Between 1990 and 2020, the number of Black households with single mothers increased from 3.4 million to 4.3 million.

Living with two married parents is a common living arrangement for children of all races except Black children. Fewer than two-fifths of Black children lived with two married parents in 2020.

In 2019, 35% of Black single mothers lived in poverty—exceeded only by Native American single mothers at 43%.