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What percentage of American households are a married couple with children under 18?

17.4% of American households are a married couple with children under 18 — about 17 in every 100, or 2 in 10. That is the figure published by the American Community Survey for 2023.

Where this number comes from

Survey

American Community Survey

What it measured

American Community Survey 1-year estimate, published under the label “HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE → Total households → Married-couple household → With children of the householder under 18 years”.

Population

U.S. households

Year

2023

90% confidence interval

17.3% to 17.5%

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