Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s)
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Overview
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- Basic Statistic Number of families in the U.S. 1960-2023
- Basic Statistic Average size of a family in the US 1960-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. family households with children, by family type 1970-2022
- 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
Children with divorced parents
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- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. children living in a single parent family 1970-2023
- Premium Statistic Children living with single divorced parents U.S. 2021, by age of child
- Premium Statistic Children living with single divorced parents, by race of child U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Children living with single divorced parents, by family income U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Children living with a single separated parent in the U.S. 2022, by age of child
- Basic Statistic U.S. children's living arrangements from 1970-2022
Divorce and child support
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Single mothers
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- Basic Statistic U.S. number of families with a single mother 1990-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of families with single mothers living below poverty line 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of white, non-Hispanic single mother households U.S. 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of Black single mothers U.S. 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Asian families with a single mother below poverty level 2002-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Hispanic families with a single mother 1990-2022
Single fathers
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- Basic Statistic U.S. number of families with a single father 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of single fathers below the poverty line 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of poor white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Black families with a single father 1990-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of Asian families with a single father U.S. 2002-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of Hispanic families with a single father U.S. 1990-2022
Further related statistics
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- Desire of parents to have more children 2013
- Reasons for not having more children
- Survey on children growing up happily with a single parent in 2010, by age of respondents
- Knowledge of parents about managing personal finances in the U.S. 2015
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2022
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single father 2002-2022
- Canada: number of lone-parent families 2020, by number of children
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single mother households 1990-2022
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single mother 2002-2022
- U.S. number of white single mother households below the poverty line 1990-2022
- Living distance between American parents and children in 2011
- Parents contact frequency in France 2014
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single father 1990-2022
- Percentage of U.S. parents who work based on household income 2012
- Family relationship satisfaction with parents South Korea 2018
- Reasons to judge parents worldwide 2021
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- Desire of parents to have more children 2013
- Reasons for not having more children
- Survey on children growing up happily with a single parent in 2010, by age of respondents
- Knowledge of parents about managing personal finances in the U.S. 2015
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2022
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single father 2002-2022
- Canada: number of lone-parent families 2020, by number of children
- U.S. poverty rate of white, non-Hispanic single mother households 1990-2022
- U.S. poverty rate of Asian families with a single mother 2002-2022
- U.S. number of white single mother households below the poverty line 1990-2022
- Living distance between American parents and children in 2011
- Parents contact frequency in France 2014
- U.S. poverty rate of Hispanic families with a single father 1990-2022
- Percentage of U.S. parents who work based on household income 2012
- Family relationship satisfaction with parents South Korea 2018
- Reasons to judge parents worldwide 2021
US Census Bureau. (November 10, 2023). Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/
US Census Bureau. "Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. November 10, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/
US Census Bureau. (2023). Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/
US Census Bureau. "Number of Children Living with a Single Mother or a Single Father in The U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/
US Census Bureau, Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/ (last visited December 03, 2023)
Number of children living with a single mother or a single father in the U.S. from 1970 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], US Census Bureau, November 10, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252847/number-of-children-living-with-a-single-mother-or-single-father/