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Table 5-2 Average Household Size: 1970-98

Friday, January 6, 2012

Table 5-2
Average Household Size: 1970-98

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Year Number of persons
1970 3.14
1980 2.76
1990 2.63
1998 2.62

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States (Washington, DC: 1998).