44.20
44.30
51.40
62.00
63.30
83.20
90.80
99.80
101.20

$500-$749____________
50 35.40 13.50
$750-$999____________
36 25.10 1.40
$1,000-$1,249_________
37 39.50 4.00
$1,250-$1,499_________
79 51.10 10.90
$1,500-$1,749_________
72 48. 50 7.50
$1,750-$1,999..................
79 83.00 15.00
$2,000-$2,249_________
67 95.10 19.20
$2,250-$2,499_________
78 94.00 25.00
$2,500-$2,999_________
84 122.80 35.90
$3,000-$3,499_________
94 122. 50 30.80
$3,500-$3,999_________
100 153.30 54.80
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 168.50 58.10
$5,000-$7,499_________
100 212. 40 82.10
$7,500-$9,999_________
100 297. 50 93.70
$10,000 and over______
100 368.40 143.80
1 See explanation of tables.

9.10
6.70
10.20
10.20
10.10
9.90
7.40
11.90
8.80
10. 50
11. 50
10.90
10.40
12.00
26.40

5.90 1.50 1.00 1.30 3.10
12.90 1.40
2.70
18.10 1.40 1.20 .80 3.80
4
.80
20.10 2.70 2.60 .80 3.80
7
2. 70
22.30 2.90 1.20
4. 50
10
43. 70 4.60 3.70 1.10 5.00
7.30
38 14.40
53.80 4.30 4.40 .90 5.10
23 20.80
44.20 5.00 2.40 .80 4.70
18 16.30
61. 30 6.10 5.10 1.00 4.60
57 68.70
63.70 8.00 1.90 .90 6.70
73 89.00
70.90 7.30 .50 .50 7.80
78 181.00
72.00 11.80 4.40 1.30 10.00
94 371. 60
91.80 9.60 7.10 2.80 8. 60
89 416. 50
116.90 27.90 16.40 7.00 23. 60
100 1,446.00 1
110.10 33.10 9. 00 3.20 42.80
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

F a m ily ty p e 1




$36.40
29.00
39.70
49.90
53.30
73. 60
85.40
95.80
108.80
129.90
146. 60
191.30
205.40
259.60
412.20

$1. 50
1. 40
1. 60
2.30
2.50
3.40
4.00
4.40
4.40
5.70
6.20
12.30
9. 60
18.40
28.40

$0. 50 $1.20 $3.00
.50 .50 2.60
1.50 1.20 3.20
2.10 .40 3.60
1. 50 1.00 4.80
2.80 1. 50 5.20
3.00 1.20 5.30
2.20 1.70 6.90
3.40 3.10 5.90
2.00 2.70 7.40
.90 3.30 9.90
5.00 3.40 10.70
4.90 3. 50 10.90
9.60 7.40 18.20
24.70 5.50 43.40

3 $1.50
2
1.40
6
3.50
8
5.40
22 13. 50
22 18. 40
19 21.90
42 57.80
54 91.30
71 181. 30
89 368.80
87 543.40
91 1, 254. 70

$1.40
.50
1.50
1.60
.60
4.40
6.70
20.30
53.50
98.70
263.00
351.00
855.40

$0.10
.90
2.00
3.80
12.80
13.80
14.80
36. 50
35.70
78.30
92. 60
172.80
340.00

(*)
(*)
$0.10
.20
.40
1.00
2.10
4.30
13.20
19.60
59.30

0.2
.5
1.3
2.7
7.3
7.1
6.9
16.3
20.7
34.1**
50.1
64.5
107.0

0.1
.1
.3
.2
.1
.9
1.1
3.0
8.0
11.7
27.5
34.6
72.8

0.1
.4
1.0
2.5
7.2
6.2
5.8
13.3
12.7
22.4
22.6
29.9
34.2

All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)
0.2
.1
.7
.1
.4
1.5
1.2
2.4
4.8
7.6
13.0
17.8
32.1

.80
.3
.3 (**)
1. 50
. 8 .3 . 5 1. 3
7.30 (*)
3.1 ] 1
3! 1
14.10
.30 9.3
9.3 .6
2.10 18.00
.70 8.5 .2 8.3 1.8
2.80 13.20
.30 7.2 .3 6.9 .2
18. 60 48.30 1.80 22.7 2.7 20.0 1.3
30.30 56. 50 2.20 26.7 4.0 22.7 3.8
83.90 92.40 4. 70 39.5 9.3 30.2 5.4
228.10 137.40 6.10 51.6 22.2 29.4 9.4
214. 70 176. 60 25.20 47.4 25.0 22.4 11.2
678.80 710. 20 57.00 109.3 76.9 32.4 30.0
** Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.
1.20

0.2
(**) (**)
.3 0.4
.1 (**)
.1
.3
.9
.6
.9
.3
.7
1.7
3.9
.9
5.9 1.7
11.3 1.7
16.3 1.5
29.0 3.1

.i
1.1
.1
.8
2.5
3.8
6.8
10.0
29.2

(**)
1.2
.1
.6
.7
.1
.5
1.3
1.6
2.6
1.2
.8

303

$11.00
2. 60
5. 60
9.20
6.00
13.40
16.20
23.10
28.10
36.80
47.10
62.00
70.80
89.90
179.40

56
43
43
70
62
76
69
80
82
91
97
99
98
94
100

Average meals fur­
nished per week

TABULAR SUMMARY

A l l fa m ilie s

Percent­
age oi
families
reporting
expendi­
ture for
tele­
phone
(2)

fNonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES
General household operation
Paid household help i
Average weeks
Average expenditure
Average expenditure
Percenthelp employed
age of
families
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
All
Full­ Part- Aprons, All Full­ PartWater Other reporting
All Tele­ dry dry tion­
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to paid time time
items phone sup­ sent ery, press,
rent
etc.
help
help help help help help help
ture
plies out etc.
(5)
(4)
(6)
(9) GO)
(12)
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(7) (8)
(13)
(3)
(ID

T

8 . — O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r telep h o n e y avera ge e x p e n d itu r e f o r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera ge a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e y avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp y b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e y in 1
y e a r y 1 9 8 5 -8 6 —Continued

able

304

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native-born]

Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone

Paid household help 1

(2)

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out

(5)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

Percentage of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

$24.00 $1.40 $12.80
25. 70
.40 11.00
34. 60
2.90 10.40
44.80
4.60 10.30
4.50 13.20
57. 70
69.70 10.00 11.90
87. 50 14.90 13.80
100.20 23. 30 13. 70
106.90 24.70 11.60
145. 70 45.30 14.30
151. 70 53.40 17.70
201.40 70. 70 15.70
192.00 66.30 16.10
247. 50 97.80 17.00
397.00 161.80 37.00

$6.00
9.00
14. 60
22.30
30.50
37.00
46.10
45. 60
53.80
66. 70
56.30
84. 30
84.00
83.00
93.10

$1.00
1.20
1.30
2.50
2.40
3.00
3.60
4.60
3.80
5.20
6.40
10.70
9.00
14.40
22.40

$1.30
2.20
1.70
2.10
2.00
2.00
2.80
3.90
2.80
2.10
5.20
5.30
11.50
31.40

$0.50
.50
.10
.80
1.20
1.30
1.90
2.80
3.60
3.50
3.30
1.20
7.40
10.40

$2.80
2. 30
2. 70
3.30
4.20
4.60
5.80
8.30
6.30
7.80
12. 30
11.50
10.10
16.40
40.90

58.00 18. 70 13. 70
42.50
8. 70 12.30
48. 60 12. 20 12.10
56. 60 14.10 12.00
51.40
6. 50 14.10
69.40 16.30 11.10
76.20 15. 70 13.00
91.80 21.40 13. 70
100.90 26.10 15. 80
121. 60 33.90 14.40
139.50 38.70 17.20
198. 00 57.00 16. 50
213.10 66.20 17. 30
241. 50 81.40 18.80
442. 40 207.80 25. 70
*Percentages

17.30
15.50
14.40
22. 50
19.80
27. 60
33.90
42.80
42.20
56. 80
63.50
89.90
97.50
100.10
103.10

(3)

(4)

(ID

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(19)

(20)

0.1
(**)
.3
.4
2.0
2.9
4.7
11.4
12.2
18.1
29.6
42.1

0.1

1.1
2.4
8.7
7.2
7.8
15.5
10.9
24.9
21.4
21.2
22.4

.1
1.1
1.3
2.0
3.0
3.4
3.0
6.8
8.6
14.8
18.2
41.7
43.7

.8
(**)
1.0
(**)
.1
.6
.3
1.0
1.0
5.0
10.8
13.7
25.9

(18)

(21)

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I
$50G-$740_____________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__!.........
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500-$9,999__________
$10,000 and over______

60
43
42
62
47
73
72
78
84
89
100
100
100
100
100

2

$0.20
$0.20
1.10
$1.16
3
2.50
2.50
6.20
3.90
2.20
7
22
17.30
1.30 16.00
25.70
29
9.20 16.40
41.30
14.50 26.10
27
40.00 46.10
54
87.30
79
180.00
142.80 33.10
272.80
88
173. 50 91.60
417.10
308.90 85.20
100
703.40
610.90 69.50
86
90 1,371. 60 1,036.80 271.10

(*)

$0.10
(*)
.10
.70
1.20
4.10
7. 70
23.00
23.00
63. 70

0.2
.2
1.1
3.0
9.0
9.3
10.1
21.1
33.0
44.6
54.7
77.9
104.9

0.2
0.2
.6
.3
2.1
2.3
5.6
22.1
19.7
33.3
56.7
82.5

.3
.1
1.1
2.3
3.6
10.4
10.1
16.3
29.2
36.9

'(**)"
(**)
0.3
.9
.6
1.1
1.0
2.1
1.8
.4
5.2

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V
$500-$749_____________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
a,500-$l,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
il5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500-$9,999__________
$10,000 and over______

67
59
54
71
72
78
69
84
79
91
94
96
94
86
100
1 See explanation of tables.




2.30
3.00
1.60
.10
1.60
2.20
.80
2. SO
1.50
2.10
.60
2.10
.90
2.30
2. 70
2.40
3.10
2.90
1.30
4. 50
3.70
1.20
2.10
1.80
3.90
4.90
1.50
3.10
4.40
5.50
.40
4.70
5.00
13.90
5.30
9.70
2.60
6.20
14. 50
3.40
7.70
30. 60 26.80
3.10
of less than 0.5 and averages of

3.00
2.70
.7
7
5.80
5.70
. 10
4.10
1.1
3. 80
4
2. 40
2.40
.16
1.9
5.70
5. 50
3.90
1.50
7
2.0
6
3.00
3.00
6.20
(*)
3.0
9
4.90
5.10
5.10
(*)
3.4
12
7.70
.50
7.20
6.90
4. 70
.10
3.4
6.20
12
6. 40
1.60
.20
7.8
4.90 20.00
7.50
23
25.10
9.6
.70
9.50
28
34.40
7.30 26.40
1.10 21.1
52
101.10
43.40 56. 60
10.40
9. 50 44.4
74
13. 60
318.90
247.10 62. 30
15.60
86
255. 50 246.80
13.10 66.7
515. 40
802. 50 226.10
57.20 107.6
100 1, 085.80
45. 30
* Averages
of less than 0.05 are not shown.
less than $0.05
are not shown.

.6
.6
(**)
.4
1.0
1.0
6.3
26.2
25.0
63.9

.8
1.0
.5
.2
.6
.4
3.7
10.1
11.2
23.2

(**)
(**)
(**)
^ .1
.1
.1
.4
.6
1.3
.7
2.5
2.7

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

NEW YORK CITY: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation

T

8 . — O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re f o r telep h o n e, avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e ra tio n , p ercen ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h e lp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d avera ge n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1
y e a r , 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation

Family type and
income class

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sent
sup­
plies
out

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
Other
ture

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

40
48
62
67
82
78
85
88
84
78

$19.50
25.90
39.10
39.10
70.90
80.50
74.40
96.20
105.00
142.30

$6. 30
5.70
5.40
6.00
17.00
15 80
14.30
24.20
30. 50
38.10

$7. 30
9.20
9.40
10. 50
10.00
9.70
12.30
11.30
13.20
10.30

$2. 50
4.20
16.50
14.20
34.30
43.70
33.90
46.50
45.60
72.90

$0.20
1.30
2.40
2.10
3.70
4.80
5.70
4.90
5.30
7.40

$0.30
.70
2.00
2.10
1.10
.80
.60
1.60
1.90
2.60

$0.50
.10
.20
.20
.80
.40
1.50
2.20
3.60

$2.90
4.30
3.30
4.00
4.60
4.90
7.20
6.20
6.30
7.40

60
52
59
56
84
83
83
100
88
80

21.80
27.40
39.50
34.50
78.40
83.10
91.10
117. 20
105.50
123. 20

10.80
9.00
6.00
7.80
20.70
14.90
17.50
24.20
40.90
29.40

7.80
8.70
8.40
8.90
10.00
9.70
9.90
9.90
9.80
9.20

3.20
15.80
10. 60
37. 50
44. 60
49. 60
69.20
44.40
68.80

.20
1.10
3.00
1.80
4.50
6.70
6.30
6.00
3.50
6.80

(2)

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

Full­ Parttime time
help help
(20)

(18)

(19)

0.1
.5
1.9

0.3
.1

1.2
3.1
.5

.3
.5

0.5

5.2

4.7

(21)

A l l f a m ilie s
$500-$749
$750~$999______________
$1,000-$1,249
SI ,250-$ 1,4Q0
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-$2,499
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over________

6
2
5

$0. 30
1.60
3.20

2
9
7

4.70
6.50
.60

5
44

.80
81.80

$0. 30
1.60
3.20
$1.80

61.30

0.1
.5
1.9

4.60
4. 70
.60

$0.10

.50
19.20

0.3
.1
.3

1.2
3.3
.5

0.2

.30
1. 30

.3
19.8

11.6

3.5

3.5

.2

.2

.20

2.3
4.6
1.1

2.3
4.6
1.1

.6

.6

4.4

4.4

.3
8.2

.5

F a m ily t y p e I
$500-$749
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749
$1,750-$1,999
_______
$2,000-$2,249____ _
$2,250-$2,499- -$2,500-$2,999____ ___
$3,000 and over________

1See explanation of tables.




.10
3.20
2.20
.80
.70
.10

.70
.20
.40
2.30
1.50

4.60

3.00
4. 60
2.90
3.20
4.50
4.20
7.70
7.90
5.40
4.40

9

5.80

5.80

4
9
17

9.30
6.80
1.40

9.10
6.80
1.40

40

61.80

48.00

13. 80

—

14.8

10.4

4.2

.2

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for
items
tele­
phone

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW YORK CITY: NEGRO FAMILIES

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(1)

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__
_____
$2,000-$2,249 . ______
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000 and over. _____

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for
items
tele­
phone
(3)

(2)




Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(6)

(6)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.
(7)

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.
(8)

(t) $0.80
(t) $8.40
(t) $4.20
(t) $1.70
(t) $2.10
(t)
(t)39 $20.40
58
86
74
70
83
75

35.60
45.90
66.80
86.40
62.20
66.20

52
76
77
83
80
89
67
80
75

34.70
44. 30
43.30
60.80
69.70
60.40
73. 30
109.70
166. 20

(t)

F a m il y ty p e s I V a n d V
$500-$749______________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499.............. __
$1,500-$1,749____ _____
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249
$2,250-12,499
___
$2,500-$2,999
$3,000 and over..............

Paid household help i

(t)

(t)

3.70
3.00
15.60
22.20
13.50
13.30

10.20
11.10
8.60
10.00
13.20
13.00

.60
6. 50
4.40
11.50
8.80
10.70
38.70
24.60
49.00

15.40
11.70
13.90
10.80
9.50
15.10
13.00
16.20
11.80

(t)

(t)

(t)

1See explanation of tables.

15.70
23.20
34.20
45.10
20.00
22.80

1.20
3.00
4.00
2.80
4.80
4.20

11.40
20.30
14.80
28.90
40.80
22.00
10.30
49.60
78.00

.70
2.70
2.00
2.30
4.50
5.40
2.30
6.10
8.20

(t)

(t)

3.50

Full­
time
help
(13)

(11)

(12)

$0.20

$3.00
3.90
4. 20
3.30
6. 30
8.20
4.20

(t)

(t)

(t)

.60
1.30
5.00
3.00
8.00

17

$11.50

24

18.60

10
50

1.50
107.00

$5.20

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

(t)

(t)

(t)

$6. 30

4.8

18.60

6.2

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(19)

(20)

4.2

1.6

1.5

6.2

3.6

.6
13.0

6.2

(18)

(21)

(t)
0.6

0.1

(t)

(t)

(t)
2.30
1.70
1.90

All
paid
help

(10)

2.20

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

(9)

.90
1.40
1.10
2.50
6.50

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

6.60
3.10
5.30
5.60
4.20
5.90
4.00
6.70
11.20

78.00

.90
26.00

$0.60
3.00

.6
26.0

13.0

fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

3.6

5.2

1.0

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

8 .— O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r telep h o n e , avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e , average
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d f o r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r , 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued

able

306

T

T

8 . — O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P erc en ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r te le p h o n e , avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d avera ge n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek f u rn ish e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r f 1 9 8 5 - 3 6 —Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation

Family type and
income class

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sent
sup­
plies
out

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

GO)

$5. 80
3.90
6. 40
12.10
16.30
21.50
22.00
27.60
31.80
34.00
36.70
43. 40
54.70
78.40
81.00

$9. 30
10. 70
11.10
12. 40
11.10
12.60
12. 30
13.20
12.50
12.70
13. 80
15.00
15. 30
21.30
18.00

$6.10
9.90
9.80
13.60
19. 50
19.70
29.10
33.40
35.90
39.90
41.10
58.50
63.80
91.40
85.60

$0. 90
1. 50
1. 90
2. 50
2. 70
3.00
3.70
4.50
4.90
6. 30
6. 40
9.00
10.10
13. 80
19. 80

$0. 30
.20
.40
.60
1.00
.90
1.20
1.20
2. 30
2.10
2.40
2.20
5.90
6.10
13.10

$1.00
.70
1.40
1. 60
1. 00
2.10
2. 20
2. 70
2.90
3.40
3. 30
3. 40
4. 30
3. 40
9.10

$2.80
3. 60
3. 30
3.70
4.60
4.70
4.90
5.70
5.50
6.20
7.00
8.70
8.20
15.40
14. 90

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure
All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part All
time time paid
help help help

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

0.9
.6
.2
1.3
3.5
5.9
8.9
15.8
18.6
30.9
45.7
61.6
72.1

0.1
(**)

0.8
.6
.2
.9
2.5
3.9
5.8
12.7
12.1
20.3
22.6
27.3
25.7

0.5
.2
(**)
.5
.7
1.1
2.0
3.0
3.4
6.8
9.0
17.6
17.9

0.5
.1

1.3
1.0
(**)
1.1
2.8
2.6
5.8
18.1
22.2
22.4
22.1

(**)
.4
(**)
(**)
.5
1.0
.5
3.6
2.4
6.6
9.4
19.9
14.3

(21)

A ll families
$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500-19,999__________
$10,000 and over______

Family type I

$500-$749______________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-12,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500-$9,999__________
$10,000 and over_______




44
42
34
58
62
77
80
87
94
95
98
99
100
100
100

62
33
30
59
63
92
77
86
95
91
100
99
100
100
100
1 See explanation

$26. 20
30.50
34. 30
46. 50
56. 20
64.50
75. 40
88.30
95.80
104.60
110. 70
140.20
162. 30
229. 80
241. 50

26. 50 12.00
28. 50
1.00
36. 70
7.90
50. 20 15.10
61. 60 15. 90
72.10 25.30
86.70 21.40
98.80 28.20
102. 50 32.60
108.50 32.00
119.00 38.60
145. 30 39.20
161.00 52.60
287. 50 77.60
232. 50 77.40
of tables.

5
4
1
6
12
19
27
39
42
63
78
90
91

$2.10
1.20
.60
3.00
8.70
17.20
28. 40
48.50
69.80
119.00
245.10
451. 70
709.00

2. 60
7.80
2.30
.80
1.00
3. 30
8. 40 14. 30
1.10
. 20
.20
2
2. 30
2.10
7.80 14. 20
.40
2.00
7
2. 90
3.40
. 50
1.90
10. 40 16.00
1
4. 20
.60
8! 30 28.10
3.10
1.40
3
4. 50
3. 70
.90
1 10
8! 10 28 50
12
4. 50
3.90
1.40
.40
9.40 45.70
3. 30
5.70
17
5. 90
11.00 44.00
.70
2. 30
4. 80
26
5.00
8.80 45.00
4.00
5.60
49
7. 50
1. 80
10.00 49.00
2.60
60
7.40
12.40 48.20
1.40
8.30
2.70
6.00
77
1. 30
12. 30 75.20
8.60
2.70
84
7.80
14.10 58.70 10.50 12. 30
5.00
100
26. 20
31. 60 133. 30 15.00
3. 80
1.80 10.20
68
7.50
21.60 84.10 29.90
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

4. 30
1. 20
(*)
1. 90
11.30
18.10
21.60
51. 60
74. 50
111. 00
264. 50
538. 20
489. 90

$0.30
.10
1.80
4. 50
10.00
15.90
18.10
38. 60
59. 20
168. 60
304. 70
530. 30

$1.80
1.10
.60
1.20
4.20
7.20
12.40
30. 30
30. 90
59. 00
75.40
141.10
169.10

4. 30
1. 20
(*)
1. 90
3.70
5.10
14.20
34.80
58.10
52.20
68.50

(*)
(*)
(*)
(*)
$0.10
.10
.30
.80
1.10
5.90
9.60

1.3
1.0
(**)
1.1
4.7
7. 60
4.8
13.00
(*)
7.40
7.3
16. 70
.10 21.8
16.40
24.6
57. 30
1.50 31.5
195.10
.90 52.3
520.00
18.20 52.0
436.90 44.20
8.80 51.9
Averages of less than 0.05

.4
1.0
2.0
3.1
3.1
6.5
10.6
23.1
34.3
46.4

(*)

1.9
2.2
1.5
3.7
2.4
9.1
30.2
52.0
36.4

15.5
are not shown.

.4
.5
.8
1.6
1.9
2.8
5.2
7.9
13.7
16.3

.4
.7
.2
3.0
1.3
4.2
8.6
19.9
13.4

(**)
0.1
(**)
.1
.2
.3
.4
1.1
.6
1.6
1.1
3.9
1.6

(**)
.4
(**)
(**)
.1
.3
.3
.6
1.1
2.4
.8
.9

307

(16)

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(3)
(2)

T able

308

8 . — O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu r e fo r telep h o n e, avera g e e x p e n d itu r e fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e . a vera g e
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d f o r a ll fa m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r , 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Con tinued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(3)
(2)

Paid household help 1

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(5)

(6)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
sent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other *xpenditure

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

$0.50
2.20
2.50
2.10
2.90
2.40
3. 70
4.40
5.20
5.70
7.50
8.80
7.70
11.70

$0.80

$0.80

.30
.60
.70
1. 50
1.70
1.70
2.70
2.70
2. 30
4.90
.40

.10
1.00
.40
2.00
1.00
1. 50
1.50
1.60
1.60
1.40
.70
3.30

$2.10
3.80
3.60
3. 50
4. 30
4.10
4.90
6. 50
5.10
6.10
6.40
9. 90
8.70
11.00

.40
.90
.80
.20
1.80
1.60
1. 40
3. 90
3. 60
2.90
4.00
.70
5.30
4.20

2.80
3.60
4.10
4.60
5. 30
5. 60
5. 20
5.50
5.80
6. 30
6.00
11.60
6. 50
15. 40
7.20

(ID

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure
All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

(18)

(19)

Full­ Parttime time
help help
(20)

(21)

Family type II
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249........ .
$2,250-$2,499...........
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-83,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000-87,499_______
$7,500-89,999_______
$10,000 and over____

Family type III

25
30
21
69
58
58
87
93
97
96
98
92
100
100

(t)

$25.90
28.40
29.40
51.40
59. 50
61.80
70. 50
95.40
106. 90
116. 70
124. 60,
161. 70
127. 70
209. 30

(t)

$0.30 $10.50 $10.90
.40 11.50 10.50
2. 50 12.10
8. 30
11.90 12. 50 19. 80
15. 70
9.70 25. 80
17. 60 12. 40 21.80
23.60 12. 70 22.90
27.50 13. 60 40. 20
33.20 11.30 47.90
39.00 11.90 49.70
42.00 15.00 49.80
51. 20 16.40 69.10
57. 80 14.70 37.70
67.00
8.00 108. 30

(t)

$500-8749__________
19.40
50
1.30
$750-8799__________
35.40
56
3.70
$1,000-81,249_______
27
33.10
4.20
$1,250-81,499_______
46
40.60
7.10
$1,500-81,749...........
54
47. 70 13. 30
$1,750-81,999_______
70
60. 40 19.90
$2,000-82,249_______
83
80. 60 22. 30
$2,250-82,499_______
90
85.50 25. 60
92
$2,500-82,999_______
86. 90 32.00
$3,000-83,499_______
88
99.70 29. 80
$3,500-83,999_______
100 116. 80 45. 30
$4,000-84,999_______
100 133. 50 51.70
$5,000-87.499_______
100 146. 20 50.00
$7,500-89,999_______
100 218.10 65. 90
100 235. 70 83.10
$10,000 and over____
1 See explanation of tables.
fAverages and percentages not computed for




(t)

(t)

6.60
11.90
12.00
12.10
10. 40
15.80
15. 50
14.90
14.90
14. 40
14.10
15.50
13. 30
22. 30
17. 20

7.60
12.80
9.20
13.10
13. 30
13.10
29. 50
31.00
24. 40
37.80
39. 90
41.30
61.30
82.90
87.20

(f)

1.10
2.10
1.70
1.80
3.10
3.40
3.90
4.20
5.10
6.80
6.00
8. 30
8. 30
17. 90
14.00

fewer than 3 cases.

.90
1.00
1.10
2.10
.80
2.60
2. 90
.80
1.00
2.60
1.10
6.10
8. 40
22. 80

(t)

12

$1.70

$1.70

1.7

1.7

0.1

0.1

1
7
18
32
37
51
52
80
97
100

.40
3.80
13. 50
30.70
43.70
90.80
131. 30
189.10
353.10
421.00

$1.10
5.80
22. 50
35.10
48. 60
91.50
105. 00
250. 30
329. 30

.40
2.70
7. 70
8.20
8. 40
41.90
38.20
82.90
99.60
86.70

.2
2.7
5.9
9.9
12.1
20.6
25.8
40.6
68.5
52.0

0.2
1.4
5.1
8.1
7.7
13.6
21.0
33.5
34.7

.2
2.5
4.5
4.8
4.0
12.9
12.2
19.6
35.0
17.3

(**)
.4
1.2
2.1
4.5
4.3
6.4
11.2
14.8
15.0

(**)
.2
.2
.2
.2
.9
.6
1.3
2.0
1.0

10

5.10

.10

5.00

2.0

(••)

2.0

.4

.2

2.2
6.0
3.8
16.2
9.5
29.8
46.0
41.1
95.5
73.0

2.2
.6
1.5
7.8
5.0
19.6
22.2
31.5
51.8
58.0

(**)
5.4
2.3
8.4
4.5
10.2
23.8
9.6
43.7
15.0

1.8
.9
1.3
6.2
2.7
9.6
11.9
13.6
22.9
21.9

1.8
.3
1.2
5.4
1.6
8.3
9.9
13.5
21.4
21.3

(t)

16
21
11
44
31
62

(t)

(t)

(*)
$0. 20
.30
1.60
1.20
3. 20
5.00

(t)

8.60
8.50
. 10
3.20
9. 30
12.50
12. 30
8.40
3. 90
.50
66.10
50. 60 15.00
38.80
28. 70 10. 10
139. 40
113. 60 25.10
.70
236. 40
148. 70 85. 50
2. 20
78
236. 70
207. 30 28.40
1.00
100
535. 80
400. 20 128. 70
6. 90
100
630.10 63.00
10.20
703. 30
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.
** Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

77

(t)

(t)

(t)

0.2
1.0
1.9
4.3
3.4
5.8
9.9
12.8
14.0
(t)

.2
.6
.1
.8
1.1
1.3
2.0

.1
.6

1.5

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

________________________________________________________CHICAGO, ILL.: WHITE FAMILIES____________________________________________________

T

8 .— O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P ercen ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r telep h o n e , avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f gen era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera ge a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , average
n u m b e r o f w eek s h e lp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d avera ge n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r , 1985-36— Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(3)
(2)

Paid household help 1

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out

(5)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

(6)

(7)

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(9)

(10)

$0.20
.50
.10
.40
.80
2.60
1.10
2.80
(*)
3.60
8.90
.20

$3. 30
1.80
2.60
2.60
1.80
3.90
3.40
3.60
2.50
4.50
4.00
2.90
5.20
2.20
13.60

$3. 50
3.80
3.20
3.80
4.40
4.50
4.20
4.60
5. 20
5.90
6.60
8.80
8.50
12.70
11.50

3.90
2.30
2.50
2.40
2.70
4.10
4.00
4.60
4.80
5.80
7.40
7.30
1.00

3.40
4.60
4. 30
4. 20
4.90
5. 50
6. 70
6.20
5.40
7.40
7.90
9.30
6.80
8.70

(ID

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

$1.70

$1.70

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(18)

(19)

(20)

2.6

2.6

(**)

(**)

(**)

.2
6.5 ~ '\ T
8.5
1.0
14.7
1.1
10.4
.9
26.0
5.7
37.7 14.0
55.5 18.1
67.3 37.3

0.2
6.4
7.5
13.6
9.5
20.3
23.7
37.4
30.0

.2
.3
.5
1.4
.6
5.5
6.2
14.4
13.4

(16)

(17)

0.3

0.3

(21)

F a m ily t y p e I V
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$l, 249__________
$1, 250-$l, 499__________
$1, 50O-$l, 749__________
$1, 750-$l, 999__________
$2,000-$2, 249.............. .
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500-$9,999__________
$10,000 and over______

33
59
54
64
77
85
82
86
98
100
99
100
100
100
100

$31. 30
32.10
38. 30
45.40
59. 50
61.60
74.60
83.40
96.20
104.10
96.60
134.80
175. 20
232.00
252.10

$6.30
12.10
10.10
16.00
22.30
25.80
24.40
29.50
32.70
35.20
31.70
41.80
55.80
95.10
84.80

$9.70 $7.00
2.30
11.00
9.10
11.70
5.80
14.30
13.70 14.70
13.80 10.60
9.50 29.30
12.20 28.70
12.20 37.10
11.80 40.00
12.90 33.80
13. 60 57. 30
15.60 74.30
17.20 81.70
11.80 114. 20

$1.50
1.10
1.60
2.70
2.10
2.90
3.40
4.00
3.90
5.60
4.80
10.40
12.20
14. 20
16.00

43
50
50
51
61
80
68
87
91
94
97
100
100
100

31.90
29.80
30.50
44.20
47.20
69.40
62.60
77. 40
86.20
94.00
110. 50
144. 60
205.40
160.00

7.70
7.30
8.50
10.60
16.00
22.20
19.10
26.60
30.60
33.90
34.30
41.80
55.50
47.60
(t)

13.00
6.10
12.80
2.60
11.50
7. 90
15.90
7.60
13.60
15.40 20.40
13.60 15.40
17.00 19.10
14.10 24.50
17.00 21.10
15.00 37.90
14.30 61.90
14.00 102. 70
19.00 71.20

1.30
1.20
.80
2.10
2.70
2.90
2.50
4.10
6.70
6.80
6.90
6.50
9.30
8.70

6

(*)

C)
4
20
25
31
29
57
77
94
96

.50
13.10
22.20
38.00
23.30
74.90
210.00
419. 50
551. 70

(*)
1.00
5. 30
8.70
1.20
24. 50
137.00
173. 6Q
504. 20

$0.50
12.10
16.80
29.30
22.10
50.30
72.50
245.50
41.20

$0.10
(*)
.10
.50
.40
6.30

(**)
(**)
.1
.8
.2
3.9
4.9
7.5
11.8

0.2
.3
.4
.6
.4
1.6
1.3
6.9
1.6

TABULAR SUMMARY

(8)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

F a m ily t y p e V
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$l, 249__________
$1, 250-$l, 499__________
$1, 500-$l, 749__________
$1, 750-$l, 999__________
$2,000-$2, 249__________
$2,250-$2,499-................
$2, 500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3, 499__________
$3, 500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999......... ........
$5,000-$7, 499__________
$7,500-$9,999__________
$10,000 and over_______

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

1 See explanation of tables.
fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




(t)

.40
.50
1.00
(*)
.30
1.20
.40
.30
3.00
2.70
3.40
9.80
3.80

(t)

(t)

(t)

.1
.1
(*)
(*)
(**)
2
.8
.8
.80
.80
1
.2
(**)
1.30
.2
1.30
(**)
2
1.00
1.00
.5
.5
9.50
12
1.00
8.50
4.7
.3
.5
32
1.10 28.90
.30 10.2
30. 30
.2 10.0
3.5
24
33.80
13. 70 20.10
11.5
9.2
2.3
1.7
43
120. 20
51.30 67.80
1.10 30.3
7.8 22.5
4.1
55
140.60
78.20 61.90
.50 29.3
9.8 19.5
2.8
148. 00 62.00
36.1 17.9 18.2 13.3
69
210. 00
(t)
(t)
*Percentages of less than 0.5 and averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.
** Averages of lass than 0.05 are not shown.
(*)

4.4

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

.3
1.1
1.3
3.0
2.2
7.9

(t)

(**)
(**)
(**)
.2
2.4

.4

1.1
.6

5.4
(t)

OOO
CD

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h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , average
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1
y e a r , 1 9 8 5 -8 6 — Continued

able

310

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(3)
(2)

Paid household help 1

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(5)

(6)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.
(7)

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.
(8)

(9)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture
(10)

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure
All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help

(16)

(17)

0.4
1.6
1.5
3.0
10.4
7.4
17.6
38.4
38.1
32.5
104.0
115.9

0.4

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(18)

(19)

(20)

0.5
.3
1.4
1.7
3.8
3.4
6.4
10.2
8.9
7.2
28.7
42.0

0.5

" 1 .6 "
(**)
.7
6.2
3.9
10.4
13.0
21.0
21.8
34.7
19.3

" 6 .3
1.4
1.7 "'(**)"
1.1
2.7
.5
2.9
2.1
4.3
.6
9.6
7.0
1.9
4.4
2.8
28.0
.7
38.1
3.9

3.3

.1

.1

.1
1. 2
1. 5
.4
5.2
.2
7.0
24.6
20.8
ft)

.5
.9
.7
.2
1.3
1.9
1.4
8.3
18.2
(t)

(21)

F a m ily ty p e V I
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$l, 249________
$1, 250-$l, 499________
$1,500-$l, 749________
$1, 750-$l, 999________
$2,000-$2,249________
$2, 250-$2,499________
$2, 500-$2,999________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3, 500-$3,999________
$4,000-$4,999________
$5,000-$7,499________
$7,500-$9,999________
$10,000 and over-------

44
40
44
38
52
67
78
77
97
93
88
100
100
100
100

$25.10
33.90
31.40
41.40
51.10
62.30
75.50
72.50
90.20
112.90
89.50
153.40
138.50
140.60
211.00 :

$7.20 $12.20
8.20 13.60
6.30 12.30
8.00 13.60
12.30 15.00
16.20 14.60
21.90 18.90
24.10 11.70
32. 30 15.00
31.20 14.20
34.80 14.20
46.60 21.20
52.10 18.20
74.90 16.30
85.30 33.40

$7.00
6.30
11.40
14.00
22.10
20.30
25.10
26. 20
49.00
23.30
57.50
52.00
18.30
36.80

$0.70 $1.10
.20 $0.60
1.20
1.60
1.10
2.60
.60
1.10
2.40
1.80
*60
1.40
2.30
1.60
4.30
2.10
2.10
2.70
1.30
1.90
4.90
1.40
3.70
5.60
.80
4.80
.30
5.50
3.60
9.80
6.30
4.80
7.60
3.50
8.70
8.70
26.60 " ‘ ".16" 4.00

$3.90
3.10
3.80
4.10
5.00
4.10
5.90
5.70
6.70
7.30
7.80
7.20
5.10
13.70
24.60

1.30
.80
1.80
1.50
2.00
2.30
3.10
4.30
4.80
4.30
4.50
9.00
13.90
9.00
(t)

5.00
6.10
5.40
5.40
6. 40
6.00
5.60
7.40
8.70
6. 30
8.20
9.90
21.70
12.30
(t)

2
$1.20
6.40
6
5.90
16
11
16.40
34
29.90
26
26.70
68. 50
53
173.40
66
172.70
83
194.70
58
727.30
100
100 1,640.80

$1.10

$0.10
$6.40
5.40
.50
14.90
1.50
16.80 12.80 " " ” ."30"
19.80
6.90
40.40 27.90
.20
147.90 25.50
104.40 68. 30
74.30 119. 90
.50
624.00 95.30
8.00
700.30 939.80
.70

I. 5
2.3
4.2
3.5
7.2
25.4
17.1
10.7
69.3
96.6

F a m ily ty p e V I I
$500-$749____________
50
1.20 12.00
20.50
$750-$999____________
26
.50 12.30
7.60
29.40
$1,000-$l, 249________
50
9.40 21.40 11.10
51.50
49
9.80
$1,260-81,499________
40.50
6.50 14.30
$1, 500-$l, 749________
53
41.30
9.90 14.90
5.00
$1, 750—$1,999________
69
66.40 15.50 16. 30 20.70
65
$2,000-$2, 249________
53.90 13.40 15.70 11.80
$2, 250-$2,499________
79
73.50 24.40 18.40 15.40
$2, 500-$2,999________
78
78. 80 20.00 20. 30 17.40
93
83.50 28.90 18.30 21.00
$3,000-$3,499________
$3, 500-$3,999________
100 126. 90 35.10 16.50 51.40
100
97. 40 36.10 22.80 11.60
$4,000-$4,999________
100 171.80 62.50 29.40 31.20
$5,000-$7,499________
100 233. 70 62.60 24.20 109. 20
$7,500-$9,999________
$10,000 and over-----(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
ft)
i See explanation of tables.
f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 c




.40
.10
2.80
.20
1.80
1.20
5.40
1.60

1.00
2.10
2.40
2.60
3.00
2.80
4.30
3.40
5.80
3.50
5.80
6.40
13.10
16.40
(t)

8

11.40

11.40

3.3

.1
.60
.20
.80
3. 20
1.80
1.40
1. 5
2.90
3.40
.50
1. 5
1.20
1.20
.4
26.10
3.60 22.40 """"." 10~ 5.9
.20
4.0
11.00
10.80
26.60
13.40 13.00
.20 10.1
142.10 206.90
349. 30
.30 54.1
231. 40 145. 60
385.00
8.00 57.2
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
*Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.
7
7
3
2
21
14
21
63
70

.3
______

3.8
3.1
29.5
36.4
(t)

.9
.1
1.9
1.1
6.4
13.2
(t)

.5
(**)
.7
.2
1.2
.3
1.9
5.0

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

C H IC A G O , IL L .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

General household operation

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h o u seh o ld o p e ra tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera ge a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e , avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll fa m ilie s , and, avera ge n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek f u rn ish e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 —Continued

able

153119

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

PROVIDENCE, R. I.: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation

Family type and
income class

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(5)

(6)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(15)

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help

(20)

(21)

(**)
.7
.6
2.8
3.2
8.3
9.8
15.9
10.9
28.1
19.2

0.1
.2
.2
.5
.4
1.8
3.9
2.9
4.1
12.5
26.6

0.1
.1
.1
.3
.2
1.3
2.9
2.3
3.0
10.5
26.2

(**)
0.1
.1
.2
.2
.5
1.0
.6
1.1
2.0
.4

(**)

.2

.2

(**)
5. 0
2.1
11.1
15.4
18.5
26.2
55.0
18.4

.2
.6

.2

.2
.4

1. 4
4.8
1.9
2.7
11.8
17.4

1.1
3.2
1.3
2.1
9.1
17.1

„3
1.6
.6
.6
2.7
.3

(18)

$0.10
.50
1.00
1. 50
6.20
11. 50

.4
.9
.6
3.5
3. 8
10.8
16.5
21.6
18.2
46.8
74.0

0.4
.2
(**)
.7
.6
2.5
6.7
5.7
7.3
18.7
54.8

. 10

.4

.4

. 10
13. 70
1.00
23.00
34. 20
42. 00
77.10
146.00
177. 30

.70
2. 20
. 10
8. 50
17. 60

(**)
5. 6
2.1
11.9
22.5
21.7
32.2
64.4
64.9

(16)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(19)

(17)

(14)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

A l l f a m ilie s
$500-$749________
$750-$999_ _______
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-$l,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499____ _____
$2,500-$2,999........
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499_____
_
$7,500 and over______

22
22
39
40
60
74
80
87
92
98
100
89
100
100

$20.90
25. 20
36. 70
46. 60
58. 90
69. 50
82. 50
96. 50
110.10
131.30
137. 50
154. 80
206. 80
295. 50

$0.10
2.40
6.00
7.70
13.40
19.10
23.20
25. 20
34.40
41.30
39.10
45. 60
54.60
59.60

$8.10 $6.90
7.90
9. 30
9. 70 13. 30
10.00 18.80
9.50 24.80
9. 90 28.00
10.10 34. 50
9.10 44. 30
9.10 47. 20
9. 70 56.80
12.00 60. 80
12. 20 69. 70
10. 50 96. 80
12. 80 136. 60

$1.10
1.00
1.80
2.80
2.90
3.60
4.40
4.90
5.30
7.80
8. 60
11.00
14.10
29.10

$0.10
. 10
.50
.30
.60
1.00
.50
.90
1.00
1.60
1.40
1.50
.90
5.30

$0.20
.60
1.40
1.40
1.40
2. 50
3.30
4.40
4.00
4. 70
5.20
11.00
17.20

$4. 60
4. 30
4. 80
5. 60
6. 30
6. 50
7.30
8. 80
8. 70
10.10
10.90
9. 60
18. 90
34. 90

10
20
27
38
55
89
76
96
100
100
100
77
100
100

12.90
21. 40
34. 30
53. 00
69. 50
79. 90
88. 80
107.10
113.50
132. 30
138.10
179. 30
155.40
269.20

.20
4. 60
8. 00
10.40
16. 50
27. 70
24. 40
30.30
35.00
41.40
37. 70
43. 80
47.40
55. 60

6.00
2.30
5. 50
5. 50
10. 50
8. 50
11.20 21.40
8. 40 33. 70
7. 40 33.10
9. 00 40. 20
7.30 54. 60
7. 00 50. 90
8.40 56. 50
13. 70 54. 80
10.10 99.90
10. 20 66.40
13. 80 119. 40

.90
1.70
1. 90
3. 20
3.40
4.40
5.00
4. 90
6.20
11.00
14. 90
12. 30
13.00
36. 30

.50
.30
.30
.30
.20
1.40
2.10
1. 50
.50
.10
.70
4. 60

.60
1.00
1. 20
.90
1.50
2.30
2.10
3.80
4.60
3. 30
7.10
4.90
12. 80

3. 50
3. 50
3. 90
5. 30
6. 30
5. 50
7. 70
6. 50
8. 50
8.90
13. 20
6.00
12. 80
26. 70

1

(*)

1
4
4
9
15
27
41
49
44
82
97

$2. 20
2. 40
1.40
10. 40
10. 70
32. 60
67. 40
64. 70
90. 00
233. 60
693. 90

2

2.10

7
12
16
38
63
44
61
93
83

. 10
17.40
1.00
26. 20
79. 70
60.40
121. 90
225. 60
648. 60

0.2

0.2

(*)
$2.10 $0.10
1. 60
. 80
.20
1. 20
2. 90
7. 50
4. 50
6. 20
11.80 20. 70
41.50 25.40
28. 60 35.10
53. 40 35.10
134. 20 93. 20
496. 00 186.40

TABULAR

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(3)
(2)

Paid household help i

d

S

F a m ily ty p e 1
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$1,499__________
$1,500-31,749__________
$1,75031,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999______ . .
$3,000-$3,499_. .
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000-$4,999____ ___
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over ___

JSee explanation of tables.




‘ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

2. 00
3. 70
3. 20
44.80
16. 20
44. 70
71.10
453. 70

.6
.8
7.1
3.2
6.0
9.4
46.5

“ Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

(**)

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h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f f a m ilie s rep o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e , avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll fa m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m ily ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

T able

312

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Paid household help 1

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for items
tele­
phone
(2)

(3)

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone

(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(5)

(6)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

(7)

(8)

$0.30

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(9)

(10)

$1.40
.60
.90
3.40
1.90
3.30
1.90
3.30
2. 50
8.00
21.90

$5. 70
4.60
5. 30
5. 40
6.40
6.90
6. 70
8.20
8.60
12.80
10.10
12. 80
23.30
32.30

.90
1.50
2.60
2.20
1.80
5.10
5.60
5.30
7.10
6.20
17.60
16.70

4.00
5.30
5.30
6.00
6.20
6.90
7.50
10.90
8.80
8.80
9. 80
9.30
19.10
38. 80

(ID

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help

(14)

(15)

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

(18)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(19)

(20)

0.5

0.2
.1
.7
.7
2.6
5.2

(21)

F a m ily t y p e s I I a n d I I I
$500-$749______________
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249.......... ........
$1,250-$l,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-13,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over_______

33
20
43
34
62
64
82
92
96
93
100
94
100
100

$26.40
26.60
36.70
40.60
55. 00
69. 70
83. 30
102.10
116.40
124.00
148. 70
154. 70
217. 60
331.30

$0.10 $10.60 $8.30
1.10
8. 40 11.90
4. 70
9. 30 14.80
4. 30
9.90 16. 70
11.10
9. 90 23. 30
15.20 10. 30 31.20
23.40 10.30 34. 30
27.80
9.90 48.50
38. 70 10.00 49.90
35.10
9.10 56. 80
45.80 11.40 68. 20
47. 20 10. 70 67.00
58.70 10.80 103.30
53.90 12.50 182. 70

$1.40
.60
1.80
2. 40
2. 60
3. 30
4. 40
4.80
5.40
6.10
7.10
13.10
12.20
18.80

jF a m il y ty p e s I V a n d V
$500-$749_____________
$750-$999_____________
$1,000-$1,249__________
$1,250-$l,499__________
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-12,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over_______

18
27
46
48
61
74
82
77
84
100
100
92
100
100

23. 50
28.00
40.10
47. 20
52. 60
58.20
75.50
85.40
102. 50
135. 60
127.60
142. 80
231.10
289.40

.10
2.10
5. 60
9. 30
12. 70
16. 30
21.80
19. 80
30.70
46. 60
34. 40
45.40
56.00
63.60

1.00
1.10
1.80
2. 50
3. 30
3.30
3.80
5.00
4. 50
6.80
5.30
9.00
16.30
30.80

1 See explanation of tables.




5.90 12.50
10.00
9.10
9. 30 17.20
8.90 19.00
10. 20 17.30
11.60 17.60
10. 90 29.30
9. 60 34.60
9.70 42. 70
11.30 55.80
11.10 59.00
14.20 56.50
10.30 111. 10
12.60 123.10

.80
.50
1.10
1.90
.80
1.00
.50
2.20
2.80
1.40
1.30
9.20

.40
.30
.30
.40
.40
.50
1.00
.90
2.20
.70
3.80

i

$0.10

$ 6 .io

0.3

6
5
12
27
35

6.60
3.40
12.80
27.30
51.90
114.60
123.00
113. 90
345.30
725.90

$4.20
2.40
.40
3.00
5.00
7.80
13.80 13. 50
24. 60 27.20
83.00 30. 70
73. 50 48.90
84. 60 27.90
242. 70 96. 60
519.00 203.00

1.4
4.3
8.1
17.0
22.7
37.8
22.8
51.0
79.9

3

. 10

.10

2
4

5.20
.30

3
4
12
17
24
27
68
100

1.20
3. 70
22.70
17.20
18.90
57.80
145.40
696. 60

48
82

58
89
100

2.5

$0.10
.90
.60
1.40
6.00
3.90

1.20
3.70
14.10
14.00
18. 60
36.40 19.00
84.80 55. 70
501. 40 182. 60

*’ Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

0.5
.1
1.6
1.8
5.9
13.6
14.6
14.6
28.9
52.0

1.0
.2

.10
.30
2.40
4.90
12. 60

.6
1.6
5.2
6.5
7.9
8.0
31.7
74.6

2.0
1.3
2.7
6.3
11.1
9.1
23.2
8.2
22.1
27.9

.3
.9
1.3
3.6
6.6
6.4
7.2
16.4
21.5

6.0
6.3
13.5
21.0

.2

.2

0 .3
.2
.2
.6
1 .0
1.4
.4
.9
2 .9
.5

.4

.4

5. 20
.30

8.50
3.20

0.3

1.0
.2

1.2
.5
3.6
16.1
58.8

.6
1.6
4.0
6.0
7.9
5.0
15.6
15. S

(” )
.1
.8
.9
.7
2.8
9.7
32.1

(**)

.5
.7
1.2
8.9

31.7

.1
.3
.2
.7
1.6
•8

•4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 0

PROVIDENCE, R. I.: WHITE FAMILIES

T

8 .— O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P ercen ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r te le p h o n e , avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , avera ge
n u m b er o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d avera ge n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1
y e a r, 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
C O L U M B U S, O H IO : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Paid household help 1

General household operation

F am ily typ e and
incom e class

(2)

Average expenditure

A ll T ele­
item s phone
(3)

(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out
(5)

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(ID

(12)

(13)

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press,

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

$0.40
.50
.30
.80
1.40
.80
.90
1.60
1.40
.50
.50
1.10
1. 20
1.30

$0.50
1.30
2.00
2.70
3.00
3.60
4.30
4.40
5. 50
6.70
6. 50
7.80
10.30
22.70

$3.50
4.30
4.70
4.80
4.70
5.90
6.70
6.70
7.00
8.50
10.70
8.60
11.50
16.90

1.10
1.10
3.20
3.70
3.40
2.50
3.80
2. 30
5.40
4.60
6.40
7.70
12. 20
22.20

11
2.90
2.90
2.70
1.00
4.10
8
3. 50
2.50
3.70
7
2.40
4.40
2.40
4.10
14
13. 30
3. 65" 9.40
10. 20
1.40
8.80
4.90
18
22
4. 30
13.90
9.10
6.10
20. 60
3.40 17. 20
6.50
39
20.80
20. 80
7.60
29
25. 20 14.60
7.40
36
39.90
2.10 28.90
8.20
27
31.00
84
149. 80
81. 40 67.00
7.90
329.00
218. 20 108. 30
11.00
100
576. 40
491.00 79.00
100
20.10
♦Averages of less than $0.05 arc not shown.

etc.

W ater Other
sen t

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
ture

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

Average meals fur­
nished per week
All
paid
help

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(16)

(17)

(IS)

(19)

(20)

1.3
.6
1.0
2.0
2.9
4.5
4.2
7.4
10.3
12.1
18.3
31.1
51.2
78.9

0.4
.1
.4
1.7
2.2
1.6
2.0
2.4
5.1
6.9
11.0
23.4
54.1

1.3
.2
.9
1.6
1.2
2.3
2.6
5.4
7.9
7.0
11.4
20.1
27.8
24.8

1.0
.7
.8
1.3
1.4
1.4
2.5
2.7
3.7
4.0
6.7
11.3
14.1

0.8
.4
.4
.9
1.2
1.2
1.9
1.7
2.9
3.4
5.5
8.7
12.9

0.2
.3
.4
.4
.2
.2
.6
1.0
.8
.6
1.2
2.6
1.2

2.9
1.5

1.0

2.9
.5

2.1

1.6

.5

2.3
2.0
4.3
2.2
10.0
10.2
9.0
11.1
29.2
36.6
22.4

.6
.8
.6
1.0
1.3
.6
2.6
1.1
5.8
10.6
16.8

.2
.5
.8
.5
____
2.3
.5
4.1
8.3
16.1

(21)

A l l j a m itie s
$500-$749-__
$750-$999______________
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$l,499____
$1,500-$1,749 ___
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249__________
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over________

5
20
23
36
44
54
62
80
79
85
88
96
100
100

$17.20
23. 60
31.80
38.60
44. 90
54. 20
63.00
78. 70
84.70
95.30
101.90
108.80
143.00
192.10

$0.30 $10.40
4.40
9.70
7.80 11.60
12.10 12.30
14.00 11.60
19.40 12.80
23.20 12.20
32.00 12.40
32. 20 12.90
39. 20 12. 50
42.30 12.50
48. 50 15.30
54.50 14.30
67.60 16.00

$0.70
1.90
2.90
3.20
7.60
8.30
11.90
17.10
21.20
21.10
22. 40
19.10
41.20
34.10

$1.40
1.50
2.50
2.70
2.60
3.40
3.80
4.50
4.50
6.80
7.00
8.40
10.00
33. 50

15.30
21. 50
37.20
40.60
47.00
66. 30
75.40
92.50
91. 30
109. 20
104. 60
108. 50
141. 70
211.70

3.70
13.10
16.30
16.00
25.40
25.20
31.80
36. 30
45.30
33.60
49.80
56.60
70.20

9.20
7.50
9.70
10. 30
9.20
10. 70
10.00
10.40
11.00
10.30
7. 20
10.90
14.00
15.30

.70
2.50
4.60
2.20
8.90
18. 20
24. 30
32.90
24.00
34. 30
41.00
21.70
35.10
13.90

1.60
1.60
2.90
2.70
2.30
4.00
4.40
5.50
4. 30
7.20
7.50
10. 30
11.60
65.40

5
5
5
8
11
16
16
28
33
33
38
69
88
91

$1.30
1.40
1.40
4.10
8.90
12.60
12.20
20.40
28.10
38. 20
58. 50
120.10
249. 60
523.90

$1.00
.30
1.70
4.70
8.00
6.30
9.50
8.70
2£. 90
33.10
72. 90
151. 80
439. 20

$1.30
.40
1.10
2.40
4.10
4.60
5. 70
10.90
19.40
15.00
25. 00
46.10
95. 30
76. 20

$0.10

(*)
.20
(*)
(*)
.30

.4 0

1.10
2. 50
8.50

TABULAR

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
ture for
tele­
phone

md
>w

F a m ily t y p e I
$500-$749________
$750-$999________
$1,000-$1,249____ .
$1,250-$1,499____
$1,500-$1,749__________
$1,750-$1,999__________
$2,000-$2,249...... ............
$2,250-$2,499__________
$2,500-$2,999__________
$3,000-$3,499__________
$3,500-$3,999__________
$4,000-$4,999__________
$5,000-$7,499__________
$7,500 and over________

16
31
42
52
61
58
78
87
89
72
96
100
100
1 See explanation of tables.




1.00
1.00
3.10
.60
1.60
3.10
2.70
.10
.70
.20
1.20
4.60

.30
.50

1.40
2.50
6.40

2.3
3.2 ” 1.2"
5.0
.7
4.0
1.8
10.7
.7
.6
10.8
13.9
4.9
11.8
.7
40.8 11.6
61.1 24.5
90.5 68.1

.6
.6
.1
.2
.8
.6

.3

.6
1.7
2.3
.7

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COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

Paid household help i

General household operation

Fam ily type and
incom e class

__________ (1)

Percent­
age of
lamines
reporting
expendi­
ture for
tele­
phone
(2)

Average expenditure
Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

All
items

Tele­
phone

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

$16.10
21.70
31.20
36.40
42.90
47.10
57.60
71.50
99.40
108.10
121.10
126. 60
150.80
(t)

$1.50
3.50
5.40
10.80
9. 30
16.70
25. 20
33.50
33.40
42.80
45.30
53.40
60.20
(t)

$8.50
11.90
11. 50
13.10
12. 40
12.40
11.70
12. 80
16. 80
12. 20
13. 50
32.90
15.80
(t)

$0.50
4.10
2.80
12.60
4.60
7. 20
9.60
30.10
30.80
38. 80
13.90
37.20

$0.90
1.10
3.40
2.90
2.10
2.80
3.60
4. 50
5.80
7.70
8.30
10. 30
8.80
(t)

$0.80
.40
.10
.50
.50
1.30
1.50
1.10
2.40
.50
1.80

16.00
11.20
13.40
14.00
14. 30
14.80
11. 50
12. 90
11. 20
13.30
13. 50
13. 20
12. 50
(t)
tables.

4.60
2.10
5.10
3.00
2.80
7.90
13.40
9. 40
15.00
12.50
32.90
69.50
(t)

1.20
2.10
1.70
2.00
2.80
3.50
3.90
3.70
3.70
5.60
11.10
8.10
12.60
(t)

1.80
.20
1.10
.70
.30
1.10
1.30
.40
.60
2.70

Percentage oi
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(9)

(10)

$1.10
.90
2.00
1.60
3.40
3.40
3.60
3.90
4.90
2.80
9. 30
11.00
(t)

$4.40
3.20
5.80
4.30
4.40
5.90
5.00
6. 40
7.00
9.20
10. 60
6. 80
17. 20
(t)

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

$1.80
11.50
8.70
18.60
17.10
41.40
S3.70
48.30
76. 60
101. 20
232. 40
(t)

$0.90
3.90
7.80
11.70
11.50
25.50
28.00
30.00
27. 50
88. 50
157.80

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(16)

(17)

(18)

(19)

(20)

2.9
4.6
2.1
7.7
6.8
13.1
20.3
18.1
36.2
16.2
71.8
(t)

0.4
.9
1.6
4.3
4.0
5.6
7.0
9.3
7.4
9.7
36.2

2.5
3.7
.5
3.4
2.8
7.5
13.3
8.8
28.8
6.5
35.6
(t)

1.8
1.8
1.4
2.3
4.2
6.1
6.5
10.2
5.6
11.6
21.4
(t)

0.9
.9
1.4
2.0
3.9
5.8
4.0
8.0
4.4
11.3
20.8

1.3
.4
1.4
7.0
1.2
11.4
10.7
11.1
14.1
22.6
(t)

1.7
1.1
1.8
1.3
4.2
1.2
4.4
4.6
11.0
17.0
12.2
15.8
(t)

1.7
1.1
1.2
.8
3.7
.8
4.3
3.4
9.3
15.9
11.3
14.6
(t)

(21)

F a m ily t y p e I I
:$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_...........
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749.............
$1,750-$1,999.............
$2,000-$2,249.............
$2,250-$2,499.............
$2,500-$2,999.............
$3,000-$3,499.............
$3,500-$3,999.............
$4,000-$4,999_...........
$5,000-$7,499-_........ .
$7,500 and over____

12
17
19
33
34
52
66
82
85
93
100
100
100
(t)

.60

12
19
8
27
23
46
51
57
73
86
100
(t)

$0.90
7.60
.80
6.80
5. 50
15.70
25. 70
17.80
47.10
12.70
66. 40
(t)

$6.16
.10
.10
.20
.50
2.00
8.20

0.9
.9
2.3
.3
.3
2.5
2.2
1.2
.3
.6
(t)

F a m ily t y p e I I I
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249.............
$1,250-$1,499.............
$1,500-$1,749.............
$1,750-$1,999_...........
$2,000-$2,249__.........
$2,250-$2,499.............
$2,500-$2,999.............
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000-$7,499_______
$7,500 and over_____




24.20
.60
20
25.40
16
.20
2.00
13
27.00
24 , 33.00
5.20
40
43.40 14.30
54
48.80 17.50
64
56. 90 22. 20
94
76.30 34.10
69. 40 31.90
85
81
89.20 36.80
96 108. 50 55. 40
92 113. 00 42. 60
100 167. 70 56.70
(t)
(t)
(t)
1 See explanation of

2.30
2.20

.40
1.40
1.30
3.10
2.60
2.40
4.10
5.90
6.80
8.20
5.00
7.30
(t)

4.60
.1
.1
8
.60
.60
6.70
.1
.1
5
5.30
.40
.40
2.4
1.1
2.90
1. 30
4.70
13
4.20
4.3
13.90
13.60
.20
.10
4.7
5.60
12
4.5
17.00
2.20
5.9
6.50
24
19.20
8.3
1.3
16.40
5.50 10.90
7.70
20
7.2
6.0
3. 70
32.70
29.00
7.70
27
32
32.80
3.9
11.80 20.90
.10 15.3
6.70
124.80
98.00 25.30
1.50 30.2 19.5
9.00
78
.60 48.6 37.5
7.80
91
216.10
188. 60 26.90
.90 33.3 19.2
122. 30
94. 70 26.70
8.90
81
3.20 63.7 41.1
310.10
6.90
244.00 62.90
89
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

.6
.5
.5
.4
.1
1.2
1.7
1.1
.9
1.2
(t)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

314

T able 8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : Percentage of fa m ilies leportin g expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
household operation, percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed fo r all fa m ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help , by- fa m ily typ e and incom e, in 1
year, 1 98 5-86 — C ontinued

T

8 .— O t h e r h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
household operation, percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help , by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

able

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(2)

(3)

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone
(4)

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sent
sup­
plies
out

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

Ex­
press, Water
rent
etc.

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

$1.90
.70
7.20
9.10
3.10
6.30
10.40
23.50
18.90
14.80
18. 70
51.40
55.90

$1.20
1.60
1.60
3.50
3.50
3.20
3.80
4.00
4.80
7.50
5.50
6.10
9.80
26.30

$0.80
.40
.20
.90
1.20
.90
.30
.70
.60

. 10
2.00
2.90
7.90
14.10
12. 90
6.40
9.70
13. 50
5.20
14.10

2.30
1.30
2.10
2.80
2.40
3.20
2.60
3.90
3.70
4.10
4.40
10.40
6.40
8.20

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

(9)

(10)

$3. 50
1.90
3.40
4.20
5.60
5. 70
6.90
5.90
9.90
6.20
8.80
10. 70
22.90

$3. 20
4.00
3.40
5.70
4.80
6.60
8.00
5.90
6.20
8.60
12.30
8.10
12.50
12.10

1.60
3. 40
2.10
3.10
3. 20
4.90
4.70
6.50
5.40
9.30
9.20
7.00
29.40

5.30
6.90
5. 40
3.10
6.20
6.10
5.60
9.40
7.60
8.40
11. 50
12.20
10.70
13.30

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

Full­ Parttime time
help help
(20)

(18)

(19)

0.1
1.2

0.1

.3
.8
1.1
2.6
5.4
4.0
7.9
15.9
24.8
30.4

1.0
(**)
.2
1.2
2.4
1.2
2.0
4.0
9.7
11.4

.8
1.4
.9
1.8
3.1
8.7
9.8

1.6

1.6

.2

2.0
.5
1.1
2.1
2.1
.6
2.7
6.7
12.8
15.7

1.4
.5
1.0
1.4
1.6
.6
1.3
5.4
4.1
15.2

(21)

F a m ily t y p e I V
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-12,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000-$7,499_______
$7,500 and over_____

37
16
56
53
56
59
93
71
81
89
97
100
100

$14. 80
34.50 $14.60
26.60
6.10
51.60 19. 50
52. 30 19.00
51.40 19.00
60.50 23.50
78.10 38.30
82.20 28.60
93.40 36. 90
94.90 42.60
105. 20 48.80
152. 70 53.70
209.10 74.30

$9.60
8.50
12.70
11.40
10.50
13.00
12.90
11.90
12.60
11.60
13. 20
12.60
13.60
17.60

29
33
13
25
57
74
38
73
82
95
100
100
100

27. 90
20.60
33.50
25.60
37.40
50. 50
56. 50
63. 50
75.40
75. 50
92.90
106. 40
94.70
128. 30

20.30
10.70
10. 70
13. 70
14.80
16.60
14.30
15.80
13. 70
15.80
15.10
16.00
18.80
13.60

.30
2.10
1.00

4
5

$0.10
5.10

8
2
4
14
30
19
24
47
84
94

1.10
1.80
6.20
7.70
31.00
17.00
40.30
103.00
199.80
511.40

1.90
10.60
5.20
21.70
61.10
119.10
426.00

7

.50

.50

3
2
14
19
14
6
28
73
77
64

.70
3.80
12.70
9.30
5.80
10.40
32. 50
158. 70
238.90
548.00

$0.40

$0.10
5.10

0.1
1.2

.70
1.80
6.20
5.80
20.40
11.80
18.60
40.30
79.30
77.50

.5
.8
1.1
3.0
7.9
5.7
12.6
24.3
48.3
85.9

$1.60
1.40
7.90

0.2
.4
2.5
1.7
4.7
8.4
23.5
55.5

0.1
0.7

.3
(**)
.2
.4
1.0
.3
.2
.9
1.0
1.6

TABULAR

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for
items
tele­
phone

Ui

I>
W

F a m ily t y p e V
$500-$749__________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499_______
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_______
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999_______
$5,000-$7,499_______
$7,500 and over____




1 See explanation of tables.

.16
11. 70
3.50
8.50
18.00
21. 20
14.40
30.60
33. 50
42.90
44.50
46.20
49.70

.20
.30
.40
.50
1.20
.40
1.90
.60
.40

*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.70
3.80
8.00
4. 50
6.30
3.00
1. 70
4.10
9.30
1.10
.30 31.90
61.10 97.10
81.50 152.60
469. 40 60.60

.20
(*)
.30
.50
4.80
18.00

.2

.2

3.8
1.3
4.2
2.4
1.6
3.0
13.4
51.5
35.8
52.0

3.6
1.3
1.6
1.6
.2
1.5
.1
10.2
10.2
37.6

2.6
.8
1.4
1.5
13.3
41.3
25.6
14.4

**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

.6
.1
.7
.5
1.4
1.3
8.7
.5

00
I—1
Or

T a b l e 8 .—O t h e r

316

h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone , average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily typ e and incom e , in 1
yea r , 1 935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(1)
F a m ily ty p e V I
$500-$749___________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249________
$1,250-$1,499________
$1,500-$1»749________
$1,750-$1,999________
$2,000-$2,249________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999________
$3,000-$3,499________
$3,500-$3,999________
$4,000-$4,999________
$5,000-$7,499________
$7,500 and over_____

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
All
ture for
items
tele­
phone

(2)
2011
22
22
17
32

(3)

17.00
28. 40
28.30
32.50
42.60
57. 50
62.90
90.10

Tele­
phone
(4)

$0.40
.70
4. 40
3.60
9.30

6.00

20
100 68.
86.10
(t)

14.20
26.10
39. 20
37.20
52.40
30.90
(t)

12
12
40
55
38
46
69
74
73
67
100
100

20.50
30. 50
38.60
38.40
44. 50
49. 20
58.60
68.80
80. 20
78. 50
118.40
118. 70

.10
1.30
4.20
7.80
14.60
17.90
21.80
29.10
31. 50
31. 90
84. 80
51.30

60
73
97
89

124.00

89

(t)

Paid household help 1

Average expenditure
Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sup­
sent
plies
out

(6) (6)

$9.80
11.40
13. 30
13.70
13.30
13.40
16.60
16.70
12.80
13.70
16. 50
13.80
(t)

$5.20

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.
(7)

$1.00
2.00
2.20

E x­
press, Water
rent
etc.

(8)

2.00

24.20
1.80
24.00
15.70
(t)

1.70

2.70
3.30
4.80
4.40
5. 00
14.20
7.70
(t)

(10) (11)

$4.40
3. 50

1.40

1.90
.30
.70
8.90
9.50

(9)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
Other expendi­
ture

$0. 50
.30
.80
.60
.70
2.70

.10
..2200
.10

(t)

$0.10 6.20
8.10
2.10
6.10 11.00
1.90
1.80
3.90
5.10
4.00

4.50
5.70

6.60
7.30
5.80

(t)

11.80
(t)

1.60
1.50
3.30
4.80
3. 00
4.80
6.50
4.40
12.50
3.30
7.90

4.40
6.30
7.60
6.60
5.40
7.70
7.20
9.00
13.90
9. 20
7.30
13.70

All
paid
help

(12)

$0.70
.90
7.60
14.80
53.10
12.30
23. 50
56.90
109. 70
79.00
67.00
(t)

6.80
4.40
7.10

(t)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

Full­
time
help
(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(16)

$0.70
.90
$7.40
5.30
52.50
8.90
18.00
17.00
42.80
78.30
39.00

26.90
(t)

Full­ Part- All
time time paid
help help help
(17)

1.8
6.0

6.7
9.8

$1.70
.70

1.10

5.6
21.7
34.9
13.9
23.9
(t)

(18)

0.3
1.9

0.3
1.9

.20

9.50
.60
3.40
5. 50
39.90
65.20

(16)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

1.7
2.4
9.7
3.8
3.3
4.6
7.9
13.8
8.7

(19)

Full­ Parttime time
help help

(20) (21)

.1 1.0 1.1.06 .8
2..12
6.2
1.0
.1 10.6 10.6

4.3

2.3
17.1
27.0

1.5

2.4
3.8
3.1
3.6

7.4

15.2
(t)

5.7
(t)

.4
1.0

1.2
4.1
.6
.7
2.8
1.9
(**)
1.5
5.1
3.8

3.4
2.7
3.2
5.2
3.6
1.9

.4
.4
.4

3.8

(t)

3.8

F a m ily ty p e V I I
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249__
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999_. .
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999__
$4,000-$4,999__
$5,000-$7,499.__
$7,500 and over.

1 See explanation of tables.




12.80
15.60

22.10
17.10
14.60
17.60
17.40
18.40
23.60
17.10
19.80
14.10

2.80

2.30
1.90
1.70

1.00
.90

2.10 2.00
1.00
1.10
1.50

1.60

2.90

4.50

15.16"

3.00
2.70
3.60
3.70
6.80
3.30
3.20
12.70

.30
.90

3.90

206
218
8 2.10
.40
4.70

13
4

36
36

9.60
23.40
4.80

3! 70
1.80

26.00
93.80
111. 30

26.00
93.80
62. 50

fAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

2.10
.40

2.60

5.90
21.60
4.40
2.10
47.90

.90

.4
2.0
.2
3.7
7.3
2.6
2.1
4.3
15.6
18.4

1.0
.2
.7
.4
.3
4.3
15.6
8.9

3.0
6.9
2.3
2.1
9.5

**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

4.1
.6
.6
.9
1.7
1.5
5.1
3.8

1.2
(**)
.1
1.9
.2
<**)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-36

COLUMBUS, OHIO: WHITE FAMILIES

T a b le 8 .— O t h e r

h o u s e h o l d o p e r a t i o n : P ercen ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu re fo r te le p h o n e , avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p ercen ta g e o f f a m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re f o r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera ge a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e , avera ge
n u m b e r o f w eek s h e lp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d avera ge n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in c o m e , in 1
y e a r f 1 9 3 5 - 8 6 — Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation

Family type and
income class

(2)

Average expenditure

Tele­
phone

Laun­ Laun­
dry
dry
sent
sup­
out
plies

(3)

(4)

(5)

$11. 70
16.10
21.80
32.50
38.10
44.90
62.30
57.80
46.80
61.00

$1.50
1.30
8.50
12.50
18. 30
20.80
28.90
11.10
17.00

$6.80
7.60
8.80
10. 30
10.30
10.10
11.80
13.40
14.80
10.20

10.80
14. 70
22.80
36.20
37. 80
55.20

(*)
.10
10.70
14. 30
21.40

63.60

34.40

Sta­
tion­
ery,
etc.

ii/X- Water
press, rent
etc.

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
A4-L
a i * expendi­
u
tner
ture

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

$0.10
.40
.40
.20
.50
.20

15.70

$0.60
.80
1.20
1.40
3.30
2.50
2.80
3.60
9.20
4.10

$1.30
1.50
1.10
1.30
2.80
2.90
4.60
6.30
6.80
8.40

$2.90
3.60
4.40
4.30
4.90
4.50
4.80
5.20
4.90
5.60

7.00
7.00
8.00
9.60
7.40
11.40

8.80
9. 50
2.50
13.10

.30
.80
1.30
1.30
5.20
2.90

.40
2.30
1.40
1.10
3.00
3.00

3.10
3.90
2.70
4.00
4.10
3.40

14.40

.80

3.00

4.60

6.40

(6)

(11)

Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All
time gifts to paid
help
help
help
(14)

(15)

(16)

Full­ Parttime time
help help
(17)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All
paid
help

Full­
time
help

Parttime
help

(18)

(19)

(20)

(21)

(**)

(**)

1.1
7.1
.9
6.2

0.1
.3
3.9
.1
4.7

A l l f a m ilie s
$250-$499____
$500-$749____
$750-$999____
$1,000-$1,249$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749$1,750-$1,999_
$2,000-$2,249_
$2,250-$2,499_
$2,500-$2,999_

4
17
16
45
39
52
61
100
56
78

$0.70
4.60
6.50
3.80
6.40
17.50
.40

2
4

$0.10

8
27
33
12
22

1.80
35.40
18.30
7.80
86.70

$16.90

$0.10

(-)

1.80
35.40 —
4.40
7.80 —

1.1
7.1
6.5
6.2
11.6

86.70

5~6_
II. (T

(**)

2.3

6.1
.3
1.6
.1

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendiAll
ture for
items
telephone

4.7

F a m ily t y p e I
4
4
56
34
42
100
100

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)
(t)

1 See explanation of tables.
* Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.




(t)
(t)
(t)

(t)

(t)
(t)
(t)

.70
.50
(*)
1.30

(t)
(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)
(t)

7
(t)

20

(t)

25.00

25.00

f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

(t)

(t)

10.0

10.0

(t)

(t)

4.2

4.2

!
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

(t)

317

$250-$499____
$500-$749____
$750-$999____
$1,000-$1,249_
$1,250-$1,499_
$1,500-$1,749_
$1,750-$1,999_
$2,000-$2,249_
$2,250-$2,499$2,500-$2,999_

Family type and
income class

(1)
Family types II and
HI

$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499_
$1,500-$1,749_
$1,750-$1,999_
$2,000-$2,249_
$2,250-$2,499_
$2,500-$2,999.

Family types I V and V

$250-$499___
$500-$749___
$750-$999___
$1,000-$1,249.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749.
$1,750-$1,999.
$2,000-$2,249.
$2,250-$2,499.
$2,500-$2,999.

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun- Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­
Water
ture for All Tele- dry dry tion­ press,
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery, etc. rent Other
plies out etc.
phone
(3)
(4)
(5)
(9) (10)
(7)

(6)

(2)

$14.40
13.20
21.40
25.70
26.20
31.90

$7.80
$1.30
7.10 $2.60 .30
9.00 .70
6.40
.80 1.90
.30 15. 90
1.60
9.60 9.70 2.70

$0.4.3010

(8)

1.20 $0..5010
11.00
(t)
(t) 2.(t)(t)10 1.80
(t)
(t)(t)
67 75.70 13.00 12.00
3.70
22 11.70
5.00
1.1.5000 .50
46 21.60 5.80 9.00
22
19.80 .40 10.10
.90
26 31.00 6.70 11.10 5.00 1.40 .50
48 43. 40 15.70 11.00 6.60 2.10
64 38.90 17. 60 9.00 1.30 2.40
28 43.30 14.80 16.20
3.20
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)75 69.(t)(t)50 27.50
(t)
(t)
(t)(t)
10.50 13.00 4.50

1 See explanation of tables.



Paid household help 1

$2.50 $2.80
.10 2.90
.60 5.10
1.10 4.50
3.80 4.60
.90 5.10
(t)
(t)
(t)
10.70 6.70
2.60
1.50
1.20
1.80
2.10
3.30
3.90
(t)
(t)
8.50

2.60
3.80
7.20
4. 50
5.90
5.30
5.20
(t)
(t)
5. 50

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help help help
help
(12)

(ID

36
33

(13)

(14)

$14.30

$14.30

.60

7

.30

(t)
(t)
(t) 25 130.00
(t)

—

.60

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­
paid time time paid time
help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

9.5

—

9.5

17.3 17.3

86.70 $86.70

11

(15)

Average weeks
help employed

1.1
7.0

.1

.1

.1

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)
5.2

Parttime
help
(21)

1.1
7.0

.1

.30
130.00

(t)
(t)

13.0 13.0

t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

5.2

(t)
(t)

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-3 6

General household operation

318

8.—-Other household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure , average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilies , and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed helpf by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year, 1 08 5 -3 6 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
COLUMBUS, OHIO: NEGRO FAMILIES

T able

T a b l e 8 .— O th e r

h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : P erc en ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r telep h o n e , avera ge e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f gen era l
h o u seh o ld o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s re p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h elp a n d avera g e a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu re , avera g e
n u m b e r o f w eek s h elp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll f a m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m e a ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1
y e a r, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 — Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

A l l fa m ilie s

$500-$749 ___________
$750-$999___________
$1,000-$1,249 _______
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-11,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over______

18
55
51
55
80
69
67
82
91
100
97
98
100

21.50
7.50 4.40
39. 80 4. 50 6. 70 14. 20
57. 70 14.80 6. 20 25.40
77. 40 15.80 7.30 38.10
82. 60 16.80 6.70 41.90
85.30 23. 60 6.30 39. 60
79. 60 20.10 6.30 39. 40
103. 30 21. 30 7.10 57.80
113.90 28. 70 7.00 57.20
116. 20 31.70 9. 50 52. 60
146. 90 35.60 8.70 73.10
156. 60 37.70 7. 30 86.00
175. 00 49. 50 12.40 77.10
235. 50 57. 50 17. 20 74. 70
1 See explanation of tabes.




$4. 60
8.50
10.90
14.40
22.70
19.80
24. 60
30.10
33.90
35.00
37. 60
43.10
60. 60

$5.00
10.70
17.40
26.80
31.20
34.90
31.70
50.10
46.80
50. 20
56.80
70.10
82. 70
81.00

$1.00 $0. 50
2.10 1.00
2.30 1.00
3.00 1.20
3.60 .70
4.20 .90
3.70 1.50
5.40 .70
5. 60 1.10
6.60 .40
9.10 1.10
8.90 .30
10.00 .50
23.90 1.40
.40
3.40
2.00
3.00
4.10
3.50
3.40
5.50
5.50
6. 20
16.20
8.90
13.90
32.50

$4.00
6.50
5. 50
7.10
8.00
8.00
8.90
8.20
9.70
10.70
10.30
13. 70
18.30
31. 20

$3.00
5.30
5.00
5.90
6.70
7.60
6.90
7. 20
8. 20
9. 20
10. 60
9. 70
11.40
27.90

5.10 4.10
.90 5. 20 4.90
1.10 3. 60 4. 60
.90 6. 70 5. 60
.80 5.90 6. 40
1. 20 4.90 6. 20
.40 5.60 4. 40
.40 4.00 7. 20
1.00 7. 50 7.00
7. 30 8.90
.50 5.00 7.80
8.10 8. 60
.50 10. 60 11. 00
.70 26.00 26.90

Full­
time
help
(13)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

Parttime
help
(21)

4.4
6.9
6.5
8.5
12.2
21.3
23.1
25.4
33.5
45.4
45.1
55.3
63.7
87.5

0.8
1.0
1.1
4.0
6.9
7.3
8.9
11.7
23.1
23.6
28.5
44.0
46.4

4.4
6.1
5.5
7.4
8.2
14.4
15.8
16.5
21.8
22.3
21.5
26.8
19.7
41.1

0.2
1.4 1.3
1.1 1.0
2.4 1.5
2.4 1.8
4.1 2.4
4.1 2.9
4.3 3.5
6.9 5.1
11.2 9.0
10.9 8.2
13.7 10.4
19.3 17.6
24.2 20.3

0.2
.1
.1
.9
.6
1.7
1.2
.8
1.8
2.2
2.7
3.3
1.7
3.9

7.4
22.30
14 22.30
10.5
.80 8.10
32
8. 90
12.3
3.00 9. 20
29 12. 20
5. 40 7.30
8.0
36 12. 70
23 29. 30 14. 50 14.80 (*) 11.8
.70 21.0
46 43.70 11.90 31.10
.40 23.9
52 48.00 20. 50 27.10
.20 25.3
51 47. 30 19. 50 27. 60
.20 30.1
70 50.00 10. 50 39. 30
.80 48.5
94 171.00 121. 40 48. 80
57 74. 20 52.10 21.10 1.00 29.0
.60 34.7
69 176.10 159. 20 16. 30
100 343. 80 281. 00 58.10 4. 70 63.8
.60 87.9
100 408. 30 279.10 128. 60
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.1
1.0
2.3
3.7
3.4
5.6
4.9
2.2
23.9
13.0
25.0
42.7
34.5

7.4 .7
10.4 1.3 I .i
11.3 1.5 1.4
5.7 3.7 2.6
8.1 1.7 1.2
17.6 5.1 1.9
18.3 2.6 1.7
20.4 2.5 1.9
27.9 2.2 .6
24.6 10.8 8.7
16.0 5.6 4.4
9.7 8.4 7.8
21.1 17.2 15.9
53.4 17.1 13.9

.7
.2
.1
1.1
.5
3.2
.9
.6
1.6
2.1
1.2
.6
1.3
3. 2

8
20
17
27
30
49
52
52
72
86
81
88
99
97

$7.40
6.50
6. 60
11. 60
27. 50
46.80
50.90
59. 70
83.10
146.10
160. 30
214.80
342.00
485. 40

$1.70
1.50
3.00
15.00
24. 60
27. 70
35. 20
48.80
104.00
114.90
159. 60
275. 60
372.90

$7.40
4.80
5.10
8. 50
12.50
21.90
22.90
24. 30
33.80
41. 50
44. 40
53. 30
62. 20
105. 40

$6.16
(*).30
.30
.20
.50
.60
1.00
1.90
4.20
7.10

319

$19. 70
38.10
47.30
62.90
71. 80
86. 50
80. 80
104.30
110. 20
120.20
132. 60
151. 70
177. 70
242. 60

F a m ily typ e I

$500-$749
_
$750-$999 ______ _
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over_______

$6.20
7.90
7. 60
8.00
7.20
8. 20
8.30
8.10
8.70
9. 20
9.70
11.40
11.70
16. 60

16
33
37
48
73
67
75
89
93
96
99
97
100

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(ID

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(9) (10)
(3)
(7)
(8)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(2)

T able 8. — Other

320

household operation: P ercen ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o r tin g e x p e n d itu r e f o r telep h o n e , avera g e e x p e n d itu re fo r ite m s o f g en era l
h ou seh old o p e r a tio n , p e rce n ta g e o f fa m ilie s r e p o rtin g e x p e n d itu re fo r p a id h o u seh o ld h e lp a n d avera ge a m o u n t o f su ch e x p e n d itu r e , avera ge
n u m b er o f w eek s h e lp e m p lo y e d fo r a ll fa m ilie s , a n d average n u m b e r o f m ea ls p e r w eek fu r n is h e d h e lp , b y f a m i ly ty p e a n d in co m e , in 1
y e a r, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 —Continued

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

Family type and
income class
(1)

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
etc.
out
phone
(4)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(9) GO)
(2)
(7) (8)

F a m i l y t y p e s I I and I I I

$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499______....
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over ... .
F a m i l y ty p e s I V and V

6
24
24
51
70
66
77
93
90
97
97
100
100

$14. 90
32.90
44. 40
53. 70
69. 80
91.10
82.90
103. 70
108.80
113.20
126.10
152. 50
179. 60
216.90

$1.60
5.80
6.90
14.10
22.00
17. 70
26.10
31.90
31.70
37.20
36. 30
44.00
54.40

$500-$749____________
24.10
$750-$999_______ ..
28 43.10 8.80
$1,000-$1,249_______
22 39. 00 5.10
$1,250-$1,499_______
43 63. 30 12. 20
$1,500-$1,749_________
40 65.10 12.70
$1,750-$1,999_________
70 82. 30 22. 60
$2,000-$2,249_________
67 79. 80 21.30
$2,250-$2,499_________
81 105. 40 26. 20
$2,500-$2,999_________
92 108. 70 29. 60
$3,000-13,499_________
98 128. 30 37.00
$3,500-$3,999_________
93 129. 40 33.10
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 149.20 38. 40
$5,000-$7,499_________
95 177. 70 40. 40
$7,500 and over_______
100 255.00 64. 30
1 See explanation of tables.



Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(11)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

11 $2.90
19
6.50
3. 20
9
30 16.00
35 * 33.80
53 52.90
59 52. 90
60 85. 80
72 103. 50
90 129. 40
92 228. 90
93 240. 90
100 424. 40
100 564. 50

$5. 70
8.20
8. 00
8. 30
7.10
9.20
9. 00
8.80
9.50
8.80
9. 70
11. 60
12.90
12.50

$2.90 $1.20 $0.60 $2.10 $2.40
9.50 1.60 .70 5.70 5.60
15. 30 3.00 1. 30 6.00 5.00
22.00 3. 20 1.90 5.60 5.80
29.70 3. 30 .80 7.90 6.90
38.60 4. 80 .60 7.70 8.20
31.60 3.70 3. 20 9.90 7.80
45.50 6. 50 .50 8.80 7. 50
41.40 5. 70 2. 20 9.70 8. 40
48.00 6.90 .90 7.70 9.20
46.60 6.10 1. 20 12.10 13. 20
73.90 8.10 .90 12.20 9.50
85.50 7. 60 .80 16.20 12. 60
69.90 17.50
38.60 24.00

5.70
8. 50
8. 50
8. 20
7.90
8.70
9.20
8. 40
9.10
9. 40
10.10
13. 00
10. 90
17.80

8.00 1. 40 .90 5.40 2.70
11
9.10 1.70 1.30 8.60 5.10
10. 70 1. 80 .50 7.00 5. 40
15
14
23.80 2. 70 . 50 9. 50 6.40
23. 70 3. 50 .50 10.10 6.70
30
27.10 4.10 .90 10.80 8.10
48
26. 50 3. 90 .80 10. 30 7. 80
45
47. 50 4. 30 1.00 11.30 6. 70
47
43.80 5. 60 .50 11.20 8. 90
73
50. 30 6.60 .50 15.10 9.40
79
55. 30 7. 50 1.40 11.90 10.10
85
60. 70 9. 40 . 10 17.30 10. 30
94
83. 50 9. 60 .30 21.90 11.10
99
94
87.90 22.10 2.20 31.00 29. 70
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

4.30
4.90
4. 70
18. 60
42.60
51.20
46. 80
90.00
142. 80
155. 80
214. 70
304. 90
493. 90

Average meals fur­
nished per week

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Parttime gifts to paid time time
help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)

$3.70
1. 30
2. 30
21. 70
39. 30
26. 50
56. 20
77. 00
94.00
181. 20
181.70
375. 20
450.00

5.8
$2.90
5.8
5.3 2.0 3.3 2.5 2.5 (**)
2. 80
1.90
2.7 .4 2.3 .4 .4
13. 60 ~~$6.~io 12.1 .8 11.3 2.5 1.2 I. 3
12.10
14.0 5.8 8.2 3.3 2.5
.8
13. 60 (*) 21.5 10.7 10.8 4.4 3.7
.7
25. 90
.50 23.8 7.1 16.7 5.1 2.9 2.2
29. 20
.40 30.3 13.2 17.1 6.1 4.9 1.2
25. 60
.90 31.6 18.5 13.1 10.0 7.9 2.1
35.10
.30 46.2 22.8 23.4 11.0 8.6 2.4
45. 50 2. 20 53.4 33.7 19.7 16.2 13.0 3.2
57.10 2.10 57.2 32.0 25.2 16.4 12.3 4.1
46.80 2. 40 67.3 51.9 15.4 26.0 24.0 2.0
104. 70 9.80 96.2 57.2 39.0 27.7 24.6 3.1

Full­
time
help

All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

.1
4.30
5.7 .1
5.7
. 16 4. 80
5.2 1.8 3.4 1.8 1. 5
.3
1. 80 2. 90
4.3 .6 3.7 1.0 1.0 (**}
7. 50 11.00
.10 10.6 2.2 8.4 2.1 1.7
.4
19.00 23. 30
.30 21. 3 5.6 15.7 3.0 1.3 1.7
33. 70 17.50
21.9 8.6 13.3 4.3 3.6
.7
29. 60 17.10 (*).10 21.3 8.6 12. 7 4.1 3.6
.5
53. 80 35.80
.40 37.0 13.0 24.0 7.7 6.0 1.7
.70 42.9 22.9 20.0 11.6 9.5 2.1
100. 30 41.80
47.8 21.9 25.9 9.8 6.5 3.3
99. 40 56. 40
145. 20 67.20 (*)
2. 30 63.2 27.7 35.5 14.2 10.2 4.0
229. 60 70. 50 4. 80 62.1 41.0 21.1 17.1 15.3 1.8
390.10 94. 50 9. 30 84.2 48.2 36.0 26.3 21.9 4.4
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

ATLANTA, GA.: WHITE FAMILIES

T a b l e 8 . — Other

household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for Hems of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year, 1 9 3 5 -3 6 — Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

103
4
14
21
39
66
50

Family type I

100
100
100
114
100

10. 40
12.80
19.40
26.60
43.50
75.10
62.60
125.00

3.00
1.30
.90
4.00
7.20
18.80
15.10
38.90

8.00

10.00

1 See explanation of tables.

2.20

$0.90
3.10
4.60
6.60
17.70
24.70
28.40
25.00
31. 60
43.40
36. 20
58.90

12.00

$0.30
.50
1.30
1.60
2.30
4.00
5.50
4.30
5.00
4.80
9.60
12.90
10.60
18.80

$0.30
.30
.30
.30
.40
.40
.60
.8 0
.40
.5 0

$1.60 $ 1.30
1.60 2.40
3.20
4.30 3. 70
5.70 4.60
9.60 5. 50
5.60
10.50
11.70 6.80
12. 40
11. 70
11.80 8.90
9.60
13.10 8.80

2.20

.20 11.00
6.00
8.8.20
20
10.00

1.60
.30
..6010 2.2.7040 2.40
1.60
.60
1.
2
0
.4 0 2. 40 3.10
6.
0
0
.10 3.70 3.70
6.00 15.40
7.70 1.40
.4 0 7.20 4.40
3.00
.10
8.00 6.5.0000
6.00 33.40
3.80
21.
20 3.80 .70 11.9.40
10 7.90
50.50 8.60

4.40
5.40
5.90
7.10
7.30

1
2
3
4

3
13
9
27
17
24
46
40
60

(14)

(13)

(*)

6.10

.80
.10
12 .50
9
6..9000
43 81.80
7

1

*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

22.30

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(17)

(16)

C)

(**)
0.4 (**) U. “± (*•)
.2
(**)
.4 0 .1
.3 0 .3
.1
1.1
.1
5.2 1.5 3.7
.7
.8
5.9
5.9
.1
11.1
4.3
4.3 1.1
14.5
14.5 1 .6
20.5 ” 7.'o' 13.5 5.6
4 .8
20.8 20.8
46.8 5 .2 41.6 4 .8

.80 (*)
____ 1..20
.10
.50 ______ .5
.9
6..9000 .10 26.0
2.9
59.40

(18)

(19)

(15)

(*)
$0.30
(•)
.20
.40
$0.20
1.40
.10 1. 30
12.30
3.00 9. 30
6.10
15. 30 _________ 15.30 ________
9.30 ________
9.30
17. 30 $0.30
17. 60
79.10
27.90 51.20 ________
67.80
67.80
20.80 77. 90
.70
99.40

..6020

$0.30

Average meals fur­
nished per week

.2

1.0
11.1

L02 (**:
(**)

. y ------2.9 ____
18.6 6.3

**Averages less than 0.05 are not shown.

(20) (21)
(**)
0 .2
.1
.7

2.1

(*•)
(**)
0.1
(*•)
.8
.1
1.1
1.6
4 .3
2 .7

(**)
(**)
3.3

321

3
17
24
58
50

$1.40 $3.40
.80 4.90
1.30 6.30
3.40 6.80
5.60 7.20
12. 30 7.50
24. 90 7.20
17. 50 7.10
24.50
26.10 7.70
32. 20 7. 50
48.20 9.40
39.60
44.70 11.70

(12)

(10) (ID

(8)

Average weeks
help employed

CO oc

71
77
94

$8.30
11.40
17.70
24.70
32. 40
56.80
66.60
7 0 .7 0
85. 20
84.60
101. 30
134. 60
116.00
156.00

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help
help help help

TABULAR SUMMARY

A ll families

Under $260___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$1,249- _.
$1,250-$1,499__
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249_..
$2,250-$2,499_..
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3,999_. _
$4,000 and over.




(6)

(2)

(1)

Under $250___
$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999_____
$1,000-$! ,249...
$1,250-$1,499__
$l,500-$2,249__
$2,250 and over.

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­
Water
ture for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ press,
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery, etc. rent Other
plies out etc.
phone
(4)
(9)
(3)
(7)
(5)

Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)

i Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
ture for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ press,
Water
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery, etc. rent Other
plies out etc.
phone
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(9) GO)
(2)
(8)
(4)

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help
help help help

(ID

(12)

(13)

7
9
50
15

$0.20
1.80
39.10
19.50

$1.80

3

1

.10
.10

.lo

(t) 64

52.10

(14)

(15)

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

Family type II

Under $250_______
:$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
-$1,000-$1,249______
■ $1,250-$!,499______
$l,500-$2,249______
$2,250 and over____

8
8
16
33
45
67
77

$5.10
11.00
17.80
30.10
31.40
48. 40
92. 70
90.60

8
1
6
15
80
43

(t)
10.50 0.10
19. 70
40
19.50 1.60
23.90 4. 60
76. 00 21. 20
59.80 12.90
(t)
(t)

$1. 50
2.70
2.90
9. 40
15.00
24.30
27.80

$3.00
6. 30
6. 20
7.10
6.10
8.10
7.60
8.20

$1.30
9.70
4. 50
9.00
37.10
27.60

$0.30
$1.80
.20 C) $0.70 2. 30
1.40 $0.30 2.00 3.90
2.30 1.20 3.20 3. 70
2.90 .20 5.00 3. 30
8. 70 4.60
3.00
3.30 3.10 10.00 7. 30
14.20 9.00
3.80

$0. 20

0.6
.7
24.5
8.0

39.10 —
11.90 7.60

0.6
0.7
24.5
3.0 5.0

1.9
2.1
1.3

1.9

.2

.2

3.4

3.0

.2

2.1
1.1

Family type III

Under $250_______
$250-$499_________
$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$l,500-$2,249______
$2,250 and over____

(t)

(t)
5.50 0.40
7.90 5. 30
6.70 4.30
6.70 1.60
9.80 21.80
6.60 23.50
(t)
(t)

(t)
.60
2.10
1.40
2.20
4.00
4.90
(t)

i See explanation of tables.
f Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.




.20
.30
.40
.60

1.40
.50
1.70
4.60
12.60
6.80
(t)

(t)
2.30
3. 20
3.40
3.60
6.60
5.10
(t)

(t)

(**).1 (**)

.10

13.10 39.00

(t)

36.3

(t)

•Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.
••Averages less than 0.05 are not shown.

.1

6.6 29.7

(t) (t)

(t).4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-3 6

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

322

household operation: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able 8*— Other

T able 8.— Other household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure jo r telephone , average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure , average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help , by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year , 1 98 5-36 — C ontinued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­
expenditure for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ Ex- Water j Other
rent
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery,
plies out etc.
phone
(6)
(4) (5)
(7) (8)
(9) (10)
(2)
(3)

Average expenditure
Percentfamilies
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help help help
help
(12)

(13)

4
5
6
4
39

$0.10
.60
.70
1.50
36.30

$0.10
.60
.70 —
1.50 —
$18.40 17.90

15
6
33

8.70
48.00

(U )

(14)

(16)

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

F a m ily typ e I V

Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$l,500-$2,249___
$2,250 and over..

20 $7.60
10. 60
5 15. 30
11 23. 40
14 26.40
30 53. 60
82 82.00
87 108.90

$1.80
3.10
4.20
10.10
31.20
37.60

$5.00
5.60
6.10
7.00
7.40
7.80
7.20
9.70

$1.40 $1.20
$0.60 $0. 50 $0.50 1.00 2.40
.60 1.30 .10 2. 50 2.90
2.20 2.00 .20 5.00 3.90
2.40 2.00 .40 5. 30 4.70
13. 70 3. 30
12.40 6.30
18.40 5.30 .40 13.50 6.00
30.10 11.50 —
11.60 8.40

0.2
.4
.4 —
2.0
12.8

0.2
.4
.4
2.0
8.5

0.4
.1
2.1

5.2
30.3

2.3

0.7

0.4
.1
1.4

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Paid household help 1

F a m ily ty p e V

Under $250____
$250-$499______
$500-$749______
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___
$l,500-$2,249___
$2,250 and over..

(t)
10.10
3 12.20 (*)
3 17. 70 1.30
27 28. 50 6.30
25 38. 40 8.90
47 68. 20 18.60
100 116. 50 35.90




.70 .60
(*) 4.1.70
50
.40
.30 4. 60
.40 6.90
.30 10.90
11.40

(t)
3.00
2.70
2.90
5.30
5.30
5.80
8.30

8.70
47.60

5.2
$0.40 30.3

2.3
323

i See explanation of tables.
fAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(t)
(t)
5.10 .10 .60
1.50
6.30
7.40 (*) 1.20
1.30
8.20 2.50
8.30 4.10 4.50
8.30 17.50 6.80
7.30 42.10 11.50

ATLANTA, GA.: NEGRO FAMILIES

Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­
Water Other
ture for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ press,
phone
rent
items
sup­ sent ery,
tele­
plies out etc. etc.
phone
(9) (10)
(4)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(7) (8)
(2)

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help help help
help

(ID

(12)

(13)

8

$0.90

$0.90

12
12

3.20
13.00

(14)

(15)

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

F a m ily ty p e V I

CJnder $250 . .. _
$250-$499________
$500-$749_ ____
$750-$999 .. .
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499
$l,500-$2,249
$2,250 and over

(t)
(t)
(t)
$9.80
$5.20 $0.20 $0.40 $6.20 $1.30 $2.50
1 15. 30 C) 6. 50 2.00 1.10 .80 1.00 3.90
21 19. 30 $0.30 8.20 .80 1.20 .30 3.90 4.60
33 30.20 4.80 8.20 2.70 1.40 .70 7.20 5.20
27 48.70 5.80 7.60 15.80 6.00 1.00 7.70 4.80
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
12.00
8.00
67 74.30 23.40 9.30 19.30 2.30

0.3

0.3

3.1
6.5

.8

1.2

1.2

1.3
.2

1.2

F a m ily ty p e V I I

Under $250
$250-$499 .
$500-$749 _
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249_ _______
$1,250-$1,499 ______
$l,500-$2,249 .............
$2,250 and over

(t)
(t)
.50
5.80
9. 40
12 21.80 3.60 9.20
.30
1.00
.90
9.40
7.10
31 30. 50
15 26.40 1.50 8.10 3.40 2.50
6.60
.10
18 32. 70 2.00 9.80
67 74. 60 23.60 7.80 17.50 5.80
88 101.30 31.30 10.60 22.80 12.20

1 See explanation of tables.
fAverages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.




.40
5.60
8.30
.70 4.80
.40 8. 60
13.40
1.50 13.60
.30

2.40
3.10
3.80
5.^0
5.20
6.50
9.30

1.50 $1.70
13.00

2.3
6.5

0.1
.2

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

324

T able 8 .— Other household operation: Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure for telephone , average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure , average
num ber of weeks help em ployed fo r all fa m ilies , and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help , by fa m ily typ e and incom e , in 1
year , 1985-86 — C ontinued

T a b l e 8 . — Other

A ll families

$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249 _
$1,250-$1,499._ _____
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$l,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000~$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over______
Family type I

32
30
43
48
71
86
85
89
96
97
100
93
100
100

$26. 70
33.40
42.60
50. 00
60. 50
77. 00
75.60
85.80
96.20
123.00
122.00
132.90
168.20
257.10

$6.20
5.90
11.60
13.60
23.10
29. 00
28.30
34.40
35.90
44.10
41.90
41.80
47.80
65.60

$8.40
9. 50
11.10
10.90
10.80
11.30
11.70
11.00
11.90
11.90
13.90
12. 70
15. 50
16.00

$2.80 $2.00 $2. 00 $5. 30
$5. 00 2.30 1.00 4.10 5.60
5.70 3.10 .80 5. 00 5.30
8.50 3.50 .20 6.90 6.40
8.30 3.70 1.30 6.70 6.60
17.40 5.10 .50 6.70 7.00
15.30 4.70 1.00 7.60 7.00
17.80 5.60 1.50 7.30 8. 20
21.10 7.20 1.00 11.00 8.10
37.40 8.10 1.30 10.90 9.30
33.20 9.80 1.20 12.30 9. 70
42.20 10.10 .70 13.40 12.00
61.60 11.50 1.40 17.90 12. 50
109.70 16.20 1.20 25.60 22.80




4.50
1.90
.70
.40
1.10
1.30
2.60
.40
(t)

1.80 4.80
2.70 5. 70
4. 20 4. 50
6.50 5.30
5.60 5. 40
6.20 6.00
6.10 6.60
6.80 6. 80
9.80 7.20
12.30 8.60
11.90 9. 50
15.90 11.30
(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

(t)
(t)

0.2
.1
2.1
.8
1.2
.3
.6
3.7
8.8
10.3
16.3
22.6
26.3

0.4 0.4
.6 .6
1.4 1.8 1.6
1.4 1.1 .9
3.5 2.4 1.9
3.2 .8 .5
5.6 1.6 .8
5.0 4.0 2.6
10.1 5.3 3.6
24.7 6.5 5.1
15.3 7.9 7.0
14.7 13.6 11.8
11.9 15.3 14.0

$0. 70
. 10
2.80
5.10
9.30
8.00
12.40
21.20
55. 00
98.80
119. 30
193.60
354.90

$0.70
.10
.90
1.90
4.00
.90
2.30
12.60
34.80
46. 50
80.90
134.60
278.50

28
3
32
26
21
31
39
75
73

2.00
1.10
8.20
9.10
8. 30
22.10
12.60
86.00
131.30

.10 1.90
.90 .20
1.20 7.00
2.30 6.60
8. 30
13.00 9.10
12.60
11.90 73.00
55.70 70. 50

2.5 1.6 .9
.2 .2 (**)
4.6 .2 4.4
.20 3.0 .8 2.2
4.6
4.6
10.1 3.6 6.5
5.6
5.6
1.10 25.1 3.0 22.1
5.10 40.5 12.7 27.8

(t)

(t)

(t)
(t)

(*)

$1.90
3.00
5.30
7.10
10.10
8.50
19.50
51.90
34.20
56.90
64.80

(t)
(t)

Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.
*Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

$0.20
(*)
(*)
C).10

.70
.40
4.20
2.10
11.60

(t)
(t)

(t)

(**)

(t)
(t)

1.0
.3
2.6
1.3
1.6
2.5
2.1
3.8

8.8
(t)
(t)

1.0
.3
2.0
1.1
1.8
1.2
6.3
(t)

0.2
.2
.5
.3
.8
1.4
1.7
1.4
.9
1.8
1.3

.6
.2
1.6
.7
2.1
2.6
2.5

(t)
(t)

325

$500-$749
50 32.10 13.40 6.30
1.30
$750-$999
27 30.10 2.80 8.60 5.90 2.50
$1,000-$1,249
38 40.20 11.00 8.30 8.10 3.40
$1,250-$1,499
45 51.30 14.80 9.10 12.10 3.50
$1,500-$1,749
65 58. 70 21.70 8.40 13.80 3.40
$1,750-$1,999__ _____
76 90.10 27.40 9.50 33.20 6.70
$2,000-$2,249_________
87 86. 20 28.90 9. 50 29.60 4.20
$2,250-$2,499
97 107.90 43.30 8. 50 32.90 7.00
$2,500-$2,999
94 99. 30 35.40 7.20 30.90 8.40
$3,000-$3,499
100 133. 40 46.90 10.40 45. 80 9.40
$3,500-$3,999_________
100 137. 50 40.80 14.40 50. 50 10.40
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 174.00 48.90 12.70 72.20 13.00
$5,000-$7,499
(f)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
$7,500 and over_______ (t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
1 See explanation of tables.
tAverages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

0.2
.1
3.5
2.2
4.7
3.5
6.2
8.7
18.9
35.0
31.6
37.3
38.2

5
3
19
9
22
19
24
33
52
76
64
82
86

TABULAR SUMMARY

household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily type and incom e, in 1
year, 1 9 3 5 -8 6 — Continued
[Nourelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES
Paid household help 1
General household operation
Average weeks Average meals fur­
Percent­
Average
expenditure
Average
expenditure
help employed nished per week
Percent­
age of
age of
Family type and families
families
reporting
income class
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
Full­ Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partreporting All
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
time time gifts to paid time time paid time time
paid
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other expendi­
help
help help help help help help help help help
ture
tele­
plies
etc.
out
phone
(13)
(12)
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
(9) (10)
(5)
(7)
(4)
(6)
(3)
(2)
(8)
(1)
(ID

F a m i l y t y p e s I I and I I I

$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over_______

$0.60
5. 20
9.30
11.00
20.40
30.30
27.10
29.40
35. 50
45. 30
45.10
33.90
45.40
54.00

$8.70
10. 20
11.80
10.60
11.80
13.10
12. 70
10.60
14.80
12.30
13.20
11.60
17. 50
14.40

$500-$749__ ____ _____
27.00
$750-$999____________
53 44.40 14.80
$1,000-$1,249_________
54 49.30 16. 30
$1,250-$1,499_________
56 50. 50 15. 70
$1,500-$1,749...... ........ .
81 63.90 28. 20
$1,750-$1,999_________
90 70.20 29.40
$2,000-$2,249_________
81 72. 70 28.80
$2,250-$2,499_________
88 76.60 32.10
100 95.90 36.60
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499..................
96 126. 20 40.90
$3,500-$3,999_________
100 122. 50 40.00
94 125.80 41.80
$4,000-$4,999............... .
$5,000-$7,499............. —
100 147. 20 50.20
$7,500 and over_______
100 295. 20 73.30
1 See explanation of tables.

12.30
9.20
13. 30
13.30
12. 30
11.10
12. 60
13.10
13.00
12.50
14.00
13.40
14.10
14.40

F a m i l y t y p e s I V and V




29
24
41
45
68
90
88
83
93
95
100
83
100
100

$19. 70
32.00
40.60
48.60
59. 50
70.90
69. 20
77.60
93.40
113.20
106.00
99.40
179. 70
189.30

$2.40
$1.40 $6.60
$4.10 1.80 $0.70 4.10 5.90
5.20 2.50 1.20 4.90 5. 70
10.10 3.40 .40 6.80 6.30
7.40 4.10 2.30 6.80 6.70
8.80 3.70 .20 7.40 7.40
8.80 4.60 1.40 7.20 7.40
14.80 6.00 1.00 8.10 7.70
16.30 7.50 2.00 10.30 7.00
22.60 9.50 2.80 9.70 11.00
19.10 6.80
11.50 10.30
21.10 7.50 (*) 12.50 12.80
76.70 11.20 .90 14.30 13. 70
70.00 22.00
13.40 15.50

11
6
19
20
33
22
45
53
70
91
66
89
100

$1.50
.30
5.30
12.10
18.40
13.30
28.70
34.00
105.70
125.40
139.80
151.10
286.20

$1.50
.20
2.10
4.10
10.60
.60
7.40
21. 60
81.30
100.90
125.20
128. 50
240.60

6. 70
3.70 4.30
6.00 2.80
7.20 4.40
3.70 3.80 .20 6.30 5.70
8
2.10 3.80 .20 7. 50 7.90
1
3.70 3. 50 1.00 7.60 7.60
10.80 4.80 .10 6.40 7.60
2
9
9.60 5. 20 .40 9.30 6.80
9.30 4.40 1.10 7.10 9.50
9
18.10 6.30 .70 12.00 9.20
22
41
47.40 5.60 .70 11.00 8.10
31.40 11.60 3.00 13.10 9.40
66
35.00 9. 70 1. 50 12.40 12.00
57
74
40.10 10. 50 1. 90 18.20 12. 20
79
140.50 14. 50 1.10 26.10 25. 30
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.30
. 10
1.20
2.30
2. 50
13.60
30.60
88.20
98. 70
203. 20
176. 30

.1
.1
(**)
.30
.1
.1
(**)
. 10
11
1.1
1.20
(**)
.1
2.30
1.0
1.0 .1
1.8 .5
.5
2. 50 — (V)— 1.8
.6
4.6 "I.Y 2.9 2.2 1.6
7. 50 6.10
.5
9.70 19.30 1.60 16.8 4.5 12.3 2.1 1.6
30. 70 57. 50
37.3 5.1 32.2 3.3 2.1 1.2
.3
70.80 22.90 5.00 26.4 13.9 12.5 6.7 6.4
163. 20 37.80 2. 20 38.3 23.4 14.9 13.2 11.6 1.6
107.10 64. 50 4. 70 15.3 10.4 4.9 9.7 8.3 1.4
'Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

$0.10
3.20
7. 50
7.70
12. 70
21.20
12.10
24.20
24. 30
12.90
19.90
7. 50

$0.50
.10
.10
.30
.20
.20
1.70
2. 70
38.10

0.4
.2
7.0
5.4
8.4
6.5
13.2
15.1
29.4
41.3
30.5
39.9
39.2

0.4
.1
4.2
1.8
3.4
.2
1.8
7.6
18.6
24.4
24.1
28.6
39.2

0.8 0.8
0.1 1.3 1.3
2.8 3.7 3.2
3.6 2.7 2.2
5.0 4.6 3.7
6.3 1.0 .4
11.4 3.2 2.6
7.5 8.6 5.0
10.8 10.5 7.9
16.9 13.3 13.0
6.4 9.0 8.8
11.3 16.4 16.0
19.2 19.2

M

0.5
.5
.9
.6
.6
3.6
2.6
.3
.2
.4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily type and incom e, in 1
year, 1 93 5-86 —Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bornl
OMAHA, NEBR.-COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA: WHITE FAMILIES
General household operation
Paid household help 1
Percent­
Average weeks Average meals fur­
Average expenditure
Average expenditure
age of
Percent­
help employed nished per week
Family type and families
age of
reporting
families
income class
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
All
Full­ Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partdry dry tion­ press,
Water Other reporting
paid
time time gifts to paid time time paid time time
ture for items phone sup­
expendi­
sent ery, etc. rent
help
help help help help help help help help help
tele­
ture
plies out etc.
phone
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
(4)
(5)
(9) (10)
(12)
(13)
(8)
(2)
(6) (7)
(1)
(3)
(ID

326

T a b l e 8 . — Other

T able 8.— Other household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone , average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure , average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilie s , and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed h elp , by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year , 1 93 5-86 — Continued
153119

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

DENVER, COLO.: WHITE FAMILIES

Family type and
income class

$500-$749_________
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249______
$1,250-$1,499______
$1,500-$1,749______
$1,750-$1,999______
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499______
$2,500-$2,999______
$3,000-$3,499______
$3,500-$3,999______
$4,000-$4,999______
$5,000-$7,499______
$7,500 and over____

28
42
59
70
82
89
92
91
95
94
100
95
100
100

$28. SO
31.90
37.60
52. 20
60. 50
66. 50
82.20
79. 50
91. 50
106. 80
131. 50
128. 30
168. 30
220.90

$4. 70
6. 70
9. 30
13. 70
17.90
22.10
25. 50
25. 20
28.20
32.00
37. 30
38. 30
41.40
46. 50

$9. 30
9.20
10.00
11.00
9. 70
9.30
11.10
10.70
10.90
10. 30
10. 70
11. 60
11. 70
14.00

$3. 20 $1.30 $0. 70 $6.40 $3. 20
5. 30 3.10 .40 3. 60 3.60
5.60 2.80 .80 4.90 4. 20
11.30 3.90 1.00 6. 30 5. 00
14. 80 5.80 1.10 6.20 5.00
15.90 4.10 .50 9.20 5. 40
17.50 6. 50 1. 20 12.80 7. 60
16.20 6. 20 . 1.30 13.10 6.80
23.20 6. 20 1.70 14.10 7.20
32. 70 6. 70 3. 20 15.10 6.80
32.30 8.70 2.00 15.50 25.00
41.40 8. 00 1. 30 19.70 8. 00
64. 60 13.10 2. 50 23.80 11. 20
89.00 18.00 6.00 36. 50 10. 90

age oi
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(11)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­
time gifts to paid time
help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17)
$0.40
.90
1. 30
4. 40
10.00
7. 40
12.00
22.00
23. 20
19. 60
72. 30
59.20

Full­
time
help

0.3
2.0
1.1
4.1
5.1
6.6
8.9
15.4
22.5
19.2
42.5
56.9

Parttime
help
(18)

Average meals fur­
nished per week
All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

0.1 0.2 0.9 0.6
.6 1.4 1.1 .7
.1 1.0 .6 .4
1.3 2.8 1.8 1.3
.6 4.5 1.1 .8
2.6 4.0 1.9 1.6
2.5 6.4 2.3 1.6
6.6 8.8 6.4 5.4
12.3 10.2 7.1 6.3
10.8 8.4 7.3 6.2
16.3 26.2 9.8 8.6
37.7 19.2 18.4 18.1

0.3
.4
.2
.5
.3
.3
.7
1.0
.8
1.1
1.2
.3

6
8
10
16
21
20
26
46
52
61
77
91

$0. 60
2. 90
1.70
10. 80
13. 20
16.00
22. 30
51.10
75.10
84.00
172. 60
351.10

$0. 20
2.00
.40
6. 40
3. 20
8. 40
10.10
28. 40
50.50
63. 20
98. 30
286. 60

$500-$749_________
43 30. 50 3.90 9.40 3. 90 1.40 1.00 7.60 3. 30
$750-$999................. .
32 26. 50 4.40 7.90 5.00 2. 90
2. 70 3.60
$1,000-$1,249______
73 40. 20 12.40 9. 80 6. 00 2.60 .80 4. 50 4.10
4
$1,250-$1,499______
56 48. 70 9.80 8. 80 16.70 4.00 .40 4.40 4. 60
6
$1,500-$1,749______
94 65. 20 19.00 7.00 23. 50 6.00 .90 4.70 4.10
3
$1,750-$1,999______
91 66. 30 23. 50 7. 60 15.70 3.90 .30 10.80 4. 50
20
$2,000-$2,249_ ...........
81 85.10 24.60 8.70 25.40 5.20 .80 14. 30 6.10
31
$2,250-$2,499_ ...........
89 76. 20 24.00 8.00 18. 80 6.10 .70 13. 50 5.10
23
$2,500-$2,999______
90 87. 30 27.60 9.50 23. 30 6.10 . 50 14.10 6. 20
20
$3,000-$3,499______
95 117. 30 30.70 10.90 41. 20 7. 70 2.90 17.00 6.90
46
$3,500-$3,999______
100 187. 80 38.20 8. 50 48.90 8.30 .60 15.60 167. 70
52
$4,000-$4,999.........
96 126. 20 35.40 9.70 42. 30 7.20 1. 60 23.60 6.40
61
$5,000-$7,499______
100 161. 50 33.70 10. 00 78. 00 13. 40 3.20 16.70 6. 50
85
100 228. 00 44.00 11.50 100.00 24. 20
$7,500 and over____
83
36. 50 11. 80
1 See explanation of tables.
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.30
1. 30
. 70
12.90
21.60
12.60
12.00
62.20
87. 00
85. 50
219. 00
421. 50

.1
.1 .8
.8
.30
1.3 _r r 1.3 .2 .2 (**)
.10 1.20
.3
.5 .3
.5
.70
.1
5.1 I. 3 3.8 1.4 1.3
6. 70 6.20
.5
2. 50 19.10
8.5 .3 8.2 1.3 .8
.4
5.7 .3 5.4 1.0 .6
1. 70 10. 90
.5
7.3 .5
12.00
7.3
.4
26.10 35.60 "'"“.’so" 21.4 3. 7~ 17.7 5.4 5.0
82.60 2. 30 2.10 22.9 21.8 1.1 9.0 9.0
.9
.10 17.4 10.0 7.4 6.2 5.3
70. 70 14.70
56.5 13.0 43.5 6.8 5.3 1.5
114. 90 104.10
343. 20 75. 50 2. 80 48.0 30.6 17.4 17.2 17.2
*Aver ages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

(*)
(*)
$0. 20
.20
.70
1.40
1. 20
2. 00
5. 30

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
lamuxes
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water Other
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery,
rent
tele­
plies out etc. etc.
phone
(4)
(2)
(3)
(5)
(6)
(8)
(9) (10)
(7)

F a m ily ty p e I




—

co
to

T a b l e 8 . — Other

Family type and
income class
(1)
F a m ily t y p e s I I and I I I

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9) (10)
(3)
(4)
(2)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(ID

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

$1. 30
1. 50
3. 60
10. 40
9.70
8. 00
10. 30
40. 30
22. 20
95. 80
40. 40

Full­
time
help

Parttime
help
(21)

$2. 50
5.10
4.10
15. 90
17. 70
22.20
26.10
26. 30
30. 20
33. 60
38.70
39. 60
45. 20
49.00

$10. 40
9. 90
10. 20
13. 30
11.60
9.80
11. 60
12. 30
11.80
8. 60
12. 30
13. 60
11.20
9.00

$0.40 $1. 80 $0.40
$3. 50
3.90 2. 90 ’ .40 $3. 70 3. 70
5. 70 2.50 1.20 1.40 3. 70
‘ 7.80 4. 30 1. 30 5.90 5. 60
7.70 6.10 1.10 6.50 5.50
17.70 3.90 .70 6.10 6. 00
14.10 5. 00 1.00 10.60 7. 60
15. 40 5.70 2.10 11. 30 7.70
22.50 6.20 1. 90 11.50 7.30
30. 40 6. 40 6. 30 12.10 6. 60
24.80 9. 90 1.50 12. 20 8. 70
44. 90 7. 90 1.90 16.40 7. 80
49. 00 14. 50 .40 32. 70 11. 20
153.00 15.20 .70 43. 30 12.10

6
15
'23
20
22
24
40
68
69
59
72
100

$0. 40
5. 80
2. 70
12. 60
13. 30
27. 80
43. 80
72. 20
98. 50
121. 50
218. 20
313. 40

$0.40
4. 50
1. 20
8.90
2. 80
17. 70
35.20
59. 80
56.20
94. 70
119. 40
268.10

$500-$749_____
25 43. 60 10. 70
$750-$999____________
51 45. 00 13.60
$1,000-$1,249 . _ . .
66 45. 50 11. 80
$1,250-$1,499_________
71 53. 90 15. 40
73 60.10 17. 50
$1,500-$1,749_________
82 67.10 19. 90
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
98 85.10 25. 60
$2,250-$2,499_________
89 81.00 24.80
$2,500-$2,999_________
98 94. 50 27. 30
$3,000-$3,499_________
91 101. 50 31. 80
$3,500-$3,999_________
100 110. 70 35. 30
$4,000-$4,999_________
92 127. 70 39. 70
$5,000-$7,499_________
100 173. 70 43. 00
$7,500 and over_______
100 189. 70 46.60
See explanation of tables.

6.80
9. 80
9. 80
10.60
11.00
10. 90
12. 80
11.80
11.40
11.00
10.90
11.70
12. 80
17. 50

6.80 . 30 .80 15. 70 2. 50
8. 30 3.90 1.00 5.00 3. 40
4. 50 3. 70 .20 10. 30 5. 20
10
9. 40 3.20 1.30 9.10 4. 90
2
7
12.10 5.30 1.40 7.40 5. 40
13.90 4.90 .40 11. 20 5.90
4
11
13. 70 8.90 1.70 13.50 8. 90
14.60 6.70 1. 20 14.40 7. 50
12
21
23. 60 6.20 2. 40 15.70 7.90
31
28. 50 6. 30 1.40 15.80 6.70
26.70 7.90 3. 50 18.40 8.00
36
38. 80 8.60 .80 18.80 9. 30
62
66.80 12.10 3. 40 22. 20 13.40
76
54. 60 16. 30 11.40 33. 50 9. 80
91
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

1. 30
1.10
1. 70
5.40
5. 70
7.80
16. 50
29.70
45.50
62.10
124. 30
334. 30

.40 .90
.6 .1 .5 1.0 1.0
.4 .4
.6 .6
1.10
.1
.8 .1
1.70
.8
.3 .3
1.5
.7
.8
2.60 2. 80
1.2 .6 .6 1.3 1.1 C*).2
4.10 1.60 (*)
.30 4.7 3.1 1.6 1.3 1.3 (**)
5. 60 1.90
.8
1. 80 14. 70
7.3 .6 6.7 1.6 .8
7.3 2.3 5.0 2.5 1.4 1.1
9. 50 20. 20
.5
.30 14.4 3.5 10.9 3.2 2.7
21.90 23. 30
40. 40 21. 60
.10 15.8 7.5 8.3 6.5 5.2 1.3
.6
78. 40 43. 50 2. 40 37.6 14.0 23.6 9.2 8.6
.4
267. 60 59.90 6. 80 58.1 38.0 20.1 17.6 17.2
‘Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499 .. ____
$1,500-$1,749 ..
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499...... ........ .
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over_______
F a m i l y t y p e s I V and V




12
46
38
81
78
92
98
94
98
98
100
100
100
100

$19.00
29. 60
28.80
54.10
56.20
66. 40
76.00
80. 80
91.40
104. 00
108. 10
132.10
164. 20
282. 30

$0.10
.10
.40
.60
2.10
2. 00
4.60
3. 00
4.90

0.2
3.8
2.1
5.1
6.1
9.1
13.3
21.6
31.2
27.8
39.2
63.6

0.2
1.1
.2
1.8
.8
4.1
8.6
16.5
14.3
17.7
23.4
44.6

1.0 1.0
2.7 2.4 1.5
1.9 1.5 1.3
3.3 3.5 2.2
5.3 1.0 .7
5.0 3.5 3.0
4.7 5.5 4.8
5.1 13.3 11.8
16.9 9.9 8.1
10.1 9.9 9.0
15.8 13.5 11.5
19.0 21.6 21.3

0.9
.2
1.3
.3
.5
.7
1.5
1.8
.9
2.0
.3

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5-36

D E N V E R , C O L O .: W H IT E F A M IL IE S

328

household operation: Percentage of fam ilies reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure fo r item s of general
household operation, percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed fo r all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily typ e and incom e, in 1
year, 193 5-86 — C ontinued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T a b l e 8 . — Other

hou sehold operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for telephone , average expenditure for item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure , average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilies , and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help , by fa m ily type and incom e , in 1
year, 1 9 3 5 -8 6 — C ontinued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
PORTLAND, O R E G .: WHITE FAMILIES
General household operation

Family type and
income class

A l l fa m ilie s

$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249 .
$1,250-$1,499..
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-12,249___
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-42,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over_______
F a m ily typ e I

28
18
25
40
55
69
79
81
88
95
96
97
94
100

$31. 70
29.20
31.90
46. 30
55.30
65. 50
70.60
76.00
87.90
97.90
122.80
127.00
157. 30
213. 20

$10.00 $4.90 $2. 50 $2.00 $0. 40 $6. 80 $5.10
5.40 6.30 2.60 2.20 .40 6. 60 5. 70
7.40 5.90 2.10 2. 30 .60 7.20 6. 40
13.90 7.00 5.40 3.90 .90 7. 70 7. 50
20. 30 6. 50 7.20 3.90 1.30 7.70 8.40
26.10 7.60 8.00 5. 20 1.00 9.00 8. 60
28.10 7. 70 8. 80 5.10 .80 9.80 10. 30
30.20 7.60 13.40 5.00 .60 9.00 10.20
34.30 8.30 14. 70 6. 30 2. 90 10.40 11.00
37. 70 8.50 19.20 7. 40 1.80 12.10 11.20
43.10 7. 30 34.10 10.10 3.80 12. 60 11.80
45.10 7.60 37.20 10. 20 .70 13. 80 12.40
46. 70 8.80 56.20 11.60 2. 60 15. 70 15. 70
58.20 15.20 69.90 16. 30 5. 90 19. 50 28.20

$500-$749____
40 29.00 13.40
$750-$999____
17 31.80 6. 20
$1,000-$1,249__
26 27. 50 6. 40
$1,250-$1,499___ ____
39 48.80 14. 30
$1,500-$1,749
59 61 80 22.80
$1,750-$1,999_________
77 68. 70 29. 70
$2,000-$2,249_________
77 69.80 26.60
$2,250-$2,499_.
86 80. 50 30. 60
$2,500-$2,999_________
83 88.90 33.00
$3,000-$3,499.
94 95. 00 34.80
$3,500-$3,999-_
93 126.60 43.30
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 124. 90 43.10
$5,000-$7,499-.................
84 153.30 41. 20
$7,500 and ov er____ _
100 146. 60 50.80
1 See explanation of tables.



4. 20
5.80
5.20
6.00
5.00
6.80
6.40
6. 30
6.50
7. 60
6.10
5.10
6.50
8.80

Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(ID
6
6
8
12
12
20
30
29
47
52
67
86
91

$0. 90
1.70
2.20
3.80
7. 30
9.30
15. 70
26. 60
42.90
54.90
91.80
167.60
398.80

1.00
6. 20 4.20
4.30 2.70 .40 6.20 6.20
.90 2.00 1.00 6. 90 5.10
4
.40
7.70 5.00 .40 6.70 8. 70
3.40
14
13.40 4.90 1.30 6.30 8.10
9.00
10. 50 4.90 . 50 8.00 8.30
15
9.40
12. 30 5.40 .90 8.90 9.30
28
9.60
22.00 4.40 .70 6.90 9.60
31
22.60 5.70 2.90 8.80 9. 40
19 30. 40
22. 50 7. 40 .30 12. 20 10.20
56 54.10
44 34. 90
45.30 9.10 4.50 7. 60 10. 70
70 107.70
46.90 10. 40 .30 9.00 10.10
77 134.90
66.80 11.70 3.60 11.90 11.60
11.80 13.30
81 192.40
48. 60 13. 30
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Parttime gifts to paid time time
help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)

$0. 50
.40
.80
1.30
4.90
3. 70
4.60
16.60
17. 30
31.20
49. 30
101. 20
235.00

$0. 40
1.30
1.40
2. 50
2. 40
5. 60
11.10
9.90
25.50
23.20
40.80
64.20
156.30

Full­
time
help

(*)
$0.10
. 10
.50
1.70
2.20
7.50

All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

0.3 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1
1.4 .2 1.2 .6 .4
1.6 .2 1.4 .7 .6
2.4 .4 2.0 .7 .3
3.0 1.4 1.6 .9 .7
4.5 1.4 3.1 1.2 .9
8.7 1.4 7.3 1.5 .9
8.6 4.3 4.3 3.4 3.1
13.2 3.7 9.5 4.4 2.8
15.9 7.2 8.7 3.8 3.1
25.7 9.9 15.8 6.9 5.4
39.8 18.0 21.8 10.6 8.8
66.6 31.4 35.2 14.7 13.4

.i (**) .1 .i
. 10 .30
3.0
3.0 .6
3. 40
3.2 i.9 1.3 .8
6. 50 2. 50
5.2 .5 4.7 .7
1.30 8.10
7.2
7.2 .5
9. 60
18. 40 11.50 """‘."50' 9.7 4.3 5.4 2.3
23.10 31.00
14.5 2.5 12.0 4.8
34.90
12.5
12.5 .9
73. 50 30.30 3. 90 21.5 13.1 8.4 8.4
69.90 64.60
.40 37.5 15.2 22.3 7.0
48.80 141.70 1.90 53.5 14.1 39.4 7.7
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

0.2
.2
.1
.4
.2
.3
.6
.3
1.6
.7
1.5
1.8
1.3

.1 (**)
.6
.1
.7
.4
.3
.5
2.2
.1
2.8 2.0
.9
6.4 2.0
6.0 1.0
5.5 2.2

TABULAR

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(7)
(9) (10)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(8)
(5)
(2)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks Average meals fur­
Average expenditure
help employed nished per week

wd

w

00
to

CD

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)
F a m i l y t y p e s I I and I I I

$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000-$7,499_________
$7,500 and over_______

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(2)
(8)
(9) (10)
6
10
16
36
51
70
80
78
96
97
100
94
100
100

$24.30
22. 80
30.90
43.40
50. 30
64.10
70.60
74.10
87.70
96.00
123.20
136.20
171.80
196.20

$1.90 $6. 90 $0.40 $3.10 $0.80 $5.80 $5.40
.50 6. 80 1. 50 1.80 . 50 6.70 5.00
5.10 6.30 2.40 2.40 .60 6. 50 7. 60
12. 60 8.10 3.80 3.10 1.20 7.90 6. 70
17.80 7. 40 3.80 3.30 1.40 8.10 8. 50
25.70 7. 60 7.00 4.00 1.90 9.40 8. 50
29.20 8.30 7.50 4.40 1.20 9.60 10. 40
29.70 8.50 9.70 5.40 .50 9.60 10.70
36.10 9.00 11.10 5.80 5.40 9.90 10. 40
39.70 9.30 13.70 7.30 3.10 11.20 11.70
43. 50 7.80 37.60 7. 50 1.80 13.80 11.20
47.80 7. 60 41.80 10.00 .30 15.30 13. 40
53.20 8.90 57.20 11.20 4.00 16.30 21.00
63.30 14.90 56.20 11.20 2.30 19.00 29.30

Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(ID

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Parttime gifts to paid time time
help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
$1.10
3.80
3. 60
2.90
3. 50
6.30
15.80
16.10
26.00
20.50
66. 20
47.00
111.30

Full­
time
help

Average meals fur­
nished per week
All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

11
16
18
13
13
26
46
50
63
53
81
94
65

$2.40
4. 50
5. 70
5. 00
7.10
17.00
27.20
54.40
55.40
86.60
130.60
234.80
262.80

$1.30
.70
2.10
2.10
3.60
10.70
11.40
38.20
29.00
65.10
63.00
182.80
148.20

$500-$749____________
29 47.90 12.40 4.10 11.10 2.90 .90 9.60 6.90
$750-$999____________
34 34.10 12.10 6.40 .80 1.80 .10 7.10 5.80
7
$1,000-$1,249_________
37 41.70 12.80 6.70 3.70 2.80
8.60 7.10
2
$1,250-$1,499_________
4
46 46.10 15.00 7. 50 3. 70 3.00 1.20 9.00 6.70
$1,500-$1,749_________
9
56 53.00 19.90 7.40 3.40 3.40 1.20 9.00 8. 70
$1,750-$1,999_________
6
56 62.10 21.40 8.40 5. 60 7.00 .70 9.70 9.30
$2,000-$2,249_________
80 71.60 28. 70 8. 60 6.20 5.40 .50 10.80 11.40
8
$2,500-$2,499_________
79 74.00 30.40 7.80 9. 60 5.10 .60 10.30 10. 20
14
$2,500-$2,999_________
24
88 87.10 33.80 9.10 12.10 6.90 1.20 11.70 12.30
$3,000-$3,499_________
94 101. 80 38. 90 8.70 20.10 7.40 2.20 12.60 11.90
28
$3,500-$3,999_________
95 119.70 42. 70 7.80 22.30 13.20 5. 20 15.30 13.20
57
$4,000-$4,999_________
98 122. 30 44.40 8.70 29.70 10.20 1.20 15.30 12.80
58
$5,000-$7,499_________
96 150. 90 46.00 10.10 49. 30 11.80 1.20 17.60 14. 90
87
$7,500 and over_______
100 239. 60 59.70 17.40 80.20 18.50 8.60 22.20 33.00
100
1 See explanation of tables.
*Averages oi less than $0.05 are not shown.

.30
.50
1.20
2.70
5.40
2.30
9.70
6.00
24.30
42.00
59.60
145. 60
498.20

.2
.2
.30
.50
.2 .2
.5 .5
.70 . 50
. 5 .3 .2 .4 .4 (**)
1.0 .6 .4 .4 .3
.1
2.00 .70
.1
1.5 .9 .6 .5 .4
4.20 1.20
.1
2.2 (**) 2.2 .3 .2
.10 2.20
.2
4.2 .6 3.6 .5 .3
1.90 7.80 (*)
.3
2.4 .7 1.7 2.2 1.9
1.20 4.80
4.10 20.20
6.6 1.2 5.4 2.0 .6 1.4
.8
25.00 16. 50
.50 13.0 6.3 6.7 3.2 2.4
28.80 29.90
.90 20.4 7.5 12.9 5.5 4.5 1.0
69.20 74. 70 1.70 37.6 13.5 24.1 10.2 7.9 2.3
316.90 170. 90 10. 40 72.1 38.4 33.7 17.9 16.7 1.2
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

$0.10
.40
1.00
1.40
5.00
3.30

0.8
4.0
4.9
2.9
4.3
6.3
14.6
17.2
21.1
22.0
37.2
45.6
61.1

0.4
.6
.5
.6
1.5
4.1
3.5
10.1
8.7
14.5
11.3
27.9
26.0

0.4 0.9 0.3
3.4 1.4 .9
4.4 1.7 1.4
2.3 1.1 .5
2.8 1.2 .8
2.2 3.1 2.6
11.1 3.6 2.5
7.1 6.3 5.7
12.4 7.3 6.0
7.5 7.1 6.5
25.9 8.1 6.2
17.7 14.7 13.0
35.1 10.9 10.5

0. 6
.5
.3
.6
.4
.5
1.1
.6
1.3
.6
1.9
1.7
.4

F a m i l y t y p e s I V a nd V




FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1935-36

PORTLAND, OREG.: WHITE FAMILIES

330

T able 8.— Other household operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r telephone, average expenditure fo r item s of general
household operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed fo r all fam ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily typ e and incom e, in 1
year, 1 93 5-36 — C ontinued

8.— Other household, operation: Percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for item s of general
lhousehold operation , percentage of fa m ilies reporting expenditure fo r p a id household help and average am ount of such expenditure, average
num ber of weeks help em ployed for all fa m ilies, and average num ber of m eals per week fu rn ish ed help, by fa m ily type and incom e, in 1
y ta r , 1 9 3 5 -8 6 —Contin ued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

NEW ENGLAND, 2 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAM ILIES

Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

A ll families

$250-$499______
$500-$749________
$750-$999______
$1,000-$1,249_____
$1,250-$1,499_____
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-$1,999_____
$2,000-$2,249_____
$2,250-$2,499_____
$2,500-$2,999_____
$3,000-$3,499_____
$3,500-$3,999_____
$4,000-$4,999_____
$5,000 and over__
Fam ily type I

25
22
22
32
42
54
74
75
84
87
93
100
100
87

$28. 50
21.90
25. 00
32.20
38. 60
49.70
64.70
65. 40
73.80
99. 30
107.30
99.40
108.00
135.30

$8.00
3.70
3. 20
6. 80
11. 20
13. 70
22. 20
22. 00
25.40
35. 30
39. 20
35.90
43. 60
37.90

$6. 30
7.00
10. 40
9. 50
11.00
10.80
10. 40
11.10
10.90
11. 00
11. 40
12. 40
9. 30
15.80

$1. 20 $3. 40
$7.90 $1. 70
2. 50 1. 50 $2. 00 1. 60 3. 60
3. 30 2.10 .60 .60 4. 80
5. 80 2.70 .80 1. 00 5.60
5. 70 2. 50 .80 1. 20 6. 20
12. 60 3. 00 .80 2. 40 6. 40
16.70 3. 70 1. 70 2. 80 7.20
17.20 4.00 .80 2. 80 7. 50
20. 80 4. 60 .70 3. 00 8. 40
35.10 4.80 .50 4. 50 8.10
34. 30 7.10 .50 6. 50 8. 30
30. 60 5.00 .30 3. 50 11. 70
29.90 8. 60
6. 80 9. 80
44.20 12.00 .20 10.90 14. 30

$250-$499________
25 27. 60 6. 70 5.80 5.80 1.80
$500-$749________
42 26.00 7. 20 6. 60 3.90 1. 50 1. 40
$750r$999________
33 27. 80 6.00 10. 70 1. 50 2.90 .90
$1,000-$1,249_____
16 31. 30 5. 60 7.90 7. 60 3.10 . 80
$1,250-$1,499_____
42 36. 30 11. 60 9.10 4. 70 3.10 . 40
$1,500-$ 1,749_____
50 48. 80 13.90 9. 20 13.90 2. 60
$1,750-$1,999_____
69 63. 40 21. 20 7. 00 18. 70 4.10 3.66
$2,000-$2,249_____
68 80. 80 20.90 8. 00 39.00 4. 30 (*)
$2,250-$2,499_____
78 64. 10 25. 10 6. 60 18. 20 3.80 . 30
$2,500-$2,999_____
100 133. 20 54. 50 11. 00 48. 70 7.90
$3,000-$3,499_____
100 99.40 41. 80 8.70 27. 30 4. 30
$3,500-$3,999_____
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t )
$4,000-$4,999_____
100 93.20 42.10
4.70 25. 70 9. 60
$5,000 and over___
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
1 See explanation of tables.
t Averages and percentages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.



Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
Full­ Part- Aprons,
reporting All
time time gifts to
expendi­ paid
help
help help help
ture
(14) (15)
(13)
(12)
(ID

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

(*) _____
$1.50
2.00
4. 50
11. 50 (*)
5. 20
8.60 $0. 20
19.10
3.00
.70
38.80
34.90
.60
57.10 2.30

(**) (**)
(**)
(**)
0.6 (**) 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.1
1. 6 0.4 1. 2 .5 .5
.1
1.8 .1 1.7 .6 .5
.2
5.9 1.7 4.2 1.3 1.1
.2
4.7 1.0 3.7 1.5 1.3
8.5 3.0 5.5 2.1 1.1 1.0
.7
10.9 3.4 7.5 2.6 1.9
12.5 11.5 1.0 4.1 4.1 (**)
1.2
15.4 1.2
15. 4
.2
26.5 9.1 17.4 3.2 3.0
10.5
38.9
10.5
18.9
57.8

(*) 3
5
10
18
16
27
35
30
32
51
84

(*)
$1.60
3. 20
5.20
19. 40
9.70
24.60
39. 50
69.40
38. 80
106.80
396.00

$0.10
1. 20
.70
7.90
4.50
15. 80
20. 40
65. 70
71. 30
336. 60

2. 50 5. 00
2. 20 3. 20
. 50 5. 30
4
.4 (**) .4 .6 .6
1. 60 4. 70
. 10 . 50
. 60
1. 20 6. 20
2. 20 7. 00
.80 15.10
3. 50 5.90
27 1 5 . 90
6.6 .1 6.5 1.3 1.3 “(**)“
.1
2. 50 6.10
29 18.10
.20 17.90 (*)
9.8
9.8 .6 .5
1.2
18.60
.40 11.1 (**) 11.1 1.2
4. 00 6.10
29 19. 00
.5
8.9
8.9 .5
31.80
3.90 7. 20
33 31 . 80
.2
19.90
6.9
6.9 . 2
48 19.90
6. 30 11. 00
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
29 148.60
148. 60 ( t )
14.8 14.8 ( t ) 4.0 4.0
5. 70 5. 40
(t)
* Percentages of less than 0.5 and averages of less than $0.05 are not shown,
"^Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
etc.
out
phone
(3)
(4)
(7)
(9) (10)
(6)
(5)
(8)
(2)

OOOO

h ou sehold operation: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1 9 3 5 - 3 6 — Continued

T a b l e 8 . — O ther

Family type and
income class

(1)
Fa m ily types

I I and I I I

$250-$499 . _ ______
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749........ ..........
$1,750-$1,999........ ..........
$2,000-$2,249...................
$2,250-$2,499..................
$2,500-82,999..................
$3,000-83,499_________
$3,500-83,999_________
$4,000-84,999_________
$5,000 and over_______
Fam ily types

IV

and V

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(5)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(8) (9) (10)
(7)
(2)
(t)
6 $17.30
23.70
30.90
36.80
47.20
62.50
61.40
72.20
105.40
90
92 108.90
100 103.30
135.90
100
128.90
100
15
40
40
54
76
83
89

$0.10
1.90
5.90
8.80
12.60
21. 30
25.20
23.80
32.00
45.10
40.00
54.90
47.60

$250-8499____________
50
(t)
(t)
21.10
2.70
$500-8749— „_________
7
23.70 1.60
$750-8999______ ______
18
35.90 10.90
$1,000-81,249...................
44
42.50 12.80
$1,250-81,499........ ..........
46
53.40 14.60
$1,500-81,749........ ..........
56
$1,750-81,999...................
76 68. 30 23.80
59.30 19.00
$2,000-82,249_________
71
82. 30 27. 20
84
$2,250-82,499_________
76 69.90 24.90
$2,500-82,999...................
92 108. 50 33.80
$3,000-83,499...................
90.90 33. 30
$3,500-83,999...................
100
97.50 36.70
$4,000-84,999_________
100
140. 50 31.00
75
$5,000 and over_______
1 See explanation of tables.



Paid household help 1
Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
help
help help help
ture
(14) (15)
(12)
(13)
(11)

(t)
$8.40
10.50
11.20
12. 30
11.00
10.70
11.60
12.90
9.70
12.50
17.00
8.40
9.90

(t)
(t)
$1.30 $1.00 $1.80
$4.70
4.20 1.70 .20 $0.40 4.80
4.60 2.40 .70 .10 6.00
5.70 2.40 1.10 .50 6.00
12. 50 2.70 1.20 1.40 5.80
16.10 3. 30 1.90 1.90 7.30
10.20 3.60 .30 2.70 7.80
19.70 3.90 .80 1.20 9.90
46.90 4.10 1.10 3.30 8.30
33.20 6.00 1.50 3.40 7.20
30. 30 7.00
9.00
45.60 8.80
7.00 11.20
39.10 9.60 .60 9.70 12.40

(t)
5.00
10.20
8.70
11.10
12.00
12.70
12.60
11.80
12.10
11.40
10.80
12.70
16.70

(t) 3.70 3.20 (t)
1.90 2.20
2.40
4.10 1.70 .80 1.30 4.00
3
5.10 2.50 .80 2.00 5.90
6.90 2. 20 .80 2.30 6.40
11.80 3.70 .90 4.00 6. 40
10
15.90 4.00 .40 3.50 8. 00
8
10. 30 4.30 1.80 3.20 8.10
5
23.80 5.90 .80 4.10 8. 70
8
14. 50 3.40 .40 6.10 8. 50
22
37.30 8.80
17
9.00 8. 20
24.90 3.70 .50 5.00 12.70
31
21.50 7.80
67
7.40 11.40
52.00 15.50
14.80 10. 50
100
t Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

3
12
16
22
17
44
50
42
25
48
100

$3.20
7.40
11.90
27.90
11.80
49.90
65. 70
129. 30
58. 60
122. 50
449.30
.10
.90
11.80
1.00
3.90
19.80
40. 00
34. 50
70. 20
480. 60

$2.90
1. 30
9. 40
10. 40
39.70
56. 00
127. 90
105.90
437.00

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

$3. 20
0.2
1.0
1.0 6.2
4.50
3.7 0.9 2.8 1.1 1.1
10.60
4.0 .2 3.8 1.1 .9
.2
18. 50
8.0 1.9 6.1 1.6 1.1
.5
‘ 1. 40
5.1 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.9
9.90 ■ "$6.'36' 14.1 7.7 6.4 4.9 3.1 ” 1.8
17.9 9.4 8.5 5.0 4.2
9.70
.8
1.40 21.6 21.6
8.5 8.5
58.60
26.0
26.6 2.0
2.6
15.20 1.40 24.9 17.3 7.6 6.6 6.6
4.90 7.40 52.0 51.0 1.0 16.3 16.3
.10

(**)

(**) C*>

(**)

.40 .50
.4 .1 .3 .4 .4 (**)
2.6 2.6 (**) 1.0 1.0
11. 50 .30
.4
” ” .'5
.4 .5
1.00
1.2 .6 .6
3.80 . 10
5.6 .1 5.5 1.7 1.0
.7
.70 19.10
2.2 2.2
39.60
.40 7.6 7.6
1.2
10.9 1.2
34.50
10.9
.4
34.7 .4
69. 80 ” ” .'46' 34.7
376.40 104. 20
78.0 43.2 34.8 10.2 16.2
Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

General household operation

332

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

NEW ENG LAND, 2 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

T able 8. — Other hou sehold operation: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general

household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

Family type and
income class

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-11,499_________
$1,500-$1,749........ ..........
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499........ ..........
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______

11
12
12
25
28
40
56
68
77
92
90
97
100
97

$19. 30
23.50
27.70
37.70
41.00
48.50
58.90
65.90
72.10
98.10
102. 20
105.00
127.00
130.10

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(ID

Paid household help i
Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

Average meals fur­
nished per week

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
(*)
$0.60
.90
1.20
1.70
3.50
6.30
6. 30
8. 30
25.90
30.90
42.00
77.00

Full­
time
help

Parttime
help
(21)

$6.50
8.90
9.80
10.70
11.30
10.80
12.40
11.40
11.80
11.30
12.40
14.00
11.40
15.20

$1.30 $0.50 (*) $5.10 $2.80
1.00 1.10 $0.40 5.60 3.90
2. 30 1.70 .10 6.40 4.30
5.40 2.20 .90 7.70 4.90
5.90 2.50 .50 8.10 4.80
8.60 3.00 .30 8. 60 5.40
8.50 4. 50 .80 9.80 6.60
13.40 3.50 1.20 9.80 6. 50
14.00 4.00 .80 10.60 6.40
27.70 6.30 .60 12. 50 7.10
27.30 8.00 .30 12.00 7.50
25.50 7.90 .10 13.00 8.20
40.80 8.40 2. 30 13.20 9. 30
30. 30 14.60 1.10 17.40 9.80

2
2
4
10
8
12
20
21
35
52
58
64
84

$0.10
.70
1.90
3. 30
4.80
10.00
13.00
13.50
33.50
72.40
81.60
92.90
235.20

$0.10
. 10
1.00
2.00
3.10
6.40
6.70
7.20
24. 80
46.50
50.40
49.40
154.90

0.1 6.1 (**) 0.2
.3 (**) 0.3 .2
.6 .2 .4 .5
1.7 .6 1.1 .9
2.1 .9 1.2 1.0
3.6 1.6 2.0 1.2
5.2 1.8 3.4 1.6
5.0 1.7 3.3 2.1
10.5 6.6 3.9 4.5
22.4 10.2 12.2 4.5
23.7 9.7 14.0 5.9
29.8 9.5 20.3 6.6
50.4 27.2 23.2 11.6

0.2 (**)
.1 0.1
.5 C*)
.1
.8
.1
.9
.2
1.0
.6
1.0
.3
1.8
.8
3.7
4.1
.4
4.3 1.6
4.8 1.8
9.5 2.1

11 16.40 3.00
$250-$499____________
$500-$749______ ______
18 24.90 4.70
$750-$999____________
2 25.90 2.20
$1,000-$1,249_________
38 43.10 9.00
$1,250-$1,499_________
33 49.00 11.10
$1,500-$1,749_________
41 56. 30 12.40
$1,750-$1,999_________
56 65.80 17.40
$2,000-$2,249_________
58 70.90 18.70
$2,250-$2,499_________
89 87. 60 28.00
$2,500-$2,999_________
92 120. 80 36.30
$3,000-$3,499_________
85 102. 60 35. 50
$3,500-$3,999_________
95 110. 30 32.90
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 130. 30 45. 50
$5,000 and over______
100 150. 00 41.00
1 See explanation of tables.

3.80
7.80
8.80
9.40
9.90
9. 30
11.20
8.70
10.20
8.60
8.70
11.20
7.70
11.10

2.30 .30
5.20 1.80
.60 1.30 .20 6. 30 4.00
4.30 1.30 (*) 5.30 4.00
5
9.60 2.70 .40 7.70 4. 30
5
5
12.70 2.70 . 10 7.70 4.80
19.90 2.90 .10 7.10 4.60
5
15.80 6.00 1.10 8.70 5.60
14
25.80 3.40 .50 ' 7.60 6.20
25
30.10 3.90 .20 8.80 6.40
23
51.20 6.50 1.00 10.60 6.60
33
28.80 9.90 .80 9.20 9.70
67
40.00 6.50 .20 11.20 8.30
69
59
50.10 6.60
13.20 7.20
58. 30 5.80 ’T s o ’ 17.60 14.90
93
Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

2.00
3.20
.70
7.00
8.20
14.10
11. 40
15.00
91.20
133.10
73.80
121. 40

2.00
.7
.7 .3
1.1 .2 .9 .6
.50 2.70
. 1 .1 (**) .9
.50 . 20
6.20 .70
.16 2.0 2.0 (**) .6
2.90 5.20
.10 2.1 .6 1.5 1.1
6. 70 7.40
6.5 1.4 5.1 .8
3.5 1.5 2.0 2.3
7.20 4.20
3.40 11.60 ________ 8.3 1.1 7.2 4.7
46. 30 44. 80
29.6 10.0 19.6 3.8
96.20 36.60
.30 34.5 17.6 16.9 8.0
48.90 24.00
.90 24.8 7.0 17.8 4.1
49.10 71.00 1. 30 47.6 9.1 38.5 8.3
'Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

.3
.6 (**)
.1
.8
.1
.5
.4
.7
.3
.5
.2
2.1
.8
3.9
3.4
.4
7.2
.8
.8
3.3
4.4 3.9

F a m ily ty p e I




(*)
$0.10
(*)
.10
(*)
.40
(*).30
1.50
3.30

333

$ 3.10
2.60
3.10
5.90
7.90
11.80
16.30
20.10
24.50
32.60
34.70
36.30
41. 60
41.70

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)
A l l fa m ilie s

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(7)
(4)
(8)
(6)
(9) (10)
(2)
(3)
(5)

Family type and
income class
(1)

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(4)
(5)
(6)
(8)
(2)
(7)
(9) (10)
(3)

F a m ily ty p e I I

$250-$499__<___
$500-3749 _
$750-$999_________
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-$1,499__...............
$1,500-$1,749_____
$1,750-$1,999________
$2,000-$2,249______
$2,250-$2,499...... ............
$2,500-$2,999........ ..........
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over_______

$14. 80
23.40
30.10
31. 50
35. 30
47.70
64.00
68.10
72.90
108.90
103.00
83.30
137.00
180.30

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(11)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
help employed

Average expenditure

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

0.4
$0.20
.90 $0.30 2.2
.5
.20
6.0
.80
11.8
14.10
11.5
11.20
17.7
8.00
23.0
8.50
23.5
20.10
42.40 ""’6.16" 39.0
10.60 3.20 73.2

Full­
time
help

$1.80
4.80
1.40
5.60
12. 50
17.90
21.40
27. 60
34. 30
36.70
40.20
37.80
45.40

$5.60
7.80
10.10
10.90
10.20
11.90
14.00
11.00
9.80
11.40
13. 30
12.90
13.50
12.60

$1.00
$5.20 .60 $0.20
2.40 2.60 . 10
5.00 2.40 1.80
3.50 2.50 .80
3.10 2.90 .70
8.00 4.40 1.00
13.50 3.70 2.30
11. 30 5.00 1.70
33.20 7.10 .70
25.40 8.80 .40
5.10 8.50 .20
40.20 17.30 4.60
70.20 22.50 _____

$1.20
6. 60
1.10
20.10
33. 50
24. 40
64.40
90.90
86.20
122.00
363. 60

$1.00
5.40
.90
19. 30
19.40
13.20
56.40
82.40
66.10
73.20
349.80

$250-$499_______
12.00
$500-$749________
19.40
$750-$999__________
4 21. 70 .90
$1,000-$1,249...................
26 35.80 6.20
$1,250-$1,499_________
18 36.30 5.70
$1,500-$1,749...................
28 40. 60 8.30
$1,750-$1,999...................
75 60.10 19.20
$2,000-$2,249_.................
81 76.80 23.20
$2,250-$2,499...................
52 63.20 18.50
$2,500-$2,999_ .................
100 85.80 35.70
$3,000-$3,499_ .................
100 106. 70 37. 60
$3,500-$3,999...................
91 114. 70 35.70
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 126.10 43. 60
$5,000 and over_______
100 100. 30 37.30
1 See explanation of tables.

3.70
9.80
9.00
10.40
12.00
11.40
11.00
11.40
11.40
13.90
11.20
13.10
14.60
18.90

6.00 2.30
12
.60
1.30 .80 3.90 3. 60
2
.90
.70 1.70 . 10 6.00 3. 30
6
2.30 2.20 .80 8.30 5.60
2.40
3.20 2.60 .20 8.30 4.30
23
3.50
36 16. 30
3.40 2.80 .40 9.00 5. 30
26 19.50
8.10 3.90 1.90 10.60 5.40
14 15.40
20. 60 3.70 1.00 11.10 5.80
6.70
28
12.50 3.00 .20 10.90
28.90
49 67.00
8.00 5.90 .30 13.80 8.20
76 91.80
30.30 6.40
14.70 6.50
75 85.20
30.80 7.70
15.80 11.60
32.10 7.50 "T20’ 16.30 10.80
71 146.90
91 294.00
6.80 9.10 4.20 14.20 9.80
Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.50
.90
2.40
2.20
6.00
9.80
4.00
21.50
62.90
58.00
33.60
110. 60
235.10
♦

F a m ily ty p e I I I




13
18
8
25
47
60
73
91
95
90
100
100
100

$5.00 $3.20
3.50 4. 30
5.10 5.00
5.20 4.80
8.10 4.60
9.50 7.10
9.30 9.40
9.70 6.50
11.20 6.30
15.00 7.20
12.00 6.40
9.90 6. 50
13.10 10.50
21.00 8.60

3
9
6
15
38
40
45
57
67
70
100

Average meals fur­
nished per week
Parttime
help
(21)

0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 (**)
1.7 .5 .7 .7 <**)
.2 .3 .4 .4
4.5 1.5 2.4 2.4
4.4 7.4 2.4 1.3
3.9 7.6 4.5 3.7
.8
14.8 2.9 8.1 5.7 2.4
16.5 6.5 6.0 5.7
.3
12.0 11.5 8.2 4.8 3.4
13.5 25.5 9.0 7.2 1.8
62.6 10.6 22.4 22.4 _____

.4 .3 .1 1.5 1.2
.3
.4 .4
.3 .3
1.6 1.6
.5 .5
1.8 .6 1.2 1.0 1.0 (**)
1.30
.5
10.30
10.0 1.4 8.6 4.3 3.8
.9
9.8
9. 30
2.7 7.1 2.3 1.4
.40
11.40
6.0 1.3 4.7 2.0 .6 1.4
7.4 5.2 2.2 4.7 4.4
.3
7.40
.3
1.10 --"3.-66" 19.6 18.1 1.5 8.1 7.8
33.80
32.3 12.4 19.9 6.2 5.0 1.2
.1
50.70 ” '"."96" 39.0 8.4 30.6 3.5 3.4
33.70 2.60 31.1 25.0 6.1 12.5 9.0 3.5
54.90 4.00 55.2 39.8 15.4 17.1 14.1 3.0
♦ Averages of less of 0.05 are not shown
. 10

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

EAST CENTRAL, 3 M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

334

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T abus

T able 8 . — O ther hou sehold operation: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general

household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
yearf 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

EAST CENTRAL, 3 M ID DLE-SIZED CITIES: W HITE FAM ILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

$250-$499__________
$500-$749__________
$750-$999__________
$1,000-$1,249_______
$1,250-$1,499..............
$1,500-$1,749_______
$1,750-$1,999_______
$2,000-$2,249_______
$2,250-$2,499_______
$2,500-$2,999_ ............
$3,000-$3,499_______
$3,500-$3,999_______
$4,000-$4,999..............
$5,000 and over____

$16.50
9.80
9.30
11.30
10.80
10.20
12.20
12.10
12.60
11. 60
14.00
17.90
10.30
15.80

$0.50
$5.00 $5.80
1.40 $6.40 7.10 4.40
$1.20 1.50
9.90 4.30
5.10 2.20 .70 9.30 4. 70
2.20 2.70 .40 7.70 4.50
6.70 4.10 .10 8.90 5.30
7.30 3.40 .10 10. 50 5. 50
6.60 3.30 .60 9.40 6.70
9.40 4.70 1.10 11.50 6.80
15.00 5.60
11.50 7.00
26.20 7.90
11.70 6.50
27.70 7.40 .10 14.90 7. 20
39.10 7. 50 5.20 12.20 10. 00
16.40 21.70 .70 17.10 7.50

25 31. 60 6.80
15.80
4 28.00 1.90
11 34.40 2.90
16 31.70 2.80
43 45.00 13.40
53 57.00 16.40
51 58.90 12.80
62 53.80 19.70
82 99.00 30.30
88 114.30 31.20
100 98.20 36.40
100 113.40 37.20
100 96.30 40.80
1 See explanation of tables.

13.00
8. 90
12. 60
11.4,0
12.10
13. 50
1£. 20
12.50
14.10
11. 20
15.20
13.00
17.00
14.30

1.00
7.50 3.30
.30
4.00 2.60
1.20 .20 7.80 4. 30
5.00 1.60 .60 7.60 5.30
72
. 50 2.00 . 10 9.60 4.60
.90 1.90 .60 io!oo 4. 70
3.60 4.80 .60 10.90 7.50
14
12.50 2.60 .90 11.10 6.50
6
.80 3.20 .40 10. 90 4.70
25
30.20 6.90 1.10 12.60 6.70
32
9.90 11.00
42.00 5.00
25
17.20 10.70
12.50 8.40
44
27.80 7.10
13.30 11.00
17.40 8.70
35
8.10 7.00
Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

25
12
32
40
41
42
50
75
82
100
96
100
100
96

4
3
5
7
14
30
34
51
65
82

Average meals fur­
nished per week

(12)

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

$3.20
1.60
5.70
.20
2. 70
20.10
33.80
56. 50
78.50
258.60

$1.40
2.70
1.10
9.60
11.90
15.20
11.70
137.90

3.2
$3.20
.5 0.5
.20
3.00 _______ 2.4 .7
.2
.20
2.3
1.60
10.50 _______ 6.2 1.9
11.0 2.2
21.90
40.90 $0.40 17.3 3.4
32.1 2.4
66.80
116.70 4.00 50.3 26.9

3.90
1.90

3.90
1.50

Full­
time
help

.40

(*)

1.0
1.1

i.o.4

Parttime
help
(21)

3.2 6.1
.7
1.7 .3
.2 (**)
1.9 .9
4.3 2.3
8,8 1.9
13.9 5.3
29.7 5.5
23.4 9.8

0.1
.1
0.6
.3 (•*)
(••)
.6
.3
1.8
.5
.2
1.7
3.1 2.2
2.5 3.0
8.0 1.8

.4

.4 _____

(•*)

.7

1.3 (•*) 1.3 2.0 .8 1.2
.20 4.00
4.20
.1
15.00
6.50 8.50 _______ 3.2 1.1 2.1 .5 .4
.6
2.7
2.7 .6
5.30
5.30
.4
16.6
16.6 .4
44.70
44.70
1.2
.4 1.2
.4
1.80
1.80
76.70 36.90 38. 60 1.20 20.0 ~~7~8~ 12.2 4.2 4.2 _____
.3
18.0 .3 —
65.30 ________ 65.30 _______ 18.0 —
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

335




(11)

$7.50
2.40
6.10
9.50
11.80
13.90
14. 90
22.80
27.60
30.90
35.50
37.40
40.50
43.00

F a m ily ty p e V

$500-$749_____
$75p—$999_____
$1,000-$1,249._.
$1,250-$1,499.
$1,500-$1,749__
$1,750-$1,999__
$2,000-$2,249__
$2,250-$2,499__
$2,500-$2,999__
$3,000-$3,499__
$3,500-$3.999.._
$4,000-$4,999___
$5,000 and over.

$35.30
25. 50
32.30
42.80
40.10
49.20
53.90
61. 50
73.70
81.60
101.80
112.60
124.80
122.20

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)
F a m ily ty p e I V

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(3)
(4)
(5)
(8)
(2)
(6)
(7)
(9) (10)

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per n'eek furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1 9 8 5 -3 6 — Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both nativeb orn]

T able

(1)
F a m ily ty p e V I

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499.............
$1,500-$1,749..................
$1,750-$1,999..................
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999 ______
$4,000-$4,999. _______
$5,000 and over_______
F a m ily ty p e V I I

$17.40
10 26.50 $3.20
26.90
7 33.60 2.20
25 45. 70 3.20
33 42.10 8.10
43 47. 30 11.20
73 59.90 20.90
53 58.00 13. 70
78 89.50 30. 60
73 86. 70 26. 60
100 116. 50 39. 70
100 126. 50 40.30
86 123.30 43.40

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
17 25.50
$750-$999____________
28 29.20
$1,000-$1,249_________
18 31.70
$1,250-$1,499...................
15 41.20
$1,500-$1,749_________
37 43.10
$1,750-$1,999_________
45 45.40
$2,000-$2,249........ ..........
51 59. 60
$2,250-$2,499.................
59 57. 30
$2,500-$2,999_________
36 75.00
$3,000-$3,499_________
80 91.40
$3,500-$3,999_________
(t)
$4,000-$4,999_________
83.3 116. 90
$5,000 and over_______
1 See explanation of tables.



.50
3.30
4.40
4. 70
8.80
10.10
16.20
15.50
11.10
29.60

$9.30
10.70
11.00
12. 70
16.40
11. 60
14.20
13.50
13.70
14.00
14.80
14.00
13.70
24.40

$0.70 $0.70 $2.00 $4.70
1.10 .50 7.40 3.60
$2.90 1.40 .20 6.70 4.70
1.40 1.00 10.30 6.00
8.30 1.80 1.70 9.10 5.20
7.10 2.20 .60 8.00 4.50
3.90 .20 10.90 6.90
1.90 3.40 1.10 11.60 7.50
9.30 3.20 1.30 10.30 6. 50
17. 70 5.60 .80 13.10 7.70
14.20 7.40 .50 15.80 7.40
25. 70 9.70
16.70 10.70
43.90 7.40
13.00 8.20
14.90 11.40
20.60 8.60

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(11)
2
9
23
6
18
27
21
30
50
67
90
100

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

$0.60
1.20
6.10
1.30
11.00
19. 60
16.90
44.40
111.90
173. 50
124.80
488.60

12.50
1.00
.70 4.20 3.20 4.40
17
11.30 .20 2.30 .70 6.50 4.90
12.40
1.20 .50 7.40 5.80
14.60 2.60 2.00 .70 8.60 8.00
4.70
8
12.10 4.50 2.60
9.20 5.90
12.60 1.30 4.80 .20 8.30 8.10
6
2.60
15.50 1.10 4.70 3.40 12.10 6.60
11
1.20
17. 40 1.20 2.90 .10 13.80 6.40
12
8.10
9.70 29.80 5.70
24 12.60
11.80 6.90
13.60 20.80 8.60
14.00 4.80
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
37.80 23. 70 23.80 9.66
67 294.30
15.90 6. 70
f Averages not computed for fewer than 3 cases.

Full­
time
help
(13)

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­ Parttime gifts to paid time time paid time time
help help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
1.1
1.0
2.9
.3
4.6
.30 10.6
7.4
11.2
29.8
34.7
.20 36.5
9.30 63.1

$0.60
1.20
$5.40 .60
1.10 .20
7.20 3.80
14. 50 4.80
.90 16.00
35.40 9.00
111.90
173. 50
104.00 20.60
479.30

$0.10

.3

1.00
2.00

2.70
2.60
I."20”
8.10
7.30 5.30

—

—

1.1 (•*)
(**)
1.0 0.2
0.2
.7
1.7 1.2 4.9 4.2
.3 (**) .6 .6
2.2 2.4 2.7 2.2
.5
.1
6.7 3.9 3.6 3.5
.1 7.3 1.1 .7
.4
9.2 2.0 4.0 3.8
.2
12.1 12.1
29.8
9.3 9.3
34.7
23.6 12.9 12.0 10.6 1.4
27.0 27.0
63.1
.3

.3

1.3 .4 .9
1.1
1.1
.3 """.Y
6.5
6.5
2.5 "’i.T 1.1

.6
.2
4.6
.1
2.6

.3
.6 (••)
.2
4.6
.1
2.3
.3

264.30 21.70 8.30 43.4 34.7 8.7 12.7 11.7
** Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

1.0

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

Family type and
income class

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(4)
(3)
(6)
(8)
(9) (10
(2)
(7)
(5)

336

E A S T C E N T R A L , 3 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and, average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all familiesy and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able 8. — O t h e r

S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

Family type and
income class

A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,600-$l, 749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2.000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$?,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______

16
23
42
50
58
70
80
86
96
94
97

$250-$499____________
$500-$749___________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-SI,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______

2
10
16
25
55
65
66
90
100
91
100
89
100

F a m ily ty p e I




6 $21.80 $2.20 $4.30 $4.00 $0.80 $0.30 $6.90 $3.30
3 24.50
.70 5.70 5.90 1.00 .30 6. 70 4.20
7 32.70 1.70 6. 40 8.80 1.70
.40 9.00 4.70

47.50
53.50
68.30
80. 80
90.50
99.60
121. 50
124. 50
135. 30
151. 50
196.50

4.70 6.80
7.60 7.80
13.70 8.30
16.70 9.40
20.60 8.10
25 30 8. 40
30.80 8.80
35.40 8.80
39.20 9.50
39.70 9.00
45.80 13.80

19.30 2.60
20.10 2.90
26.10 2.80
31.20 4.20
39. 70 3.80
42.20 4.00
54.40 6.30
51.50 6. 30
52.80 9.50
67.30 8.10
80. 40 13.60

16.00
3. 70 2. 20
24. 60 .30 4.40 6.90
32.50 3.50 5.90 8.20
51. 50 5.50 5. 20 23.50
54.50 9.00 7.00 21.50
82.50 18.10 7. 60 38.60
89.90 22. 00 9.50 33.00
99.40 20.80 6. 70 50. 60
112. 50 33. 70 7. 20 48.90
142. 40 39. 80 7.80 66. 70
128. 30 36. 60 7.70 53. 70
126. 80 40.20 6. 70 48. 70
114.10 37.60 7. 80 42. 00
147. 30 41.40 9.20 58.20
1 See explanation of tables.

.70
1.20
1.50
3.00
2.40
2.90
3.30
5.10
4.90
8.70
7.40
9. 20
5.60
6.00

.30
.40
.80
1.20
.80
.30
1.50
.20
1.60
1.40
1.30

9.00 4.80
9.40 5. 30
10. 60 6.00
11.30 6. 80
11.50 6.00
12.80 6. 60
12.60 7.10
13. 60 8.70
14. 30 8. 40
16.70 9.30
23.80 17.80

. 30
.60
.30
.30
1. 50
3.20
1.00
.20
1.00
1.10
1.66

6. 70 2. 70
6.90 4. 60
9. 30 3.50
9. 50 4. 50
9. 40 4.90
8.50 5. 30
11.30 7.60
9.80 5. 40
11.90 5. 70
13.00 5. 40
12. 30 10.60
13. 80 7.10
13.10 8.00
20.80 10.70

Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(ID
9
16
28
32
40
51
66
63
64
73
91
94
96
97

Paid household help 1
Average weeks Average meals fur­
Average expenditure
help employed nished per week

$1. 40
4.80
8. 30
14.40
27.40
32.70
56.00
64.10
72.50
104. 30
153. 30
189. 90
213.90
354.70

Parttime
help

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)
(14)

$0.10
2.10
1.40
2.90
12.90
13. 30
31.00
37.20
36.30
75.50
92.90
134. 60
156. 80
284.00

2.1 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.1
$1. 30
2.70
5.7 1.1 4.6 1.0 .8
6.90 (*) 10.1 .9 9.2 1.3 .5
11.50
13.5 2.2 11.3 1.3 .6
14.30 _$6’20" 18.6 6.4 12.2 3.1 2.1
19.40
23.5 7.2 16.3 3.4 2.2
24.80 (*).20 32.4 13.4 19.0 6.2 4.8
.20 31.8 12.9 18.9 5.4 3.9
26.70
35.20 1.00 34.6 13.9 20.7 7.3 5.0
27.80 1.00 42.6 23.8 18.8 8.9 6.8
58.70 1.70 55.3 27.4 27.9 11.9 8.0
52.00 3. 30 62.1 37.1 25.0 13.7 11.0
55.30 1.80 64.4 38.8 25.6 15.0 12.1
65. 50 5.20 83.2 56.6 26.6 22.4 19.5

0.1
.2
.8
.7
1.0
1.2

Full­
time
help

.40 5.40
5.80
8.2
16
2.50 5.20
8.0
26
7. 70
22 12.10
5.40 6. 70
9.8
41 17. 70
16.3
3.60 14.10
47 22.60 13.70 8.90
18.1
73 68. 90 27.00 41.80
.10 40.0
62 60. 80 33.20 27. 50
.10 31.1
82 83. 70 36. 40 45. 40 1.90 47.4
70 97.40 61.70 32.90 2.80 49.9
100 200.10 103. 70 93. 50 2.90 62.5
100 170. 20 81.20 84.00 5.00 61.1
100 226. 60 172. 40 53.90
.30 67.7
100 423.90 321. 40 99.20 3. 30 85.4
Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.8
2.8
3.6
3.2
8. 7
11.1
9.3
13.6
23.3
27.3
25.2
38.1
57.3

7.4
5.2
6.2
13.1
9.4
28.9
21.8
33.8
26.6
35.2
35.9
29.6
28.1

1.9 1.8
2.3 1.9
1.2 .5
4.3 3.7
4.7 2.6
4.0 2.5
6.7 4.0
7.5 4.9
14.8 8.0
10.9 6.2
14.6 12.8
25.3 18.6

(21)

1.4
1.5
2.3
2.1
3.9
2.7
2.9

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(9) (10)
(8)
(2)

2.9

.1
.4
.7
.6
2.1

1.5
2.7
2.6
6.8
4.7
1.8
6.7

OO

OO

T able 8.— Other hou sehold operation: Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general

income class
(1)

General household operation
Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone (3)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(5)
(8)
(9) (10
(2)

F am ily types I I
and III

$250-1499____________
$500-$749__ _______
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249_________
$],250-$l,499__...............
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over _____
F am ily types I V
and V

2
1
10
20
39
56
59
66
74
88
100
100
100

$26.10
23.50
33.10
45. 90
56.10
62.70
92. 80
99.90
90.10
113.70
116. 20
136. 30
150. 50
173.90

$5.30 $8.10 $1.20 $0. 40 $6.90 $4.20
$0.20 5.70 7.20 .90 .20 5.30 4.00
. 40 6.10 11. 40 1. 60 . 20 8. 20 5. 20
2.10 7.80 20. 00 2.90 .40 7.60 5.10
6.40 8.60 22.80 3. 30 .60 9.10 5.30
12.20 7.80 21.60 2. 90 .90 11.40 5. 90
19. 30 9.90 39.90 5.00 .40 11.20 7.10
22.50 8.30 48.60 3.50 1.00 9.70 6.30
22. 90 9.00 36.10 3.10 .40 11.70 6.90
28. 90 8.70 49.10 5.90 3.00 10.80 7. 30
31.20 8. 90 47. 30 7. 70
13. 30 7.80
42.60 11.00 48.10 10.10 2.90 13.70 7. 90
41.10 10.30 61.70 7.00 1.10 18.10 11.20
42.90 11.30 73.50 8.50 1.10 25.50 11.10

$250-$499____________
20 23. 00 6.70 3.80
$500-$749____________
5 26. 00 1. 70 6.80
$750-$999____________
15 31.90 2.70 7.10
$1,000-$1,249_________
23 45. 60 7. 50 6.90
$1,250-$1,499_________
25 49.10 7.80 7.60
$1,500-$1,749_________
36 63.90 12.00 9. 40
$1,750-$1,999_________
34 64.60 11. 30 8.90
$2,000-$2,249_________
53 78.60 19.10 8.90
$2,250-$2,499_________
63 100.60 23.20 8.60
$2,500-$2,999_________
78 118. 90 28.50 9.40
$3,000-$3,499_________
81 129. 30 38.10 9.40
$3,500-$3,999_________
91 138.90 36. 20 9.70
93 167.10 40. 20 9.00
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______
96 222. 60 48. 50 16. 50
1 See explanation of tables.



Paid household help i
Average weeks
PercentAverage expenditure
help employed
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons, All Full­ Partexpendi­ paid
time time gifts to paid time time
help
help help help help help help
ture
(12)
(13)
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(11)

Average meals fur­
nished per week
All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

17
7
37
43
55
69
77
68
78
82
100
100
94
100

$1.50
.90
12. 00
17.70
42.50
48. 30
77.70
81.50
104.00
142. 50
147. 70
230. 60
198.50
359. 40

$0.20
.80
1. 30
2.90
22.60
14.00
54.60
48.80
57.40
117. 30
106. 40
197. 70
139. 70
248.40

0.4
1.4
1. 2
1.1
5.7
4.2
9.6
8.2
11.8
12.6
13. 3
18.2
17.3
20.0

0.2
1.1
.2
.2
3.9
1.8
8.0
5.7
8.5
10.4
9.9
15.7
12.0
16.2

0.2
.3
1.0
.9
1.8
2.4
1.6
2.5
3.3
2.2
3.4
2.5
5.3
3.8

1. 30 .60 .60 7.00 3.00
10
3.30 1.00 . 50 8.80 3.90
29
4.40 2.00 .50 10.40 4.80
13
14. 30 1.70 .10 10.40 4. 70
26
15.10 2.80 .40 9.80 5.60
22
22.00 2.70 .20 11. 20 6.40
36
22.70 3.90 .60 11. 30 5.90
52
27.20 3. 20 .40 13.70 6.10
59
43.50 4.20 .20 14.10 6.80
46
53. 30 5.70 .50 13.90 7.60
67
53.70 4.50 .60 14. 60 8. 40
80
58.10 9.30 1.10 15.00 9.50
86
79.80 9 60 2.00 17.50 9.00
96
90.70 18.20 1.60 24.10 23.00
96
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

2.60
9.00
2.20
12. 30
17.50
23.40
29.10
53.00
44.40
73.80
133. 60
170.90
215.40
329. 50

2.60
2.6 .1
2.6
5.20 3. 80
10. 5 2.6 7.9 1.2
2.5 .4 2.1 1.0
.90 1. 30
12.2 1.3 10.9 .7
.40 11.90
8.80 8. 60
.10 11.2 4.8 6.4 1.6
12. 20 11. 20 (*) 16.9 6.6 10.3 1.8
13.10 15. 80
.20 22.3 7.8 14.5 4.1
.10 29.7 11.8 17.9 4.1
30.70 22.20
21.10 23.20
.10 23.8 9.3 14.5 4.4
45.00 28.70
.10 34.7 14.6 20.1 6.2
.60 51.4 23.5 27.9 9.3
76.20 56.80
117.00 51.50 2. 40 51.6 30.5 21.1 12.0
158.00 55. 30 2.10 63.2 38.4 24.8 14.1
286. 70 36. 30 6. 50 76.8 58.7 18.1 22.5
*Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

1.0
.2
(**)
1.2
1.6
3.4
3.4
2.9
4.4
6.5
10.1
11.9
21.2

.1
.2
.8
.7
.4
.2
.7
.7
1.5
1.8
2.8
1.9
2.2
1.3

$1.30
3.5 0.2 3.3
.2 .2 (**)
. 10
10. 70 "'"(*)■ " 15. 3 . 4 14. 9
14.80
17.2 1.9 15. 3
19.60 $0.30 26.6 10.0 16.6
34.20
.10 33.4 6.7 26.7
22.70
.40 38.6 21.7 16.9
32.30
.40 35.0 16.9 18.1
45. 00 1.60 40.9 20.5 20.4
24.10 1.10 47.9 34.6 13.3
39.00 2. 30 55. 5 32. 3 23.2
29.70 3.20 77.6 54.9 22.7
56.50 2.30 64.0 40.4 23.6
107.10 3.90 96.0 50.9 45.1

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

S O U T H E A S T , 2 M ID D L E -S IZ E D C IT IE S : W H IT E F A M IL IE S

338

household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1985-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1985-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

SOUTHEAST,

2

M IDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help help help
help
(13)
(12)
(14) (15)
(ID

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

A l l fa m ilie s

Under $250. _ _____
$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499 . _
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500 and over__ ____

1
5
13
12
36
7
39
31
55

$7.80
10.50
14. 70
22.00
30.60
37.10
51.70
32.10
62.90
88.60
78.30

$3.50
4.10
$0.20 6.00
1.10 6. 50
4.10 7.60
4.00 7.70
11.60 8.30
2.90 7.40
12.70 10. 70
12.10 9.80
21.60 10.10

i
12
19
14
71
22

6.10
10.20
15.60 .30
24.60 2.60
32.00 5. 70
47.30 5.80
70.80 23.80
77. 70 9.30

$0.30
$2.20 $1.80
.90 $0.20 2. 50 2.80
$0.30 1.40 .10 3. 50 3. 20
1.90 1.80 .20 6.90 3. 60
2.70 2.90 .60 7.80 4.90
6.30 5. 60 .40 8.90 4.20
12.00 2.80 .20 11.00 5.80
1.90 5.30 .30 10. 60 3. 70
16.20 5. 60
13.20 4. 50
34.20 13.20
12.90 6.40
25.00 5.80
10.10 5.70

3
1
2
6
11
48
14
22
24
64

$0.50
.60
1.40
6.40
27.40
6. 60
4.70
19.90
69.50

$0.50
$0.10 .50
.50 .90
1.80 4.60
21.90 5.50
6.60
3.80 .90
1. 60 18. 30
47.30 22.20

10
71

.10
. 10
1.40
9.00
27.90

. io
. 10
1.40
9.00
7.40

(*)

0.3
0.3
.7 0.1 .6
1.1 .3 .8
5.2 .9 4.3
21.2 13.8 7.4
7.4
7.4
5.8 4.6 1.2
12.7 3.1 9.6
52.0 18.9 33.1

0.1
.4
.6
4.1
.1
1.1
7.9

0.3
.2
4.0
.1
.1
7.6

0.1
.1
.4
.1

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­
Water
ture for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ press,
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery, etc. sent Other
plies out etc.
phone
(4)
(7)
(8)
(9) (10)
(2)
(3)
(5) (6)

1.0
.3

F a m ily ty p e I

1 See explanation of tables.




3.20
4.10
6.00 .10
6.70 2.90
7.40 4.00
8.90 13.90
7.50 18.20
9.10 37.40

.10
1.10
1.60
1.90
3.00
3.00
3. 70
5.10

1.50
.40 2.10
.10 4.20
.10 7.60
1.50 5.80
.30 11.10
12.20
8. 50

1.30
2. 50
3.30
2.80
4.60
4.30
5.40
8. 30

(*)
(*)
(*)

20. 50

♦ Percentages of less than 0.5 and averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

(*)

.2
.2 (**)
.2
.2
1.5
1.5 .4
14.4
14.4 .3
33.4 26.6' 7.4 .3

(••)
.4
.3
.1
.2

“Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

339

Under $250 _ _____
$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$l,500-$2,249_________
$2,250 and over _ _ _ _

2

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: NEGRO FAMILIES
Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­
Water
ture for All Tele­ dry dry tion­ press,
tele­ items phone sup­ sent ery, etc. rent Other
plies out etc.
phone
(3)
(6)
(4)
(5)
(7) (8)
(9) (10)
(2)

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
Full­ Part- Aprons,
expendi­ paid
time time gifts to
ture
help help help
help
(ID

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All
paid time time paid
help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19)

Full­
time
help
(20)

Parttime
help

0.9
2.8

(21)

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

Under $250
$250-$499__
$500-$749._
$750-$999__
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499 _____
$1,500-$2,250
$2,250 and over

10

$0.10

$0.10

9
15
25
40

$3.50 $1.80
$8.70
$3.00
$0.40
.90
10.70
4.30
2.00 3. 50
2.10 3.40
12.60
5.80 $0.30 1.00
19.80
6.00 1.40 1. 70 ~$6.~20~ 6.20 4. 30
29. 70 $2.40 7. 70 2.70 4.00
8.40 4. 50
7.90 3.90
36.20 4.40 6.60 9.60 3.80
41.30 9.10 9.00 7.10 3.00 .30 9.10 3.70
76.60 13.80 7.40 29.00 6.00
13.20 7.20

4
5
13
23
40

2.10
3.50
16.30
10.30
36.40

$0.40 1.70
.70 2.80
6.80 9. 50
4.60 5.70
5.20 31.20

2.2 0.5 1.7
2.8 1.4 1.4
5.0 3.4 1.6
8.8 2.3 6.5
20.8 10.4 10.4

1.8
2.2
3.0

0.9
2.2
.2

1
2
10
10
17
45

11.70
5.20
.70
11.30
4.50
.50
15.50 .20 6.40 .50 1.60
21.50 .50 6.70 1.20 1.70
30.00 3.70 7.70 1.70 2.40
34. 70 3.30 7.90 2.80 7.10
49.50 4.90 9. 30 10. 50 6.10
89.80 18.00 10.90 29. 40 13.80

4
3
3
5
17
50

1.40
.10
.70
1.40
8.90
49.60

1.40
. 10
.70
1.40
7.10 1.80
27.40 22.20

.7
.7
.3
.3
.1 .1
2.8
2.8
5.6 2.4 3.2
36.9 10.9 26.0

.4
.6
.1
1.0
4.8

.6
1.0
4.4

0.2

0.2

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V

Under $250
$250-$499-_
$500-$749_.
$750-$999__
$1,000-$1,249
$1,250-$1,499
$l,500-$2,249
$2,250 and over_______
1 See explanation of tables.




2.30
3.90
.10 3.80
.40 7.20
.30 9.00
.60 8.70
.10 13.50
12.60

3.50
2.40
2.90
3.80
5.20
4.30
5.10
5.10

.4
.1
.4

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

SOUTHEAST,

340

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operationy percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36—Continued

T a b l e 8 .— O th e r

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
WEST CENTRAL, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

A l l fa m ilie s

$250-$499___________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______
F a m ily ty p e I

23
8
19
45
66
73
84
91
91
93
100
94
100
100

$25. 20
22.20
29. 00
43.00
51.80
57.10
66.50
72.60
71.40
91.10
103.10
103. 90
124.50
162. 20

Part- All Full­ Parttime paid time time
help help help help
(18) (19) (20) (21)

(12)

(13)

5
9
4
8
13
18
21
22
39
37
55
70
90

$0.20
.60
2.40
4.80
7.10
12.60
14.10
21.70
52.50
34.90
84.90
157. 60
223.60

(*)
$0.40
.50
3.20
5.10
8. 50
6.10
13.80
31.60
6.00
59. 30
136.40
174.30

$0. 20
.20
1.90
1.60
2.00
4.00
8.00
7.90
20. 80
28.90
25.20
21.10
48.10

0.1 0.6 0.1
.5
(**).6 .6
.8 .4
1.2 1.0 .9
1.4 1.5 .9
3.2 1.9 1.7
5.9 1.6 1.0
5.0 2.2 1.9
10.3 3.7 3.1
12.6 2.0 .8
13.3 6.9 5.7
8.2 11.4 10.9
16.4 13.9 12.9

0.5
.1
.4
.1
.6
.2
.6
.3
.6
1.2
1.2
.5
1.0

7. 30 3. 00
2. 20 1. 70
5.10 3.10
.60 1.60
7.80 4.10
20
1. 40 2.00
3
7.10 2.20 (*) 11. 50 4. 70
12.80 4.60 .30 11.00 4. 60
10
12
12.10 3.10 . 10 10.10 5. 40
26
16! 40 4.70 .10 8.50 8.80
35
31.60 3.80 1.40 9.20 4.20
26
25.90 3.50 .20 10. 50 4.80
44
17. 30 4.30 .90 10.10 4.90
16
35 60 5.90 3. 50 10.10 13.00
55
61.10 4.80 .70 10.70 7. 30
36. 70 8.60 .10 12.10 13. 30
69
69.10 6.40 .50 17. 30 6.10
83
‘Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.60
. 20
7. 60
4.10
16.50
19.60
34.50
81.20
28. 50
65.70
152. 60
181. 40

. 1 .1
.8 .8
.60
.2 .4
.2
. 20
5.60 2.00
2.8 "IT 1.7 1.0 .8
1.8 1.7 . 1 .6 .6
3.90 . 20
11.60 4. 70
.20 7.0 3.1 3.9 3.7 3.6
3.00 16.60
13.6 1.0 12.6 1.5 1.2
8.1 4.0 4.1 1.9 1.4
25.40 9.10
19.6 15.4 4.2 5.0 4.8
75. 30 5.90
12.2
12.2 .3
28. 50
26.1 6. 9 19.2 3.9 3.8
36.80 28.90
.40 37.3 24.5 12.8 9.6 8.0
108. 60 43.60
134. 20 47. 00
.20 42.5 27.7 14.8 13.5 12.5
**Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

.4
.2
.1
.3
.5
.2
.3
.1
1.6
1.0

(ID

Full­
time
help

(*)
$0.10
(*).10
.40
.10
1.20

0.1
.2
1.0
2.2
3.2
5.8
7.8
8.6
18.1
14.8
25.1
37.5
48.6

(•*)
0.2
.4
1.0
1.8
2.6
1.9
3.6
7.8
2.2
11.8
29.3
32.2

341




4. 30
6. 30
6. 80
6. 70
6. 60
9.00
lo! 40
6.10
8.20
7.20
9. 20
7.00
8.40
7.00

Average meals fur­
nished per week

Part- Aprons, All Full­
time gifts to paid time
help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17)

$5. 70 $5.60 $1.00 $1.40 $0.40 $7.80 $3.30
3.60 7.00 1.10 1.20 . 10 6.10 3.10
5.80 7. 70 1.70 1.80 .30 7. 50 4. 20
11.50 8.70 5.90 2.30 .70 9.30 4.60
16.70 8. 50 7.60 3.20 .20 10.70 4.90
18.80 9.30 9.80 3.20 .30 10.10 5.60
23.10 10.00 11.50 3.90 1.60 9.90 6.50
24.60 8.50 18.50 3.80 .60 11.20 5.40
25.70 8.70 16.40 3.20 .20 11.70 5.50
28.20 8. 30 30.70 5.60 .40 11.80 6.10
29.70 11.40 30.10 6.10 3.50 13.40 8. 90
29. 70 8.70 36.50 6.00 .40 15.10 7. 50
31.80 9.90 47.50 7.50 1.50 17. 30 9.00
35.20 8.80 76.10 7. 30 1. 40 22.20 11.20

$250-$499____________
33 27. 20 8. 70
$500-$749____________
5 22. 20 5. 50
$750-$999____________
12 29. 20 7.10
$1,000-$1,249_________
59 48.10 15.90
$1,250-$1,499_________
60 53.20 13. 30
$1,500-$1,749_________
89 61.80 22.00
$1,750-$1,999_________
79 71.90 23.00
$2,000-$2,249_________
94 82.90 26.60
$2,250-$2,499_________
100 81.60 28. 50
$2,500-$2,999_________
100 73.70 29.00
$3,000-$3.499_________
100 109. 90 32.60
$3,500-$3^999_________
100 122. 50 30.90
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 110.80 31.60
$5,000 and over_______
100 143. 80 37.40
1 See explanation of tables.

Percentage of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
etc.
plies
out
phone
(8)
(9) (10)
(3)
(4)
(6)
(7)
(5)
(2)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)
Fam ily types I I and I I I

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
iamines
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
etc.
out
phone
(8)
(3)
(4)
(7)
(5)
(6)
(9) (10)
(2)

Percentage oi
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(11)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

$2.00
1.00
2.20
7.70
18.10
16.50
19.00
24. 30
25. 60
28.90
28. 30
32. 40
30. 60
33.10

$6.10
7. 50
8. 30
10. 50
8.50
10.60
9.90
7.90
8.40
7.60
13.10
12. 30
10.10
10.80

$1.00 $1.00 $8.20 $3. 50
$0.90 .70 .10 6.00 2.80
1.10 1.40 (*) 5.90 3. 90
3.60 2.00 .20 7.90 4.20
7. 30 2.70 .30 10. 60 5. 30
5.70 3. 30 .60 9. 50 6.00
8.20 3. 30 1.40 11.20 5.50
25.60 3.40 .30 10.70 5.00
18.20 2.60 .50 12.70 6. 30
43. 70 4.10 .40 13.10 4.80
35.80 4.90 9.20 13. 70 7. 50
24. 40 5.20 .80 15. 70 6. 50
36.70 3.10 .10 10. 70 5. 60
94.40 7.80 3. 70 17. 70 9. 90

$250-$499_________
23 26.60 5.60
$500-$749_________
18 26.10 4. 30
$750-$999_________
37 37. 90 9.90
$1,000-$1,249______
49 45.80 11.60
$1,250-$1,499______
68 49.90 17. 70
$1,500-$1,749______
68 58. 30 18.80
$1,750-$1,999______
97 69. 30 26. 70
$2,000-$2.249______
88 62. 60 23. 40
$2,250-$2,499______
88 63. 70 23. 90
$2,500-$2,999______
90 93. 50 27. 70
$3,000-$3,499______
100 95. 30 29.00
$3,500-$3,999______
90 96. 50 28. 00
$4,000-$4,999______
100 142. 60 32.70
100 ! 163. 60 35. 30
$5,000 and over___
1 See explanation of tables.

7.20
7. 40
7. 60
8. 50
10. 00
8. 50
9. 80
10. 60
9.20
9. 20
11.70
8. 40
10. 60
8. 60

1. 50 .40 8. 20 3.70
7
1.90 1. 40 .20 7. 40 3. 50
. 10
2. 90 2. 00 1.00 9.70 4.80
1
7. 30 2. 60 1.90 8.90 5.00
.30
4.10 2. 70 .20 10. 50 4. 70
8
2.10
11.70 3.10 .10 10. 70 5. 40
5
.80
10.60 3.80 3.00 9. 90 5. 50
16 11.50
5.10 3.90 .40 12.80 6. 40
11
7.10
9. 70 3. 20 .10 12. 00 5. 60
13
8. 50
30. 30 7.00 . 10 11.90 7. 30
21 19. 30
43 42.40
24. 60 6. 70 .80 14.90 7. 60
27.80 7. 00 .20 17.10 8. 00
45 68. 80
57. 20 8. 60 2. 80 22. 60 8.10
66 150. 30
70. 50 7. 50 .70 26. 70 14. 30
90 221. 80
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$250-$499_______
$500-$749_______
$750-$999_______
$1,000-$1,249____
$1,250-SI,499____
$1,500-Sl,749____
$1,750-11,999____
$2,000-$2,249____
$2.250-$2,499____
$2,500-$2,999____
$3,000-$3,499____
$3,500-$3,999____
$4,000-$4,999____
$5,000 and over. _

Fam ily types I V and V




8
4
11
30
68
65
73
91
85
91
100
100
100
100

$21.80
19.00
22.80
36.10
52.80
52.20
58. 50
77. 20
74. 30
102.60
112. 50
97. 30
96.90
177.40

7
6
9
7
23
14
22
37
68
23
85
81
94

$0.50
1.40
6.00
5. 30
17. 30
10. 60
18.90
32. 90
89. 30
25. 50
164.10
183. 40
268.10

Average meals fur­
nished per week

(13)

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Part- All Full­
time gifts to paid time time paid time
help help help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20)

$0.10
.90
1.30
4.40
12.20
8.70
9.40
20.20
51.80
7.00
121. 20
182.80
214. 40

$0.40
.50
4.70
.90
5.10
1.70
9. 50
12. 70
37. 30
18. 50
40.90
.60
52.00

Full­
time
help

.20
6.10
5.70
3.80
8. 30
50.70
133. 00
173. 60
♦

(*)
$0.20
.20
2.00
1.70

0.2
.4
2.2
1.9
7.8
5.4
8.0
15.9
32.7
15.5
40.5
42.6
54.1

0.1
.3
1.2
1.8
4.2
3.0
2.6
7.5
15.5
4.7
25.2
42.0
36.5

Parttime
help
(21)

0.1 1.6 0.4 1.2
. 1 .8 .6
.2
1.0 1.7 1.0
.7
.1 1.2 1.2 (**)
3.6 3.3 2.2 1.1
2.4 1.5 1.5 (**)
5.4 3.0 1.2 1.8
8.4 4.2 4.1
.1
17.2 8.8 7.4 1.4
10.8 2.4 2.2
.2
15.3 14.7 13.1 1.6
.6 15.6 15.6
17.6 15.2 15.1
.1

.1
.1 . 1
.l
.10
(**)
.30
.3
.3 (**)
1.90
2.2 ~“ .T 2.1 .7 .6
.1
.80
.4
.4 .6
.6
5.40
5.3 "T<T 3.4 .9 .6
.3
1.40
3.9 2.0 1.9 .7 .7 (**)
4.70
5.5 1.6 3.9 1.5 1.2
.3
19.30 (*)
9.6
9.6 . 5
.5
34.10
15.8 2.1 13.7 2.7 .6 2.1
18.10
19.4 9.9 9.5 5.9 4.2 1.7
17. 30
35.7 27.0 8.7 10.8 10.6
.2
46. 70 1.50 48.9 32.3 16.6 13.4 12.0 1.4
Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 193 5 -3 6

2

342

WEST CENTRAL,

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-86— Continued

T able

158119'

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native bornl
ROCKY MOUNTAIN, 2 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

General household operation
Family type and
income class

A l l fa m ilie s

$9.40
10.90
10. 20
10. 50
13. 20
12. 20
13.10
11. 40
13. 50
10.70
11. 80
13. 40
14.00
14. 70

$1. 70
4.10
2.10
6. 30
4.50
6. 80
10.50
11.20
17. 90
34. 30
45. 60
36. 50
44. 60
48.00

4
2
1
7
8
10
14
16
17
32
47
45
61
81

$3.40
. 20
.80
1.70
3.30
1. 80
1 2 .6 0
5. 40
9. 70
36.60
53. 30
56.00
122. 30
255. 60

$250-$499 _____ ___
23. 80
$500-$749
27 40. 60 7. 40
$750-$999
27 36. 30 6.60
$1,000-$1,249___
25 33.90 5. 40
$1,250-$1,499___
39 52.90 12. 60
$1,500-$1,749___
48 53. 50 14.80
$1,750-$1,999___
63 70. 40 20. 00
$2,000-$2,249_________
77 83. 20 26. 00
$2,250-$2,499____
72 89. 50 22. 80
$2,500-$2,999___
100 122. 50 33. 80
$3,000-$3,499
100 147. 30 33.90
$3,500-$3,999
100 126.10 32. 40
$4,000-$4,999_________
100 155.10 39. 20
$5,000 and over______ 1 100 164.90 139.60
i See explanation of tables.

8.00
10. 50
8. 20
9. 00
9.90
9. 60
10 50
7.90
10.90
8. 30
9. 50
12 30
11.00
9.10

2.50
10.00 3. 30
4
6.30 2. 20 2.00 8. 40 3. 80
4.00 1. 80 . 60 11. 00 4.10
9
8.40 3. 00 (*) 4.10 4. 00
12
8.10 5. 20 . 40 12. 00 4. 70
12
9.90 5. 40 . 50 7. 80 5. 50
15
14 70 5.10 (*) 12. 70 7. 40
15
18.10 6.80 1. 50 16. 20 6. 70
15
31. 00 5.60 .40 12.00 6. 80
29
54.80 6.70 1. 00 9. 40 8. 50
51
62.80 9.80 5. 90 15. 50 9.90
40.10 10.90 2. 50 17. 60 10. 30
50
51
66. 50 10.40 3. 40 19.30 5. 30
90
48. 90 15.80 19. 30 17.10 15.10
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.40
.80
4. 20
1. 80
2. 80
5. 60
1.10
52. 80
26. 30
34. 80
181.10
150. 50

F a m ily ty p e I




$27.90
33. 50
35.00
39.50
49.90
57. 20
69.00
74. 30
83.30
105. 40
124. 50
127. 20
144. 20
164. 90

$2. 60
$7. 60 $3.80
2.20 $1.10 6. 70 4. 20
2.00 . 50 9. 80 4. 50
3.20 .30 6. 30 5.60
5.00 .50 10.10 6. 30
4.60 . 70 11. 00 6. 30
6.20 .40 12.20 7. 50
6.10 1.00 15.20 6. 90
6. 50 .60 15. 00 7. 80
7. 30 .80 15. 70 8. 10
9.10 2.20 13.90 10. 30
10. 30 3.40 18.00 9.80
15.90 1. 50 17.20 14. 40
14.90 7.90 20.70 16.70

Full­
time
help
(13)
$3.40
1. 30
2.90
.40
9.30
.60
4. 60
17. 50
32. 90
25.10
77. 30
202. 40

Part- Aprons, All Full­ Parttime gifts to paid time time
help help help help help
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
$0. 20
.80
.40
.40
1. 40
3.00
4. 80
5.10
18. 90
19. 90
30. 60
44.60
52. 70

$0.30
(*)
(*)
.20
.50
. 30
.40
.50

Average meals fur­
nished per week
All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

2.2 2.2
(**)
(**)
0.8
.8
.7 .5 .2 0.5 0.5 (**)
1.5 .9 .6 .9 .7 0.2
.3
.8 .1 .7 .9 .6
2.6 1.0 1.6 1.7 .7 1.0
.8
2.5 .1 2.4 1.3 .5
.4
5.1 1.3 3.8 1.2 .8
12.0 4.5 7.5 3.4 2.1 1.3
.4
22.1 7.8 14.3 4.2 3.8
16.1 3.9 12.2 3.6 2.0 1.6
26.3 14.0 12.3 10.6 7.2 3.4
42.1 26.5 15.6 12.4 11.3 1.1

.1
.1
. 40
.4
.80
.4
1.4 .9 .5 .8 .8
3.60 .60
.1
.7 .3 .4 1.5 1.4
1.00 .80
1.0
1.7
1.7 1.0
2. 80
1.0
.40 5.10
.10 1.3 .1 1.2 1.4 .4
.5
.7
.7 .5
1.10
16.7 6.3 10.4 3.0 3.0
24.20 28. 60
26. 30
22.0
22.0 . 1
3.1
34. 80
12.8
12.8 3.5
98. 20 81. 60 I. 30 29.0 17.6” 12.0 12.8 10.9 l yq
32.2 15.9 16.3 6.5 5.7 -------8
116. 50 34.00
‘Averages of less than 0.05 are not shown.

343

$2. 80
4. 30
5.90
7. 30
10. 30
15. 60
19.10
22. 50
22.00
28. 50
31. 60
35. 80
36.60
42. 00

$250-$499
$500-$749
$750-$999
$1,000-$1,249___
$1,250-$1,499___ ___
$1,500-$1,749___ ____
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-$3,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______

9
17
26
30
41
53
59
72
75
86
91
95
97
100

Percent­
age of
families
reporting All
expendi­ paid
help
ture
(12)
(11)

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
Water
dry dry tion­ press,
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
plies
out
etc.
phone
(3)
(4)
(9) GO)
(8)
(6)
(7)
(5)
(2)

Paid household help 1
Average weeks
Average expenditure
help employed

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephone, average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-86— Continued
[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]

T able

MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES

Paid household help 1

General household operation
Family type and
income class

(1)

Percent­
Average expenditure
age of
families
reporting
Laun­ Sta­ Ex­
expendi­ All Tele­ Laun­
dry dry tion­ press,
Water
ture for items phone sup­
sent ery, etc. rent Other
tele­
out
etc.
plies
phone
(4)
(3)
(5)
(7)
(8)
(2)
(6)
(9) GO)

F a m ily ty p e s I I a n d I I I

$250-$499_____ _______
$500-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_ .............
$2,250-$2,499_ ............. .
$2,500-$2,999..................
$3,000-$3,499.................
$3,500-$3,999_ .................
$4,000-$4,999_...........
$5,000 and over_______

5
18
28
39
55
54
76
72
76
78
96
88
100

$250-$499____________
$50O-$749____________
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749_________
$1,750-$1,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499............... .
$3,500-$3,999.............
$4,000-$4,999...................
$5,000 and over..............

50
12
34
43
46
56
61
64
79
86
92
90
100
100

F a m ily ty p e s I V a n d V




$22.50
25.60
28.90
37.70
46.70
56.50
66. 50
72.10
74. 80
98.60
114.20
116. 40
135.80
156. 60

$0.70
3.10
6.80
7.90
14.90
17.50
23.00
22.10
24.90
27.90
37. 60
33.90
44. 50

$10.00
11.50
10. 40
11.80
15.60
14.00
14.60
13. 30
15. 30
10. 50
13. 80
15. 00
13.80
15. 50

$5.00 $3.40
3.10 2.40 $0. 40
1.70 1.80 .40
3.50 2.70 (*)
3. 40 4.10 .60
5.10 4. 30 1.00
9.30 6.50 .70
9.60 6.00 1.20
10.90 5.80 1.00
33.10 6.50 1.80
41.90 6.60 .40
24.10 8.80 .50
36.90 13.90
34.20 13.10 1.30

48.50 15.00 11.70
30.30 3.10 10. 60
42.50 9.20 12.40 .30
50.40 10.10 11. 70 7.60
50.10 10. 60 13.80 1.80
62.10 17.40 12.40 5.50
70. 50 20.30 13.50 8. 00
68.60 18.90 12.70 6.40
84.50 21. 50 14.40 12.10
101. 00 28. 20 11.90 24.60
116. 50 32. 70 12.00 36.60
137. 20 36.90 12.90 44.40
142. 60 36.80 15.80 36.50
168.80 42.90 18. 70 53.60
1 See explanation of tables.

1.30
2.00
2.60
4.20
6.00
3.80
6.80
5. 60
7.70
8.10
10. 20
11.10
20.00
15.00

.50
1. 00
.30
.60
.20
.60
.50
.10
1.10
6.40
1.20
1.70

$4.10
$2.90 4. 60
6.70 4. 80
7.10 5.80
7.60 7.50
10.70 6.50
10.10 7.80
11.70 7.30
12.50 7.20
14.20 7.60
14.40 9.20
18.80 11.60
14.80 22.50
24.10 23.90
16.00 4.50
10.50 4.10
12.80 4.70
8.40 7.40
11. 20 6.40
15.30 7.10
14.40 7.30
17. 60 6.80
19.20 9.10
19.80 8. 30
12. 60 11. 30
17.50 8.00
17.20 15.10
22.00 14.90

Average expenditure
Percent­
age of
families
Full­ Part- Aprons,
reporting All
time time gifts to
expendi­ paid
help
help help help
ture
(14) (15)
(12)
(13)
(11)
12

$9.80

$9.80

9
7
9
20
21
22
33
73
61
76
82

3.90
1.50
1.70
26.60
7. 50
25. 20
38.90
124.10
95.50
102. 40
379. 20

3.50
.90
. 10
21.40
1.40
16.90
27.50
97.10
51. 30
74.10
216. 70

Average weeks
help employed

Average meals fur­
nished per week

All Full­ Part- All Full­ Partpaid time time paid time time
help help help help help help
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
6.5

6.5

i.5 1.4 0.1 1.4 1.3
1.4 .2 1.2 1.0 .5
1.1 .1 1.0 .8 .4
4.7 2.4 2.3 3.0 1.7
4.2 .2 4.0 1.9 .9
9.7 4.9 4.8 3.3 3.0
11.4 6.0 5.4 4.9 2.5
37.7 22.3 15.4 12.1 10.9
26.6 8.8 17.8 6.2 4.8
27.9 16.3 11.6 9.0 6.6
62.4 30.6 31.8 13.8 11.4

0.1
.5
.4
1.3
1.0
.3
2.4
1.2
1.4
2.4
2.4

2.90
2.90
2.9
2.9
5
4.70
1.8 1.8
.8 .8
4
4.70
1.70
.7
1. 70
.7 .2
8
4. 30
2. 70~ 1.50 """."16" 1.0
.6 .6 .1
7
10
3. 30
3. 30
1.9 _____ 1.9 .5
6.10
5.5
5.5 .3
15
6.10
33 26.90
7.80 18.70
.40 10.0 2.6 7.4 2.5 1.3
29 28. 40 15. 60 12. 80
12.9 4.2 8.7 2.3 2.1
29 37.90 20.90 17.00
9.6 2.6 7.0 1.4 1.0
.10 24.0 11.2 12.8 10.3 5.4
58 100. 40 67. 40 32.90
73 284.80 264.80 19.60
.40 41.1 33.2 7.9 16.5 15.8
♦ Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

.2
.5
.5
.3
1.2
.2
.4
4.9

$0.40
.60
1.60
4. 40
6.10
8.20
11.40
25.10
43.40
28.20
160.70

$0.80
(*)
.10
1.90
.80
.10
1.80

.T

FAMILY EXPENDITURES IN SELECTED CITIES, 1 9 3 5 -3 6

2

344

ROCKY MOUNTAIN,

8.— O t h e r h o u s e h o ld o p e r a t io n : Percentage of families reporting expenditure for telephonef average expenditure for items of general
household operation, percentage of families reporting expenditure for paid household help and average amount of such expenditure, average
number of weeks help employed for all families, and average number of meals per week furnished help, by family type and income, in 1
year, 1935-36— Continued

T able

Family type and
income class

$250-$499_____
$500-$749_____
$750-$999____________
$1,000-$1,249_________
$1,250-$1,499_________
$1,500-$1,749____
$1,750-31,999_________
$2,000-$2,249_________
$2,250-$2,499_________
$2,500-$2,999_________
$3,000-$3,499_________
$3,500-13,999_________
$4,000-$4,999_________
$5,000 and over_______
F a m ily ty p e 1

31
46
29
45
51
62
70
88
89
94
100
95
97

100

$25.60
41.40
33.70
41.10
46.50
55.60
62.40
71. 70
72.60
82.30
109.40
101.60
101.70
170.60

$7.50 $3.90 $1.90 $1.80
$7.90 $2.60
11.60 7.00 2.80 2.80 $1.10 11.10 5.00
6.80 7.10 .70 2.30 .90 10.00 5.90
11.50 7.40 1.40 3.60 .40 11.60 5.20
12.30 8.20 3.30 3.80 .70 11.60 6.60
15.20 8.80 6.90 4.20 .90 11.40 8.20
17.90 8.50 5.60 5.00 1.60 14.10 9.70
23.20 8.90 8.60 5. 50 1.80 13.70 10.00
23.50 10.20 8.60 5. 40 1.20 14.50 9.20
26.80 7.80 16.60 6.30 1.80 13. 90 9.10
34.90 8.70 30.70 8. 70 .70 13.90 11.80
29.70 10.00 17.30 11.80 1.80 16.00 15.00
29.40 10.30 10.60 10.80 1.40 17.50 21.70
37.60 11.90 44.20 16.60 3.10 25.40 31. 80




63... 705050
66.00
6.20
8.60

6.30
7.70
8.80
5.90
116.60
00
4.60
11. 30

$1.20
1.90
5.10
17
7.40
19
7.80
19
26 14.70
34 21.30
46 35.90
48 56.70
54 56. 50
70.00
68
92 316.30

1.30 2.00
11.00 2.80
4.10 3.10 2.40 12.50 4.80
1.70 2.20 .70 11.30 7.20
3.80 4.50 .20 7.50 4.80
13
5.60 3.30 .60 9.90 5.10
10
18.90 4.20 1.50 6.90 9.50
17
11
7.80 5.40 .30 13. 30 10.00
34
21.40 5.60 .40 10.90 9.00
41
15.60 5.40 1.50 11.80 10.40
12.80 8.60
62
34.40 6.80
11
6.30 9. 20
29. 20 12.60
60
36.60 20.20 4.00 11.80 15.20
100
9. 70 23.10 7.10 13.50 9. 60
80
56.80 25.00 3.60 18.90 20. 70
*Averages of less than $0.05 are not shown.

$1.10
.80
3.90
4.40
4.50
7.60
10.70
23.90
34.60
40.40
50. 30
225.10

$0.10

1.10
1.20
3.00

3.20
7.00
10.50
11.40
22.00
15.90
19.60
87.80

0.4
1.7
2.6
3.3
$0.10 4.7
6.7
.10 9.5
.10
.60 16.4
.10 21.0
16.3
.20
.10 16.9
3.40 76.6
(*)

All Full­ Partpaid time time
help help help
(19) (20) (21)

1.8 1.8 (**)
0.2.2 0.2
1.5 1.3 1.1 0.2
.4
1.5 1.1 3.1 2.7
.3
2.2 1.9
1.9 1.6
1.1 2.9
.6
1.3
1.8
2.5 4.2 3.0 2.0 1.0
.7
7.3 2.7 2.0
2.2
6.7 9.7 3.6 3.0
.1.6
6.4 14.6 4.1 4.0
.2
9.7 6.6 3.5 3.3
10.6 6.3 7.8 6.4 1.4.6
31.6 45.0 13.3 12.7

2.8.8 1.1.1 “'I.T (**).1
2.50
2.40
. 10 2.8
4.10
2.50 1.60
1.5
1.00
.20
.80
.7 .1 .6 .3 .3
1.3
3.00
1.7 1.3
2.80
.20 8.4
1.7
19.20
3.2 " i.T 2.1
8.20
11.00
2. 2 6.2
17.5 .6 16.9 .5 .5 (**)
21. 30
3. 70 17.50
.10
.2
20. 7 8.7 12.0 1.9 1 .7
45.10 35.90 9.20
3.4
3.4
1. 70
1.70
12.4 10.4 2.0 1.2 1 .2
36.40 31.20 5.20
9.6 .3 9.3 1.3 1.2
32.90
2. 40 30. 50
.2.1
206. 40 144.00 58.10 4. 30 57.2 15.6 41.6 6.5 6.3
**Averages of less than 0.05 not shown.
—

. . .

345

$250-$499
50 32.50 11.90
$500-$749
75 53.00 19.40
$750-$999
41 39.30 9.70
$1,000-$1,249_ .
57 41.70 14.90
$1,250-$1,499_ .
53 43.40 12. 70
$1,500-$l,749
50 62.20 12.60
$1,750-$1,999 .
60 60.60 17.50
$2,000-$2,249 _
84 77.10 22.10
$2,250-$2,499_ .................
90 72.60 19.10
$2,500-$2,999 ..
92 94.60 26.10
$3.000-$3,499
100
95.40 27.10
$3,500-$3,999_________
100
125.60 31.20
$4,000-$4,999
100
101. 30 33. 70
$5,000 and over_______
100 176.80 40.50
1 S ee explanation of tables.

10
13

Average meals fur­
nished per week

TABULAR SUMMARY

(1)
A ll fa m ilie s

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
ture for
tele­
phone
(2)

[Nonrelief families including husband and wife, both native born]
PACIFIC NORTHWEST, 3 MIDDLE-SIZED CITIES: WHITE FAMILIES
General household operation
Paid household help *
Average weeks
Average expenditure
Average
expenditure
help employed
Percentage of
families
Laun­ Laun­ Sta­
All
Full­ Part- Aprons, All Full­ PartAll Tele­ dry dry tion­ Ex­ Water Other reporting
time time gifts to paid time time
expendi­ paid
rent
items phone sup­ sent ery, press,
help
help help help help help help
ture
plies o u t etc. etc.
(12)
(13)
(8)
(6) (7)
(9) (10)
(14) (15) (16) (17) (18)
(4)
(3)
(5)
(11)

(1)

Percent­
age of
families
reporting
expendi­
ture for
tele­
phone
(2)

F a m i l y t y p e s I I and I I I

$250-$499____________
$500-$749____________
$750-$999__