8/8 Married-Family Gardens Top 10 Largest
The Top 10 Largest Married-Family Gardens are in:
DC/Baltimore/Philadelphia suburbs (VA, DC, MD, PA)
San Francisco Bay Area (CA)
Core New Jersey (NJ)
Utah (UT)
NYC Tristate suburbs (CT, NJ, NY)
Boston suburbs (MA)
Seattle suburbs (WA)
Long Island (NY)
Dallas suburbs (TX)
Chicago suburbs (IL)
A married-family garden, is in those PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas) where “households with children that are headed by a married couple” is at or above 79%. Where these PUMAs join together they create larger gardens.
In these, America’s top 10 largest married-family gardens, the share of “households with children that are headed by a married couple” range from a minimum share of 79% to a maximum share of 89%.
America’s largest married-family garden sprawls from suburban D.C. and Northern Virginia, up through the suburbs of Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Of these 385,561 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 79% and the maximum share is 86%.
America’s second largest married-family garden spreads across a number of suburban areas in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Of these 294,628 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 79% and the maximum share is 89%.
America’s third largest married-family garden fills most of New Jersey.
Of these 244,656 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 88%.
America’s fourth largest married-family garden spreads across most of the state of Utah.
Of these 221,389 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 79% and the maximum share is 88%.
America’s fifth largest married-family garden joins a number of New York City’s main suburbs across Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York.
Of these 184,595 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 79% and the maximum share is 88%.
America’s sixth largest married-family garden is in suburban Boston, across married-family gardens in Middlesex County and eastern Worcester County.
Of these 153,676 households with children, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 88%.
America’s seventh largest married-family garden is in suburban Seattle, made up of married-family gardens in Seattle city’s northeast and northwest neighborhoods from Magnolia to Windermere, much of King County, and south central Snohomish County.
Of these 131,032 households with children in this garden, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 86%.
America’s eighth largest married-family garden is on Long Island, made up of married-family gardens in parts of Nassau County, Oyster Bay, Glen Cove City; and Suffolk County, Huntingdon, Smithtown, and Brookhaven.
Of these 126,083 households with children in this garden, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 86%.
America’s ninth largest married-family garden is in Dallas suburbs, made-up of married-family gardens in parts of Collin County, Celina City, Prosper Town; and Denton County, Frisco, The Colony, and Little Elm Cities.
Of these 123,864 households with children in this garden, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 86%.
America’s tenth largest married-family garden is in Chicago suburbs, made-up of married-family gardens in parts of DuPage County, Lisle Township; and Will County, Frankfort, Homer, and New Lenox.
Of these 109,357 households with children in this garden, the minimum share headed by a married couple is 80% and the maximum share is 86%.
Full report and maps published by the Institute for Family Studies: https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/marriage-deserts-mapping-americas-family-divide
