| Table 19. | Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2002 [Counts in thousands] |
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| All races\1\ | White, non-Hispanic | Black, non-Hispanic | Hispanic
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| | |Other families | | |Other families | | |Other families | | |Other families
Family | |Married-|________________| |Married- |_______________| |Married-|_______________| |Married-|_______________
characteristic | Total | couple | Male | Female | Total | couple | Male |Female | Total | couple | Male |Female | Total | couple | Male |Female
| |families|house- | house- | |families |house- |house- | |families|house- |house- | |families|house- |house-
| | |holder,|holder, | | |holder,|holder,| | |holder,|holder,| | |holder,|holder,
| | | no | no | | | no | no | | | no | no | | | no | no
| | |spouse | spouse | | |spouse |spouse | | |spouse |spouse | | |spouse |spouse
| | |present|present | | |present|present| | |present|present| | |present|present
____________________________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|________|_______|_______
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17
____________________________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|________|________|_______|_______
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Total families .........................| 74,329| 56,747| 4,438| 13,143| 53,619| 44,117| 2,618| 6,884| 8,549| 4,074| 749| 3,727| 8,516| 5,778| 817| 1,922
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Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
own children under 18 ....................| 35,705| 25,792| 1,903| 8,010| 23,532| 18,415| 1,190| 3,927| 4,862| 2,041| 318| 2,503| 5,343| 3,754| 330| 1,259
Percent of all families ....................| 48.0| 45.5| 42.9| 60.9| 43.9| 41.7| 45.5| 57.0| 56.9| 50.1| 42.5| 67.2| 62.7| 65.0| 40.4| 65.5
Percent distribution .......................| 100.0| 72.2| 5.3| 22.4| 100.0| 78.3| 5.1| 16.7| 100.0| 42.0| 6.5| 51.5| 100.0| 70.3| 6.2| 23.6
Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 child under 18 .........................| 14,961| 9,832| 1,162| 3,967| 9,977| 7,169| 726| 2,082| 2,185| 794| 201| 1,190| 1,913| 1,190| 191| 533
2 children under 18 ......................| 13,559| 10,440| 538| 2,580| 9,270| 7,588| 350| 1,332| 1,615| 769| 81| 766| 1,941| 1,461| 95| 385
3 children under 18 ......................| 5,300| 4,058| 157| 1,085| 3,245| 2,733| 89| 423| 757| 339| 29| 389| 1,054| 789| 35| 230
4 or more under 18 .......................| 1,885| 1,461| 45| 378| 1,041| 925| 25| 91| 305| 140| 7| 158| 434| 315| 8| 111
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Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
own children under 6 .....................| 15,376| 11,531| 802| 3,044| 9,634| 7,850| 450| 1,334| 2,020| 869| 131| 1,021| 2,821| 2,051| 195| 575
Percent of all families ....................| 20.7| 20.3| 18.1| 23.2| 18.0| 17.8| 17.2| 19.4| 23.6| 21.3| 17.5| 27.4| 33.1| 35.5| 23.9| 29.9
Percent distribution .......................| 100.0| 75.0| 5.2| 19.8| 100.0| 81.5| 4.7| 13.8| 100.0| 43.0| 6.5| 50.5| 100.0| 72.7| 6.9| 20.4
Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 child under 6 ..........................| 10,760| 7,828| 637| 2,296| 6,655| 5,258| 364| 1,032| 1,456| 596| 106| 754| 2,002| 1,434| 145| 424
2 children under 6 .......................| 3,946| 3,192| 138| 616| 2,556| 2,220| 75| 261| 470| 242| 21| 207| 694| 533| 38| 123
3 or more under 6 ........................| 671| 512| 27| 132| 424| 372| 11| 41| 94| 31| 4| 60| 125| 84| 12| 28
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Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
own children under 3 .....................| 8,909| 6,862| 467| 1,580| 5,593| 4,691| 243| 658| 1,136| 516| 85| 535| 1,676| 1,228| 122| 325
Percent of all families ....................| 12.0| 12.1| 10.5| 12.0| 10.4| 10.6| 9.3| 9.6| 13.3| 12.7| 11.3| 14.4| 19.7| 21.3| 14.9| 16.9
Percent distribution .......................| 100.0| 77.0| 5.2| 17.7| 100.0| 83.9| 4.3| 11.8| 100.0| 45.4| 7.5| 47.1| 100.0| 73.3| 7.3| 19.4
Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 child under 3 ..........................| 7,840| 6,031| 408| 1,400| 4,884| 4,073| 221| 590| 1,009| 472| 71| 466| 1,500| 1,107| 102| 291
2 or more under 3 ........................| 1,070| 831| 59| 180| 709| 618| 23| 67| 127| 44| 14| 69| 176| 122| 20| 34
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| \1\Race of family is defined as race of head of household. Columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 include races other than White, non-Hispanic, Black, non-Hispanic, and Hispanic. NOTE: Own children are never-married sons and daughters, including stepchildren and adopted children, of the householder or married couple. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20-547, Children's Living Arrangements and Characteristics, March 2002. (This table was prepared August 2003.)
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