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For previous press releases please contact the Public Information Office at 301-763-3030.

2011

• December 7:  Custodial Parents Becoming Less Likely to Receive Full Amount of Child Support, Census Bureau Reports
• December 5:  One-Third of Fathers with Working Wives Regularly Care for Their Children, Census Bureau Reports
• December 1:  More Families with Children Receive TANF During 2009 Recession, Census Bureau Reports
• November 17:  Child Poverty by Selected Race Groups and Hispanic Origin: 2009 and 2010
• November 17:  Disability Characteristics of School Age Children: 2010
• August 11:  Half of Young Children in the U.S. are Read to at Least Once a Day, Census Bureau Reports
• June 29:  Census Bureau Reports 64 Percent Increase in Number of Children Living with a Grandparent Over Last Two Decades

2010

• August 17:  Summertime Child Care Arrangements Vary, Census Bureau Reports

2009

• December 9:  Four Out of Five Older Children Academically On-Track
• November 9:  Nearly Half of Parents Get Full Amount of Child Support, Census Bureau Reports
• March 4:  Asian and Hispanic Children More Likely to Dine With Their Parents
• February 25:  As Baby Boomers Age, Fewer Families Have Children Under 18 at Home

2008

• July 28:  50 Million Children Lived with Married Parents in 2007
• May 6:  Monthly Child Support Averaged $425 in 2005
• February 28:  Nearly Half of Preschoolers Receive Child Care from Relatives
• February 20:  Majority of Children Live With Two Biological Parents

2007

• October 31:  Parents More Active in Raising Their Children; More Children Get Television Restrictions
• September 20:  Fewer Custodial Parents on Public Assistance
• March 27:  Single-Parent Households Showed Little Variation Since 1994, Census Bureau Reports
• January 11:  More Kids 'On Track' at School -- 1 in 4 Gifted -- According to Census Bureau Report on 'A Child's Day'

2006

• December 19:  Majority of Undergrads and Grad Students Are Women, Census Bureau Reports
• August 23:  Child-Support Receipt Up; Reliance on Public Assistance Down
• May 25:  Americans Marrying Older, Living Alone More, See Households Shrinking, Census Bureau Reports
• May 12:  More Than 50 Million Americans Report Some Level of Disability
• May 10:  Nation's Population One-Third Minority
• May 10:  Una Tercera Parte de la Población de la Nación Pertenece a la Minoría