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| Table 24. | Number and percentage of family households with own children under 18, by age and number of children, race/ethnicity, and family structure: 2009 |
| [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 | 78,850 | (241.0) | 35,635 | (180.0) | 45.2 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,217 | (122.8) | 13,139 | (114.6) | 5,245 | (73.5) | 2,034 | (46.1) | 15,629 | (124.4) | 19.8 | (0.15) | 9,191 | (96.6) | 11.7 | (0.12) |
| Married-couple families | 59,118 | (219.6) | 25,129 | (154.6) | 42.5 | (0.21) | 70.5 | (0.25) | 9,732 | (99.3) | 9,861 | (99.9) | 4,011 | (64.5) | 1,525 | (39.9) | 11,368 | (107.0) | 19.2 | (0.17) | 6,814 | (83.6) | 11.5 | (0.13) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
5,252 | (73.6) | 2,111 | (46.9) | 40.2 | (0.69) | 5.9 | (0.13) | 1,300 | (36.9) | 583 | (24.7) | 173 | (13.5) | 56 | (7.7) | 883 | (30.4) | 16.8 | (0.53) | 549 | (24.0) | 10.5 | (0.43) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
14,480 | (120.0) | 8,394 | (92.5) | 58.0 | (0.42) | 23.6 | (0.23) | 4,185 | (65.8) | 2,696 | (53.0) | 1,061 | (33.3) | 453 | (21.8) | 3,378 | (59.2) | 23.3 | (0.36) | 1,828 | (43.7) | 12.6 | (0.28) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 54,429 | (213.1) | 22,074 | (145.9) | 40.6 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 9,671 | (99.0) | 8,354 | (92.2) | 2,994 | (55.8) | 1,056 | (33.3) | 9,293 | (97.1) | 17.1 | (0.17) | 5,533 | (75.5) | 10.2 | (0.13) |
| Married-couple families | 44,264 | (196.8) | 16,971 | (129.2) | 38.3 | (0.24) | 76.9 | (0.29) | 6,755 | (83.2) | 6,751 | (83.2) | 2,536 | (51.4) | 930 | (31.2) | 7,450 | (87.3) | 16.8 | (0.18) | 4,501 | (68.2) | 10.2 | (0.15) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
3,066 | (56.5) | 1,301 | (36.9) | 42.4 | (0.92) | 5.9 | (0.16) | 823 | (29.4) | 366 | (19.6) | 89 | (9.7) | 23 | (4.9) | 491 | (22.7) | 16.0 | (0.68) | 312 | (18.1) | 10.2 | (0.56) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
7,100 | (85.2) | 3,802 | (62.8) | 53.5 | (0.61) | 17.2 | (0.26) | 2,094 | (46.7) | 1,237 | (36.0) | 369 | (19.7) | 103 | (10.4) | 1,352 | (37.6) | 19.0 | (0.48) | 720 | (27.5) | 10.1 | (0.37) |
| Black2 | 9,357 | (84.1) | 4,980 | (65.0) | 53.2 | (0.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,176 | (44.4) | 1,615 | (38.5) | 800 | (27.4) | 390 | (19.2) | 2,122 | (43.9) | 22.7 | (0.42) | 1,208 | (33.5) | 12.9 | (0.34) |
| Married-couple families | 4,386 | (61.4) | 1,999 | (42.7) | 45.6 | (0.73) | 40.1 | (0.68) | 759 | (26.7) | 706 | (25.7) | 360 | (18.4) | 173 | (12.8) | 844 | (28.1) | 19.2 | (0.58) | 491 | (21.5) | 11.2 | (0.46) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
812 | (27.6) | 336 | (17.8) | 41.4 | (1.69) | 6.7 | (0.35) | 206 | (14.0) | 84 | (8.9) | 37 | (5.9) | 9 | (2.9) | 146 | (11.8) | 18.0 | (1.31) | 87 | (9.1) | 10.7 | (1.06) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
4,159 | (60.0) | 2,645 | (48.7) | 63.6 | (0.73) | 53.1 | (0.69) | 1,210 | (33.5) | 824 | (27.8) | 403 | (19.5) | 208 | (14.0) | 1,132 | (32.4) | 27.2 | (0.67) | 630 | (24.3) | 15.1 | (0.54) |
| Hispanic | 10,503 | (85.1) | 6,380 | (71.1) | 60.7 | (0.46) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,398 | (46.3) | 2,315 | (45.5) | 1,199 | (33.2) | 468 | (21.0) | 3,191 | (52.8) | 30.4 | (0.44) | 1,831 | (40.7) | 17.4 | (0.36) |
| Married-couple families | 6,911 | (73.4) | 4,329 | (60.4) | 62.6 | (0.57) | 67.9 | (0.57) | 1,445 | (36.4) | 1,652 | (38.8) | 905 | (29.0) | 326 | (17.5) | 2,187 | (44.3) | 31.6 | (0.55) | 1,271 | (34.2) | 18.4 | (0.45) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
1,021 | (30.8) | 374 | (18.8) | 36.6 | (1.47) | 5.9 | (0.29) | 216 | (14.3) | 103 | (9.9) | 37 | (5.9) | 18 | (4.1) | 205 | (13.9) | 20.1 | (1.22) | 124 | (10.8) | 12.1 | (1.00) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
2,571 | (47.8) | 1,677 | (39.1) | 65.2 | (0.92) | 26.3 | (0.54) | 737 | (26.2) | 560 | (22.9) | 257 | (15.6) | 124 | (10.8) | 799 | (27.3) | 31.1 | (0.89) | 436 | (20.3) | 17.0 | (0.72) |
| Asian2 | 3,492 | (51.5) | 1,699 | (38.2) | 48.7 | (0.83) | 100.0 | (†) | 744 | (26.0) | 690 | (25.1) | 186 | (13.2) | 79 | (8.7) | 810 | (27.1) | 23.2 | (0.70) | 484 | (21.2) | 13.9 | (0.57) |
| Married-couple families | 2,827 | (47.5) | 1,477 | (35.9) | 52.2 | (0.92) | 86.9 | (0.80) | 621 | (23.9) | 622 | (23.9) | 164 | (12.4) | 70 | (8.1) | 730 | (25.8) | 25.8 | (0.80) | 455 | (20.5) | 16.1 | (0.67) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
233 | (14.8) | 48 | (6.8) | 20.6 | (2.59) | 2.8 | (0.39) | 23 | (4.7) | 18 | (4.1) | 4 | (2.0) | 2 | (1.4) | 17 | (4.0) | 7.3 | (1.66) | 9 | (2.9) | 3.9 | (1.23) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
432 | (20.0) | 175 | (12.8) | 40.5 | (2.30) | 10.3 | (0.72) | 100 | (9.7) | 50 | (6.9) | 18 | (4.1) | 7 | (2.6) | 64 | (7.8) | 14.8 | (1.67) | 20 | (4.4) | 4.6 | (0.99) |
| †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: 2009, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved July 21, 2010, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2009.html. (This table was prepared July 2010.) |
