Children in single-parent families by family nativity in United States

Children in single-parent families by family nativity

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Definition and Source

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Definition

Children under age 18 who live with their own single parent either in a family or subfamily by, children in immigrant families or US-born families. In this definition, single-parent families may include cohabiting couples and do not include children living with married stepparents. Children who live in group quarters (for example, institutions, dormitories, or group homes) are not included in this calculation.

Children in immigrant families are themselves foreign-born or reside with at least one foreign-born parent. Children in U.S.-born families are both themselves and their resident parent born in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or the Northern Marianas or born abroad of American parents.

Data Source

PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Census Supplementary Survey & American Community Survey.

Notes

S - Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.

N.A. - Data not available.

Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most recent Census counts. Cities for which data are collected may change over time.

A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at

Children in single-parent families by family nativity.

Last Updated

January 2024

United States

Location

Children in single-parent families by family nativity in United States