Posted on 02/19/2025 9:16:03 PM PST by SeekAndFind
There are 7.3 million single mothers in the U.S., as well as 1.9 million single fathers. Single parents often face the dual challenge of being both the primary breadwinners and caregivers for their families.
This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, represents the percentage of mothers in the U.S. who are single, by race/ethnicity, in 2023.
The data comes from the Center for American Progress.
In 2023, single-mother families accounted for 1 in 5 families with children under 18.
47% of Black mothers were single mothers.
25% of Hispanic mothers were single mothers.
The majority of single mothers are in their 30s or 40s and do not have a college degree. Overall, single mothers face a 28% poverty rate.
According to the Center for American Progress, family structures in the U.S. have changed significantly over the past five decades.
In 1970, 67% of adults (ages 25 to 49) lived with a spouse and at least one child.
By 2021, that number had dropped to 37%.
Marriage rates have also declined:
In 1970, 69% of adults were married, compared to 50% in 2021.
Meanwhile, the percentage of adults who have never been married rose from 17% to 31% over the same period.
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Every time I hear about the superior Hispanic family values...
maybe mixed race?
Agreed, we have white, Asian, black, and Hispanic. What does that leave trans race, American Indian,?
Say THANK YOU to the great society! That program alone has done more harm to the black family than sheets byrd and his merry band of night riders, the kkk, could have ever hoped to do.
Confusing graphic
Consider this, black women make up around 7% of population, Hispanic women are pins that number as well while white women are somewhere around 33%
Graphic says 21% of all women are single mothers.
14% of 33% of the population is a big number
Just like welfare. Blacks on welfare are a much larger percentage of that demographic, but would imagine whites even at a lower percentage represent more people based on population size
“He still sells electric cars and Tesla is still receiving government handouts, so what really changed?”
LOL! That’s funny.
A mother who is living with the father of one of her children is not defined as single, I think. She isn’t necessarily a married mother, or even in a stable relationship, but for now, she is not single.
Common Core?
And I get to pay for it!!!!!
pins that number???
Pins= around that number not sure how auto correct came up with that
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