Table 102.10.

Number and percentage distribution of family households, by family structure and presence of own children under 18: Selected years, 1970 through 2016

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Family structure and presence of own children	1970		1980		1990		2000		2010		2013		2014		2015		2016		Change, 2000 to 2010			Change, 2010 to 2016
1	2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11			12
	Number (in thousands)																		Percent change
All families	51,456	(257.3)	59,550	(271.4)	66,090	(307.8)	72,025	(311.6)	78,833	(241.0)	80,902	(242.8)	81,353	(311.8)	81,716	(267.6)	82,184	(268.0)	9.5		(0.58)	4.3		(0.47)
Married-couple families	44,728	(243.6)	49,112	(252.7)	52,317	(283.3)	55,311	(289.5)	58,410	(218.6)	59,204	(219.7)	59,629	(281.1)	60,010	(243.1)	60,251	(243.5)	5.6		(0.68)	3.2		(0.57)
Without own children under 18	19,196	(168.7)	24,151	(187.3)	27,780	(218.1)	30,062	(230.5)	33,835	(176.1)	35,333	(179.4)	35,697	(229.0)	35,970	(199.4)	36,480	(200.6)	12.6		(1.04)	7.8		(0.82)
With own children under 18	25,532	(192.0)	24,961	(190.1)	24,537	(206.4)	25,248	(214.1)	24,575	(153.1)	23,870	(151.1)	23,933	(191.9)	24,040	(167.3)	23,772	(166.5)	-2.7	!	(1.02)	-3.3		(0.91)
One own child under 18	8,163	(112.5)	9,671	(122.0)	9,583	(133.0)	9,402	(136.2)	9,567	(98.5)	9,157	(96.4)	9,298	(123.0)	9,163	(106.6)	9,131	(106.4)	‡		(†)	-4.6	!	(1.48)
Two own children under 18	8,045	(111.7)	9,488	(120.9)	9,784	(134.3)	10,274	(142.1)	9,658	(98.9)	9,597	(98.6)	9,536	(124.5)	9,662	(109.3)	9,581	(108.9)	-6.0		(1.62)	‡		(†)
Three or more own children        under 18	9,325	(119.9)	5,802	(95.3)	5,170	(98.5)	5,572	(105.9)	5,351	(74.3)	5,117	(72.7)	5,099	(91.8)	5,215	(81.0)	5,061	(79.8)	‡		(†)	-5.4	!	(1.99)
Families with male householder,       no spouse present	1,228	(44.2)	1,733	(52.5)	2,884	(73.9)	4,028	(90.4)	5,580	(75.8)	6,229	(80.0)	6,304	(101.8)	6,162	(87.9)	6,310	(88.9)	38.5		(3.63)	13.1		(2.21)
Without own children under 18	887	(37.6)	1,117	(42.2)	1,731	(57.4)	2,242	(67.7)	3,356	(59.0)	3,669	(61.7)	3,832	(79.8)	3,774	(69.1)	3,838	(69.7)	49.7		(5.23)	14.4		(2.89)
With own children under 18	341	(23.3)	616	(31.3)	1,153	(46.9)	1,786	(60.5)	2,224	(48.2)	2,560	(51.6)	2,472	(64.2)	2,388	(55.1)	2,472	(56.1)	24.5		(5.01)	11.2	!	(3.49)
One own child under 18	179	(16.9)	374	(24.4)	723	(37.2)	1,131	(48.2)	1,375	(37.9)	1,482	(39.4)	1,445	(49.2)	1,433	(42.8)	1,487	(43.6)	21.6		(6.17)	‡		(†)
Two own children under 18	87	(11.8)	165	(16.2)	307	(24.2)	483	(31.6)	576	(24.6)	766	(28.3)	731	(35.0)	653	(28.9)	663	(29.2)	19.3	!	(9.31)	15.1	!	(7.05)
Three or more own children        under 18	75	(10.9)	77	(11.1)	123	(15.3)	171	(18.8)	273	(16.9)	312	(18.1)	296	(22.3)	302	(19.7)	322	(20.3)	59.6	!	(20.15)	‡		(†)
Families with female house-       holder, no spouse present	5,500	(92.8)	8,705	(116.0)	10,890	(141.4)	12,687	(156.9)	14,843	(121.4)	15,469	(123.8)	15,420	(156.6)	15,544	(137.0)	15,622	(137.3)	17.0		(1.73)	5.2		(1.26)
Without own children under 18	2,642	(64.7)	3,261	(71.8)	4,290	(89.9)	5,116	(101.6)	6,424	(81.2)	6,842	(83.7)	6,870	(106.2)	6,993	(93.5)	7,097	(94.2)	25.6		(2.96)	10.5		(2.02)
With own children under 18	2,858	(67.2)	5,445	(92.3)	6,599	(111.0)	7,571	(122.8)	8,419	(92.6)	8,627	(93.7)	8,550	(118.1)	8,551	(103.1)	8,525	(102.9)	11.2		(2.18)	‡		(†)
One own child under 18	1,008	(40.1)	2,398	(61.6)	3,225	(78.1)	3,777	(87.6)	4,207	(66.0)	4,144	(65.5)	4,167	(83.1)	4,192	(72.8)	4,173	(72.6)	11.4		(3.12)	‡		(†)
Two own children under 18	810	(35.9)	1,817	(53.7)	2,173	(64.2)	2,458	(70.9)	2,714	(53.2)	2,825	(54.2)	2,778	(68.0)	2,844	(60.1)	2,794	(59.6)	10.4	!	(3.85)	‡		(†)
Three or more own children        under 18	1,040	(40.7)	1,230	(44.2)	1,202	(47.9)	1,336	(52.4)	1,499	(39.6)	1,658	(41.6)	1,605	(51.8)	1,515	(44.0)	1,557	(44.6)	12.2	!	(5.31)	‡		(†)
	Percentage distribution of all families																		Change in percentage points
All families	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	†		(†)	†		(†)
Married-couple families	86.9	(0.19)	82.5	(0.20)	79.2	(0.22)	76.8	(0.23)	74.1	(0.16)	73.2	(0.16)	73.3	(0.20)	73.4	(0.18)	73.3	(0.17)	-2.7		(0.28)	-0.8	!	(0.24)
Without own children under 18	37.3	(0.27)	40.6	(0.25)	42.0	(0.27)	41.7	(0.26)	42.9	(0.18)	43.7	(0.18)	43.9	(0.23)	44.0	(0.20)	44.4	(0.20)	1.2		(0.32)	1.5		(0.27)
With own children under 18	49.6	(0.28)	41.9	(0.26)	37.1	(0.26)	35.1	(0.26)	31.2	(0.17)	29.5	(0.16)	29.4	(0.21)	29.4	(0.18)	28.9	(0.18)	-3.9		(0.31)	-2.2		(0.25)
One own child under 18	15.9	(0.20)	16.2	(0.19)	14.5	(0.19)	13.1	(0.18)	12.1	(0.12)	11.3	(0.11)	11.4	(0.14)	11.2	(0.13)	11.1	(0.12)	-0.9		(0.22)	-1.0		(0.17)
Two own children under 18	15.6	(0.20)	15.9	(0.19)	14.8	(0.19)	14.3	(0.19)	12.3	(0.12)	11.9	(0.12)	11.7	(0.15)	11.8	(0.13)	11.7	(0.13)	-2.0		(0.22)	-0.6		(0.17)
Three or more own children        under 18	18.1	(0.21)	9.7	(0.15)	7.8	(0.14)	7.7	(0.14)	6.8	(0.09)	6.3	(0.09)	6.3	(0.11)	6.4	(0.10)	6.2	(0.10)	-0.9		(0.17)	-0.6		(0.13)
Families with male householder,       no spouse present	2.4	(0.09)	2.9	(0.09)	4.4	(0.11)	5.6	(0.12)	7.1	(0.09)	7.7	(0.10)	7.7	(0.12)	7.5	(0.10)	7.7	(0.11)	1.5		(0.15)	0.6		(0.14)
Without own children under 18	1.7	(0.07)	1.9	(0.07)	2.6	(0.09)	3.1	(0.09)	4.3	(0.07)	4.5	(0.08)	4.7	(0.10)	4.6	(0.08)	4.7	(0.08)	1.1		(0.12)	0.4		(0.11)
With own children under 18	0.7	(0.05)	1.0	(0.05)	1.7	(0.07)	2.5	(0.08)	2.8	(0.06)	3.2	(0.06)	3.0	(0.08)	2.9	(0.07)	3.0	(0.07)	0.3	!	(0.10)	0.2	!	(0.09)
One own child under 18	0.3	(0.03)	0.6	(0.04)	1.1	(0.06)	1.6	(0.07)	1.7	(0.05)	1.8	(0.05)	1.8	(0.06)	1.8	(0.05)	1.8	(0.05)	0.2	!	(0.08)	‡		(†)
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)	0.9	(0.03)	0.9	(0.04)	0.8	(0.04)	0.8	(0.04)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
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)	0.4	(0.02)	0.4	(0.03)	0.4	(0.02)	0.4	(0.02)	0.1	!	(0.03)	‡		(†)
Families with female house-       holder, no spouse present	10.7	(0.17)	14.6	(0.18)	16.5	(0.20)	17.6	(0.20)	18.8	(0.14)	19.1	(0.14)	19.0	(0.18)	19.0	(0.16)	19.0	(0.16)	1.2		(0.25)	‡		(†)
Without own children under 18	5.1	(0.12)	5.5	(0.12)	6.5	(0.13)	7.1	(0.14)	8.1	(0.10)	8.5	(0.10)	8.4	(0.13)	8.6	(0.11)	8.6	(0.11)	1.0		(0.17)	0.5	!	(0.15)
With own children under 18	5.6	(0.13)	9.1	(0.15)	10.0	(0.16)	10.5	(0.16)	10.7	(0.11)	10.7	(0.11)	10.5	(0.14)	10.5	(0.12)	10.4	(0.12)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
One own child under 18	2.0	(0.08)	4.0	(0.10)	4.9	(0.12)	5.2	(0.12)	5.3	(0.08)	5.1	(0.08)	5.1	(0.10)	5.1	(0.09)	5.1	(0.09)	‡		(†)	-0.3	!	(0.12)
Two own children under 18	1.6	(0.07)	3.1	(0.09)	3.3	(0.10)	3.4	(0.10)	3.4	(0.07)	3.5	(0.07)	3.4	(0.08)	3.5	(0.07)	3.4	(0.07)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Three or more own children        under 18	2.0	(0.08)	2.1	(0.07)	1.8	(0.07)	1.9	(0.07)	1.9	(0.05)	2.0	(0.05)	2.0	(0.06)	1.9	(0.05)	1.9	(0.05)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)

†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.

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, Current Population Reports, Series P20, Household and Family Characteristics, 1994 and 1995; and Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, America’s Families and Living Arrangements (F table series), 2000 and 2010-2016. 2016 data retrieved May 15, 2017, from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/families/cps-2016.html. (This table was prepared May 2017.)