University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign

Employment and Living Arrangements: Children in Working Families

This is a map showing the number of parents’ children age 5 and under living in families, by living arrangements and by parents’ employment status in Illinois.

This map shows the percentage and number of parents’ children age 5 and under living in families, by living arrangements and by parents’ employment status, by county:

  • Living in families
  • Living in families with two parents
  • Living in families with two working parents
  • Living in families with one parent
  • Living in families with one working parent
  • Living in families with one nonworking parent

Source of data: IECAM demographers prepared estimates of population based on Census Bureau estimates for the following programs or surveys:

  • Population Estimates Program
  • American Community Survey, 5-year estimates