U.S. poverty rate of families with a single father 1990-2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 17, 2024

In 2023, 11.4 percent of the families with a single father lived below the poverty level in the United States. 
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.

Poverty rate for families with a male head of household in the United States from 1990 to 2023

CharacteristicPoverty rate
2023 11.4%
2022 11.5%
2021 12%
2020 11.4%
2019 11.5%
2018 12.7%
2017 13.4%
2016 13.1%
2015 14.9%
2014 15.7%
2013 15.9%
2012 16.4%
2011 16.1%
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Release date

September 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Male householder, no spouse present - with and without children under 18.

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."

Further information regarding the poverty threshold can be accessed here.

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