This statistic shows the results of a Statista survey among Americans in 2017 on the importance of their father. During the survey, some 36 percent of respondents indicated that their father plays a major role in their lives.

In 2023, there were around 7.21 million families with a male householder and no spouse present in the United States. You can get an overview on the total number of households in the U.S. here.

This statistic shows the results of a Statista survey among Americans in 2017 about the relationship to their father. During the survey, approximately 40 percent of respondents stated that their relationship with their father is very good.

This statistic shows the share of men who are fathers in the United States in 2014, by age and ethnicity. In that year, 29.4 percent of Hispanic men between the ages of 20 and 29 were fathers, compared to 12.4 percent of Asian men of the same age.

In 2023, there were about 1.18 million Black families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were 472,000 Black families with a single father in the U.S.

According to a survey on Father’s Day expenditures in the United States, consumers planned to spend a total of about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars on a special outing for Father's Day in 2024. Expenditures for the special day were expected to reach over 22 billion U.S. dollars in total that year. Father’s Day spending by demographic In 2022, certain groups of people in the United States planned to spend more on gifts for their fathers than others: for example, planned Father’s Day spending among male consumers was expected to come to a total of around 200 million U.S. dollars. In contrast, female consumers were estimated to spend about 145 million U.S. dollars in total. In addition, average expected spend for Father’s Day was highest among people living in the West compared to Americans living in other parts of the country.

This statistic displays perceptions on stay-at-home fathers in selected European countries in 2019. Among the respondents, 81 percent of those in the Great Britain stated that a man who stays at home to look after his children is not less of a man, compared to 13 percent who held the opposite view.

This statistic shows the share of men who are biological fathers in the United States in 2014, by age at the birth of their first child. In that year, 31 percent of men who were biological fathers had their first child between the ages of 20 and 24.

About two million Hispanic families with a single father were living in the United States in 2023. However, this is still a significant increase from 1990, when there were about 341,000 Hispanic families with a single father living in the U.S.

This statistic depicts the share of men who are fathers in the United States in 2014, by number of children. In 2014, 23 percent of men aged 15 and over in the United States had two children and 40.5 percent of men had no children.

In 2023, there were about 3.54 million white, non-Hispanic families with a single father living in the United States. This is an increase from 1990, when there were around 1.95 million white families with a single father in the U.S.

The statistic above provides information about the number of fathers living with children under 18 who do not work outside the home in the United States in 1989 and 2012. In 2012, the number of stay-at-home dads stood at 2 million.

This statistic shows the number of American single fathers who have taken custody of their own children between 1993 and 2011. In 2011, approximately 2.6 million single fathers in the United States had custody of their child or children.

The statistic presents the average planned expenditure on Father's Day gifts in the United States in 2024, by category. In that year, U.S. consumers planned to spend, on average, about 30 U.S. dollars on clothing for Father's Day.

In 2021, roughly 46,000 children living with single fathers who never married were receiving public assistance in the U.S. Comparatively, approximately one thousand children living with separated fathers were receiving public assistance.

In 2023, there were about 15.09 million children living with a single mother in the United States, and about 3.05 million children living with a single father. The number of children living with a single mother is down from its peak in 2012, and the number of children living with a single father is down from its peak in 2005.

Marriage and divorce in the United States

Despite popular opinion in the United States that “half of all marriages end in divorce,” the divorce rate in the U.S. has fallen significantly since 1992. The marriage rate, which has also been decreasing since the 1990s, was still higher than the divorce rate in 2021. Half of all marriages may not end in divorce, but it does seem that fewer people are choosing to get married in the first place.

New family structures

In addition to a falling marriage rate, fewer people in the U.S. have children under the age of 18 living in the house in comparison to 1970. Over the past decade, the share of families with children under 18, whether that be married couples or single parents, has stayed mostly steady, although the number of births in the U.S. has also fallen.

The statistic above provides information about the reasons why American fathers stay at home with their children instead of working in 1989 and 2012. In 1989, 5 percent of stay-at-home fathers stated they were home to care for home/family. In 2012, this percentage had increased up to 21.

In 2021, roughly 261,000 children living with single fathers who never married were receiving food stamps in the U.S. Comparatively, there were 26,000 children living with single fathers who are widows receiving food stamps.

This survey, conducted in the United States in 2012, shows the share of fathers and mothers who were stay-at-home parents at the time. In 2012, 16 percent of stay-at-home parents in the United States were fathers.

In 2023, 17.8 percent of Black families with a single father were living below the poverty line in the United States. 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.