Table S3. Percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty, by living arrangement, race/ethnicity, and subgroup: 2009

Race/ethnicity and subgroup	All children related to householder		Living arrangement
			Married parents			Female parent, no spouse present		Male parent, no spouse present
1	2		3			4		5
Total1	19.5	(0.14)	9.6		(0.11)	42.6	(0.29)	24.7	(0.36)
White	11.5	(0.13)	6.0		(0.10)	33.4	(0.37)	18.0	(0.43)
Black	35.9	(0.35)	11.9		(0.41)	49.5	(0.47)	33.7	(1.08)
Hispanic	30.7	(0.25)	21.0		(0.28)	49.2	(0.47)	31.7	(0.82)
Mexican	32.6	(0.29)	24.0		(0.33)	50.8	(0.61)	32.8	(1.03)
Puerto Rican	32.1	(0.68)	11.1		(0.82)	51.7	(0.98)	29.6	(2.63)
Cuban	15.1	(1.04)	8.4		(0.98)	32.6	(2.66)	16.2	(5.25)
Dominican	32.7	(1.45)	14.7		(1.78)	49.6	(1.85)	38.7	(5.16)
Salvadoran	25.8	(1.33)	17.2		(1.32)	41.6	(2.66)	28.0	(3.79)
Other Central American	29.4	(1.09)	20.2		(1.27)	46.0	(1.91)	34.5	(4.23)
South American	16.0	(0.76)	9.4		(0.75)	33.2	(2.02)	22.6	(3.60)
Other Hispanic or Latino	22.7	(0.92)	11.0		(0.89)	45.0	(1.90)	28.4	(2.93)
Asian	11.6	(0.31)	9.0		(0.33)	28.0	(1.07)	21.6	(2.36)
Asian Indian	6.4	(0.59)	5.1		(0.53)	33.5	(4.95)	11.7	(5.95)
Chinese2	10.4	(0.86)	8.2		(0.76)	25.2	(2.56)	20.4	(4.67)
Filipino	4.1	(0.45)	2.4		(0.36)	10.9	(1.79)	11.3	(4.18)
Japanese	5.8	(1.49)	3.5	!	(1.36)	31.4	(8.35)	2.4	(2.65)
Korean	11.8	(0.95)	9.9		(0.92)	28.2	(4.44)	14.7	(4.64)
Vietnamese	17.7	(1.07)	12.8		(1.15)	42.3	(3.38)	19.8	(4.64)
Other Asian	21.5	(1.03)	18.5		(1.24)	31.6	(2.84)	35.2	(5.36)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	17.3	(2.35)	9.1		(2.18)	31.6	(4.53)	34.1	(8.78)
American Indian/Alaska Native	33.2	(1.24)	13.3		(1.01)	53.3	(2.09)	41.1	(3.29)
Two or more races	16.6	(1.84)	8.2		(2.13)	35.5	(3.93)	20.4	(3.83)

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

1 Total includes other race/ethnicity categories not separately shown.

2 Excludes Taiwanese. Taiwanese is included in the "Other Asian" category.

NOTE: Children are classified by either their parent's marital status or, if no parents are present in the household, by the marital status of the related householder. Poverty information was available for children who were related to the householder. Therefore, this table excludes any children who were not related to the householder or who are recorded as the householder or spouse of the householder. To define poverty, the U.S. Census Bureau utilizes a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. A family, along with each individual in it, is considered poor if the family’s total income is less than that family’s threshold. The poverty thresholds do not vary geographically and are adjusted annually for inflation using the Consumer Price Index. The official poverty definition counts money income before taxes and does not include capital gains and noncash benefits (such as public housing, Medicaid, and food stamps). Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2009. (This table was prepared November 2011.)