Census 2010 Household Data
American Fact Finder[1]
National Data
1950 National Data: Married households – 78.0%
Percentage of unwed births:[2] 3.9%
Population: 150,697,361
1960 National Data: Married households – 74.3%[3]
Percentage of unwed births:[4] 5.3%
Percent of children living with two married parents: 85.0%[5]
Percent of children living with mother only: 8.0%
Percent of children living with father only: 1.1%
Percent of children living with no parent: 3.2%
1980 National Data: Married households – 60.8%
Percentage of unwed births:[6] 18.4%
Percent of children living with two married parents: 76.0%
Percent of children living with mother only: 10.7%
Percent of children living with father only: 1.1%
Percent of children living with no parent: 2.8%
1990 National Data: Married households – 55.2%
Percentage of unwed births:
Percent of children living with two married parents:
Percent of children living with mother only:
Percent of children living with father only:
Percent of children living with no parent:
2000 National Data: Married households 51.7%
Married with children – 23.5%
Percentage of unwed births:[7] 33.2%
Percent of children living with two married parents: 68.0%
Percent of children living with mother only: 22.0%
Percent of children living with father only: 3.7%
Percent of children living with no parent: 3.7%
2012 National Data: Married households
Percentage of unwed births:[8] 40.7%
Percent of children living with two married parents: 64.1%
Percent of children living with mother only: 24.4%
Percent of children living with father only: 3.6%
Percent of children living with no parent: 3.6%
2000 Census Data
Michigan: Married households – 54.9%
Percentage of unwed births: 33.3%
Married with children – 23.1%
Percent of minor child households married:
Population: 9,938,444
El Paso:[9] Married households – 51.4%
Percentage of unwed births:
Married with children – 29.7%
Percent of minor child households married:
Population:
2010 Census Data
2010 National Data: Married households – 48%
Percentage of unwed births:[10] 40.7%
Married with children -20%
Percent of minor child households married: 60.5%
Population: 308,745,538
Children: 90,786,036 (29,4%)
2010 Census Selected U.S. Counties & Large Cities
Texas
El Paso County, Tx: Third Poorest U.S. Metropolitan Region
Married households – 50.8%
Married with children – 26.0%
Percent of minor child households married: 55.6%
Population: 800,647
El Paso, Tx: Married households – 48.5%
Married with children -26.9%
Percent of minor child households married: 54.1%
Population: 649,121
Safest large city: 2010-2013 (4 yrs)
Michigan
Wayne County: Married households – 37.4%
Married with children – 15.8%
Population: 1,820,584
Detroit: Married households – 21.5%
Married with children – 8.5%
Percent of minor child households married: 24.7%
Population: 713,777
Livonia: Married households – 55.9%
Married with children – 21.4%
Population: 96,942
Canton: Married households – 60.3%
Married with children – 30.4%
Population: 90,173
Westland: Married households – 37.5%
Married with children – 15.1%
Population: 84, 094
Oakland County: Married households – 50.7%
Married with children – 22.8%
Population: 1,202,362
Troy: Married households – 62.8%
Married with children – 28.5.0%
Population: 80,980
Pontiac: Married households – 26.5%
Married with children – 11.3%
Population: 59,515
Rochester Hills: Married households – 59.2%
Married with children – 26.4%
Population: 70,995
Southfield: Married households – 33.4%
Married with children – 22.9%
Population: 71,739
Macomb county: Married households – 49.7%
Married with children – 20.6%
Population: 840,978
Warren: Married households – 42.2%
Married with children – 16.9%
Population: 134,056
Roseville: Married households – 38.3%
Married with children – 15.6%
Population: 47,299
New York City: Married households – 35.3%
Married with children – 15.9%
Percent of minor child households married: 51.4%
Population: 8,175,133
Chicago: Married households – 32.0%
Married with children – 14.4%
Percent of minor child households married: 48.1%
Population: 2,695,598
Columbus: Married households – 32.0%
Married with children – 13.8%
Percent of minor child households married: 47.6%
Population: 787,033
2010 Census Selected U.S. States
Texas: Married households – 50.6%
Married with children – 23.7
Percent of minor child households married: 60.9%
Population: 25,145,561
Michigan: Married households – 48%
Married with children – 18.9%
Percent of minor child households married: 59.7%
Percentage of unwed births – 42.3%
Population: 9,883,640
New York: Married households – 43.6%
Married with children –18.7%
Percent of minor child households married: 59%
Population: 19,378,102
Illinois: Married households – 48.2%
Married with children – 21%
Percent of minor child households married: 62.7%
Population: 12,830,632
Ohio: Married households – 47.2%
Married with children – 18.2%
Percent of minor child households married: 58.2%
Population: 11,536,504
2010 Census Data
Children in single-parent families by race[11]
Asians: 17[12]%
Non-Hispanic Whites: 25%
2010 Census Data (cont’d)
Children in single-parent families by race[13]
Hispanics: 42%
American Indian: 53%
Non-Hispanic Blacks: 67%
2010 Census Data
Children Born to Unwed Moms
See Births to Unmarried Women Child Trends Data Bank July 2013
http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/75_Births_to_Unmarried_Women.pdf
Percent of Births Unwed
National Data – Unwed Births : 40.7% of all births unwed
Percent of births to women under 30 unwed: 53%
Percent of births to women 20-24: 64.8%
Percent of births to women 15-19: 90%
Percent of first-born births unwed: 50% (all ages)
National Data: Unwed Births By Ethnicity:
Asians: 17.1%
Non-Hispanic Whites: 29.4%
Hispanics: 53.5%
American Indian: 66.9%
Non-Hispanic Blacks: 72.2%
Unwed Births By Selected CIties[14]
Colorado Springs 25%
San Francisco, CA 25%
San Diego, CA 29%
Portland, OR 31%
El Paso, TX 43%
Unwed Births By Selected CIties[15]
Boston, MA 43%
New York, NY 44%
San Antonio, TX 46%
Columbus, OH 48%
Las Vegas, NV 48%
Boston, MA 43%
Grand Rapids, MI 49%
Houston, TX 49%
Chicago, IL 50%
Los Angeles, CA 51%
Atlanta, GA 53%
Dallas, TX 54%
Washington, DC 54%
Philadelphia, PA 64%
Cleveland, OH 76%
Detroit, MI 80%
Unwed Births By Selected States[16]
Utah: 13.2%
New Hamphire: 20.0%
Colorado: 23.7%
Idaho 26.8%
Massachusetts: 34.7%
New Jersey 35.9%
Illinois: 40.0%
California: 40.4%
New York: 41.1%
Texas: 42.0%
Michigan: 42.3%
MI Women Under 30: 54.0% (2009)
Ohio: 43.4%
Florida 47.6%
Mississippi: 54.4%
Unwed Births By Selected Michigan Cities[17]
Highland Park 89%
Detroit & Flint 80%
Saginaw 77%
Pontiac 73%
Inkster 73%
Taylor 59%
Lansing 54%
Southfield 50%
Roseville 50%
Warren 47%
Grand Rapids 49%
Oak Park 48%
Redford 45%
Wyandotte 45%
Clinton Twp. 45%
Waterford 35%
Dearborn Heights: 28.5%
Abortion Facts
- 85% of abortions occur in unmarried women
- 58% of women obtaining abortions are in their 20’s
- 69% are disadvantaged
- 18% of pregnancies are aborted
- 17% of Michigan pregnancies are aborted
- 35% of teen pregnancies end with abortion
What does unwed birthing mean? It means that 90% of those unwed babies will grow up in broken homes to suffer terribly. About 85% of our prison population grew up in broken homes. Most of these babies will not ever experience marriage in their lifetimes.
Along the way to reaching adulthood, these children will have a six-fold greater incidence of poverty, very high rates of abuse & neglect, mental and physical illness, behavioral disorders, trauma & violence, school failure, and contact with the criminal justice system. As adults, their problems will continue and manifest in more unwed births, abortions, divorces, child abuse & neglect, suicides, and higher risk for homocides. When they work, their citizenship, attendance and productivity will be lower than average, and their healthcare costs will be much higher, realities which discourage businesses when starting and locating in our region and in Michigan.
Michigan is the 8th largest state, but it is a welfare state. The Friend of the Court manages one million cases under their supervision. There are 2.3 million children in Michigan.
Marriage is the answer, the most cost-effective medicine to transform Michigan into a thriving, healthy state.
[1] http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
[2] ibid
[3] U.S. Bureau of the Census (1998; Table 69), and Current Population Reports, P20-509 and earlier reports.
[4] http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
[5] www.childtrendsdatabank.org
[6] ibid.
[7] ibid.
[8] ibid.
[9] http://www.elpasotexas.gov/development_services/_documents/city_demographic_profile_2000.pdf
[10] www.childtrendsdatabank.org
[11] National Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Based on U.S. Census ACS 2012, http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/107-children-in-single-parent-families-by#detailed/1/any/false/867,133,38,35,18/10,168,9,12,1,13,185/432,431
[12] APPENDIX M – DATA ON NONMARITAL BIRTHS TO ADULTS AND TEENAGERS AND FEDERAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE NONMARITAL PREGNANCIES http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/greenbook2003/appendixm.pdf
[13] National Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Based on U.S. Census ACS 2012, http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/107-children-in-single-parent-families-by#detailed/1/any/false/867,133,38,35,18/10,168,9,12,1,13,185/432,431
[14] National Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation, http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/7-births-to-unmarried-women?loc=1&loct=2#ranking/3/any/true/867/any/258
[15] National Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation, http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/7-births-to-unmarried-women?loc=1&loct=2#ranking/3/any/true/867/any/258
[16] National Vital Statistics Reports,Vol. 62, No.1, June 28, 2013 http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr62/nvsr62_01_tables.pdf
[17] National Kids Count, Annie E. Casey Foundation http://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/1649-births-to-unwed-mothers?loc=24#detailed/3/3675-3687,3689-3743,58/false/867,133,38,35,18/any/3505,13075