The Census Bureau collects data about American families for the nation, states and communities. Our statistics describe trends in household and family composition, and show the number of children, young adults and couples living in the United States.
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New Estimates on America’s Families and Living Arrangements
The number of parents with children under age 18 and living at home declined by about 3 million over the past decade.
National Family Week: November 22-28, 2020
According to the 2019 American Community Survey, average family size has grown from 3.20 in 2007 to 3.23 in 2019. There are about 79.6 million families.
National Child's Day: November 20, 2020
The majority of America’s 73.5M children under 18 live in households with two parents (70%). The second most common are children living with mother only (21%).
Data Tables
Historical Living Arrangements of Adults
Young adults living at home, since 1960, as well as estimates of unmarried couples, by presence of children.
Geographic Mobility: 2019 to 2020
This table package contains geographic mobility data by selected characteristics using 2020 CPS ASEC data.
CPS Historical Migration/Geographic Mobility Tables
This table package shows historical geographical mobility estimates and rates going back to 1948.
Publications
Transitions in Parental Presence Among Children: 2017
This brief offers estimates of transitions in the presence of parents or a parent’s partner during 2017 for children under the age of 18.
School Enrollment in the United States 2018
The publication School Enrollment in the United States: 2018 is CPS and ACS.
Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2019
This report presents data on health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2019 CPS ASEC.
Visualizations
America Counts