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Portland Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Portland, OR Oregon United States
Family HH 133,089 53.69% 999,733 65.68% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 114,801 46.31% 522,443 34.32% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 97,261 73.08% 787,355 78.76% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 35,828 26.92% 212,378 21.24% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 10,670 29.78% 67,086 31.59% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 25,158 70.22% 145,292 68.41% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 38,486 39.57% 316,817 40.24% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 58,775 60.43% 470,538 59.76% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 5,236 14.61% 37,982 17.88% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 5,434 15.17% 29,104 13.70% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 14,430 40.28% 90,022 42.39% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 10,728 29.94% 55,270 26.02% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 57,083 49.72% 252,323 48.30% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 57,718 50.28% 270,120 51.70% 19,725,571 52.44%

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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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Portland Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Portland, OR Oregon United States
Households 247,890 1,522,176 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 11.39% 14.13% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.26 2.47 2.54
Median Household Size 2.46 2.65 2.73
1 Person 84,729 34.18% 395,891 26.01% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 84,885 34.24% 558,862 36.71% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 33,732 13.61% 227,212 14.93% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 26,749 10.79% 205,328 13.49% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 11,039 4.45% 87,200 5.73% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 3,992 1.61% 30,151 1.98% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 2,764 1.12% 17,532 1.15% 1,567,455 1.32%

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