Table 3.  Householders Age 55 Years and Over in Family Households by Family Type and Age: March 1999

          (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Family Households                               |               |                              Age of Householder                               |

|                                                |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |

|                                                |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |

|                                                |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|

|                                                |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|

|------------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|

|Total Families 1/                               | 21,132|  100.0|  5,329|  100.0|  4,305|  100.0|  7,051|  100.0|  3,791|  100.0|    655|  100.0|

|Married couple                                  | 17,618|   83.4|  4,401|   82.6|  3,690|   85.7|  5,975|   84.7|  3,120|   82.3|    432|   65.9|

|Female householder, no spouse present           |  2,715|   12.8|    681|   12.8|    441|   10.3|    868|   12.3|    545|   14.4|    180|   27.5|

|Male householder, no spouse present             |    799|    3.8|    247|    4.6|    174|    4.0|    208|    3.0|    126|    3.3|     43|    6.6|

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1/ The data in this table does not include families in group quarters.

SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.

Internet Release date:  November 1, 2000