Table 4.  Family and Nonfamily Household Type by Age of Householder 55 Years and Over:  March 2000



Source:  U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release date:  June 1, 2001



           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Family and nonfamily household type  |               |                              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|

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

|Family households 1,2/               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                              | 21,157|  100.0|  5,257|  100.0|  4,311|  100.0|  7,025|  100.0|  3,824|  100.0|    738|  100.0|

|  Married-couple families            | 17,575|   83.1|  4,460|   84.8|  3,679|   85.3|  5,929|   84.4|  3,016|   78.9|    493|   66.7|

|  Male householder                   |    767|    3.6|    193|    3.7|    158|    3.7|    203|    2.9|    166|    4.4|     47|    6.3|

|  Female householder                 |  2,815|   13.3|    605|   11.5|    475|   11.0|    894|   12.7|    642|   16.8|    199|   27.0|

|Nonfamily households                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |

|  Total                              | 14,180|  100.0|  2,137|  100.0|  1,886|  100.0|  4,300|  100.0|  4,293|  100.0|  1,563|  100.0|

|  Male householder                   |  4,063|   28.7|    865|   40.5|    667|   35.4|  1,221|   28.4|    986|   23.0|    323|   20.7|

|  Female householder                 | 10,117|   71.3|  1,272|   59.5|  1,219|   64.6|  3,079|   71.6|  3,308|   77.0|  1,240|   79.3|

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1/ In family households, female and male householders are with no spouse present.

2/  The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.