Table 11-2A. Household Size by Nativity and Parentage of the Householder: 1997 (Last revised, 4/8/99:A:table11-2A) (Numbers in thousands. Data are for civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Native householders | | | |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | Mixed parentage | Foreign parentage | Foreign-born householders | | | | |--------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------| | | | | | | | | Parents born in - | | Parents born in - | | | | | | | | |---------------------| |---------------------| Household size and | Total | | Native | | Father | Mother | | Same | Different | | Same | Different | Foreign population in households | householders | Total | parentage | Total | foreign born | foreign born | Total | country | countries | Total | country | countries | stock ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSEHOLD SIZE Number: Total.................... 101,018 90,585 80,758 5,274 2,880 2,394 4,553 3,714 839 10,433 9,725 708 20,259 1 member...................... 25,402 23,436 20,250 1,471 879 592 1,715 1,405 310 1,966 1,777 190 5,152 2 members..................... 32,736 30,247 26,532 1,939 1,092 847 1,776 1,416 360 2,489 2,269 220 6,204 3 members..................... 17,065 15,237 13,955 779 400 379 503 431 73 1,828 1,727 101 3,110 4 members..................... 15,396 13,401 12,385 687 322 365 329 270 59 1,995 1,892 103 3,012 5 members..................... 6,774 5,642 5,227 266 133 133 149 126 23 1,132 1,069 62 1,547 6 members..................... 2,311 1,728 1,595 80 28 52 52 44 8 583 571 12 715 7 or more members............. 1,334 894 815 52 27 25 28 22 5 439 419 20 519 Percent distribution: Total.................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1 member...................... 25.1 25.9 25.1 27.9 30.5 24.7 37.7 37.8 36.9 18.8 18.3 26.8 25.4 2 members..................... 32.4 33.4 32.9 36.8 37.9 35.4 39.0 38.1 42.9 23.9 23.3 31.1 30.6 3 members..................... 16.9 16.8 17.3 14.8 13.9 15.8 11.1 11.6 8.7 17.5 17.8 14.2 15.4 4 members..................... 15.2 14.8 15.3 13.0 11.2 15.3 7.2 7.3 7.1 19.1 19.5 14.5 14.9 5 members..................... 6.7 6.2 6.5 5.0 4.6 5.6 3.3 3.4 2.8 10.8 11.0 8.8 7.6 6 members..................... 2.3 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 5.6 5.9 1.7 3.5 7 or more members............. 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 4.2 4.3 2.9 2.6 POPULATION IN HOUSEHOLDS Total.................... 266,682 232,050 209,507 12,885 6,726 6,159 9,658 7,942 1,716 34,632 32,679 1,953 57,175 Native................ 240,953 229,197 207,676 12,360 6,469 5,891 9,161 7,521 1,640 11,756 11,066 690 33,277 Foreign born.......... 25,729 2,853 1,831 525 257 268 497 421 76 22,876 21,613 1,263 23,899 Under 18 years................ 71,223 60,430 56,310 2,747 1,262 1,484 1,374 1,132 242 10,793 10,316 477 14,913 Native................ 68,605 60,230 56,194 2,681 1,229 1,451 1,356 1,113 242 8,375 8,003 371 12,411 Foreign born.......... 2,618 200 115 66 33 33 18 18 - 2,418 2,312 106 2,502 18 years and over............. 195,459 171,620 153,197 10,138 5,463 4,675 8,284 6,810 1,474 23,840 22,364 1,476 42,262 Native................ 172,348 168,966 151,482 9,680 5,239 4,440 7,805 6,407 1,398 3,381 3,063 318 20,866 Foreign born.......... 23,112 2,653 1,715 458 224 235 479 403 76 20,459 19,301 1,158 21,396 Average household size........ 2.64 2.56 2.59 2.44 2.34 2.57 2.12 2.14 2.04 3.32 3.36 2.77 2.83 Under 18 years.............. 0.71 0.67 0.70 0.52 0.44 0.62 0.30 0.30 0.29 1.03 1.06 0.67 0.74 18 years and over........... 1.94 1.90 1.90 1.92 1.90 1.95 1.82 1.83 1.76 2.29 2.30 2.09 2.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero or rounds to zero. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, March 1997 Current Population Survey. Internet Release date: October 15, 1999