<sod>The jump was caused by an increase in births to unmarried women and by the increasing prevalence of divorces among couples. In 2010, 40.7% of births in the US were to unmarried women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/births.htm|title=FastStats – Births and Natality|publisher=}}</ref> In 2000, 11% of children were living with parents who had never been married, 15.6% of children lived with a divorced parent, and 1.2% lived with a parent who was widowed.<ref name="Population Reference Bureau">{{cite journal|last=O'Hare|first=Bill|title=The Rise – and Fall? – of Single-Parent Families | url= http://www.prb.org/Articles/2001/TheRiseandFallofSingleParentFamilies.aspx| publisher= Population Reference Bureau| journal = Population Today | date = July 2001 |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="Single Parent Statistics">{{cite web|title=Single Parent Success Foundation|url=http://www.singleparentsuccess.org/stats.html|work=America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being|publisher=www.childstats.gov|accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> The results of the [[2010 US Census|2010 United States Census]] showed that 27% of children live with one parent, consistent with the emerging trend noted in 2000.<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau">{{cite press release|title=More Young Adults are Living in Their Parents' Home, Census Bureau Reports |date=3 November 2011 |url=http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/families_households/cb11-183.html|publisher = United States Census Bureau |deadurl=no |accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The jump was caused by an increase in births to unmarried women and by the increasing prevalence of divorces among couples. In 2010, 40.7% of births in the US were to unmarried women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/births.htm|title=FastStats – Births and Natality|publisher=}}</ref> In 2000, 11% of children were living with parents who had never been married, 15.6% of children lived with a divorced parent, and 1.2% lived with a parent who was widowed.<ref name="Population Reference Bureau">{{cite journal|last=O'Hare|first=Bill|title=The Rise – and Fall? – of Single-Parent Families | url= http://www.prb.org/Articles/2001/TheRiseandFallofSingleParentFamilies.aspx| publisher= Population Reference Bureau| journal = Population Today | date = July 2001 |accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref><ref name="Single Parent Statistics">{{cite web|title=Single Parent Success Foundation|url=http://www.singleparentsuccess.org/stats.html|work=America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-being|publisher=www.childstats.gov|accessdate=9 November 2011}}</ref> The results of the [[2010 US Census|2010 United States Census]] showed that 27% of children live with one parent, consistent with the emerging trend noted in 2000.<ref name="U.S. Census Bureau">{{cite press release|title=More Young Adults are Living in Their Parents' Home, Census Bureau Reports |date=3 November 2011 |url=http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/families_households/cb11-183.html|publisher = United States Census Bureau |deadurl=no |accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> Mississippi leads the nation with the highest percent of births to unmarried mothers with 54% in 2014, followed by Louisiana, New Mexico, Florida and South Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infinlaw.com/faq/marriage-divorce-unmarried-births/|title=The Number of Births to Unmarried Mothers in Massachusetts is Higher than You Think|website=Infinity Law Group|language=en-US|access-date=2016-03-28}}</ref><eod>