U.S. Census Bureau

USA Statistics in Brief--Households and Housing

HOUSEHOLDS1 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Households (million) 104.7 109.3 111.3 112.0 113.1
One person households, percent of total 25.5 26.3 26.4 26.4 26.4
Persons per household 2.62 2.58 2.57 2.57 2.57
Families, total (million) 72.0 74.3 75.6 76.2 77.0
Families with children under 18 years (million) 34.6 35.7 36.0 35.9 36.5
  Percent one-parent 27.0 27.8 28.0 28.2 28.3
HOUSING1 AND CONSTRUCTION 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
Occupied housing units (million) 105.7 105.0 105.6 106.6 108.2
  Percent owner-occupied 67.4 67.9 68.3 69.0 68.9
Value of new construction, total (billion dollars) 835 877 927 1,035 1,144
  Residential buildings (billion dollars) 374 422 476 565 642
Housing starts (1,000) 1,569 1,705 1,848 1,956 2,068
New home sales (1,000) 877 973 1,086 1,203 1,283

\1 Beginning 2002, based on 2000 census population controls and an expanded sample.


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