Southern California census snapshot: Unmarried heterosexual partner households, 2000-2010
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
One trend in California households is an increasing prevalence of homes comprised of unmarried partners. In 2000, unmarried opposite-sex partnerships comprised 5.1% of households throughout the state and in 2010 that grew to 6.2%, a 20% change. In Southern California, the increased percentage of census tracts with a significant number of unmarried partner households is easy to see.
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