Table 18. | Families, by family status and presence of own children under 18: 1970 to 2000 |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | |Change, |Change, Family status | 1970 | 1980 | 1985 | 1990 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |1970 to |1980 to | | | | | | | | | | | | 1980 | 2000 __________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 __________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________ | 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 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________ 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|========|======== | | | | 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 | | |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________ 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 __________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|________|________ |
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 |