21 Percent of Married-Couple Households Have at Least One Foreign-Born Spouse

The U.S. Census Bureau reported today that 11.4 million married-couple households, or 21 percent of all married-couple households in America in 2011, had at least one spouse born in another country. 

About 13 percent (7.3 million) of households had two foreign-born spouses, and 7 percent (4.1 million) had one native-born and one foreign-born spouse.

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HOME OWNERSHIP and RESIDENTIAL VACANCIES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER 2011

National vacancy rates in the fourth quarter 2011 were 9.4 percent for rental housing and 2.3 percent for homeowner housing, the Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau announced today.

The rental vacancy rate  of 9.4 percent was approximately the same as the fourth quarter 2010 rate (+/-0.5 percentage points)* and 0.4 percentage points lower than last quarter (+/-0.4).

The homeowner vacancy rate of 2.3 percent was 0.4 percentage points lower than the fourth quarter 2010 rate (+/-0.2) and 0.1 percentage point lower (+/-0.1)* than the rate last quarter (2.4 percent).

The home ownership rate  of 66.0 percent was 0.5 percentage points (+/-0.4) lower than the fourth quarter 2010 rate (66.5 percent) and 0.3 percentage points (+/-0.4)* lower than the rate last quarter (66.3 percent).

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