Table 4.  Family and Nonfamily Household Type by Age of Householder 55 Years and Over:  March 2002                                                                                 9
           (Numbers in thousands)

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|Family and nonfamily household type  |               |                              Age of Householder                               |
|                                     |               |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               |               |               |               | 85 years and  |
|                                     |     Total     |55 to 59 years |60 to 64 years |65 to 74 years |75 to 84 years |     over      |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Family households 1,2/               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 22,138|  100.0|  6,030|  100.0|  4,470|  100.0|  6,947|  100.0|  3,938|  100.0|    753|  100.0|
|  Married-couple families            | 18,513|   83.6|  5,142|   85.3|  3,781|   84.6|  5,923|   85.3|  3,173|   80.6|    495|   65.8|
|  Male householder                   |    821|    3.7|    231|    3.8|    158|    3.5|    217|    3.1|    170|    4.3|     44|    5.9|
|  Female householder                 |  2,805|   12.7|    657|   10.9|    532|   11.9|    807|   11.6|    596|   15.1|    213|   28.3|
|Nonfamily households                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|  Total                              | 15,541|  100.0|  2,581|  100.0|  2,122|  100.0|  4,525|  100.0|  4,545|  100.0|  1,768|  100.0|
|  Male householder                   |  4,542|   29.2|  1,024|   39.7|    775|   36.5|  1,342|   29.7|  1,053|   23.2|    349|   19.7|
|  Female householder                 | 10,998|   70.8|  1,557|   60.3|  1,347|   63.5|  3,183|   70.3|  3,492|   76.8|  1,419|   80.3|
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1/ In family households, female and male householders are with no spouse present.
2/  The data in this table do not include families in group quarters.

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 2002, Special Populations Branch, Population Division.