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| Table 102.60. | Number and percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty, by family structure, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2009 and 2014 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | |||||||||||||||
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| Year and race/ethnicity | Number of related children1 living in poverty (in thousands) |
Percent of related children1 living in poverty, by family structure | |||||||||||||
| Total, all families |
Married-couple household2 |
Mother-only household, no spouse present2 |
Father-only household, no spouse present2 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 14,299 | (104.7) | 19.6 | (0.14) | 9.6 | (0.10) | 42.2 | (0.29) | 27.8 | (0.35) | |||||
| White | 4,674 | (51.5) | 11.6 | (0.13) | 6.0 | (0.10) | 33.1 | (0.36) | 19.6 | (0.41) | |||||
| Black | 3,587 | (37.7) | 36.0 | (0.34) | 12.3 | (0.38) | 49.0 | (0.46) | 40.1 | (0.88) | |||||
| Hispanic | 4,973 | (41.2) | 30.4 | (0.25) | 20.8 | (0.28) | 48.7 | (0.47) | 33.3 | (0.77) | |||||
| Cuban | 56 | (4.1) | 15.7 | (1.06) | 8.4 | (0.99) | 32.7 | (2.62) | 24.0 | (5.21) | |||||
| Dominican | 131 | (7.0) | 32.5 | (1.47) | 14.8 | (1.80) | 49.0 | (1.90) | 39.8 | (4.38) | |||||
| Mexican | 3,729 | (38.3) | 32.3 | (0.30) | 23.8 | (0.33) | 50.1 | (0.60) | 34.2 | (1.00) | |||||
| Puerto Rican | 466 | (11.4) | 32.1 | (0.69) | 11.2 | (0.83) | 51.5 | (0.97) | 33.2 | (2.41) | |||||
| Spaniard | 20 | (1.9) | 13.4 | (1.24) | 5.5 | (1.05) | 31.6 | (3.92) | 19.8 | (4.71) | |||||
| Central American3 | 316 | (11.4) | 27.4 | (0.81) | 18.4 | (0.93) | 43.4 | (1.56) | 31.5 | (2.53) | |||||
| Costa Rican | 4 | (1.0) | 12.4 | (3.14) | ‡ | (†) | 25.7 | ! | (8.23) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Guatemalan | 98 | (6.6) | 31.6 | (1.78) | 25.4 | (1.99) | 48.0 | (3.29) | 28.0 | (4.70) | |||||
| Honduran | 60 | (4.1) | 34.9 | (2.08) | 20.9 | (2.66) | 52.4 | (4.17) | 54.4 | (8.00) | |||||
| Nicaraguan | 16 | (2.4) | 19.5 | (2.81) | 6.1 | ! | (2.04) | 38.7 | (4.83) | 34.4 | ! | (13.68) | |||
| Panamanian | 6 | (1.4) | 15.2 | (3.38) | ‡ | (†) | 33.4 | (7.41) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Salvadoran | 130 | (8.2) | 25.4 | (1.34) | 16.9 | (1.34) | 40.3 | (2.63) | 29.2 | (3.55) | |||||
| South American | 109 | (5.9) | 15.7 | (0.79) | 9.0 | (0.76) | 32.9 | (2.02) | 23.0 | (3.43) | |||||
| Chilean | 4 | (1.0) | 12.2 | (2.95) | 12.1 | ! | (3.73) | 16.2 | ! | (7.43) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| Colombian | 30 | (3.1) | 13.7 | (1.23) | 7.9 | (1.16) | 31.0 | (3.76) | 17.1 | (4.59) | |||||
| Ecuadorian | 32 | (3.2) | 20.9 | (1.80) | 14.2 | (2.09) | 33.2 | (3.84) | 33.5 | (8.46) | |||||
| Peruvian | 21 | (2.5) | 15.0 | (1.69) | 7.6 | (1.62) | 30.4 | (4.49) | 22.1 | ! | (6.95) | ||||
| Venezuelan | 8 | (1.5) | 15.6 | (2.89) | 4.7 | ! | (1.65) | 47.8 | (7.16) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Other South American | 14 | (2.6) | 14.4 | (2.42) | 7.2 | (1.50) | 37.2 | (7.58) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Other Hispanic | 146 | (7.9) | 25.0 | (1.08) | 12.5 | (1.13) | 47.5 | (2.03) | 31.4 | (3.19) | |||||
| Asian | 351 | (9.9) | 11.7 | (0.31) | 8.9 | (0.33) | 28.2 | (1.10) | 23.4 | (2.07) | |||||
| Chinese4 | 69 | (5.4) | 10.8 | (0.83) | 8.3 | (0.75) | 25.9 | (2.45) | 22.7 | (4.09) | |||||
| Filipino | 19 | (2.3) | 4.4 | (0.48) | 2.4 | (0.36) | 10.9 | (1.83) | 14.3 | ! | (4.58) | ||||
| Japanese | 5 | (1.2) | 6.1 | (1.51) | 3.3 | ! | (1.34) | 35.0 | (8.38) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Korean | 31 | (2.7) | 11.9 | (0.95) | 9.8 | (0.91) | 28.0 | (4.45) | 19.0 | (5.11) | |||||
| South Asian5 | 53 | (4.7) | 7.8 | (0.65) | 6.5 | (0.61) | 34.1 | (4.67) | 10.8 | ! | (5.33) | ||||
| Asian Indian | 41 | (4.0) | 6.4 | (0.59) | 5.1 | (0.54) | 33.6 | (4.83) | 11.8 | ! | (5.74) | ||||
| Bangladeshi | 10 | (1.8) | 33.1 | (4.35) | 33.7 | (5.01) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Bhutanese | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Nepalese | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Pakistani | 20 | (2.7) | 20.6 | (2.47) | 18.9 | (2.54) | 38.8 | ! | (12.92) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 129 | (6.8) | 20.7 | (0.92) | 15.2 | (1.03) | 38.7 | (2.29) | 33.1 | (4.41) | |||||
| Burmese | ‡ | (‡) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Cambodian | 14 | (2.7) | 23.1 | (3.77) | 12.6 | (3.63) | 34.4 | (7.07) | 40.9 | (12.24) | |||||
| Hmong | 35 | (4.4) | 35.7 | (3.76) | 29.7 | (4.56) | 44.9 | (8.03) | 61.9 | (9.43) | |||||
| Laotian | 7 | (1.7) | 14.8 | (3.40) | 10.0 | ! | (4.24) | 29.5 | (6.23) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Thai | 6 | (1.4) | 20.1 | (4.41) | 18.2 | (4.97) | 25.5 | ! | (10.67) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Vietnamese | 66 | (4.7) | 17.6 | (1.07) | 12.7 | (1.13) | 41.3 | (3.33) | 21.5 | (4.80) | |||||
| Other Southeast Asian6 | 2 | ! | (0.7) | 12.3 | ! | (4.67) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| Other Asian | 24 | (2.6) | 13.9 | (1.36) | 12.5 | (1.50) | 21.0 | (3.69) | 22.8 | ! | (7.38) | ||||
| Pacific Islander | 18 | (2.5) | 17.3 | (2.39) | 9.0 | (2.16) | 31.3 | (4.37) | 33.0 | (8.37) | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native7 | 172 | (7.1) | 33.0 | (1.17) | 13.1 | (0.98) | 52.7 | (2.10) | 43.4 | (2.56) | |||||
| American Indian | 143 | (6.7) | 34.1 | (1.36) | 13.7 | (1.23) | 53.3 | (2.51) | 44.5 | (2.98) | |||||
| Alaska Native | 6 | (0.9) | 24.0 | (3.07) | 13.5 | (3.29) | 43.1 | (7.12) | 23.3 | ! | (9.42) | ||||
| Some other race8 | 38 | (4.6) | 16.9 | (1.89) | 8.3 | (2.15) | 35.4 | (3.97) | 23.7 | (4.24) | |||||
| Two or more races | 487 | (12.3) | 19.3 | (0.44) | 6.9 | (0.33) | 39.2 | (0.98) | 27.8 | (1.65) | |||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 15,276 | (98.6) | 21.2 | (0.13) | 10.5 | (0.11) | 44.4 | (0.27) | 28.2 | (0.36) | |||||
| White | 4,650 | (45.7) | 12.5 | (0.12) | 6.3 | (0.09) | 34.6 | (0.39) | 21.0 | (0.44) | |||||
| Black | 3,725 | (39.8) | 38.1 | (0.36) | 14.9 | (0.39) | 51.6 | (0.45) | 40.5 | (0.90) | |||||
| Hispanic | 5,559 | (48.1) | 31.7 | (0.27) | 21.3 | (0.29) | 50.2 | (0.45) | 32.3 | (0.75) | |||||
| Cuban | 85 | (5.2) | 20.8 | (1.10) | 11.1 | (0.90) | 43.0 | (2.69) | 20.2 | (3.67) | |||||
| Dominican | 166 | (9.3) | 34.0 | (1.46) | 20.8 | (1.77) | 46.4 | (2.16) | 29.8 | (3.62) | |||||
| Mexican | 4,038 | (45.5) | 33.3 | (0.34) | 23.7 | (0.34) | 51.9 | (0.61) | 34.2 | (0.94) | |||||
| Puerto Rican | 530 | (13.4) | 32.1 | (0.70) | 12.8 | (0.73) | 49.8 | (1.10) | 34.2 | (2.20) | |||||
| Spaniard | 29 | (3.5) | 14.7 | (1.57) | 4.6 | (1.03) | 38.4 | (4.19) | 26.7 | (5.76) | |||||
| Central American3 | 475 | (17.2) | 32.6 | (0.91) | 23.4 | (1.11) | 49.6 | (1.54) | 28.5 | (2.30) | |||||
| Costa Rican | 5 | (1.3) | 14.7 | (3.46) | 6.6 | ! | (2.52) | 30.3 | (9.07) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Guatemalan | 156 | (7.8) | 39.6 | (1.54) | 32.1 | (2.12) | 54.4 | (3.24) | 39.7 | (3.96) | |||||
| Honduran | 105 | (7.6) | 41.6 | (1.81) | 26.9 | (2.72) | 60.4 | (2.78) | 34.3 | (5.87) | |||||
| Nicaraguan | 23 | (3.0) | 23.8 | (2.95) | 9.3 | (2.42) | 42.7 | (5.48) | 30.6 | (9.15) | |||||
| Panamanian | 6 | (1.3) | 14.5 | (2.78) | ‡ | (†) | 33.1 | (7.09) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Salvadoran | 178 | (10.9) | 28.4 | (1.33) | 21.4 | (1.84) | 44.6 | (2.02) | 19.4 | (2.67) | |||||
| South American | 126 | (7.2) | 17.0 | (0.94) | 10.0 | (0.91) | 36.2 | (2.15) | 18.5 | (2.68) | |||||
| Chilean | 5 | (1.0) | 13.9 | (2.84) | 9.6 | ! | (2.94) | 22.3 | ! | (7.75) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| Colombian | 34 | (2.9) | 16.0 | (1.28) | 8.7 | (1.41) | 36.7 | (3.21) | 13.0 | ! | (4.05) | ||||
| Ecuadorian | 40 | (4.6) | 24.8 | (2.27) | 13.9 | (2.13) | 46.7 | (4.53) | 31.8 | (5.76) | |||||
| Peruvian | 16 | (2.4) | 11.9 | (1.66) | 6.9 | (1.84) | 26.0 | (4.36) | 10.7 | ! | (4.60) | ||||
| Venezuelan | 11 | (2.2) | 14.9 | (2.85) | 11.3 | (2.61) | 29.6 | (7.73) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Other South American | 20 | (2.7) | 16.1 | (2.00) | 10.1 | (2.25) | 36.5 | (5.35) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Other Hispanic | 111 | (5.7) | 23.0 | (0.96) | 12.7 | (1.15) | 42.8 | (1.86) | 19.3 | (2.99) | |||||
| Asian | 385 | (9.6) | 11.6 | (0.28) | 8.8 | (0.28) | 27.5 | (1.50) | 23.3 | (1.91) | |||||
| Chinese4 | 72 | (4.4) | 10.4 | (0.64) | 7.8 | (0.62) | 23.5 | (2.31) | 27.0 | (4.84) | |||||
| Filipino | 27 | (3.0) | 6.1 | (0.65) | 3.7 | (0.59) | 16.6 | (2.61) | 6.8 | (1.87) | |||||
| Japanese | 5 | (1.3) | 7.2 | (1.87) | 3.5 | ! | (1.22) | 37.8 | (10.14) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Korean | 23 | (2.5) | 9.9 | (1.05) | 7.5 | (1.01) | 30.9 | (4.72) | 23.1 | ! | (9.16) | ||||
| South Asian5 | 98 | (5.5) | 9.5 | (0.52) | 8.6 | (0.57) | 21.4 | (2.79) | 24.6 | (5.24) | |||||
| Asian Indian | 48 | (4.3) | 5.9 | (0.51) | 5.0 | (0.52) | 18.1 | (2.86) | 19.9 | (5.18) | |||||
| Bangladeshi | 13 | (1.8) | 28.9 | (3.40) | 29.0 | (3.70) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Bhutanese | 4 | ! | (1.6) | 51.8 | (12.46) | 51.4 | (12.71) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Nepalese | 8 | (1.4) | 24.3 | (3.82) | 21.8 | (3.92) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Pakistani | 25 | (3.2) | 21.1 | (2.33) | 20.1 | (2.47) | 24.6 | ! | (10.29) | ‡ | (†) | ||||
| Southeast Asian | 140 | (6.9) | 21.4 | (0.88) | 16.0 | (0.85) | 37.3 | (2.81) | 29.3 | (4.11) | |||||
| Burmese | 17 | (2.2) | 39.2 | (4.14) | 39.3 | (4.74) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Cambodian | 13 | (2.1) | 22.7 | (2.97) | 13.4 | (3.32) | 41.1 | (6.76) | 27.3 | ! | (9.13) | ||||
| Hmong | 35 | (4.2) | 33.2 | (3.32) | 27.5 | (3.97) | 37.8 | (7.27) | 46.2 | (9.76) | |||||
| Laotian | 12 | (2.1) | 23.9 | (3.54) | 5.5 | ! | (2.10) | 55.9 | (7.33) | 33.7 | ! | (11.05) | |||
| Thai | 6 | (1.6) | 24.1 | (5.33) | 17.7 | (5.21) | 57.0 | (13.90) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Vietnamese | 53 | (3.7) | 15.0 | (0.95) | 11.4 | (1.14) | 30.9 | (2.96) | 16.1 | (3.88) | |||||
| Other Southeast Asian6 | 2 | ! | (1.0) | 15.6 | ! | (5.44) | 17.1 | ! | (5.93) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| Other Asian | 20 | (2.7) | 10.4 | (1.24) | 6.4 | (0.97) | 30.9 | (5.46) | 21.6 | ! | (6.78) | ||||
| Pacific Islander | 33 | (3.4) | 27.3 | (2.33) | 19.5 | (2.66) | 46.3 | (4.88) | 33.2 | (8.18) | |||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native7 | 188 | (6.2) | 34.9 | (0.99) | 19.4 | (1.34) | 50.2 | (1.60) | 42.1 | (2.39) | |||||
| American Indian | 165 | (5.4) | 36.3 | (1.01) | 20.6 | (1.51) | 51.7 | (1.58) | 41.7 | (2.60) | |||||
| Alaska Native | 9 | (1.4) | 28.5 | (3.97) | 19.1 | (5.54) | 38.8 | (8.09) | 33.3 | (6.93) | |||||
| Some other race8 | 52 | (4.1) | 22.6 | (1.66) | 11.9 | (1.76) | 44.9 | (3.85) | 31.0 | (7.22) | |||||
| Two or more races | 683 | (16.4) | 21.5 | (0.44) | 8.7 | (0.43) | 42.5 | (0.82) | 25.2 | (1.34) | |||||
| †Not applicable. | |||||||||||||||
| !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 Related children in a family include all children in the household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption (except a child who is the spouse of the householder). The householder is the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit. This table includes only children related to the householder. It excludes unrelated children and householders who are themselves under the age of 18. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 To determine family structure, 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. Mother-only households are those that have only a female householder, and father-only households are those that have only a male 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 Includes persons reporting American Indian alone, persons reporting Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified. | |||||||||||||||
| 8 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire. | |||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Data may differ from Current Population Survey data that are shown in other tables. American Community Survey respondents were interviewed throughout the given year and reported the income they received during the previous 12 months. For information about how the Census Bureau determines who is in poverty, see http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/about/overview/measure.html. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. | |||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2009 and 2014. (This table was prepared December 2015.) |
