Table 3.  Household Type by Age of Householder 55 Years and Over: March 2002                                                                                                       8
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|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|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total households 1/                  | 37,679|  100.0|  8,611|  100.0|  6,592|  100.0| 11,472|  100.0|  8,483|  100.0|  2,521|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Family households                    | 22,138|   58.8|  6,030|   70.0|  4,470|   67.8|  6,947|   60.6|  3,938|   46.4|    753|   29.9|
|Nonfamily households                 | 15,541|   41.2|  2,581|   30.0|  2,122|   32.2|  4,525|   39.4|  4,545|   53.6|  1,768|   70.1|
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1/ The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.