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November 2024

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Family Households by Age of Householder

Parent/Child Family Groups associated with table FM-2

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Table FM-1. Families by Presence of Own Children Under 18: 1950 to Present [<1.0 MB]
Table FM-2. All Parent/Child Situations, by Type, Race, and Hispanic Origin of Householder or Reference Person: 1970 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]
Table FM-3. Average Number of Own Children Under 18 Per Family, by Type of Family: 1955 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]
Table MC1. Opposite-Sex Married Couples by Labor Force Status of Spouses: 1986 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]
Table SHP-1. Parents and Children in Stay-At-Home Parent Family Groups: 1994 to 2023 [<1.0 MB]

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Figure FM-1 Families with own children under 18 [<1.0 MB]
Figure FM-2 Percent of family groups, with children under 18, that are married [<1.0 MB]
Figure FM-3 Average number of own children per family (for families with children under 18) [<1.0 MB]
Figure MC-1a Labor force participation of opposite-sex spouses [<1.0 MB]
Figure MC-1b Labor force participation status of opposite-sex spouses (percent of couples) [<1.0 MB]
Figure SHP-1a Percent of opposite-sex married couple families that have a stay-at-home parent (couples with children under 15) [<1.0 MB]
Figure SHP-1b Number of stay-at-home parents among opposite-sex married couple families with children under 15 [<1.0 MB]

Source: Current Population Survey

The Census Bureau has reviewed this data product to ensure appropriate access, use, and disclosure avoidance protection of the confidential source data used to produce this product (Data Management System (DMS) number: D-0000013193, Disclosure Review Board (DRB) approval number: CBDRB‑FY24‑0026).