Table 6.  Families by Type and Size and Race and Hispanic Origin of Householder:  March 2000
          (Numbers in thousands)
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|Family type and size                 |              |        Hispanic Origin and race 1/         |
|                                     |              |--------------------------------------------|
|                                     |              |              |White, not of |              |
|                                     |              |              |   Hispanic   |              |
|                                     |    Total     |    Black     |    origin    |    Other     |
|                                     |--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------|
|                                     |Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|Number|Percent|
|-------------------------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------|
|Total 2/           Total             |72,025|  100.0| 8,664|  100.0|53,066|  100.0|10,295|  100.0|
|                   Two people        |31,455|   43.7| 3,287|   37.9|25,444|   47.9| 2,724|   26.5|
|                   Three people      |16,073|   22.3| 2,408|   27.8|11,283|   21.3| 2,382|   23.1|
|                   Four people       |14,496|   20.1| 1,581|   18.2|10,463|   19.7| 2,452|   23.8|
|                   Five people       | 6,526|    9.1|   823|    9.5| 4,215|    7.9| 1,488|   14.4|
|                   Six people        | 2,226|    3.1|   351|    4.0| 1,182|    2.2|   694|    6.7|
|                   Seven or more     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                   people            | 1,249|    1.7|   213|    2.5|   480|    0.9|   556|    5.4|
|Married-couple     Total             |55,311|  100.0| 4,144|  100.0|43,865|  100.0| 7,302|  100.0|
|families           Two people        |23,131|   41.8| 1,346|   32.5|20,160|   46.0| 1,624|   22.2|
|                   Three people      |11,217|   20.3|   991|   23.9| 8,696|   19.8| 1,531|   21.0|
|                   Four people       |12,462|   22.5|   941|   22.7| 9,589|   21.9| 1,931|   26.4|
|                   Five people       | 5,623|   10.2|   507|   12.2| 3,914|    8.9| 1,202|   16.5|
|                   Six people        | 1,866|    3.4|   230|    5.6| 1,069|    2.4|   567|    7.8|
|                   Seven or more     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                   people            | 1,012|    1.8|   129|    3.1|   437|    1.0|   446|    6.1|
|Male householder,  Total             | 4,028|  100.0|   706|  100.0| 2,468|  100.0|   853|  100.0|
|no spouse present  Two people        | 2,360|   58.6|   429|   60.8| 1,562|   63.3|   368|   43.1|
|                   Three people      |   957|   23.8|   154|   21.8|   593|   24.0|   209|   24.5|
|                   Four people       |   431|   10.7|    70|   10.0|   215|    8.7|   145|   17.0|
|                   Five people       |   154|    3.8|    37|    5.2|    55|    2.2|    62|    7.3|
|                   Six people        |    82|    2.0|    13|    1.9|    33|    1.3|    36|    4.2|
|                   Seven or more     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                   people            |    44|    1.1|     2|    0.3|    10|    0.4|    32|    3.8|
|Female             Total             |12,687|  100.0| 3,814|  100.0| 6,732|  100.0| 2,140|  100.0|
|householder, no    Two people        | 5,965|   47.0| 1,512|   39.6| 3,721|   55.3|   731|   34.2|
|spouse present     Three people      | 3,899|   30.7| 1,264|   33.1| 1,994|   29.6|   642|   30.0|
|                   Four people       | 1,604|   12.6|   570|   14.9|   659|    9.8|   375|   17.5|
|                   Five people       |   749|    5.9|   280|    7.3|   246|    3.7|   223|   10.4|
|                   Six people        |   278|    2.2|   107|    2.8|    80|    1.2|    91|    4.2|
|                   Seven or more     |      |       |      |       |      |       |      |       |
|                   people            |   193|    1.5|    82|    2.1|    33|    0.5|    78|    3.6|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central 
American, or other Spanish origin regardless of race.
2/ The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2000, Racial Statistics Branch, 
Population Division. 
Internet Release date:  February 22, 2001