Table 3.  Householders in Family Households by Family Type and Race and Hispanic Origin:  March 1999
          (Numbers in thousands.)

Source:  U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release date:  February 14, 2000

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|Family Households                    |               |          Race and Hispanic Origin 1/          |
|                                     |               |-----------------------------------------------|
|                                     |               |               | Non-Hispanic, |               |
|                                     |     Total     |     Black     |     White     |     Other     |
|                                     |---------------+---------------+---------------+---------------|
|                                     |Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|Number |Percent|
|-------------------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------|
|Total Families 2/                    | 71,535|  100.0|  8,444|  100.0| 53,101|  100.0|  9,989|  100.0|
|-------------------------------------|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
|Married couple 3/                    | 54,770|   76.6|  3,975|   47.1| 43,664|   82.2|  7,131|   71.4|
|Female householder, no spouse present| 12,789|   17.9|  3,809|   45.1|  6,909|   13.0|  2,072|   20.7|
|Male householder, no spouse present  |  3,976|    5.6|    660|    7.8|  2,529|    4.8|    787|    7.9|
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1/ Hispanic refers to people whose origin are Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish,
regardless of race.
2/ The data in this table does not include families in group quarters.
3/ In married-couple families, race and Hispanic origin refer to the householder.
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, March 1999, Racial Statistics Branch, Population Division.