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| Table 23. | 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: 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 distribu-tion | 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 | 78,613 | (240.8) | 34,760 | (178.1) | 44.2 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,012 | (122.0) | 12,835 | (113.3) | 4,917 | (71.2) | 1,996 | (45.6) | 15,314 | (123.2) | 19.5 | (0.14) | 8,674 | (93.9) | 11.0 | (0.11) | ||||
| Married-couple families | 58,036 | (218.1) | 23,938 | (151.3) | 41.2 | (0.21) | 68.9 | (0.25) | 9,300 | (97.1) | 9,527 | (98.3) | 3,618 | (61.3) | 1,493 | (39.5) | 10,887 | (104.8) | 18.8 | (0.17) | 6,323 | (80.6) | 10.9 | (0.13) | ||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
5,559 | (75.7) | 2,225 | (48.2) | 40.0 | (0.67) | 6.4 | (0.13) | 1,337 | (37.4) | 627 | (25.7) | 199 | (14.5) | 63 | (8.1) | 1,000 | (32.4) | 18.0 | (0.53) | 579 | (24.7) | 10.4 | (0.42) | ||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
15,019 | (122.1) | 8,597 | (93.5) | 57.2 | (0.41) | 24.7 | (0.24) | 4,375 | (67.3) | 2,681 | (52.8) | 1,100 | (33.9) | 441 | (21.5) | 3,427 | (59.7) | 22.8 | (0.35) | 1,772 | (43.0) | 11.8 | (0.27) | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 53,909 | (212.3) | 21,457 | (144.0) | 39.8 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 9,488 | (98.1) | 8,106 | (90.9) | 2,850 | (54.5) | 1,013 | (32.6) | 9,118 | (96.2) | 16.9 | (0.17) | 5,322 | (74.1) | 9.9 | (0.13) | ||||
| Married-couple families | 43,554 | (195.5) | 16,267 | (126.7) | 37.3 | (0.24) | 75.8 | (0.30) | 6,504 | (81.7) | 6,524 | (81.8) | 2,362 | (49.6) | 878 | (30.3) | 7,194 | (85.8) | 16.5 | (0.18) | 4,286 | (66.6) | 9.8 | (0.15) | ||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
3,078 | (56.6) | 1,286 | (36.7) | 41.8 | (0.91) | 6.0 | (0.17) | 809 | (29.1) | 356 | (19.3) | 88 | (9.6) | 34 | (6.0) | 525 | (23.5) | 17.1 | (0.70) | 305 | (17.9) | 9.9 | (0.55) | ||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
7,277 | (86.3) | 3,903 | (63.6) | 53.6 | (0.60) | 18.2 | (0.27) | 2,175 | (47.6) | 1,226 | (35.8) | 400 | (20.5) | 101 | (10.3) | 1,398 | (38.2) | 19.2 | (0.47) | 731 | (27.7) | 10.0 | (0.36) | ||||
| Black2 | 9,418 | (84.8) | 4,748 | (63.8) | 50.4 | (0.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,197 | (44.7) | 1,520 | (37.4) | 660 | (24.9) | 371 | (18.7) | 2,095 | (43.7) | 22.2 | (0.42) | 1,108 | (32.1) | 11.8 | (0.32) | ||||
| Married-couple families | 4,179 | (60.2) | 1,793 | (40.5) | 42.9 | (0.75) | 37.8 | (0.69) | 748 | (26.5) | 641 | (24.5) | 253 | (15.5) | 151 | (12.0) | 789 | (27.2) | 18.9 | (0.59) | 447 | (20.5) | 10.7 | (0.47) | ||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
899 | (29.0) | 355 | (18.3) | 39.5 | (1.59) | 7.5 | (0.37) | 200 | (13.8) | 102 | (9.8) | 39 | (6.1) | 13 | (3.5) | 164 | (12.5) | 18.2 | (1.26) | 95 | (9.5) | 10.6 | (1.00) | ||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
4,340 | (61.3) | 2,600 | (48.4) | 59.9 | (0.73) | 54.8 | (0.70) | 1,250 | (34.0) | 777 | (27.0) | 367 | (18.6) | 206 | (14.0) | 1,142 | (32.6) | 26.3 | (0.65) | 566 | (23.1) | 13.0 | (0.50) | ||||
| Hispanic | 10,659 | (86.1) | 6,373 | (71.4) | 59.8 | (0.46) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,403 | (46.4) | 2,319 | (45.6) | 1,136 | (32.4) | 515 | (22.0) | 3,093 | (52.1) | 29.0 | (0.43) | 1,711 | (39.5) | 16.1 | (0.35) | ||||
| Married-couple families | 6,725 | (72.9) | 4,106 | (59.2) | 61.1 | (0.58) | 64.4 | (0.59) | 1,350 | (35.2) | 1,601 | (38.2) | 783 | (27.0) | 372 | (18.7) | 2,062 | (43.1) | 30.7 | (0.55) | 1,143 | (32.5) | 17.0 | (0.45) | ||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
1,180 | (33.0) | 465 | (20.9) | 39.4 | (1.39) | 7.3 | (0.32) | 245 | (15.2) | 140 | (11.5) | 65 | (7.9) | 14 | (3.7) | 258 | (15.6) | 21.9 | (1.17) | 150 | (11.9) | 12.7 | (0.95) | ||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
2,754 | (49.4) | 1,803 | (40.5) | 65.5 | (0.88) | 28.3 | (0.55) | 808 | (27.5) | 578 | (23.3) | 287 | (16.5) | 129 | (11.1) | 773 | (26.9) | 28.1 | (0.84) | 418 | (19.8) | 15.2 | (0.67) | ||||
| Asian2 | 3,537 | (52.0) | 1,683 | (38.1) | 47.6 | (0.82) | 100.0 | (†) | 694 | (25.2) | 749 | (26.1) | 175 | (12.8) | 64 | (7.8) | 769 | (26.5) | 21.7 | (0.68) | 418 | (19.7) | 11.8 | (0.53) | ||||
| Married-couple families | 2,820 | (47.6) | 1,459 | (35.7) | 51.7 | (0.92) | 86.7 | (0.81) | 567 | (22.9) | 677 | (24.9) | 154 | (12.1) | 61 | (7.6) | 690 | (25.1) | 24.5 | (0.79) | 376 | (18.7) | 13.3 | (0.62) | ||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
272 | (16.0) | 39 | (6.1) | 14.3 | (2.07) | 2.3 | (0.36) | 31 | (5.4) | 6 | ! | (2.4) | ‡ | (†) | # | (†) | 11 | (3.2) | 4.0 | (1.17) | 4 | ! | (2.0) | 1.5 | ! | (0.71) | |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
445 | (20.3) | 185 | (13.2) | 41.6 | (2.28) | 11.0 | (0.74) | 96 | (9.5) | 66 | (7.9) | 20 | (4.4) | 4 | ! | (2.0) | 68 | (8.0) | 15.3 | (1.66) | 38 | (6.0) | 8.5 | (1.29) | |||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !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: 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: 2011, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved August 15, 2012, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2011.html. (This table was prepared August 2012.) |
