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Households,1
Families, and Married Couples, 1890–2006
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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 |
3.20 |
57,957,000 |
| March 2006 |
114,384,000 |
2.57 |
77,402,000 |
3.20 |
58,179,000 |
1. A person or group of persons that live
in a housing unit.
2. First year in which figures for Alaska
and Hawaii were included.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current
Population Reports. From Statistical Abstract of the United
States, 2008.
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