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Number Of Children Growing Up With Two Parents Rises To 70% For First Time In 30 Years

June 27, 2021
Number Of Children Growing Up With Two Parents Rises To 70% For First Time In 30 Years

The portion of U.S. children who live with both parents exceeded 70% in 2020, reversing a nearly 30-year-long trend, data shows.

70.4% of children under 18 live in two-parent households, and 63% of minors reside with both birth parents, according to the Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, Institute for Family Studies (ISF) reported.

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