Table 1.

Living Arrangements of Children and Adolescents in the United States in 2016 (Numbers in Thousands)

	Total	Two Parents		One Parent										No Parent
				Mother only					Father only
		Married	Unmarried	Married1	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never Married	Married1	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never Married	Grand- parent	Other Relative	Other Nonrelative	Foster
All Children 0–17	73,745	47,724	2,955	878	606	5,131	2,389	8,219	160	174	1,164	366	1,142	1556	723	336	222
Within Category %		94%	6%	4%	3%	25%	12%	41%	1%	1%	6%	2%	6%	55%	25%	12%	8%
Global Category %		65%	4%	1%	1%	7%	3%	11%	0%	0%	2%	0%	2%	2%	1%	0%	0%
		69%		27%										4%
9–11 Years	12,401	8,123	353	151	102	1,015	436	1,260	28	30	212	64	174	294	111	31	17
Within Category %		96%	4%	4%	3%	29%	13%	36%	1%	1%	6%	2%	5%	65%	25%	7%	4%
Global Category %		66%	3%	1%	1%	8%	4%	10%	0%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	0%
		68%		28%										4%
12–14 Years	12,322	8,173	226	151	129	1,099	458	1,075	32	43	251	67	166	260	121	44	27
Within Category %		97%	3%	4%	4%	32%	13%	31%	1%	1%	7%	2%	5%	58%	27%	10%	6%
Global Category %		66%	2%	1%	1%	9%	4%	9%	0%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	0%
		68%		28%										4%
15–17 Years	12,780	8,031	202	180	239	1,432	437	919	37	65	401	47	133	300	214	116	27
Within Category %		98%	2%	5%	6%	37%	11%	24%	1%	2%	10%	1%	3%	46%	33%	18%	4%
Global Category %		63%	2%	1%	2%	11%	3%	7%	0%	1%	3%	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%	0%
		64%ab		30%ab										5%ab

Source. U.S. Census Bureau (2017b).

¹Spouse absent

^aEstimates different at 95% confidence from 9–11 year-olds

^bEstimates different at 95% confidence from 12–14 year-olds

Note: Calculations of significant differences were made following the source documentation instructions.