Families single mothers living below poverty line U.S. 2022

In 2022, around 3.46 million families with a female householder lived below the poverty level in the U.S.
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing, and shelter.

Number of families with a single mother as head of household in the United States who live below the poverty level from 1990 to 2022 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* No spouse present - with and without children aged 18 and under.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."

Families as of March of the following year.
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Data prior to 2018 can be found here.

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