Share of custodial parents who received any child support - U.S.

This statistic shows the share of American single parents who have taken custody of their own children and who received any child support between 1993 and 2011. In 2011, some 74 percent of such parents in the United States received any child support.

Share of custodial parents who received any child support in the United States from 1993 to 2011

Characteristic	Share of custodial parents
2011	74.1%
2009	70.8%
2007	76.3%
2005	77.2%
2003	76.5%
2001	73.9%
1999	73.7%
1997	75.3%
1995	75.7%
1993	75.8%

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Release date

October 2013

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1993 to 2011

Special properties

Parents living with own children under 21 years of age whose other parent is not living in the home

Supplementary notes

According to the source, numbers are in thousands as of spring of the following year. Parents living with own children under 21 years of age whose other parent is not living in the home.

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