Skip directly to searchSkip directly to the site navigationSkip directly to the page's main content

Health Indicator Report of Utah Population Characteristics: Household Structure

The number of parents living with a child helps to determine the human and economic resources available to that child. Children who live with one parent are more likely to live in poverty than are children who grow up in households with two adults. Single parents also face specific challenges including lack of leisure time, increased need for child care, and stressed financial resources.

Notes

The confidence intervals are 90%.

Data Sources

  • U.S. Bureau of the Census
  • American Community Survey

Definition

Percentage of households by family type and presence of children.

Numerator

Number of households in each family type and presence of children group.

Denominator

Total number of households.

How Are We Doing?

Non-family households (either a householder living alone or with other, unrelated, persons) constituted less than a quarter (24.8%) of Utah households in the 2010 decennial census; the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS 1-year Table S1101) estimate was 26.5%. In 2010, of all Utah households, 7.8% were single householders with children; the 2022 ACS estimate was 4.9% (ACS 1-year Table CP02).

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

In 2000, 63.2% of Utah households included a married couple, either with or without children; the 2022 ACS 1-year Table CP02 now estimates this proportion to be 59.5%. In 2000, the U.S. estimate was 51.7%; by 2022 this had fallen to 46.9%. When we examine married couple households in Utah we see that in 2000, 55.4% of these households had children under 18. By 2022, this percentage had fallen to 27.9%. The estimate for this type of household in the U.S. was 45.5% in 2000, and has since fallen to 17.7% according to 2022 ACS table CP02 1-year estimates.

Page Content Updated On 01/05/2024, Published on 02/14/2024
The information provided above is from the Utah Department of Health's Center for Health Data IBIS-PH web site (http://epht.health.utah.gov). The information published on this website may be reproduced without permission. Please use the following citation: " Retrieved Sun, 13 October 2024 8:25:13 from Utah Department of Health, Center for Health Data, Indicator-Based Information System for Public Health Web site: http://epht.health.utah.gov ".

Content updated: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 17:57:40 MDT