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TABLE 4,-Number and percentage distribution of total population by relation-
ship to household head and by race, 730 rural households, North and West
 Florida, 1956


 : Population
 Relationship of :
 household member : : :
 to family head : Total : White : Nonwhite : Total : White : Nonwhite


 : Number Number Number : Percent Percent Percent

Head of household: 730 496 234 25.3 27.0 22,3

Spouse : 576 413 163 : 19.9 22.5 15.5

Children : 1,433 857 576 : 49.6 46.6 55.0

Parent 34 21 13 : 1.2 1.1 1.2

Other relative : 103 50 53 : 3.6 2.7 5.1

Other persons : 11 2 9 : 0.4 0.1 0.9

 Total : 2,887 1,839 1,048 : 1000 100.0 100.0



The nonwhite population had greater proportions of children, other relatives

and other persons, and a smaller proportion of family heads and spouses than

the white population. Within the nonwhite population, there were 550 off-

spring at home for each 1,000 population compared with 466 offspring at home

per 1,000 white population. Relatives including parents of the household

heads and unrelated persons accounted for 7.2 percent of the nonwhite popula-

tion compared with 3.9 percent in the white population.

 Among the white population, there were approximately 5 couples

(heads of household and spouse) to each head of household unaccompanied by a

spouse (Table 5). Among the nonwhite population, almost one-third of the

household heads were unaccompanied by a spouse (single, separated, divorced,

widowed). Of the 730 sample households, 14.6 percent had female family heads.

The female heads were equally divided (53 to 52) between white and nonwhite