Table 5: With Whom Children Live
|
Count
|
Percentage of Older Children
|
|
1990
|
2000
|
Increase/ (Decrease)
|
1990
|
2000
|
Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
|
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with Two Parents |
3,770 |
4,704 |
934 |
49.3% |
50.3% |
1.0% |
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with One Parent |
3,279 |
3,459 |
180 |
42.9% |
37.0% |
( 5.9%) |
School-Age Children (ages 6 to 17) Living with Neither Parent |
594 |
1,189 |
595 |
7.8% |
12.7% |
4.9% |
|
Count
|
Percentage of Younger Children
|
|
1990
|
2000
|
Increase/ (Decrease)
|
1990
|
2000
|
Percentage Point Increase/ (Decrease)
|
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with Two Parents |
3,313 |
3,108 |
(205) |
61.1% |
55.5% |
( 5.6%) |
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with One Parent |
1,853 |
2,077 |
224 |
34.2% |
37.2% |
3.0% |
Preschool-Age Children (ages 0 to 5) Living with Neither Parent |
257 |
411 |
154 |
4.7% |
7.3% |
2.6% |
Note: Most of our tables display data for preschool-age (ages 0 to 4) and school-age children (ages 5 to 17). The U.S. Census does not disaggregate data about children's living arrangements in the same manner, thus we were unable to preserve our usual categories for this table.
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