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Households by Size, 1790–2006
| Year |
Number of
households
(in thousands) |
Percent distribution
of number of households |
Avg.
pop.
per
house-
hold |
1 per-
son |
2 persons |
3 per-
sons |
4 per-
sons |
5 per-
sons |
6 per-
sons |
7 or
more
per-
sons |
| 1790 (Mar.) |
558 |
3.7% |
7.8% |
11.7% |
13.8% |
13.9% |
13.2% |
35.8% |
— |
| 1890 (June) |
12,690 |
3.6 |
13.2 |
16.7 |
16.8 |
15.1 |
11.6 |
23.0 |
4.93 |
| 1900 (Mar.) |
15,964 |
5.1 |
15.0 |
17.6 |
16.9 |
14.2 |
10.9 |
20.4 |
— |
| 1930 (Apr.) |
29,905 |
7.9 |
23.4 |
20.8 |
17.5 |
12.0 |
7.6 |
10.9 |
4.11 |
| 1940 (Apr.) |
34,949 |
7.1 |
24.8 |
22.4 |
18.1 |
11.5 |
6.8 |
9.3 |
3.67 |
| 1950 (Apr.)1 |
43,468 |
10.9 |
28.8 |
22.6 |
17.8 |
10.0 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
3.37 |
| 1955 (Mar.) |
47,788 |
10.9 |
28.5 |
20.4 |
18.9 |
11.1 |
5.4 |
4.9 |
3.33 |
| 1960 (Mar.) |
52,610 |
13.1 |
27.8 |
18.9 |
17.6 |
11.5 |
5.7 |
5.4 |
3.35 |
| 1965 (Mar.) |
57,251 |
15.0 |
28.1 |
17.9 |
16.1 |
11.0 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
3.32 |
| 1970 (Mar.) |
62,874 |
17.0 |
28.8 |
17.3 |
15.8 |
10.4 |
5.6 |
5.1 |
3.14 |
| 1975 (Mar.) |
71,120 |
19.6 |
30.6 |
17.4 |
15.6 |
9.0 |
4.3 |
3.5 |
2.94 |
| 1980 (Mar.) |
80,776 |
22.7 |
31.3 |
17.5 |
15.7 |
7.5 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
2.76 |
| 1985 (Mar.) |
86,789 |
23.7 |
31.6 |
17.8 |
15.7 |
7.0 |
2.6 |
1.5 |
2.69 |
| 1990 (Mar.) |
93,347 |
24.6 |
32.2 |
17.2 |
15.5 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
2.63 |
| 1995 (Mar.) |
98,990 |
25.0 |
32.1 |
17.0 |
15.5 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
2.65 |
| 2000 (Mar.) |
104,705 |
25.5 |
33.1 |
16.4 |
14.6 |
6.7 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
2.62 |
| 2003 (Mar.)2 |
111,278 |
26.4 |
33.3 |
16.1 |
14.3 |
6.3 |
2.3 |
1.2 |
2.57 |
| 2004 (Mar.)2 |
112,000 |
26.4 |
33.4 |
16.0 |
14.3 |
6.4 |
2.2 |
1.2 |
2.57 |
| 2005 (Mar.)2 |
113,300 |
27.0 |
33.0 |
16.0 |
14.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
— |
| 2006 (Mar.)2 |
114,400 |
27.0 |
33.0 |
17.0 |
14.0 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
— |
1. Covers related persons only;
therefore, not strictly comparable with other years.
2. Based on Census 2000 and an expanded
sample of households.
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