-15-


households. In relative terms, however, females constituted 10 percent of

white family heads and 22 percent of nonwhite family heads.


TABLE 5.--Number and percentage distribution of persons 14 years of age and
older by relationship to household head and by race and sex, 730 rural house-
 holds, North and West Florida, 1956


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


 : Number Tumber Number Percent Percent Percent

All members:
 Head of household : 730 496 234 38.2 38.9 36.7
 Spouse : 576 413 163 30.1 32.4 25.6
 Children : 458 292 166 23.9 22.9 26.0
 Parent 34 21 13 1.8 1,7 2,0
 Other relative : 103 50 53 5.4 3.9 8.3
 Other persons : 11 2 9 0.6 0.2 1.4

 Total 1,912 1,274 638 100.0 100.0 100.0

Males:
 Head of household : 625 443 182 68.1 69.6 64.5
 Spouse 1 1 0 0.1 0.2 0
 Children : 237 165 72 25.8 25.9 25.5
 Parent 4 3 1 0.4 0.5 0.4
 Other relative 44 22 22 4.8 3.5 7.8
 Other persons 7 2 5 0.8 0.3 1.8

 Total 918 636 282 100.0 100.0 100.0

Females:
 Head of household : 105 53 52 10.6 8.3 14.6
 Spouse : 575 412 163 57.9 64.6 45.8
 Children : 221 127 94 22.2 19.9 26.4
 Parent 30 18 12 3.0 2.8 3.4
 Other relative 59 28 31 5.9 4.4 8.7
 Other persons : 4 0 4 0.4 0 1.1

 Total : 994 638 356 100.0 100.0 100.0



 Tables 6 and 7 show the distribution of the population 14 years of

age and older by years of school completed and by sex, age, and race.