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Families by Type, Race, and Hispanic
Origin, 2005
(in thousands, except as indicated)
The following table shows the number of families there are in the U.S.
and families by type: married couple families, households headed by a
female, and hosueholds headed by a male. The number of children per
household and marital status of the householder are also included. Data is
the most recent available.
| Characteristic |
All
families |
Married couple families |
Female family householder3 |
Male
family
householder,3
all races |
All
races1 |
White |
Black |
His-
panic2 |
All
races1 |
White |
Black |
His-
panic2 |
|
All families
|
77,010
|
58,109
|
50,260
|
4,180
|
6,367
|
14,009
|
9,236
|
3,991
|
2,240
|
4,893
|
| Without own children under 18 |
40,491 |
31,929 |
28,121 |
2,145 |
2,195 |
5,703 |
3,868 |
1,482 |
737 |
2,859 |
| With own children under 18 |
36,520 |
26,180 |
22,139 |
2,035 |
4,172 |
8,305 |
5,368 |
2,509 |
1,503 |
2,034 |
Average per family with
own children under 18 |
1.81 |
1.86 |
1.87 |
1.93 |
1.98 |
1.72 |
1.65 |
1.91 |
1.82 |
1.50 |
| Marital status of
householder: |
|
| Married, spouse present |
58,109 |
58,109 |
50,260 |
4,180 |
6,367 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
| Married, spouse absent |
2,647 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,011 |
1,341 |
541 |
527 |
636 |
| Widowed |
2,644 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,229 |
1,664 |
464 |
251 |
415 |
| Divorced |
6,454 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4,938 |
3,811 |
880 |
584 |
1,516 |
| Separated |
1,854 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,492 |
1,019 |
400 |
403 |
362 |
| Never married |
7,156 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4,831 |
2,420 |
2,106 |
877 |
2,325 |
NOTE: (—) = not applicable.
1. Includes other races not shown
separately.
2. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of
any race.
3. No spouse present.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Web:
www.census.gov
Information Please® Database, © 2008 Pearson
Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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