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Households by Size: 1960 to Present

United States, 2020
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TBL_UC_006
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    • Description

    Title
    Households by Size: 1960 to Present
    Subtitle
    (Numbers in thousands, except for averages)
    Table number
    HH-4
    ID
    TBL_UC_006
    Date created
    2020
    Date published
    2020-12
    Series
    Name Maintainer URI Description
    Historical Households Tables United States Census Bureau Tables on households generated from the Current Population Survey

    Scope and coverage

    Time periods
    Start year End year
    1960 2020
    Countries
    Name Code
    United States USA
    Geographic granularity
    Country
    Statistics
    Value
    Count
    Average
    Unit of observation
    Value
    Household
    Table columns
    Label
    Year
    All households (number)
    Number of people: One
    Number of people: Two
    Number of people: Three
    Number of people: Four
    Number of people: Five
    Number of people: Six
    Number of people: Seven or more
    Average number of people per household
    Table rows
    Label
    Year (values from 1960 to 2020)
    Table footnotes
    Number Text
    1 This table uses the householder's person weight to describe characteristics of people living in households. As a result, estimates of the number of households do not match estimates of housing units from the Housing Vacancy Survey (HVS). The HVS is weighted to housing units, rather than the population, in order to more accurately estimate the number of occupied and vacant housing units. If you are primarily interested in housing inventory estimates, then see the published tables and reports here: http://www.census.gov/housing/hvs/. If you are primarily interested in characteristics about the population and people who live in households, then see the H table series and reports here: https://www.census.gov/topics/families/families-and-households.html.
    2 Details may not sum to total due to rounding.
    3 1993 figures revised based on population from the most recent decennial census.
    4 The 2014 CPS ASEC included redesigned questions for income and health insurance coverage. All of the approximately 98,000 addresses were selected to receive the improved set of health insurance coverage items. The improved income questions were implemented using a split panel design. Approximately 68,000 addresses were selected to receive a set of income questions similar to those used in the 2013 CPS ASEC. The remaining 30,000 addresses were selected to receive the redesigned income questions. The source of data for this table is the CPS ASEC sample of 98,000 addresses.

    Authors and contributors

    Authoring entity
    Agency Name Abbreviation URI
    United States Census Bureau US BUCEN
    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Telephone URI
    Fertility and Family Statistics Branch US Census Bureau +1 - 301-763-2416
    Language(s)
    Name code
    English EN
    Links
    URL Description
    Table in MS-Excel format
    Technical documentation with information about ASEC, including the source and accuracy statement

    Metadata production

    Producer(s)
    Name
    NADA team
    Production date
    2021-09-11
    Version
    v01
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