UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON

Family Type by Presence and Age of Own Children by Race and Ethnicity for Householders in Massachusetts

  Asian Black Latino White
  Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
                 
Married-couple family: 41,359 81.9% 34,951 45.2% 44,345 48.5% 1,079,326 79.1%
With own children under 18 years: 24,728 48.9% 19,759 25.6% 29,207 31.9% 476,907 34.9%
Under 6 years only 7,759 15.4% 4,414 5.7% 7,301 8.0% 122,208 9.0%
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years 4,763 9.4% 5,014 6.5% 7,620 8.3% 93,515 6.9%
6 to 17 years only 12,206 24.2% 10,331 13.4% 14,286 15.6% 261,184 19.1%
No own children under 18 years 16,631 32.9% 15,192 19.7% 15,138 16.5% 602,419 44.1%
                 
Other family: 9,167 18.1% 42,309 54.8% 47,136 51.5% 285,245 20.9%
Male householder, no wife present: 3,117 6.2% 6,987 9.0% 8,735 9.5% 70,485 5.2%
With own children under 18 years: 983 1.9% 3,408 4.4% 4,714 5.2% 28,358 2.1%
Under 6 years only 265 0.5% 954 1.2% 1,725 1.9% 7,430 0.5%
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years 179 0.4% 553 0.7% 871 1.0% 2,907 0.2%
6 to 17 years only 539 1.1% 1,901 2.5% 2,118 2.3% 18,021 1.3%
No own children under 18 years 2,134 4.2% 3,579 4.6% 4,021 4.4% 42,127 3.1%
                 
Female householder, no husband present: 6,050 12.0% 35,322 45.7% 38,401 42.0% 214,760 15.7%
With own children under 18 years: 3,513 7.0% 23,809 30.8% 29,833 32.6% 110,780 8.1%
Under 6 years only 584 1.2% 4,780 6.2% 6,720 7.3% 19,714 1.4%
Under 6 years and 6 to 17 years 722 1.4% 5,282 6.8% 7,218 7.9% 14,875 1.1%
6 to 17 years only 2,207 4.4% 13,747 17.8% 15,895 17.4% 76,191 5.6%
No own children under 18 years 2,537 5.0% 11,513 14.9% 8,568 9.4% 103,980 7.6%
 
TOTAL FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS 50,526   77,260   91,481   1,364,571  

Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File (SF 1) 100-Percent Data