The 2010 Census shows that married couples have dropped below half of all households in the United States for the first time in history. The demographic trend of fewer family households has been documented by each Census since WWII. In 2010, married couples represented 48 percent of households in the U.S. compared to 55 percent in 2000, and considerably below the 78 percent of households recorded in the 1950 Census.
If you define a “traditional family” as being a married couple with children less than 18 years of age, just 20 percent of households would qualify in 2010 compared to 25 percent a decade ago and 43 percent in 1950.
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