United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

4 4 Population
No. 61. Households, by Number o f Persons: 1950 to 1981
I,BJ!!Ll!lon6 #x?#Pl percent. As of Maroh. For 1950-1979, data wars not revised using population controls from subseousnt
series^ eUrran Popula,IQn Survay; sse hsadnote' table 6°' See also H is to ric a l S ta tis tic s , C o lo n ia l W n ^ to f m ,
SIZE OF HOUSEHOLD I9601 1960 1965 2 19702 1975 1977 1978 1979 I9603 I9604 1981
Total...................................... 43.5 62.6 57.3 62.9 71.1 74.1 76.0 77.3 79.1 80.8 82.4
1 person.-..................................... 4.7 6.9 8.6 10.7 13.9 15.5 16.7 17.2 17.8
1.8 2.3 2.9
18.9
3.5 4.9 5.6 6.4 6.5 6.8
3.0 4.6
7.3
5.7 7.2 9.0 9.9 10.4 10.7 11.0
2 persons 12.5 14.6 16.1
11.7
18.1 21.6 22.6 23.3 23.9 24.7
9.8 9.9 10.2
25.6
10.9 12.4 12.8 13.0 13.4 13.8
4 persons 7.7 9.3
14.6
9.2 9.9 11.1 11.6 12.0 12.3
5 persons
12.5
4.4 6.1 6.3
12.8
6.5 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.0
6 persons 2.2 3.0 3.3
6.1
3.5 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.6
7 or more....................................
2.5
2.1 2.9 2.5
3.5 3.2 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.6
Percent of total:
1 person..................................... 10,9 13.1 15.0 17.0 19.6 20.9 22.0 22.2 22.6 23.0
31.3
17.7
15.5
7.4
3,1
2.0
2 persons................................... 28.8 27.8 28.1 28.8 30.6 30.7 30.7 30.9 31.3 31.4
3 persons.................................. 22.6 18.9 17.9 17.3 17.4 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.5
4 persons.................................. 17.8 17.6 16.1 15.6 15.6 15.7 15.7 18.9 15.8 15.7
5 persons................................... 10.0 11.5 11.0 10.4 9.0 6.5 8.4 8.0 7,6
6 persons......... ......................... 5.1 5.7 6.6 5.6 4.3 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.2
7 or more................................... 4.9 5.4 6.1 5.1 3.5 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2
'Covers related persons only; therefore, not strictly comparable with later years. 'See footnote 1, table 60
controls based on 1970 census; see text, p. Z. 'Population controls based on 1980 census; see text, p. 2.
Source; U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 371 and earlier reports.
No. 6 2 . P e r s o n s L iv in g A lo n e , b y A g e a n d S e x : I 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[I960, census data as of April; thereafter, based on Current Population Survey as of March. See headnote, table 60]
’ Population
6EX AND AGE
NUMBER OF PERSONS (1,000)
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
1960 1965 1 1970 1975 1980 2 1980 5 1981 1960 1970 1975 1980 3 1981
Both sexes...... ........... 7,064 8,602 10,851 13,939 17,816 18,296 18,936 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
234 305 556 1,111 1,670 1,726 1,651 3.3 5.1 8.0
25-44 years.... 1,212 1,281 1,604 2,744 4,607 4,729 5,138 17.2 14.8 19.7
45-64 years.,.. 2,720 3,073 3,622 4,076 4,400 4,514 4,663 38.5 33.4 29.2
65 years and over._______ 2,898 3,943 5,071 6,008 7,139 7,328 7,484 41.0 46.7 43.1 40.1 39.5
Male_____ 2,626 2,923 3,532 4,918 6,793 6,966 7,253 37.2 32.5 35.3 38.1
14-24 years 124 141 274 610 919 947 899 1.8 2.5 4.4
25-44 years.... 686 737 933 1,689 2,848 2,920 3,189 9.7 8.6 12.1
45-64 years— 965 1,013 1,152 1.329 1,589 1,613 1,715 13.7 10.6 9.5
65 years and over.............. 853 1,033 1.174 1,290 1,437 1,466 1,450 12.1 10.8 9.3 6.1 7.7
Female__.... 4,436 5,679 7,319 9,021 11,022 11,330 11,683 62.8 67.5 64.7 61.9 81.7
110 164 262 501 751 779 752 1.6 2.6 3.6
25-44 years.... 526 544 671 1,055 1,759 1,809 1,949 7.4 6.2 7.6
45-64 years..... 1,756 2,060 2,470 2,747 2,809 2,901 2,948 24.8 22.8 19.7
65 years and over 2,045 2.910 3,897 4,718 5,703 6.842 6,034 28.9 35.9 33.8 31.9 31.9
“ a® rev,8®d bang popu ation controls from 1970 census; see texb p. 2. 'Population controls based on 1970
census, see text, p. 2. ’ Population controls based on 1980 census. ’ Beginning 1980, persons 1S-24 years old.
J « T c w U' L TO 9! ? .! ! ,6 Census, U S . C e n s u s o f P o p u la tio n : I9 6 0 , Sublect Report, PC(2)-4B; C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts .
senes P-20, No. 372 and earlier reports; and unpublished data. ^ '
No. 63. Households, by Selected Characteristics o f Householder: 1968 t o 1981
[As of Marche Based on Current Population Survey, see headnote, table 60]
CHARACTERISTIC 1968 1970 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 197$ 1979 1980 1 1980 3 1981
Total (m illion)........... ..................... 60.8 63.4 68.3 69.9 71.1 72.9 74.1 76.0 77.3 79.1 80.8 82.4
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Male..................................................... 79.6 78.9 77.4 77.1 76.4 75.8 75.4 74.6 74.2 71.9 71.8 71.2
20.4 21.1 22.6 22.9 23.6 24.2 24.6 25.4 25.6 28.1 28.2 28 0
White.............................................. _.... 89.6 89.5 88.6 68.7 68.5 88.4 86.1 68.0 88.0 87.8 87.6 67.3
8.5 9.8 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.6 10.6 10.7
Age of householder (years):
14-24............ .............. .................. ... 6.3 6.8 6.0 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.1 6.2 8.2 *8.1 *8.1
25-34 .............................. ........ . .. 17.5 18.5 19.9 20.5 21.0 21.3 21.8 22.1 22.0 22.6 22.9
19.7 18.6 17.2 16.8 16.7 16.8 16.6 17.1 17.2 17.6 17.3
45-54............................ . ......... 19.8 19.5 18.8 18.5 18.2 17.6 17.4 16.6 16.3 15.9 15.7
55-64 .............. ....................... ........... 17.1 17.1 16.4 16.0 15.9 16.0 15.9 16.0 15.9 15.4 15.5 I f i A
19.5 19.5 19.7 19.fi 20.1 20.3 20.0 20.0 20.4 20.4 20.5 20.5
■Population controls based on 1970 census. ’Population c o n tro ls based on 1980 census. ’ Persons 15 to 24 years old.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the CensuB, C u rre n t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 371 and earlier reports; and unpublished data!