The data displays the average number of people per family in the United States from 1960 to 2017. The average American family in 2017 consisted of 3.14 persons.
Families in the U.S.
According to the United States Census Bureau, a family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family.
As of 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau counted about 82.18 million families in the U.
