Single Parent Statistics

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approximately 13.6 million single parents in the United States today, and those parents are responsible for raising 21.2 million children (approximately 26% of children under 21 in the U.S. today).

- U.S. Census Bureau

60%

Single father homes are the fastest growing type of family situation; the amount of single fathers has grown by 60% in the last ten years alone.

- www.usalegalcare.com

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Million children (almost one child in twenty) live in a household headed by their grandparent with no parent present.

- http://ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact

6 employment statistics about single parents:

79% of custodial single mothers are gainfully employed
50% work full time, year round
29% work part-time or part-year
92% of custodial single fathers are gainfully employed
74% work full time, year round
18% work part-time or part-year

- U.S. Census Bureau

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