table with row headers in column A and column headers in rows 7 through 8.,,,,,
"Table ST-F1-1990.  Average Number of Children Per Family and Per Family With Children, by State:  1990 Census",,,,,

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census,,,,,
"Internet release date:  September 15, 2004",,,,,

State,Families,,Own children under 18,,
,Total,With own children under 18,Total,Average per family,Average per family with children

United States,"64,517,947 ","30,877,675 ","57,461,020 ",0.89 ,1.86 

Alabama,"1,103,835 ","552,402 ","935,089 ",0.85 ,1.69 
Alaska,"132,837 ","81,573 ","159,125 ",1.20 ,1.95 
Arizona,"940,106 ","445,642 ","880,381 ",0.94 ,1.98 
Arkansas,"651,555 ","305,906 ","557,454 ",0.86 ,1.82 
California,"7,139,394 ","3,544,780 ","6,818,899 ",0.96 ,1.92 
Colorado,"854,214 ","434,251 ","802,116 ",0.94 ,1.85 
Connecticut,"864,493 ","385,272 ","692,896 ",0.80 ,1.80 
Delaware,"175,867 ","81,608 ","146,643 ",0.83 ,1.80 
District of Columbia,"122,087 ","49,440 ","84,598 ",0.69 ,1.71 
Florida,"3,511,825 ","1,417,399 ","2,527,892 ",0.72 ,1.78 
Georgia,"1,713,072 ","855,039 ","1,526,155 ",0.89 ,1.78 
Hawaii,"263,456 ","125,284 ","236,257 ",0.90 ,1.89 
Idaho,"263,194 ","136,800 ","291,749 ",1.11 ,2.13 
Illinois,"2,924,880 ","1,404,758 ","2,669,689 ",0.91 ,1.90 
Indiana,"1,480,351 ","723,151 ","1,339,888 ",0.91 ,1.85 
Iowa,"740,819 ","353,603 ","682,157 ",0.92 ,1.93 
Kansas,"658,600 ","324,419 ","621,683 ",0.94 ,1.92 
Kentucky,"1,015,998 ","498,286 ","873,916 ",0.86 ,1.75 
Louisiana,"1,089,882 ","565,236 ","1,075,953 ",0.99 ,1.90 
Maine,"328,685 ","161,143 ","289,452 ",0.88 ,1.80 
Maryland,"1,245,814 ","585,907 ","1,026,261 ",0.82 ,1.75 
Massachusetts,"1,514,746 ","689,104 ","1,258,429 ",0.83 ,1.83 
Michigan,"2,439,171 ","1,192,327 ","2,256,095 ",0.92 ,1.89 
Minnesota,"1,130,683 ","572,060 ","1,114,779 ",0.99 ,1.95 
Mississippi,"674,378 ","340,705 ","643,495 ",0.95 ,1.89 
Missouri,"1,368,334 ","651,342 ","1,204,543 ",0.88 ,1.85 
Montana,"211,666 ","106,442 ","207,927 ",0.98 ,1.95 
Nebraska,"415,427 ","206,935 ","407,918 ",0.98 ,1.97 
Nevada,"307,400 ","143,798 ","266,250 ",0.87 ,1.85 
New Hampshire,"292,601 ","145,794 ","262,446 ",0.90 ,1.80 
New Jersey,"2,021,346 ","902,588 ","1,625,762 ",0.80 ,1.80 
New Mexico,"391,487 ","206,733 ","401,577 ",1.03 ,1.94 
New York,"4,489,312 ","2,064,459 ","3,806,821 ",0.85 ,1.84 
North Carolina,"1,812,053 ","835,795 ","1,433,052 ",0.79 ,1.71 
North Dakota,"166,270 ","85,175 ","169,004 ",1.02 ,1.98 
Ohio,"2,895,223 ","1,383,269 ","2,575,168 ",0.89 ,1.86 
Oklahoma,"855,321 ","415,691 ","764,987 ",0.89 ,1.84 
Oregon,"750,844 ","353,611 ","665,512 ",0.89 ,1.88 
Pennsylvania,"3,155,989 ","1,387,111 ","2,549,092 ",0.81 ,1.84 
Rhode Island,"258,886 ","116,767 ","210,156 ",0.81 ,1.80 
South Carolina,"928,206 ","446,758 ","800,030 ",0.86 ,1.79 
South Dakota,"180,306 ","91,690 ","186,686 ",1.04 ,2.04 
Tennessee,"1,348,019 ","628,098 ","1,087,456 ",0.81 ,1.73 
Texas,"4,343,878 ","2,266,899 ","4,316,686 ",0.99 ,1.90 
Utah,"410,862 ","242,869 ","598,039 ",1.46 ,2.46 
Vermont,"144,895 ","73,926 ","134,925 ",0.93 ,1.83 
Virginia,"1,629,490 ","778,181 ","1,356,283 ",0.83 ,1.74 
Washington,"1,264,934 ","623,028 ","1,168,168 ",0.92 ,1.87 
West Virginia,"500,259 ","234,088 ","408,638 ",0.82 ,1.75 
Wisconsin,"1,275,172 ","625,633 ","1,214,643 ",0.95 ,1.94 
Wyoming,"119,825 ","64,900 ","128,200 ",1.07 ,1.98 
Footnotes:,,,,,
"Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, 1990 CP-1-1, ""General Population Characteristics,"" United States, table 263.",,,,,

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