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Family Households (Families) with Own Children Under 18 Years:  
County, State, Metro and Greater Minnesota 2000 

Married-Couple Family Households (Families) with Own Children under 18 years

• Married-couple families comprised three-fourths (75.3%) of all family households with own children under 18 years in metro Minnesota in 2000. 

• Married-couple family households were 77.4 percent of these households in greater Minnesota. 

• At the county level, married-couple families ranged from 63.0 percent (Beltrami) to 84.8 percent (Lac qui Parle) of families with own children under 18 years.

Female-headed Family Households (Families) with Own Children under 18 years

• Female-headed family households comprised nearly one-fifth (19.2%) of all family households with own children under 18 years in metro Minnesota in 2000. 

• Female-headed family households were 16.0 percent of these households in greater Minnesota. 

• At the county level, female-headed families ranged from 8.9 percent (Lac qui Parle) to 27.7 percent (Beltrami) of families with own children under 18 years.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000 Census Summary File 1 (SF 1)

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Updated: 09/22/05 (mma)