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Table 102.20. Number and percentage of family households with own children under age 18, under age 6, and under age 3, by race/ethnicity and family structure: 2012
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Race/ethnicity
and family structure
All families (in thousands) Families with own children under 18 Families with own children under 6 Families with own children under 3
Total (in thousands) Percent of all families Percentage distribution Families (in thousands), by number of children Total (in thousands) Percent of all families Total (in thousands) Percent of all families
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  80,506 (242.4) 34,989 (178.6) 43.5 (0.18) 100.0 (†) 15,033 (122.1) 12,999   (114.0) 4,967   (71.6) 1,990   (45.6) 15,343 (123.3) 19.1 (0.14) 8,606   (93.6) 10.7   (0.11)
Married-couple families 58,949 (219.3) 23,704 (150.6) 40.2 (0.21) 67.7 (0.26) 9,215 (96.7) 9,442   (97.9) 3,627   (61.3) 1,420   (38.5) 10,676 (103.8) 18.1 (0.16) 6,104   (79.2) 10.4   (0.13)
Families with male householder,
   no spouse present
5,888 (77.8) 2,415 (50.2) 41.0 (0.66) 6.9 (0.14) 1,419 (38.5) 704   (27.2) 225   (15.4) 68   (8.5) 1,031 (32.9) 17.5 (0.51) 618   (25.5) 10.5   (0.41)
Families with female householder,
   no spouse present
15,669 (124.5) 8,869 (95.0) 56.6 (0.41) 25.3 (0.24) 4,399 (67.5) 2,853   (54.5) 1,116   (34.2) 502   (23.0) 3,636 (61.4) 23.2 (0.35) 1,884   (44.4) 12.0   (0.27)
                                                           
White, non-Hispanic 54,146 (212.7) 20,790 (141.9) 38.4 (0.21) 100.0 (†) 9,098 (96.1) 7,889   (89.7) 2,820   (54.2) 982   (32.1) 8,748 (94.3) 16.2 (0.16) 5,003   (71.9) 9.2   (0.13)
Married-couple families 43,376 (195.2) 15,467 (123.8) 35.7 (0.24) 74.4 (0.31) 6,086 (79.1) 6,212   (79.9) 2,326   (49.2) 843   (29.7) 6,780 (83.4) 15.6 (0.18) 3,934   (63.8) 9.1   (0.14)
Families with male householder,
   no spouse present
3,231 (57.9) 1,399 (38.3) 43.3 (0.89) 6.7 (0.18) 864 (30.1) 411   (20.8) 106   (10.6) 18   (4.4) 524 (23.5) 16.2 (0.67) 306   (17.9) 9.5   (0.53)
Families with female householder,
   no spouse present
7,539 (87.8) 3,924 (63.8) 52.0 (0.59) 18.9 (0.28) 2,148 (47.3) 1,266   (36.4) 388   (20.2) 121   (11.3) 1,444 (38.9) 19.2 (0.46) 763   (28.3) 10.1   (0.36)
                                                           
Black2  9,651 (86.1) 4,920 (65.0) 51.0 (0.50) 100.0 (†) 2,255 (45.3) 1,597   (38.4) 690   (25.5) 377   (18.9) 2,122 (44.0) 22.0 (0.41) 1,132   (32.5) 11.7   (0.32)
Married-couple families 4,361 (61.6) 1,907 (41.8) 43.7 (0.73) 38.8 (0.68) 801 (27.4) 672   (25.1) 285   (16.4) 149   (11.9) 831 (27.9) 19.1 (0.58) 473   (21.1) 10.8   (0.46)
Families with male householder,
   no spouse present
956 (29.9) 388 (19.1) 40.6 (1.55) 7.9 (0.37) 213 (14.2) 107   (10.1) 45   (6.5) 23   (4.7) 172 (12.8) 18.0 (1.21) 92   (9.4) 9.6   (0.93)
Families with female householder,
   no spouse present
4,334 (61.4) 2,625 (48.7) 60.6 (0.72) 53.4 (0.69) 1,242 (34.0) 818   (27.7) 360   (18.4) 205   (13.9) 1,119 (32.3) 25.8 (0.65) 567   (23.1) 13.1   (0.50)
                                                           
Hispanic 11,585 (86.8) 6,912 (73.1) 59.7 (0.44) 100.0 (†) 2,649 (48.4) 2,517   (47.2) 1,203   (33.3) 544   (22.6) 3,372 (54.0) 29.1 (0.41) 1,851   (40.9) 16.0   (0.33)
Married-couple families 7,222 (74.3) 4,367 (60.5) 60.5 (0.56) 63.2 (0.57) 1,513 (37.2) 1,686   (39.1) 804   (27.4) 364   (18.5) 2,121 (43.6) 29.4 (0.52) 1,157   (32.7) 16.0   (0.42)
Families with male householder,
   no spouse present
1,277 (34.3) 505 (21.8) 39.5 (1.34) 7.3 (0.31) 285 (16.4) 142   (11.6) 60   (7.6) 18   (4.1) 282 (16.3) 22.1 (1.13) 190   (13.4) 14.9   (0.97)
Families with female householder,
   no spouse present
3,086 (51.9) 2,040 (42.8) 66.1 (0.83) 29.5 (0.54) 851 (28.1) 689   (25.4) 339   (17.9) 162   (12.4) 970 (30.0) 31.4 (0.82) 504   (21.8) 16.3   (0.65)
                                                           
Asian2 4,149 (55.9) 1,960 (41.0) 47.2 (0.76) 100.0 (†) 859 (28.0) 859   (28.0) 190   (13.4) 52   (7.0) 920 (28.9) 22.2 (0.63) 532   (22.2) 12.8   (0.51)
Married-couple families 3,298 (51.2) 1,678 (38.2) 50.9 (0.85) 85.6 (0.77) 698 (25.3) 782   (26.7) 161   (12.3) 38   (6.0) 813 (27.2) 24.7 (0.73) 471   (20.9) 14.3   (0.59)
Families with male householder,
   no spouse present
320 (17.3) 69 (8.1) 21.6 (2.24) 3.5 (0.41) 44 (6.5) 19   (4.3) 4 ! (2.0)   (†) 32 (5.5) 10.0 (1.64) 23   (4.7) 7.2   (1.41)
Families with female householder,
   no spouse present
531 (22.2) 212 (14.1) 39.9 (2.07) 10.8 (0.68) 118 (10.6) 58   (7.4) 24   (4.8) 12   (3.4) 75 (8.4) 14.1 (1.47) 37   (5.9) 7.0   (1.08)
†Not applicable.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater.
1 Race of family is defined as race of head of household. "All races" includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.
2 Includes persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
NOTE: A family household consists of two or more people who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and are residing together. 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2012, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved August 25, 2013, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2012.html. (This table was prepared August 2013.)

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