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| | Percent| Average| Percentage distribution, by type of primary |
| | in | hours| care arrangement |
Child and family | Number of| center-| per week|_________________________________________________________________|______________
characteristic | children,| based| in| | Other| Parental| Family| Sitter| Relative| Multiple
| age 0 to 5,| programs| non-| Head| center-| care| child| | | arrange-
| in thousands| | care\1\| Start| based| only| care| | | ments\2\
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1 | 2| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10| 11
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Total preschool children\3\ ....| 20,252 (11.0)| 33 (0.5)| 31 (0.3)| 5(0.3)| 25 (0.5)| 40 (0.6)| 11 (0.4)| 2 (0.2)| 16 (0.5)| 1 (0.2)
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Age | | | | | | | | | |
Under 1 year ....................| 3,868 (#) | 8 (0.9)| 30 (0.8)| 1(0.3)| 7 (0.9)| 60 (1.5)| 10 (1.0)| 2 (0.5)| 19 (1.1)| 1 (0.3)
1 year old ......................| 3,902 (#) | 16 (1.3)| 32 (0.8)| 2(0.4)| 13 (1.2)| 47 (1.7)| 15 (1.0)| 4 (0.6)| 18 (1.1)| 1 (0.4)
2 years old .....................| 3,931 (#) | 26 (1.4)| 32 (0.9)| 3(0.5)| 21 (1.2)| 40 (1.6)| 13 (1.1)| 3 (0.5)| 18 (1.2)| 2 (0.5)
3 years old .....................| 3,795 (91.4)| 43 (1.2)| 30 (0.7)| 6(0.7)| 32 (1.4)| 34 (1.3)| 10 (1.1)| 1 (0.3)| 15 (1.1)| 1 (0.4)
4 years old .....................| 3,861 (90.0)| 66 (1.3)| 30 (0.6)| 12(1.1)| 45 (1.5)| 21 (1.1)| 8 (0.7)| 1 (0.3)| 12 (1.0)| 1 (0.4)
5 years old .....................| 896 (47.0)| 73 (2.7)| 29 (1.5)| 10(2.4)| 55 (3.3)| 18 (2.5)| 6 (1.4)| 1 (0.4)| 9 (1.7)| 1 0.4
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ............| 12,353 (74.9)| 35 (0.7)| 28 (0.4)| 2(0.3)| 28 (0.8)| 39 (0.9)| 13 (0.6)| 3 (0.3)| 14 (0.6)| 1 (0.2)
Black. non-Hispanic .............| 2,987 (2.9)| 40 (2.0)| 38 (1.0)| 14(1.4)| 25 (1.6)| 27 (2.4)| 11 (1.1)| # (†) | 22 (2.0)| 1 (0.6)
Hispanic ........................| 3,693 (1.4)| 21 (0.9)| 31 (0.6)| 6(0.6)| 13 (0.7)| 52 (1.6)| 8 (0.8)| 2 (0.4)| 19 (1.1)| 1 (0.2)
Other ...........................| 1,219 (74.1)| 37 (2.6)| 33 (1.6)| 6(1.4)| 26 (2.4)| 35 (3.1)| 7 (1.5)| 5 (1.4)| 20 (2.3)| 1 (0.8)
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Mother's employment status\4\ | | | | | | | | | |
Currently employed ..............| 11,637(154.1)| 40 (0.8)| 34 (0.3)| 5(0.4)| 29 (0.8)| 20 (0.8)| 18 (0.7)| 3 (0.3)| 24 (0.8)| 2 (0.2)
35 or more hours/week .........| 7,573(137.0)| 42 (1.0)| 38 (0.4)| 6(0.6)| 30 (0.9)| 15 (0.9)| 21 (0.8)| 2 (0.4)| 24 (0.9)| 1 (0.3)
Less than 35 hours/week .......| 4,064(112.1)| 36 (1.4)| 23 (0.5)| 3(0.5)| 27 (1.3)| 29 (1.6)| 12 (1.1)| 3 (0.5)| 23 (1.3)| 2 (0.5)
Looking for work ................| 989 (70.4)| 25 (2.7)| 25 (2.2)| 9(1.8)| 12 (1.9)| 59 (3.5)| 4 (1.3)| 2 (0.8)| 14 (2.7)| 1 (0.4)
Not in labor force ..............| 7,257(133.9)| 24 (0.9)| 18 (0.6)| 4(0.5)| 20 (0.9)| 69 (1.1)| 1 (0.2)| 2 (0.4)| 4 (0.5)| # (†)
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Mother's highest education\4\ | | | | | | | | | |
Less than high school ...........| 2,385(113.1)| 21 (2.0)| 30 (1.1)| 10(1.4)| 9 (1.4)| 57 (2.7)| 5 (0.8)| 2 (0.7)| 16 (1.7)| 1 (0.6)
High school/GED .................| 5,986(163.9)| 28 (1.1)| 31 (0.7)| 6(0.6)| 20 (1.1)| 43 (1.6)| 10 (0.8)| 1 (0.3)| 19 (1.2)| 1 (0.3)
Vocational/technical or | | | | | | | | | |
some college ..................| 4,347(125.4)| 35 (1.3)| 31 (0.8)| 6(0.8)| 25 (1.2)| 38 (1.6)| 11 (0.9)| 1 (0.3)| 18 (1.3)| 1 (0.3)
Associate's degree ..............| 1,536 (83.3)| 36 (2.9)| 32 (1.1)| 2(0.7)| 29 (2.5)| 36 (2.7)| 12 (1.8)| 2 (0.8)| 18 (1.8)| 1 (0.3)
Bachelor's degree ...............| 3,940(105.4)| 41 (1.4)| 29 (0.6)| 1(0.3)| 35 (1.5)| 34 (1.5)| 14 (1.1)| 3 (0.5)| 11 (1.0)| 1 (0.3)
Graduate/professional degree ....| 1,689 (85.9)| 44 (2.3)| 29 (0.8)| 2(0.9)| 36 (2.0)| 25 (2.4)| 17 (1.8)| 9 (1.3)| 9 (1.5)| 2 (0.5)
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Mother in household | | | | | | | | | |
No ..............................| 609 (63.8)| 44 (4.0)| 42 (3.1)| 8(2.1)| 28 (3.9)| 24 (3.3)| 10 (2.3)| 2 (0.9)| 25 (3.8)| 2 (1.8)
Yes .............................| 19,642 (64.2)| 33 (0.5)| 30 (0.3)| 5(0.3)| 25 (0.6)| 40 (0.7)| 11 (0.4)| 2 (0.2)| 16 (0.5)| 1 (0.2)
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Household structure\5\ | | | | | | | | | |
Two parents .....................| 15,603(103.4)| 32 (0.6)| 28(0.3)| 3(0.3)| 26 (0.6)| 43 (0.7)| 11 (0.5)| 2 (0.2)| 14 (0.5)| 1 (0.2)
One parent ......................| 4,354 (99.9)| 36 (1.4)| 37(0.7)| 11(1.1)| 21 (1.3)| 28 (1.7)| 12 (1.0)| 2 (0.5)| 24 (1.4)| 2 (0.7)
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Household income | | | | | | | | | |
$15,000 or less .................| 3,590 (69.5)| 28 (1.5)| 33(1.1)| 12(1.1)| 15 (1.3)| 45 (2.2)| 6 (1.0)| 2 (0.6)| 19 (1.7)| 1 (0.6)
$15,001 to $25,000 ..............| 2,831 (69.9)| 26 (1.7)| 33(1.3)| 8(1.1)| 15 (1.3)| 47 (2.2)| 8 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)| 20 (1.7)| # (†)
$25,001 to $35,000 ..............| 2,463(107.1)| 30 (1.5)| 31(1.0)| 6(1.0)| 21 (1.4)| 44 (2.1)| 10 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)| 17 (1.6)| 1 (0.5)
$35,001 to $50,000 ..............| 3,180(106.2)| 27 (1.5)| 31(0.8)| 3(0.5)| 21 (1.4)| 44 (2.0)| 13 (1.3)| 1 (0.3)| 17 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)
More than $50,000 ...............| 8,189(141.7)| 42 (0.9)| 29(0.4)| 1(0.2)| 35 (0.9)| 31 (0.9)| 14 (0.8)| 4 (0.4)| 13 (0.7)| 1 (0.2)
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In poverty\6\ | | | | | | | | | |
At or below poverty threshold ...| 4,445 (83.7)| 27 (1.3)| 32(1.0)| 12(1.1)| 14 (1.1)| 47 (2.0)| 6 (0.8)| 2 (0.5)| 19 (1.6)| 1 (0.5)
Above poverty threshold .........| 15,807 (82.7)| 35 (0.6)| 30(0.3)| 3(0.3)| 28 (0.6)| 38 (0.7)| 13 (0.5)| 3 (0.2)| 15 (0.6)| 1 (0.2)
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Household size | | | | | | | | | |
2 or 3 persons ..................| 5,502(139.6)| 33 (1.3)| 33(0.5)| 5(0.6)| 25 (1.3)| 34 (1.3)| 15 (0.9)| 2 (0.4)| 18 (1.0)| 1 (0.3)
4 persons .......................| 7,608(145.3)| 37 (0.9)| 30(0.5)| 4(0.4)| 29 (0.8)| 35 (1.0)| 12 (0.8)| 3 (0.4)| 16 (1.0)| 1 (0.2)
5 persons .......................| 4,102(125.1)| 33 (1.4)| 28(0.8)| 5(0.9)| 24 (1.2)| 43 (1.7)| 9 (1.1)| 3 (0.5)| 14 (1.1)| 1 (0.5)
6 or more persons ...............| 3,040(128.9)| 25 (1.6)| 30(1.2)| 7(0.9)| 16 (1.5)| 55 (2.1)| 4 (0.7)| 2 (0.5)| 16 (1.8)| 1 (0.5)
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Home language\4\ | | | | | | | | | |
English .........................| 16,939(105.3)| 35 (0.6)| 30(0.3)| 5(0.3)| 27 (0.6)| 37 (0.8)| 12 (0.5)| 2 (0.2)| 16 (0.6)| 1 (0.2)
Non-English .....................| 2,704 (88.7)| 21 (1.2)| 29(1.0)| 6(0.8)| 13 (0.9)| 56 (1.7)| 6 (0.9)| 2 (0.5)| 16 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)
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Mother's age at first birth\4\ | | | | | | | | | |
Less than 18 ....................| 2,178(105.0)| 26 (1.6)| 33(1.1)| 9(1.0)| 16 (1.5)| 46 (2.7)| 5 (0.7)| 1 (0.7)| 22 (2.4)| 1 (0.6)
18 or 19 ........................| 2,835(108.1)| 30 (1.9)| 32(0.9)| 9(1.1)| 17 (1.6)| 41 (2.2)| 9 (1.2)| 1 (0.5)| 22 (1.8)| 1 (0.5)
20 or older .....................| 14,870(120.4)| 35 (0.7)| 30(0.4)| 3(0.3)| 28 (0.7)| 39 (0.8)| 12 (0.5)| 3 (0.2)| 14 (0.5)| 1 (0.2)
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Urbanicity | | | | | | | | | |
Nonmetropolitan .................| 4,959 (7.1)| 32 (1.3)| 31(0.7)| 6(0.7)| 23 (1.3)| 41 (1.7)| 13 (1.0)| 1 (0.5)| 5 (1.2)| 1 (0.4)
Metropolitan ....................| 15,293 (8.8)| 34 (0.6)| 30(0.3)| 5(0.3)| 25 (0.6)| 39 (0.7)| 10 (0.5)| 3 (0.3)| 17 (0.6)| 1 (0.2)
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