The Hispanic Population in the United States: March 2004

Table 5.2 Family Type by Size, and by Hispanic Origin Type of Householder: 2004

(Numbers in thousands)

Family type and size		Total Hispanic		Hispanic origin type 1/
		Total Hispanic		Mexican		Puerto Rican		Cuban		Central American		South American		Other Hispanic 2/
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Families 3/	Total	9,272	100.0	5,856	100.0	985	100.0	437	100.0	739	100.0	531	100.0	725	100.0
	Two people	2,511	27.1	1,380	23.6	358	36.4	155	35.6	198	26.8	158	29.7	261	36.0
	Three people	2,056	22.2	1,203	20.6	235	23.8	111	25.4	181	24.5	140	26.3	186	25.6
	Four people	2,276	24.5	1,463	25.0	213	21.7	120	27.6	175	23.6	144	27.2	160	22.1
	Five or more people	2,429	26.2	1,809	30.9	178	18.1	50	11.4	185	25.0	89	16.8	118	16.2
Married-couple families 4/	Total	6,227	100.0	4,077	100.0	562	100.0	338	100.0	465	100.0	363	100.0	421	100.0
	Two people	1,353	21.7	737	18.1	183	32.6	111	32.8	89	19.2	93	25.6	140	33.2
	Three people	1,193	19.2	738	18.1	114	20.3	71	20.9	90	19.3	76	21.0	104	24.8
	Four people	1,741	28.0	1,121	27.5	140	25.0	110	32.6	142	30.6	122	33.5	105	25.0
	Five or more people	1,940	31.2	1,482	36.3	124	22.1	46	13.7	144	30.9	72	19.9	72	17.0
Male householder, no spouse present	Total	908	100.0	590	100.0	81	100.0	39	100.0	89	100.0	44	100.0	64	100.0
	Two people	371	40.9	220	37.2	40	49.4	20	52.7	44	48.8	18	41.0	29	45.7
	Three people	246	27.1	143	24.3	23	28.8	16	41.2	27	30.4	21	48.3	15	23.8
	Four people	164	18.1	131	22.2	14	16.8	2	6.1	9	10.3	3	5.8	5	8.4
	Five or more people	126	13.9	97	16.4	4	5.0	-	-	9	10.5	2	4.9	14	22.1
Female householder, no spouse present	Total	2,138	100.0	1,188	100.0	341	100.0	59	100.0	185	100.0	125	100.0	240	100.0
	Two people	788	36.9	424	35.7	135	39.5	24	40.4	66	35.5	47	37.9	92	38.5
	Three people	616	28.8	322	27.1	97	28.5	24	40.6	64	34.8	43	34.1	66	27.6
	Four people	370	17.3	211	17.7	59	17.3	8	12.8	23	12.4	20	16.1	50	20.7
	Five or more people	363	17.0	231	19.4	50	14.7	4	6.2	32	17.2	15	11.9	32	13.3

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

Hispanic/Latino, regardless of race.

2/ This category includes Dominicans.

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

4/ 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.