Table 1-14 TOC
Households, in Idaho, the Region, and the U.S., 1980-1990 (Households in 1,000s)
  Idaho Alaska Montana Nevada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming U.S.
1980
Households 324 131 284 304 992 449 1,541 166 80,390
% change 48 66.3 30.6 90.1 43.4 50.6 39.3 58.3 26.7
Persons/household 2.85 2.93 2.7 2.59 2.6 3.2 2.61 2.78 2.75
1990
Households 361 189 306 466 1,103 537 1,872 169 91,947
% change 11.3 43.7 7.9 53.2 11.3 19.8 21.5 1.9 14.4
% 65 yrs or older[1] 23.2 8.9 24.2 20 24.7 19.4 21.4 19.9 24.1
Persons/household 2.73 2.8 2.53 2.53 2.52 3.15 2.53 2.63 2.63
Families[2] 263 133 212 307 751 411 1,265 120 64,518
% w/ own children 52.1 61.7 50.8 47.2 47.5 59.4 49.6 54.4 48.2
Married couple[3] 224 106 177 240 613 348 1,029 101 50,708
w/ own children 111 63 84 106 269 202 475 52 23,495
% 50 59.6 48 44.6 44.3 58.6 46.7 51.8 46.8
One-parent[4] 25 19 23 38 85 41 148 13 7,383
% female householder[5] 66.8 75.8 68 60.8 64.3 67.5 65.4 71.5 56.5
Nonfamily[6] 98 56 94 159 352 126 607 49 27,429
One-person 81 42 80 120 279 102 476 41 22,580
% 22.4 22.1 26.3 25.7 25.3 18.9 25.4 24.5 24.6
Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1993, 113th ed., 1993; [year] Census of Population, General Population Characteristics, United States, [year] CP-1-1, 1980, 1990.
Notes: Household—comprises all persons who occupy a "housing unit" (house, apartment or other group of rooms, a single room that constitutes "separate living quarters"). A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated persons, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone or a group of unrelated persons sharing the same housing unit is also counted as a household.
  Householder—the first adult household member listed on the questionnaire, the person in whose name the home is owned or rented. If a home is owned or rented jointly by a married couple, either the husband or the wife may be listed first. Prior to 1980, the husband was always considered the household head (householder) in married-couple households.
  Family—refers to a group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together in a household. A family includes among its members the householder.
  Data as of 1 April of census year.
  % change indicates percentage change from prior census.
  Own children are those under 18 years of age.
[1] Percentage of households with one or more persons 65 years or older.
[2] Includes other family types not shown separately.
[3] Includes other married couple families not shown separately.
[4] Comprises (1) female family householders with no husband present and with own children and (2) male family householders with no wife present and with own children.
[5] Percentage female householders, no husband present, with own children under 18.
[6] Includes nonfamily households with two or more persons.

Compiled by: Lily Wai, data input assisted by: Robert Anton-Erik
Contact: Lily Wai