Single fathers below the poverty line U.S. 2023

In 2023, about 825,000 families with a male householder in the U.S. lived below the poverty level.
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Number of families with a single father who live below the poverty line in the United States from 1990 to 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of households
2023	825
2022	821
2021	869
2020	796
2019	746
2018	824
2017	853
2016	847
2015	939
2014	969
2013	1,008
2012	1,023
2011	950

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September 2024

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United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2023

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* Households with a male householder and no spouse present - with and without children aged 18 and under.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "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; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."
Families as of March of the following year.

Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Data prior to 2018 can be found here.

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