Changing household demographics

This infographic shows households by type, 1970-2012. The most notable trend is the number of married couples with children, which dropped from 40.3% to 19.6%. Interesting.



4 thoughts on “Changing household demographics”

  1. I guess that still leaves out single people with children, and non-married couples with children.

  2. Regardless of the larger context, it’s interesting to note that the “traditional” family unit is becoming less common.

  3. Hi The Loop, noticed you have posted a few demographics items of late. As the western population gets older, do you think this is a major opportunity for wearable health monitoring devices from Apple; not an iWatch but an iWatchYourHealth?

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