Census Statistics Describing Cleveland's Fragile Families, year 2000
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Cleveland
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Top 50-City
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Cleveland
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number
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percent
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Average
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Rank*
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Percent of total births to unmarried parents (2004)
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70.3%
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45.2%
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49, 2nd to worst
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Percent of total births to teens (2004)
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18.8%
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12.0%
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50, worst
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Pecent of all teen births that are repeat births (2004)
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20.7%
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21.1%
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18th of 50
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Percent of all teen births to unmarried parents (2000)
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93.0%
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Percent of total births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy (2004)
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19.5%
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8.0%
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35th, worst
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total family households with children under 18
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58,482
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married households with children under 18
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24,653
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42.2%
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Single female households with children under 18
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29,179
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49.9%
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Single male households with children under 18
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4,650
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7.9%
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total children in family households
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113,751
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children in married couple families
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47,750
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42.0%
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children in single female households
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58,408
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51.3%
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children in single male households
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7,593
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6.7%
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total family households with children under 18 below poverty level
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21,624
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married couple households with children under 18 below poverty level
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3,438
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15.9%
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Single female households with children under 18 below poverty level
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16,588
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76.7%
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Single male households with children under 18 below poverty level
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1,598
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7.4%
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Grandparent households with grandchildren under 18
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7,039
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Percent of total births to mothers with less than 12 years of education
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33.4%
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27.4%
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38
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Percent of total births to mothers receiving late or no prenatal care
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6.8%
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5.3%
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38
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Percent of total births to mothers who smoked during pregnancy
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18.0%
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9.6%
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39
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Percent of low-birthweight babies
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11.4%
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8.7%
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44
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Child Support Cases in Ohio
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1,000,000
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*higher rank indicates more serious problem
sources: KidsCount, 2004; US Census, 2000
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