The table below gives statistics about the size of US household over a number of years from 1790 to 1990

The table illustrates the percentage distribution of households in the United States by size, ranging from one to six or more persons, over four different years (1790, 1890, 1940, and 1990). It also provides data on the average number of people per household. Overall, there was a clear trend of declining household size over the […]