The typical American picture of a family with 2.5 kids might not be as relevant as it once was: In 2023, there was an average of 1.94 children under 18 per family in the United States. This is a decrease from 2.33 children under 18 per family in 1960.

Familial structure in the United States

If there’s one thing the United States is known for, it’s diversity. Whether this is diversity in ethnicity, culture, or family structure, there is something for everyone in the U.S. Two-parent households in the U.S. are declining, and the number of families with no children are increasing. The number of families with children has stayed more or less constant since 2000.

Adoptions in the U.S.

Families in the U.S. don’t necessarily consist of parents and their own biological children. In 2021, around 35,940 children were adopted by married couples, and 13,307 children were adopted by single women.

In 2023, the total fertility rate in children per woman in the United States stood at 1.62. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 2.03, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: Multiple Family data was reported at 1.200 Person in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.400 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: Multiple Family data is updated yearly, averaging 1.300 Person from Jun 2004 (Median) to 2020, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.500 Person in 2016 and a record low of 1.200 Person in 2020. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: Multiple Family data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H039: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: by Family Composition.

This statistic shows the average number of children per female in the Netherlands from 1950 to 2022. In 2022, women in the Netherlands had an average of approximately 1.49 children. That was less than half the number of children women in 1950 had. As this statistic on the average number of children per female in the Netherlands in the past ten years shows, this number has been relatively stable in recent years, around 1.6 to 1.7 children per female. The same applies to the average number of children per male in the last ten years, which can be viewed here. Both men and women in the Netherlands had an average of 1.6 to 1.7 children, although the average for women seemed slightly higher in the most recent years.

Care 4 Kids Number of Children, Preschool Age, by Setting Type and Town, SFY 2016 Monthly Average. Care 4 Kids (C4K) is Connecticut's Child Care subsidy program.

United States Average Vehicles per Household: w/ Children data was reported at 2.200 Unit in 2009. This stayed constant from the previous number of 2.200 Unit for 2001. United States Average Vehicles per Household: w/ Children data is updated yearly, averaging 2.200 Unit from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2009, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.200 Unit in 2009 and a record low of 2.200 Unit in 2009. United States Average Vehicles per Household: w/ Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Center for Transportation Analysis. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.TA003: Number of Vehicles per Household.

The dataset contains Year and State wise Total Fertility Rate (TFR) the average number of children per woman

Note: 1. Total Fertility Rate is defined as number of children that would be born per woman, assuming no female mortality at childbearing age during the reference period. 2. Region wise data is available only from 2006

In 2023, about **** million family households in the United States had their own children between three and five years of age living in the household. In that same year, almost ** million U.S. family households were living with their own children aged 12 to 17 years old.

Data on census family structure, presence of children, and average number of persons per census family, for census families, Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2021, 2016 and 2011 censuses.

Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household data was reported at 0.600 Person in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.600 Person for 2018. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household data is updated yearly, averaging 0.655 Person from Jun 1995 (Median) to 2020, with 16 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.730 Person in 1998 and a record low of 0.600 Person in 2020. Australia Average Number of Dependent Children in Household data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Australia – Table AU.H039: Survey of Income and Housing: Average Number of Dependent Children in Household: by Family Composition.

The count and description of the families of the Basque Country is carried out using various statistical sources. On the one hand, family counts are carried out through the Population and Housing Census; on the other hand, the Demographic Survey (ED) operation, of an intercensal nature and of five-year periodicity, provides information on the formation of families, family size, preferences on the number and spacing of children, as well as numerous other characteristics, using the method of retrospective approach to demographic phenomena.

Pakistan Average Number per Household: Children data was reported at 2.770 Person in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2.800 Person for 2014. Pakistan Average Number per Household: Children data is updated yearly, averaging 2.880 Person from Jun 2002 (Median) to 2016, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.310 Person in 2002 and a record low of 2.770 Person in 2016. Pakistan Average Number per Household: Children data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Pakistan – Table PK.H005: Household Integrated Economic Survey: Average Numbers per Household.

Average number of children per household by working status within households and household composition

Average number of persons per household by household composition, number of children and working status within households

Graph and download economic data for Expenditures: Total Average Annual Expenditures by Composition of Consumer Unit: Married Couple with Children, Oldest Child Under 6 (CXUTOTALEXPLB0605M) from 1984 to 2023 about married, consumer unit, child, average, expenditures, and USA.

The recount and description of the families of the Basque Country is carried out using diverse statistical sources. On the one hand, recounts of families are carried out via the Population and Housing Census; on the other, the five-yearly Demographic Survey (ED), of an inter-census nature, offers information on the make-up of families, the family size and preferences on the number and spacing of children and numerous other characteristics using the method of retrospective approximation to demographic phenomena.

Families of tax filers; Census families by total income, family type and number of children (final T1 Family File; T1FF).

Key figures on fertility, live and stillborn children and multiple births among inhabitants of The Netherlands.

Available selections: - Live born children by sex; - Live born children by age of the mother (31 December), in groups; - Live born children by birth order from the mother; - Live born children by marital status of the mother; - Live born children by migration background of the mother; - Stillborn children by duration of pregnancy; - Births: single and multiple; - Average number of children per female; - Average number of children per male; - Average age of the mother at childbirth by birth order from the mother; - Average age of the father at childbirth by birth order from the mother.

CBS is in transition towards a new classification of the population by origin. Greater emphasis is now placed on where a person was born, aside from where that person’s parents were born. The term ‘migration background’ is no longer used in this regard. The main categories western/non-western are being replaced by categories based on continents and a few countries that share a specific migration history with the Netherlands. The new classification is being implemented gradually in tables and publications on population by origin.

Data available from: 1950 Most of the data is available as of 1950 with the exception of the live born children by migration background of the mother (from 1996), stillborn children by duration of pregnancy (24+) (from 1991), average number of children per male (from 1996) and the average age of the father at childbirth (from 1996).

Status of the figures: All data recorded in this publication are final data.

Changes per 6 November 2023: None, this table was discontinued.

When will new figures be published? No longer applicable. This table is succeeded by the table 'Births; key figures'. See section 3.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Unit Characteristics: Number of Children Under 18 by Quintiles of Income Before Taxes: Fourth 20 Percent (61st to 80th Percentile) (CXU980050LB0105M) from 1984 to 2023 about consumer unit, percentile, child, tax, income, and USA.

In 2022, there were about 25.8 million children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old living in the United States. On the other hand, there were about 22.4 million children between the ages of zero and five years old in the country.