# Families count

Counts the total number of family households in the surrounding postcode from the U.S. Census American Community Survey. A family household is one where the householder is related by birth, marriage, or adoption to at least one other resident.

- API name: `families_count`
- Category: Demography
- Type · unit: Integer · count
- Postcodes with a value: 34.0K (99.7%)
- Latest collection: Dec 31, 2024, refreshed yearly
- How values combine: Read from a single source field.
- Middle 50% of values: 306 to 4,829 count

## Links

- [Catalog page](/catalog/v2/families_count)
- [Published statistics (JSON)](https://static.faraday.ai/figv2/families_count.json)
- [API reference](/docs/reference/getattribute)