All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related. The level of detail collected varies, as well as the availability of other characteristics of household members.
Featured
- Working Paper Changes in Milestones of Adulthood June 2025 This research examines changes in young adults’ experiences reaching five milestones of adulthood between 2005 and 2023.
- Table America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023 November 2023 These America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2023 data tables are from Families and Living Arrangements.
- Table Historical Households Tables November 2024 These Households tables are on Families and Living Arrangements.
Tables
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- Table Historical Living Arrangements of Children Children, by presence of parents, and race and Hispanic origin; as well as estimates of grandchildren living in their grandparents’ home.
- Table Historical Marital Status Tables Median age at first marriage since 1890, as well as marital status by sex.
- Table Historical State Tables Average Number of Children Per Family and Per Family With Children, by State, for 1990 and 2000.
News
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- Press Release 2024 Survey of Income and Program Participation July 24, 2025 The U.S. Census Bureau today released data from the 2024 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
- Press Release Census Bureau Releases Community Resilience Estimates for Puerto Rico May 15, 2025 The 2023 Community Resilience Estimates for Puerto Rico show level of social vulnerability to disasters for the commonwealth, municipios and census tracts.
- Press Release 2023 Geographic Mobility Tables Available From the CPS December 10, 2024 The U.S. Census Bureau today released new geographic mobility and migration estimates for the nation and regions in 2023.
Publications
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- Publication Parental Leave and Employment Patterns for First-Time Parents in the United States: 2022 April 07, 2025 This report uses data from the 2022 Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine employment patterns and leave usage among first-time parents.
- Publication Profile of Older Adults by Poverty Status: 2021 June 25, 2024 This report examines the sociodemographic characteristics, living arrangements, program participation, and net worth of older adults by poverty status.
- Publication Spouses in Opposite-Sex and Same-Sex Married Couples and Their Households: 2022 June 11, 2024 This brief reports on the characteristics and living arrangements of spouses in a same-sex marriage using 2022 American Community Survey 1-year estimates.
Visualizations
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- Visualization Net Worth, Assets, Debt of Households: 2017-2022 December 17, 2024 View the median net worth by race and Hispanic origin of householder.
- Visualization CPS Historical Geographic Mobility/Migration Graphs December 10, 2024 This page contains tables related to the CPS historical geographical mobility information.
- Visualization Family Households by Age of Householder: 2024 November 12, 2024 View the estimates on family households by the age of the householder.
- Visualization Median Household Income by County in the United States and Puerto Rico September 19, 2024 This data visualization shows the median household income statistics for the United States and Puerto Rico.
All Subtopics Within Families and Living Arrangements
- Child Care Information collected on child care has evolved over the years to include comprehensive data on child care use, cost, and receipt of government assistance.
- Child Support Child support can be an important income source for children and their custodial parents who receive these payments.
- Child Well-Being Information collected on child wellbeing includes data on school experiences, participation in extracurricular activities and parental involvement.
- Children All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. The information collected varies.
- Families and Households All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related.
- Fertility Information about the fertility of American women both for the nation as a whole as well as for individual states and lower level geography.
- Grandparents and Grandchildren Households include a variety of living arrangements, one being an increase in grandparents living with grandchildren.
- Marriage and Divorce The U.S. Census Bureau provides the current marital status of persons, by age, sex, and race and the estimated median age at first marriage for men and women.
- Same-Sex Couples Data about same-sex couples, including married and unmarried couples.
