Black families with a single father U.S. 2021

In 2021, there were about 1.22 million Black families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were 472,000 Black families with a single father in the U.S.

Number of Black families with a single father in the United States from 1990 to 2021 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of families in thousands
2021	1,220
2020	1,232
2019	1,050
2018	1,073
2017	1,046
2016	1,013
2015	1,024
2014	1,133
2013	1,102
2012	1,040
2011	956
2010	916
2009	939
2008	812
2007	799
2006	864
2005	806
2004	740
2003	782
2002	764
2001	775
2000	732
1999	706
1998	660
1997	562
1996	657
1995	573
1994	535
1993	450
1992	467
1991	503
1990	472

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Male householder, no wife present - with and without children under 18 years.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "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."

Black alone - With and without children under 18 years - Male householder, no spouse present.

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