{"id":342544,"date":"2026-07-16T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342544\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T19:36:14","slug":"florida-estimate-42000-homes-lack-air-conditioning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/342544\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida estimate: 42,000+ homes lack air conditioning"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 More than 42,000 occupied Florida households are estimated to lack air conditioning<\/a> despite the state having one of the country\u2019s highest rates of AC coverage, according to an analysis of experimental U.S. Census Bureau data.<\/p>\n

The analysis, conducted for Hard Rock Bet<\/a>, estimates that 42,615 of Florida\u2019s roughly 8.6 million occupied households do not have air conditioning, or about 0.5%.<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade County had the largest estimated number of households without AC, with 6,748.<\/p>\n

Among Florida counties with more than 100,000 occupied households, Pinellas County had the highest estimated share without air conditioning at 1.2%, representing about 5,071 households.<\/p>\n

Central Florida estimates included:Orange County: 2,042 households, or 0.4% Polk County: 1,103 households, or 0.4% Lake County: 641 households, or 0.4% Pasco County: 1,378 households, or 0.6% <\/p>\n

The figures are estimates based on the Census Bureau\u2019s experimental household air-conditioning dataset and should not be treated as exact household counts.<\/p>\n

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