Table 4.1  Householders in Family Households by Size of Family Group, Family Type, Hispanic Origin and Race:  March 1998

           (Numbers in thousands.)



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|Family Households                           |              |        Hispanic Origin and Race 1/         |

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

|                                            |              |              |Non-Hispanic, |Non-Hispanic, |

|                                            |    Total     |   Hispanic   |    White     |    Other     |

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

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

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

|Total Families 2/     Total                 |70,880|  100.0| 6,961|  100.0|52,871|  100.0|11,048|  100.0|

|                      Two people            |30,282|   42.7| 1,748|   25.1|24,743|   46.8| 3,792|   34.3|

|                      Three people          |16,231|   22.9| 1,669|   24.0|11,720|   22.2| 2,841|   25.7|

|                      Four people           |14,633|   20.6| 1,678|   24.1|10,465|   19.8| 2,490|   22.5|

|                      Five people           | 6,555|    9.2| 1,108|   15.9| 4,295|    8.1| 1,152|   10.4|

|                      Six people            | 2,047|    2.9|   445|    6.4| 1,169|    2.2|   433|    3.9|

|                      Seven or more people  | 1,130|    1.6|   313|    4.5|   478|    0.9|   340|    3.1|

|Married couple 3/     Total                 |54,317|  100.0| 4,804|  100.0|43,423|  100.0| 6,091|  100.0|

|                      Two people            |22,042|   40.6|   974|   20.3|19,297|   44.4| 1,771|   29.1|

|                      Three people          |11,639|   21.4| 1,012|   21.1| 9,211|   21.2| 1,416|   23.2|

|                      Four people           |12,402|   22.8| 1,307|   27.2| 9,452|   21.8| 1,644|   27.0|

|                      Five people           | 5,633|   10.4|   891|   18.6| 3,968|    9.1|   774|   12.7|

|                      Six people            | 1,746|    3.2|   360|    7.5| 1,088|    2.5|   299|    4.9|

|                      Seven or more people  |   855|    1.6|   259|    5.4|   408|    0.9|   187|    3.1|

|Female householder,   Total                 |12,652|  100.0| 1,612|  100.0| 6,826|  100.0| 4,215|  100.0|

|no spouse present     Two people            | 6,016|   47.5|   546|   33.9| 3,847|   56.4| 1,623|   38.5|

|                      Three people          | 3,628|   28.7|   493|   30.6| 1,885|   27.6| 1,251|   29.7|

|                      Four people           | 1,777|   14.0|   283|   17.6|   740|   10.8|   754|   17.9|

|                      Five people           |   756|    6.0|   180|   11.2|   242|    3.6|   333|    7.9|

|                      Six people            |   239|    1.9|    65|    4.0|    59|    0.9|   114|    2.7|

|                      Seven or more people  |   237|    1.9|    45|    2.8|    52|    0.8|   140|    3.3|

|Male householder, no  Total                 | 3,911|  100.0|   545|  100.0| 2,622|  100.0|   743|  100.0|

|spouse present        Two people            | 2,225|   56.9|   227|   41.6| 1,600|   61.0|   398|   53.6|

|                      Three people          |   964|   24.6|   165|   30.2|   625|   23.8|   174|   23.5|

|                      Four people           |   454|   11.6|    88|   16.1|   273|   10.4|    93|   12.5|

|                      Five people           |   167|    4.3|    37|    6.7|    85|    3.3|    45|    6.0|

|                      Six people            |    63|    1.6|    20|    3.7|    22|    0.8|    20|    2.7|

|                      Seven or more people  |    39|    1.0|     9|    1.6|    17|    0.6|    13|    1.8|

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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or 

   other Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

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

3/ In married-couple families, Hispanic origin and race refer to the householder.



SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1998, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, 

        Population Division.

Internet Release Date: March 8, 2000