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Half of Cleveland families are headed by single mothers

2000 US Census figures show that 49.9% of Cleveland families are headed by females who have at least one child under 18 years of age.

Of the nearly 112,000 families identified in Cleveland by the 2000 US Census, 49.9% of Cleveland families are headed by females who have at least one child under 18 years of age.

In Cuyahoga, 30.4% of 354,615 families were headed by females who have at least one child under 18 years of age. Percentages in Ohio (7.3%) match the national percentages (7.2%).

	City of Cleveland	Cuyahoga County	Ohio	United States
Resident Population, 2000	478,403	1,393,978	11,353,140	291M
% change in 1990-2000 pop’n	-5.4%	-1.3%	4.7%	13.1%
% White*	43.2%	68.7%	86.1%	77.1%
% Black*	51.5%	27.7%	12.1%	12.9%
% Hispanic	7.3%	3.4%	1.9%	12.5%
% 65+	12.5%	15.6%	13.3%	12.4%
# families	111,998	354,615	2,993,023	71.8M
% fam w/kids <18, Fem HH	49.9%	30.4%	7.3%	7.2%

Source: 2000 US Census, Case Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change.

* White and Black percentages may include those of Hispanic ethnicity.

Last Row: Percentage of families with at least one child under 18 years of age, with a female head of household.

Posted by db — last modified October 21, 2007

Keywords: County, Disparity, Maternal Infant and Child Health, Municipal, Nation, Poverty, Pregnancy, Statistics

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