U.S. Households,¹ Families, and Married Couples, 1890–2007

The following table gives the number of U.S. households, the average population of each, the number of families in the U.S., the average number of people in each family, and the number of married couples for select years from 1890 to 2007.

	All households		Families		Married couples
Date	Number	Average population per household	Number	Average population per family	Number
June 1890	12,690,000	4.93	—	—	—
April 1930	29,905,000	4.11	—	—	25,174,000
April 1940	34,949,000	3.67	32,166,000	3.76	26,571,000
March 1950	43,554,000	3.37	39,303,000	3.54	34,075,000
April 1955	47,874,000	3.33	41,951,000	3.59	36,251,000
March 1960²	52,799,000	3.35	45,111,000	3.67	39,254,000
March 1965	57,436,000	3.32	47,956,000	3.70	41,689,000
March 1970	63,401,000	3.14	51,586,000	3.58	44,728,000
March 1975	71,120,000	2.94	55,712,000	3.42	46,951,000
March 1980	80,776,000	2.76	59,550,000	3.29	49,112,000
March 1985	86,789,000	2.69	62,706,000	3.23	50,350,000
March 1990	93,347,000	2.63	66,090,000	3.17	52,317,000
March 1995	98,990,000	2.65	69,305,000	3.19	53,858,000
March 1996	99,627,000	2.65	69,594,000	3.20	53,567,000
Dec. 1997	101,018,000	2.64	70,241,000	3.19	53,604,000
March 1998	102,528,000	2.62	70,880,000	3.18	54,317,000
March 1999	103,874,000	2.61	71,535,000	3.18	55,849,000
March 2000	104,705,000	2.62	72,025,000	3.17	56,497,000
March 2002	109,297,000	2.58	74,329,000	3.21	56,747,000
March 2005	113,343,000	2.57	76,858,000	3.13	57,957,000
March 2006	114,384,000	2.57	77,402,000	3.13	58,179,000
March 2007	116,011,000	2.56	78,425,000	3.13	58,945,000