Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages

Table 2. Families by presence and relationship of employed members and family type, 2021-2022 annual averages [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Number		Percent distribution
Characteristic	2021	2022	2021	2022
TOTAL MARRIED-COUPLE FAMILIES(1)
Total	60,471	60,877	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	47,612	48,707	78.7	80.0
With only one spouse employed	15,300	14,892	25.3	24.5
With both spouses employed	28,275	29,783	46.8	48.9
Other employment combinations	4,037	4,032	6.7	6.6
With no family member employed	12,859	12,170	21.3	20.0
Opposite-sex married-couple families
Total	59,843	60,186	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	47,067	48,092	78.7	79.9
Husband only	10,897	10,652	18.2	17.7
Wife only	4,250	4,075	7.1	6.8
Husband and wife	27,900	29,353	46.6	48.8
Other employment combinations	4,019	4,012	6.7	6.7
With no family member employed	12,776	12,093	21.3	20.1

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY WOMEN(2)
Total	15,515	15,574	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	11,748	12,224	75.7	78.5
Householder only	6,065	6,267	39.1	40.2
Householder and other member(s)	3,520	3,709	22.7	23.8
Other member(s), not householder	2,163	2,248	13.9	14.4
With no family member employed	3,767	3,350	24.3	21.5

FAMILIES MAINTAINED BY MEN(2)
Total	7,194	7,348	100.0	100.0
With at least one family member employed	5,926	6,228	82.4	84.8
Householder only	2,784	2,893	38.7	39.4
Householder and other member(s)	2,161	2,369	30.0	32.2
Other member(s), not householder	982	966	13.6	13.2
With no family member employed	1,268	1,119	17.6	15.2
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 19, 2023