Table 4. Householders Age 55 Years and Over in Family Households by Size of Family Group, Family Type, and Age: March 1999 (Numbers in thousands.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 21,132| 100.0| 5,329| 100.0| 4,305| 100.0| 7,051| 100.0| 3,791| 100.0| 655| 100.0| | Two people | 15,872| 75.1| 3,292| 61.8| 3,116| 72.4| 5,632| 79.9| 3,290| 86.8| 543| 82.8| | Three people | 3,223| 15.3| 1,161| 21.8| 762| 17.7| 865| 12.3| 357| 9.4| 77| 11.8| | Four people | 1,165| 5.5| 532| 10.0| 224| 5.2| 325| 4.6| 58| 1.5| 26| 4.0| | Five people | 515| 2.4| 203| 3.8| 129| 3.0| 134| 1.9| 42| 1.1| 7| 1.0| | Six people | 172| 0.8| 65| 1.2| 42| 1.0| 39| 0.6| 26| 0.7| -| -| | Seven or more people | 184| 0.9| 76| 1.4| 32| 0.7| 55| 0.8| 18| 0.5| 3| 0.4| |Married couple | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 17,618| 100.0| 4,401| 100.0| 3,690| 100.0| 5,975| 100.0| 3,120| 100.0| 432| 100.0| | Two people | 13,484| 76.5| 2,682| 60.9| 2,716| 73.6| 4,909| 82.2| 2,790| 89.4| 386| 89.4| | Three people | 2,618| 14.9| 989| 22.5| 657| 17.8| 689| 11.5| 248| 8.0| 35| 8.1| | Four people | 919| 5.2| 465| 10.6| 180| 4.9| 231| 3.9| 35| 1.1| 9| 2.0| | Five people | 364| 2.1| 166| 3.8| 84| 2.3| 88| 1.5| 24| 0.8| 2| 0.5| | Six people | 101| 0.6| 42| 1.0| 27| 0.7| 22| 0.4| 10| 0.3| -| -| | Seven or more people | 132| 0.7| 57| 1.3| 27| 0.7| 36| 0.6| 12| 0.4| -| -| |Female householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 2,715| 100.0| 681| 100.0| 441| 100.0| 868| 100.0| 545| 100.0| 180| 100.0| | Two people | 1,838| 67.7| 439| 64.4| 268| 60.6| 596| 68.6| 406| 74.6| 130| 71.9| | Three people | 490| 18.1| 132| 19.4| 83| 18.8| 141| 16.3| 97| 17.8| 37| 20.5| | Four people | 178| 6.5| 40| 5.9| 38| 8.5| 75| 8.6| 16| 2.9| 10| 5.5| | Five people | 115| 4.2| 31| 4.5| 35| 8.0| 32| 3.6| 13| 2.5| 4| 2.0| | Six people | 56| 2.1| 23| 3.3| 12| 2.8| 12| 1.4| 9| 1.7| -| -| | Seven or more people | 38| 1.4| 17| 2.4| 6| 1.3| 13| 1.5| 3| 0.6| -| -| |Male householder, no spouse present | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total | 799| 100.0| 247| 100.0| 174| 100.0| 208| 100.0| 126| 100.0| 43| 100.0| | Two people | 550| 68.9| 171| 69.2| 132| 76.0| 127| 61.1| 93| 73.4| 27| 62.6| | Three people | 115| 14.4| 40| 16.0| 23| 13.1| 35| 16.8| 13| 10.0| 5| 11.9| | Four people | 69| 8.6| 27| 10.9| 7| 3.8| 20| 9.5| 8| 6.2| 8| 17.5| | Five people | 36| 4.6| 7| 2.7| 10| 5.7| 15| 7.1| 4| 3.3| 1| 2.1| | Six people | 15| 1.8| 0| 0.1| 2| 1.4| 5| 2.6| 6| 5.1| -| -| | Seven or more people | 14| 1.7| 3| 1.1| -| -| 6| 2.9| 2| 1.9| 3| 5.9| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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