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In Numbers: 13.7 million Custodial Parents in the U.S.
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arlier today, the U.S. Census Bureau issued an updated its annual Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support with data for 2007. According to the report, almost half of all 13.7 million custodial parents received the full child support owed and almost two-thirds of the total dollar amount was paid. However, nearly a quarter of all custodial parents lived below poverty levels.
The Census Bureau said that the number of custodial parents has been virtually unchanged since 1993. 82.6% of all custodial parents were moms while 17.4% were dads. There were 21.8 million children that were in the care of custodial parents, which translates into a 26.3% share of all children in families in the U.S. in 2007 (82.8 million). 22.4% of white children and 48.7% of black children stayed with their custodial parents
The total amount of child support owed was $34.1 billion, which means that the average custodial parent should have received $3350. However, only 6.4 million custodial parents were due to receive child support, which lifts the average payment to $5350 or $445 per month.
62.7% of the total amount was paid, according to the Census Bureau. 76.3% of all custodial parents received at least some payments while 46.8% received the full amount. 27.3% of custodial parents reported issues collecting child support during the year.
24.6% of custodial parents lived below poverty levels (27.0% of mothers, 11.9% of fathers). Child support counted for 47.9% of the income of those custodial parents that lived below poverty levels and received full child support.
53.5% of custodial parents said they were employed full-time. 18.7% did not work.
Based on the 2007 report, the average custodial parent would be defined as female (82.6%), 30 years and above (76.6%), white (69.3%), divorced (34.9%) or never married (31.9%) with a high school degree (34.8%) or less than 4 years of college (33.4%) and full-time work (53.5%).
Further Reading:
Custodial Mothers and Fathers and Their Child Support (PDF)
SPG Statistics: Single Parent, Who Are You?
