Families and living arrangements the census bureau collects data about american families for the nation, states and communities Our statistics describe trends in household and family composition, and show the number of children, young adults and couples living in the united states. Detailed annual tables on poverty across a number of individual and family characteristics America’s families and living arrangements tables show that about 64% of households were classified as family households in 2024. Families by presence of children A new interactive data visualization explores the characteristics of family households by the householder’s age.
This report presents data on poverty in the united states based on information collected in the 2025 and earlier cps asec. These america’s families and living arrangements 2020 data tables are from families and living arrangement. Households with a black householder were less likely than those with a white householder to have home equity, retirement accounts, stocks and mutual funds.
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