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2000 Census -- AASP Report
Background Information -- Historical Trends
Households by Type:
1950 - 2000
"The Decline of Married-Couple
Households
as Unmarried America Keeps Growing"
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Year |
Total
Households |
Married-Couple
Households |
Percent |
Unmarried
Households |
Percent |
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2000
from full census |
105,480,101 |
54,493,232 |
51.7 |
43,945,222 |
48.3 |
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1998 |
102,528,000 |
54,317,000 |
53.0 |
48,211,000 |
47.0 |
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1995 |
98,990,000 |
53,858,000 |
54.4 |
45,132,000 |
45.6 |
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1993 |
96,391,000 |
53,171,000 |
55.2 |
43,220,000 |
44.8 |
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1990
from full census |
91,947,410 |
50,708,322 |
55.1 |
41,239,088 |
44.9 |
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1985 |
86,789,000 |
50,350,000 |
58.0 |
36,439,000 |
42.0 |
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1980 |
80,776,000 |
49,112,000 |
60.8 |
31,664,000 |
39.2 |
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1975 |
71,120,000 |
46,951,000 |
66.0 |
24,169,000 |
34.0 |
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1970 |
63,401,000 |
44,728,000 |
70.5 |
18,673,000 |
29.5 |
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1965 |
57,436,000 |
41,689,000 |
72.6 |
15,747,000 |
27.4 |
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1960 |
52,799,000 |
39,254,000 |
74.3 |
13,545,000 |
25.7 |
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1955 |
47,874,000 |
36,251,000 |
75.7 |
11,623,000 |
24.3 |
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1950 |
43,554,000 |
34,075,000 |
78.2 |
9,479,000 |
21.8 |
| Sources: The data in this table is taken from annual Current Population
Surveys, except for the years 2000 and 1990 where the data comes from the full census of
the nation.
Census document: HH-1. Households by Type: 1940 to
Present. Internet Release Date: 12-11-98.
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/htabHH-1.txt
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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