Number and percentage of children from birth through age 6 and not yet in kindergarten in a center-based primary care arrangement: 2001, 2005, 2012

Characteristic	2001				2005				2012
Characteristic	Number		Percent		Number		Percent		Number	Percent
Total	5,813,600		29		6,516,600		31		6,115,600	28

Language spoken most at home by parents/guardians
Both/only parent(s)/guardian(s) speak(s) English	5,366,300		30		5,826,900		33		5,422,000	29
One of two or no parent/guardian speaks English	447,300		17		689,700		23		693,600	21
One of two parents/guardians speaks English	91,800		21		135,800		24		166,100	21
No parent/guardian speaks English	355,500		17		553,900		22		527,500	22

Both/only parent(s)/guardian(s) speak(s) English
White, non-Hispanic	3,647,500		30		3,677,000		33		3,120,300	30
Black, non-Hispanic	1,039,800		36		1,143,000		40		965,400	35
Hispanic	394,000		22		537,900		27		754,200	24
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	62,200		29		71,600		22		225,700	32
Other race, non-Hispanic¹	222,800		34		397,400		33		356,300	28

One of two or no parent/guardian speaks English
White, non-Hispanic	73,800		31		86,300		36		74,000	21
Black, non-Hispanic	24,700	!	32	!	15,400	!	17	!	‡	‡
Hispanic	252,100		13		428,700		19		463,600	20
Asian or Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	82,600		27		138,600		41		130,600	32
Other race, non-Hispanic¹	14,100		29		‡		‡		‡	‡

! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is 30 to 50 percent of the estimate's value.

‡ Reporting standards not met. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 50 percent or more of the estimate's value.

¹"Other race, non-Hispanic" includes American Indian and Alaska Native children who are not Hispanic and children reported as a race/ethnicity not listed.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates are based on a total of 20,281,225 children in 2001, 20,690,936 children in 2005, and 21,674,720 children in 2012, all of whom were from birth through age 6 at the time of data collection and not yet in kindergarten. While National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) administrations prior to 2012 were administered via telephone with an interviewer, NHES:2012 used self-administered paper-and-pencil questionnaires that were mailed to respondents. Measurable differences in estimates between 2012 and prior years could reflect actual changes in the population, or the changes could be due to the mode change from telephone to mail.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of the 2001 National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2001), the 2005 National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2005), and the 2012 National Household Education Surveys Program (ECPP-NHES:2012).