3/8 Married-Family Deserts Top 10 Extreme
The Top 10 Extreme Married-Family Deserts are in:
Cleveland East (OH)
Washington D.C East (DC)
Milwaukee Central (WI)
Detroit South Central and Southeast (MI)
Chicago South (IL)
Atlanta Southwest (GA)
Chicago West (IL)
St Louis North (MO)
Detroit North Central (MI)
Louisville-Jefferson County Northwest (KY)
A married-family desert, is in those PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas) in which in which the share of households with children that are headed by a married couple falls below 52 percent.
In these areas, children are less likely to be raised in a household headed by married parents and less likely to be surrounded by peers growing up in married-couple families—conditions associated with lower levels of relational security at both the household and neighborhood level.
The list below ranks the ten PUMAs with the lowest shares of households with children headed by a married couple. Here the share of “households with children headed by a married couple” ranges from 18.0 percent to 25.7 percent.
America’s most extreme married-family desert is in Cleveland, OH in its eastern neighborhoods including Bratenahl.
Of the 13,130 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 18%.
America’s most extreme married-family desert is in Cleveland, OH in its eastern neighborhoods including Bratenahl.
Of the 13,130 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 18%.
America’s third most extreme married-family desert is in Milwaukee, WI in its Midtown core.
Of the 9,792 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 21.6%.
America’s fourth most extreme married-family desert is in Detroit, MI in its South Central and Southeastern neighborhoods.
Of the 8,951 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 22.6%.
America’s fifth most extreme married-family desert is in south Chicago, IL—Roseland, Chatham, West Pullman, Calumet Heights and Avalon Park.
Of the 11,395 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 23.8%.
America’s sixth most extreme married-family desert is in Atlanta, GA—central Fulton County and Southwest Atlanta City.
Of the 12,876 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 24.1%.
America’s seventh most extreme married-family desert is in Chicago, IL—in its western neighborhoods including Austin, North Lawndale, and East/West Garfield Park.
Of the 16,690 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 25.2%.
America’s eight most extreme married-family desert is in St. Louis, MO—on it’s northern side, to include neighborhoods in Saint Ann, Ferguson, Normandy, and Wellston.
Of the 8,985 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 25.3%.
America’s ninth most extreme married-family desert is in Detroit, MI—north and west of Highland Park.
Of the 11,784 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 25.4%.
America’s tenth most extreme married-family desert is in Louisville, KY—from its center out to the Northwest of Jefferson County.
Of the 12,443 households with children, the share headed by a married couple is 25.7%.
Full report and maps published by the Institute for Family Studies: https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/marriage-deserts-mapping-americas-family-divide
