Thursday, April 26, 2012

Census: Indians Have Most Unmarried Partner Households

Indian Country
By Rob Capriccioso

WASHINGTON – New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that there were 939,707 American Indian and Alaska Native households in the United States in 2010.
Some facts about these households, courtesy of the Census report:
  • 40.1 percent were husband-wife households
  • 21.4 percent had a female householder, with no spouse present
  • 8.9 percent featured a male householder, with no spouse present
  • 29.6 percent were non-family households
  • Of all races, American Indian and Alaska Native households reported the largest percentage of unmarried partner households (10.9 percent)
  • 10 percent of these unmarried partner households reported being of the opposite sex; .9 percent reported being same-sex

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