| North Carolina |  |
HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILY STRUCTURE
| Household Types, 1990-2000 | |||||
| 1990 | 2000 | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Total Households | 2,517,026 | 100.0% | 3,132,013 | 100.0% | |
| Married Couple | 1,424,206 | 56.6% | 1,645,346 | 52.5% | |
| With Children* | 633,607 | 25.2% | 707,506 | 22.6% | |
| Without Children* | 790,599 | 31.4% | 937,840 | 29.9% | |
| Female-Headed | 309,876 | 12.3% | 389,997 | 12.5% | |
| With Children* | 168,554 | 6.7% | 227,351 | 7.3% | |
| Without Children* | 141,322 | 5.6% | 162,646 | 5.2% | |
| Male-Headed | 77,971 | 3.1% | 123,526 | 3.9% | |
| With Children* | 33,634 | 1.3% | 60,791 | 1.9% | |
| Without Children* | 44,337 | 1.8% | 62,735 | 2.0% | |
| Non-Family | 704,973 | 28.0% | 973,144 | 31.1% | |
| Householder Living Alone | 596,959 | 23.7% | 795,271 | 25.4% | |
| Two or More Persons | 108,014 | 4.3% | 177,873 | 5.7% | |
* For the purposes of this table, "children" are people under age 18.
Source: Census 2000 analyzed by the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN).