"Persons per household, for persons living in households, by race/ethnicity, 1970-2002" 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US (persons in households) "193,710,608" "202,160,762" "217,481,574" "233,516,341" "245,774,251" "248,463,890" "250,983,826" "253,924,206" "259,499,150" "261,950,370" "264,234,218" "266,682,166" "268,984,214" "271,545,219" "273,905,420" "276,297,605" "281,939,019" Universe (households) "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,890,200" "104,710,813" "106,425,268" "109,308,777" Persons per household 3.08 2.84 2.75 2.69 2.63 2.63 2.62 2.63 2.67 2.65 2.65 2.64 2.62 2.61 2.62 2.60 2.58 Race/Ethnicity: NH-Whites - "167,229,880" "175,440,879" "182,628,238" "187,440,826" "188,585,580" "189,651,078" "191,081,192" "191,948,297" "193,587,555" "192,471,000" "192,850,739" "193,364,824" "194,008,000" "194,420,000" "194,730,000" "195,710,000" Universe - "60,108,736" "65,846,022" "70,585,590" "74,495,089" "75,034,836" "75,617,850" "75,858,968" "75,697,044" "77,003,705" "76,932,093" "77,239,874" "77,935,663" "78,582,670" "78,824,651" "79,383,572" "80,827,536" Persons per household - 2.78 2.66 2.59 2.52 2.51 2.51 2.52 2.54 2.51 2.5 2.5 2.48 2.47 2.47 2.45 2.42 Blacks "20,980,352" "22,063,558" "25,328,034" "28,054,652" "30,153,859" "30,663,986" "31,099,947" "31,782,004" "32,724,292" "33,190,377" "33,679,332" "34,050,409" "34,271,470" "34,625,530" "35,321,204" "35,649,581" "35,706,907" Universe "6,052,578" "7,256,045" "8,405,436" "9,480,264" "10,485,528" "10,671,404" "11,082,756" "11,189,969" "11,280,789" "11,654,794" "11,576,513" "12,108,982" "12,473,883" "12,586,370" "12,849,296" "13,351,769" "13,317,094" Persons per household 3.47 3.04 3.01 2.96 2.88 2.87 2.81 2.84 2.9 2.85 2.91 2.81 2.75 2.75 2.75 2.67 2.68 Hispanics - "10,151,956" "12,917,487" "16,785,501" "20,599,857" "21,387,296" "22,037,256" "22,603,767" "26,376,058" "27,204,884" "28,038,747" "29,302,567" "30,408,939" "31,327,420" "32,501,995" "33,704,503" "36,996,548" Universe - "2,914,346" "3,729,915" "4,883,003" "5,933,041" "6,219,624" "6,379,002" "6,626,083" "7,360,504" "7,734,601" "7,939,055" "8,224,755" "8,590,220" "9,063,490" "9,318,714" "9,663,128" "10,498,551" Persons per household - 3.48 3.46 3.44 3.47 3.44 3.45 3.41 3.58 3.52 3.53 3.56 3.54 3.46 3.49 3.49 3.52 Asians - - - - "6,390,334" "6,635,761" "6,773,621" "6,712,832" "7,024,969" "6,356,219" "9,023,861" "9,455,950" "9,910,310" "10,424,150" "10,429,729" "10,916,408" "11,944,851" Universe - - - - "1,988,276" "1,957,920" "2,093,654" "2,118,027" "2,231,390" "2,039,664" "2,776,759" "2,998,052" "3,124,919" "3,308,204" "3,337,480" "3,527,403" "4,070,824" Persons per household - - - - 3.21 3.39 3.24 3.17 3.15 3.12 3.25 3.15 3.17 3.15 3.13 3.09 2.93 "Persons per household, for persons living in households, by region " 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US (persons in households) "193,710,608" "202,160,762" "217,481,574" "233,516,341" "245,774,251" "248,463,890" "250,983,826" "253,924,206" "259,499,150" "261,950,371" "264,234,218" "266,682,166" "268,984,214" "271,545,219" "273,905,420" "276,297,605" "281,939,019" Universe (households) "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,890,200" "104,710,813" "106,425,268" "109,308,777" Persons/Household 3.08 2.84 2.75 2.69 2.63 2.63 2.62 2.63 2.67 2.65 2.65 2.64 2.62 2.61 2.62 2.60 2.58 Region: Northeast "46,605,276" "46,497,295" "48,339,992" "49,276,222" "50,450,857" "50,701,635" "50,761,998" "50,657,035" "51,482,426" "51,238,841" "51,519,760" "51,500,999" "51,281,347" "51,842,780" "52,027,597" "52,794,452" "53,233,906" Universe "15,315,064" "16,219,880" "17,447,003" "18,347,848" "19,127,330" "19,270,563" "19,313,579" "19,436,716" "19,468,380" "19,593,370" "19,694,735" "19,724,115" "19,809,653" "19,877,790" "20,089,410" "20,214,270" "21,133,907" Persons per household 3.04 2.87 2.77 2.69 2.64 2.63 2.63 2.61 2.64 2.62 2.62 2.61 2.59 2.61 2.59 2.61 2.52 Midwest "55,024,152" "55,112,785" "57,693,272" "58,586,596" "59,349,862" "59,887,531" "60,323,476" "60,893,879" "61,184,467" "61,458,951" "61,893,723" "62,068,065" "62,587,041" "63,262,660" "63,536,535" "62,860,317" "63,736,971" Universe "17,507,637" "19,062,004" "20,933,448" "21,697,161" "22,760,481" "23,222,960" "23,327,258" "23,307,283" "23,384,795" "23,682,798" "23,707,147" "23,971,562" "24,235,907" "24,492,890" "24,510,579" "24,496,556" "25,757,762" Persons per household 3.14 2.89 2.76 2.7 2.61 2.58 2.59 2.61 2.62 2.6 2.61 2.59 2.58 2.58 2.59 2.57 2.47 South "58,878,046" "64,342,038" "70,759,157" "79,164,859" "84,013,912" "85,105,007" "85,838,400" "87,434,077" "89,807,157" "91,865,910" "92,209,967" "93,281,640" "94,419,830" "94,770,750" "95,893,965" "97,423,109" "100,630,000" Universe "18,960,839" "22,578,844" "25,522,847" "29,580,791" "32,262,449" "32,312,051" "33,072,811" "33,391,841" "33,904,478" "34,766,023" "35,143,096" "35,693,157" "36,578,103" "36,969,680" "37,302,621" "38,530,079" "39,153,665" Persons per household 3.11 2.85 2.77 2.68 2.6 2.63 2.6 2.62 2.65 2.64 2.62 2.61 2.58 2.56 2.57 2.53 2.57 West "33,203,135" "36,208,644" "40,689,153" "46,488,665" "51,959,620" "52,769,717" "54,059,952" "54,939,215" "57,025,100" "57,386,668" "58,610,767" "59,831,462" "60,695,996" "61,668,980" "62,443,250" "63,224,505" "64,334,608" Universe "11,089,528" "13,250,834" "15,204,787" "17,162,831" "19,196,990" "19,506,111" "19,955,419" "20,255,094" "20,347,088" "20,948,165" "21,082,282" "21,628,874" "21,904,509" "22,549,830" "22,808,203" "23,184,363" "23,263,443" Persons per household 2.99 2.73 2.68 2.71 2.71 2.71 2.71 2.71 2.8 2.74 2.78 2.77 2.77 2.73 2.74 2.73 2.77 "Persons per household, for persons living in households, by age " 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 US (persons in households) "193,710,608" "202,160,762" "217,481,574" "233,516,341" "245,774,251" "248,463,890" "250,983,826" "253,924,206" "259,499,150" "261,950,370" "264,234,218" "266,682,166" "268,984,214" "271,545,219" "273,905,420" "276,297,605" "281,939,019" Universe (households) "62,873,068" "71,111,561" "79,108,085" "86,788,631" "93,347,250" "94,311,684" "95,669,068" "96,390,935" "97,104,741" "98,990,356" "99,627,260" "101,017,708" "102,528,172" "103,890,200" "104,710,813" "106,425,268" "109,308,777" Persons/Household 3.08 2.84 2.75 2.69 2.63 2.63 2.62 2.63 2.67 2.65 2.65 2.64 2.62 2.61 2.62 2.60 2.58 Age: Age15-24 "10,693,841" "12,692,247" "14,326,143" "12,657,212" "11,806,007" "11,601,410" "11,408,382" "11,873,081" "12,712,284" "13,207,020" "13,450,366" "12,805,836" "13,391,060" "14,106,330" "14,761,754" "15,800,650" "16,457,604" Universe "4,303,170" "5,833,021" "6,397,558" "5,437,832" "5,120,918" "4,882,424" "4,859,040" "5,022,392" "5,262,838" "5,444,359" "5,281,622" "5,160,357" "5,435,240" "5,770,055" "5,860,247" "6,391,991" "6,390,848" Persons per household 2.49 2.18 2.24 2.33 2.31 2.38 2.35 2.36 2.42 2.43 2.55 2.48 2.46 2.44 2.52 2.47 2.58 Age25-34 "43,033,873" "47,301,460" "52,799,721" "57,277,236" "58,445,495" "57,916,224" "57,897,535" "57,245,942" "57,475,904" "56,385,306" "55,130,921" "55,857,795" "55,543,621" "54,003,740" "53,892,576" "53,238,664" "54,296,666" Universe "11,653,685" "14,947,319" "17,899,834" "20,013,270" "20,471,891" "20,323,250" "20,007,185" "19,741,181" "19,717,364" "19,452,681" "19,224,646" "19,314,432" "19,033,341" "18,825,740" "18,628,905" "18,557,916" "18,994,579" Persons per household 3.69 3.16 2.95 2.86 2.85 2.85 2.89 2.9 2.91 2.9 2.87 2.89 2.92 2.87 2.89 2.87 2.86 Age35-44 "51,886,861" "48,772,788" "51,752,122" "60,508,768" "68,226,892" "69,870,865" "70,932,056" "71,110,199" "73,703,824" "75,580,388" "76,547,597" "77,957,092" "78,101,027" "78,383,340" "78,167,970" "78,158,802" "77,959,715" Universe "11,686,747" "11,859,878" "13,904,110" "17,481,370" "20,554,274" "21,304,472" "21,774,298" "21,717,342" "22,293,478" "22,914,148" "23,226,418" "23,822,895" "23,943,295" "23,971,940" "23,957,869" "23,904,485" "24,032,756" Persons per household 4.44 4.11 3.72 3.46 3.32 3.28 3.26 3.27 3.31 3.3 3.3 3.27 3.26 3.27 3.26 3.27 3.24 Age45-64 "66,698,648" "68,808,140" "70,295,718" "70,903,942" "72,076,974" "73,093,959" "74,394,199" "76,745,555" "78,413,940" "79,193,285" "81,480,075" "82,569,865" "84,189,914" "86,947,910" "88,768,415" "91,073,279" "94,358,795" Universe "22,977,339" "24,212,907" "24,757,346" "25,700,709" "27,043,854" "27,274,450" "28,107,189" "29,013,964" "29,024,667" "29,814,046" "30,408,606" "31,311,883" "32,618,857" "33,733,740" "34,519,287" "35,742,438" "37,412,053" Persons per household 2.9 2.84 2.84 2.76 2.67 2.68 2.65 2.65 2.7 2.66 2.68 2.64 2.58 2.58 2.57 2.55 2.52 Age65+ "21,397,384" "24,586,128" "28,307,869" "32,169,183" "35,218,882" "35,981,432" "36,351,654" "36,949,429" "37,193,198" "37,584,371" "37,625,259" "37,491,577" "37,758,593" "38,103,840" "38,310,633" "38,030,987" "38,864,145" Universe "12,252,128" "14,258,437" "16,149,237" "18,155,449" "20,156,313" "20,527,087" "20,921,355" "20,896,055" "20,806,394" "21,365,121" "21,485,967" "21,408,141" "21,497,439" "21,588,720" "21,744,506" "21,828,438" "22,478,540" Persons per household 1.75 1.72 1.75 1.77 1.75 1.75 1.74 1.77 1.79 1.76 1.75 1.75 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.74 1.73 "Source: AmeriStat, analysis of data from the 1970-2002 Current Population Survey (March Supplement)."