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

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"35+" = 35 or more

Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Total Children 1,045,611 100%   542,329 100%   503,282 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 889,961 85.1% 100% 455,335 84.0% 100% 434,626 86.4% 100%
    Both parents in LF 650,741 62.2% 73.1% 332,762 61.4% 73.1% 317,979 63.2% 73.2%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 318,180 30.4% 35.8% 160,679 29.6% 35.3% 157,501 31.3% 36.2%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 332,561 31.8% 37.4% 172,083 31.7% 37.8% 160,478 31.9% 36.9%
    Father only in LF 216,307 20.7% 24.3% 114,493 21.1% 25.1% 101,814 20.2% 23.4%
      At work 35+ hrs. 194,855 18.6% 21.9% 105,500 19.5% 23.2% 89,355 17.8% 20.6%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 21,452 2.1% 2.4% 8,993 1.7% 2.0% 12,459 2.5% 2.9%
    Mother only in LF 13,971 1.3% 1.6% 5,261 1.0% 1.2% 8,710 1.7% 2.0%
      At work 35+ hrs. 8,718 0.8% 1.0% 3,627 0.7% 0.8% 5,091 1.0% 1.2%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 5,253 0.5% 0.6% 1,634 0.3% 0.4% 3,619 0.7% 0.8%
    Neither parent in LF 8,942 0.9% 1.0% 2,819 0.5% 0.6% 6,123 1.2% 1.4%
  Living with 1 parent 155,650 14.9% 100% 86,994 16.0% 100% 68,656 13.6% 100%
    Living with father 29,625 2.8% 19.0% 16,008 3.0% 18.4% 13,617 2.7% 19.8%
      Father in LF 27,224 2.6% 17.5% 14,876 2.7% 17.1% 12,348 2.5% 18.0%
        At work 35+ hrs. 21,905 2.1% 14.1% 12,416 2.3% 14.3% 9,489 1.9% 13.8%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 5,319 0.5% 3.4% 2,460 0.5% 2.8% 2,859 0.6% 4.2%
      Father not in LF 2,401 0.2% 1.5% 1,132 0.2% 1.3% 1,269 0.3% 1.8%
    Living with mother 126,025 12.1% 81.0% 70,986 13.1% 81.6% 55,039 10.9% 80.2%
    Mother in LF 91,979 8.8% 59.1% 53,486 9.9% 61.5% 38,493 7.6% 56.1%
        At work 35+ hrs. 62,449 6.0% 40.1% 38,391 7.1% 44.1% 24,058 4.8% 35.0%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 29,530 2.8% 19.0% 15,095 2.8% 17.4% 14,435 2.9% 21.0%
      Mother not in LF 34,046 3.3% 21.9% 17,500 3.2% 20.1% 16,546 3.3% 24.1%
                           
      Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Children under 6   362,870 100%   200,555 100%   162,315 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 313,472 86.4% 100% 172,858 86.2% 100% 140,614 86.6% 100%
    Both parents in LF 213,638 58.9% 68.2% 118,226 58.9% 68.4% 95,412 58.8% 67.9%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 99,721 27.5% 31.8% 54,542 27.2% 31.6% 45,179 27.8% 32.1%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 113,917 31.4% 36.3% 63,684 31.8% 36.8% 50,233 30.9% 35.7%
    Father only in LF 92,717 25.6% 29.6% 51,920 25.9% 30.0% 40,797 25.1% 29.0%
      At work 35+ hrs. 83,372 23.0% 26.6% 47,821 23.8% 27.7% 35,551 21.9% 25.3%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 9,345 2.6% 3.0% 4,099 2.0% 2.4% 5,246 3.2% 3.7%
    Mother only in LF 4,052 1.1% 1.3% 1,690 0.8% 1.0% 2,362 1.5% 1.7%
      At work 35+ hrs. 2,468 0.7% 0.8% 1,132 0.6% 0.7% 1,336 0.8% 1.0%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 1,584 0.4% 0.5% 558 0.3% 0.3% 1,026 0.6% 0.7%
    Neither parent in LF 3,065 0.8% 1.0% 1,022 0.5% 0.6% 2,043 1.3% 1.5%
  Living with 1 parent 49,398 13.6% 100% 27,697 13.8% 100% 21,701 13.4% 100%
    Living with father 9,936 2.7% 20.1% 5,296 2.6% 19.1% 4,640 2.9% 21.4%
      Father in LF 9,106 2.5% 18.4% 4,937 2.5% 17.8% 4,169 2.6% 19.2%
        At work 35+ hrs. 6,753 1.9% 13.7% 3,919 2.0% 14.1% 2,834 1.7% 13.1%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 2,353 0.6% 4.8% 1,018 0.5% 3.7% 1,335 0.8% 6.2%
      Father not in LF 830 0.2% 1.7% 359 0.2% 1.3% 471 0.3% 2.2%
    Living with mother 39,462 10.9% 79.9% 22,401 11.2% 80.9% 17,061 10.5% 78.6%
      Mother in LF 23,346 6.4% 47.3% 13,630 6.8% 49.2% 9,716 6.0% 44.8%
        At work 35+ hrs. 13,384 3.7% 27.1% 8,165 4.1% 29.5% 5,219 3.2% 24.0%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 9,962 2.7% 20.2% 5,465 2.7% 19.7% 4,497 2.8% 20.7%
      Mother not in LF 16,116 4.4% 32.6% 8,771 4.4% 31.7% 7,345 4.5% 33.8%
                           
    Minnesota Metro Minnesota Greater Minnesota
          Number % % Number % % Number % %
Children 6-17 years   682,741 100%   341,774 100%   340,967 100%  
  Living with 2 parents 576,489 84.4% 100% 282,477 82.7% 100% 294,012 86.2% 100%
    Both parents in LF 437,103 64.0% 75.8% 214,536 62.8% 75.9% 222,567 65.3% 75.7%
      Both work 35+ hrs. 218,459 32.0% 37.9% 106,137 31.1% 37.6% 112,322 32.9% 38.2%
      One/neither work 35+ hrs. 218,644 32.0% 37.9% 108,399 31.7% 38.4% 110,245 32.3% 37.5%
    Father only in LF 123,590 18.1% 21.4% 62,573 18.3% 22.2% 61,017 17.9% 20.8%
      At work 35+ hrs. 111,483 16.3% 19.3% 57,679 16.9% 20.4% 53,804 15.8% 18.3%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 12,107 1.8% 2.1% 4,894 1.4% 1.7% 7,213 2.1% 2.5%
    Mother only in LF 9,919 1.5% 1.7% 3,571 1.0% 1.3% 6,348 1.9% 2.2%
      At work 35+ hrs. 6,250 0.9% 1.1% 2,495 0.7% 0.9% 3,755 1.1% 1.3%
      Not at work 35+ hrs. 3,669 0.5% 0.6% 1,076 0.3% 0.4% 2,593 0.8% 0.9%
    Neither parent in LF 5,877 0.9% 1.0% 1,797 0.5% 0.6% 4,080 1.2% 1.4%
  Living with 1 parent 106,252 15.6% 100% 59,297 17.3% 100% 46,955 13.8% 100%
    Living with father 19,689 2.9% 18.5% 10,712 3.1% 18.1% 8,977 2.6% 19.1%
      Father in LF 18,118 2.7% 17.1% 9,939 2.9% 16.8% 8,179 2.4% 17.4%
        At work 35+ hrs. 15,152 2.2% 14.3% 8,497 2.5% 14.3% 6,655 2.0% 14.2%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 2,966 0.4% 2.8% 1,442 0.4% 2.4% 1,524 0.4% 3.2%
      Father not in LF 1,571 0.2% 1.5% 773 0.2% 1.3% 798 0.2% 1.7%
    Living with mother 86,563 12.7% 81.5% 48,585 14.2% 81.9% 37,978 11.1% 80.9%
      Mother in LF 68,633 10.1% 64.6% 39,856 11.7% 67.2% 28,777 8.4% 61.3%
        At work 35+ hrs. 49,065 7.2% 46.2% 30,226 8.8% 51.0% 18,839 5.5% 40.1%
        Not at work 35+ hrs. 19,568 2.9% 18.4% 9,630 2.8% 16.2% 9,938 2.9% 21.2%
      Mother not in LF 17,930 2.6% 16.9% 8,729 2.6% 14.7% 9,201 2.7% 19.6%
 

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Updated: 09/22/05 (ch)