TABLE 59.-Distribution of households by size of family and family income class,
 730 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 : t Family members
 a ______________________________________________
 Family : House- : : :
 income class : holds : : : 9
 (dollars) : 1 : 2 3 4 1 5 6 :7 8 and
 : : : I : ; over
 .. . ... ; : ; ..... ; i ; ; : .

 No. No. o. NoN Noo. N aO. O. NO No.

Negative 22 2 4 5 4 4 .. 3 .
 0- 999 196 44 77 28 21 7 9 6 3 1
 1,000-1,999 : 187 9 64 30 18 21 13 9 20 3
 2,000-2,999 131 1 27 21 24 18 12 9 15 4
 3,000-3,999 : 65 1 7 11 10 13 11 5 5 2
 4,000-4,999 45 1 7 6 16 3 1 9 2
 5,000-7,499 62 .. 6 12 15 16 5 3 4 1
 7,500-9,999 : 13 .. 1 5 1 3 1 .. 2
 10,000 and over: 9 ..* 5 1 1 1 ,. 1 *

 Total 7 30 58 193 123 110 86 53 41 55 11
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as follows:


 Family income Average
 class size
 (dollars) (number)

 Negative 3.9
 0- 999 2.7
 1,000-1,999 4,0
 2,000-2,999 4.7
 3,000-3,999 5.0
 4,000-4,999 4.4
 5,000-7,499 4.6
 7,500-9,999 4,5
 10,000 and over 4,3

 Average 4.0


Families in the income class $3,000 to $3,999 averaged 5.0 persons, the largest

average family size by income classes, Negative family income cases were all

farm units; they averaged 3.9 persons per household. Households in the $0 to