Minnesota Legislature - Office on the Economic Status of Women

Households by Type: Minnesota 2000 and 1990
	2000		1990		Percent change 1990-2000
Households by Type	Number	Percent of households	Number	Percent of households	Percent change 1990-2000
Total households	1,895,127	100.0%	1,647,853	100.0%	15.0%
Family households (families)	1,255,141	66.2%	1,130,683	68.6%	11.0%
With own children under 18 years	626,291	33.0%	572,060	34.7%	9.5%
Married-couple family	1,018,245	53.7%	942,524	57.2%	8.0%
With own children under 18 years	477,615	25.2%	459,997	27.9%	3.8%
Female householder, no husband present	168,782	8.9%	141,554	8.6%	19.2%
With own children under 18 years	111,371	5.9%	90,395	5.5%	23.2%
Male householder, no wife present	68,114	3.6%	46,605	2.8%	46.2%
With own children under 18 years	37,305	2.0%	21,668	1.3%	72.2%
Nonfamily households	639,986	33.8%	517,170	31.4%	23.7%
Householder living alone	509,468	26.9%	413,531	25.1%	23.2%
Householder 65 years and over	177,056	9.3%	167,001	10.1%	6.0%

Data Sources: 2000 data are from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Summary File 1 (SF 1). Comparison data from 1990 are from U.S. Bureau of the Census, Summary Tape File 1 (STF 1).