The S-DHC provides average household size and counts of people living in certain types of households.





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Census Bureau Releases Final 2020 Census Data Product [ [link removed] ]

"New Product Provides Average Household Size and Counts of People Living in Certain Types of Households"

The U.S. Census Bureau today released the Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (S-DHC) [ [link removed] ]. The S-DHC — the final 2020 Census data product to be released — combines the characteristics of households and the people living in them.

The data are available for the nation, the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. These tables supplement the data about households and people released in the Demographic and Housing Characteristics File [ [link removed] ] (DHC) in May 2023.

The S-DHC provides average household size and counts of people living in certain types of households. Read more to explore the full list of data tables now available. 

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America Counts: Majority of Household Population Lived in Coupled Households in 2020 [ [link removed] ]

Despite coupled households making up a decreasing share of U.S. households [ [link removed] ] in recent decades, they still made up the majority: approximately 215 million people were living in coupled households in 2020, roughly 67% of the household population of 323 million [ [link removed] ].

Coupled households are those in which the householder has a spouse or cohabiting partner living with them. Each type of coupled households — married or cohabiting — may contain either an opposite-sex or same-sex couple. 

The 2020 Census Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (S-DHC) [ [link removed] ] released today shows that about 99% of people in coupled households (212 million) lived in opposite-sex couple households, while the remaining 1% lived in same-sex couple households.

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Accessing 2020 Census Supplemental DHC Data on data.census.gov [ [link removed] ]

Check out our new video tutorials to help you navigate the 2020 Census Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File. 

Learn how to access the data, how to download it, export it, and more. 

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?? You May Be Interested In

* Press Kit: 2020 Census Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File [ [link removed] ]
* Upcoming Webinar: Navigating data.census.gov for 2020 S-DHC Data [ [link removed] ]
* Blog: Understanding the Supplemental Demographic and Housing Characteristics File [ [link removed] ]





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