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| Table 19. | Number and percentage of family households with own children under 18, by age and number of children, race/ethnicity, and family structure: 2008 |
| [Numbers in thousands] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Race/ethnicity and family structure | All families | Families with own children under 18 | Families with own children under 6 | Families with own children under 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Percent of all families | Percentage distribution | Families with | Total | Percent of all families | Total | 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 | 77,873 | (240.1) | 35,709 | (180.2) | 45.9 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,160 | (122.6) | 13,158 | (114.7) | 5,234 | (73.5) | 2,157 | (47.4) | 15,733 | (124.7) | 20.2 | (0.15) | 9,192 | (96.6) | 11.8 | (0.12) |
| Married-couple families | 58,370 | (218.6) | 25,173 | (154.7) | 43.1 | (0.21) | 70.5 | (0.25) | 9,733 | (99.3) | 9,886 | (100.0) | 3,953 | (64.0) | 1,602 | (40.9) | 11,510 | (107.6) | 19.7 | (0.17) | 6,867 | (83.9) | 11.8 | (0.14) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
5,100 | (72.5) | 2,162 | (47.5) | 42.4 | (0.71) | 6.1 | (0.13) | 1,323 | (37.2) | 597 | (25.0) | 174 | (13.5) | 68 | (8.5) | 912 | (30.9) | 17.9 | (0.55) | 556 | (24.2) | 10.9 | (0.45) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
14,404 | (119.7) | 8,374 | (92.4) | 58.1 | (0.42) | 23.5 | (0.23) | 4,104 | (65.2) | 2,675 | (52.8) | 1,107 | (34.1) | 487 | (22.6) | 3,312 | (58.7) | 23.0 | (0.36) | 1,769 | (43.0) | 12.3 | (0.28) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 53,902 | (212.3) | 22,221 | (146.3) | 41.2 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 9,649 | (98.9) | 8,478 | (92.9) | 2,978 | (55.7) | 1,117 | (34.2) | 9,365 | (97.5) | 17.4 | (0.17) | 5,592 | (75.9) | 10.4 | (0.13) |
| Married-couple families | 43,739 | (195.9) | 16,998 | (129.3) | 38.9 | (0.24) | 76.5 | (0.29) | 6,692 | (82.8) | 6,845 | (83.7) | 2,487 | (50.9) | 974 | (32.0) | 7,542 | (87.8) | 17.2 | (0.19) | 4,583 | (68.8) | 10.5 | (0.15) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
2,991 | (55.8) | 1,393 | (38.2) | 46.6 | (0.94) | 6.3 | (0.17) | 911 | (30.9) | 369 | (19.7) | 85 | (9.5) | 27 | (5.3) | 533 | (23.7) | 17.8 | (0.72) | 320 | (18.3) | 10.7 | (0.58) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
7,171 | (85.7) | 3,830 | (63.0) | 53.4 | (0.60) | 17.2 | (0.26) | 2,046 | (46.2) | 1,263 | (36.4) | 405 | (20.6) | 115 | (11.0) | 1,289 | (36.7) | 18.0 | (0.47) | 689 | (26.9) | 9.6 | (0.36) |
| Black2 | 9,256 | (83.7) | 4,929 | (64.7) | 53.3 | (0.51) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,216 | (44.8) | 1,562 | (37.9) | 733 | (26.2) | 419 | (19.9) | 2,141 | (44.1) | 23.1 | (0.43) | 1,184 | (33.1) | 12.8 | (0.34) |
| Married-couple families | 4,322 | (61.0) | 1,990 | (42.6) | 46.0 | (0.74) | 40.4 | (0.68) | 819 | (27.7) | 690 | (25.4) | 300 | (16.8) | 181 | (13.1) | 839 | (28.0) | 19.4 | (0.59) | 473 | (21.1) | 10.9 | (0.46) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
796 | (27.3) | 300 | (16.8) | 37.7 | (1.68) | 6.1 | (0.33) | 166 | (12.5) | 87 | (9.1) | 28 | (5.2) | 20 | (4.4) | 123 | (10.8) | 15.5 | (1.25) | 74 | (8.4) | 9.3 | (1.00) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
4,138 | (59.8) | 2,639 | (48.6) | 63.8 | (0.73) | 53.5 | (0.69) | 1,231 | (33.8) | 784 | (27.1) | 405 | (19.5) | 217 | (14.3) | 1,179 | (33.1) | 28.5 | (0.68) | 637 | (24.5) | 15.4 | (0.55) |
| Hispanic | 10,394 | (84.2) | 6,431 | (71.0) | 61.9 | (0.46) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,350 | (45.8) | 2,316 | (45.4) | 1,270 | (34.2) | 496 | (21.6) | 3,259 | (53.2) | 31.4 | (0.44) | 1,867 | (41.1) | 18.0 | (0.37) |
| Married-couple families | 6,888 | (73.0) | 4,425 | (60.9) | 64.2 | (0.56) | 68.8 | (0.56) | 1,478 | (36.7) | 1,656 | (38.8) | 948 | (29.7) | 343 | (18.0) | 2,312 | (45.4) | 33.6 | (0.56) | 1,341 | (35.1) | 19.5 | (0.47) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
983 | (30.2) | 365 | (18.5) | 37.1 | (1.50) | 5.7 | (0.28) | 187 | (13.3) | 114 | (10.4) | 46 | (6.6) | 17 | (4.0) | 214 | (14.2) | 21.8 | (1.28) | 136 | (11.4) | 13.8 | (1.07) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
2,522 | (47.3) | 1,642 | (38.6) | 65.1 | (0.93) | 25.5 | (0.53) | 684 | (25.3) | 546 | (22.6) | 276 | (16.1) | 136 | (11.4) | 733 | (26.2) | 29.1 | (0.88) | 391 | (19.2) | 15.5 | (0.70) |
| Asian2 | 3,299 | (50.3) | 1,650 | (37.7) | 50.0 | (0.85) | 100.0 | (†) | 753 | (26.2) | 649 | (24.4) | 173 | (12.8) | 75 | (8.4) | 741 | (26.0) | 22.5 | (0.71) | 414 | (19.6) | 12.5 | (0.56) |
| Married-couple families | 2,647 | (46.1) | 1,414 | (35.1) | 53.4 | (0.95) | 85.7 | (0.84) | 623 | (23.9) | 572 | (22.9) | 153 | (12.0) | 65 | (7.9) | 649 | (24.4) | 24.5 | (0.82) | 366 | (18.5) | 13.8 | (0.65) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
221 | (14.4) | 51 | (7.0) | 23.1 | (2.77) | 3.1 | (0.42) | 27 | (5.1) | 15 | (3.8) | 6 | (2.4) | 3 | (1.7) | 12 | (3.4) | 5.4 | (1.49) | 9 | (2.9) | 4.1 | (1.30) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
431 | (20.0) | 186 | (13.2) | 43.2 | (2.33) | 11.3 | (0.76) | 103 | (9.9) | 62 | (7.7) | 14 | (3.6) | 7 | (2.6) | 79 | (8.7) | 18.3 | (1.82) | 39 | (6.1) | 9.0 | (1.35) |
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. Standard errors appear in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, America's Families and Living Arrangements: 2008, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved July 22, 2009, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2008.html. (This table was prepared July 2009.) |