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Families and Households
Families and Households
All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related. The level of detail collected varies, as well as the availability of other characteristics of household members.
Featured
Table
America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2022
These America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2022 data tables are from Families and Living Arrangements.
Families and Living Arrangements
Historical Households Tables
These Households tables are on Families and Living Arrangements.
Table
Historical Families Tables
Families by presence of children. Also includes married couples by labor force status of spouses, & estimates of stay-at-home parents.
Tables
Table
Historical Living Arrangements of Children
Children, by presence of parents, and race and Hispanic origin; as well as estimates of grandchildren living in their grandparents’ home.
Table
Historical Marital Status Tables
Median age at first marriage since 1890, as well as marital status by sex.
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Historical State Tables
Average Number of Children Per Family and Per Family With Children, by State, for 1990 and 2000.
News
Stats for Stories
Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day: September 24, 2023
The Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 115 of June 23, 1936, (49 Stat. 1895 as amended), designated the last Sunday in September as "Gold Star Mother's Day."
Stats for Stories
Unmarried and Single Americans Week: September 17-23, 2023
In 2022, about 132.3 million or 49.3% of Americans age 15 and over were unmarried, according to the Current Population Survey.
Stats for Stories
National Stepfamily Day: September 16, 2023
The American Community Survey estimates that in 2021, there were 60.5M biological children, 1.4M adopted children and 2.4M stepchildren of 33.6M householders.
Publications
Publication
Living Arrangements of Children: 2019
This report examines the living arrangements of children using data from the 2008 and 2018 ACS, 2007 and 2019 CPS ASEC and 2014 SIPP.
Publication
The Regular Receipt of Child Support: 2017
This brief discusses the financial child support received by parents who care for children whose other parent or parents live outside the household.
Publication
Transitions in Parental Presence Among Children: 2017
This brief offers estimates of transitions in the presence of parents or a parent’s partner during 2017 for children under the age of 18.
Visualizations
Visualization
CPS Historical Geographic Mobility/Migration Graphs
This page contains tables related to the CPS historical geographical mobility information.
Visualization
State Facts for Students
Brings data close to home by helping students collect, analyze, and compare kid-friendly information about their own state.
Visualization
U.S. Marriage and Divorce Rates by State: 2011 & 2021
The national marriage rate for 2021 was 14.9 and the national divorce rate for 2021 was 6.9.
Other Subtopics Within 'Families and Living Arrangements'
Page Last Revised - November 21, 2022
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