Table 12. Characteristics of Families in New Jersey: 2001 to 2018 (Family Totals in Thousands)

Two-year Moving Average

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

ALL FAMILIES

Number

2,217

2,292

2,259

2,244

2,268

2,296

2,246

2,188

2,232

2,218

2,176

2,220

2,218

2,234

2,304

2,314

2,281

Average Size

3.19

3.15

3.20

3.21

3.20

3.68

3.27

3.25

3.29

3.33

3.29

3.34

3.36

3.28

3.24

3.30

Type of Family

Total

100.0%

Married-Couple Family

78.2%

77.5%

76.5%

77.0%

76.7%

76.0%

75.6%

75.0%

74.1%

73.5%

72.5%

72.4%

75.4%

75.6%

74.9%

76.2%

77.5%

Male Householder (Spouse Absent)

5.6%

5.2%

5.7%

6.5%

6.1%

5.7%

6.4%

7.9%

7.8%

7.7%

7.9%

6.6%

6.3%

7.0%

6.8%

6.1%

Female Householder (Spouse Abse

16.2%

17.3%

17.9%

16.5%

16.8%

17.9%

18.7%

18.5%

18.0%

18.7%

19.8%

19.7%

18.0%

18.1%

17.0%

16.4%

Number of Family Members in Labor Force

Total

100.0%

No Family Member

15.0%

15.1%

13.3%

12.2%

12.3%

11.6%

11.7%

12.3%

11.4%

12.9%

7.1%

7.5%

11.4%

12.8%

7.6%

10.1%

1 Family Member

29.6%

28.2%

29.6%

31.3%

29.9%

30.0%

30.9%

30.5%

29.7%

29.1%

16.5%

20.4%

27.6%

28.8%

17.5%

23.0%

2 Family Members

43.3%

44.8%

44.9%

43.3%

43.1%

44.0%

44.1%

43.3%

44.6%

44.9%

42.8%

31.8%

33.0%

39.9%

43.0%

32.2%

35.1%

3 or More Family Members

12.0%

11.9%

12.2%

13.3%

14.7%

14.3%

13.3%

13.5%

14.0%

15.2%

44.6%

39.1%

21.1%

15.4%

42.6%

31.8%

Number of Children Under 18 Years

Total

100.0%

None

52.9%

53.0%

52.0%

50.8%

50.1%

51.2%

52.1%

52.9%

53.8%

54.9%

55.3%

55.9%

55.6%

56.1%

57.5%

57.9%

58.6%

One

18.4%

20.3%

20.9%

20.5%

21.0%

21.2%

21.1%

19.5%

18.7%

19.8%

20.5%

19.7%

20.5%

20.3%

18.3%

18.2%

17.6%

Two

19.6%

18.6%

19.9%

19.2%

18.7%

18.3%

18.0%

17.3%

17.6%

17.3%

16.4%

16.5%

16.6%

16.8%

Three

7.2%

6.4%

6.8%

7.2%

7.5%

6.7%

6.3%

7.1%

6.2%

5.2%

5.4%

5.5%

6.1%

5.4%

5.0%

Four or More

1.9%

1.7%

1.6%

1.4%

1.7%

1.8%

2.1%

2.3%

1.7%

1.4%

1.8%

2.0%

1.5%

1.9%

2.1%

Number of Children Under 6 Years

Total

100.0%

None

80.4%

80.6%

80.8%

80.4%

79.7%

80.0%

80.7%

81.3%

82.5%

83.4%

82.7%

82.4%

83.5%

83.7%

83.6%

83.7%

One

13.5%

14.2%

14.0%

13.7%

14.2%

14.3%

14.2%

13.6%

13.4%

12.9%

12.5%

12.9%

13.1%

12.0%

10.9%

11.2%

11.8%

Two

5.3%

4.4%

4.5%

5.2%

5.5%

5.3%

5.1%

4.9%

4.6%

4.2%

3.7%

4.0%

4.1%

4.2%

4.7%

4.6%

4.0%

Three

0.8%

0.6%

0.7%

0.4%

0.3%

0.4%

0.3%

0.6%

0.5%

Four or More

0.1%

Source: US Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey (CPS): March 2001 through 2018.

Prepared by : NJ Dept of Labor & Workforce Dev., Div. of Economic & Demographic Research, 10/2018.