Average child support received by custodial parents U.S. 2017

In 2017, the average amount of child support received by custodial parents from their noncustodial counterparts stood at 3,431 U.S. dollars. This is a decrease from 2015, when this figure stood at 3,567 U.S. dollars.

Average child support received by custodial parents from their noncustodial counterpart in the United States from 1993 to 2017

Characteristic	Average support received in U.S. dollars
2017	3,431
2015	3,567
2013	4,167
2011	4,119
2009	4,162
2007	3,975
2005	4,584
2003	4,675
2001	4,386
1999	4,119
1997	4,223
1995	4,294
1993	3,917

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1993 to 2017

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. Amounts in 2017 U.S. dollars.

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