CH-1. Living Arrangements of Children Under 18 Years Old: 1960 to Present Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet release date: January 7, 1999 (Numbers in thousands. Excludes householders, subfamily reference persons, and their spouses. Also excludes inmates of institutions. Based on Current Population Survey (CPS) unless otherwise indicated) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Living with | | | | | One parent | | Total | | |-----------------| | children | | | | | | Non- Year under | Two | | Mother | Father | Other | relatives 18 yrs. | parents | Total | only | only | relatives | only ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 71,377 48,642 19,777 16,634 3,143 2,126 833 1997 70,983 48,386 19,799 16,740 3,059 1,983 815 1996 70,908 48,224 19,752 16,993 2,759 2,137 795 1995 70,254 48,276 18,938 16,477 2,461 2,352 688 1994 69,508 48,084 18,591 16,334 2,257 2,150 684 1993 66,893 47,181 17,872 15,586 2,286 1,442 398 1992 65,965 46,638 17,578 15,396 2,182 1,334 415 1991 65,093 46,658 16,624 14,608 2,016 1,428 383 1990 64,137 46,503 15,867 13,874 1,993 1,421 346 1989 63,637 46,549 15,493 13,700 1,793 1,341 254 1988 63,179 45,942 15,329 13,521 1,808 1,516 392 1987 62,932 46,009 15,071 13,420 1,651 1,484 368 1986 62,763 46,384 14,759 13,180 1,579 1,348 272 1985 62,475 46,149 14,635 13,081 1,554 1,339 352 1984 62,139 46,555 14,024 12,646 1,378 1,227 333 1983* 62,281 46,632 14,006 12,739 1,267 1,349 294 1982* 62,407 46,797 13,701 12,512 1,189 1,557 352 1981 62,918 48,040 12,619 11,416 1,203 1,911 348 1980r 63,427 48,624 12,466 11,406 1,060 1,949 388 1980 61,744 47,286 12,162 11,131 1,031 1,912 384 1979 62,389 48,295 11,528 10,531 997 2,143 423 1978 63,206 49,132 11,710 10,725 985 1,941 423 1977 64,062 50,735 11,311 10,419 892 1,626 390 1976 65,129 52,101 11,121 10,310 811 1,500 407 1975 66,087 53,072 11,245 10,231 1,014 1,407 363 1974 67,047 54,561 10,489 9,647 842 1,532 465 1973 67,950 55,807 10,093 9,272 821 1,629 421 1972 68,811 57,201 9,634 8,838 796 1,593 383 1971 70,255 58,606 9,478 8,714 764 1,707 464 1970r 69,162 58,939 8,200 7,452 748 1,546 477 1970 70,213 59,694 8,438 7,678 760 1,599 482 1969 70,317 59,857 8,509 7,744 765 1,602 349 1968 70,326 60,030 8,332 7,556 776 1,660 304 1967 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1966 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1965 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1964 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1963 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1962 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1961 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 1960 Census 63,727 55,877 5,829 5,105 724 1,601 420 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA Not available. r Revised based on population from the decennial census for that year. * Introduction of improved data collection and processing procedures that helped to identify parent-child subfamilies. (See Current Population Reports, P-20, No. 399, Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1984," page 8.) Source of CPS data: U. S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P20-514, "Marital Status and Living Arrangements: March 1998 (Update)" and earlier reports. Source of 1960 data: U. S. Bureau of the Census, 1960 Census of Population, PC(2)-4B, "Persons by Family Characteristics," tables 1 and 19. FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: Fertility and Family Statistics Branch 301-457-2465