Local Statistics (West Metro Atlanta)

Single Parent Familes (Most Current Stats):

Truth in Nature based county - Paulding County, GA - 8, 305 or 23.5%

Surrounding Counties:

Carroll County, GA - 6,245 or 24.9%
Cobb County, GA - 38,960 or 23.4%
Douglas County, GA - 10, 207 or 32.8%
Haralson County, GA - 1,910 or 29.3%
Polk County, GA - 2,893 or 31.7%

Other Statistics (Nation Wide)

Approximately 84% of custodial parents are mothers, 16% of custodial parents are fathers

56% of custodial mothers are raising one child from the absent parent

44% have two or more children living with them

68.7% of American Youth are living in non-traditional families (7 out of 10)

• 23.3% living with biological mother (Stepfamily Association)
• 4.4% living with biological father (Stepfamily Association)
• 1% Foster Families (U.S. Census Bureau)
• 3.7% living with non-relatives (U.S. Census Bureau)
• 6.3% living with grandparents (AARP - U.S. Census Bureau)
• 30% living in Stepfamilies ** (Stepfamily Association)

75% of children/adolescents in chemical dependency hospitals are from single-parent families. (CDC, Atlanta, GA)

More than 1/2 of all youths incarcerated for criminal acts lived in one-parent families when they were children. (Children's Defense Fund)

63% of suicides are individuals from single parent families (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin - Investigative Aid)

75% of teenage pregnancies are adolescents from single parent homes (Children in need: Investment Strategies...Committee for Economic Development)