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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: 2010 |
| [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 | 78,833 | (241.0) | 35,218 | (179.1) | 44.7 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,149 | (122.6) | 12,947 | (113.8) | 5,062 | (72.3) | 2,060 | (46.4) | 15,506 | (123.9) | 19.7 | (0.15) | 9,010 | (95.7) | 11.4 | (0.12) |
| Married-couple families | 58,410 | (218.6) | 24,575 | (153.1) | 42.1 | (0.21) | 69.8 | (0.25) | 9,567 | (98.5) | 9,658 | (98.9) | 3,842 | (63.1) | 1,509 | (39.7) | 11,170 | (106.1) | 19.1 | (0.17) | 6,561 | (82.0) | 11.2 | (0.13) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
5,580 | (75.8) | 2,224 | (48.2) | 39.9 | (0.67) | 6.3 | (0.13) | 1,375 | (37.9) | 576 | (24.6) | 187 | (14.0) | 86 | (9.5) | 954 | (31.6) | 17.1 | (0.52) | 594 | (25.0) | 10.6 | (0.42) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
14,843 | (121.4) | 8,419 | (92.6) | 56.7 | (0.42) | 23.9 | (0.23) | 4,207 | (66.0) | 2,714 | (53.2) | 1,034 | (32.9) | 465 | (22.1) | 3,382 | (59.3) | 22.8 | (0.35) | 1,856 | (44.0) | 12.5 | (0.28) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 54,445 | (213.1) | 21,876 | (145.3) | 40.2 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 9,691 | (99.1) | 8,173 | (91.3) | 2,925 | (55.2) | 1,087 | (33.7) | 9,228 | (96.8) | 16.9 | (0.16) | 5,427 | (74.8) | 10.0 | (0.13) |
| Married-couple families | 43,954 | (196.2) | 16,700 | (128.3) | 38.0 | (0.24) | 76.3 | (0.29) | 6,689 | (82.8) | 6,627 | (82.4) | 2,463 | (50.7) | 922 | (31.1) | 7,291 | (86.4) | 16.6 | (0.18) | 4,343 | (67.0) | 9.9 | (0.15) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
3,200 | (57.7) | 1,303 | (36.9) | 40.7 | (0.89) | 6.0 | (0.16) | 851 | (29.9) | 322 | (18.4) | 94 | (9.9) | 36 | (6.2) | 507 | (23.1) | 15.8 | (0.66) | 302 | (17.8) | 9.4 | (0.53) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
7,291 | (86.4) | 3,873 | (63.4) | 53.1 | (0.60) | 17.7 | (0.26) | 2,152 | (47.4) | 1,224 | (35.8) | 368 | (19.7) | 129 | (11.6) | 1,430 | (38.7) | 19.6 | (0.48) | 782 | (28.6) | 10.7 | (0.37) |
| Black2 | 9,358 | (84.6) | 4,857 | (64.4) | 51.9 | (0.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,142 | (44.1) | 1,608 | (38.5) | 712 | (25.8) | 394 | (19.3) | 2,140 | (44.1) | 22.9 | (0.42) | 1,215 | (33.6) | 13.0 | (0.34) |
| Married-couple families | 4,274 | (60.9) | 1,917 | (41.9) | 44.9 | (0.74) | 39.5 | (0.68) | 733 | (26.2) | 695 | (25.5) | 302 | (16.9) | 187 | (13.3) | 855 | (28.3) | 20.0 | (0.60) | 461 | (20.8) | 10.8 | (0.46) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
939 | (29.6) | 398 | (19.4) | 42.4 | (1.57) | 8.2 | (0.38) | 235 | (14.9) | 104 | (9.9) | 38 | (6.0) | 21 | (4.5) | 189 | (13.4) | 20.1 | (1.28) | 128 | (11.0) | 13.6 | (1.09) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
4,145 | (60.0) | 2,541 | (47.9) | 61.3 | (0.74) | 52.3 | (0.70) | 1,174 | (33.0) | 809 | (27.5) | 372 | (18.7) | 185 | (13.2) | 1,097 | (31.9) | 26.5 | (0.67) | 625 | (24.2) | 15.1 | (0.54) |
| Hispanic | 10,412 | (84.9) | 6,240 | (70.5) | 59.9 | (0.47) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,344 | (45.8) | 2,269 | (45.1) | 1,145 | (32.5) | 481 | (21.3) | 3,085 | (52.0) | 29.6 | (0.44) | 1,772 | (40.1) | 17.0 | (0.36) |
| Married-couple families | 6,589 | (72.0) | 4,091 | (59.0) | 62.1 | (0.58) | 65.6 | (0.59) | 1,366 | (35.4) | 1,576 | (37.9) | 824 | (27.7) | 325 | (17.5) | 2,109 | (43.5) | 32.0 | (0.56) | 1,227 | (33.6) | 18.6 | (0.47) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
1,079 | (31.6) | 409 | (19.6) | 37.9 | (1.44) | 6.6 | (0.31) | 210 | (14.1) | 124 | (10.8) | 49 | (6.8) | 26 | (5.0) | 217 | (14.3) | 20.1 | (1.19) | 138 | (11.4) | 12.8 | (0.99) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
2,745 | (49.2) | 1,739 | (39.7) | 63.4 | (0.90) | 27.9 | (0.55) | 768 | (26.8) | 569 | (23.1) | 272 | (16.0) | 130 | (11.1) | 759 | (26.6) | 27.7 | (0.83) | 407 | (19.6) | 14.8 | (0.66) |
| Asian2 | 3,592 | (52.2) | 1,798 | (39.2) | 50.1 | (0.81) | 100.0 | (†) | 777 | (26.6) | 754 | (26.2) | 211 | (14.1) | 56 | (7.3) | 851 | (27.8) | 23.7 | (0.69) | 476 | (21.0) | 13.3 | (0.55) |
| Married-couple families | 2,888 | (47.9) | 1,561 | (36.8) | 54.1 | (0.90) | 86.8 | (0.78) | 638 | (24.2) | 678 | (24.9) | 197 | (13.6) | 49 | (6.8) | 790 | (26.8) | 27.4 | (0.81) | 448 | (20.4) | 15.5 | (0.66) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
257 | (15.5) | 55 | (7.2) | 21.4 | (2.50) | 3.1 | (0.40) | 40 | (6.2) | 13 | (3.5) | # | (†) | 2 | (1.4) | 17 | (4.0) | 6.6 | (1.51) | 12 | (3.4) | 4.7 | (1.28) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
447 | (20.4) | 182 | (13.1) | 40.7 | (2.27) | 10.1 | (0.69) | 99 | (9.7) | 63 | (7.7) | 13 | (3.5) | 6 | (2.4) | 44 | (6.5) | 9.8 | (1.37) | 16 | (3.9) | 3.6 | (0.86) |
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †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: 2010, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved July 23, 2011, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2010.html. (This table was prepared July 2011.) |
