Table 4.  Householders in Family Households by Size of Family Group, Family Type, and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 1999
          (Numbers in thousands.)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  February 14, 2000

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|Family Households                             |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                              |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                              |               |               | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                                              |     Total     |     Black     |     White     |     Other     |
|                                              |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                              |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|----------------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families 2/      Total                  | 71,535|  100.0|  8,444|  100.0| 53,101|  100.0|  9,989|  100.0|
|                       Two people             | 31,100|   43.5|  3,175|   37.6| 25,260|   47.6|  2,665|   26.7|
|                       Three people           | 16,219|   22.7|  2,208|   26.2| 11,622|   21.9|  2,389|   23.9|
|                       Four people            | 14,386|   20.1|  1,690|   20.0| 10,292|   19.4|  2,404|   24.1|
|                       Five people            |  6,570|    9.2|    833|    9.9|  4,256|    8.0|  1,481|   14.8|
|                       Six people             |  2,135|    3.0|    318|    3.8|  1,183|    2.2|    634|    6.4|
|                       Seven or more people   |  1,124|    1.6|    221|    2.6|    488|    0.9|    416|    4.2|
|Married couple 3/      Total                  | 54,770|  100.0|  3,975|  100.0| 43,664|  100.0|  7,131|  100.0|
|                       Two people             | 22,710|   41.5|  1,340|   33.7| 19,781|   45.3|  1,589|   22.3|
|                       Three people           | 11,564|   21.1|    859|   21.6|  9,087|   20.8|  1,619|   22.7|
|                       Four people            | 12,202|   22.3|    978|   24.6|  9,356|   21.4|  1,869|   26.2|
|                       Five people            |  5,609|   10.2|    512|   12.9|  3,909|    9.0|  1,188|   16.7|
|                       Six people             |  1,799|    3.3|    175|    4.4|  1,094|    2.5|    529|    7.4|
|                       Seven or more people   |    884|    1.6|    111|    2.8|    436|    1.0|    337|    4.7|
|Female householder, no Total                  | 12,789|  100.0|  3,809|  100.0|  6,909|  100.0|  2,072|  100.0|
|spouse present         Two people             |  6,090|   47.6|  1,423|   37.4|  3,943|   57.1|    724|   34.9|
|                       Three people           |  3,706|   29.0|  1,203|   31.6|  1,930|   27.9|    573|   27.6|
|                       Four people            |  1,721|   13.5|    664|   17.4|    660|    9.5|    398|   19.2|
|                       Five people            |    790|    6.2|    289|    7.6|    267|    3.9|    234|   11.3|
|                       Six people             |    270|    2.1|    127|    3.3|     64|    0.9|     79|    3.8|
|                       Seven or more people   |    213|    1.7|    104|    2.7|     45|    0.6|     64|    3.1|
|Male householder, no   Total                  |  3,976|  100.0|    660|  100.0|  2,529|  100.0|    787|  100.0|
|spouse present         Two people             |  2,300|   57.8|    411|   62.3|  1,536|   60.7|    353|   44.8|
|                       Three people           |    949|   23.9|    147|   22.2|    605|   23.9|    198|   25.1|
|                       Four people            |    463|   11.6|     48|    7.2|    277|   11.0|    138|   17.5|
|                       Five people            |    171|    4.3|     33|    5.0|     80|    3.1|     58|    7.4|
|                       Six people             |     66|    1.7|     15|    2.3|     24|    1.0|     27|    3.4|
|                       Seven or more people   |     28|    0.7|      6|    0.9|      7|    0.3|     14|    1.8|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish,
regardless of race.
2/ The data in this table does not include families in group quarters.
3/ In married-couple families, race and Hispanic origin refer to the householder.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.