Census 2010: The changing face of Oklahoma's families

 
By PAUL MONIES pmonies@opubco.com
Published: July 17, 2011

Single-father households, grandparents raising grandchildren and same-sex partners raising kids are among the fastest-growing types of households with children in Oklahoma .

The traditional, nuclear family unit of husband, wife and kids accounted for more than 21.4 percent of all Oklahoma households in 2010. That's down from 24.7 percent a decade ago.

The number of nuclear family households fell 5.9 percen...


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