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Children living with a single father: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of children living with a single father (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Children's living arrangements by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-09
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National value: 8.6 (United States).

Washington: 8.9Idaho: 7.4Montana: 10.8North Dakota: 13.6Minnesota: 8.1Michigan: 9.2Ohio: 9.1Pennsylvania: 8.2New York: 8Vermont: 11.3New Hampshire: 9.2Maine: 10.4Arizona: 9.8California: 9.3New Mexico: 12.5Texas: 8Louisiana: 9Mississippi: 9Alabama: 7.7Florida: 9Georgia: 6.9South Carolina: 8North Carolina: 8.3Virginia: 7.8District of Columbia: 6Maryland: 8Delaware: 12.8New Jersey: 7.7Connecticut: 7.8Rhode Island: 8Massachusetts: 7Oregon: 8.4Utah: 6.1Wyoming: 8.6Nevada: 12.7Colorado: 8.7South Dakota: 9Nebraska: 8.7Kansas: 8.3Oklahoma: 9.2Iowa: 9.9Missouri: 8.5Wisconsin: 8.7Illinois: 8.4Kentucky: 8.4Arkansas: 8.8Tennessee: 8.1West Virginia: 9.9Indiana: 10.3Alaska: 8.6Hawaii: 8.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 6 to 8 %
  • Group 2: 8 to 8.4 %
  • Group 3: 8.4 to 8.9 %
  • Group 4: 8.9 to 9.8 %
  • Highest: 9.8 to 13.6 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

1North Dakota13.6
2Delaware12.8
3Nevada12.7
4New Mexico12.5
5Vermont11.3
6Montana10.8
7Maine10.4
8Indiana10.3
9Iowa9.9
9West Virginia9.9
11Arizona9.8
12California9.3
13Michigan9.2
13New Hampshire9.2
13Oklahoma9.2
16Ohio9.1
17Florida9
17Louisiana9
17Mississippi9
17South Dakota9
21Washington8.9
22Arkansas8.8
23Colorado8.7
23Hawaii8.7
23Nebraska8.7
23Wisconsin8.7
27Alaska8.6
27Wyoming8.6
29Missouri8.5
30Illinois8.4
30Kentucky8.4
30Oregon8.4
33Kansas8.3
33North Carolina8.3
35Pennsylvania8.2
36Minnesota8.1
36Tennessee8.1
38Maryland8
38New York8
38Rhode Island8
38South Carolina8
38Texas8
43Connecticut7.8
43Virginia7.8
45Alabama7.7
45New Jersey7.7
47Idaho7.4
48Massachusetts7
49Georgia6.9
50Utah6.1
51District of Columbia6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0901: Children Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of children living with a single father (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0901; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-children-living-with-a-single-father/

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