Federal officials say about 15 percent of all single-parent households are led by single fathers.
Although no agency tracks the exact number of single fathers raising children on the North Olympic Peninsula, estimates of the number of single fathers in communities in Jefferson and Clallam counties include:
* Bell Hill — 1.
* Blyn — 0.
* Brinnon — 2.
* Carlsborg — 2.
* Forks — 14.
* Marrowstone Island — 1.
* Neah Bay — 5.
* Quilcene — 2.
* Port Angeles — 102.
* Rural Port Angeles — 11.
* Port Hadlock — 19.
* Port Ludlow — 2.
* Port Townsend — 47.
* Sequim — 19.
The estimated number of single fathers on North Olympic Peninsula reservations include:
* Hoh — 1.
* Jamestown S”Klallam — 0.
* Makah — 10.
* Quileute — 3.
* Quinault — 7.
Estimates were not available for some small communities including Beaver, Chimacum, Clallam Bay, Joyce, Sekiu and others.
Peninsula Daily News