13.6
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.
1.4
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



















