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Table 18. Families, by family status and presence of own children under 18: 1970 to 2000

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                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |Change, |Change,
          Family status           | 1970  | 1980  | 1985  | 1990  | 1994  | 1995  | 1996  | 1997  | 1998  | 1999  | 2000  |1970 to |1980 to
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  1980  | 2000
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                1                 |  2    |  3    |  4    |  5    |  6    |  7    |  8    |  9    |  10   |  11   |  12   |  13    |  14
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                                  |                                In thousands                                           |Percent change
                                  |_______________________________________ _______ _______ _______ _______________________|_________________
    All families .................|51,456 |59,550 |62,706 |66,090 |68,490 |69,305 |69,594 |70,241 |70,880 |71,535 |72,025 |   15.7 |   20.9
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Married-couple family ............|44,728 |49,112 |50,350 |52,317 |53,171 |53,858 |53,567 |53,604 |54,317 |54,770 |55,311 |    9.8 |   12.6
  Without own children under 18 ..|19,196 |24,151 |26,140 |27,780 |28,113 |28,617 |28,647 |28,521 |29,048 |29,703 |30,062 |   25.8 |   24.5
  With own children under 18 .....|25,532 |24,961 |24,210 |24,537 |25,058 |25,241 |24,920 |25,083 |25,269 |25,066 |25,248 |   -2.2 |    1.1
    One own child under 18 .......| 8,163 | 9,671 | 9,640 | 9,583 | 9,452 | 9,564 | 9,352 | 9,510 | 9,507 | 9,545 | 9,402 |   18.5 |   -2.8
    Two own children under 18 ....| 8,045 | 9,488 | 9,456 | 9,784 |10,188 |10,358 |10,278 |10,152 |10,241 |10,040 |10,274 |   17.9 |    8.3
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................| 9,325 | 5,802 | 5,115 | 5,170 | 5,418 | 5,319 | 5,290 | 5,420 | 5,521 | 5,481 | 5,572 |  -37.8 |   -4.0
                                  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
Other family, male householder,   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
     no spouse present ...........| 1,228 | 1,733 | 2,228 | 2,884 | 2,913 | 3,226 | 3,513 | 3,847 | 3,911 | 3,976 | 4,028 |   41.1 |  132.4
  Without own children under 18 ..|   887 | 1,117 | 1,331 | 1,731 | 1,599 | 1,786 | 1,885 | 2,138 | 2,113 | 2,270 | 2,242 |   25.9 |  100.7
  With own children under 18 .....|   341 |   616 |   896 | 1,153 | 1,314 | 1,440 | 1,628 | 1,709 | 1,798 | 1,706 | 1,786 |   80.6 |  189.9
    One own child under 18 .......|   179 |   374 |   584 |   723 |   805 |   891 | 1,005 | 1,003 | 1,117 | 1,023 | 1,131 |  108.9 |  202.4
    Two own children under 18 ....|    87 |   165 |   213 |   307 |   368 |   405 |   471 |   513 |   456 |   480 |   483 |   89.7 |  192.7
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................|    75 |    77 |   100 |   123 |   141 |   144 |   152 |   192 |   225 |   202 |   171 |    2.7 |  122.1
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Other family, female householder, |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
     no spouse present ...........| 5,500 | 8,705 |10,129 |10,890 |12,406 |12,220 |12,514 |12,790 |12,652 |12,789 |12,687 |   58.3 |   45.7
  Without own children under 18 ..| 2,642 | 3,261 | 4,123 | 4,290 | 4,759 | 4,606 | 4,859 | 4,916 | 4,960 | 4,948 | 5,116 |   23.4 |   56.9
  With own children under 18 .....| 2,858 | 5,445 | 6,006 | 6,599 | 7,647 | 7,615 | 7,656 | 7,874 | 7,693 | 7,841 | 7,571 |   90.5 |   39.0
    One own child under 18 .......| 1,008 | 2,398 | 2,885 | 3,225 | 3,566 | 3,633 | 3,683 | 3,821 | 3,739 | 3,763 | 3,777 |  137.9 |   57.5
    Two own children under 18 ....|   810 | 1,817 | 1,977 | 2,173 | 2,531 | 2,450 | 2,457 | 2,629 | 2,425 | 2,549 | 2,458 |  124.3 |   35.3
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................| 1,040 | 1,230 | 1,144 | 1,202 | 1,550 | 1,531 | 1,514 | 1,423 | 1,529 | 1,529 | 1,336 |   18.3 |    8.6
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                                  |                                                                       |       |       |   Change in
                                  |                                Percent of all families                |       |       |percentage points
                                  |_______________________________________________________________________|_______|_______|_________________
    All families .................| 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |       |     
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Married-couple family ............|  86.9 |  82.5 |  80.3 |  79.2 |  77.6 |  77.7 |  77.0 |  76.3 |  76.6 |  76.6 |  76.8 |    -4.5|    -5.7
  Without own children under 18 ..|  37.3 |  40.6 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  40.6 |  41.0 |  41.5 |  41.7 |     3.3|     1.2
  With own children under 18 .....|  49.6 |  41.9 |  38.6 |  37.1 |  36.6 |  36.4 |  35.8 |  35.7 |  35.7 |  35.0 |  35.1 |    -7.7|    -6.9
    One own child under 18 .......|  15.9 |  16.2 |  15.4 |  14.5 |  13.8 |  13.8 |  13.4 |  13.5 |  13.4 |  13.3 |  13.1 |     0.4|    -3.2
    Two own children under 18 ....|  15.6 |  15.9 |  15.1 |  14.8 |  14.9 |  14.9 |  14.8 |  14.5 |  14.4 |  14.0 |  14.3 |     0.3|    -1.7
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................|  18.1 |   9.7 |   8.2 |   7.8 |   7.9 |   7.7 |   7.6 |   7.7 |   7.8 |   7.7 |   7.7 |    -8.4|    -2.0
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Other family, male householder,   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
     no spouse present ...........|   2.4 |   2.9 |   3.6 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.5 |   5.5 |   5.6 |   5.6 |     0.5|     2.7
  Without own children under 18 ..|   1.7 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   2.3 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |   3.2 |   3.1 |     0.2|     1.2
  With own children under 18 .....|   0.7 |   1.0 |   1.4 |   1.7 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   2.5 |   2.4 |   2.5 |     0.4|     1.4
    One own child under 18 .......|   0.3 |   0.6 |   0.9 |   1.1 |   1.2 |   1.3 |   1.4 |   1.4 |   1.6 |   1.4 |   1.6 |     0.3|     0.9
    Two own children under 18 ....|   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.5 |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   0.7 |     0.1|     0.4
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................|   0.1 |   0.1 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.2 |  (\1\) |     0.1
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Other family, female householder, |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
     no spouse present ...........|  10.7 |  14.6 |  16.2 |  16.5 |  18.1 |  17.6 |  18.0 |  18.2 |  17.8 |  17.9 |  17.6 |     3.9|     3.0
  Without own children under 18 ..|   5.1 |   5.5 |   6.6 |   6.5 |   6.9 |   6.6 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   6.9 |   7.1 |     0.3|     1.6
  With own children under 18 .....|   5.6 |   9.1 |   9.6 |  10.0 |  11.2 |  11.0 |  11.0 |  11.2 |  10.9 |  11.0 |  10.5 |     3.6|     1.4
    One own child under 18 .......|   2.0 |   4.0 |   4.6 |   4.9 |   5.2 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.4 |   5.3 |   5.3 |   5.2 |     2.1|     1.2
    Two own children under 18 ....|   1.6 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   3.7 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.4 |   3.6 |   3.4 |     1.5|     0.4
    Three or more own children    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |        |
      under 18 ...................|   2.0 |   2.1 |   1.8 |   1.8 |   2.3 |   2.2 |   2.2 |   2.0 |   2.2 |   2.1 |   1.9 |  (\1\) |    -0.2
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Not applicable.
\1\Less than .05 percent.

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, Household and Family Characteristics, various years, and America's Families and Living Arrangements, March 1999 and 2000; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 2001.) Information comes from Table F1 P-20-537


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