Ann Arbor, Michigan tops the list as the best metropolitan area for single parents. The unemployment rate among single parents in Ann Arbor is 2.3 percent, well below the national rate of 5.9 percent. Single parents in this Midwestern metro also earn more than single parents nationally and pay less for child care.

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