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North Carolina Rankings on Parental Involvement
and Working Parents Report

Low involvement in the school has been attributed to a lack of time.  In 1960 92 percent of families had two parents and mom stayed home. Two generations passed and the statistics radically changed.

Single-parent households with children ages 6-12*

First place - District of Columbia - 62%

Tie for second place - Louisiana, Mississippi - 35%

Tie for third place - New Mexico, New York - 32%

Tie for fourth place - Alabama, Delaware, Florida, South Carolina - 31%

Tie for fifth place - North Carolina, Tennessee - 29%

Households with Two Working Parents*

First place - Mississippi - 68%

Second place - South Dakota - 65%

Third place - Arkansas - 63%

Tie for fourth place - North Carolina, North Dakota - 62%

*The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the U.S. Bureau of the Census