SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES PROLIFERATING

Nearly one-third of all American children are now in families headed by a single parent, the Census Bureau reported today. Perhaps surprisingly, the highest concentration of single-parent families (37.3 percent) is found in quiet Albany, Ga., just 40 miles from former President Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains. Overall, the report says, 30 percent of American families and 63 percent of the country's black families are headed by single parents. New York City came in second in the survey, with 35.9 percent of children in single-parent homes.