The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2004

Table 5.1 Family Type by Size, and by Hispanic Origin and Race of Householder: 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Family type and size		Total		Hispanic origin and race 1/
		Total		Hispanic		Non-Hispanic, White alone		Non-Hispanic, all Other
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Families 2/	Total	76,217	100.0	9,272	100.0	54,023	100.0	12,922	100.0
	Two people	34,091	44.7	2,511	27.1	26,777	49.6	4,802	37.2
	Three people	16,747	22.0	2,056	22.2	11,259	20.8	3,433	26.6
	Four people	15,243	20.0	2,276	24.5	10,295	19.1	2,672	20.7
	Five or more people	10,136	13.3	2,429	26.2	5,692	10.5	2,015	15.6
Married-couple families 3/	Total	57,719	100.0	6,227	100.0	44,197	100.0	7,296	100.0
	Two people	24,974	43.3	1,353	21.7	21,223	48.0	2,399	32.9
	Three people	11,407	19.8	1,193	19.2	8,458	19.1	1,757	24.1
	Four people	12,806	22.2	1,741	28.0	9,278	21.0	1,787	24.5
	Five or more people	8,531	14.8	1,940	31.2	5,238	11.9	1,354	18.6
Male householder, no spouse present	Total	4,716	100.0	908	100.0	2,711	100.0	1,098	100.0
	Two people	2,591	54.9	371	40.9	1,654	61.0	566	51.5
	Three people	1,270	26.9	246	27.1	724	26.7	300	27.3
	Four people	553	11.7	164	18.1	245	9.0	144	13.1
	Five or more people	303	6.4	126	13.9	89	3.3	88	8.0
Female householder, no spouse present	Total	13,781	100.0	2,138	100.0	7,115	100.0	4,529	100.0
	Two people	6,526	47.4	788	36.9	3,900	54.8	1,838	40.6
	Three people	4,070	29.5	616	28.8	2,077	29.2	1,376	30.4
	Four people	1,884	13.7	370	17.3	772	10.9	741	16.4
	Five or more people	1,302	9.4	363	17.0	365	5.1	573	12.7

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, Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2004, Ethnicity and Ancestry Statistics Branch, Population Division.