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Table 102.20. Number and percentage distribution of children under age 18 and under age 6, by living arrangements, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2014
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Age and race/ethnicity Number of
children (in thousands)
Percentage distribution of
children
Percentage distribution of children, by living arrangements
Total Children living with parent(s) or related to householder1 All other children2
Married parents Female parent, no spouse present Male parent, no spouse present
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Under 18 years old                                    
Total 73,492 (25.7) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 62.8   (0.12) 27.3   (0.10) 7.8   (0.06) 2.1   (0.03)
White 38,057 (7.3) 51.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 73.0   (0.18) 17.9   (0.14) 7.1   (0.08) 2.0   (0.04)
Black 10,025 (25.9) 13.6 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 32.5   (0.35) 57.0   (0.35) 8.0   (0.16) 2.5   (0.09)
                                     
Hispanic 17,879 (8.4) 24.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 56.1   (0.24) 32.3   (0.25) 9.7   (0.12) 1.9   (0.05)
Cuban 414 (10.1) 0.6 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 62.6   (1.29) 28.2   (1.41) 7.6   (0.71) 1.7   (0.34)
Dominican 497 (12.9) 0.7 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 40.6   (1.30) 48.1   (1.17) 9.7   (0.67) 1.7   (0.30)
Mexican 12,344 (30.5) 16.8 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 58.0   (0.27) 30.3   (0.28) 9.8   (0.14) 1.8   (0.06)
Puerto Rican 1,687 (21.0) 2.3 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 42.1   (0.73) 46.7   (0.75) 8.9   (0.45) 2.2   (0.18)
Spaniard 200 (7.4) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 66.4   (2.24) 25.0   (2.22) 7.1   (0.81) 1.5   (0.30)
Central American3 1,493 (22.0) 2.0 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 53.5   (0.72) 32.6   (0.74) 11.5   (0.44) 2.4   (0.19)
Costa Rican 34 (3.0) # (†) 100.0 (†) 63.6   (5.24) 25.3   (4.31) 9.8 ! (3.10)   (†)
Guatemalan 406 (11.1) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 56.1   (1.56) 28.8   (1.48) 12.1   (0.96) 3.0   (0.41)
Honduran 261 (11.4) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 45.9   (2.02) 40.7   (2.15) 10.1   (1.34) 3.3   (0.62)
Nicaraguan 98 (5.5) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 52.5   (2.86) 37.9   (2.78) 8.7   (1.58) 0.9 ! (0.37)
Panamanian 42 (3.3) 0.1 (0.00) 100.0 (†) 58.8   (3.71) 34.0   (3.89) 6.8   (1.88)   (†)
Salvadoran 638 (16.7) 0.9 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 54.1   (1.26) 31.1   (1.16) 12.7   (0.73) 2.1   (0.27)
South American 750 (13.8) 1.0 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 67.1   (0.84) 24.4   (0.86) 7.0   (0.53) 1.5   (0.23)
Chilean 33 (3.8) # (†) 100.0 (†) 76.8   (3.64) 17.3   (3.51) 5.3 ! (1.89)   (†)
Colombian 216 (8.0) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 67.1   (1.42) 24.9   (1.47) 6.6   (0.89) 1.4   (0.31)
Ecuadorian 168 (9.3) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 60.1   (2.24) 27.4   (2.21) 9.4   (1.40) 3.1   (0.79)
Peruvian 138 (6.5) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 65.7   (2.25) 24.7   (2.22) 8.2   (1.30) 1.4   (0.40)
Venezuelan 74 (5.1) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 72.0   (2.98) 21.0   (2.81) 5.9 ! (2.15)   (†)
Other South American 122 (6.0) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 72.5   (1.99) 23.1   (1.91) 4.2   (0.84)   (†)
Other Hispanic 495 (14.1) 0.7 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 55.9   (1.14) 32.1   (1.08) 9.6   (0.64) 2.4   (0.43)
                                     
Asian 3,355 (15.7) 4.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 82.3   (0.34) 11.7   (0.29) 4.6   (0.21) 1.4   (0.09)
Chinese4 707 (10.8) 1.0 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 82.4   (0.57) 11.6   (0.44) 4.1   (0.34) 1.9   (0.19)
Filipino 451 (11.3) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 76.1   (0.99) 17.0   (0.92) 5.6   (0.55) 1.2   (0.19)
Japanese 65 (3.7) 0.1 (0.00) 100.0 (†) 85.1   (2.27) 11.1   (2.12) 2.3 ! (0.80) 1.5 ! (0.57)
Korean 241 (7.0) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 86.6   (1.09) 7.8   (0.93) 3.9   (0.68) 1.7   (0.39)
South Asian5 1,028 (13.7) 1.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 92.4   (0.41) 5.1   (0.34) 2.0   (0.27) 0.6   (0.09)
Asian Indian 816 (12.1) 1.1 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 92.9   (0.41) 4.7   (0.35) 2.0   (0.29) 0.4   (0.08)
Bangladeshi 44 (3.9) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 91.7   (2.59) 6.2 ! (2.50)   (†) 1.2 ! (0.42)
Bhutanese 8 (1.9) # (†) 100.0 (†) 95.6   (2.80)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nepalese 34 (2.8) # (†) 100.0 (†) 83.4   (3.37) 6.9 ! (2.12) 5.6 ! (2.46) 4.1 ! (1.47)
Pakistani 119 (5.4) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 91.4   (1.34) 6.8   (1.22) 1.4 ! (0.53)   (†)
Southeast Asian 669 (12.4) 0.9 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 69.6   (0.91) 19.3   (0.76) 8.9   (0.64) 2.3   (0.27)
Burmese 45 (3.8) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 84.9   (2.85) 8.4   (2.37) 4.9 ! (1.67)   (†)
Cambodian 60 (3.9) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 58.9   (3.12) 28.4   (3.27) 11.2   (2.08) 1.6 ! (0.65)
Hmong 109 (6.4) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 55.5   (3.65) 25.5   (3.29) 16.6   (2.32) 2.5 ! (0.78)
Laotian 50 (4.5) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 52.2   (4.27) 27.1   (4.26) 19.1   (3.53)   (†)
Thai 27 (2.9) # (†) 100.0 (†) 76.6   (4.51) 12.6   (3.54) 5.6 ! (2.51) 5.2 ! (1.68)
Vietnamese 362 (9.0) 0.5 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 74.8   (1.36) 17.2   (0.94) 5.8   (0.68) 2.2   (0.37)
Other Southeast Asian6 16 (2.1) # (†) 100.0 (†) 86.4   (3.64) 8.5 ! (3.01)   (†)   (†)
Other Asian 194 (7.6) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 81.1   (1.29) 13.4   (1.31) 4.4   (0.63) 1.1   (0.31)
                                     
Pacific Islander 125 (4.3) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 64.7   (2.28) 24.8   (2.12) 8.0   (1.18) 2.5   (0.60)
American Indian/Alaska Native 563 (8.5) 0.8 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 43.0   (0.94) 38.8   (1.02) 14.0   (0.75) 4.3   (0.49)
Some other race7 237 (7.9) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 62.4   (1.82) 27.3   (1.79) 8.1   (1.15) 2.3   (0.51)
Two or more races 3,250 (28.4) 4.4 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 56.2   (0.49) 34.0   (0.49) 7.5   (0.26) 2.3   (0.13)
White and Black 1,375 (20.3) 1.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 41.3   (0.85) 47.9   (0.87) 8.0   (0.45) 2.8   (0.20)
White and Asian 888 (14.8) 1.2 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 80.9   (0.72) 12.3   (0.58) 6.1   (0.38) 0.7   (0.13)
White and American Indian/Alaska Native 377 (9.8) 0.5 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 56.3   (1.29) 30.4   (1.25) 10.5   (0.77) 2.9   (0.43)
Other Two or more races 610 (11.6) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 53.7   (1.18) 36.3   (1.15) 6.9   (0.58) 3.1   (0.38)
                                     
Under 6 years old                                    
Total 23,704 (35.5) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 62.3   (0.17) 27.7   (0.16) 8.3   (0.09) 1.7   (0.04)
White 11,844 (17.5) 50.0 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 74.6   (0.22) 16.8   (0.17) 7.0   (0.14) 1.6   (0.07)
Black 3,186 (18.3) 13.4 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 30.0   (0.48) 59.1   (0.45) 9.1   (0.26) 1.8   (0.10)
                                     
Hispanic 6,095 (19.1) 25.7 (0.06) 100.0 (†) 52.9   (0.36) 34.1   (0.36) 11.3   (0.20) 1.7   (0.09)
Cuban 139 (5.6) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 60.5   (2.01) 27.7   (1.96) 10.3   (1.29) 1.6 ! (0.50)
Dominican 184 (6.0) 0.8 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 40.4   (2.03) 47.4   (1.90) 10.6   (1.25) 1.7   (0.44)
Mexican 4,179 (19.9) 17.6 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 54.3   (0.42) 32.9   (0.40) 11.3   (0.23) 1.6   (0.09)
Puerto Rican 581 (11.6) 2.5 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 40.8   (0.98) 46.5   (1.00) 10.9   (0.77) 1.9   (0.32)
Spaniard 62 (3.8) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 69.2   (3.02) 23.7   (2.88) 6.6   (1.37)   (†)
Central American3 544 (11.8) 2.3 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 48.7   (1.11) 33.5   (1.17) 15.0   (0.73) 2.7   (0.34)
Costa Rican 13 (1.7) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 69.7   (6.53) 27.0   (6.57)   (†)   (†)
Guatemalan 149 (6.4) 0.6 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 50.4   (2.47) 31.1   (2.38) 15.4   (1.69) 3.1   (0.73)
Honduran 102 (5.9) 0.4 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 41.4   (2.40) 40.7   (2.71) 14.3   (2.17) 3.6   (0.87)
Nicaraguan 36 (2.9) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 50.3   (4.51) 35.8   (4.02) 13.7   (3.05)   (†)
Panamanian 13 (1.6) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 65.5   (6.26) 27.1   (6.12) 7.4 ! (2.82)   (†)
Salvadoran 227 (7.0) 1.0 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 48.6   (1.76) 32.1   (1.78) 16.5   (1.26) 2.8   (0.60)
South American 251 (7.1) 1.1 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 67.4   (1.53) 23.4   (1.43) 7.8   (0.98) 1.4   (0.39)
Chilean 10 (1.6) # (†) 100.0 (†) 76.8   (5.51) 19.4   (5.48)   (†)   (†)
Colombian 71 (4.4) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 67.5   (2.82) 24.6   (2.45) 7.0   (1.70)   (†)
Ecuadorian 58 (4.6) 0.2 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 57.8   (3.36) 27.6   (3.27) 10.2   (2.11) 4.3 ! (1.58)
Peruvian 48 (3.1) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 71.8   (3.40) 18.4   (2.69) 9.4   (2.28)   (†)
Venezuelan 24 (2.8) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 69.6   (5.70) 21.8   (4.55)   (†)   (†)
Other South American 40 (3.1) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 71.9   (3.41) 22.9   (3.42) 4.7 ! (1.42)   (†)
Other Hispanic 156 (6.7) 0.7 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 54.4   (1.86) 35.0   (2.03) 8.4   (0.95) 2.2   (0.54)
                                     
Asian 1,067 (9.4) 4.5 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 85.4   (0.47) 9.8   (0.42) 3.9   (0.27) 0.9   (0.13)
Chinese4 212 (5.6) 0.9 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 86.8   (1.07) 8.4   (0.89) 4.2   (0.68) 0.6 ! (0.19)
Filipino 116 (4.0) 0.5 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 76.0   (1.58) 17.0   (1.45) 5.8   (0.85) 1.2 ! (0.49)
Japanese 23 (2.2) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 87.9   (3.38) 10.2 ! (3.33)   (†)   (†)
Korean 63 (3.2) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 93.6   (1.21) 3.8   (0.92) 1.7 ! (0.77)   (†)
South Asian5 392 (7.0) 1.7 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 94.8   (0.45) 3.6   (0.37) 1.4   (0.27) 0.2 ! (0.08)
Asian Indian 321 (6.6) 1.4 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 95.1   (0.49) 3.4   (0.43) 1.3   (0.31) 0.2 ! (0.09)
Bangladeshi 14 (1.9) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 96.3   (1.75)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Bhutanese (†) # (†) 100.0 (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nepalese 13 (1.6) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 90.6   (3.44)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Pakistani 38 (2.8) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 93.5   (2.15) 6.0 ! (2.05)   (†)   (†)
Southeast Asian 185 (5.8) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 68.8   (1.48) 20.4   (1.52) 8.4   (1.07) 2.4   (0.56)
Burmese 21 (2.5) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 88.6   (3.27) 5.2 ! (2.18)   (†)   (†)
Cambodian 17 (1.8) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 63.2   (4.42) 21.4   (4.02) 12.8   (3.64)   (†)
Hmong 39 (3.1) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 49.6   (4.39) 31.1   (4.47) 17.4   (3.42)   (†)
Laotian 11 (1.6) # (†) 100.0 (†) 47.2   (7.22) 41.7   (8.34) 11.1 ! (4.83)   (†)
Thai 5 (1.0) # (†) 100.0 (†) 82.9   (6.07) 16.1 ! (6.32)   (†)   (†)
Vietnamese 87 (4.0) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 74.0   (2.05) 17.5   (1.74) 5.3   (0.88) 3.2   (0.90)
Other Southeast Asian6 5 (1.0) # (†) 100.0 (†) 95.9   (3.01)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other Asian 75 (4.1) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 80.7   (1.94) 14.2   (1.81) 4.4   (0.90) 0.7 ! (0.33)
                                     
Pacific Islander 36 (1.9) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 62.2   (3.60) 25.0   (3.28) 9.2   (1.86) 3.7   (1.05)
American Indian/Alaska Native 178 (4.5) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 38.4   (1.48) 42.8   (1.59) 14.9   (1.12) 3.9   (0.62)
Some other race7 92 (4.9) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 64.5   (2.32) 24.5   (2.36) 9.4   (1.50) 1.6   (0.46)
Two or more races 1,205 (16.9) 5.1 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 56.3   (0.63) 33.8   (0.65) 7.9   (0.36) 2.0   (0.20)
White and Black 547 (11.1) 2.3 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 39.6   (1.10) 48.4   (1.13) 9.3   (0.71) 2.7   (0.31)
White and Asian 335 (7.3) 1.4 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 84.6   (0.88) 10.3   (0.83) 4.7   (0.52) 0.5 ! (0.16)
White and American Indian/Alaska Native 114 (4.4) 0.5 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 55.8   (1.98) 29.8   (1.83) 12.2   (1.30) 2.1 ! (0.69)
Other Two or more races 208 (6.4) 0.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 54.7   (1.72) 35.4   (1.78) 7.3   (0.76) 2.5   (0.57)
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.
‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.
1 Includes all children who live either with their parent(s) or with a householder to whom they are related by birth, marriage, or adoption (except a child who is the spouse of the householder). Children are classified by their parents’ marital status or, if no parents are present in the household, by the marital status of the householder who is related to the children. Living arrangements with only a "female parent" or "male parent" are those in which the parent or the householder who is related to the child does not have a spouse living in the household. The householder is the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit.
2 Includes foster children, children in unrelated subfamilies, children living in group quarters, and children who were reported as the householder or spouse of the householder.
3 Includes other Central American subgroups not shown separately.
4 Includes Taiwanese.
5 In addition to the subgroups shown, also includes Sri Lankan.
6 Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.
7 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.
NOTE: Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2014. (This table was prepared May 2016.)

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