In 2021, about 40.02 percent of all family households in the United States had their own children under age 18 living in the household. This is compared to the approximate 50.54 percent of female led households with their own children.
Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family
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Statistics on Parents in the U.S.
Households
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- Premium Statistic U.S. households, by generation 2020
- Basic Statistic Average size of a family in the US 1960-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of families in the U.S. 1960-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of families in the US by number of children 2000-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. family households with children, by family type 1970-2021
Mothers and fathers
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Work and finances
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- Premium Statistic U.S. poverty rate for families with female householder 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of single mothers living below poverty line 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. poverty rate of families with a single father 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. single fathers below the poverty line 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. share of children under 6 with all parents working 2021, by state
- Basic Statistic Full-time care cost for an infant in a child care center in the U.S. by state 2020
Celebrations
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- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. consumers celebrating Father's Day 2022
- Premium Statistic What dads would like to receive for Father's Day in the U.S. in 2021
- Premium Statistic Father's Day planned expenditure in the U.S. by region 2022
- Premium Statistic What is important to consumers when picking out a Mother's Day gift U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Mother's Day expected expenditure in the U.S. by region 2022
- Premium Statistic Gift of experience for Mother's Day U.S. by age 2022
Opinions
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- Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards having a baby out of wedlock 2022
- Basic Statistic Americans' moral stance towards divorce in 2022
- Premium Statistic Opinions on various aspects of parenting in United States 2021
- Premium Statistic Opinions on various aspects of parenting in United States 2021, by gender
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- Number of households in the U.S. 2015, by age of householder
- Number of households in the Northwest Territories by size 2016
- Number of families in the U.S. by number of children and ethnic group 2014
- Number of households in Nunavut by size 2016
- Number of households in PEI by size 2016
- Household structure in Nigeria 2018
- Percentage of families in the U.S. by ethnic group and number of children 2014
- Number of households in Manitoba by size 2016
- Number of households in Yukon by size 2016
- Poland: overcrowding rate for households without dependent children 2012-2021
- Sweden: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Overcrowding rate in the European Union (EU-28) 2010-2015
- Overcrowding rate in Belgium 2008-2015
- Austria: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Germany: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Success rate of social housing demands in France 2018, by household composition
- Perception of children contributing to happiness in Japan 2019
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- Number of households in the Northwest Territories by size 2016
- Number of families in the U.S. by number of children and ethnic group 2014
- Number of households in Nunavut by size 2016
- Number of households in PEI by size 2016
- Household structure in Nigeria 2018
- Percentage of families in the U.S. by ethnic group and number of children 2014
- Number of households in Manitoba by size 2016
- Number of households in Yukon by size 2016
- Poland: overcrowding rate for households without dependent children 2012-2021
- Sweden: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Overcrowding rate in the European Union (EU-28) 2010-2015
- Overcrowding rate in Belgium 2008-2015
- Austria: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Germany: overcrowding rate for households with dependent children 2012-2021
- Success rate of social housing demands in France 2018, by household composition
- Perception of children contributing to happiness in Japan 2019
US Census Bureau. (December 8, 2021). Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/
US Census Bureau. "Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family." Chart. December 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/
US Census Bureau. (2021). Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/
US Census Bureau. "Share of Family Households with Own Children under 18 Years in The United States from 1970 to 2021, by Type of Family." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Dec 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/
US Census Bureau, Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/ (last visited March 30, 2023)
Share of family households with own children under 18 years in the United States from 1970 to 2021, by type of family [Graph], US Census Bureau, December 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/242074/percentages-of-us-family-households-with-children-by-type/