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| Table 102.20. | 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: 2012 |
| [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 distribution | 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 | 80,506 | (242.4) | 34,989 | (178.6) | 43.5 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,033 | (122.1) | 12,999 | (114.0) | 4,967 | (71.6) | 1,990 | (45.6) | 15,343 | (123.3) | 19.1 | (0.14) | 8,606 | (93.6) | 10.7 | (0.11) | |||||
| Married-couple families | 58,949 | (219.3) | 23,704 | (150.6) | 40.2 | (0.21) | 67.7 | (0.26) | 9,215 | (96.7) | 9,442 | (97.9) | 3,627 | (61.3) | 1,420 | (38.5) | 10,676 | (103.8) | 18.1 | (0.16) | 6,104 | (79.2) | 10.4 | (0.13) | |||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
5,888 | (77.8) | 2,415 | (50.2) | 41.0 | (0.66) | 6.9 | (0.14) | 1,419 | (38.5) | 704 | (27.2) | 225 | (15.4) | 68 | (8.5) | 1,031 | (32.9) | 17.5 | (0.51) | 618 | (25.5) | 10.5 | (0.41) | |||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
15,669 | (124.5) | 8,869 | (95.0) | 56.6 | (0.41) | 25.3 | (0.24) | 4,399 | (67.5) | 2,853 | (54.5) | 1,116 | (34.2) | 502 | (23.0) | 3,636 | (61.4) | 23.2 | (0.35) | 1,884 | (44.4) | 12.0 | (0.27) | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 54,146 | (212.7) | 20,790 | (141.9) | 38.4 | (0.21) | 100.0 | (†) | 9,098 | (96.1) | 7,889 | (89.7) | 2,820 | (54.2) | 982 | (32.1) | 8,748 | (94.3) | 16.2 | (0.16) | 5,003 | (71.9) | 9.2 | (0.13) | |||||
| Married-couple families | 43,376 | (195.2) | 15,467 | (123.8) | 35.7 | (0.24) | 74.4 | (0.31) | 6,086 | (79.1) | 6,212 | (79.9) | 2,326 | (49.2) | 843 | (29.7) | 6,780 | (83.4) | 15.6 | (0.18) | 3,934 | (63.8) | 9.1 | (0.14) | |||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
3,231 | (57.9) | 1,399 | (38.3) | 43.3 | (0.89) | 6.7 | (0.18) | 864 | (30.1) | 411 | (20.8) | 106 | (10.6) | 18 | (4.4) | 524 | (23.5) | 16.2 | (0.67) | 306 | (17.9) | 9.5 | (0.53) | |||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
7,539 | (87.8) | 3,924 | (63.8) | 52.0 | (0.59) | 18.9 | (0.28) | 2,148 | (47.3) | 1,266 | (36.4) | 388 | (20.2) | 121 | (11.3) | 1,444 | (38.9) | 19.2 | (0.46) | 763 | (28.3) | 10.1 | (0.36) | |||||
| Black2 | 9,651 | (86.1) | 4,920 | (65.0) | 51.0 | (0.50) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,255 | (45.3) | 1,597 | (38.4) | 690 | (25.5) | 377 | (18.9) | 2,122 | (44.0) | 22.0 | (0.41) | 1,132 | (32.5) | 11.7 | (0.32) | |||||
| Married-couple families | 4,361 | (61.6) | 1,907 | (41.8) | 43.7 | (0.73) | 38.8 | (0.68) | 801 | (27.4) | 672 | (25.1) | 285 | (16.4) | 149 | (11.9) | 831 | (27.9) | 19.1 | (0.58) | 473 | (21.1) | 10.8 | (0.46) | |||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
956 | (29.9) | 388 | (19.1) | 40.6 | (1.55) | 7.9 | (0.37) | 213 | (14.2) | 107 | (10.1) | 45 | (6.5) | 23 | (4.7) | 172 | (12.8) | 18.0 | (1.21) | 92 | (9.4) | 9.6 | (0.93) | |||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
4,334 | (61.4) | 2,625 | (48.7) | 60.6 | (0.72) | 53.4 | (0.69) | 1,242 | (34.0) | 818 | (27.7) | 360 | (18.4) | 205 | (13.9) | 1,119 | (32.3) | 25.8 | (0.65) | 567 | (23.1) | 13.1 | (0.50) | |||||
| Hispanic | 11,585 | (86.8) | 6,912 | (73.1) | 59.7 | (0.44) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,649 | (48.4) | 2,517 | (47.2) | 1,203 | (33.3) | 544 | (22.6) | 3,372 | (54.0) | 29.1 | (0.41) | 1,851 | (40.9) | 16.0 | (0.33) | |||||
| Married-couple families | 7,222 | (74.3) | 4,367 | (60.5) | 60.5 | (0.56) | 63.2 | (0.57) | 1,513 | (37.2) | 1,686 | (39.1) | 804 | (27.4) | 364 | (18.5) | 2,121 | (43.6) | 29.4 | (0.52) | 1,157 | (32.7) | 16.0 | (0.42) | |||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
1,277 | (34.3) | 505 | (21.8) | 39.5 | (1.34) | 7.3 | (0.31) | 285 | (16.4) | 142 | (11.6) | 60 | (7.6) | 18 | (4.1) | 282 | (16.3) | 22.1 | (1.13) | 190 | (13.4) | 14.9 | (0.97) | |||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
3,086 | (51.9) | 2,040 | (42.8) | 66.1 | (0.83) | 29.5 | (0.54) | 851 | (28.1) | 689 | (25.4) | 339 | (17.9) | 162 | (12.4) | 970 | (30.0) | 31.4 | (0.82) | 504 | (21.8) | 16.3 | (0.65) | |||||
| Asian2 | 4,149 | (55.9) | 1,960 | (41.0) | 47.2 | (0.76) | 100.0 | (†) | 859 | (28.0) | 859 | (28.0) | 190 | (13.4) | 52 | (7.0) | 920 | (28.9) | 22.2 | (0.63) | 532 | (22.2) | 12.8 | (0.51) | |||||
| Married-couple families | 3,298 | (51.2) | 1,678 | (38.2) | 50.9 | (0.85) | 85.6 | (0.77) | 698 | (25.3) | 782 | (26.7) | 161 | (12.3) | 38 | (6.0) | 813 | (27.2) | 24.7 | (0.73) | 471 | (20.9) | 14.3 | (0.59) | |||||
| Families with male householder, no spouse present |
320 | (17.3) | 69 | (8.1) | 21.6 | (2.24) | 3.5 | (0.41) | 44 | (6.5) | 19 | (4.3) | 4 | ! | (2.0) | ‡ | (†) | 32 | (5.5) | 10.0 | (1.64) | 23 | (4.7) | 7.2 | (1.41) | ||||
| Families with female householder, no spouse present |
531 | (22.2) | 212 | (14.1) | 39.9 | (2.07) | 10.8 | (0.68) | 118 | (10.6) | 58 | (7.4) | 24 | (4.8) | 12 | (3.4) | 75 | (8.4) | 14.1 | (1.47) | 37 | (5.9) | 7.0 | (1.08) | |||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| !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: A family household consists of two or more people who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption and are residing together. 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: 2012, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved August 25, 2013, from http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2012.html. (This table was prepared August 2013.) |