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Bookmark or Share- Nearly Two-Thirds of U.S. Households are Family HouseholdsFamilies: The percentage of families with their own children under age 18 in the household declined from 1974 to 2024. In 1974, 54% of all U.S. families lived with their own children under age 18, compared to 39% in 2024. Marriage: In 2024, 34% of adults age 15 and over had never been married.
- Census Bureau Releases New Estimates on America’s Families and Living ...Families: The percentage of U.S. families with their own children under 18 in the household declined from 2002 to 2022. In 2002, 48% of all families lived with their own children under 18, compared to 43% in 2012 and 40% in 2022. Marriage: In 2022, 34% of people ages 15 and over had never been married, up from 23% in 1950.
- Families and Households - Census.govFamilies 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.
- Number of Kids Living Only With Their Mothers Has Doubled in 50 YearsMonitoring these trends is important because children’s living arrangements can have implications for children’s outcomes, such as academic achievements, internalizing problems (e.g., depression and anxiety), and externalizing problems (e.g., anger and aggression).
- New Estimates on Families and Living Arrangements - Census.govEstimates from the America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2022 report also show that about 80 million U.S. households in 2019 were family households. Of those family households, 58 million were married-couple households, about 6 million were a male householder with no spouse present, and 15 million were a female householder with no ...
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