Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 1998

Table 19.
Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 1998
[Numbers in thousands]
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                             |                    All races\1\   |            White\2\               |           Black\2\             |      Hispanic origin\3\
                             |___________________________________|___________________________________|________________________________|________________________________
                             |         |        |Other families  |         |         |Other families |       |        |Other families |       |        |Other families
           Family            |         |Married-|________________|         |Married- |_______________|       |Married-|_______________|       |Married-|_______________
       characteristics       |  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
_____________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______
                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
    Total families ..........|  70,880 | 54,317 | 3,911 | 12,652 |  59,511 |  48,066 | 3,137 | 8,308 | 8,408 |  3,921 |   562 | 3,926 | 6,961 |  4,804 |   545 | 1,612
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Total families with          |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 18 .....|  34,760 | 25,269 | 1,798 |  7,693 |  28,336 |  21,910 | 1,514 | 4,912 | 4,847 |  2,055 |   223 | 2,569 | 4,475 |  3,121 |   233 | 1,121
Percent of all families .....|    49.0 |   46.5 |  46.0 |   60.8 |    47.6 |    45.6 |  48.3 |  59.1 |  57.6 |   52.4 |  39.7 |  65.4 |  64.3 |   65.0 |  42.8 |  69.5
Percent distribution ........|   100.0 |   72.7 |   5.2 |   22.1 |   100.0 |    77.3 |   5.3 |  17.3 | 100.0 |   42.4 |   4.6 |  53.0 | 100.0 |   69.7 |   5.2 |  25.1
Families with--              |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 18 ..........|  14,363 |  9,507 | 1,117 |  3,739 |  11,716 |   8,231 |   945 | 2,539 | 1,961 |    723 |   133 | 1,104 | 1,585 |  1,001 |   140 |   445
  2 children under 18 .......|  13,122 | 10,241 |   456 |  2,425 |  10,796 |   8,913 |   385 | 1,498 | 1,749 |    830 |    53 |   865 | 1,616 |  1,174 |    58 |   384
  3 children under 18 .......|   5,353 |  4,124 |   175 |  1,054 |   4,368 |   3,602 |   144 |   622 |   786 |    356 |    30 |   400 |   846 |    645 |    24 |   177
  4 children under 18 .......|   1,409 |  1,043 |    41 |    326 |   1,087 |     872 |    33 |   182 |   250 |    111 |     4 |   135 |   325 |    230 |    10 |    84
  5 children under 18 .......|     340 |    240 |     8 |     92 |     255 |     199 |     6 |    51 |    66 |     27 |     2 |    37 |    72 |     48 |     1 |    23
  6 or more under 18 ........|     172 |    114 |     1 |     57 |     114 |      93 |     1 |    20 |    36 |      8 | (\4\) |    28 |    30 |     22 | (\4\) |     8
                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
Total own children under 18 .|  64,323 | 47,931 | 2,736 | 13,656 |  51,966 |  41,265 | 2,263 | 8,438 | 9,116 |  3,996 |   370 | 4,751 | 9,578 |  6,834 |   396 | 2,349
Average number of children   |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with children ..|    1.85 |   1.90 |  1.52 |   1.78 |    1.83 |    1.88 |  1.50 |  1.72 |  1.88 |   1.94 |  1.66 |  1.85 |  2.14 |   2.19 |  1.70 |  2.10
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Total families with          |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 6 ......|  15,532 | 11,773 |   759 |  3,000 |  12,710 |  10,278 |   621 | 1,811 | 2,101 |    880 |   112 | 1,108 | 2,399 |  1,747 |   141 |   511
Percent of all families .....|    21.9 |   21.7 |  19.4 |   23.7 |    21.4 |    21.4 |  19.8 |  21.8 |  25.0 |   22.4 |  19.9 |  28.2 |  34.5 |   36.4 |  25.9 |  31.7
Percent distribution ........|   100.0 |   75.8 |   4.9 |   19.3 |   100.0 |    80.9 |   4.9 |  14.2 | 100.0 |   41.9 |   5.3 |  52.7 | 100.0 |   72.8 |   5.9 |  21.3
Families with--              |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 6 ...........|  10,742 |  7,912 |   587 |  2,243 |   8,729 |   6,881 |   492 | 1,356 | 1,504 |    592 |    80 |   831 | 1,594 |  1,158 |   105 |   331
  2 children under 6 ........|   4,100 |  3,314 |   143 |    642 |   3,419 |   2,924 |   112 |   383 |   497 |    236 |    20 |   240 |   685 |    502 |    30 |   153
  3 children under 6 ........|     600 |    484 |    27 |     90 |     496 |     424 |    17 |    56 |    83 |     43 |     9 |    30 |   102 |     76 |     6 |    19
  4 or more under 6 .........|      91 |     63 |     3 |     25 |      65 |      50 | (\4\) |    16 |    18 |      8 |     2 |     7 |    18 |     10 | (\4\) |     7
                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
Total own children under 6 ..|  21,039 | 16,184 |   978 |  3,877 |  17,096 |  13,997 |   756 | 2,342 | 2,843 |  1,256 |   177 | 1,410 | 3,629 |  2,634 |   201 |   794
Average number of children   |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with children ..|    1.35 |   1.37 |  1.29 |   1.29 |    1.35 |    1.36 |  1.22 |  1.29 |  1.35 |   1.43 |  1.58 |  1.27 |  1.51 |   1.51 |  1.42 |  1.55
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Total families with          |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 3 ......|   8,927 |  7,053 |   446 |  1,428 |   7,450 |   6,205 |   361 |   883 | 1,075 |    507 |    70 |   498 | 1,392 |  1,023 |    96 |   272
Percent of all families .....|    12.6 |   13.0 |  11.4 |   11.3 |    12.5 |    12.9 |  11.5 |  10.6 |  12.8 |   12.9 |  12.5 |  12.7 |  20.0 |   21.3 |  17.6 |  16.9
Percent distribution ........|   100.0 |   79.0 |   5.0 |   16.0 |   100.0 |    83.3 |   4.8 |  11.9 | 100.0 |   47.2 |   6.5 |  46.3 | 100.0 |   73.5 |   6.9 |  19.5
Families with--              |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 3 ...........|   7,901 |  6,213 |   384 |  1,304 |   6,599 |   5,465 |   326 |   808 |   953 |    448 |    51 |   454 | 1,228 |    900 |    84 |   244
  2 or more under 3 .........|   1,026 |    841 |    61 |    124 |     851 |     741 |    35 |    76 |   122 |     59 |    19 |    44 |   164 |    123 |    12 |    28
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Total own children under 3 ..|  10,127 |  8,014 |   519 |  1,594 |   8,359 |   6,991 |   395 |   973 | 1,254 |    593 |   100 |   561 | 1,727 |  1,269 |   120 |   338
Average number of children   |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with children ..|    1.13 |   1.14 |  1.16 |   1.12 |    1.12 |    1.13 |  1.09 |  1.10 |  1.17 |   1.17 | (\5\) |  1.13 |  1.24 |   1.24 |  1.24 |  1.24
_____________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______
\1\Race of family is defined as race of head of household.
\2\Includes persons of Hispanic origin.
\3\Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.
\4\Less than 500.
\5\Averages and percents are shown only when the base is 75,000 or greater.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P20-495, Household and Family Characteristics: March 1998. (This table was prepared July 1999.)
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