Indicators Idaho

These data come from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey. They are based on averages of data collected in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. These estimates cannot be used to say what is going on in any particular year in the period, only what the average value is over the full period. The Census Bureau's data.census.gov also provides 1-year estimates for counties with at least 65,000 people. We use 5-year estimates because they are available for all counties and allow comparison to other counties within the region.

A household is a person or group of people who occupy a housing unit. The householder is a person in whose name the housing unit is owned, being bought, or rented. A family household consists of the householder and one or more people related to the householder. It may also include people unrelated to the householder. A nonfamily household consists of a person living alone or a householder who shares the home with nonrelatives only.

In Thurston County . . .

There were NA total households in 2018-2022.
Family households made up NA percent of the total in 2018-2022, compared to NA percent in Washington.
Since 1900, family households have increased as a proportion of the total.
Female-headed households with children (no husband present) made up NA percent of all households in 2018-2022, compared to NA percent in Washington.
Adults age 65 or older who lived alone made up NA percent of all households in 2018-2022, compared to NA percent in Washington.

Percent of all households, 2016-2020

	Washington	United States
Family households	65%	65%
Single women with kids	6%	8%
Nonfamily households	35%	35%
Adults 65 and over living alone	10%	11%

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· Is the percentage of family households increasing, decreasing or staying steady?

· Is the percentage of single female-headed households increasing, decreasing or staying steady?

· Is the percentage of households made up of elderly adults living alone increasing, decreasing or staying steady?

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NOTE: The ACS data are estimates based on a five-year average, meaning that data gathered from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are averaged together to come up with the results shown here. There is no problem with comparing these data to census data from 2000. For a technical discussion of the "margins of error" associated with ACS estimates, please see: (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/library/handbooks/researchers.html)

Source: 2007-2022: U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Community Survey, (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/advanced);
DATE LAST UPDATED: April 29, 2024.