| 1990 |
| Total persons, 20 to 24 years old (in thousands) | 17,988 | 14,831 | 2,478 | 1,960 |
| Percent who are head of households | 25.8 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 23.6 |
| Total households headed by 20- to 24-year-olds (in thousands) | 4,639 | 3,840 | 636 | 462 |
| Percent of households by type | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Family households | 55.8 | 53.1 | 73.0 | 76.0 |
| Married-couple family households | 33.2 | 36.1 | 17.6 | 42.4 |
| Non-married-couple family households4 | 22.6 | 17.0 | 55.3 | 33.5 |
| Nonfamily households | 44.2 | 46.9 | 27.2 | 24.0 |
| Percent of family households by home-ownership | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Owner families | 21.3 | 25.0 | 7.3 | 8.0 |
| Renter families | 78.7 | 75.0 | 92.7 | 92.3 |
| Percent of family households by presence of own5 children |
| Any children under 18 | 60.5 | 55.2 | 87.3 | 64.7 |
| Children under 6 years | 57.9 | 53.0 | 83.0 | 63.0 |
| Children 6 to 11 years | 8.8 | 6.1 | 21.8 | 9.7 |
| 2000 |
| Total persons, 20 to 24 years old (in thousands) | 18,441 | 14,671 | 2,762 | 2,755 |
| Percent who are head of households | 26.8 | 26.4 | 29.5 | 26.0 |
| Total households headed by 20- to 24-year-olds (in thousands) | 4,946 | 3,879 | 815 | 715 |
| Percent of households by type | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Family households | 56.6 | 54.1 | 69.8 | 76.5 |
| Married-couple family households | 27.4 | 31.5 | 10.3 | 40.1 |
| Non-married-couple family households4 | 29.2 | 22.6 | 59.4 | 36.4 |
| Nonfamily households | 43.4 | 45.9 | 30.2 | 23.5 |
| Percent of family households by home-ownership | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Owner families | 28.4 | 33.4 | 11.4 | 21.9 |
| Renter families | 71.6 | 66.6 | 88.4 | 78.1 |
| Percent of family households by presence of own5 children |
| Any children under 18 | 63.7 | 60.7 | 77.9 | 68.7 |
| Children under 6 years | 60.2 | 58.0 | 71.4 | 66.4 |
| Children 6 to 11 years | 9.4 | 7.6 | 17.2 | 10.6 |
| 1Includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. |
| 2Includes Hispanics. |
| 3Hispanics may be of any race. |
| 4Includes single or unmarried-couple families. |
| 5“Own” children in a family are sons and daughters, including stepchildren and adopted children, of the householder. Excludes householders under 18 years, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, other related or unrelated children, subfamily reference persons, and their spouses. |
| NOTE: A household is defined as a person or group of persons who live in a housing unit. A family is defined as a group of two or more people (one of whom is the householder, the person in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented) living together and related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. |
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-20, Household and Family Characteristics, no. 447; Marital Status and Living Arrangements; and America's Families and Living Arrangements, 2001. |
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