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| Table 102.10. | Number and percentage distribution of family households, by family structure and presence of own children under 18: Selected years, 1970 through 2018 |
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| Family structure and presence of own children | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | Change, 2000 to 2010 |
Change, 2010 to 2018 |
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| 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) | 81,716 | (267.6) | 82,184 | (268.0) | 82,827 | (268.6) | 83,088 | (268.8) | 9.5 | (0.58) | 5.4 | (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) | 60,010 | (243.1) | 60,251 | (243.5) | 60,804 | (244.2) | 61,241 | (244.8) | 5.6 | (0.68) | 4.8 | (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) | 35,970 | (199.4) | 36,480 | (200.6) | 37,153 | (202.1) | 37,430 | (202.7) | 12.6 | (1.04) | 10.6 | (0.83) | ||
| 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) | 24,040 | (167.3) | 23,772 | (166.5) | 23,651 | (166.1) | 23,812 | (166.6) | -2.7 | ! | (1.02) | -3.1 | (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) | 9,163 | (106.6) | 9,131 | (106.4) | 9,206 | (106.8) | 9,205 | (106.8) | ‡ | (†) | -3.8 | ! | (1.49) | |
| 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) | 9,662 | (109.3) | 9,581 | (108.9) | 9,492 | (108.4) | 9,397 | (107.9) | -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) | 5,215 | (81.0) | 5,061 | (79.8) | 4,954 | (79.0) | 5,209 | (81.0) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| 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) | 6,162 | (87.9) | 6,310 | (88.9) | 6,452 | (89.9) | 6,424 | (89.7) | 38.5 | (3.63) | 15.1 | (2.24) | ||
| Without own children under 18 | 887 | (37.6) | 1,117 | (42.2) | 1,731 | (57.4) | 2,242 | (67.7) | 3,356 | (59.0) | 3,774 | (69.1) | 3,838 | (69.7) | 4,057 | (71.6) | 3,939 | (70.6) | 49.7 | (5.23) | 17.4 | (2.95) | ||
| With own children under 18 | 341 | (23.3) | 616 | (31.3) | 1,153 | (46.9) | 1,786 | (60.5) | 2,224 | (48.2) | 2,388 | (55.1) | 2,472 | (56.1) | 2,395 | (55.2) | 2,484 | (56.2) | 24.5 | (5.01) | 11.7 | (3.50) | ||
| One own child under 18 | 179 | (16.9) | 374 | (24.4) | 723 | (37.2) | 1,131 | (48.2) | 1,375 | (37.9) | 1,433 | (42.8) | 1,487 | (43.6) | 1,403 | (42.3) | 1,339 | (41.4) | 21.6 | (6.17) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Two own children under 18 | 87 | (11.8) | 165 | (16.2) | 307 | (24.2) | 483 | (31.6) | 576 | (24.6) | 653 | (28.9) | 663 | (29.2) | 690 | (29.7) | 811 | (32.2) | 19.3 | ! | (9.31) | 40.8 | (8.21) | |
| Three or more own children under 18 |
75 | (10.9) | 77 | (11.1) | 123 | (15.3) | 171 | (18.8) | 273 | (16.9) | 302 | (19.7) | 322 | (20.3) | 302 | (19.7) | 335 | (20.7) | 59.6 | ! | (20.15) | 22.7 | ! | (10.75) |
| 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) | 15,544 | (137.0) | 15,622 | (137.3) | 15,572 | (137.1) | 15,423 | (136.5) | 17.0 | (1.73) | 3.9 | ! | (1.25) | |
| 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) | 6,993 | (93.5) | 7,097 | (94.2) | 7,326 | (95.6) | 7,267 | (95.3) | 25.6 | (2.96) | 13.1 | (2.06) | ||
| 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) | 8,551 | (103.1) | 8,525 | (102.9) | 8,246 | (101.3) | 8,156 | (100.7) | 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) | 4,192 | (72.8) | 4,173 | (72.6) | 4,119 | (72.2) | 4,032 | (71.4) | 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) | 2,844 | (60.1) | 2,794 | (59.6) | 2,620 | (57.7) | 2,534 | (56.8) | 10.4 | ! | (3.85) | -6.6 | ! | (2.78) |
| 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) | 1,515 | (44.0) | 1,557 | (44.6) | 1,508 | (43.9) | 1,590 | (45.1) | 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) | 73.4 | (0.18) | 73.3 | (0.17) | 73.4 | (0.17) | 73.7 | (0.17) | -2.7 | (0.28) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| 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) | 44.0 | (0.20) | 44.4 | (0.20) | 44.9 | (0.20) | 45.0 | (0.20) | 1.2 | (0.32) | 2.1 | (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) | 29.4 | (0.18) | 28.9 | (0.18) | 28.6 | (0.18) | 28.7 | (0.18) | -3.9 | (0.31) | -2.5 | (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) | 11.2 | (0.13) | 11.1 | (0.12) | 11.1 | (0.12) | 11.1 | (0.12) | -0.9 | (0.22) | -1.1 | (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) | 11.8 | (0.13) | 11.7 | (0.13) | 11.5 | (0.13) | 11.3 | (0.12) | -2.0 | (0.22) | -0.9 | (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) | 6.4 | (0.10) | 6.2 | (0.10) | 6.0 | (0.09) | 6.3 | (0.10) | -0.9 | (0.17) | -0.5 | (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) | 7.5 | (0.10) | 7.7 | (0.11) | 7.8 | (0.11) | 7.7 | (0.11) | 1.5 | (0.15) | 0.7 | (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) | 4.6 | (0.08) | 4.7 | (0.08) | 4.9 | (0.09) | 4.7 | (0.08) | 1.1 | (0.12) | 0.5 | (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) | 2.9 | (0.07) | 3.0 | (0.07) | 2.9 | (0.07) | 3.0 | (0.07) | 0.3 | ! | (0.10) | ‡ | (†) | |
| 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 | (0.05) | 1.7 | (0.05) | 1.6 | (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) | 0.8 | (0.04) | 0.8 | (0.04) | 0.8 | (0.04) | 1.0 | (0.04) | ‡ | (†) | 0.2 | (0.05) | ||
| 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 | (0.02) | 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) | 19.0 | (0.16) | 19.0 | (0.16) | 18.8 | (0.15) | 18.6 | (0.15) | 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) | 8.6 | (0.11) | 8.6 | (0.11) | 8.8 | (0.11) | 8.7 | (0.11) | 1.0 | (0.17) | 0.6 | (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) | 10.5 | (0.12) | 10.4 | (0.12) | 10.0 | (0.12) | 9.8 | (0.12) | ‡ | (†) | -0.9 | (0.16) | ||
| 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 | (0.09) | 5.1 | (0.09) | 5.0 | (0.09) | 4.9 | (0.08) | ‡ | (†) | -0.5 | (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 | (0.07) | 3.2 | (0.07) | 3.0 | (0.07) | ‡ | (†) | -0.4 | (0.09) | ||
| 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) | 1.9 | (0.05) | 1.9 | (0.05) | 1.8 | (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 2010-2018. 2018 data retrieved May 24, 2019, from https://www.census.gov/content/census/en/data/tables/2018/demo/families/cps-2018.html. (This table was prepared May 2019.) |