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Population & Demographics

Household Characteristics

Households, 2000

Description: A household is a person or group of persons who occupy a dwelling unit. Households include families, which consist of persons related by birth, marriage or adoption, and nonfamily households, which consist of persons living alone or unrelated by birth, marriage or adoption.
Households are defined similarly in the United States and Canada, with slight differences in terminology.
Source: Summary File 3, Table P52. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 2000.
Source: Statistics Canada CD 2001

Households, 1990

Description: A household is a person or group of persons who occupy a dwelling unit. Households include families, which consist of persons related by birth, marriage or adoption, and nonfamily households, which consist of persons living alone or unrelated by birth, marriage or adoption.
Households are defined similarly in the United States and Canada, with slight differences in terminology.
Source: Summary File 3, Table P005. 1990 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 1990.
Source: Statistics Canada 1991(2AProfile) Basic Questionnaire - Statistics Canada

% Households Change, 1990 - 2000

Description: Percentage change in number of households for 1990-2000 (US) and 1991-2001 (CAN).
Calculation = (Households 2000 - Households 1990)/Households 1990
Source: Summary File 1, Table P52. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 2000.
Source: Statistics Canada 2001 CD

% Households with Person Age 65 or Older, 2000

Description: Percentage of households with at least one person 65 years or older in 2000 (US) or 2001 (CAN).
Calculation = Households with at least one person 65 years or older/Total Households
Source: Summary File 1, Table P23. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau

% Married Couple Households, 2000

Description: Percentage of households composed of a married couple in 2000 (US) and 2001 (CAN). Married couples include those formally married and in common law marriages.
Calculation = Married Couple Households/Total Households
Source: Summary File 1, Table P18. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 2000
Source: Statistics Canada CD 2001

% Single Parent Households, 2000

Description: Percentage of family households composed of a male or female lone parent with no spouse or common law partner present living in a dwelling with one or more of their children under age 18 in 2000 (US) or 2001 (CAN). Definitions in Canada and the United States are similar, with slight variations in terminology.
Calculation = Single-Parent Family Households/Total Households
Source: Summary File 1, Table P18. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 2000
Source: Statistics Canada CD 2001

% Nonfamily Households, 2000

Description: Percentage of households comprised of one person living alone or two or more persons who share a dwelling but do not constitute a family. Persons in nonfamily households are not related by birth, marriage or adoption.
Calculation = Nonfamily Households/Total Households
Source: Summary File 1, Table P18. 2000 Census of Population and Housing. US Census Bureau 2000
Source: Statistics Canada CD 2001

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