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Child Support Statistics and Trends
Following is a selection of nationwide statistics and trends on payment and receipt of child support. Average Annual Amount of Child Support Due and Received - In 2001, 6.9 million custodial parents who were due child support under the terms of agreements or current awards were due an average of $5,000; an aggregate of $34.9 billion in payments due.
- Of this amount, about $21.9 billion (62.6 percent) was received, averaging $3,200 per custodial-parent family. Overall, custodial parents reported receiving $22.8 billion directly from the non-custodial parent for support of their children in 2001, which included $900 million received by parents without current awards or agreements.
Average Annual Amount of Child Support Received - In 2001, the average annual amount of child support received (for custodial parents receiving at least some support) was $4,300, and did not differ between mothers and fathers (as support recipients).
Parents Who Received All Child Support Due - The 2001 proportion of custodial parents receiving every child support payment they were due was 44.8 percent. Among these parents, the average amount received was $5,800, and did not differ significantly between mothers and fathers.
- The average family income for the 3.1 million custodial parents who received all the child support they were due in 2001 was $32,300, and their poverty rate was 14.6 percent.
Child Support More Likely When Custody and Visitation Agreements in Place - A large majority (85.3 percent) of the 6.9 million custodial parents due child support payments in 2001 had arrangements for joint child custody or visitation privileges with the non-custodial parents, and approximately three-fourths (77.1 percent) of these parents received some support payments.
- Of the custodial parents due child support but who did not have joint custody or visitation arrangements, about half (55.8 percent) received any payments.
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From the U.S. Census Bureau
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