Definition

Children under age 18 who live in families where no parent has regular, full-time employment. For children living in single-parent families, this means the resident parent did not work at least 35 hours per week, at least 50 weeks in the 12 months prior to the survey. For children living in married-couple families, this means neither parent worked at least 35 hours per week, at least 50 weeks in the 12 months prior to the survey. Children living with neither parent were listed as not having secure parental employment because those children are likely to be economically vulnerable.

Data Source

PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Notes

S – Estimates suppressed when the confidence interval around the
percentage is greater than or equal to 10 percentage points.

N.A. – Data
not available.

Data are provided for the 50 most populous cities according to the most
recent Census counts. Cities for which data is collected may change
over time.

A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Children whose parents lack secure employment.

Last Updated

2025-02