All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related. The level of detail collected varies, as well as the availability of other characteristics of household members.
Read MoreTables
TABLE | NOVEMBER 2018
Historical Living Arrangements of Children
Children, by presence of parents, and race and Hispanic origin; as well as estimates of grandchildren living in their grandparents’ home.
TABLE | NOVEMBER 2018
Historical Marital Status Tables
Median age at first marriage since 1890, as well as marital status by sex.
TABLE | NOVEMBER 2015
Historical State Tables
Average Number of Children Per Family and Per Family With Children, by State, for 1990 and 2000.
News
STATS FOR STORIES | NOVEMBER 20, 2018
National Child's Day: November 20, 2018
The majority of America’s 73.8M children under 18 live in households with both parents (69%). The 2nd most common are children living with mother only (23%).
STATS FOR STORIES | NOVEMBER 18, 2018
National Family Week: November 18-24, 2018
According to the 2017 American Community Survey, average family size has grown from 3.20 in 2007 to 3.26 in 2017. There are almost 78.6 million families.
PRESS RELEASE | NOVEMBER 14, 2018
2018 Families and Living Arrangements Tables
Adults in the United States are increasingly delaying saying “I Do” as the median age at first marriage continues to climb.
Publications
PUBLICATION | NOVEMBER 06, 2018
A Child's Day: Parental Interaction, School Engagement, and Activities
This report uses SIPP data to analyze a number of school- and home-related child well-being measures.
PUBLICATION | FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Subjective Well-Being of Eldercare Providers: 2012-2013
This is a research report on subjective well-being of eldercare providers, using data from the American Time Use Survey.
PUBLICATION | SEPTEMBER 14, 2017
Household Income: 2016
This report presents data on median household income and the Gini index of income inequality based on the 2015 and 2016 American Community Surveys (ACS).
Visualizations
VISUALIZATION | NOVEMBER 27, 2018
CPS Historical Geographical Mobility/Migration Graphs
This page contains tables related to the CPS historical geographical mobility information.
VISUALIZATION | SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Older People Living With Grandchildren: 2012-2016
This infographic reports older grandparents that live with and provide care to their grandchildren under 18 by nativity, based on the 2012-2016 ACS.
VISUALIZATION | AUGUST 29, 2018
Counting Young Children in the 2020 Census
Counting everyone once, only once, and in the right place.