| Characteristic | Average size of family |
|---|---|
| United States | 3.15 |
| Utah | 3.51 |
| California | 3.44 |
| Hawaii | 3.41 |
| Texas | 3.27 |
| Alaska | 3.25 |
| Georgia | 3.23 |
| Nevada | 3.22 |
| Idaho | 3.21 |
| New York | 3.2 |
| Louisiana | 3.19 |
| New Jersey | 3.17 |
| Mississippi | 3.17 |
| Maryland | 3.16 |
| Alabama | 3.15 |
| Illinois | 3.15 |
| New Mexico | 3.15 |
| Oklahoma | 3.12 |
| Virginia | 3.12 |
| Arizona | 3.08 |
| South Dakota | 3.08 |
| Washington | 3.08 |
| Kansas | 3.08 |
| Nebraska | 3.07 |
| Florida | 3.07 |
| Indiana | 3.07 |
| North Carolina | 3.07 |
| Arkansas | 3.07 |
| South Carolina | 3.06 |
| Tennessee | 3.06 |
| Delaware | 3.06 |
| Missouri | 3.06 |
| Michigan | 3.05 |
| Colorado | 3.05 |
| Minnesota | 3.05 |
| Kentucky | 3.04 |
| Massachusetts | 3.04 |
| Connecticut | 3.04 |
| District of Columbia | 3.03 |
| North Dakota | 3.02 |
| Pennsylvania | 3.01 |
| Rhode Island | 3 |
| Ohio | 3 |
| Iowa | 2.99 |
| Montana | 2.99 |
| Oregon | 2.99 |
| West Virginia | 2.99 |
| New Hampshire | 2.96 |
| Wyoming | 2.95 |
| Wisconsin | 2.94 |
| Vermont | 2.82 |
| Maine | 2.79 |
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Release date
September 2022
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United States
Survey time period
2021
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According to the definition by the U.S. Census Bureau a household "includes all of the people who occupy a housing unit. One person in each household is designated as the 鈥渉ouseholder.鈥 In most cases, this is the person, or one of the people, in whose name the home is owned, being bought, or rented."
A family "consists of a householder and one or more other people living in the same household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption."
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