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Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic Number Percent distribution
2021 2022 2021 2022

TOTAL MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES(1)

Total

60,471 60,877 100.0 100.0

With at least one family member employed

47,612 48,707 78.7 80.0

With only one spouse employed

15,300 14,892 25.3 24.5

With both spouses employed

28,275 29,783 46.8 48.9

Other employment combinations

4,037 4,032 6.7 6.6

With no family member employed

12,859 12,170 21.3 20.0

Opposite-sex married-couple families

Total

59,843 60,186 100.0 100.0

With at least one family member employed

47,067 48,092 78.7 79.9

Husband only

10,897 10,652 18.2 17.7

Wife only

4,250 4,075 7.1 6.8

Husband and wife

27,900 29,353 46.6 48.8

Other employment combinations

4,019 4,012 6.7 6.7

With no family member employed

12,776 12,093 21.3 20.1

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN(2)

Total

15,515 15,574 100.0 100.0

With at least one family member employed

11,748 12,224 75.7 78.5

Householder only

6,065 6,267 39.1 40.2

Householder and other member(s)

3,520 3,709 22.7 23.8

Other member(s), not householder

2,163 2,248 13.9 14.4

With no family member employed

3,767 3,350 24.3 21.5

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN(2)

Total

7,194 7,348 100.0 100.0

With at least one family member employed

5,926 6,228 82.4 84.8

Householder only

2,784 2,893 38.7 39.4

Householder and other member(s)

2,161 2,369 30.0 32.2

Other member(s), not householder

982 966 13.6 13.2

With no family member employed

1,268 1,119 17.6 15.2

Footnotes
(1) Includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married-couple families.
(2) Includes families with no spouse of either sex present.

NOTE: In families maintained by women or men with no spouse present, householder refers to the woman or man maintaining the family. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Beginning in 2020, family estimates reflect a change in the classification of marital status. This change expanded the definition of married-couple families to include same-sex married couples. As a result, data under the new definition are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.

Last Modified Date: April 19, 2023