The Week Ahead: National Single Parent Day
Today is Monday, March 21 and we are celebrating National Single Parent Day. We're sending you this quick note on what's coming up to keep you up to date as we move through the month of March.
National Single Parent Day has been observed on this date every year since 1984 to recognize all those women and men who are raising children without partners.
Historically, about 85 percent of children in America were raised in two-parent households. That percentage began declining in the 1960s. Today, just over 70 percent of children are raised by both parents.
Of America’s nearly 73 million children under 18 years old, a little more than 3.2 million are being raised by fathers alone, and more than 15.3 million are being raised by mothers alone.
You May Be Interested In:
Don’t miss this Thursday’s release of annual population estimates, rankings, and components of change for counties, Puerto Rico municipios, and metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas since the 2020 Census.
On April 1, 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) will make population records from the 1950 Census available to the public for the first time. We invite you to explore our site to see how America has changed since the 1950s.
Check out our America Counts state profile pages. See how your state compares to the nation overall and to neighboring counties and states. Through interactive state and county maps for the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, each page provides a snapshot of change from 2010 to 2020 on five topics.
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