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U.S. metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of female-headed households 2016

Top 50 metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of female-headed family households in the United States in 2016

The data displays the 50 metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of female-headed family households in the U.S. in 2016. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission in Texas was ranked first with 22.29% of family households led by single mothers in 2016.

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 21.29
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 19.38
El Paso, TX 19.17
Fresno, CA 17.92
Bakersfield, CA 16.39
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 16.38
Baton Rouge, LA 15.88
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 15.75
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 15.48
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 15.44
Columbia, SC 15.38
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 15.23
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 15.1
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 14.94
Greensboro-High Point, NC 14.85
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 14.78
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 14.6
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 14.5
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 14.46
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 14.37
Richmond, VA 14.37
Cleveland-Elyria, OH 14.14
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 14.13
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 14.08
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 14.01
Jacksonville, FL 13.97
New Haven-Milford, CT 13.93
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 13.9
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 13.9
Albuquerque, NM 13.65
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 13.63
Dayton, OH 13.55
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 13.54
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 13.42
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 13.36
St. Louis, MO-IL 13.35
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 13.23
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 13.09
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 13.07
Rochester, NY 13.05
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 13.05
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 13.04
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 12.89
Tucson, AZ 12.87
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 12.77
Columbus, OH 12.75
Tulsa, OK 12.71
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 12.56
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 12.51
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 12.49