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Table 19. Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2002 [Counts in thousands]

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                                            |             All races\1\          |           White, non-Hispanic     |        Black, non-Hispanic     |      Hispanic
                                            |___________________________________|___________________________________|________________________________|_________________________________
                                            |         |        |Other families  |         |         |Other families |       |        |Other families |        |        |Other families
                   Family                   |         |Married-|________________|         |Married- |_______________|       |Married-|_______________|        |Married-|_______________
               characteristic               |  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 .........................|   74,329|  56,747|  4,438|  13,143|   53,619|   44,117|  2,618|  6,884|  8,549|   4,074|    749|  3,727|   8,516|   5,778|    817|  1,922
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Total families with                         |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  own children under 18 ....................|   35,705|  25,792|  1,903|   8,010|   23,532|   18,415|  1,190|  3,927|  4,862|   2,041|    318|  2,503|   5,343|   3,754|    330|  1,259
Percent of all families ....................|     48.0|    45.5|   42.9|    60.9|     43.9|     41.7|   45.5|   57.0|   56.9|    50.1|   42.5|   67.2|    62.7|    65.0|   40.4|   65.5
Percent distribution .......................|    100.0|    72.2|    5.3|    22.4|    100.0|     78.3|    5.1|   16.7|  100.0|    42.0|    6.5|   51.5|   100.0|    70.3|    6.2|   23.6
Families with--                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  1 child under 18 .........................|   14,961|   9,832|  1,162|   3,967|    9,977|    7,169|    726|  2,082|  2,185|     794|    201|  1,190|   1,913|   1,190|    191|    533
  2 children under 18 ......................|   13,559|  10,440|    538|   2,580|    9,270|    7,588|    350|  1,332|  1,615|     769|     81|    766|   1,941|   1,461|     95|    385
  3 children under 18 ......................|    5,300|   4,058|    157|   1,085|    3,245|    2,733|     89|    423|    757|     339|     29|    389|   1,054|     789|     35|    230
  4 or more under 18 .......................|    1,885|   1,461|     45|     378|    1,041|      925|     25|     91|    305|     140|      7|    158|     434|     315|      8|    111
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Total families with                         |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  own children under 6 .....................|   15,376|  11,531|    802|   3,044|    9,634|    7,850|    450|  1,334|  2,020|     869|    131|  1,021|   2,821|   2,051|    195|    575
Percent of all families ....................|     20.7|    20.3|   18.1|    23.2|     18.0|     17.8|   17.2|   19.4|   23.6|    21.3|   17.5|   27.4|    33.1|    35.5|   23.9|   29.9
Percent distribution .......................|    100.0|    75.0|    5.2|    19.8|    100.0|     81.5|    4.7|   13.8|  100.0|    43.0|    6.5|   50.5|   100.0|    72.7|    6.9|   20.4
Families with--                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  1 child under 6 ..........................|   10,760|   7,828|    637|   2,296|    6,655|    5,258|    364|  1,032|  1,456|     596|    106|    754|   2,002|   1,434|    145|    424
  2 children under 6 .......................|    3,946|   3,192|    138|     616|    2,556|    2,220|     75|    261|    470|     242|     21|    207|     694|     533|     38|    123
  3 or more under 6 ........................|      671|     512|     27|     132|      424|      372|     11|     41|     94|      31|      4|     60|     125|      84|     12|     28
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Total families with                         |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  own children under 3 .....................|    8,909|   6,862|    467|   1,580|    5,593|    4,691|    243|    658|  1,136|     516|     85|    535|   1,676|   1,228|    122|    325
Percent of all families ....................|     12.0|    12.1|   10.5|    12.0|     10.4|     10.6|    9.3|    9.6|   13.3|    12.7|   11.3|   14.4|    19.7|    21.3|   14.9|   16.9
Percent distribution .......................|    100.0|    77.0|    5.2|    17.7|    100.0|     83.9|    4.3|   11.8|  100.0|    45.4|    7.5|   47.1|   100.0|    73.3|    7.3|   19.4
Families with--                             |         |        |       |        |         |         |       |       |       |        |       |       |        |        |       |
  1 child under 3 ..........................|    7,840|   6,031|    408|   1,400|    4,884|    4,073|    221|    590|  1,009|     472|     71|    466|   1,500|   1,107|    102|    291
  2 or more under 3 ........................|    1,070|     831|     59|     180|      709|      618|     23|     67|    127|      44|     14|     69|     176|     122|     20|     34
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\1\Race of family is defined as race of head of household. Columns 2, 3, 4, and 5 include races other than White, non-Hispanic, Black, non-Hispanic, and Hispanic.

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-20-547, Children's Living Arrangements and Characteristics, March 2002. (This table was prepared August 2003.)


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