Average under 18 pop. per family household U.S. 1960-2023

In 2023, American family households had on average 0.85 people under the age of 18 living in the household. This is a significant decrease from the 1.43 people under the age of 18 living in American family households on average in 1960.

Average number of people under the age of 18 per family household in the United States from 1960 to 2023

Characteristic	Average number of people under 18
1960	1.43
1961	1.44
1962	1.46
1963	1.46
1964	1.45
1965	1.43
1966	1.41
1967	1.39
1968	1.34
1969	1.32
1970	1.29
1971	1.25
1972	1.21
1973	1.18
1974	1.15
1975	1.13
1976	1.1
1977	1.08
1978	1.05
1979	1.03
1980	1.01
1981	1
1982	0.99
1983	0.98
1984	0.98
1985	0.96
1986	0.96
1987	0.96
1988	0.96
1989	0.96
1990	0.97
1991	0.96
1992	0.99
1993	0.99
1994	0.99
1995	1
1996	0.99
1997	0.99
1998	0.98
1999	0.98
2000	0.96
2001	0.96
2002	0.95
2003	0.95
2004	0.94
2005	0.93
2006	0.93
2007	0.94
2008	0.93
2009	0.93
2010	0.93
2011	0.91
2012	0.9
2013	0.9
2014	0.89
2015	0.89
2016	0.89
2017	0.88
2018	0.87
2019	0.87
2020	0.86
2021	0.87
2022	0.86
2023	0.85

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1960 to 2023

Special properties

Family households

Supplementary notes

* A family household is a household maintained by a householder who is in a family (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), and includes any unrelated people (unrelated subfamily members and/or secondary individuals) who may be residing there.

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