Own Children by Age and Family Type
Family Type	Age	Macomb	Oakland	Wayne	Tri-County Total
Married Couple	5	8,373	13,263	16,524	38,160
	6 to 11	50,777	79,861	103,247	233,885
	12 to 17	16,464	26,675	32,084	75,223
	14	7,857	13,152	16,078	37,087
	15 to 17	22,762	35,698	43,989	102,449
	Total 5-17	106,233	168,649	211,922	486,804
Father w/o wife	5	394	496	1,575	2,465
	6 to 11	2,377	3,609	9,931	15,917
	12 to 17	681	1,157	2,973	4,811
	14	390	677	1,472	2,539
	15 to 17	1,326	1,973	4,278	7,577
	Total 5-17	5,168	7,912	20,229	33,309
Mother w/o husband	5	1,272	1,952	9,766	12,990
	6 to 11	9,002	14,369	68,551	91,922
	12 to 17	2,979	4,779	19,044	26,802
	14	1,470	2,559	9,619	13,648
	15 to 17	4,582	7,092	24,984	36,658
	Total 5-17	19,305	30,751	131,964	182,020
Total	5	10,039	15,711	27,865	53,615
	6 to 11	62,156	97,839	181,729	341,724
	12 to 17	20,124	32,611	54,101	106,836
	14	9,717	16,388	27,169	53,274
	15 to 17	28,670	44,763	73,251	146,684
	Total 5-17	130,706	207,312	364,115	702,133
% not living with a married couple	5	17%	16%	41%	29%
	6 to 11	18%	18%	43%	32%
	12 to 17	18%	18%	41%	30%
	14	19%	20%	41%	30%
	15 to 17	21%	20%	40%	30%
	Total 5-17	19%	19%	42%	31%
"Own" children includes only sons and daughters of the householder.
Thus children living with grandparents or other relatives are excluded,
as foster children reported as such.
Prepared by P. Becker for Big Brothers and Big Sisters			3/7/2003
Source: 2000 Census