Economics
U.S. Married Couple Households With Children Fall to Record Low
- Share of 130 million households with parents, kids at 17.8%
- 23.1 million homes have nuclear families, least since 1959
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The number of U.S. homes with a married couple and kids fell to a record low, according to new government data, as the pandemic further delayed weddings and more adults don’t plan to have kids at all.
The share of the U.S.’s 130 million households headed by married parents with children under age 18 fell to 17.8% in 2021 from 18.6% last year, according to the Census Bureau. That’s down from more than 40% in 1970.