Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 10
[Numbers in thousands]
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Families with own1/ children under 18
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Year Total Total Married-couple families Single-parent families\2\
families -------------------- ----------------------- -------------------------
Percent Percent of Percent of
Number of total Number all families Number all families
families with with
children children
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All families
1950 .. 39,193 20,267 51.7 18,772 92.6 1,495 7.4
1960 .. 45,062 25,662 56.9 23,333 90.9 2,329 9.1
1970 .. 51,237 28,666 55.9 25,406 88.6 3,260 11.4
1975 .. 55,712 30,057 54.0 25,169 83.7 4,888 16.3
1980 .. 58,426 30,517 52.2 24,568 80.5 5,949 19.5
1985 .. 62,706 31,112 49.6 24,210 77.8 6,902 22.2
1988 .. 65,133 31,920 49.0 24,600 77.1 7,320 22.9
1989 .. 65,837 32,322 49.1 24,735 76.5 7,587 23.5
1990 .. 66,090 32,289 48.9 24,537 76.0 7,752 24.0
1991 .. 66,322 32,401 48.9 24,397 75.3 8,004 24.7
1992 .. 67,173 32,746 48.7 24,420 74.6 8,326 25.4
1993 .. 68,144 33,257 48.8 24,707 74.3 8,550 25.7
1994/3 68,490 34,018 49.7 25,058 73.7 8,961 26.3
White4/
1970 .. 46,022 25,439 55.3 23,170 91.1 2,269 8.9
1975 .. 49,451 26,092 52.8 22,722 87.1 3,370 12.9
1980 .. 51,389 26,162 50.9 22,153 84.7 4,008 15.3
1985 .. 54,400 28,169 51.8 24,078 85.5 4,091 14.5
1988 .. 56,044 26,618 47.5 21,699 81.5 4,919 18.5
1989 .. 56,492 26,805 47.4 21,809 81.4 4,996 18.6
1990 .. 56,590 26,718 47.2 21,579 80.8 5,138 19.2
1993 .. 57,858 27,335 47.2 21,686 79.3 5,650 20.7
1994/3 57,870 27,642 47.8 21,884 79.2 5,758 20.8
Black4/
1970 .. 4,774 2,934 61.5 1,965 67.0 969 33.0
1975 .. 5,498 3,475 63.2 2,013 57.9 1,462 42.1
1980 .. 6,042 3,731 61.8 1,884 50.5 1,847 49.5
1985 .. 6,778 3,890 57.4 1,822 46.8 2,068 53.2
1988 .. 7,177 4,195 58.5 2,016 48.1 2,179 51.9
1989 .. 7,409 4,332 58.5 1,969 45.5 2,362 54.5
1990 .. 7,470 4,378 58.6 1,972 45.0 2,405 54.9
1993 .. 7,888 4,560 57.8 1,945 42.7 2,616 57.4
1994/3 7,989 4,793 60.0 1,924 40.1 2,868 59.8
Hispanic5/
1980 .. 3,100 2,133 68.8 1,651 77.4 482 22.6
1985 .. 3,939 2,602 66.1 1,892 72.7 710 27.3
1988 .. 4,588 2,991 65.2 2,123 71.0 868 29.0
1989 .. 4,823 3,095 64.2 2,234 72.2 862 27.9
1990 .. 4,840 3,051 63.0 2,188 71.7 863 28.3
1993 .. 5,318 3,345 62.9 2,355 70.4 990 29.6
1994/3 5,940 3,790 63.8 2,609 68.8 1,181 31.2
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/1/ ''Own'' children in a family are sons and daughters, including stepchildren and adopted children, of the householder.
/2/ Includes unmarried couples.
/3/ Based on 1990 Census.
/4/ Includes Hispanics.
/5/ Hispanics may be of any race.
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, Household and Family Characteristics, various years.
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