A family is defined by the
United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes as "a group of two people or more (one of whom is the
householder Householder may refer to:
*Householder, a person who is the head of a household
*Householder (Buddhism), a Buddhist term most broadly referring to any layperson
* Householder (surname), notable people with the surname
*''The Householder'', a 1963 I ...
) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."
A family household is more inclusive, consisting of "a household maintained by a householder who is in a family (as defined above), and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there."
In 2014 the US Census Bureau began including
same-sex marriages in their counts of families and family households. Prior to this, they were counted as
cohabiting partners and thus not considered to form a family.
[Cohn]
Notes
References
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*{{cite web, last1=Cohn, first1=D’Vera, title=Census says it will count same-sex marriages, but with caveats, url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/29/census-says-it-will-count-same-sex-marriages-but-with-caveats/, website=Pew Research Center, date=May 29, 2014
Family in the United States
United States Census Bureau