Single moms make up JUST OVER 80% of single-parent homes.


A single mom is an unmarried woman with a child she is raising in her own home. Source: singlemothers.us/single-mother-statistics


Marriage rates continue to fall. This is signifi cant because the majori- ty of Americans continue to choose to have children within wedlock. The marriage rate hit 6.1 per thousand people in 2021, the lowest level since 1963, with a much smaller population.


In 2001 it was 8.1 per thousand.


FEWER COUPLES GETTING MARRIED In addition to lower rates among working- and middle-class people, marriage is down among minorities and in the South. California, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C., saw a small increase in marriage rates, probably due to the legalization of same-sex marriage. Source: CDC/NCHS, National Statistics System


MARRIAGE PER 1,000 16


14 12 10 8 6


1900 1925 1975


THE RISING COSTS OF RAISING A CHILD $25,000


$20,000 $15,000 $10,000 $5,000 02015 ’16


The age for a fi rst marriage is up to


28.6 30.4


for MEN. 2000 for WOMEN, and


Divorce rates are down. But fear of divorce remains.


2025


ADJUSTED FOR ANNUAL INFLATION OF 2.2% ADJUSTED FOR ANNUAL INFLATION OF 2.0% AFTER 2020


’17 ’18 ’19 ’20 ’21 ’22 ’23 ’24 ’25 ’26 ’27 ’28 ’29 ’30 ’31 ’32


The cost of raising a child to age 18 is estimated at $300,000 (before current infl ation). College could add another $100K-$200K. It’s always been expensive to raise children, so it’s unclear if that is a reason for the lower birth rate.


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WEDDING/IVASHSTUDIO / WORKING/ZIVICA KERKEZ/SHUTTERSTOCK / SIGN/M-SUR/SHUTTERSTOCK


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