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

The Marriage Measures Guide of State-Level Statistics

Statistical Tables

Alabama

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

Marriage and Childbearing

Marriage and Divorce

Marriage and Low-Income Children

Alaska

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

Marriage and Childbearing

Marriage and Divorce

Marriage and Low-Income Children

Arizona

Overview and Key Statistics

State Population

Marriage and Childbearing

Marriage and Divorce

Marriage and Low-Income Children