United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

50 Population
No. 7 1 . F a m ilie s , b y C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s : 1 9 6 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[In thousands, except percent As of March. Based on Current Population Survey; Includes members of Armed Forces living off
post or with families on post, but excludes other Armed Forces; see text, p. 2 . F o r definition of families, see text, p. 4. Beginning
1980, data not comparable with prior years because of definitional change]
CHARACTERISTIC
AU. FAMILIES MARRIED COUPLE MALE
HOUSEHOLDER 1
FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER 1
BUCK
FAMILIES
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
1960 45,111 (X) 39,329 (X) 1,275 (X) 4.507 (X) *4,242 to
1965 47,956 M 41,749 (X) 1,181 (X) 5,026 (X) ’ 4,752 (x)
1970 51,586 (X) 44,755 (X) 1,239 (X) 5,591 (X) 4,887 (X)
1975........................................... 55,712 (X) 46,971 (X) 1,499 (X) 7,242 (X) 5,498 (X)
197 8 ........................................... 57,215 (X) 47,385 (X) 1,594 (X) 6.236 (X) 5,606 (x)
1979........................................... 57,804 (X) 47,692 (X) 1,655 (X) 8,458 (X) 5,906 tx>
1 9 8 0 ’ ........ (X) 00 (x) 8,540 00
1980 *....................................... . 59*550 (X) 49,112 (X) 1>33 (X) 8 > 0 5 (X) 6^184 (X)
1961, total........................ 60,309 100.0 49,294 100.0 1,933 100.0 9,062 100.0 6,317 100.0
White................................... 52,710 87.4 44,660 91.0 1,564 81.9 6,266 69.0 (X) (X)
6,317 10.5 3,392 291 15.1 2,634 6,317 100.0
Size of family:
2 persona.............................. 23,768 39.4 18,400 37.3 1.225 63.4 4,143 45.6 1,964 31.1
3 persona............................... 14,039 23.3 10,941 22.2 452 23.4 2,646 29.1 1,514 24.0
4 persona........ . 12,436 20.6 11,060 22.4 147 7.6 1,229 13.5 1 ^ 7 0 20.1
5 persons............ 6,020 10.0 5,364 10.9 65 3.4 591 6.5 751 11.9
6 persons............ 2,471 4.1 2.195 4.5 24 1.2 251 2.8 416 6.6
7 or more persor s 1,575 2.6 1,333 2.7 20 1.0 222 2.4 402 6.4
Own children under age 18:
None................................ 29,082 4 B .2 24,367 49.4 1,267 65.5 3,448 38.0 2,444 38.7
1............... 12,745 21.1 9,732 19.7 390 20.2 2,624 28.9 1,480 23.4
2............ 11,592 19.2 9.525 19.3 186 9.6 1,881 20.7 1,257 19.9
3 ............... 4,616 7.7 3.843 7.8 62 3.2 711 7.8 655 10.4
4 or more 2,274 3.8 1,628 3.7 26 1.4 417 4.6 482 7.7
Own children under age 6:
None........ 46,672 77.4 37,791 76.7 1,760 91.1 7,121 78.4 4,591 72.7
1 ............... 9,368 15.5 7,782 15.8 144 7.4 1,432 15.8 1,168 18.5
2............ 3,649 6.1 3,187 6.6 23 1.2 438 4.8 451 7.1
3 or more 630 1.0 533 1.1 5 .3 91 1.0 107 1.7
X Not applicable. JNo spouse present. * Black and other races, ’ Population controls baaed on 1970 census; see
text, p. 2. * Population controls based on 1980 census; see text, p. 2,
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, C u rren t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts, series P-20, No. 371, and earlier issues.
N o . 7 2 . P e r s o n s in F a m il ie s b y S e x , A g e , a n d T y p e o f F a m i l y : 1 9 7 0 t o 1 9 8 1
[In millions, except percent. As of March. Based on Current Population Survey. See headnote, table 71]
PERSONS IN FAMILIES
YEAR AND AGE
Total
Percent
of ail
persons 1
Male
Female
Married*
couple
familes
Female
householder8
Number
Percent
of total
Male
householder3
1970: Total.......................................................... 184.9 91.4 91.0 93.9 163.3 18.0 9.7 3.6
Under 18 yr...................................................... 66.9 98.9 35.0 33.8 60.2 7.8 11.3 .9
18-64 yr........................................................... 102.6 91.1 49.3 53.3 92.2 8.4 8.2 2.0
65 yr. and over.................................................. 13.3 67.1 6.6 6.7 10.9 1.8 13.5 .7
1975: Total.......................................................... 190.S 90.9 93.7 96.8 162.9 23.2 12.2 4.4
Under 18 yr....................................................... 66,0 69.4 33.6 32.4 54.4 10.5 15.9 1.1
18-64 yr......................................................................... 109.9 90.0 52.6 57.1 96.2 11.0 10.0 2.6
65 yr. and over............................................................. 14.6 69.2 7.3 7.4 12.3 1.8 12.3 .6
1 88 0:3 Total.................................................................... 195.9 88.0 96.0 99.0 164.2 26.9 13.7 4.7
Under 18 vr...................................................... 62.8 98.9 32.0 30.7 50.0 11.6 18.5 1.2
18-64 yr............................................................ 116.7 86.5 55.8 61.0 100.4 13.3 11,4 2.9
65 yr. and over................................................. 16.4 68.0 8.3 8.1 13.8 2.0 11.8 .6
1981: Total.......................................................... 197.0 87.6 96.6 100.4 164.2 27.6 14.0 5.2
Under 18 yr...................................................... 62.3 98,9 31.8 30.4 49.5 11.5 18.5 1.3
18-84 yr............................................................ 118.0 86.1 56.3 61.7 1 0 0 .7 1 4 .0 11.9 3.3
65 yr. and over............................................................ 16.7 67.7 8.4 8.3 14.1 2.0 11.8 .6
1Persons In households. *No spouse present. ’ Population controls based on 1980 census; see text, p. 2.
Source: U.3. Bureau of the Census, C u rren t P o p u la tio n R e p o rts , series P-20, No. 371, and earlier issues.