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Historical
Estimates
for Cohabitation
Race, Ethnicity, and
Cohabitation
Census Bureau's data tables from report on America's Families and Living
Arrangements: March 2000
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Household Trends:
One-person households
Married-couple households
Unmarried-couple
households
Opposite-sex 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
 
Unmarried-Couple Households,
by Presence of Children:
1960 to 1999
"The Increase in Unmarried-Couple Households"
(opposite-sex couples)
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| Year |
Total
Households |
Unmarried
Couple
Households |
Percent of All
Households |
With
Children
under 15 |
Without
Children under 15 |
| 2000 |
104,705,000 |
4,736,000 |
4.5 |
1,675,000 |
3,061,000 |
| 1999 |
103,874,000 |
4,486,000 |
4.3 |
1,505,000 |
2,981,000 |
| 1998 |
102,528,000 |
4,236,000 |
4.1 |
1,520,000 |
2,716,000 |
| 1995 |
98,990,000 |
3,668,000 |
3.7 |
1,319,000 |
2,349,000 |
| 1993 |
96,391,000 |
3,510,000 |
3.6 |
1,236,000 |
2,274,000 |
| 1990 |
93,347,000 |
2,856,000 |
3.1 |
891,000 |
1,966,000 |
| 1985 |
86,789,000 |
1,983,000 |
2.3 |
603,000 |
1,380,000 |
| 1980 |
80,776,000 |
1,589,000 |
2.0 |
431,000 |
1,159,000 |
| 1970 |
63,401,000 |
523,000 |
0.8 |
196,000 |
327,000 |
| 1960 |
52,799,000 |
439,000 |
0.8 |
197,000 |
242,000 |
Sources:
Census document: AD-2. Unmarried-Couple
Households: 1960 to Present.
Internet Release Date: 1-7-99..
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/ms-la/tabad-2.txt
This a Download from the Census Dept.
Census dpcument: America's Families and Living
Arrangements: March 2000.
Internet Release Date: 6-29-01.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html
Table 57. Unmarried Couples by Selected
Characteristics: 1980 to 1999.
Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2000, Section 1: Population.
Internet version last revised on 2-16-01.
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
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