Alabama

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Alabama’s state population was 4,599,030, which ranked 23^rd among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (69 percent) and African Americans (26 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 21,566 births to unmarried women in Alabama, accounting for 36.2 percent of all births in the state.
Alabama ranked 20^th among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 12,692 births to unmarried African American women in Alabama and 7,858 births to unmarried white women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Alabama had a divorce rate of 4.9 divorces per 1,000 people. Alabama’s divorce rate ranked seventh highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Alabama, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.3 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 14.9 percent in rural areas and 17.5 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Alabama had 509,677 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over one-third of these children (37.5 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in rural areas. In 2006, there were 103,325 children in this group.
In 2006, 46 percent of low-income children in Alabama were African American and 45 percent were white.

TABLE AL-1.

ALABAMA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Alabama			East South Central Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	2,458	2,844	86.4	88.1	90.6
18 to 29	16,767	40,237	41.7	45.0	45.3
Over 30	2,341	16,429	14.2	16.1	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	7,858	37,209	21.1	26.7	24.5
African American	12,692	17,972	70.6	74.0	69.3
Hispanic	843	3,364	25.1	42.3	46.4
Other	152	917	16.6	20.7	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	7,831	13,206	59.3	64.3	60.9
High school graduate	12,775	32,800	38.9	40.8	39.8
College graduate	865	13,099	6.6	6.7	7.0
Geographic Area
Jefferson County	3,790	9,152	41.4	---	---
Mobile County	2,456	5,707	43.0	---	---
All other counties	15,320	44,651	34.3	---	---
Total	21,566	59,510	36.2	38.8	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

^b Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^c See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE AL-2.

ALABAMA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Alabama	East South Central Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	22,430	82,393	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	4.9	4.7	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	7

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Alabama		East South Central Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	184,707	15.3	15.9	13.7
Women	245,269	17.1	17.3	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	306,235	15.1	16.0	15.0
African American	109,235	21.4	21.1	21.1
Hispanic	4,941	10.6	11.6	12.2
Other	9,565	15.9	15.1	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	81,968	16.4	16.8	13.4
High school graduate	277,471	17.5	18.0	16.8
College graduate	70,537	12.7	12.4	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	194,157	14.9	15.6	14.5
Urban	235,819	17.5	17.5	15.1
Total	429,976	16.3	16.6	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE AL-3.

ALABAMA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Alabama		East South Central Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	191,032	37.5	38.7	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	33,282	6.5	7.9	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	92,611	18.2	17.4	14.9
	Formerly married	106,658	20.9	20.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	32,400	6.4	6.2	4.3
	Unknown^c	53,694	10.5	9.2	8.3
	Total	509,677	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	103,325	41.4	43.7	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	16,106	6.4	7.9	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	32,346	13.0	12.4	10.3
	Formerly married	52,390	21.0	20.2	19.0
	Neither Parent	17,510	7.0	6.4	5.2
	Unknown^c	28,032	11.2	9.4	7.9
	Total	249,709	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	87,707	33.7	34.1	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	17,176	6.6	7.9	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	60,265	23.2	22.2	15.9
	Formerly married	54,268	20.9	20.9	17.7
	Neither Parent	14,890	5.7	5.9	4.1
	Unknown^c	25,662	9.9	9.0	8.3
	Total	259,968	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE AL-4.

ALABAMA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Alabama		East South Central Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	120,299	52.1	51.4	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	15,951	6.9	8.2	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	7,027	3.0	4.7	6.5
	Formerly married	55,109	23.9	22.4	21.0
	Neither Parent	13,239	5.7	5.8	4.0
	Unknown^c	19,261	8.3	7.4	6.2
	Total	230,886	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	49,907	21.3	18.5	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	10,767	4.6	6.3	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	82,039	35.1	36.8	37.3
	Formerly married	45,395	19.4	19.8	18.6
	Neither Parent	17,091	7.3	6.9	6.9
	Unknown^c	28,603	12.2	11.6	10.9
	Total	233,802	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	13,781	47.7	54.8	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	5,730	19.8	13.8	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,396	4.8	9.5	10.3
	Formerly married	3,351	11.6	9.9	14.1
	Neither Parent	945	3.3	5.0	3.0
	Unknown^c	3,681	12.7	7.1	8.9
	Total	28,884	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	7,045	43.7	41.8	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	834	5.2	10.8	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	2,149	13.3	13.3	12.0
	Formerly married	2,803	17.4	16.2	15.8
	Neither Parent	1,125	7.0	5.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	2,149	13.3	13.0	8.7
	Total	16,105	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

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Alaska

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Alaska’s state population was 670,053, which ranked 47^th among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (67 percent) and Alaska Natives (11 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 3,577 births to unmarried women in Alaska, accounting for 34.6 percent of all births in the state.
Alaska ranked 28^th among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 1,149 births to unmarried white women in Alaska and 1,471 births to unmarried American Indians.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Alaska had a divorce rate of 4.3 divorces per 1,000 people. Alaska’s divorce rate ranked 15^th highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Alaska, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 15.6 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.1 percent in rural areas and 15.3 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Alaska had 50,843 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over half of these children (53.6 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 16,955 children in this group.
In 2006, 41 percent of low-income children in Alaska were white and 24 percent were Alaska Natives.

TABLE AK-1.

ALASKA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Alaska			Pacific Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	268	294	91.2	89.1	90.6
18 to 29	2,719	6,552	41.5	43.1	45.3
Over 30	590	3,492	16.9	17.2	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^b
White	1,149	5,130	22.4	22.7	24.5
Asian or Pacific Islander	159	524	30.3	16.6	14.2
Hispanic	306	877	34.9	44.5	46.4
American Indian	1,471	2,312	63.6	60.8	62.9
Mother’s Education^c
Less than high school	935	1,355	69.0	53.7	60.9
High school graduate	2,320	6,562	35.4	36.6	39.8
College graduate	121	1,727	7.0	7.0	7.0
Geographic Area
Anchorage Borough	1,427	4,392	32.5	---	---
All other counties	2,150	5,946	36.2	---	---

Total	3,577	10,338	34.6	33.8	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^c Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing information on mother’s education level.

TABLE AK-2.

ALASKA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Alaska	Pacific Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	2,865	44,920	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	4.3	4.2	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	15

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Alaska		Pacific Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	23,062	14.0	13.3	13.7
Women	31,614	17.0	16.5	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	40,734	15.6	17.5	15.0
Asian	2,199	13.1	7.9	6.9
Hispanic	2,285	15.3	10.7	12.2
Alaska Native	4,760	16.6	17.5	16.9
Education Level
Less than high school	4,461	13.2	10.5	13.4
High school graduate	38,674	17.3	17.4	16.8
College graduate	11,541	12.3	13.2	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	18,619	16.1	15.5	14.5
Urban	36,057	15.3	15.0	15.1
Total	54,676	15.6	15.0	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas. Estimates of racial/ethnic differences include only the state’s four largest racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE AK-3.

ALASKA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Alaska		Pacific Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	27,257	53.6	51.9	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	6,419	12.6	10.0	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	2,116	4.2	10.8	14.9
	Formerly married	10,105	19.9	15.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	2,568	5.1	3.5	4.3
	Unknown^c	2,378	4.7	8.4	8.3
	Total	50,843	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	10,302	49.3	54.4	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	3,205	15.4	11.2	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,361	6.5	7.0	10.3
	Formerly married	3,352	16.1	15.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	863	4.1	4.3	5.2
	Unknown^c	1,796	8.6	7.2	7.9
	Total	20,879	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	16,955	56.6	51.8	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	3,214	10.7	10.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	755	2.5	11.0	15.9
	Formerly married	6,753	22.5	15.4	17.7
	Neither Parent	1,705	5.7	3.4	4.1
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	8.4	8.3
	Total	29,964	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

TABLE AK-4.

ALASKA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Alaska		Pacific Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	11,471	54.4	49.6	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	2,376	11.3	10.5	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,014	4.8	7.7	6.5
	Formerly married	4,859	23.0	22.0	21.0
	Neither Parent	1,318	6.3	4.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	6.3	6.2
	Total	21,084	100.0	100.0	100.0
Asian	Married Parents	NA	NA	67.8	73.2
	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	5.0	3.7
	Single Parent
	Never married	NA	NA	5.0	3.7
	Formerly married	NA	NA	12.3	10.6
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	3.1	2.5
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	6.8	6.3
	Total	NA	NA	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	NA	NA	55.8	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	10.5	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	NA	NA	9.4	10.3
	Formerly married	NA	NA	12.4	14.1
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	2.7	3.0
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	9.2	8.9
	Total	NA	NA	100.0	100.0
Alaska Native	Married Parents	6,372	52.5	47.9	48.3
	Cohabiting Parents	1,937	15.9	18.0	18.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	470	3.9	4.5	4.3
	Formerly married	1,253	10.3	9.9	10.2
	Neither Parent	905	7.5	10.4	10.0
	Unknown^c	1,208	9.9	9.2	9.2
	Total	12,145	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Table includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

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Arizona

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Arizona’s state population was 6,166,318, which ranked 16^th among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (60 percent) and Hispanics (29 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 39,525 births to unmarried women in Arizona, accounting for 42.2 percent of all births in the state.
Arizona ranked fifth among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 22,387 births to unmarried Hispanic women in Arizona and 9,969 births to unmarried white women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Arizona had a divorce rate of 4.1 divorces per 1,000 people. Arizona’s divorce rate ranked 19^th highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Arizona, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.6 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 14.6 percent in rural areas and 16.7 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Arizona had 718,777 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over half of these children (52.3 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 357,546 children in this group.
In 2006, 57 percent of low-income children in Arizona were Hispanic and 26 percent were white.

TABLE AZ-1.

ARIZONA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Arizona			Mountain Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	4,103	4,435	92.5	89.9	90.6
18 to 29	28,825	59,095	48.8	38.9	45.3
Over 30	6,597	30,133	21.9	16.4	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^b
White	9,969	39,632	25.2	21.0	24.5
African American	1,726	2,821	61.2	59.7	69.3
Hispanic	22,387	41,422	54.0	49.3	46.4
American Indian	4,232	5,677	74.5	71.4	62.9
Mother’s Education^c
Less than high school	18,282	27,953	65.4	59.5	60.9
High school graduate	19,065	46,471	41.0	33.2	39.8
College graduate	1,544	17,946	8.6	6.2	7.0
Geographic Area
Maricopa County	24,396	60,636	40.2	---	---
Pima County	5,785	13,055	44.3	---	---
All other counties	9,344	19,972	46.8	---	---
Total	39,525	93,663	42.2	33.5	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^cNumber of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information on mother’s education level.

TABLE AZ-2.

ARIZONA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Arizona	Mountain Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	24,535	95,945	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	4.1	4.7	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	19

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Arizona		Mountain Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	237,736	15.3	15.0	13.7
Women	316,625	17.8	17.0	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	409,613	17.9	16.7	15.0
African American	21,425	25.2	23.3	21.1
Hispanic	97,272	12.9	13.2	12.2
American Indian	11,448	14.6	16.1	20.6
Education Level
Less than high school	65,785	12.3	13.2	13.4
High school graduate	363,666	18.7	17.8	16.8
College graduate	124,910	14.7	13.8	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	11,816	14.6	15.5	14.5
Urban	542,545	16.7	16.2	15.1
Total	554,361	16.6	16.1	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas. Estimates of racial/ethnic differences include only the state’s four largest racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE AZ-3.

ARIZONA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Arizona		Mountain Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	376,045	52.3	54.4	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	77,279	10.8	9.7	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	74,700	10.4	9.5	14.9
	Formerly married	103,137	14.3	16.1	18.0
	Neither Parent	25,792	3.6	3.4	4.3
	Unknown^c	61,824	8.6	6.9	8.3
	Total	718,777	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	18,499	46.3	52.1	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	3,714	9.3	8.6	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	4,946	12.4	8.4	10.3
	Formerly married	3,717	9.3	17.7	19.0
	Neither Parent	1,863	4.7	3.6	5.2
	Unknown^c	7,250	18.1	9.6	7.9
	Total	39,989	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	357,546	52.7	54.6	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	73,565	10.8	9.9	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	69,754	10.3	9.6	15.9
	Formerly married	99,420	14.6	15.9	17.7
	Neither Parent	23,929	3.5	3.4	4.1
	Unknown^c	54,574	8.0	6.6	8.3
	Total	678,788	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE AZ-4.

ARIZONA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Arizona		Mountain Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	100,841	53.3	58.7	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	17,765	9.4	8.4	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	13,412	7.1	5.8	6.5
	Formerly married	36,476	19.3	19.0	21.0
	Neither Parent	6,921	3.7	3.4	4.0
	Unknown^c	13,743	7.3	4.7	6.2
	Total	189,158	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	8,751	28.5	30.6	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	2,895	9.4	6.1	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	8,880	29.0	31.3	37.3
	Formerly married	5,992	19.5	19.2	18.6
	Neither Parent	1,838	6.0	6.3	6.9
	Unknown^c	2,312	7.5	6.4	10.9
	Total	30,668	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	234,503	56.9	55.7	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	47,274	11.5	10.9	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	40,396	9.8	10.2	10.3
	Formerly married	45,924	11.2	12.9	14.1
	Neither Parent	12,545	3.0	2.9	3.0
	Unknown^c	31,175	7.6	7.5	8.9
	Total	411,817	100.0	100.0	100.0
American Indian	Married Parents	20,920	34.7	36.7	34.1
	Cohabiting Parents	7,265	12.0	14.8	16.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	9,752	16.2	13.2	12.5
	Formerly married	8,188	13.6	15.0	16.5
	Neither Parent	2,965	4.9	5.3	6.4
	Unknown^c	11,230	18.6	15.0	14.4
	Total	60,320	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Table includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

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Arkansas

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Arkansas’s state population was 2,810,872, which ranked 32^nd among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (76 percent) and African Americans (15 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 14,978 births to unmarried women in Arkansas, accounting for 38.8 percent of all births in the state.
Arkansas ranked tenth among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 7,607 births to unmarried white women in Arkansas and 5,652 births to unmarried African American women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Arkansas had a divorce rate of 6.0 divorces per 1,000 people. Arkansas’s divorce rate ranked second highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Arkansas, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.1 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 14.6 percent in rural areas and 17.4 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Arkansas had 343,053 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Over two-fifths of these children (41.9 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in rural areas. In 2006, there were 74,552 children in this group.
In 2006, 57 percent of low-income children in Arkansas were white and 26 percent were African American.

TABLE AR-1.

ARKANSAS

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Arkansas			West South Central Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	1,602	1,842	87.0	86.0	90.6
18 to 29	11,788	27,562	42.8	44.2	45.3
Over 30	1,588	9,169	17.3	16.6	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	7,607	26,797	28.4	26.2	24.5
African American	5,652	7,343	77.0	69.9	69.3
Hispanic	1,486	3,508	42.4	40.9	46.4
Other	195	811	24.0	21.5	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	5,033	8,297	60.7	55.1	60.9
High school graduate	9,154	22,466	40.7	40.3	39.8
College graduate	499	7,085	7.0	7.2	7.0
Geographic Area
Pulaski County	2,544	5,893	43.2	---	---
Benton County	792	2,893	27.4	---	---
All other counties	11,642	29,787	39.1	---	---
Total	14,978	38,573	38.8	38.1	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

^b Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^c See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE AR-2.

ARKANSAS

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Arkansas	West South Central Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	16,728	112,674	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	6.0	3.9	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	2

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Arkansas		West South Central Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	120,780	15.5	14.1	13.7
Women	148,891	16.6	16.4	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	211,869	15.3	15.8	15.0
African American	43,691	23.9	22.0	21.1
Hispanic	6,200	10.0	11.4	12.2
Other	7,911	16.2	12.3	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	51,598	16.4	12.9	13.4
High school graduate	180,744	17.2	17.2	16.8
College graduate	37,329	12.1	12.6	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	117,715	14.6	14.6	14.5
Urban	151,956	17.4	15.5	15.1
Total	269,671	16.1	15.3	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE AR-3.

ARKANSAS

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Arkansas		West South Central Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	143,773	41.9	48.0	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	22,153	6.5	6.8	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	45,971	13.4	12.0	14.9
	Formerly married	76,739	22.4	18.7	18.0
	Neither Parent	21,692	6.3	4.5	4.3
	Unknown^c	32,725	9.5	10.1	8.3
	Total	343,053	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	74,552	45.3	46.6	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	10,874	6.6	7.4	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	18,599	11.3	9.6	10.3
	Formerly married	33,650	20.5	20.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	9,188	5.6	6.2	5.2
	Unknown^c	17,590	10.7	9.3	7.9
	Total	164,453	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	69,221	38.8	48.2	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	11,279	6.3	6.6	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	27,372	15.3	12.4	15.9
	Formerly married	43,089	24.1	18.3	17.7
	Neither Parent	12,504	7.0	4.2	4.1
	Unknown^c	15,135	8.5	10.2	8.3
	Total	178,600	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE AR-4.

ARKANSAS

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Arkansas		West South Central Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	102,564	52.2	51.8	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	10,438	5.3	7.1	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	11,301	5.7	4.7	6.5
	Formerly married	43,111	21.9	23.6	21.0
	Neither Parent	14,327	7.3	5.5	4.0
	Unknown^c	14,824	7.5	7.4	6.2
	Total	196,565	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	17,378	19.3	21.8	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	5,743	6.4	5.7	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	27,928	31.0	33.1	37.3
	Formerly married	21,252	23.6	19.8	18.6
	Neither Parent	5,457	6.1	6.8	6.9
	Unknown^c	12,292	13.7	12.8	10.9
	Total	90,050	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	18,522	48.3	56.9	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	4,333	11.3	7.0	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	3,677	9.6	7.1	10.3
	Formerly married	7,939	20.7	15.3	14.1
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	3.0	3.0
	Unknown^c	3,183	8.3	10.7	8.9
	Total	38,341	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	5,309	29.3	50.4	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	1,639	9.1	7.4	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	3,065	16.9	10.8	12.0
	Formerly married	4,437	24.5	18.9	15.8
	Neither Parent	1,221	6.7	4.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	2,426	13.4	8.4	8.7
	Total	18,097	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

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California

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, California’s state population was 36,457,549, which ranked first among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (43 percent), Hispanics (36 percent), and Asians (12 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 187,582 births to unmarried women in California, accounting for 34.4 percent of all births in the state.
California ranked 29th among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 122,528 births to unmarried Hispanic women in California, 33,345 births to unmarried white women, and 19,298 births to unmarried African American women.

Marriage and Divorce

In California, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 14.2 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.0 percent in rural areas and 14.2 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, California had 3,886,810 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over half of these children (52.3 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 2,006,997 children in this group.
In 2006, 67 percent of low-income children in California were Hispanic, 15 percent were white, and 8 percent were African American.

TABLE CA-1.

CALIFORNIA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	California			Pacific Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	15,029	16,961	88.6	89.1	90.6
18 to 29	131,689	299,530	44.0	43.1	45.3
Over 30	40,864	228,352	17.9	17.2	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^b
White	33,345	162,716	20.5	22.7	24.5
African American	19,298	30,478	63.3	62.0	69.3
Hispanic	122,528	275,201	44.5	44.5	46.4
Asian or Pacific Islander	8,911	66,309	13.4	16.6	14.2
Mother’s Education^c
Less than high school	78,297	148,557	52.7	53.7	60.9
High school graduate	93,610	250,523	37.4	36.6	39.8
College graduate	9,542	130,075	7.3	7.0	7.0
Geographic Area
Los Angeles County	60,328	151,579	39.8	---	---
Orange County	12,496	45,065	27.7	---	---
All other counties	114,758	348,199	33.0	---	---
Total	187,582	544,843	34.4	33.8	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^cNumber of births in groups may not sum to state total due to missing information on mother’s education level.

TABLE CA-2.

CALIFORNIA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	California	Pacific Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	NA	44,920	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	NA	4.2	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	NA

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Data not available for California or Hawaii.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	California		Pacific Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	1,057,840	12.3	13.3	13.7
Women	1,574,909	16.0	16.5	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	1,587,790	17.2	17.5	15.0
African American	210,840	24.7	24.3	21.1
Hispanic	573,000	10.5	10.7	12.2
Asian	184,477	7.3	7.9	6.9
Education Level
Less than high school	352,223	9.5	10.5	13.4
High school graduate	1,596,825	16.8	17.4	16.8
College graduate	683,701	13.0	13.2	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	52,828	16.0	15.5	14.5
Urban	2,579,921	14.2	15.0	15.1
Total	2,632,749	14.2	15.0	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas. Estimates of racial/ethnic differences include only the state’s four largest racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE CA-3.

CALIFORNIA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		California		Pacific Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	2,031,721	52.3	51.9	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	379,041	9.8	10.0	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	423,421	10.9	10.8	14.9
	Formerly married	574,028	14.8	15.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	131,588	3.4	3.5	4.3
	Unknown^c	347,011	8.9	8.4	8.3
	Total	3,886,810	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	24,724	57.2	54.4	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	3,908	9.0	11.2	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	4,226	9.8	7.0	10.3
	Formerly married	7,209	16.7	15.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	1,486	3.4	4.3	5.2
	Unknown^c	1,703	3.9	7.2	7.9
	Total	43,256	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	2,006,997	52.2	51.8	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	375,133	9.8	10.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	419,195	10.9	11.0	15.9
	Formerly married	566,819	14.7	15.4	17.7
	Neither Parent	130,102	3.4	3.4	4.1
	Unknown^c	345,308	9.0	8.4	8.3
	Total	3,843,554	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE CA-4.

CALIFORNIA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		California		Pacific Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	284,954	48.5	49.6	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	58,403	9.9	10.5	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	47,449	8.1	7.7	6.5
	Formerly married	127,207	21.7	22.0	21.0
	Neither Parent	24,502	4.2	4.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	44,641	7.6	6.3	6.2
	Total	587,156	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	67,122	21.0	23.5	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	21,793	6.8	6.9	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	115,415	36.1	34.8	37.3
	Formerly married	59,056	18.5	18.5	18.6
	Neither Parent	27,432	8.6	8.1	6.9
	Unknown^c	28,516	8.9	8.1	10.9
	Total	319,334	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	1,459,849	55.9	55.8	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	273,443	10.5	10.5	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	234,747	9.0	9.4	10.3
	Formerly married	327,828	12.6	12.4	14.1
	Neither Parent	69,515	2.7	2.7	3.0
	Unknown^c	245,168	9.4	9.2	8.9
	Total	2,610,550	100.0	100.0	100.0
Asian	Married Parents	167,857	69.8	67.8	73.2
	Cohabiting Parents	11,345	4.7	5.0	3.7
	Single Parent
	Never married	10,659	4.4	5.0	3.7
	Formerly married	28,652	11.9	12.3	10.6
	Neither Parent	5,376	2.2	3.1	2.5
	Unknown^c	16,635	6.9	6.8	6.3
	Total	240,524	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Table includes only the state’s four largest groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

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Colorado

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Colorado’s state population was 4,753,377, which ranked 22^nd among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (72 percent) and Hispanics (20 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 18,837 births to unmarried women in Colorado, accounting for 27.5 percent of all births in the state.
Colorado ranked 47^th among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 9,052 births to unmarried Hispanic women in Colorado and 7,787 births to unmarried white women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Colorado had a divorce rate of 4.4 divorces per 1,000 people. Colorado’s divorce rate ranked 14^th highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Colorado, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 15.9 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 14.8 percent in rural areas and 16.1 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Colorado had 409,587 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over half of these children (51.4 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 187,512 children in this group.
In 2006, 50 percent of low-income children in Colorado were Hispanic and 39 percent were white.

TABLE CO-1.

COLORADO

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Colorado			Mountain Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	2,151	2,458	87.5	89.9	90.6
18 to 29	13,799	38,973	35.4	38.9	45.3
Over 30	2,887	27,072	10.7	16.4	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	7,787	41,192	18.9	21.0	24.5
African American	1,479	2,799	52.8	59.7	69.3
Hispanic	9,052	21,740	41.6	49.3	46.4
Other	513	2,760	18.6	48.2	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	7,701	15,470	49.8	59.5	60.9
High school graduate	9,761	30,964	31.5	33.2	39.8
College graduate	1,050	21,342	4.9	6.2	7.0
Geographic Area
El Paso County	2,137	8,118	26.3	---	---
Denver County	3,980	11,710	34.0	---	---
All other counties	12,720	48,675	26.1	---	---
Total	18,837	68,503	27.5	33.5	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^c See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE CO-2.

COLORADO

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Colorado	Mountain Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	20,504	95,945	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	4.4	4.7	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	14

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Colorado		Mountain Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	181,104	14.5	15.0	13.7
Women	238,768	17.2	17.0	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	328,966	16.3	16.7	15.0
African American	16,107	21.8	23.3	21.1
Hispanic	57,732	13.5	13.2	12.2
Other	17,067	14.9	15.0	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	43,413	14.0	13.2	13.4
High school graduate	258,220	18.0	17.8	16.8
College graduate	118,239	13.2	13.8	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	45,349	14.8	15.5	14.5
Urban	374,523	16.1	16.2	15.1
Total	419,872	15.9	16.1	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE CO-3.

COLORADO

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Colorado		Mountain Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	210,604	51.4	54.4	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	35,248	8.6	9.7	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	43,997	10.7	9.5	14.9
	Formerly married	81,741	20.0	16.1	18.0
	Neither Parent	16,104	3.9	3.4	4.3
	Unknown^c	21,893	5.3	6.9	8.3
	Total	409,587	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	23,092	49.9	52.1	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	3,914	8.5	8.6	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	2,965	6.4	8.4	10.3
	Formerly married	11,168	24.1	17.7	19.0
	Neither Parent	2,404	5.2	3.6	5.2
	Unknown^c	2,765	6.0	9.6	7.9
	Total	46,308	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	187,512	51.6	54.6	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	31,334	8.6	9.9	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	41,032	11.3	9.6	15.9
	Formerly married	70,573	19.4	15.9	17.7
	Neither Parent	13,700	3.8	3.4	4.1
	Unknown^c	19,128	5.3	6.6	8.3
	Total	363,279	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE CO-4.

COLORADO

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Colorado		Mountain Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	76,649	48.5	58.7	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	16,759	10.6	8.4	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	12,655	8.0	5.8	6.5
	Formerly married	40,906	25.9	19.0	21.0
	Neither Parent	6,027	3.8	3.4	4.0
	Unknown^c	5,114	3.2	4.7	6.2
	Total	158,110	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	9,086	33.4	30.6	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	6.1	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	9,979	36.7	31.3	37.3
	Formerly married	4,955	18.2	19.2	18.6
	Neither Parent	978	3.6	6.3	6.9
	Unknown^c	1,922	7.1	6.4	10.9
	Total	27,209	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	112,843	55.6	55.7	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	17,229	8.5	10.9	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	19,965	9.8	10.2	10.3
	Formerly married	31,063	15.3	12.9	14.1
	Neither Parent	8,579	4.2	2.9	3.0
	Unknown^c	13,128	6.5	7.5	8.9
	Total	202,807	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	12,026	56.0	42.2	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	971	4.5	11.3	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,398	6.5	11.4	12.0
	Formerly married	4,817	22.4	18.0	15.8
	Neither Parent	520	2.4	4.3	4.0
	Unknown^c	1,729	8.1	12.8	8.7
	Total	21,461	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

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Connecticut

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Connecticut’s state population was 3,504,809, which ranked 29^th among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (75 percent), Hispanics (11 percent), and African Americans (9 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 12,891 births to unmarried women in Connecticut, accounting for 30.6 percent of all births in the state.
Connecticut ranked 40^th among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 4,727 births to unmarried Hispanic women in Connecticut, 4,624 births to unmarried white women, and 3,274 births to unmarried African American women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Connecticut had a divorce rate of 3.0 divorces per 1,000 people. Connecticut’s divorce rate ranked 33^rd highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Connecticut, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 13.8 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Connecticut had 200,007 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Nearly two-fifths of these children (38.2 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 76,364 children in this group.
In 2006, 39 percent of low-income children in Connecticut were white, 34 percent were Hispanic, and 20 percent were African American.

TABLE CT-1.

CONNECTICUT

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Connecticut			New England Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	923	956	96.5	96.8	90.6
18 to 29	9,242	18,696	49.4	47.9	45.3
Over 30	2,726	22,443	12.1	11.9	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	4,624	27,132	17.0	22.7	24.5
African American	3,274	4,910	66.7	60.6	69.3
Hispanic	4,727	7,600	62.2	61.6	46.4
Other	228	2,325	9.8	16.3	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	3,926	5,278	74.4	74.2	60.9
High school graduate	7,950	19,497	40.8	40.6	39.8
College graduate	869	16,830	5.2	6.0	7.0
Geographic Area
Fairfield County	2,994	11,878	25.2	---	---
Hartford County	3,747	10,495	35.7	---	---
All other counties	6,150	19,722	31.2	---	---
Total	12,891	42,095	30.6	30.1	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

^b Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^c See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE CT-2.

CONNECTICUT

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Connecticut	New England Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	10,623	40,822	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	3.0	2.9	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	33

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Connecticut		New England Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	107,218	12.1	13.1	13.7
Women	157,681	15.1	15.8	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	208,157	13.4	14.5	15.0
African American	24,184	19.8	18.6	21.1
Hispanic	25,455	16.2	17.2	12.2
Other	7,103	7.8	9.6	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	33,160	15.3	14.5	13.4
High school graduate	161,558	15.6	16.7	16.8
College graduate	70,181	10.5	11.1	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	NA	NA	16.8	14.5
Urban	264,899	13.8	14.1	15.1
Total	264,899	13.8	14.6	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

TABLE CT-3.

CONNECTICUT

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Connecticut		New England Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	76,364	38.2	38.4	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	21,937	11.0	11.4	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	48,945	24.5	18.8	14.9
	Formerly married	31,736	15.9	21.8	18.0
	Neither Parent	9,086	4.5	4.2	4.3
	Unknown^c	11,939	6.0	5.4	8.3
	Total	200,007	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	NA	NA	47.6	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	13.7	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	NA	NA	6.6	10.3
	Formerly married	NA	NA	24.2	19.0
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	4.3	5.2
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	3.6	7.9
	Total	NA	NA	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	76,364	38.2	36.4	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	21,937	11.0	10.9	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	48,945	24.5	21.4	15.9
	Formerly married	31,736	15.9	21.3	17.7
	Neither Parent	9,086	4.5	4.2	4.1
	Unknown^c	11,939	6.0	5.7	8.3
	Total	200,007	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

TABLE CT-4.

CONNECTICUT

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Connecticut		New England Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	41,623	52.8	45.0	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	9,377	11.9	12.7	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	5,985	7.6	9.5	6.5
	Formerly married	14,337	18.2	24.4	21.0
	Neither Parent	2,782	3.5	3.9	4.0
	Unknown^c	4,793	6.1	4.5	6.2
	Total	78,897	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	7,990	19.6	23.0	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	3,694	9.1	7.0	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	16,543	40.6	36.9	37.3
	Formerly married	6,289	15.4	19.0	18.6
	Neither Parent	2,827	6.9	6.4	6.9
	Unknown^c	3,430	8.4	7.7	10.9
	Total	40,773	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	21,112	30.9	29.0	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	7,995	11.7	10.8	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	23,233	34.0	30.0	10.3
	Formerly married	9,743	14.3	20.4	14.1
	Neither Parent	3,249	4.8	3.7	3.0
	Unknown^c	2,949	4.3	6.1	8.9
	Total	68,281	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	5,639	46.8	45.2	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	871	7.2	11.1	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	3,184	26.4	20.0	12.0
	Formerly married	1,367	11.3	13.5	15.8
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	5.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	767	6.4	5.3	8.7
	Total	12,056	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

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Delaware

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Delaware’s state population was 853,476, which ranked 45^th among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (68 percent) and African Americans (21 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 4,811 births to unmarried women in Delaware, accounting for 42.3 percent of all births in the state.
Delaware ranked fourth among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 2,030 births to unmarried African American women in Delaware and 1,797 births to unmarried white women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Delaware had a divorce rate of 3.9 divorces per 1,000 people. Delaware’s divorce rate ranked 23^rd highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Delaware, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.0 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 12.2 percent in rural areas and 17.2 percent in urban areas.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Delaware had 63,229 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Over one-third of these children (35.1 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 14,406 children in this group.
In 2006, 39 percent of low-income children in Delaware were white and 38 percent were African American.

TABLE DE-1.

DELAWARE

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Delaware			South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	410	431	95.1	90.8	90.6
18 to 29	3,653	6,622	55.2	48.2	45.3
Over 30	748	4,316	17.3	16.7	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	1,797	6,442	27.9	24.8	24.5
African American	2,030	2,852	71.2	66.4	69.3
Hispanic	885	1,523	58.1	45.1	46.4
Other	55	478	11.5	14.5	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	1,775	2,431	73.0	66.4	60.9
High school graduate	2,669	5,561	48.0	41.3	39.8
College graduate	262	3,030	8.6	7.3	7.0
Geographic Area
New Castle County	2,773	7,112	39.0	---	---
Sussex County	1,174	2,251	52.2	---	---
All other counties	864	2,006	43.1	---	---
Total	4,811	11,369	42.3	38.1	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^bNumber of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^cSee Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE DE-2.

DELAWARE

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Delaware	South Atlantic Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	3,251	189,151	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	3.9	4.1	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	23

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Delaware		South Atlantic Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	32,142	15.0	14.0	13.7
Women	41,403	16.8	16.3	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	53,965	15.5	14.8	15.0
African American	15,159	21.5	19.7	21.1
Hispanic	2,446	12.6	13.2	12.2
Other	1,975	9.1	10.8	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	9,282	14.7	14.2	13.4
High school graduate	50,030	18.7	16.8	16.8
College graduate	14,233	11.0	12.4	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	13,325	12.2	14.6	14.5
Urban	60,220	17.2	15.4	15.1
Total	73,545	16.0	15.2	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE DE-3.

DELAWARE

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Delaware		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	22,171	35.1	40.7	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	7,121	11.3	8.9	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	13,803	21.8	17.6	14.9
	Formerly married	11,209	17.7	18.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	2,909	4.6	5.2	4.3
	Unknown^c	6,016	9.5	9.0	8.3
	Total	63,229	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	7,765	47.0	41.7	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	1,072	6.5	8.7	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,876	11.4	14.3	10.3
	Formerly married	3,119	18.9	19.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	954	5.8	6.2	5.2
	Unknown^c	1,736	10.5	9.3	7.9
	Total	16,522	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	14,406	30.8	40.4	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	6,049	13.0	9.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	11,927	25.5	18.6	15.9
	Formerly married	8,090	17.3	18.2	17.7
	Neither Parent	1,955	4.2	4.9	4.1
	Unknown^c	4,280	9.2	8.9	8.3
	Total	46,707	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE DE-4.

DELAWARE

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Delaware		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	13,255	54.2	51.8	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	1,470	6.0	9.9	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,255	5.1	5.3	6.5
	Formerly married	4,944	20.2	20.9	21.0
	Neither Parent	1,113	4.6	4.5	4.0
	Unknown^c	2,404	9.8	7.6	6.2
	Total	24,441	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	3,446	14.2	20.8	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	2,934	12.1	6.8	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	10,148	41.8	35.0	37.3
	Formerly married	4,627	19.1	19.0	18.6
	Neither Parent	1,046	4.3	7.0	6.9
	Unknown^c	2,049	8.4	11.6	10.9
	Total	24,250	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	4,457	40.2	56.5	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	2,404	21.7	11.4	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	1,128	10.2	8.2	10.3
	Formerly married	1,064	9.6	13.8	14.1
	Neither Parent	635	5.7	3.1	3.0
	Unknown^c	1,407	12.7	7.1	8.9
	Total	11,095	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	NA	NA	49.7	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	9.0	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	NA	NA	14.5	12.0
	Formerly married	NA	NA	14.7	15.8
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	4.6	4.0
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	7.5	8.7
	Total	NA	NA	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

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Florida

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Florida’s state population was 18,089,888, which ranked fourth among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (61 percent), Hispanics (20 percent), and African Americans (15 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 90,254 births to unmarried women in Florida, accounting for 41.4 percent of all births in the state.
Florida ranked seventh among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 31,948 births to unmarried white women in Florida, 31,705 births to unmarried African American women, and 25,224 births to unmarried Hispanic women.

Marriage and Divorce

In 2005, Florida had a divorce rate of 4.6 divorces per 1,000 people. Florida’s divorce rate ranked 11^th highest among the 44 states that report divorce statistics.
In Florida, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.4 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Florida had 1,641,143 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Over two-fifths of these children (42.6 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 664,077 children in this group.
In 2006, 34 percent of low-income children in Florida were white, 31 percent were African American, and 30 percent were Hispanic.

TABLE FL-1.

FLORIDA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Florida			South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	7,229	7,847	92.1	90.8	90.6
18 to 29	66,659	128,777	51.8	48.2	45.3
Over 30	16,366	81,429	20.1	16.7	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	31,948	105,218	30.4	24.8	24.5
African American	31,705	47,019	67.4	66.4	69.3
Hispanic	25,224	58,528	43.1	45.1	46.4
Other	1,139	6,682	17.0	14.5	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	NA	NA	NA	66.4	60.9
High school graduate	NA	NA	NA	41.3	39.8
College graduate	NA	NA	NA	7.3	7.0
Geographic Area
Miami-Dade County	13,933	32,066	43.5	---	---
Broward County	8,477	22,911	37.0	---	---
All other counties	67,844	163,076	41.6	---	---
Total	90,254	218,053	41.4	38.1	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b Number of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^c See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

NA = not available; numbers are not reported in this state due to changes in the state birth certificate. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE FL-2.

FLORIDA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Florida	South Atlantic Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	81,285	189,151	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	4.6	4.1	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	11

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Florida		South Atlantic Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	745,041	15.3	14.0	13.7
Women	989,158	17.3	16.3	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	1,171,431	16.3	14.8	15.0
African American	216,329	20.0	19.7	21.1
Hispanic	300,576	15.4	13.2	12.2
Other	45,863	12.6	10.8	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	228,820	14.6	14.2	13.4
High school graduate	1,111,666	17.6	16.8	16.8
College graduate	393,713	14.7	12.4	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	84,846	16.8	14.6	14.5
Urban	1,649,353	16.4	15.4	15.1
Total	1,734,199	16.4	15.2	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE FL-3.

FLORIDA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Florida		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	698,405	42.6	40.7	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	156,757	9.6	8.9	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	250,414	15.3	17.6	14.9
	Formerly married	305,658	18.6	18.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	72,745	4.4	5.2	4.3
	Unknown^c	157,164	9.6	9.0	8.3
	Total	1,641,143	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	34,328	41.3	41.7	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	6,186	7.4	8.7	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	11,589	13.9	14.3	10.3
	Formerly married	13,328	16.0	19.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	8,224	9.9	6.2	5.2
	Unknown^c	9,476	11.4	9.3	7.9
	Total	83,131	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	664,077	42.6	40.4	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	150,571	9.7	9.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	238,825	15.3	18.6	15.9
	Formerly married	292,330	18.8	18.2	17.7
	Neither Parent	64,521	4.1	4.9	4.1
	Unknown^c	147,688	9.5	8.9	8.3
	Total	1,558,012	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE FL-4.

FLORIDA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Florida		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	268,596	47.9	51.8	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	63,152	11.3	9.9	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	38,547	6.9	5.3	6.5
	Formerly married	116,049	20.7	20.9	21.0
	Neither Parent	23,653	4.2	4.5	4.0
	Unknown^c	50,434	9.0	7.6	6.2
	Total	560,431	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	129,009	25.2	20.8	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	34,266	6.7	6.8	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	164,103	32.0	35.0	37.3
	Formerly married	94,133	18.4	19.0	18.6
	Neither Parent	30,921	6.0	7.0	6.9
	Unknown^c	60,143	11.7	11.6	10.9
	Total	512,575	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	262,000	53.8	56.5	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	49,491	10.2	11.4	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	38,780	8.0	8.2	10.3
	Formerly married	81,213	16.7	13.8	14.1
	Neither Parent	15,284	3.1	3.1	3.0
	Unknown^c	40,331	8.3	7.1	8.9
	Total	487,099	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	38,800	47.9	49.7	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	9,848	12.2	9.0	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	8,984	11.1	14.5	12.0
	Formerly married	14,263	17.6	14.7	15.8
	Neither Parent	2,887	3.6	4.6	4.0
	Unknown^c	6,256	7.7	7.5	8.7
	Total	81,038	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

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Georgia

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Georgia’s state population was 9,363,941, which ranked ninth among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were whites (59 percent) and African Americans (29 percent).

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 54,362 births to unmarried women in Georgia, accounting for 39.2 percent of all births in the state.
Georgia ranked ninth among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
In 2004, there were 28,702 births to unmarried African American women in Georgia and 15,495 births to unmarried white women.

Marriage and Divorce

In Georgia, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.7 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.2 percent in rural areas and 16.8 percent in urban areas.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 22.5 percent among African Americans and 15.9 percent among whites.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Georgia had 1,025,998 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Over one-third of these children (39.6 percent) were living with married parents.
The state’s largest group of low-income children lived with married parents in urban areas. In 2006, there were 303,413 children in this group.
In 2006, 48 percent of low-income children in Georgia were African American and 32 percent were white.

TABLE GA-1.

GEORGIA

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Georgia			South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	4,984	5,734	86.9	90.8	90.6
18 to 29	41,401	85,781	48.3	48.2	45.3
Over 30	7,977	47,334	16.9	16.7	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^{b, c}
White	15,495	68,603	22.6	24.8	24.5
African American	28,702	43,154	66.5	66.4	69.3
Hispanic	9,099	20,112	45.2	45.1	46.4
Other	564	4,781	11.8	14.5	21.7
Mother’s Education^b
Less than high school	20,980	33,039	63.5	66.4	60.9
High school graduate	29,096	67,787	42.9	41.3	39.8
College graduate	2,603	33,495	7.8	7.3	7.0
Geographic Area
Fulton County	5,889	13,282	44.3	---	---
DeKalb County	4,727	10,588	44.6	---	---
All other counties	43,746	114,979	38.0	---	---
Total	54,362	138,849	39.2	38.1	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^bNumber of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information.

^cSee Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

TABLE GA-2.

GEORGIA

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Georgia	South Atlantic Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	NA	189,151	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	NA	4.1	3.6
State ranking (highest to lowest)^b	NA

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Data not available for Georgia.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

NA = not available; Georgia does not report these divorce statistics.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Georgia		South Atlantic Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	338,449	14.9	14.0	13.7
Women	482,458	18.2	16.3	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	528,633	15.9	14.8	15.0
African American	247,493	22.5	19.7	21.1
Hispanic	23,190	7.9	13.2	12.2
Other	21,591	11.2	10.8	10.4
Education Level
Less than high school	133,720	16.1	14.2	13.4
High school graduate	520,235	18.7	16.8	16.8
College graduate	166,952	12.8	12.4	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	175,026	16.2	14.6	14.5
Urban	645,881	16.8	15.4	15.1
Total	820,907	16.7	15.2	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

TABLE GA-3.

GEORGIA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Georgia		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	406,299	39.6	40.7	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	84,955	8.3	8.9	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	200,168	19.5	17.6	14.9
	Formerly married	180,473	17.6	18.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	55,198	5.4	5.2	4.3
	Unknown^c	98,905	9.6	9.0	8.3
	Total	1,025,998	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	102,886	38.2	41.7	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	25,534	9.5	8.7	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	48,558	18.0	14.3	10.3
	Formerly married	47,888	17.8	19.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	16,186	6.0	6.2	5.2
	Unknown^c	28,630	10.6	9.3	7.9
	Total	269,682	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	303,413	40.1	40.4	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	59,421	7.9	9.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	151,610	20.0	18.6	15.9
	Formerly married	132,585	17.5	18.2	17.7
	Neither Parent	39,012	5.2	4.9	4.1
	Unknown^c	70,275	9.3	8.9	8.3
	Total	756,316	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

TABLE GA-4.

GEORGIA

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Georgia		South Atlantic Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	178,658	54.2	51.8	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	31,329	9.5	9.9	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	12,070	3.7	5.3	6.5
	Formerly married	66,792	20.3	20.9	21.0
	Neither Parent	15,470	4.7	4.5	4.0
	Unknown^c	25,149	7.6	7.6	6.2
	Total	329,468	100.0	100.0	100.0
African American	Married Parents	99,913	20.3	20.8	20.0
African American	Cohabiting Parents	33,839	6.9	6.8	6.3
	Single Parent
	Never married	174,736	35.4	35.0	37.3
	Formerly married	92,229	18.7	19.0	18.6
	Neither Parent	34,081	6.9	7.0	6.9
	Unknown^c	58,214	11.8	11.6	10.9
	Total	493,012	100.0	100.0	100.0
Hispanic	Married Parents	102,113	64.9	56.5	53.8
	Cohabiting Parents	16,551	10.5	11.4	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	9,179	5.8	8.2	10.3
	Formerly married	15,335	9.8	13.8	14.1
	Neither Parent	3,516	2.2	3.1	3.0
	Unknown^c	10,544	6.7	7.1	8.9
	Total	157,238	100.0	100.0	100.0
Other	Married Parents	25,615	55.3	49.7	50.0
	Cohabiting Parents	3,236	7.0	9.0	9.5
	Single Parent
	Never married	4,183	9.0	14.5	12.0
	Formerly married	6,117	13.2	14.7	15.8
	Neither Parent	2,131	4.6	4.6	4.0
	Unknown^c	4,998	10.8	7.5	8.7
	Total	46,280	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

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Hawaii

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

In 2006, Hawaii’s state population was 1,285,498, which ranked 42^nd among the 50 states.
The state’s largest racial/ethnic groups were Asians (39 percent), whites (24 percent), Hispanics (8 percent), and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders (8 percent). An additional 19 percent of the state’s population identified with multiple racial/ethnic groups.

Marriage and Childbearing

In 2004, there were 6,098 births to unmarried women in Hawaii, accounting for 33.4 percent of all births in the state.
Hawaii ranked 32nd among the 50 states in the highest percentage of births to unmarried women.
For Asians and Pacific Islanders, the percentage of births to unmarried women in Hawaii (34.7 percent) is more than twice the national average (14.2 percent).

Marriage and Divorce

In Hawaii, the percentage of adults who were divorced was 13.7 percent, compared to the national average of 15.0 percent.
The percentage of adults who were divorced was 16.7 percent among whites, 19.4 percent among Hispanics, and 10.6 percent among Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Marriage and Low-Income Children

In 2006, Hawaii had 96,667 children living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Just over half of these children (52.5 percent) were living with married parents.
In 2006, 18 percent of low-income children in Hawaii were white, 17 percent were Hispanic, and 34 percent were Asians or Pacific Islanders.

TABLE HI-1.

HAWAII

NONMARITAL BIRTHS,

BY MOTHER’S AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND COUNTY

	Hawaii			Pacific Region^a	United States
Population Group	Number of Births to Unmarried Women	Number of Births to All Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women	Percent of Births to Unmarried Women
Mother’s Age
Less than 18	434	458	94.8	89.1	90.6
18 to 29	4,472	10,385	43.1	43.1	45.3
Over 30	1,192	7,438	16.0	17.2	16.0
Mother’s Race/Ethnicity^b
White	1,021	4,319	23.6	22.7	24.5
Asian or Pacific Islander	3,724	10,728	34.7	16.6	14.2
Hispanic	1,196	2,680	44.6	44.5	46.4
Mother’s Education^c
Less than high school	1,192	1,739	68.5	53.7	60.9
High school graduate	4,350	11,802	36.9	36.6	39.8
College graduate	455	4,519	10.1	7.0	7.0
Geographic Area
Honolulu County	3,884	13,321	29.2	---	---
Hawaii County	1,101	2,233	49.3	---	---
All other counties	1,113	2,727	40.8	---	---
Total	6,098	18,281	33.4	33.8	35.8

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups. Table only includes estimates for the state’s three largest groups.

^cNumber of births in groups may not sum to state total (bottom row) due to missing demographic information on mother’s education level.

TABLE HI-2.

HAWAII

DIVORCE RATES,

BY GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, EDUCATION LEVEL, AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

Overall Rates, 2005
Measure	Hawaii	Pacific Region^a	United States^b
Number of divorces granted	NA	44,920	846,166
Number of divorces granted per 1,000 people^c	NA	4.2	3.6
State ranking^b	NA

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. See Technical Appendix for details.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Data not available for California or Hawaii.

^b Excludes six states where data are not available. See Technical Appendix for list.

^c This statistic should not be interpreted as the number of marriages that end in divorce. See p. 7 for details.

NA = not available; Hawaii does not report these divorce statistics.

Percentage of Ever-Married Adults Who Are Divorced, 2006
	Hawaii		Pacific Region^d	United States
Population Group	Number of Divorced People	Percent of Group	Percent of Group	Percent of Group
Gender
Men	40,295	12.6	13.3	13.7
Women	54,220	14.5	16.5	16.0
Race/Ethnicity^e
White	31,488	16.7	17.5	15.0
Asian or Pacific Islander	37,945	10.6	8.1	7.1
Hispanic	7,832	19.4	10.7	12.2
Multiracial or Other Group	17,250	16.7	22.6	21.0
Education Level
Less than high school	8,051	10.6	10.5	13.4
High school graduate	59,222	14.4	17.4	16.8
College graduate	27,242	13.4	13.2	11.9
Geographic Area^e
Rural	NA	NA	15.5	14.5
Urban	94,515	13.7	15.0	15.1
Total	94,515	13.7	15.0	15.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Notes: Sample limited to ever-married individuals ages 15 and older. Those who have remarried after a divorce are not counted as divorced in these percentages. See Technical Appendix for details.

^d Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^e See Technical Appendix for definition of racial/ethnic groups and geographic areas.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

TABLE HI-3.

HAWAII

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND GEOGRAPHIC AREA

		Hawaii		Pacific Region^a	United States
Geographic Area^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
All Areas	Married Parents	50,747	52.5	51.9	45.4
	Cohabiting Parents	7,920	8.2	10.0	9.1
	Single Parent
	Never married	12,930	13.4	10.8	14.9
	Formerly married	8,622	8.9	15.5	18.0
	Neither Parent	4,574	4.7	3.5	4.3
	Unknown^c	11,874	12.3	8.4	8.3
	Total	96,667	100.0	100.0	100.0
Rural	Married Parents	NA	NA	54.4	48.0
	Cohabiting Parents	NA	NA	11.2	9.6
	Single Parent
	Never married	NA	NA	7.0	10.3
	Formerly married	NA	NA	15.8	19.0
	Neither Parent	NA	NA	4.3	5.2
	Unknown^c	NA	NA	7.2	7.9
	Total	NA	NA	100.0	100.0
Urban	Married Parents	50,747	52.5	51.8	44.8
	Cohabiting Parents	7,920	8.2	10.0	9.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	12,930	13.4	11.0	15.9
	Formerly married	8,622	8.9	15.4	17.7
	Neither Parent	4,574	4.7	3.4	4.1
	Unknown^c	11,874	12.3	8.4	8.3
	Total	96,667	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: American Community Survey (ACS), 2006. See Technical Appendix for details.

Note: Low-income children are defined as those living in families with incomes below 200 percent of the federal poverty line.

^a Includes Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

^b See Technical Appendix for definition of geographic areas.

^c Children in complex family types that cannot be distinguished using ACS data. See Technical Appendix for details.

NA = not available; sample sizes are too small to produce precise state-level estimates.

TABLE HI-4.

HAWAII

DISTRIBUTION OF LOW-INCOME CHILDREN,

BY FAMILY TYPE AND RACIAL/ETHNIC BACKGROUND

		Hawaii		Pacific Region^a	United States
Racial/Ethnic Group^b	Family Type	Number of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children	Percent of Children
White	Married Parents	11,214	66.2	49.6	52.3
	Cohabiting Parents	492	2.9	10.5	9.9
	Single Parent
	Never married	2,692	15.9	7.7	6.5
	Formerly married	1,470	8.7	22.0	21.0
	Neither Parent	431	2.5	4.0	4.0
	Unknown^c	644	3.8	6.3	6.2
	Total	16,943	100.0	100.0	100.0
Asian or Pacific Islander	Married Parents	17,821	53.8	66.8	72.2
Asian or Pacific Islander	Cohabiting Parents	3,182	9.6	5.4	4.0
	Single Parent
	Never married	2,665	8.0	5.1	3.9

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