| United States |
S1101. Households and Families
 Data Set: 2005 American Community Survey Survey: American Community Survey |
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NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology. |
Subject |
Total |
Married-couple family household |
Male householder, no wife present family household |
Female householder, no husband present family household |
Nonfamily household |
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HOUSEHOLDS |
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Total households |
111,090,617 |
+/-143,575 |
55,224,773 |
+/-227,215 |
5,097,664 |
+/-44,718 |
14,018,712 |
+/-65,857 |
36,749,468 |
+/-92,060 |
Average household size |
2.60 |
+/-0.01 |
3.29 |
+/-0.01 |
3.14 |
+/-0.01 |
3.18 |
+/-0.01 |
1.26 |
+/-0.01 |
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FAMILIES |
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Total families |
74,341,149 |
+/-183,254 |
55,224,773 |
+/-227,215 |
5,097,664 |
+/-44,718 |
14,018,712 |
+/-65,857 |
(X) |
(X) |
Average family size |
3.18 |
+/-0.01 |
3.26 |
+/-0.01 |
2.76 |
+/-0.01 |
3.00 |
+/-0.01 |
(X) |
(X) |
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AGE OF OWN CHILDREN |
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Households with own children under 18 years |
35,083,508 |
+/-98,124 |
24,136,134 |
+/-105,229 |
2,526,487 |
+/-30,580 |
8,420,887 |
+/-59,836 |
(X) |
(X) |
Under 6 years only |
23.0% |
+/-0.1 |
23.5% |
+/-0.2 |
27.9% |
+/-0.5 |
20.1% |
+/-0.3 |
(X) |
(X) |
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years |
19.9% |
+/-0.1 |
21.4% |
+/-0.1 |
12.8% |
+/-0.4 |
17.5% |
+/-0.3 |
(X) |
(X) |
6 to 17 years only |
57.1% |
+/-0.1 |
55.1% |
+/-0.2 |
59.3% |
+/-0.6 |
62.4% |
+/-0.3 |
(X) |
(X) |
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Total households |
111,090,617 |
+/-143,575 |
55,224,773 |
+/-227,215 |
5,097,664 |
+/-44,718 |
14,018,712 |
+/-65,857 |
36,749,468 |
+/-92,060 |
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SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE |
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Households with one or more people under 18 years |
34.9% |
+/-0.1 |
46.4% |
+/-0.1 |
58.4% |
+/-0.4 |
69.5% |
+/-0.2 |
1.1% |
+/-0.1 |
Households with one or more people 60 years and over |
30.3% |
+/-0.1 |
29.3% |
+/-0.1 |
22.1% |
+/-0.3 |
21.5% |
+/-0.2 |
36.3% |
+/-0.1 |
Householder living alone |
27.1% |
+/-0.1 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
81.8% |
+/-0.2 |
65 years and over |
9.1% |
+/-0.1 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
27.4% |
+/-0.1 |
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UNMARRIED-PARTNER HOUSEHOLDS |
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Same sex |
0.7% |
+/-0.1 |
(X) |
(X) |
2.5% |
+/-0.1 |
1.1% |
+/-0.1 |
1.4% |
+/-0.1 |
Opposite sex |
4.7% |
+/-0.1 |
(X) |
(X) |
19.7% |
+/-0.3 |
8.8% |
+/-0.1 |
8.0% |
+/-0.1 |
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UNITS IN STRUCTURE |
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Single-family unit |
68.4% |
+/-0.1 |
82.8% |
+/-0.1 |
63.5% |
+/-0.4 |
59.5% |
+/-0.2 |
50.9% |
+/-0.2 |
Building with two or more apartments |
25.0% |
+/-0.1 |
11.4% |
+/-0.1 |
27.8% |
+/-0.4 |
32.9% |
+/-0.2 |
42.2% |
+/-0.2 |
Mobile home or other type of housing |
6.5% |
+/-0.1 |
5.8% |
+/-0.1 |
8.7% |
+/-0.2 |
7.5% |
+/-0.1 |
6.9% |
+/-0.1 |
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HOUSING TENURE |
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Owner-occupied housing units |
66.9% |
+/-0.2 |
82.8% |
+/-0.1 |
56.2% |
+/-0.5 |
48.5% |
+/-0.3 |
51.6% |
+/-0.2 |
Renter-occupied housing units |
33.1% |
+/-0.2 |
17.2% |
+/-0.1 |
43.8% |
+/-0.5 |
51.5% |
+/-0.3 |
48.4% |
+/-0.2 |
Subject |
Total |
Married-couple family household |
Male householder, no wife present family household |
Female householder, no husband present family household |
Nonfamily household |
Subject |
Total households |
Average household size |
Total families |
Average family size |
Households with own children under 18 years |
Under 6 years only |
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years |
6 to 17 years only |
Total households |
Households with one or more people under 18 years |
Households with one or more people 60 years and over |
Householder living alone |
65 years and over |
Same sex |
Opposite sex |
Single-family unit |
Building with two or more apartments |
Mobile home or other type of housing |
Owner-occupied housing units |
Renter-occupied housing units |
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2005 American Community Survey Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate arising from sampling variability is represented through the use of a margin of error. The value shown here is the 90 percent margin of error. The margin of error can be interpreted roughly as providing a 90 percent probability that the interval defined by the estimate minus the margin of error and the estimate plus the margin of error (the lower and upper confidence bounds) contains the true value. In addition to sampling variability, the ACS estimates are subject to nonsampling error (for a discussion of nonsampling variability, see Accuracy of the Data). The effect of nonsampling error is not represented in these tables. Notes: ·Housing unit weight is used throughout this table (only exception is the average household and family size cells). ·The number of householders does not necessarily equal the number of households because of differences in the weighting schemes for the population and occupied housing units. ·Average family size is derived by dividing the number of related people in households by the number of family households. Explanation of Symbols: 1. An '*' entry in the margin of error column indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate. 2. An '**' entry in the margin of error column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the margin of error. A statistical test is not appropriate. 3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate, or a ratio of medians cannot be calculated because one or both of the median estimates falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution. 5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution. 6. An '***' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate. 7. An '*****' entry in the margin of error column indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test for sampling variability is not appropriate. 8. An 'N' entry in the estimate and margin of error columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small. 9. An '(X)' means that the estimate is not applicable or not available. |
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