Living Arrangements of Children Under 18 Years:  March 1995
(Numbers in thousands)
                                                           Age
                           Under 18  Under 1  1 and 2   3 to 5  Under 6  6 to 11 12 to 17
                              years     year    years    years    years    years    years

LIVING ARRANGEMENTS

          Total children     70,254    3,857    8,135   12,465   24,457   23,348   22,449
Living with:
     Two parents             48,276    2,729    5,518    8,493   16,740   16,359   15,177
     One parent              18,938      998    2,279    3,450    6,725    6,077    6,136
          Mother only        16,477      868    1,993    3,042    5,902    5,309    5,266
          Father only         2,461      130      286      408      823      768      870
     Other relative(s)        2,352      114      270      412      798      719      833
     Nonrelative(s) only        688       16       68      110      194      193      303

          Grandchildren 1/    3,965      452      856      836    2,145    1,078      742
Percent of total children       5.6      0.6      1.2      1.2      3.1      1.5      1.1
     With both parents pres     427       62      117       97      277      109       41
     With mother only prese   1,876      310      514      403    1,227      424      224
     With father only prese     195        3       47       44       94       65       36
     With neither parent pr   1,466       77      178      292      547      479      303

MARITAL STATUS OF PARENT

Living with mother only      16,477      868    1,993    3,042    5,902    5,309    5,266
     Married, spouse absent   3,901      137      370      720    1,227    1,283    1,392
          Separated           3,290       98      301      617    1,015    1,102    1,173
     Widowed                    695        5       22       75      102      206      387
     Divorced                 6,019       96      326      823    1,245    2,190    2,583
     Never married            5,862      629    1,274    1,424    3,328    1,630      904

Living with father only       2,461      130      286      408      823      768      870
     Married, spouse absent     447       16       27       69      113      141      193
          Separated             331       11       21       60       91      108      132
     Widowed                    135        5        5        7       16       38       81
     Divorced                 1,182       22       53      132      207      430      546
     Never married              696       87      201      200      487      159       50


1/  Grandchildren are only those living in the grandparent's home.  Excludes grandchildren with
grandparents living in the home of the child's parent(s).

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