Latinx women are more likely to be single heads of households and single parents than white non-Latinx women: Shares of Latinx and white households by selected family type, 2018

Latinx White
Married-couple family 47.5% 51.2%
Married-couple family with minor children 25.8% 17.4%
Single female householder family 19.1% 8.6%
Single female householder family with minor children 11.4% 4.0%

Notes: White refers to non-Latinx whites; persons whose ethnicity is identified as Latinx may be of any race. Latinx households are households in which the head of household is Latinx. White households are households in which the head of household is white. Minor children are under age 18.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, [Table S0201].

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