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Table 18  Families, by family status and presence of own children under 18: 1970 to 1998

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                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       | Change, |Change,
          Family status          | 1970  | 1980  | 1985  | 1990  | 1992  | 1993  | 1994  | 1995  | 1996  |  1997 |  1998 | 1970 to |1980 to
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |  1980   |   1998
_________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________
                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 |67,173 |68,144 |68,490 |69,305 |69,594 |70,241 |70,880 |    15.7 |   19.0
                                 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|________
Married-couple family ...........|44,728 |49,112 |50,350 |52,317 |52,457 |53,171 |53,171 |53,858 |53,567 |53,604 |54,317 |     9.8 |   10.6
  No own children under 18 ......|19,196 |24,151 |26,140 |27,780 |28,037 |28,464 |28,113 |28,617 |28,647 |28,521 |29,048 |    25.8 |   20.3
  With own children under 18 ....|25,532 |24,961 |24,210 |24,537 |24,420 |24,707 |25,058 |25,241 |24,920 |25,083 |25,269 |    -2.2 |    1.2
    One own child under 18 ......| 8,163 | 9,671 | 9,640 | 9,583 | 9,520 | 9,466 | 9,452 | 9,564 | 9,352 | 9,510 | 9,507 |    18.5 |   -1.7
    Two own children under 18 ...| 8,045 | 9,488 | 9,456 | 9,784 | 9,728 |10,007 |10,188 |10,358 |10,278 |10,152 |10,241 |    17.9 |    7.9
    Three or more own children   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
      under 18 ..................| 9,325 | 5,802 | 5,115 | 5,170 | 5,173 | 5,234 | 5,418 | 5,319 | 5,290 | 5,420 | 5,521 |   -37.8 |   -4.8
                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
Other family, male householder,  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
     no spouse present ..........| 1,228 | 1,733 | 2,228 | 2,884 | 3,025 | 3,026 | 2,913 | 3,226 | 3,513 | 3,847 | 3,911 |    41.1 |  125.7
  No own children under 18 ......|   887 | 1,117 | 1,331 | 1,731 | 1,742 | 1,702 | 1,599 | 1,786 | 1,885 | 2,138 | 2,113 |    25.9 |   89.2
  With own children under 18 ....|   341 |   616 |   896 | 1,153 | 1,283 | 1,324 | 1,314 | 1,440 | 1,628 | 1,709 | 1,798 |    80.6 |  191.9
    One own child under 18 ......|   179 |   374 |   584 |   723 |   768 |   799 |   805 |   891 | 1,005 | 1,003 | 1,117 |   108.9 |  198.7
    Two own children under 18 ...|    87 |   165 |   213 |   307 |   391 |   397 |   368 |   405 |   471 |   513 |   456 |    89.7 |  176.4
    Three or more own children   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
      under 18 ..................|    75 |    77 |   100 |   123 |   123 |   128 |   141 |   144 |   152 |   192 |   225 |     2.7 |  192.2
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Other family, female householder,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
     no spouse present ..........| 5,500 | 8,705 |10,129 |10,890 |11,692 |11,947 |12,406 |12,220 |12,514 |12,790 |12,652 |    58.3 |   45.3
  No own children under 18 ......| 2,642 | 3,261 | 4,123 | 4,290 | 4,648 | 4,721 | 4,759 | 4,606 | 4,859 | 4,916 | 4,960 |    23.4 |   52.1
  With own children under 18 ....| 2,858 | 5,445 | 6,006 | 6,599 | 7,043 | 7,226 | 7,647 | 7,615 | 7,656 | 7,874 | 7,693 |    90.5 |   41.3
    One own child under 18 ......| 1,008 | 2,398 | 2,885 | 3,225 | 3,327 | 3,425 | 3,566 | 3,633 | 3,683 | 3,821 | 3,739 |   137.9 |   55.9
    Two own children under 18 ...|   810 | 1,817 | 1,977 | 2,173 | 2,244 | 2,400 | 2,531 | 2,450 | 2,457 | 2,629 | 2,425 |   124.3 |   33.5
    Three or more own children   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
      under 18 ..................| 1,040 | 1,230 | 1,144 | 1,202 | 1,472 | 1,400 | 1,550 | 1,531 | 1,514 | 1,423 | 1,529 |    18.3 |   24.3
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                                 |                                                                                       |   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 |  78.1 |  78.0 |  77.6 |  77.7 |  77.0 |  76.3 |  76.6 |    -4.5 |   (5.8)
  No own children under 18 ......|  37.3 |  40.6 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.0 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  40.6 |  41.0 |     3.3 |    0.4
  With own children under 18 ....|  49.6 |  41.9 |  38.6 |  37.1 |  36.4 |  36.3 |  36.6 |  36.4 |  35.8 |  35.7 |  35.7 |    -7.7 |   (6.3)
    One own child under 18 ......|  15.9 |  16.2 |  15.4 |  14.5 |  14.2 |  13.9 |  13.8 |  13.8 |  13.4 |  13.5 |  13.4 |     0.4 |   (2.8)
    Two own children under 18 ...|  15.6 |  15.9 |  15.1 |  14.8 |  14.5 |  14.7 |  14.9 |  14.9 |  14.8 |  14.5 |  14.4 |     0.3 |   (1.5)
    Three or more own children   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
      under 18 ..................|  18.1 |   9.7 |   8.2 |   7.8 |   7.7 |   7.7 |   7.9 |   7.7 |   7.6 |   7.7 |   7.8 |    -8.4 |   (2.0)
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Other family, male householder,  |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
     no spouse present ..........|   2.4 |   2.9 |   3.6 |   4.4 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.7 |   5.0 |   5.5 |   5.5 |     0.5 |    2.6
  No own children under 18 ......|   1.7 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   2.6 |   2.6 |   2.5 |   2.3 |   2.6 |   2.7 |   3.0 |   3.0 |     0.2 |    1.1
  With own children under 18 ....|   0.7 |   1.0 |   1.4 |   1.7 |   1.9 |   1.9 |   1.9 |   2.1 |   2.3 |   2.4 |   2.5 |     0.4 |    1.5
    One own child under 18 ......|   0.3 |   0.6 |   0.9 |   1.1 |   1.1 |   1.2 |   1.2 |   1.3 |   1.4 |   1.4 |   1.6 |     0.3 |    0.9
    Two own children under 18 ...|   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.6 |   0.5 |   0.6 |   0.7 |   0.7 |   0.6 |     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 |   0.2 |   0.2 |   0.3 |   0.3 |   (\1\) |    0.2
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Other family, female householder,|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
     no spouse present ..........|  10.7 |  14.6 |  16.2 |  16.5 |  17.4 |  17.5 |  18.1 |  17.6 |  18.0 |  18.2 |  17.8 |     3.9 |    3.2
  No own children under 18 ......|   5.1 |   5.5 |   6.6 |   6.5 |   6.9 |   6.9 |   6.9 |   6.6 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   7.0 |     0.3 |    1.5
  With own children under 18 ....|   5.6 |   9.1 |   9.6 |  10.0 |  10.5 |  10.6 |  11.2 |  11.0 |  11.0 |  11.2 |  10.9 |     3.6 |    1.7
    One own child under 18 ......|   2.0 |   4.0 |   4.6 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.2 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   5.4 |   5.3 |     2.1 |    1.2
    Two own children under 18 ...|   1.6 |   3.1 |   3.2 |   3.3 |   3.3 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.5 |   3.5 |   3.7 |   3.4 |     1.5 |    0.4
    Three or more own children   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |         |
      under 18 ..................|   2.0 |   2.1 |   1.8 |   1.8 |   2.2 |   2.1 |   2.3 |   2.2 |   2.2 |   2.0 |   2.2 |   (\1\) |    0.1
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\1\Less than .05 percent.
---Data not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P-20-495, Household and Family Characteristics, various years; and unpublished data. (This table was prepared August 1999.)


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