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Single-parent households

Households with a single parent, including the proportion of African American children living in such households.

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Feb 5, 2026

How has the percentage of African American children in single-parent households changed over the past decade, from 2015 to 2025?

Across the reporting provided, the share of children living in has been high for at least a decade and shows no dramatic one-directional swing from 2015 to the present; estimates cluster between rough...