Fathers, Father's Day

The number of single fathers is up from 393,000 in 1970 to 2 million today. Currently, 1-in-6 single parents is a single father, compared with 1-in-10 in 1970.

Among these fathers —

10 percent are raising three or more of their own children under 18. 

45 percent are divorced; 34 percent have never married; 17 percent are married with an absent spouse; and 4 percent are widowed. 

10 percent are raising their own infants under age 1. 

22 percent are under 30. 

5 percent are 55 or over. 

13 percent live in the home of a relative or a nonrelative. 

24 percent have an annual family income of $50,000 or more. 

(Source: US Census Bureau)