OMG...what the hell are those "other" people doing? Eating their young? Sorry they're not married. Eating someone else's young!
What do modern American households look like?
In 1960, over 44% of American households included married parents with children, while just over 13% were single with no children. Today, single-person households and married couples without children outnumber married-parent households. How else have American households changed, and how have they stayed the same?
Percentage of household types
In 2023, more than half of American households were childless: 29.4% were married couples without children. The proportion of households made up of married people without children has ranged between 28% and 31% since 1960.
Twenty-nine percent of households were single people without kids, up from 13.1% in 1960.
The number of married households without children has grown alongside the US population. There were 38.7 million married, childless households in 2023, up 143% from 1960. During the same period, the country’s population grew by 88%.
More than a quarter of households had parents and children, including 17.9% married-parent households and 7.4% single-parent households.
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