S1101: Households and
Families
Data Set: 2004 American
Community Survey
Geographic Area: Pennsylvania
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.
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Subject |
Percent of total |
MOE |
Percent of married-couple family household |
MOE |
Percent of male householder, no wife present family
household |
MOE |
Percent of female householder, no husband present
family household |
MOE |
Percent of nonfamily household |
MOE |
|
HOUSEHOLDS |
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|
Number of households |
4,817,757 |
+/-45100 |
2,448,014 |
+/-41010 |
200,241 |
+/-14016 |
568,509 |
+/-21599 |
1,600,993 |
+/-29632 |
|
Average household size |
2.48 |
+/-0.02 |
3.15 |
+/-0.04 |
2.92 |
+/-0.10 |
3.06 |
+/-0.06 |
1.20 |
+/-0.02 |
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FAMILIES |
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|
Number of families |
3,216,764 |
+/-41114 |
2,448,014 |
+/-41010 |
200,241 |
+/-14016 |
568,509 |
+/-21599 |
(X) |
(X) |
|
Average family size |
3.06 |
+/-0.03 |
3.14 |
+/-0.04 |
2.59 |
+/-0.08 |
2.89 |
+/-0.05 |
(X) |
(X) |
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AGE OF OWN CHILDREN |
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|
Households
with own children under 18 years |
1,413,441 |
+/-30731 |
999,645 |
+/-30201 |
97,260 |
+/-10036 |
316,536 |
+/-14372 |
(X) |
(X) |
|
Under 6 years only |
21.5 |
+/-0.9 |
21.8 |
+/-1.0 |
27.4 |
+/-5.2 |
18.5 |
+/-2.4 |
(X) |
(X) |
|
Under 6 years and 6 to 17
years |
19.1 |
+/-1.0 |
19.9 |
+/-1.4 |
11.0 |
+/-3.4 |
19.1 |
+/-2.6 |
(X) |
(X) |
|
6 to 17 years only |
59.4 |
+/-1.2 |
58.3 |
+/-1.5 |
61.6 |
+/-6.1 |
62.4 |
+/-3.0 |
(X) |
(X) |
|
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Total
households |
4,817,757 |
+/-45100 |
2,448,014 |
+/-41010 |
200,241 |
+/-14016 |
568,509 |
+/-21599 |
1,600,993 |
+/-29632 |
|
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SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE |
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Households with one or more
people under 18 years |
32.2 |
+/-0.5 |
43.2 |
+/-0.8 |
55.7 |
+/-3.4 |
64.6 |
+/-1.7 |
1.1 |
+/-0.2 |
|
Households with one or more
people 60 years and over |
34.4 |
+/-0.4 |
32.0 |
+/-0.7 |
27.5 |
+/-2.7 |
25.4 |
+/-1.5 |
42.2 |
+/-1.1 |
|
Householder living alone |
28.2 |
+/-0.5 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
84.9 |
+/-0.7 |
|
65
years and over |
11.4 |
+/-0.4 |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
(X) |
34.4 |
+/-0.9 |
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UNMARRIED-PARTNER HOUSEHOLDS |
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|
Same sex |
0.7 |
+/-0.1 |
(X) |
(X) |
2.7 |
+/-1.2 |
1.1 |
+/-0.4 |
1.3 |
+/-0.3 |
|
Opposite sex |
4.6 |
+/-0.3 |
(X) |
(X) |
18.2 |
+/-3.2 |
9.9 |
+/-1.2 |
8.0 |
+/-0.7 |
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UNITS IN STRUCTURE |
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|
Single-family unit |
76.7 |
+/-0.6 |
89.9 |
+/-0.5 |
78.8 |
+/-2.7 |
75.1 |
+/-2.0 |
56.9 |
+/-1.3 |
|
Building with two or more
apartments |
19.1 |
+/-0.5 |
6.8 |
+/-0.5 |
16.1 |
+/-2.5 |
20.2 |
+/-1.8 |
38.1 |
+/-1.1 |
|
Mobile home or other type of
housing |
4.1 |
+/-0.4 |
3.4 |
+/-0.2 |
5.1 |
+/-1.3 |
4.7 |
+/-0.8 |
5.0 |
+/-0.8 |
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HOUSING TENURE |
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Owner-occupied housing units |
72.8 |
+/-0.6 |
88.1 |
+/-0.6 |
71.5 |
+/-3.2 |
56.0 |
+/-2.1 |
55.5 |
+/-1.1 |
|
Renter-occupied housing
units |
27.2 |
+/-0.6 |
11.9 |
+/-0.6 |
28.5 |
+/-3.2 |
44.0 |
+/-2.1 |
44.5 |
+/-1.1 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau,
2004 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.
Prepared
By: The Pennsylvania State Data Center 02/1/2006