Table 19. | Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by family status and race/ethnicity: 2000 [Numbers in thousands] |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | All races\1\ | White, non-Hispanic\2\ | Black, non-Hispanic\2\ | Hispanic\3\ |___________________________________|___________________________________|________________________________|________________________________ | | |Other families | | | Other families| | |Other families | | |Other families Family | |Married-|________________| |Married- |_______________| |Married-|_______________| |Married-|_______________ characteristics | Total | couple | Male | Female | Total | couple | Male |Female | Total | couple | Male |Female | Total | couple | Male |Female | |families|house- | house- | |families |house- |house- | |families|house- |house- | |families|house- |house- | | |holder,|holder, | | |holder,|holder,| | |holder,|holder,| | |holder,|holder, | | | no | no | | | no | no | | | no | no | | | no | no | | |spouse | spouse | | |spouse |spouse | | |spouse |spouse | | |spouse |spouse | | |present|present | | |present|present| | |present|present| | |present|present __________________________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 __________________________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total families .......................| 72,026 | 55,311 | 4,028 | 12,687 | 53,065 | 43,865 | 2,468 | 6,732 | 8,416 | 4,007 | 682 | 3,727 | 7,560 | 5,133 | 658 | 1,769 |=========|========|=======|========|=========|=========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|======= Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | own children under 18 ..................| 34,605 | 25,248 | 1,786 | 7,571 | 23,534 | 18,516 | 1,202 | 3,815 | 4,631 | 2,013 | 269 | 2,348 | 4,815 | 3,423 | 246 | 1,145 Percent of all families ..................| 48.0 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 59.7 | 44.3 | 42.2 | 48.7 | 56.7 | 55.0 | 50.2 | 39.4 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 66.7 | 37.4 | 64.7 Percent distribution .....................| 100.0 | 73.0 | 5.2 | 21.9 | 100.0 | 78.7 | 5.1 | 16.2 | 100.0 | 43.5 | 5.8 | 50.7 | 100.0 | 71.1 | 5.1 | 23.8 Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 child under 18 .......................| 14,310 | 9,402 | 1,131 | 3,777 | 9,801 | 6,931 | 759 | 2,111 | 2,039 | 815 | 186 | 1,038 | 1,791 | 1,139 | 141 | 511 2 children under 18 ....................| 13,215 | 10,274 | 483 | 2,458 | 9,308 | 7,744 | 335 | 1,229 | 1,573 | 722 | 62 | 789 | 1,694 | 1,276 | 68 | 350 3 children under 18 ....................| 5,062 | 4,030 | 130 | 902 | 3,297 | 2,858 | 87 | 352 | 657 | 315 | 12 | 330 | 914 | 695 | 27 | 192 4 or more under 18 .....................| 2,017 | 1,542 | 41 | 434 | 1,128 | 984 | 21 | 123 | 362 | 161 | 9 | 192 | 416 | 313 | 11 | 92 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total own children under 18 ..............| 64,874 | 48,921 | 2,670 | 13,283 | 42,463 | 34,798 | 1,759 | 5,906 | 8,998 | 4,038 | 394 | 4,566 | 9,912 | 7,240 | 402 | 2,270 Average number of children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | per family with own children under 18...| 1.87 | 1.94 | 1.49 | 1.75 | 1.80 | 1.88 | 1.46 | 1.55 | 1.94 | 2.01 | 1.46 | 1.94 | 2.06 | 2.12 | 1.63 | 1.98 |=========|========|=======|========|=========|=========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|======= | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | own children under 6 ...................| 14,987 | 11,393 | 706 | 2,887 | 9,872 | 8,148 | 411 | 1,312 | 1,966 | 818 | 115 | 1,033 | 2,476 | 1,862 | 152 | 464 Percent of all families ..................| 20.8 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 22.8 | 18.6 | 18.6 | 16.7 | 19.5 | 23.4 | 20.4 | 16.9 | 27.7 | 32.8 | 36.3 | 23.1 | 26.2 Percent distribution .....................| 100.0 | 76.0 | 4.7 | 19.3 | 100.0 | 82.5 | 4.2 | 13.3 | 100.0 | 41.6 | 5.8 | 52.5 | 100.0 | 75.2 | 6.1 | 18.7 Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 child under 6 ........................| 10,454 | 7,659 | 563 | 2,232 | 6,803 | 5,389 | 341 | 1,073 | 1,442 | 581 | 87 | 774 | 1,731 | 1,274 | 116 | 341 2 children under 6 .....................| 3,933 | 3,273 | 134 | 526 | 2,703 | 2,428 | 67 | 208 | 425 | 201 | 26 | 198 | 636 | 509 | 32 | 95 3 or more under 6 ......................| 600 | 462 | 9 | 129 | 366 | 332 | 3 | 31 | 99 | 36 | 2 | 61 | 109 | 78 | 4 | 27 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total own children under 6 ...............| 20,784 | 16,159 | 881 | 3,744 | 13,323 | 11,329 | 506 | 1,488 | 2,723 | 1,158 | 138 | 1,427 | 3,617 | 2,734 | 191 | 692 Average number of children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | per family with own children under 6....| 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.25 | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.39 | 1.23 | 1.13 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.20 | 1.38 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.26 | 1.49 |=========|========|=======|========|=========|=========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|=======|=======|========|=======|======= | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total families with | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | own children under 3 ...................| 8,785 | 6,784 | 441 | 1,561 | 5,893 | 4,944 | 242 | 707 | 1,093 | 441 | 80 | 572 | 1,381 | 1,041 | 99 | 241 Percent of all families ..................| 12.2 | 12.3 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 9.8 | 10.5 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 18.3 | 20.3 | 15.0 | 13.6 Percent distribution .....................| 100.0 | 77.2 | 5.0 | 17.8 | 100.0 | 83.9 | 4.1 | 12.0 | 100.0 | 40.3 | 7.3 | 52.3 | 100.0 | 75.4 | 7.2 | 17.5 Families with-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 child under 3 ........................| 7,756 | 5,955 | 394 | 1,407 | 5,159 | 4,277 | 216 | 666 | 967 | 400 | 75 | 492 | 1,239 | 943 | 84 | 212 2 or more under 3 ......................| 1,029 | 829 | 46 | 154 | 734 | 667 | 26 | 41 | 126 | 41 | 5 | 80 | 142 | 98 | 15 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total own children under 3 ...............| 10,202 | 7,954 | 496 | 1,752 | 6,673 | 5,678 | 291 | 704 | 1,286 | 517 | 69 | 700 | 1,691 | 1,272 | 109 | 310 Average number of children | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | per family with own children under 3....| 1.16 | 1.17 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.00 | 1.18 | 1.17 | 0.86 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.10 | 1.29 __________________________________________|_________|________|_______|________|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______|_______|________|_______|_______ |
\1\Race of family is defined as race of head of household.
NOTE: Own children are never-married sons and daughters, including stepchildren and adopted children, of the householder or married couple. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P20-537, America's Families and Living Arrangements, March 2000. (This table was prepared August 2001.) |