Table B. Families by Type, Race and Hispanic Origin /1, and Selected Characteristics: 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release Date: December 11, 1998 Numbers are in thousands, except averages and medians ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | Other families | | |--------------------------------------------- | | | | Male | | Married couple families | Female householder | householder | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | All | All | All | All Characteristics | families | races White Black Hispanic | races White Black Hispanic | races ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All families 70,880 54,317 48,066 3,921 4,804 12,652 8,308 3,926 1,612 3,911 Size of family /2 2 people 30,282 22,042 20,228 1,196 974 6,016 4,337 1,505 546 2,225 3 people 16,231 11,639 10,190 869 1,012 3,628 2,341 1,179 493 964 4 people 14,633 12,402 10,715 1,030 1,307 1,777 1,004 699 283 454 5 people 6,555 5,633 4,829 535 891 756 417 303 180 167 6 people 2,047 1,746 1,440 186 360 239 117 117 65 63 7 or more people 1,130 855 663 105 259 237 92 122 45 39 Average size 3.18 3.24 3.18 3.58 4.10 3.04 2.89 3.32 3.52 2.86 Own children under 18 Without own children under 18 36,120 29,048 26,156 1,865 1,683 4,960 3,396 1,357 491 2,113 With own children under 18 34,760 25,269 21,910 2,055 3,121 7,693 4,912 2,569 1,121 1,798 One own child under 18 14,363 9,507 8,231 723 1,001 3,739 2,539 1,104 445 1,117 Two own children under 18 13,122 10,241 8,913 830 1,174 2,425 1,498 865 384 456 Three or more own children under 18 7,275 5,521 4,766 502 946 1,529 875 600 292 225 Total own children under 18 64,323 47,931 41,265 3,996 6,834 13,656 8,438 4,751 2,349 2,736 Average per family with own children under 18 1.85 1.90 1.88 1.94 2.19 1.78 1.72 1.85 2.10 1.52 Age of own children /3 Of any age 44,979 31,288 27,057 2,586 3,680 11,175 7,353 3,486 1,434 2,516 Under 25 years 40,006 28,871 25,057 2,323 3,434 9,026 5,799 2,955 1,294 2,110 Under 18 years 34,760 25,269 21,910 2,055 3,121 7,693 4,912 2,569 1,121 1,798 Under 12 years 26,030 19,279 16,739 1,549 2,611 5,513 3,433 1,935 866 1,238 Under 6 years 15,532 11,773 10,278 880 1,747 3,000 1,811 1,108 511 759 Under 3 years 8,927 7,053 6,205 507 1,023 1,428 883 498 272 446 Under 1 year 3,160 2,527 2,240 163 361 435 245 174 67 198 Six to 17 years 26,298 18,927 16,360 1,609 2,314 6,137 3,882 2,086 870 1,234 Members 65 and older Without members 65 and older 57,338 43,542 38,316 3,275 4,229 10,566 6,719 3,490 1,421 3,230 With members 65 and older 13,542 10,775 9,750 646 575 2,086 1,589 436 191 681 Family without own children under 18 12,873 10,252 9,371 598 504 1,975 1,525 401 164 648 Family with own children under 18 669 524 379 47 71 112 65 35 26 33 Householder's age Under 25 years 3,019 1,373 1,221 111 300 1,095 612 429 180 551 25 to 34 years 13,639 9,886 8,557 858 1,345 2,887 1,725 1,085 435 866 35 to 44 years 18,872 14,180 12,382 1,066 1,427 3,637 2,371 1,146 461 1,055 45 to 54 years 14,694 11,734 10,324 884 812 2,260 1,551 607 284 701 55 to 64 years 9,387 7,936 7,125 485 507 1,099 748 314 135 352 65 to 74 years 6,989 5,841 5,338 369 282 938 710 214 78 210 75 years and over 4,282 3,368 3,118 149 130 738 591 132 39 176 Median age 45.0 46.4 46.7 44.3 40.2 41.4 42.8 38.4 39.0 40.4 Householder's marital status Married, spouse present 54,317 54,317 48,066 3,921 4,804 (X) (X) (X) (X) (X) Married, spouse absent 2,506 (X) (X) (X) (X) 1,977 1,269 617 399 529 Separated 1,905 (X) (X) (X) (X) 1,586 1,032 502 317 319 Other 601 (X) (X) (X) (X) 392 236 116 82 209 Widowed 2,698 (X) (X) (X) (X) 2,325 1,767 493 200 373 Divorced 5,910 (X) (X) (X) (X) 4,518 3,486 914 457 1,391 Never married 5,449 (X) (X) (X) (X) 3,831 1,787 1,901 557 1,618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. 2 Note that "size of family" and "size of household" are different. Household members include all persons living in the household, whereas family members include only the householder and his/her relatives. 3 Age categories are not mutually exclusive. (X) Not Applicable Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact: Fertility and Family Branch 301-457-2465