(37KB)| Table 18. | Number and percentage of families, by family status and presence of own children under 18: Selected years, 1970 through 2005 |
| Family status | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | Change, 1970 to 1990 | Change, 1990 to 2005 | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||
| In thousands | Percent change | |||||||||||||||
| All families | 51,456 | (257.3) | 59,550 | (271.4) | 66,090 | (307.8) | 72,025 | (311.6) | 75,596 | (238.1) | 76,217 | (238.6) | 77,010 | (226.6) | 28.4 | 16.5 |
| Married-couple family | 44,728 | (243.6) | 49,112 | (252.7) | 52,317 | (283.3) | 55,311 | (289.5) | 57,320 | (217.2) | 57,719 | (217.7) | 58,109 | (210.4) | 17.0 | 11.1 |
| Without own children under 18 | 19,196 | (168.7) | 24,151 | (187.3) | 27,780 | (218.1) | 30,062 | (230.5) | 31,406 | (170.6) | 31,926 | (171.8) | 31,929 | (168.8) | 44.7 | 14.9 |
| With own children under 18 | 25,532 | (192.0) | 24,961 | (190.1) | 24,537 | (206.4) | 25,248 | (214.1) | 25,914 | (156.8) | 25,793 | (156.4) | 26,180 | (155.3) | -3.9 | 6.7 |
| One own child under 18 | 8,163 | (112.5) | 9,671 | (122.0) | 9,583 | (133.0) | 9,402 | (136.2) | 9,875 | (100.0) | 9,763 | (99.4) | 9,885 | (99.6) | 17.4 | 3.2 |
| Two own children under 18 |
8,045 | (111.7) | 9,488 | (120.9) | 9,784 | (134.3) | 10,274 | (142.1) | 10,520 | (103.1) | 10,481 | (102.9) | 10,676 | (103.3) | 21.6 | 9.1 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 9,325 | (119.9) | 5,802 | (95.3) | 5,170 | (98.5) | 5,572 | (105.9) | 5,519 | (75.4) | 5,548 | (75.6) | 5,619 | (75.9) | -44.6 | 8.7 |
| Other family, male house-holder, no spouse present | 1,228 | (44.2) | 1,733 | (52.5) | 2,884 | (73.9) | 4,028 | (90.4) | 4,656 | (69.4) | 4,716 | (69.8) | 4,893 | (70.9) | 134.9 | 69.7 |
| Without own children under 18 | 887 | (37.6) | 1,117 | (42.2) | 1,731 | (57.4) | 2,242 | (67.7) | 2,741 | (53.4) | 2,786 | (53.9) | 2,859 | (54.5) | 95.2 | 65.2 |
| With own children under 18 | 341 | (23.3) | 616 | (31.3) | 1,153 | (46.9) | 1,786 | (60.5) | 1,915 | (44.7) | 1,931 | (44.9) | 2,034 | (46.0) | 238.1 | 76.4 |
| One own child under 18 | 179 | (16.9) | 374 | (24.4) | 723 | (37.2) | 1,131 | (48.2) | 1,174 | (35.1) | 1,146 | (34.6) | 1,227 | (35.8) | 303.9 | 69.7 |
| Two own children under 18 |
87 | (11.8) | 165 | (16.2) | 307 | (24.2) | 483 | (31.6) | 534 | (23.7) | 550 | (24.0) | 563 | (24.3) | 252.9 | 83.4 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 75 | (10.9) | 77 | (11.1) | 123 | (15.3) | 171 | (18.8) | 208 | (14.8) | 235 | (15.7) | 244 | (16.0) | 64.0 | 98.4 |
| Other family, female house-holder, no spouse present | 5,500 | (92.8) | 8,705 | (116.0) | 10,890 | (141.4) | 12,687 | (156.9) | 13,620 | (116.6) | 13,781 | (117.2) | 14,009 | (117.3) | 98.0 | 28.6 |
| Without own children under 18 | 2,642 | (64.7) | 3,261 | (71.8) | 4,290 | (89.9) | 5,116 | (101.6) | 5,481 | (75.1) | 5,560 | (75.7) | 5,703 | (76.4) | 62.4 | 32.9 |
| With own children under 18 | 2,858 | (67.2) | 5,445 | (92.3) | 6,599 | (111.0) | 7,571 | (122.8) | 8,139 | (91.1) | 8,221 | (91.5) | 8,305 | (91.6) | 130.9 | 25.9 |
| One own child under 18 | 1,008 | (40.1) | 2,398 | (61.6) | 3,225 | (78.1) | 3,777 | (87.6) | 4,134 | (65.4) | 4,055 | (64.8) | 4,081 | (64.9) | 219.9 | 26.5 |
| Two own children under 18 |
810 | (35.9) | 1,817 | (53.7) | 2,173 | (64.2) | 2,458 | (70.9) | 2,486 | (50.9) | 2,665 | (52.7) | 2,626 | (52.2) | 168.3 | 20.8 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 1,040 | (40.7) | 1,230 | (44.2) | 1,202 | (47.9) | 1,336 | (52.4) | 1,519 | (39.9) | 1,501 | (39.6) | 1,597 | (40.8) | 15.6 | 32.9 |
| Percentage of all families | Change in percentage points | |||||||||||||||
| All families | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | † | † |
| Married-couple family | 86.9 | (0.19) | 82.5 | (0.20) | 79.2 | (0.22) | 76.8 | (0.23) | 75.8 | (0.16) | 75.7 | (0.16) | 75.5 | (0.16) | -7.8 | -3.7 |
| Without own children under 18 | 37.3 | (0.27) | 40.6 | (0.25) | 42.0 | (0.27) | 41.7 | (0.26) | 41.5 | (0.18) | 41.9 | (0.18) | 41.5 | (0.18) | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| With own children under 18 | 49.6 | (0.28) | 41.9 | (0.26) | 37.1 | (0.26) | 35.1 | (0.26) | 34.3 | (0.18) | 33.8 | (0.18) | 34.0 | (0.18) | -12.5 | -3.1 |
| One own child under 18 | 15.9 | (0.20) | 16.2 | (0.19) | 14.5 | (0.19) | 13.1 | (0.18) | 13.1 | (0.13) | 12.8 | (0.12) | 12.8 | (0.12) | -1.4 | -1.7 |
| Two own children under 18 | 15.6 | (0.20) | 15.9 | (0.19) | 14.8 | (0.19) | 14.3 | (0.19) | 13.9 | (0.13) | 13.8 | (0.13) | 13.9 | (0.13) | -0.8 | -0.9 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 18.1 | (0.21) | 9.7 | (0.15) | 7.8 | (0.14) | 7.7 | (0.14) | 7.3 | (0.10) | 7.3 | (0.10) | 7.3 | (0.10) | -10.3 | -0.5 |
| Other family, male house-holder, no spouse present | 2.4 | (0.09) | 2.9 | (0.09) | 4.4 | (0.11) | 5.6 | (0.12) | 6.2 | (0.09) | 6.2 | (0.09) | 6.4 | (0.09) | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Without own children under 18 | 1.7 | (0.07) | 1.9 | (0.07) | 2.6 | (0.09) | 3.1 | (0.09) | 3.6 | (0.07) | 3.7 | (0.07) | 3.7 | (0.07) | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| With own children under 18 | 0.7 | (0.05) | 1.0 | (0.05) | 1.7 | (0.07) | 2.5 | (0.08) | 2.5 | (0.06) | 2.5 | (0.06) | 2.6 | (0.06) | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| One own child under 18 | 0.3 | (0.03) | 0.6 | (0.04) | 1.1 | (0.06) | 1.6 | (0.07) | 1.6 | (0.05) | 1.5 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (0.05) | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Two own children under 18 |
0.2 | (0.02) | 0.3 | (0.03) | 0.5 | (0.04) | 0.7 | (0.04) | 0.7 | (0.03) | 0.7 | (0.03) | 0.7 | (0.03) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 0.1 | (0.02) | 0.1 | (0.02) | 0.2 | (0.02) | 0.2 | (0.03) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 0.3 | (0.02) | # | 0.1 |
| Other family, female house-holder, no spouse present | 10.7 | (0.17) | 14.6 | (0.18) | 16.5 | (0.20) | 17.6 | (0.20) | 18.0 | (0.14) | 18.1 | (0.14) | 18.2 | (0.14) | 5.8 | 1.7 |
| Without own children under 18 | 5.1 | (0.12) | 5.5 | (0.12) | 6.5 | (0.13) | 7.1 | (0.14) | 7.3 | (0.10) | 7.3 | (0.10) | 7.4 | (0.10) | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| With own children under 18 | 5.6 | (0.13) | 9.1 | (0.15) | 10.0 | (0.16) | 10.5 | (0.16) | 10.8 | (0.12) | 10.8 | (0.12) | 10.8 | (0.11) | 4.4 | 0.8 |
| One own child under 18 | 2.0 | (0.08) | 4.0 | (0.10) | 4.9 | (0.12) | 5.2 | (0.12) | 5.5 | (0.08) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 5.3 | (0.08) | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| Two own children under 18 |
1.6 | (0.07) | 3.1 | (0.09) | 3.3 | (0.10) | 3.4 | (0.10) | 3.3 | (0.07) | 3.5 | (0.07) | 3.4 | (0.07) | 1.7 | 0.1 |
| Three or more own children under 18 | 2.0 | (0.08) | 2.1 | (0.07) | 1.8 | (0.07) | 1.9 | (0.07) | 2.0 | (0.05) | 2.0 | (0.05) | 2.1 | (0.05) | -0.2 | 0.3 |
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† Not applicable. # Rounds to zero. 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. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P20, Household and Family Characteristics: 1995, Children's Living Arrangements and Characteristics: 2002, and America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2000, 2003, 2004, and 2005; Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved July 25, 2006, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2005.html. (This table was prepared July 2006.) |