Statistics

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38% of San Diego survey respondents who say they are “Somewhat” or “Very” seriously considering moving away. Of these, 77% say it is too expensive to live in San Diego.

Almost one-fourth (23%) of children in the US under the age of 18 live with one parent and no other adult, which is the highest in the world. US figures of children in single parent households are more than three times the number of children around the world under similar living arrangements. (Pew Research, 2019)

Half of all children in the US live with a single parent. (The Harvard Gazette, 2020)

There are about 15.3 million children in the United States who lived with a single mother while there are only 3.2 million children who live with a single father. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020)

On average, single parent households spend 34% of their household income on child care. On the other hand, families usually spend over 10% of their household income on child-care costs for a single child. (CNBC, 2020)

In the US, families spend an average of $9,200 to $9,600 per child. Childcare is most expensive in the Northeast ($26,155), followed by the West ($21, 483). Meanwhile, families spend the least on childcare in the South ($19,069) followed by the Midwest ($19,306). (CNBC, 2020)

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