• According to the US Census Bureau, the number of single parent families in the United States has more than tripled since 1970
• 1 in 2 American children will live in a single parent family at some point in childhood
• 1 in 3 American children are born to unmarried parents
• According to the Children's Defense Fund, 1 in 4 American children lives with only one parent
• Single mother families have the highest rate of poverty across all demographic groups -Jaqueline Kriby, MS Ohio State University
• The poverty rate among single parent families remains five times that of married parents -House Committee on Ways & Means
• Nearly 40% of all American children live in low-income families -National Center for Children in Poverty, August 2003
• 71% of children of single mothers live in low-income families -National Center for Children in Poverty, August 2003
• The intellectual, social-emotional, and physical development of children living in low-income families lags behind children living in moderate or higher income families -National Center of Children in Poverty, November 2003
• 1 in 3 is born to unmarried parents
• 1 in 5 American children is poor and 1 in 3 will be poor during part of their childhood
• 1 in 8 lives in a family receiving food stamps -Children's Defense Fund

"1 in 4 American children lives with only one parent."