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Portsmouth Household Makeup and Size

2010 Household Family Makeup Statistics Portsmouth, VA Virginia United States
Family HH 26,499 66.15% 2,118,864 67.98% 80,786,957 68.23%
Non-Family HH 13,557 33.85% 998,045 32.02% 37,615,186 31.77%
Family Households
Married Family HH 16,462 62.12% 1,638,145 77.31% 61,788,433 76.48%
Other Family HH 10,037 37.88% 480,719 22.69% 18,998,524 23.52%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present 2,050 20.42% 125,562 26.12% 5,269,052 27.73%
Female Householder, No Husband Present 7,987 79.58% 355,157 73.88% 13,729,472 72.27%
Married Family Households
with Children Under 18 6,615 40.18% 709,765 43.33% 26,914,156 43.56%
with No Children Under 18 9,847 59.82% 928,380 56.67% 34,874,277 56.44%
Other Family Households
Male Householder, No Wife Present with Children Under 18 1,036 10.32% 62,178 12.93% 2,679,014 14.10%
Male Householder, No Wife Present with No Children Under 18 1,014 10.10% 63,384 13.19% 2,590,038 13.63%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with Children Under 18 5,014 49.96% 210,635 43.82% 8,162,103 42.96%
Female Householder, No Husband Present with No Children Under 18 2,973 29.62% 144,522 30.06% 5,567,369 29.30%
Non-Family Households
Male Householder 6,258 46.16% 469,981 47.09% 17,889,615 47.56%
Female Householder 7,299 53.84% 528,064 52.91% 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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Portsmouth Household Average Size Graph

2010 Household Size Statistics Portsmouth, VA Virginia United States
Households 40,056 3,116,909 118,402,143
Household Growth Since 2000 4.94% 15.48% 12.25%
Average Household Size 2.35 2.47 2.54
Median Household Size 2.68 2.72 2.73
1 Person 11,136 27.80% 783,990 25.15% 30,136,064 25.45%
2 Person 12,992 32.43% 1,070,019 34.33% 39,659,597 33.50%
3 Person 7,187 17.94% 536,563 17.21% 19,037,063 16.08%
4 Person 5,313 13.26% 464,254 14.89% 17,509,838 14.79%
5 Person 2,288 5.71% 180,089 5.78% 7,800,606 6.59%
6 Person 758 1.89% 55,654 1.79% 2,691,520 2.27%
7 or More Person 382 0.95% 26,340 0.85% 1,567,455 1.32%

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