No. 60. Households, Families, Subfamilies, and Married Couples
 
[In thousands, except as indicated (80,776 represents 80,776,000). As of March. Based on
Current Population Survey; includes members of Armed Forces living
off post or with their families on post, but excludes all other members
of Armed Forces; see text, this section, and Appendix III.
For definition of terms, see text, this section.
Minus sign (-) indicates decrease]
 
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                                                                                     Percent
                TYPE OF UNIT                     1980      1990      1995      1999  change,
                                                                                     1990-99
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Households                                     80,776    93,347    98,990   103,874       11
    Average size                                 2.76      2.63      2.65      2.61       (X)
  Family households                            59,550    66,090    69,305    71,535        8
    Married couple                             49,112    52,317    53,858    54,770        5
    Male householder \1                         1,733     2,884     3,226     3,976       38
    Female householder \1                       8,705    10,890    12,220    12,789       17
 
  Nonfamily households                         21,226    27,257    29,686    32,339       19
    Male householder                            8,807    11,606    13,190    14,368       24
    Female householder                         12,419    15,651    16,496    17,971       15
 
    One person                                 18,296    22,999    24,732    26,606       16
 
Families                                       59,550    66,090    69,305    71,535        8
    Average size                                 3.29      3.17      3.19      3.18       (X)
 
  With own children under 18 yrs. old          31,022    32,289    34,296    34,613        7
  Without own children under 18 yrs. old       28,528    33,801    35,009    36,922        9
 
  Married couple                               49,112    52,317    53,858    54,770        5
    With own children under 18 yrs. old        24,961    24,537    25,241    25,066        2
    Without own children under 18 yrs. old     24,151    27,780    28,617    29,703        7
  Male householder \1                           1,733     2,884     3,226     3,976       38
    With own children under 18 yrs. old           616     1,153     1,440     1,706       48
    Without own children under 18 yrs. old      1,117     1,731     1,786     2,270       31
  Female householder \1                         8,705    10,890    12,220    12,789       17
    With own children under 18 yrs. old         5,445     6,599     7,615     7,841       19
    Without own children under 18 yrs. old      3,261     4,290     4,606     4,948       15
 
Unrelated subfamilies                             360       534       674       522       -2
  Married couple                                   20        68        64        50       (B)
  Male reference persons \1                        36        45        59        64       (B)
  Female reference persons \1                     304       421       550       408       -3
 
Related subfamilies                             1,150     2,403     2,878     2,901       21
  Married couple                                  582       871     1,015     1,029       18
  Father-child \1                                  54       153       195       281       84
  Mother-child \1                                 512     1,378     1,668     1,591       15
 
Married couples                                49,714    53,256    54,937    55,849        5
  With own household                           49,112    52,317    53,858    54,770        5
  Without own household                           602       939     1,079     1,079       15
    Percent without                               1.2       1.8       2.0       1.9       (X)
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B Not shown; base less than 75,000.
X Not applicable.  \1 No spouse present.
 
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports,
P20-515, and unpublished data.
 
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