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Age of Children by Employment Status
and Hours Worked of Parents, 1990

Asian

 

"35+" = 35 or more

Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Total Children 33,044 100%   27,910 100%   5,134 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 27,685 83.8% 100% 23,234 83.2% 100% 4,451 86.7% 100%
    Both parents in LF 14,247 43.1% 51.5% 11,551 41.4% 49.7% 2,696 52.5% 60.6%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 8,389 25.4% 30.3% 7,100 25.4% 30.6% 1,289 25.1% 29.0%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 5,858 17.7% 21.2% 4,451 15.9% 19.2% 1,407 27.4% 31.6%
    Father only in LF 6,918 20.9% 25.0% 5,694 20.4% 24.5% 1,224 23.8% 27.5%
      At work 35+ hrs. 4,386 13.3% 15.8% 3,319 11.9% 14.3% 1,067 20.8% 24.0%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 2,532 7.7% 9.1% 2,375 8.5% 10.2% 157 3.1% 3.5%
    Mother only in LF 576 1.7% 2.1% 509 1.8% 2.2% 67 1.3% 1.5%
      At work 35+ hrs. 282 0.9% 1.0% 241 0.9% 1.0% 41 0.8% 0.9%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 294 0.9% 1.1% 268 1.0% 1.2% 26 0.5% 0.6%
    Neither parent in LF 5,944 18.0% 21.5% 5,480 19.6% 23.6% 464 9.0% 10.4%
  Living with 1 parent 5,359 16.2% 100% 4,676 16.8% 100% 683 13.3% 100%
    Living with father 664 2.0% 12.4% 562 2.0% 12.0% 102 2.0% 14.9%
      Father in LF 441 1.3% 8.2% 362 1.3% 7.7% 79 1.5% 11.6%
        At work 35+ hrs. 354 1.1% 6.6% 305 1.1% 6.5% 49 1.0% 7.2%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 87 0.3% 1.6% 57 0.2% 1.2% 30 0.6% 4.4%
      Father not in LF 223 0.7% 4.2% 200 0.7% 4.3% 23 0.4% 3.4%
    Living with mother 4,695 14.2% 87.6% 4,114 14.7% 88.0% 581 11.3% 85.1%
    Mother in LF 1,696 5.1% 31.6% 1,405 5.0% 30.0% 291 5.7% 42.6%
        At work 35+ hrs. 1,153 3.5% 21.5% 969 3.5% 20.7% 184 3.6% 26.9%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 543 1.6% 10.1% 436 1.6% 9.3% 107 2.1% 15.7%
      Mother not in LF 2,999 9.1% 56.0% 2,709 9.7% 57.9% 290 5.6% 42.5%
                           
      Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Children under 6   12,694 100%   10,971 100%   1,723 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 10,935 86.1% 100% 9,443 86.1% 100% 1,492 86.6% 100%
    Both parents in LF 4,788 37.7% 43.8% 3,974 36.2% 42.1% 814 47.2% 54.6%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 2,671 21.0% 24.4% 2,355 21.5% 24.9% 316 18.3% 21.2%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 2,117 16.7% 19.4% 1,619 14.8% 17.1% 498 28.9% 33.4%
    Father only in LF 3,152 24.8% 28.8% 2,678 24.4% 28.4% 474 27.5% 31.8%
      At work 35+ hrs. 1,982 15.6% 18.1% 1,588 14.5% 16.8% 394 22.9% 26.4%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 1,170 9.2% 10.7% 1,090 9.9% 11.5% 80 4.6% 5.4%
    Mother only in LF 222 1.7% 2.0% 215 2.0% 2.3% 7 0.4% 0.5%
      At work 35+ hrs. 114 0.9% 1.0% 109 1.0% 1.2% 5 0.3% 0.3%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 108 0.9% 1.0% 106 1.0% 1.1% 2 0.1% 0.1%
    Neither parent in LF 2,773 21.8% 25.4% 2,576 23.5% 27.3% 197 11.4% 13.2%
  Living with 1 parent 1,759 13.9% 100% 1,528 13.9% 100% 231 13.4% 100%
    Living with father 268 2.1% 15.2% 219 2.0% 14.3% 49 2.8% 21.2%
      Father in LF 175 1.4% 9.9% 145 1.3% 9.5% 30 1.7% 13.0%
        At work 35+ hrs. 134 1.1% 7.6% 119 1.1% 7.8% 15 0.9% 6.5%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 41 0.3% 2.3% 26 0.2% 1.7% 15 0.9% 6.5%
      Father not in LF 93 0.7% 5.3% 74 0.7% 4.8% 19 1.1% 8.2%
    Living with mother 1,491 11.7% 84.8% 1,309 11.9% 85.7% 182 10.6% 78.8%
      Mother in LF 362 2.9% 20.6% 320 2.9% 20.9% 42 2.4% 18.2%
        At work 35+ hrs. 215 1.7% 12.2% 194 1.8% 12.7% 21 1.2% 9.1%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 147 1.2% 8.4% 126 1.1% 8.2% 21 1.2% 9.1%
      Mother not in LF 1,129 8.9% 64.2% 989 9.0% 64.7% 140 8.1% 60.6%
                           
    Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Children 6-17 years   20,350 100%   16,939 100%   3,411 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 16,750 82.3% 100% 13,791 81.4% 100% 2,959 86.7% 100%
    Both parents in LF 9,459 46.5% 56.5% 7,577 44.7% 54.9% 1,882 55.2% 63.6%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 5,718 28.1% 34.1% 4,745 28.0% 34.4% 973 28.5% 32.9%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 3,741 18.4% 22.3% 2,832 16.7% 20.5% 909 26.6% 30.7%
    Father only in LF 3,766 18.5% 22.5% 3,016 17.8% 21.9% 750 22.0% 25.3%
      At work 35+ hrs. 2,404 11.8% 14.4% 1,731 10.2% 12.6% 673 19.7% 22.7%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 1,362 6.7% 8.1% 1,285 7.6% 9.3% 77 2.3% 2.6%
    Mother only in LF 354 1.7% 2.1% 294 1.7% 2.1% 60 1.8% 2.0%
      At work 35+ hrs. 168 0.8% 1.0% 132 0.8% 1.0% 36 1.1% 1.2%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 186 0.9% 1.1% 162 1.0% 1.2% 24 0.7% 0.8%
    Neither parent in LF 3,171 15.6% 18.9% 2,904 17.1% 21.1% 267 7.8% 9.0%
  Living with 1 parent 3,600 17.7% 100% 3,148 18.6% 100% 452 13.3% 100%
    Living with father 396 1.9% 11.0% 343 2.0% 10.9% 53 1.6% 11.7%
      Father in LF 266 1.3% 7.4% 217 1.3% 6.9% 49 1.4% 10.8%
        At work 35+ hrs. 220 1.1% 6.1% 186 1.1% 5.9% 34 1.0% 7.5%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 46 0.2% 1.3% 31 0.2% 1.0% 15 0.4% 3.3%
      Father not in LF 130 0.6% 3.6% 126 0.7% 4.0% 4 0.1% 0.9%
    Living with mother 3,204 15.7% 89.0% 2,805 16.6% 89.1% 399 11.7% 88.3%
      Mother in LF 1,334 6.6% 37.1% 1,085 6.4% 34.5% 249 7.3% 55.1%
        At work 35+ hrs. 938 4.6% 26.1% 775 4.6% 24.6% 163 4.8% 36.1%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 396 1.9% 11.0% 310 1.8% 9.8% 86 2.5% 19.0%
      Mother not in LF 1,870 9.2% 51.9% 1,720 10.2% 54.6% 150 4.4% 33.2%
 

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Updated: 09/22/05 (ch)