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"THE
CENSUS 2000 CONSENSUS"
by Newsweek
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- The Census Consensus
% of all householders who are unmarried
22% in 1950
48% in 2000
% of households occupied by one person
13% in 1960
26% in 2000
% of parents who never married, 1998
35% male
42% female
% of same-sex female householders with kids
(children under 15)
14% in 1990
17% in 1998
% of all households run by single moms
5% in 1970
9% in 1999
Kids with a single parent earning under
$12,500.00, 1998
17% living with fathers
41% living with mothers
Married householders with kids
40% in 1970
24% in 2000
Kids whose parents are college graduates, 1998
9% in one-parent households
29% in two-parent households
Kids living in two-parents households
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Whites
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Blacks
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Hispanics
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1970
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90%
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58%
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40%
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1998
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74%
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36%
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24%
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% of population that has never been married
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West
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Midwest
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Northeast
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South
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1970
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22%
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22%
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22%
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21%
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1999
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29%
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28%
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28%
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26%
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