Families and Living Arrangements The Census Bureau collects data about American families for the nation, states and communities. Our statistics describe trends in household and family composition, and show the number of children, young adults and couples living in the United States.
Although terms like "families" and "households" are familiar to all of us, they are used in particular ways in Census Bureau products. See below for definitions of some commonly used terms. The glossary below may define terms not included in the main Glossary on census.gov The main Glossary on census.gov provides official definitions covering all topics, censuses, surveys and programs. To ...
For more data on families and living arrangements, visit The Modern Family: Changes in Structure and Living Arrangements in the United States, How are Single-Parent Households Distributed Across the United States?, or the Families and Living Arrangements page at census.gov.
Data from the annual release of America’s Families and Living Arrangements also show that 80% of one-parent family groups were maintained by a mother. The marital history of the parent who maintained one-parent family groups differed for fathers and mothers in 2022.
These America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023 data tables are from Families and Living Arrangements.
All Subtopics Within Families and Living Arrangements Child Support Child support can be an important income source for children and their custodial parents who receive these payments.
The probability of moving nearly tripled after a divorce. Sampled families relocated to neighborhoods with 7% lower incomes and fewer economic opportunities. The researchers also found that divorce increased the average distance between children and their nonresident parent by 100 miles on average, a gap that widened to over 200 miles after 10 ...
Families and Households Data Tools Interactive applications, created by the Census Bureau, to help you customize, and even visualize, statistics from multiple censuses, surveys, and programs.