Table 3:
Yearly births linked to parents in the Census Household Composition Key (CHCK), 1997–2018
| For births with parent link | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Birth year | Total births | Linked to a parent | % of total births with parent link | % linked to mother only | % linked to father only | % linked to mother and father |
| 1997 | 4,384,000 | 4,053,000 | 92.45% | 32.59% | 4.59% | 62.82% |
| 1998 | 4,406,000 | 4,122,000 | 93.55% | 31.05% | 4.00% | 64.94% |
| 1999 | 4,440,000 | 4,218,000 | 95.00% | 18.07% | 2.61% | 79.33% |
| 2000 | 4,516,000 | 4,284,000 | 94.86% | 16.36% | 2.68% | 80.95% |
| 2001 | 4,403,000 | 4,196,000 | 95.30% | 15.99% | 2.79% | 81.22% |
| 2002 | 4,309,000 | 4,114,000 | 95.47% | 15.65% | 2.80% | 81.53% |
| 2003 | 4,405,000 | 4,203,000 | 95.41% | 15.63% | 2.81% | 81.56% |
| 2004 | 4,416,000 | 4,210,000 | 95.34% | 15.39% | 2.83% | 81.76% |
| 2005 | 4,429,000 | 4,215,000 | 95.17% | 15.44% | 2.89% | 81.66% |
| 2006 | 4,540,000 | 4,313,000 | 95.00% | 15.81% | 2.92% | 81.27% |
| 2007 | 4,579,000 | 4,341,000 | 94.80% | 15.71% | 2.88% | 81.41% |
| 2008 | 4,499,000 | 4,272,000 | 94.95% | 15.45% | 2.81% | 81.74% |
| 2009 | 4,371,000 | 4,158,000 | 95.13% | 15.08% | 2.67% | 82.23% |
| 2010 | 4,226,000 | 4,005,000 | 94.77% | 14.76% | 2.70% | 82.55% |
| 2011 | 4,166,000 | 3,964,000 | 95.15% | 14.73% | 2.65% | 82.62% |
| 2012 | 4,154,000 | 3,962,000 | 95.38% | 14.71% | 2.62% | 82.64% |
| 2013 | 4,113,000 | 3,929,000 | 95.53% | 13.97% | 2.55% | 83.51% |
| 2014 | 4,157,000 | 3,918,000 | 94.25% | 13.14% | 2.58% | 84.28% |
| 2015 | 4,122,000 | 3,825,000 | 92.79% | 15.27% | 3.03% | 81.67% |
| 2016 | 4,066,000 | 3,688,000 | 90.70% | 16.73% | 3.42% | 79.88% |
| 2017 | 3,954,000 | 3,464,000 | 87.61% | 17.87% | 3.75% | 78.38% |
| 2018 | 3,857,000 | 3,090,000 | 80.11% | 20.06% | 4.95% | 74.98% |
Notes: CHCK calculations from 2016–2019 CHCK files. All results were approved for release by the U.S. Census Bureau, authorization number CBDRB-FY21-ERD002-016.