Table 6.1  Family Type by Size, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder:  March 2000
           (Numbers in thousands.  Numbers reweighted to population controls consistent with Census 2000)

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|Family type and size                        |              |        Hispanic origin and race 1/         |
|                                            |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                            |              |              |Non-Hispanic, |Non-Hispanic, |
|                                            |    Total     |   Hispanic   |    White     |    Other     |
|                                            |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                            |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Families 2/           Total                 |73,201|  100.0| 7,788|  100.0|53,690|  100.0|11,724|  100.0|
|                      Two people            |32,094|   43.8| 1,895|   24.3|25,953|   48.3| 4,246|   36.2|
|                      Three people          |16,294|   22.3| 1,797|   23.1|11,367|   21.2| 3,130|   26.7|
|                      Four people           |14,667|   20.0| 1,885|   24.2|10,485|   19.5| 2,298|   19.6|
|                      Five people           | 6,607|    9.0| 1,212|   15.6| 4,220|    7.9| 1,175|   10.0|
|                      Six people            | 2,264|    3.1|   541|    6.9| 1,183|    2.2|   540|    4.6|
|                      Seven or more people  | 1,274|    1.7|   458|    5.9|   481|    0.9|   335|    2.9|
|Married-couple        Total                 |56,285|  100.0| 5,273|  100.0|44,439|  100.0| 6,574|  100.0|
|families 3/           Two people            |23,671|   42.1| 1,009|   19.1|20,623|   46.4| 2,039|   31.0|
|                      Three people          |11,395|   20.2| 1,076|   20.4| 8,779|   19.8| 1,540|   23.4|
|                      Four people           |12,600|   22.4| 1,430|   27.1| 9,610|   21.6| 1,561|   23.7|
|                      Five people           | 5,688|   10.1|   972|   18.4| 3,918|    8.8|   798|   12.1|
|                      Six people            | 1,897|    3.4|   424|    8.0| 1,070|    2.4|   403|    6.1|
|                      Seven or more people  | 1,034|    1.8|   362|    6.9|   438|    1.0|   233|    3.5|
|Male householder, no  Total                 | 4,098|  100.0|   688|  100.0| 2,481|  100.0|   929|  100.0|
|spouse present        Two people            | 2,392|   58.4|   287|   41.7| 1,570|   63.3|   536|   57.7|
|                      Three people          |   975|   23.8|   182|   26.5|   597|   24.1|   196|   21.1|
|                      Four people           |   441|   10.8|   113|   16.5|   216|    8.7|   112|   12.0|
|                      Five people           |   159|    3.9|    48|    7.0|    55|    2.2|    55|    6.0|
|                      Six people            |    85|    2.1|    33|    4.7|    33|    1.3|    19|    2.1|
|                      Seven or more people  |    46|    1.1|    25|    3.6|    10|    0.4|    11|    1.2|
|Female householder,   Total                 |12,818|  100.0| 1,827|  100.0| 6,770|  100.0| 4,221|  100.0|
|no spouse present     Two people            | 6,030|   47.0|   599|   32.8| 3,760|   55.5| 1,671|   39.6|
|                      Three people          | 3,924|   30.6|   539|   29.5| 1,991|   29.4| 1,394|   33.0|
|                      Four people           | 1,626|   12.7|   342|   18.7|   659|    9.7|   625|   14.8|
|                      Five people           |   760|    5.9|   192|   10.5|   246|    3.6|   322|    7.6|
|                      Six people            |   282|    2.2|    84|    4.6|    80|    1.2|   118|    2.8|
|                      Seven or more people  |   195|    1.5|    71|    3.9|    33|    0.5|    91|    2.1|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South 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 2000, Ethnic and Hispanic Statistics Branch, Population Division.