Iowa Households with Children Under 18 Years by Household Type (ACS 5-Year Estimates)

mydata.iowa.gov | Last Updated 30 Aug 2023

This dataset contains Iowa households with and without children under 18 years old by household type for State of Iowa, individual Iowa counties, Iowa places and census tracts within Iowa. Data is from the American Community Survey, Five Year Estimates, Table B11005. Household type includes Total Households, Family - All Types, Family - Married Couple, Family - All Single Householders, Family - Male Householder - No Wife Present, Family - Female Householder - No Husband Present, Nonfamily - All Types, Nonfamily - Male Householder, Nonfamily - Female Householder, Total Households w/Minors, and Total Households w/o Minors. A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family. A family group is defined as any two or more people residing together, and related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Householder refers to the person (or one of the people) in whose name the housing unit is owned or rented (maintained) or, if there is no such person, any adult member, excluding roomers, boarders, or paid employees. If the house is owned or rented jointly by a married couple, the householder may be either the husband or the wife.

Tags: american community survey, households, household type, place, county, census tract, acs 5-year estimates

This dataset has the following 12 columns:

Column NameAPI Column NameData TypeDescriptionSample Values
Geography Idgeography_idtextSpecific geography id used by the U.S. Census for the state, county, place or census tract associated with the record.
TypetypetextSpecifies the type of geography associated with the record. Categories include: state, county, place and tract.
NamenametextName of geography associated with the record.
VariablevariabletextVariable name identified by the US Census Bureau.
Variable Descriptionvariable_descriptiontextDescribes the characteristics associated with the variable.
Data Collection Perioddata_collection_periodtextThe data collection period reflects the years associated with the 60 month data collection period.
Data Collection End Datedatecalendar_dateThe date when the 60 month data collection period concluded.
Minors Presentminors_presenttextValues include total, yes and no. Total includes all households regardless of presence of a minor. Yes are houses that have one or more minor under the age of 18.
Household Typehousehold_typetextHousehold type includes Total Households, Family - All Types, Family - Married Couple, Family - All Single Householders, Family - Male Householder - No Wife Present, Family - Female Householder - No Husband Present, Nonfamily - All Types, Nonfamily - Male Householder, Nonfamily - Female Householder, Total Households w/Minors, and Total Households w/o Minors. A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family. A family group is defined as any two or more people residing together, and related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
HouseholdsvaluenumberA household includes all the persons who occupy a housing unit as their usual place of residence. A housing unit is a house, an apartment, a mobile home, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied as separate living quarters. Values reported are associated with the applicable geography, variable and data collection period.
LocationlocationpointPrimary point for the specific geography.
Row IDrow_idtextUnique Row Identifier