Demographics of Allen County, Indiana
Demographics > Households
| TYPES OF HOUSEHOLDS, ALLEN COUNTY Census 2000 and ACS 2006 |
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|---|---|---|
2000 | 2006 | |
| Married Couple Families | 66,251 | 66,868 |
| Other Families | 19,984 | 22,982 |
| People Living Alone | 35,279 | 39,016 |
| Other Non-Family Households | 7,231 | 6,620 |
| TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS | 128,745 | 135,486 |
Data are based on a sample and each of the 2006 estimates have a 90 percent probablity of being with approximately 2,000 (plus or minus) of the true value (except "Other Non-Family" which have a margin of error of plus or minus 1,300). This may mean that there are no percentage changes from 2000 in types of households.
Source: Decennial Census and U.S. Census
* Child is defined as a son or daughter by birth, stepchild, or adopted child of the householder, and is under the age of 18. There may be more than one child in the household.
| FAMILY HOUSEHOLDS, ALLEN COUNTY | 1990 |
2000 |
ACS2006 |
Percent change 1990-2006 |
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| Married Couple w/child(ren) | 32,370 |
31,048 |
29,167 |
-9.9% |
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| Female Head w/child(ren) | 7,242 |
10,036 |
12,229 |
68.9% |
|
| Male Head w/child(ren) | 1,546 |
2,800 |
3,560 |
103.3% |
|
Single head w/child(ren) |
8,788 |
12,836 |
15,789 |
79.7% |
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| TOTAL Families w/ children under 18 years | 41,158 |
43,884 |
44,956 |
9.2% |
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| Total families | 79,899 |
86,235 |
89,830 |
12.4% |
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| Of all families, the percentage which are " Families with Single Head of household w/child(ren)" | 11.0% |
14.9% |
17.6% |
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| Of the Families with child(ren), the percentage which are "Single Head of Household w/child(ren)" | 21.4% |
29.2% |
35.1% |
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Grandparents living with and responsible for their own grandchildren are a rising family classification. Statistics are just beginning to be collected (by the Census)for this type of family. In Allen County, the grandparent who is responsible for their own grandchildren under 18 years are more likely to be female (56%). Most are married (85% of all situations in which the grandparent is responsible), most (85%) are not living in poverty, and 58% are in the labor force. Approximately 3,571 children under the age of 18 lived with a grandparent in 2006, and a little over half of those children (1,888) were in a household in which the responsible householder was the grandparent(s). |
Definitions, Sources and Caveats:
Sources: 2000 CENSUS and other Census Bureau programs as indicated.
Note that the 2006 data is from the Census' "American Community Survey". The ACS is based on a sample, and the Census Bureau's studies have found that the ACS is a reliable substitute for the long form of the Census. Small differences may reflect random fluctuations, and of course there will be different types of errors in this process, but the Census Bureau reports that they find their ACS statistics to be reliable. In preparing this Allen County web site, however, CRI finds that there are a number of cases in which we would advice caution in interpreting the data. That is, perhaps it would be more prudent to look at the trend and not a single year's data point. Also, the grandparent data is still subject to a large degree of uncertainty and has a large margin of error.