Families in the United States

Statistics report on families in the United States

Families in the United States

This report on families in the United States provides a comprehensive overview of American family life. It includes statistics on family constellations, ethnic backgrounds, marriage and divorce rates and figures, single parents, disposable income, and children.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Average size of a family in the US 1960-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. Number of White non-Hispanic families U.S. 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. - Number of Hispanic families 1990-2023
  • Premium Statistic U.S. number of Black families 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of Asian families 2002-2023

Marriage

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  • Premium Statistic Number of marriages in the U.S. 1990-2021
  • Premium Statistic USA - Marriage rate 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Marriage rates in the U.S. 2021, by state
  • Basic Statistic Marital status of the U.S. population 2022, by sex
  • Basic Statistic Number of married couples U.S. 2022, by race and Hispanic origin

Divorce

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  • Premium Statistic Number of divorces in the U.S. 1981-2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. - divorce rate 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. - divorce rate 2021, by state
  • Premium Statistic Children living with single divorced parents U.S. 2021, by age of child

Children

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  • Basic Statistic Number of births in the United States 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic United States - birth rate 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of families in the US by number of children 2000-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. - Infant mortality rate 1960-2022

Single parents

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  • Basic Statistic Number of U.S. children living in a single parent family 1970-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of families with a single mother 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of families with a single father 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of white, non-Hispanic single mother households U.S. 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of Hispanic families with a single mother 1990-2023
  • Premium Statistic Number of Hispanic families with a single father U.S. 1990-2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of Asian families with a single mother 2002-2023
  • Basic Statistic Number of Asian families with a single father U.S. 2002-2021
  • Basic Statistic Number of Black single mothers U.S. 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. number of Black families with a single father 1990-2023

Family income

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. family income level distribution 2023
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median family income 2023, by state
  • Basic Statistic U.S. median family income 2023, by race and ethnicity
  • Basic Statistic U.S. poverty rate of families 1990-2023
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