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Back to 2000 Minnesota Census Data

Households by Type:
Minnesota 2000 and 1990

Households by Type

In Minnesota there were 1,895,127 households in 2000, up 247,274 (15.0%) households from 1990.
  • Married-couple families accounted for over one-half (53.7%) of all households in 2000, down from 57.2 percent of all households in 1990.
  • Just under one in ten (8.9%) of all households were families with a female householder, no husband present in 2000, up slightly from 8.6 percent in 1990.
  • Just under four percent (3.6%) of all households were families with a male-householder, no wife present in 2000, up from 2.8 percent in 1990.
  • Just over one-third (33.8%) of all Minnesota households were nonfamily households in 2000, up from 31.4 percent in 1990.
  • Nonfamily households with the householder living alone comprised over one-fourth (26.9%) of all households in 2000, up from 25.1 percent of all households in 1990. One-person households were the vast majority (four-fifths) of nonfamily households in 2000 and 1990 (79.6% and 80.0%, respectively).
Family Households (Families) by Type

In Minnesota there were 1,255,141 family households (families) in 2000, up 11.0 percent from 1,130,683 family households in 1990.
  • Married-couple families were 81.1 percent of family households in 2000. In 1990, married couple families were 83.4 percent of family households.
  • Female householder with no husband present families comprised 13.4 percent of family households in 2000, up from 12.5 percent in 1990. 
  • Male householder with no wife present families comprised 5.4 percent of family households in 2000, up from 4.1 percent in 1990.  
Family Households (Families) with Own Children Under 18 years by Type

In Minnesota there were 626,291 family households (families) with own children under 18 in 2000, up 9.5 percent from 572,060 family households with own children under 18 in 1990.
  • Married-couple families constituted over three-fourths (76.3%) of families with own children under 18 years in 2000.  In 1990, married couple families were four out of five (80.4%) families with own children under 18 years.
  • Female householder with no husband present families comprised 17.8 percent of families with own children under 18 years in 2000, up from 15.8 percent in 1990. 
  • Male householder with no wife present families comprised 6.0 percent of families with own children under 18 years in 2000, up from 3.8 percent in 1990.  
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).
 

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Updated: 09/22/05 (mma)