EMBARGOED UNTIL: MAY 3, 1996 (FRIDAY) Public Information Office CB96-73 301-457-3030 301-457-4067 (TDD) Gregory Spencer 301-457-2428 HOUSEHOLD GROWTH PROJECTED TO SLOW IN NEXT 15 YEARS, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS EMBARGOED UNTIL: MAY 3, 1996 (FRIDAY) The rate of growth in the number of households between 1995 and 2010 is expected to be slower than it has been in several decades, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said in a new report released today. According to the report, "Projections of the Number of Households and Families in the United States: 1995 to 2010" (P25-1129), the slow growth of households is due to slower population growth and fewer people who are at the prime ages for creating new households. The report points out that even though the household growth rate is projected to slow in the coming years, the number of households is expected to increase from 98 million in 1995 to 103 million by 2000, and 115 million by 2010. Other findings include: - The number of family households is projected to increase by 15 percent between 1995 and 2010 adding more than half the growth of total households. - Currently, 52 percent of American families have no children under age 18 living at home. By 2010, however, this proportion could increase to 59 percent as the number of families with no children under 18 grows from 36 million to 46 million. - The number of married couples with no children under 18 at home is expected to grow by 7 million between 1995 and 2010, with all of the growth occurring in the 45 and over age groups which consist of aging, "empty-nest" baby boomers. - The proportion of the nation's households that are maintained by a person living alone is expected to increase slowly from 25 to 27 percent between 1995 and 2010.-X-Editor's note: media representatives may obtain a copy of the report from the Census Bureau's Public Information Office on 301-457-3030; fax: 301-457-3670; or e-mail: pio@census.gov. Other orders should be directed to the bureau's FastFax on 1-900-555-2Fax (there is a nominal fee); Customer Services Office on 301-763-INFO(4636) or fax: 301-457-3842.
