Map reveals states with most single-parent households
The area with the highest proportion of single-parent households is the District of Columbia on 33 percent of all homes with children, according to census data.
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DC ranks #1
The states with the next highest proportions of single-parent households were Mississippi on 27.4 percent; Louisiana on 27.2 percent; Georgia on 24.2 percent; New Mexico on 24.1 percent; and South Carolina on 23.9 percent.
In contrast, the state with the lowest proportion of single-parent households was Utah on 12.8 percent, compared to 74 percent of households with married-couple parents. This equated to a total of 39,025 households with a single female parent and 14,459 households with a single male parent.
