ECONOMICS - Charts How Households Have Changed

A fascinating report from the Census (via Heidi Moore and Marketing Charts) takes a look at how the structure and habitation of U.S. households has changed dramatically since 1970. The report is titled "America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2012" and its findings include the following bullets. • Sixty-six percent of households in 2012 were family households, down from 81 percent in 1970. • Between 1970 and 2012, the share of households that were married couples with children under 18 halved from 40 percent to 20 percent. • The proportion of one-person households increased by 10 percentage points between 1970 and 2012, from 17 percent to 27 percent.

http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-how-households-have-changed-2013