The average American family in 2023 consisted of 3.15 persons.
Families in the United States
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.
As of 2023, the U.S. Census Bureau counted about 84.33 million families in the United States. The average family consisted of 3.15 persons in 2021, down from 3.7 in the 1960s. This is reflected in the decrease of children in family households overall. In 1970, about 56 percent of all family households had children under the age of 18 living in the household. This percentage declined to about 40 percent in 2020.
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US Census Bureau. (November 17, 2023). Average number of people per family in the United States from 1960 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/183657/average-size-of-a-family-in-the-us/
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