Table 6.  Family Type by Size and Age of Householder:  March 2000

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  June 1, 2001

           (Numbers in thousands)
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|Family type and size                        |              |     Age of Householder      |
|                                            |              |-----------------------------|
|                                            |              |              | 65 years and |
|                                            |    Total     |Under 65 years|     over     |
|                                            |--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                            |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|--------------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total 1/              Total                 |72,025|  100.0|60,437|  100.0|11,588|  100.0|
|                      Two people            |31,455|   43.7|21,928|   36.3| 9,527|   82.2|
|                      Three people          |16,073|   22.3|14,765|   24.4| 1,309|   11.3|
|                      Four people           |14,496|   20.1|14,090|   23.3|   406|    3.5|
|                      Five people           | 6,526|    9.1| 6,337|   10.5|   189|    1.6|
|                      Six people            | 2,226|    3.1| 2,152|    3.6|    74|    0.6|
|                      Seven or more people  | 1,249|    1.7| 1,166|    1.9|    82|    0.7|
|Married-couple        Total                 |55,311|  100.0|45,874|  100.0| 9,437|  100.0|
|families              Two people            |23,131|   41.8|15,062|   32.8| 8,068|   85.5|
|                      Three people          |11,217|   20.3|10,308|   22.5|   909|    9.6|
|                      Four people           |12,462|   22.5|12,194|   26.6|   267|    2.8|
|                      Five people           | 5,623|   10.2| 5,522|   12.0|   101|    1.1|
|                      Six people            | 1,866|    3.4| 1,824|    4.0|    42|    0.4|
|                      Seven or more people  | 1,012|    1.8|   963|    2.1|    49|    0.5|
|Male householder, no  Total                 | 4,028|  100.0| 3,612|  100.0|   416|  100.0|
|spouse present        Two people            | 2,360|   58.6| 2,104|   58.3|   256|   61.5|
|                      Three people          |   957|   23.8|   879|   24.3|    78|   18.6|
|                      Four people           |   431|   10.7|   391|   10.8|    40|    9.6|
|                      Five people           |   154|    3.8|   138|    3.8|    16|    3.9|
|                      Six people            |    82|    2.0|    70|    1.9|    12|    3.0|
|                      Seven or more people  |    44|    1.1|    30|    0.8|    14|    3.4|
|Female householder,   Total                 |12,687|  100.0|10,952|  100.0| 1,735|  100.0|
|no spouse present     Two people            | 5,965|   47.0| 4,761|   43.5| 1,203|   69.4|
|                      Three people          | 3,899|   30.7| 3,578|   32.7|   322|   18.5|
|                      Four people           | 1,604|   12.6| 1,504|   13.7|    99|    5.7|
|                      Five people           |   749|    5.9|   677|    6.2|    72|    4.1|
|                      Six people            |   278|    2.2|   258|    2.4|    20|    1.2|
|                      Seven or more people  |   193|    1.5|   174|    1.6|    19|    1.1|
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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 2000, Special Populations 
Branch, Population Division.