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Table
1.2 Regions of Family of Four
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Region
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Number of Families
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Percentage
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Northeast
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2,950,214
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19.77%
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Midwest
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3,495,966
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23.43
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South
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5,217,812
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34.97
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West
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3,256,429
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21.83
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Total
(All Families)
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14,920,421
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100%
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Source: Current Population Survey, March
1998
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Table
1.3 Where Families of Four Reside
(Numbers in thousands)
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Type
of
Family
|
Number
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Metro
area
|
Non-
metro
area
|
Metro-
area as percentage
|
Non-metro as
percentage
|
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All
Families
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14,633
|
11,918
|
2,716
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81.4%
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18.6%
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Married
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12,402
|
10,074
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2,329
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81.2
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18.8
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Female-headed
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1,777
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1,472
|
305
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82.8
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17.2
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Male-headed
|
454
|
372
|
82
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81.9
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18.1
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White
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12,078
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Married
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10,715
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8,585
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2,130
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80.1
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19.9
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Female-headed
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1,004
|
816
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188
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81.3
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18.7
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Black
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1,789
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Married
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1,030
|
860
|
170
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83.5
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16.5
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Female-headed
|
699
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596
|
103
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85.3
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14.7
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Hispanic
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1,678
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Married
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1,307
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1,190
|
116
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91.0
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8.9
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Female-headed
|
283
|
259
|
24
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91.5
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8.5
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Household
and Family Characteristics: March 1998 (P20-515), Table
1
Note: Hispanics may be of any race
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