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Table 4-11.Number of Cars Owned, by Size and Type of Residential Location (percent of households)
Size of metro area Location in metro area Outside metro area
Number of cars Less than one million One million or more Central city Ring Urban Rural
All households 100 100 100 100 100 100
None 16 19 29 8 15 11
1 or more 84 81 71 92 85 89
2 or more 48 40 29 56 40 47
3 or more 9 9 5 12 6 14
Source: Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy Surveys.
Table 4-12.Number of Cars Owned, by Type of Area and Family Income, 1963-1965 (percent of households)
Income
Area and cars owned Total Under $4,000 $4,000-7,499 $7,500 or more
Old central cities of 11 largest metro areas 100 100 100 100
No car 54 85 46 14
One car 38 15 46 67
Two or more cars 8 8 19
New central cities of 11 largest metro areas 100 100 100 100
No car 16 42 19 2
One car 62 58 76 53
Two or more cars 22 5 45
Smaller central cities 100 100 100 100
No car 20 52 12 3
One car 48 41 62 38
Two or more cars 32 7 26 59
All suburban areas 100 100 100 100
No car 4 16 3 1
One car 49 64 59 38
Two or more cars 47 20 38 61
Source: John B. Lansing and Gary Hendricks, Automobile Ownership and Residential Density, Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, June 1967, p. 16.