Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2022-2023 annual averages

Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2022-2023 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Number		Percent distribution
Characteristic	2022	2023	2022	2023
TOTAL MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES(1)
Total	60,877	61,272	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	48,707	48,865	80.0	79.8
With only one spouse employed	14,892	14,384	24.5	23.5
With both spouses employed	29,783	30,451	48.9	49.7
Other employment combinations	4,032	4,030	6.6	6.6
With no family member employed	12,170	12,407	20.0	20.2
Opposite-sex married-couple families
Total	60,186	60,550	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	48,092	48,223	79.9	79.6
Husband only	10,652	10,154	17.7	16.8
Wife only	4,075	4,055	6.8	6.7
Husband and wife	29,353	29,992	48.8	49.5
Other employment combinations	4,012	4,022	6.7	6.6
With no family member employed	12,093	12,327	20.1	20.4

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN(2)
Total	15,574	15,144	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	12,224	12,065	78.5	79.7
Householder only	6,267	6,083	40.2	40.2
Householder and other member(s)	3,709	3,792	23.8	25.0
Other member(s), not householder	2,248	2,191	14.4	14.5
With no family member employed	3,350	3,078	21.5	20.3

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN(2)
Total	7,348	7,427	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	6,228	6,313	84.8	85.0
Householder only	2,893	2,866	39.4	38.6
Householder and other member(s)	2,369	2,436	32.2	32.8
Other member(s), not householder	966	1,011	13.2	13.6
With no family member employed	1,119	1,114	15.2	15.0
Footnotes (1) Includes both opposite-sex and same-sex married-couple families. (2) Includes families with no spouse of either sex present.
NOTE: In families maintained by women or men with no spouse present, householder refers to the woman or man maintaining the family. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Beginning in 2020, family estimates reflect a change in the classification of marital status. This change expanded the definition of married-couple families to include same-sex married couples. As a result, data under the new definition are not strictly comparable with data prior to 2020.

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Last Modified Date: April 24, 2024