Table 57.5.

Estimated number and percentage of 3- through 5-year-old children, by enrollment status, poverty status, race/ethnicity, and age: 2011

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Poverty status, race/ethnicity, and age	Number of children, in thousands			Percent distribution of children, by enrollment status
				Not enrolled			Nursery school or preschool			Kindergarten or higher
1	2			3			4			5
Total	12,511		(39.1)	39.5		(0.21)	39.8		(0.21)	20.7		(0.15)
	Less than or equal to 100 percent of poverty
Total	3,306		(28.2)	46.9		(0.35)	31.9		(0.33)	21.2		(0.26)
White	1,028		(14.1)	48.4		(0.60)	32.6		(0.63)	19.0		(0.49)
Black	784		(13.8)	39.7		(0.60)	37.6		(0.62)	22.6		(0.58)
Hispanic	1,219		(17.9)	49.8		(0.63)	27.8		(0.55)	22.4		(0.46)
Asian	64		(3.3)	47.2		(2.53)	26.4		(2.51)	26.5		(2.08)
Pacific Islander	6		(0.9)	58.2		(5.10)	14.9	!	(4.79)	26.8		(4.73)
American Indian/Alaska Native	41		(2.1)	43.6		(2.61)	37.9		(2.50)	18.5		(1.59)
Other	12		(1.9)	39.6		(6.05)	26.0		(5.43)	34.3		(5.57)
Two or more races	153		(5.9)	50.6		(1.92)	32.1		(1.61)	17.2		(1.41)
3-year-olds	1,115		(15.0)	74.6		(0.57)	23.9		(0.57)	1.4		(0.15)
White	346		(6.8)	75.3		(1.01)	23.8		(1.02)	0.9		(0.19)
Black	264		(7.6)	66.3		(1.07)	31.4		(1.08)	2.3		(0.34)
Hispanic	414		(9.7)	80.1		(0.85)	18.7		(0.86)	1.2		(0.23)
Asian	20		(1.6)	70.1		(5.11)	28.9		(5.22)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	13		(1.0)	73.4		(4.34)	25.9		(4.40)	‡		(†)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	52		(3.2)	72.0		(2.77)	26.3		(2.60)	1.6	!	(0.79)
4-year-olds	1,133		(15.7)	47.7		(0.60)	46.6		(0.58)	5.6		(0.29)
White	350		(8.0)	49.6		(1.10)	46.9		(1.08)	3.5		(0.40)
Black	272		(6.5)	37.4		(1.08)	55.9		(1.13)	6.7		(0.63)
Hispanic	415		(9.5)	51.4		(1.13)	41.5		(1.09)	7.1		(0.55)
Asian	22		(1.6)	57.2		(4.56)	35.6		(3.84)	7.2		(1.86)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	15		(1.2)	43.5		(4.66)	53.3		(4.71)	3.1	!	(1.31)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	55		(3.3)	56.0		(2.83)	41.7		(2.89)	2.3	!	(0.75)
5-year-olds	1,058		(11.9)	16.7		(0.47)	24.5		(0.54)	58.8		(0.62)
White	333		(6.4)	19.1		(0.88)	26.8		(1.04)	54.1		(1.19)
Black	247		(7.0)	13.9		(0.93)	24.3		(1.18)	61.8		(1.41)
Hispanic	390		(8.9)	16.0		(0.88)	22.8		(0.93)	61.3		(1.01)
Asian	22		(2.2)	15.7		(3.37)	14.7		(2.46)	69.6		(4.09)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	13		(1.0)	14.3		(2.94)	31.4		(3.67)	54.3		(4.24)
Other	5		(1.0)	‡		(†)	21.0	!	(7.96)	67.6		(9.42)
Two or more races	47		(3.5)	20.8		(2.79)	27.1		(3.06)	52.1		(3.60)
	Greater than 100 to 200 percent of poverty
Total	2,856		(36.8)	44.9		(0.45)	33.7		(0.38)	21.4		(0.30)
White	1,217		(15.4)	46.4		(0.68)	35.0		(0.62)	18.6		(0.51)
Black	429		(9.5)	35.9		(1.14)	41.3		(1.17)	22.8		(0.90)
Hispanic	952		(14.1)	47.2		(0.70)	28.7		(0.56)	24.1		(0.61)
Asian	88		(4.2)	40.2		(2.40)	32.0		(2.00)	27.9		(2.31)
Pacific Islander	6		(1.2)	57.8		(8.91)	27.1		(7.98)	15.1	!	(4.76)
American Indian/Alaska Native	26		(1.8)	43.9		(3.10)	35.2		(2.70)	20.9		(2.59)
Other	9		(1.3)	55.1		(6.56)	15.5		(4.21)	29.5		(5.97)
Two or more races	129		(4.7)	45.6		(2.01)	34.8		(2.00)	19.6		(1.57)
3-year-olds	944		(27.3)	73.6		(0.54)	25.4		(0.52)	0.9		(0.14)
White	404		(8.6)	72.6		(0.92)	26.6		(0.91)	0.8		(0.20)
Black	135		(4.5)	64.3		(1.94)	34.5		(1.90)	1.2	!	(0.42)
Hispanic	321		(8.1)	79.4		(1.03)	19.7		(1.00)	0.9		(0.18)
Asian	27		(2.2)	71.5		(3.44)	26.6		(3.18)	1.8	!	(0.81)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	8		(1.1)	71.1		(4.51)	28.5		(4.49)	‡		(†)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	45		(2.9)	71.4		(3.28)	27.8		(3.22)	‡		(†)
4-year-olds	973		(12.8)	46.7		(0.80)	47.9		(0.78)	5.4		(0.31)
White	415		(8.0)	47.9		(1.17)	49.4		(1.17)	2.7		(0.28)
Black	147		(4.8)	34.3		(1.94)	57.6		(1.75)	8.1		(1.13)
Hispanic	323		(9.2)	50.1		(1.20)	42.4		(1.20)	7.5		(0.61)
Asian	30		(2.6)	46.0		(4.24)	44.6		(4.14)	9.4		(2.49)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	10		(1.1)	42.3		(6.25)	50.1		(5.83)	7.6	!	(3.14)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	43		(2.6)	50.4		(3.21)	46.2		(3.09)	3.4	!	(1.31)
5-year-olds	939		(21.4)	14.2		(0.40)	27.1		(0.55)	58.7		(0.59)
White	398		(7.5)	18.3		(0.86)	28.4		(0.86)	53.3		(1.08)
Black	147		(6.3)	11.3		(1.27)	31.2		(1.63)	57.5		(1.55)
Hispanic	309		(6.9)	10.7		(0.65)	23.8		(0.99)	65.4		(1.16)
Asian	31		(2.0)	7.2		(1.80)	24.2		(2.63)	68.6		(3.38)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	8		(0.9)	17.5		(3.53)	24.3		(5.04)	58.2		(5.19)
Other	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	41		(2.9)	12.8		(2.18)	30.5		(3.08)	56.7		(3.79)
	Above 200 percent of poverty
Total	6,348		(39.3)	33.3		(0.26)	46.7		(0.23)	20.0		(0.21)
White	4,083		(25.3)	32.5		(0.31)	48.6		(0.28)	18.9		(0.28)
Black	509		(9.8)	30.5		(0.91)	45.8		(0.91)	23.7		(0.77)
Hispanic	1,017		(18.1)	39.1		(0.71)	38.7		(0.66)	22.2		(0.53)
Asian	375		(6.6)	28.7		(0.97)	48.7		(1.00)	22.5		(0.75)
Pacific Islander	9		(1.2)	43.8		(6.11)	31.0		(6.06)	25.1		(6.79)
American Indian/Alaska Native	26		(1.8)	43.0		(2.57)	37.8		(3.32)	19.2		(2.75)
Other	17		(1.6)	27.5		(4.34)	51.7		(4.80)	20.8		(4.03)
Two or more races	311		(7.0)	33.9		(1.20)	48.0		(1.28)	18.1		(0.85)
3-year-olds	2,095		(2.8)	57.6		(0.46)	41.8		(0.44)	0.7		(0.08)
White	1,332		(13.9)	56.4		(0.55)	43.2		(0.55)	0.4		(0.05)
Black	164		(4.9)	53.4		(1.72)	44.8		(1.57)	1.8		(0.52)
Hispanic	342		(9.6)	67.3		(1.12)	31.9		(1.13)	0.8		(0.20)
Asian	124		(4.4)	49.0		(1.87)	49.7		(1.86)	1.3	!	(0.41)
Pacific Islander	3		(0.6)	70.8		(9.81)	14.2	!	(6.61)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	9		(0.9)	70.3		(4.49)	25.3		(4.36)	‡		(†)
Other	5		(1.0)	56.7		(10.33)	43.3		(10.33)	‡		(†)
Two or more races	114		(4.0)	56.2		(1.81)	43.2		(1.81)	‡		(†)
4-year-olds	2,141		(0.0)	31.2		(0.44)	65.3		(0.47)	3.4		(0.16)
White	1,373		(14.2)	30.5		(0.55)	67.1		(0.54)	2.4		(0.15)
Black	175		(5.8)	30.5		(1.72)	63.7		(1.83)	5.8		(0.74)
Hispanic	347		(9.0)	36.8		(1.18)	57.3		(1.19)	5.9		(0.49)
Asian	128		(4.0)	27.4		(1.41)	68.2		(1.27)	4.4		(0.71)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	9		(0.9)	34.0		(5.38)	60.5		(5.58)	5.5	!	(2.28)
Other	6		(0.9)	16.3	!	(5.99)	69.9		(7.95)	13.8	!	(6.49)
Two or more races	101		(3.5)	28.8		(1.68)	68.5		(1.71)	2.7		(0.59)
5-year-olds	2,113		(17.5)	11.3		(0.31)	32.7		(0.40)	56.0		(0.48)
White	1,378		(15.1)	11.4		(0.36)	35.2		(0.49)	53.4		(0.62)
Black	170		(6.2)	8.4		(1.15)	28.4		(1.31)	63.2		(1.54)
Hispanic	328		(8.9)	12.1		(0.84)	26.2		(1.09)	61.7		(1.26)
Asian	124		(4.0)	10.0		(1.18)	27.7		(1.73)	62.4		(1.59)
Pacific Islander	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
American Indian/Alaska Native	8		(0.9)	22.0		(5.48)	25.5		(5.59)	52.5		(6.51)
Other	6		(1.0)	10.5	!	(4.59)	41.4		(8.55)	48.1		(8.79)
Two or more races	96		(3.8)	12.8		(1.70)	32.3		(1.90)	54.9		(2.33)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 percent and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

NOTE: Poverty status is based on the POVPIP variable in the American Community Survey (ACS). It is the ratio of income to the poverty threshold. POVPIP was not derived for children living in households where they were not related to the householder or living in group quarters. In this table, such children were included in the living below 100 percent of poverty category.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2011. (This table was prepared July 2013.)