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Household Trends:
One-person
households
Married-couple
households
Unmarried-couple
households:
Male-Female
couples
Same-sex
couples
Family
Diversity
Population trends:
Unmarried
Americans:
15 years of age
and older
18 years
of age and older
Currently Divorced
People
Women 65 Years and
Over
Children
with Single Parents
Children
with Grandparents
Rising
Age of First Marriages
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2000 Census -- AASP Report
Background
Information -- Historical Trends
Households by Type: 1950
- 2000
"The
Decline of Married-Couple
Households" |
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| Year |
Total Households |
Married-Couple |
Percent |
| 2000 |
104,705,000 |
55,311,000 |
52.8 |
| 1998 |
102,528,000 |
54,317,000 |
53.0 |
| 1995 |
98,990,000 |
53,858,000 |
54.4 |
| 1993 |
96,391,000 |
53,171,000 |
55.2 |
| 1990 |
93,347,000 |
52,317,000 |
56.0 |
| 1985 |
86,789,000 |
50,350,000 |
58.0 |
| 1980 |
80,776,000 |
49,112,000 |
60.8 |
| 1975 |
71,120,000 |
46,951,000 |
66.0 |
| 1970 |
63,401,000 |
44,728,000 |
70.5 |
| 1965 |
57,436,000 |
41,689,000 |
72.6 |
| 1960 |
52,799,000 |
39,254,000 |
74.3 |
| 1955 |
47,874,000 |
36,251,000 |
75.7 |
| 1950 |
43,554,000 |
34,075,000 |
78.2 |
| Sources:
Census
document: HH-1. Households
by Type: 1940 to Present.
Internet Release Date: 12-11-98.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/tabHH-1.txt
Census
document: America's Families and
Living Arrangements: March 2000.
Internet Release Date:
6-29-01.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html
Update
for 2000 from Current Population
Survey, March 2000. Racial
Statistics Population Division.
Households by Type: Tables 3, 4,
and 5. Internet
Release Date: 2-22-01.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/black/ppl-142/tab03.txt
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/black/ppl-142/tab04.txt
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/black/ppl-142/tab05.txt
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