White, non-Hispanic single father households U.S. 2022 | Statista

In 2022, there were about 3.41 million white, non-Hispanic families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were around 1.95 million white families with a single father in the U.S.

Number of white, non-Hispanic families with a single father in the United States from 1990 to 2022 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Number of families with a male householder in thousands
1990	1,948
1991	2,011
1992	2,011
1993	1,927
1994	2,087
1995	2,298
1996	2,475
1997	2,622
1998	2,530
1999	2,481
2000	2,559
2001	2,618
2002	2,679
2003	2,710
2004	2,892
2005	3,003
2006	2,924
2007	2,991
2008	3,069
2009	3,200
2010	3,058
2011	3,231
2012	3,388
2013	3,401
2014	3,242
2015	3,351
2016	3,409
2017	3,425
2018	3,361
2019	3,386
2020	3,530
2021	3,556
2022	3,410

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September 2023

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United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

White alone, not Hispanic, No spouse present. - With and without children under 18 years.
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."

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