Table A. Households by Type and Selected Characteristics: 1998 Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census Internet Release Date: December 11, 1998 Numbers are in thousands, except averages and percentages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Family households | Nonfamily households | |--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------- | | Other families | | | -------------------------| | All | Married Female Male | Female Male Characteristics | households | Total couple householder householder | Total householder householder ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All households 102,528 70,880 54,317 12,652 3,911 31,648 17,516 14,133 Race and Hispanic origin White 86,106 59,511 48,066 8,308 3,137 26,596 14,871 11,725 White not Hispanic 77,936 52,871 43,423 6,826 2,622 25,065 14,164 10,901 Black 12,474 8,408 3,921 3,926 562 4,066 2,190 1,876 Hispanic /1 8,590 6,961 4,804 1,612 545 1,630 754 875 Size of household 1 person 26,327 (X) (X) (X) (X) 26,327 15,317 11,010 2 people 32,965 28,722 21,833 5,290 1,598 4,243 1,850 2,393 3 people 17,331 16,640 11,595 3,858 1,187 691 232 459 4 people 15,358 15,090 12,427 2,008 654 268 76 192 5 people 7,048 6,972 5,743 924 306 76 17 59 6 people 2,232 2,195 1,807 293 95 37 21 15 7 or more people 1,267 1,260 911 278 70 7 3 4 Average size 2.62 3.24 3.26 3.18 3.22 1.24 1.17 1.33 Percent with own children under 18 33.9 49.0 46.5 60.8 46.0 (X) (X) (X) Age of householder Under 25 5,435 3,019 1,373 1,095 551 2,417 1,080 1,336 25 to 34 19,033 13,639 9,886 2,887 866 5,394 2,070 3,325 35 to 44 23,943 18,872 14,180 3,637 1,055 5,072 1,863 3,208 45 to 54 19,547 14,694 11,734 2,260 701 4,853 2,421 2,431 55 to 64 13,072 9,387 7,936 1,099 352 3,685 2,336 1,348 65 to 74 11,272 6,989 5,841 938 210 4,283 3,080 1,203 75 and over 10,225 4,282 3,368 738 176 5,944 4,664 1,280 Median age 46.3 45.0 46.4 41.4 40.4 50.8 60.8 42.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 People of Hispanic origin may be of any race. (X) Not applicable. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact: Fertility and Family Branch 301-457-2465