As of 2011, there were 70 million households in the US that included at least a father and children, and 1.7 million of those fathers were single. Almost 70% of the single fathers were either married, divorced or widowed, and the rest had never been married. Homes with single dads make up about 15% of the total number of single-parent households in the US.
More on single fathers and one-parent households:
- In 1960, less than 10% of children in the US were living in single-parent households. By 2010, that number had increased to almost 30%.
- In the US, 5% of single fathers are widowers. In the United Kingdom, that number is 12%.
- In 2011, 10% of single fathers in the US had custody of three or more minor children.