Children in unmarried, female-headed households are more likely to experience poverty

Child poverty rates in primary related families with children under 18 by family structure, 2019

Note: Because the overall child poverty rate given here is for children in related families—which includes all those related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption—rather than all children, it differs from the overall rate used through the rest of this report.

Chart: Center for American Progress Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "Current Population Survey 2020 Annual Social and Economic Supplement, Table POV-03," available at https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/cps-pov/pov-03.html (last accessed December 2020).