(CNSNews.com) – For the first time ever, the percentage of
married households fell below 50 percent, according to the Census
Bureau, which released a brief Wednesday about families and households
from the results of the 2010 Census.
The percentage of married households fell to 48.4 in 2010, down from 55.2 percent in 1990 and 51.7 percent in 2000.
“The 48 percent of husband-and-wife households in 2010 was the first
time since at least 1940 that this has fallen below 50 percent,” said
Daphne Lofquist, Statistician for the Fertility and Family Statistics
Branch for the Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau did not start keeping detailed statistics about the marital status of householders until 1940.
The new data was released during a conference call briefing with
reporters on the “2010 Census Brief: Households and Families.” (See full
presentation here.)
All other household categories saw an increase: female householder
with other family members living (11.6 in 1990, 13.1 in 2010); male
householder with other family living (3.4 in 1990, 5.0 in 2010); two or
more people in non-family households (5.2 in 1990, 6.8 in 2010); and
one-person households (24.6 in 1990, 26.7 in 2010).
The Census Bureau also re-released data on same-sex households first
issued last fall, indicating the total number of same-sex unmarried
partner households to be 0.6 percent -- 646,464 out of the total
116,716,292 households.
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