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| Table 19. | Characteristics of family households with own children under 18, by race/ethnicity and family structure: 2007 |
[In thousands] | |
| Race/ethnicity and family structure | Total families | Families with own children under 18 | Families with own children under 6 | Families with own children under 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Percent of all families |
Percentage distribution | Families with | Total | Percent of all families |
Total | Percent of all families |
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| 1 child under 18 |
2 children under 18 | 3 children under 18 | 4 or more under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| All races1 | 78,425 | (227.5) | 36,757 | (178.6) | 46.9 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,651 | (123.5) | 13,815 | (116.5) | 5,188 | (73.0) | 2,104 | (46.8) | 16,306 | (125.8) | 20.8 | (0.15) | 9,469 | (97.5) | 12.1 | (0.12) |
| Married-couple families | 58,945 | (211.3) | 26,158 | (155.2) | 44.4 | (0.21) | 71.2 | (0.24) | 10,127 | (100.7) | 10,497 | (102.4) | 3,930 | (63.7) | 1,604 | (40.9) | 12,130 | (109.7) | 20.6 | (0.17) | 7,175 | (85.4) | 12.2 | (0.14) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 5,063 | (72.1) | 2,015 | (45.8) | 39.8 | (0.71) | 5.5 | (0.12) | 1,243 | (36.1) | 553 | (24.1) | 171 | (13.4) | 47 | (7.0) | 803 | (29.0) | 15.9 | (0.53) | 503 | (23.0) | 9.9 | (0.43) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 14,416 | (118.9) | 8,585 | (93.1) | 59.6 | (0.42) | 23.4 | (0.23) | 4,280 | (66.4) | 2,765 | (53.6) | 1,087 | (33.7) | 453 | (21.8) | 3,373 | (59.1) | 23.4 | (0.36) | 1,790 | (43.2) | 12.4 | (0.28) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 54,632 | (206.3) | 23,213 | (147.4) | 42.5 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 10,091 | (100.5) | 8,871 | (94.5) | 3,144 | (57.1) | 1,108 | (34.1) | 9,867 | (99.5) | 18.1 | (0.17) | 5,875 | (77.5) | 10.8 | (0.14) |
| Married-couple families | 44,327 | (191.9) | 17,849 | (131.1) | 40.3 | (0.24) | 76.9 | (0.28) | 7,076 | (84.8) | 7,188 | (85.5) | 2,630 | (52.3) | 954 | (31.6) | 7,996 | (90.0) | 18.0 | (0.19) | 4,821 | (70.4) | 10.9 | (0.15) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 2,921 | (55.0) | 1,279 | (36.6) | 43.8 | (0.94) | 5.5 | (0.15) | 820 | (29.3) | 345 | (19.0) | 92 | (9.8) | 22 | (4.8) | 429 | (21.2) | 14.7 | (0.67) | 272 | (16.9) | 9.3 | (0.55) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 7,384 | (86.6) | 4,085 | (64.9) | 55.3 | (0.59) | 17.6 | (0.26) | 2,195 | (47.8) | 1,337 | (37.4) | 422 | (21.0) | 131 | (11.7) | 1,442 | (38.8) | 19.5 | (0.47) | 782 | (28.6) | 10.6 | (0.37) |
| Black2 | 9,272 | (83.3) | 5,057 | (65.2) | 54.5 | (0.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,282 | (45.4) | 1,686 | (39.3) | 697 | (25.6) | 392 | (19.2) | 2,182 | (44.4) | 23.5 | (0.43) | 1,176 | (33.0) | 12.7 | (0.34) |
| Married-couple families | 4,358 | (61.1) | 2,133 | (43.9) | 48.9 | (0.74) | 42.2 | (0.68) | 868 | (28.5) | 784 | (27.1) | 291 | (16.6) | 189 | (13.4) | 906 | (29.1) | 20.8 | (0.60) | 508 | (21.9) | 11.7 | (0.47) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 864 | (28.4) | 329 | (17.6) | 38.1 | (1.61) | 6.5 | (0.34) | 200 | (13.8) | 89 | (9.2) | 28 | (5.2) | 12 | (3.4) | 146 | (11.8) | 16.9 | (1.24) | 90 | (9.2) | 10.4 | (1.01) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 4,050 | (59.1) | 2,596 | (48.2) | 64.1 | (0.74) | 51.3 | (0.69) | 1,214 | (33.5) | 813 | (27.6) | 378 | (18.9) | 190 | (13.4) | 1,129 | (32.4) | 27.9 | (0.69) | 579 | (23.3) | 14.3 | (0.54) |
| Hispanic | 10,152 | (82.3) | 6,356 | (70.1) | 62.6 | (0.47) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,354 | (45.7) | 2,401 | (46.1) | 1,094 | (31.7) | 507 | (21.8) | 3,259 | (53.0) | 32.1 | (0.45) | 1,871 | (41.0) | 18.4 | (0.38) |
| Married-couple families | 6,762 | (71.8) | 4,392 | (60.3) | 65.0 | (0.57) | 69.1 | (0.57) | 1,451 | (36.4) | 1,768 | (39.9) | 797 | (27.2) | 376 | (18.8) | 2,352 | (45.7) | 34.8 | (0.57) | 1,364 | (35.3) | 20.2 | (0.48) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 945 | (29.6) | 317 | (17.3) | 33.5 | (1.50) | 5.0 | (0.27) | 172 | (12.8) | 94 | (9.4) | 40 | (6.2) | 11 | (3.2) | 187 | (13.3) | 19.8 | (1.26) | 116 | (10.5) | 12.3 | (1.04) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 2,445 | (46.5) | 1,647 | (38.6) | 67.4 | (0.93) | 25.9 | (0.54) | 731 | (26.1) | 539 | (22.5) | 258 | (15.6) | 119 | (10.6) | 720 | (25.9) | 29.4 | (0.90) | 390 | (19.2) | 16.0 | (0.72) |
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† Not applicable. 1 Race of family is defined as race of head of household. "All races" includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. 2 Includes Black persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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 because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2007, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved July 31, 2008, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2007.html. (This table was prepared August 2008.) |
