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Female Householder Families in Poverty by Number of Children

Single female head of household families have higher rates of poverty compared to all other families

Of all families with one or two children, 9% were living in poverty in 2019.

For single female head of household families with one or two children, 30% were in poverty in 2019.

For all families with five or more children, the 2019 poverty rate was 27%.

Single female head of household families with five or more children had a poverty rate of 54% in 2019.