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Table 1.5: Marital Status of Families of Four by State

State	Husband-Wife Family		Single-Headed Family		Total Families
State	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Alabama	135,880	82.02	29,788	17.98	165,668	100
Alaska	28,895	86.24	4,612	13.76	33,507	100
Arizona	170,647	85.92	27,972	14.08	198,619	100
Arkansas	84,762	84.71	15,301	15.29	100,063	100
California	1,113,490	87.28	162,326	12.72	1,275,816	100
Colorado	160,924	92.54	12,982	7.46	173,906	100
Connecticut	141,645	90.06	15,629	9.94	157,274	100
Delaware	24,786	93.43	1,742	6.57	26,528	100
District of Columbia	4,555	47.72	4,991	52.28	9,546	100
Florida	499,051	87.20	73,281	12.80	572,332	100
Georgia	290,245	89.64	33,531	10.36	323,776	100
Hawaii	32,421	87.80	4,504	12.20	36,925	100
Idaho	42,288	89.07	5,187	10.93	47,475	100
Illinois	388,293	87.38	56,064	12.62	444,357	100
Indiana	206,449	86.72	31,617	13.28	238,066	100
Iowa	109,450	91.78	9,804	8.22	119,254	100
Kansas	73,787	86.79	11,227	13.21	85,014	100
Kentucky	128,593	91.32	12,221	8.68	140,814	100
Louisiana	143,094	79.58	36,727	20.42	179,821	100
Maine	48,676	92.93	3,704	7.07	52,380	100
Maryland	171,488	93.10	12,704	6.90	184,192	100
Massachusetts	202,287	87.88	27,901	12.12	230,188	100
Michigan	326,132	88.70	41,529	11.30	367,661	100
Minnesota	221,474	92.34	18,381	7.66	239,855	100
Mississippi	112,352	84.56	20,516	15.44	132,868	100
Missouri	179,082	86.20	28,665	13.80	207,747	100
Montana	29,860	87.11	4,417	12.89	34,277	100
Nebraska	57,761	87.07	8,577	12.93	66,338	100
Nevada	62,823	88.50	8,163	11.50	70,986	100
New Hampshire	43,851	89.41	5,194	10.59	49,045	100
New Jersey	345,235	90.55	36,034	9.45	381,269	100
New Mexico	54,755	82.51	11,610	17.49	66,365	100
New York	585,075	84.95	103,692	15.05	688,767	100
North Carolina	257,805	90.55	26,899	9.45	284,704	100
North Dakota	23,878	92.34	1,982	7.66	25,860	100
Ohio	375,701	86.17	60,282	13.83	435,983	100
Oklahoma	111,790	92.66	8,860	7.34	120,650	100
Oregon	114,531	88.71	14,569	11.29	129,100	100
Pennsylvania	360,421	88.00	49,137	12.00	409,558	100
Rhode Island	33,374	87.67	4,695	12.33	38,069	100
South Carolina	114,799	85.77	19,053	14.23	133,852	100
South Dakota	30,591	92.41	2,512	7.59	33,103	100
Tennessee	200,412	84.93	35,564	15.07	235,976	100
Texas	682,924	87.36	98,848	12.64	781,772	100
Utah	67,302	87.51	9,602	12.49	76,904	100
Vermont	28,164	92.52	2,278	7.48	30,442	100
Virginia	220,202	91.38	20,784	8.62	240,986	100
Washington	185,487	92.06	15,996	7.94	201,483	100
West Virginia	62,095	89.23	7,491	10.77	69,586	100
Wisconsin	210,504	91.19	20,342	8.81	230,846	100
Wyoming	15,964	91.96	1,396	8.04	17,360	100
Total	9,316,050	87.91	1,280,883	12.09	10,596,933	100

Source: March Current Population Survey, 2001; Heritage Tabulations