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Detroit Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Detroit, MI Michigan United States
Family HH 176,313 63.83% 2,634,949 67.95% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 99,915 36.17% 1,242,555 32.05% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 72,723 41.25% 2,023,404 76.79% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 103,590 58.75% 611,545 23.21% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 19,666 18.98% 166,004 27.15% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 83,924 81.02% 445,541 72.85% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 35,261 48.49% 848,222 41.92% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 37,462 51.51% 1,175,182 58.08% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 9,148 8.83% 85,774 14.03% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 10,518 10.15% 80,230 13.12% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 53,568 51.71% 265,043 43.34% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 30,356 29.30% 180,498 29.52% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 49,525 49.57% 595,325 47.91% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 50,390 50.43% 647,230 52.09% 19,725,571 52.44%

The data for Detroit, MI may also contain data for the following areas: Detroit

Family Household: A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family, and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

Married Family Household: A married family household consists of a married householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage or adoption.

Other Family Household: An other family household consists of a householder and one or more other persons living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth or adoption. These households may have a Male Householder with No Wife Present and/or Female Householder with No Husband Present.

Non-Family Household: A non-family household consists of a householder living alone (a one-person household) or where the householder shares the home exclusively with people to whom he/she is not related.

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Detroit Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Detroit, MI Michigan United States
Households 276,228 3,877,504 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 -17.89% 2.43% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.74 2.50 2.54
Median Household Size 2.75 2.70 2.73
1 Person 84,296 30.52% 1,011,839 26.10% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 71,523 25.89% 1,315,580 33.93% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 45,835 16.59% 603,320 15.56% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 35,855 12.98% 575,324 14.84% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 20,846 7.55% 252,792 6.52% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 9,698 3.51% 80,701 2.08% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 8,175 2.96% 37,948 0.98% 1,567,455 1.32%

The data for Detroit, MI may also contain data for the following areas: Detroit

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