Families and Living Arrangements - Celebrating 250 Years of Measuring America's People and Economy. The Census Bureau collects data about American families for the nation, states and communities. Our

Families and Living Arrangements - Celebrating 250 Years of Measuring America's People and Economy. The Census Bureau collects data about American families for the nation, states and communities. Our statistics describe trends in household and family composition, and show the number of children, young adults and couples living in the United States. Subtopics include: Child Care - Information collected on child care has evolved over the years to include comprehensive data on child care use, cost, and receipt of government assistance. Child Support - Child support can be an important income source for children and their custodial parents who receive these payments. Child Well-Being - Information collected on child wellbeing includes data on school experiences, participation in extracurricular activities and parental involvement. Children - All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about children. The information collected varies. Families and Households - All Census Bureau demographic surveys collect information about the residents of each housing unit and how they are related. Fertility - Information about the fertility of women both for the nation as a whole as well as for individual states and lower level geography. Grandparents and Grandchildren - Households include a variety of living arrangements, one being an increase in grandparents living with grandchildren. Marriage and Divorce - The U.S. Census Bureau provides the current marital status of persons, by age, sex, and race and the estimated median age at first marriage for men and women. Same-Sex Couples - Data about same-sex couples, including married and unmarried couples.