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Census Statistics Describing Cleveland's Fragile Families, year 2000

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