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Population - Household Type Trends, Chester County

Data accessed May 2024

Source: US Census Bureau, 2013 through 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimate, S1101, HOUSEHOLDS AND FAMILIES
US Census Bureau, 2013 through 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, B11003, FAMILY TYPE BY PRESENCE AND AGE OF OWN CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS
US Census Bureau, 2020 Experimental Data, XK202510 (Did not include county-level data)

Download this table and the entire Chester County Data Catalogue in an Excel format.

Chester County, Households and Families 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020** 2021 2022
Households 186,430 186,144 188,121 187,188 189,506 192,746 193,234 N/A 204,407 204,309
Families (Family Households) 132,245 128,807 134,796 131,367 133,783 138,582 136,514 N/A 144,014 146,964
Non-Family Housholds (Families minus households)* 54,185 57,377 53,325 55,821 55,723 54,164 56,720 N/A 60,033 56,720
Chester County, Married Couple Families
Married-couple family, with own children under 18 years 47,289 47,944 46,515 43,928 48,817 47,790 47,551 N/A 49,928 52,294
Married-couple family, no children under 18 years 60,663 58,970 64,991 59,743 64,051 67,181 64,949 N/A 70,504 72,515
Chester County, Single Parent Families
Male householder, no spouse, with own children under 18 3,184 2,695 3,511 3,841 2,544 3,622 3,112 N/A 3,072 3,232
Female householder, no spouse, with own children under 18 8,838 7,191 8,683 9,374 8,009 8,510 8,688 N/A 7,035 8,008
Single parent family, with own children under 18 years* 12,022 9,886 12,194 13,215 10,553 12,132 11,800 N/A 10,107 11,240
Non Family Households
Male householder, no spouse, with no own children under 18 3,341 3,312 3,574 4,714 2,564 2,767 3,598 N/A 3,123 2,691
Female householder, no spouse, with no own children under 18 8,930 8,695 7,522 9,767 7,798 8,712 8,616 N/A 10,352 8,224
Housholder living alone, with no own children under 18 year* 12,271 12,007 11,096 14,481 10,362 11,479 12,214 N/A 13,475 10,915
Other (Non-Family HH minus living alone with no children)* 41,914 45,330 42,229 41,340 45,361 42,685 44,506 N/A 46,558 45,805

*Categories calculated by summing census data.

**The Census Bureau did not release its standard 2020 ACS 1-Year estimates because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the Census Bureau released "Experimental Data" estimates for 2020, and only at the national and state level, but not the county level. For more information on the 2020 Experimental Data visit census.gov.