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| Table 19. | Characteristics of families with own children under 18, by race/ethnicity and family structure: 2006 |
[In thousands] | |
| Race/ethnicity and family structure | Total families | Families with own children under 18 | Families with own children under 6 | Families with own children under 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | Percent of all families |
Percentage distribution | Families with | Total | Percent of all families |
Total | Percent of all families |
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| 1 child under 18 |
2 children under 18 | 3 children under 18 | 4 or more under 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| All races1 | 77,402 | (226.9) | 36,466 | (178.1) | 47.1 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 15,528 | (123.0) | 13,664 | (115.9) | 5,278 | (73.6) | 1,997 | (45.6) | 16,002 | (124.7) | 20.7 | (0.15) | 9,401 | (97.2) | 12.1 | (0.12) |
| Married-couple families | 58,179 | (210.4) | 25,982 | (154.8) | 44.7 | (0.21) | 71.2 | (0.24) | 10,031 | (100.2) | 10,336 | (101.7) | 4,116 | (65.2) | 1,499 | (39.6) | 11,984 | (109.0) | 20.6 | (0.17) | 7,151 | (85.2) | 12.3 | (0.14) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 5,130 | (72.6) | 2,095 | (46.7) | 40.8 | (0.70) | 5.7 | (0.12) | 1,313 | (37.0) | 588 | (24.8) | 126 | (11.5) | 68 | (8.5) | 793 | (28.8) | 15.5 | (0.52) | 482 | (22.5) | 9.4 | (0.42) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 14,093 | (117.6) | 8,389 | (92.1) | 59.5 | (0.42) | 23.0 | (0.23) | 4,184 | (65.7) | 2,739 | (53.3) | 1,035 | (32.9) | 431 | (21.3) | 3,224 | (57.8) | 22.9 | (0.36) | 1,768 | (42.9) | 12.5 | (0.29) |
| White, non-Hispanic | 54,257 | (205.8) | 23,290 | (147.6) | 42.9 | (0.22) | 100.0 | (†) | 10,113 | (100.6) | 8,942 | (94.9) | 3,211 | (57.7) | 1,024 | (32.7) | 9,874 | (99.5) | 18.2 | (0.17) | 5,908 | (77.7) | 10.9 | (0.14) |
| Married-couple families | 44,116 | (191.5) | 17,934 | (131.4) | 40.7 | (0.24) | 77.0 | (0.28) | 7,086 | (84.9) | 7,257 | (85.9) | 2,708 | (53.0) | 883 | (30.4) | 8,011 | (90.0) | 18.2 | (0.19) | 4,843 | (70.6) | 11.0 | (0.15) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 3,003 | (55.8) | 1,360 | (37.7) | 45.3 | (0.93) | 5.8 | (0.16) | 877 | (30.3) | 377 | (19.9) | 72 | (8.7) | 34 | (6.0) | 439 | (21.5) | 14.6 | (0.66) | 256 | (16.4) | 8.5 | (0.52) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 7,138 | (85.2) | 3,997 | (64.2) | 56.0 | (0.60) | 17.2 | (0.25) | 2,150 | (47.3) | 1,308 | (37.0) | 431 | (21.3) | 108 | (10.7) | 1,424 | (38.6) | 19.9 | (0.49) | 810 | (29.1) | 11.3 | (0.39) |
| Black2 | 9,047 | (82.5) | 4,967 | (64.7) | 54.9 | (0.51) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,298 | (45.5) | 1,659 | (39.0) | 645 | (24.6) | 366 | (18.6) | 2,077 | (43.4) | 23.0 | (0.43) | 1,113 | (32.1) | 12.3 | (0.34) |
| Married-couple families | 4,126 | (59.6) | 2,021 | (42.8) | 49.0 | (0.76) | 40.7 | (0.68) | 879 | (28.6) | 693 | (25.5) | 299 | (16.8) | 150 | (11.9) | 851 | (28.2) | 20.6 | (0.61) | 487 | (21.4) | 11.8 | (0.49) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 805 | (27.4) | 308 | (17.1) | 38.3 | (1.67) | 6.2 | (0.33) | 187 | (13.3) | 89 | (9.2) | 18 | (4.1) | 14 | (3.7) | 143 | (11.6) | 17.8 | (1.31) | 87 | (9.1) | 10.8 | (1.07) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 4,117 | (59.6) | 2,639 | (48.6) | 64.1 | (0.73) | 53.1 | (0.69) | 1,232 | (33.8) | 876 | (28.6) | 328 | (17.6) | 202 | (13.8) | 1,083 | (31.7) | 26.3 | (0.67) | 539 | (22.5) | 13.1 | (0.51) |
| Hispanic | 9,862 | (81.6) | 6,119 | (69.1) | 62.0 | (0.48) | 100.0 | (†) | 2,249 | (44.7) | 2,206 | (44.3) | 1,166 | (32.7) | 498 | (21.6) | 3,104 | (51.8) | 31.5 | (0.46) | 1,820 | (40.5) | 18.5 | (0.38) |
| Married-couple families | 6,642 | (71.3) | 4,334 | (60.0) | 65.3 | (0.57) | 70.8 | (0.57) | 1,415 | (35.9) | 1,643 | (38.6) | 890 | (28.7) | 386 | (19.1) | 2,335 | (45.5) | 35.2 | (0.57) | 1,365 | (35.3) | 20.6 | (0.48) |
| Families with male householder, no spouse present | 969 | (29.9) | 315 | (17.2) | 32.5 | (1.47) | 5.1 | (0.28) | 186 | (13.3) | 90 | (9.2) | 29 | (5.3) | 9 | (2.9) | 167 | (12.6) | 17.2 | (1.18) | 112 | (10.3) | 11.6 | (1.00) |
| Families with female householder, no spouse present | 2,252 | (44.7) | 1,470 | (36.6) | 65.3 | (0.98) | 24.0 | (0.53) | 648 | (24.6) | 472 | (21.1) | 247 | (15.3) | 103 | (9.9) | 601 | (23.7) | 26.7 | (0.91) | 343 | (18.0) | 15.2 | (0.74) |
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† Not applicable. 1 Race of family is defined as race of head of household. "All races" includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown. 2 Includes Black persons of Hispanic ethnicity. 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 because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Families and Living Arrangements: 2006, Current Population Survey (CPS), Annual Social and Economic Supplement, retrieved August 14, 2007, from http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2006.html. (This table was prepared August 2007.) |