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Table 19. Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2000
[Numbers in thousands]
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                                          |             All races\1\          |           White, non-Hispanic\2\  |        Black, non-Hispanic\2\  |      Hispanic\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 .......................|  72,026 | 55,311 | 4,028 | 12,687 |  53,065 |  43,865 | 2,468 | 6,732 | 8,416 |  4,007 |   682 | 3,727 | 7,560 |  5,133 |   658 | 1,769
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Total families with                       |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 18 ..................|  34,605 | 25,248 | 1,786 |  7,571 |  23,534 |  18,516 | 1,202 | 3,815 | 4,631 |  2,013 |   269 | 2,348 | 4,815 |  3,423 |   246 | 1,145
Percent of all families ..................|    48.0 |   45.6 |  44.3 |   59.7 |    44.3 |    42.2 |  48.7 |  56.7 |  55.0 |   50.2 |  39.4 |  63.0 |  63.7 |   66.7 |  37.4 |  64.7
Percent distribution .....................|   100.0 |   73.0 |   5.2 |   21.9 |   100.0 |    78.7 |   5.1 |  16.2 | 100.0 |   43.5 |   5.8 |  50.7 | 100.0 |   71.1 |   5.1 |  23.8
Families with--                           |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 18 .......................|  14,310 |  9,402 | 1,131 |  3,777 |   9,801 |   6,931 |   759 | 2,111 | 2,039 |    815 |   186 | 1,038 | 1,791 |  1,139 |   141 |   511
  2 children under 18 ....................|  13,215 | 10,274 |   483 |  2,458 |   9,308 |   7,744 |   335 | 1,229 | 1,573 |    722 |    62 |   789 | 1,694 |  1,276 |    68 |   350
  3 children under 18 ....................|   5,062 |  4,030 |   130 |    902 |   3,297 |   2,858 |    87 |   352 |   657 |    315 |    12 |   330 |   914 |    695 |    27 |   192
  4 or more under 18 .....................|   2,017 |  1,542 |    41 |    434 |   1,128 |     984 |    21 |   123 |   362 |    161 |     9 |   192 |   416 |    313 |    11 |    92
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Total own children under 18 ..............|  64,874 | 48,921 | 2,670 | 13,283 |  42,463 |  34,798 | 1,759 | 5,906 | 8,998 |  4,038 |   394 | 4,566 | 9,912 |  7,240 |   402 | 2,270
Average number of children                |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with own children under 18...|    1.87 |   1.94 |  1.49 |   1.75 |    1.80 |    1.88 |  1.46 |  1.55 |  1.94 |   2.01 |  1.46 |  1.94 |  2.06 |   2.12 |  1.63 |  1.98
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Total families with                       |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 6 ...................|  14,987 | 11,393 |   706 |  2,887 |   9,872 |   8,148 |   411 | 1,312 | 1,966 |    818 |   115 | 1,033 | 2,476 |  1,862 |   152 |   464
Percent of all families ..................|    20.8 |   20.6 |  17.5 |   22.8 |    18.6 |    18.6 |  16.7 |  19.5 |  23.4 |   20.4 |  16.9 |  27.7 |  32.8 |   36.3 |  23.1 |  26.2
Percent distribution .....................|   100.0 |   76.0 |   4.7 |   19.3 |   100.0 |    82.5 |   4.2 |  13.3 | 100.0 |   41.6 |   5.8 |  52.5 | 100.0 |   75.2 |   6.1 |  18.7
Families with--                           |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 6 ........................|  10,454 |  7,659 |   563 |  2,232 |   6,803 |   5,389 |   341 | 1,073 | 1,442 |    581 |    87 |   774 | 1,731 |  1,274 |   116 |   341
  2 children under 6 .....................|   3,933 |  3,273 |   134 |    526 |   2,703 |   2,428 |    67 |   208 |   425 |    201 |    26 |   198 |   636 |    509 |    32 |    95
  3 or more under 6 ......................|     600 |    462 |     9 |    129 |     366 |     332 |     3 |    31 |    99 |     36 |     2 |    61 |   109 |     78 |     4 |    27
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Total own children under 6 ...............|  20,784 | 16,159 |   881 |  3,744 |  13,323 |  11,329 |   506 | 1,488 | 2,723 |  1,158 |   138 | 1,427 | 3,617 |  2,734 |   191 |   692
Average number of children                |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with own children under 6....|    1.39 |   1.42 |  1.25 |   1.30 |    1.35 |    1.39 |  1.23 |  1.13 |  1.39 |   1.42 |  1.20 |  1.38 |  1.46 |   1.47 |  1.26 |  1.49
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Total families with                       |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  own children under 3 ...................|   8,785 |  6,784 |   441 |  1,561 |   5,893 |   4,944 |   242 |   707 | 1,093 |    441 |    80 |   572 | 1,381 |  1,041 |    99 |   241
Percent of all families ..................|    12.2 |   12.3 |  10.9 |   12.3 |    11.1 |    11.3 |   9.8 |  10.5 |  13.0 |   11.0 |  11.7 |  15.3 |  18.3 |   20.3 |  15.0 |  13.6
Percent distribution .....................|   100.0 |   77.2 |   5.0 |   17.8 |   100.0 |    83.9 |   4.1 |  12.0 | 100.0 |   40.3 |   7.3 |  52.3 | 100.0 |   75.4 |   7.2 |  17.5
Families with--                           |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  1 child under 3 ........................|   7,756 |  5,955 |   394 |  1,407 |   5,159 |   4,277 |   216 |   666 |   967 |    400 |    75 |   492 | 1,239 |    943 |    84 |   212
  2 or more under 3 ......................|   1,029 |    829 |    46 |    154 |     734 |     667 |    26 |    41 |   126 |     41 |     5 |    80 |   142 |     98 |    15 |    29
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Total own children under 3 ...............|  10,202 |  7,954 |   496 |  1,752 |   6,673 |   5,678 |   291 |   704 | 1,286 |    517 |    69 |   700 | 1,691 |  1,272 |   109 |   310
Average number of children                |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |       |        |       |
  per family with own children under 3....|    1.16 |   1.17 |  1.12 |   1.12 |    1.13 |    1.15 |  1.20 |  1.00 |  1.18 |   1.17 |  0.86 |  1.22 |  1.22 |   1.22 |  1.10 |  1.29
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\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.

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 P20-537, America's Families and Living Arrangements, March 2000. (This table was prepared August 2001.)


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