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| Table 104.70. | Number and percentage distribution of 5- to 17-year-olds, by parents' highest level of educational attainment, household type, and child's race/ethnicity: 2009 and 2014 |
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| Year, household type, and race/ethnicity | Total, all 5- to 17-year-olds |
Highest level of education attained by any parent residing with child1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, all levels | Less than high school completion | High school completion2 | Some college, no degree | Associate's degree | Bachelor's or higher degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number (in thousands) | Percentage distribution | Total | Bachelor's degree | Master's degree | Doctor's degree | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, both household types | 50,507 | (34.0) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 11.2 | (0.09) | 20.3 | (0.10) | 23.3 | (0.10) | 10.0 | (0.07) | 35.2 | (0.14) | 20.5 | (0.11) | 9.9 | (0.07) | 4.8 | (0.05) | |||||
| White | 28,882 | (16.9) | 57.2 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.8 | (0.08) | 17.6 | (0.12) | 22.8 | (0.12) | 11.3 | (0.09) | 44.5 | (0.16) | 25.6 | (0.12) | 12.8 | (0.10) | 6.1 | (0.07) | |||||
| Black | 6,745 | (22.9) | 13.4 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.5 | (0.24) | 26.6 | (0.36) | 31.2 | (0.32) | 9.9 | (0.18) | 19.8 | (0.26) | 12.9 | (0.20) | 5.3 | (0.16) | 1.7 | (0.09) | |||||
| Hispanic | 10,624 | (15.0) | 21.0 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 31.7 | (0.27) | 25.6 | (0.23) | 21.0 | (0.22) | 6.8 | (0.14) | 15.0 | (0.19) | 9.8 | (0.16) | 3.5 | (0.08) | 1.7 | (0.06) | |||||
| Asian | 2,087 | (11.6) | 4.1 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 9.5 | (0.32) | 12.0 | (0.34) | 11.8 | (0.38) | 6.3 | (0.24) | 60.4 | (0.58) | 30.1 | (0.49) | 18.2 | (0.42) | 12.1 | (0.33) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 69 | (3.0) | 0.1 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 5.9 | (1.29) | 31.2 | (3.05) | 33.7 | (3.56) | 7.7 | (1.31) | 21.4 | (2.37) | 14.9 | (2.12) | 5.6 | (1.48) | 0.9 | ! | (0.28) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 348 | (6.7) | 0.7 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.7 | (0.81) | 25.9 | (1.06) | 33.2 | (1.16) | 10.4 | (0.83) | 19.8 | (1.09) | 13.5 | (0.96) | 4.8 | (0.53) | 1.5 | (0.31) | |||||
| Some other race | 155 | (6.4) | 0.3 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 13.4 | (1.51) | 17.7 | (1.54) | 17.8 | (1.58) | 8.9 | (1.16) | 42.1 | (2.26) | 20.8 | (1.87) | 12.8 | (1.26) | 8.6 | (1.23) | |||||
| Two or more races | 1,597 | (16.0) | 3.2 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 5.2 | (0.27) | 17.8 | (0.50) | 28.2 | (0.61) | 11.6 | (0.38) | 37.2 | (0.58) | 20.8 | (0.41) | 10.5 | (0.35) | 5.9 | (0.31) | |||||
| Two-parent household | 33,893 | (61.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.3 | (0.07) | 16.0 | (0.12) | 21.1 | (0.12) | 10.7 | (0.09) | 44.9 | (0.13) | 25.4 | (0.12) | 13.0 | (0.09) | 6.5 | (0.06) | |||||
| White | 21,930 | (40.9) | 64.7 | (0.09) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.8 | (0.06) | 14.0 | (0.12) | 20.9 | (0.13) | 11.6 | (0.11) | 51.7 | (0.15) | 29.1 | (0.13) | 15.2 | (0.12) | 7.4 | (0.08) | |||||
| Black | 2,315 | (25.4) | 6.8 | (0.07) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.3 | (0.21) | 17.3 | (0.49) | 29.6 | (0.49) | 12.8 | (0.43) | 37.0 | (0.54) | 22.7 | (0.45) | 10.4 | (0.32) | 3.9 | (0.23) | |||||
| Hispanic | 6,619 | (26.1) | 19.5 | (0.06) | 100.0 | (†) | 27.9 | (0.30) | 24.1 | (0.31) | 21.0 | (0.31) | 7.7 | (0.19) | 19.3 | (0.28) | 12.4 | (0.24) | 4.6 | (0.12) | 2.4 | (0.09) | |||||
| Asian | 1,753 | (12.0) | 5.2 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.6 | (0.37) | 10.5 | (0.35) | 10.6 | (0.41) | 6.3 | (0.27) | 65.0 | (0.65) | 31.4 | (0.56) | 20.1 | (0.45) | 13.5 | (0.38) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 45 | (2.7) | 0.1 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.4 | ! | (0.91) | 29.0 | (3.71) | 32.0 | (4.37) | 7.8 | (1.51) | 28.8 | (3.60) | 19.5 | (3.11) | 7.8 | (2.18) | 1.4 | ! | (0.45) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 173 | (5.9) | 0.5 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 4.1 | (0.64) | 20.5 | (1.50) | 32.9 | (1.70) | 13.4 | (1.27) | 29.1 | (1.65) | 18.5 | (1.46) | 8.5 | (0.98) | 2.0 | (0.42) | |||||
| Some other race | 101 | (5.1) | 0.3 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.8 | (1.87) | 13.8 | (1.60) | 16.2 | (1.76) | 8.5 | (1.44) | 53.7 | (2.79) | 25.3 | (2.23) | 16.1 | (1.80) | 12.4 | (1.75) | |||||
| Two or more races | 957 | (12.4) | 2.8 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.6 | (0.17) | 11.6 | (0.51) | 23.8 | (0.63) | 12.1 | (0.48) | 51.0 | (0.84) | 27.6 | (0.64) | 14.6 | (0.51) | 8.7 | (0.45) | |||||
| Single-parent household | 16,614 | (71.1) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 19.1 | (0.18) | 29.2 | (0.18) | 27.8 | (0.17) | 8.6 | (0.12) | 15.4 | (0.16) | 10.6 | (0.13) | 3.5 | (0.08) | 1.3 | (0.05) | |||||
| White | 6,952 | (38.1) | 41.8 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.2 | (0.23) | 29.0 | (0.29) | 28.8 | (0.29) | 10.4 | (0.22) | 21.6 | (0.27) | 14.7 | (0.23) | 4.9 | (0.14) | 2.0 | (0.08) | |||||
| Black | 4,430 | (29.5) | 26.7 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.3 | (0.33) | 31.4 | (0.42) | 32.1 | (0.43) | 8.3 | (0.21) | 10.9 | (0.25) | 7.7 | (0.19) | 2.6 | (0.14) | 0.5 | (0.05) | |||||
| Hispanic | 4,005 | (28.2) | 24.1 | (0.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 38.0 | (0.41) | 28.0 | (0.38) | 21.0 | (0.35) | 5.4 | (0.21) | 7.7 | (0.22) | 5.5 | (0.19) | 1.6 | (0.09) | 0.6 | (0.06) | |||||
| Asian | 334 | (8.6) | 2.0 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 19.8 | (1.05) | 19.8 | (1.23) | 17.9 | (1.20) | 6.4 | (0.57) | 36.1 | (1.30) | 23.2 | (1.09) | 8.2 | (0.69) | 4.8 | (0.55) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 24 | (2.4) | 0.1 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.5 | (3.25) | 35.2 | (4.63) | 36.8 | (5.27) | 7.6 | ! | (2.42) | 7.9 | ! | (2.54) | 6.3 | ! | (2.31) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 175 | (5.3) | 1.1 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.2 | (1.50) | 31.2 | (1.74) | 33.5 | (1.81) | 7.4 | (0.87) | 10.6 | (1.07) | 8.6 | (1.04) | 1.2 | (0.34) | 0.9 | ! | (0.39) | ||||
| Some other race | 54 | (3.9) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 23.9 | (3.26) | 25.0 | (3.34) | 20.7 | (2.90) | 9.8 | (2.16) | 20.5 | (2.95) | 12.4 | (2.54) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Two or more races | 640 | (10.5) | 3.9 | (0.06) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.7 | (0.59) | 27.1 | (0.85) | 34.9 | (0.98) | 10.8 | (0.63) | 16.5 | (0.60) | 10.7 | (0.46) | 4.2 | (0.38) | 1.6 | (0.23) | |||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total, both household types | 50,852 | (31.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.8 | (0.08) | 19.0 | (0.12) | 21.6 | (0.10) | 10.4 | (0.08) | 38.1 | (0.15) | 21.2 | (0.10) | 11.8 | (0.08) | 5.2 | (0.05) | |||||
| White | 26,906 | (20.5) | 52.9 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.6 | (0.06) | 15.3 | (0.14) | 20.4 | (0.13) | 11.9 | (0.11) | 48.8 | (0.18) | 26.8 | (0.14) | 15.3 | (0.11) | 6.8 | (0.08) | |||||
| Black | 6,728 | (22.5) | 13.2 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.3 | (0.25) | 25.6 | (0.36) | 29.6 | (0.37) | 10.8 | (0.23) | 23.7 | (0.31) | 14.0 | (0.25) | 7.6 | (0.20) | 2.2 | (0.10) | |||||
| Hispanic | 12,136 | (17.0) | 23.9 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 28.7 | (0.26) | 25.4 | (0.21) | 21.0 | (0.19) | 7.5 | (0.15) | 17.4 | (0.19) | 11.1 | (0.14) | 4.5 | (0.11) | 1.8 | (0.07) | |||||
| Asian | 2,377 | (14.4) | 4.7 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.8 | (0.28) | 11.0 | (0.36) | 10.8 | (0.33) | 6.6 | (0.24) | 63.7 | (0.48) | 30.2 | (0.48) | 21.2 | (0.42) | 12.4 | (0.31) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 84 | (3.2) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.7 | (1.62) | 30.0 | (2.47) | 26.4 | (2.40) | 16.8 | (2.23) | 19.1 | (2.14) | 12.4 | (1.87) | 4.0 | (1.08) | 2.7 | ! | (0.91) | ||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 363 | (7.2) | 0.7 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 9.9 | (0.73) | 26.5 | (0.98) | 31.5 | (1.07) | 10.5 | (0.71) | 21.6 | (0.98) | 13.3 | (0.91) | 6.2 | (0.53) | 2.2 | (0.34) | |||||
| Some other race | 152 | (5.4) | 0.3 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 13.7 | (1.51) | 18.0 | (1.55) | 18.9 | (1.84) | 6.4 | (0.93) | 43.0 | (1.88) | 23.1 | (1.55) | 13.1 | (1.22) | 6.8 | (1.21) | |||||
| Two or more races | 2,107 | (20.7) | 4.1 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 5.4 | (0.31) | 15.7 | (0.44) | 25.7 | (0.57) | 11.9 | (0.40) | 41.3 | (0.53) | 21.9 | (0.46) | 12.5 | (0.27) | 6.9 | (0.24) | |||||
| Two-parent household | 33,073 | (60.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.0 | (0.09) | 14.0 | (0.12) | 18.8 | (0.12) | 10.9 | (0.10) | 49.2 | (0.17) | 26.2 | (0.14) | 15.7 | (0.11) | 7.2 | (0.07) | |||||
| White | 20,034 | (54.6) | 60.6 | (0.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.8 | (0.06) | 11.1 | (0.13) | 18.1 | (0.16) | 12.0 | (0.13) | 57.0 | (0.20) | 30.4 | (0.18) | 18.3 | (0.14) | 8.3 | (0.10) | |||||
| Black | 2,340 | (27.4) | 7.1 | (0.08) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.6 | (0.24) | 15.1 | (0.46) | 25.9 | (0.55) | 13.0 | (0.48) | 43.5 | (0.64) | 23.5 | (0.53) | 15.1 | (0.46) | 4.8 | (0.27) | |||||
| Hispanic | 7,185 | (35.4) | 21.7 | (0.10) | 100.0 | (†) | 24.5 | (0.31) | 23.8 | (0.33) | 20.5 | (0.27) | 8.1 | (0.19) | 23.1 | (0.27) | 14.2 | (0.20) | 6.2 | (0.16) | 2.6 | (0.10) | |||||
| Asian | 1,974 | (13.5) | 6.0 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.1 | (0.25) | 9.2 | (0.37) | 9.9 | (0.33) | 6.1 | (0.27) | 68.7 | (0.54) | 31.2 | (0.53) | 23.5 | (0.50) | 14.0 | (0.35) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 55 | (3.0) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.7 | ! | (1.11) | 27.1 | (3.27) | 28.7 | (2.98) | 14.6 | (2.30) | 26.0 | (2.95) | 17.3 | (2.70) | 4.7 | (1.37) | 4.0 | ! | (1.35) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 172 | (5.3) | 0.5 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.6 | (0.50) | 20.9 | (1.34) | 31.5 | (1.56) | 11.8 | (1.08) | 33.2 | (1.40) | 18.9 | (1.35) | 10.2 | (1.04) | 4.2 | (0.66) | |||||
| Some other race | 96 | (5.2) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.4 | (1.79) | 13.5 | (1.67) | 14.4 | (1.79) | 7.0 | (1.27) | 52.8 | (2.46) | 26.1 | (1.94) | 18.2 | (1.74) | 8.5 | (1.42) | |||||
| Two or more races | 1,216 | (16.7) | 3.7 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.2 | (0.25) | 9.1 | (0.49) | 20.1 | (0.60) | 12.5 | (0.53) | 57.1 | (0.72) | 27.9 | (0.64) | 18.4 | (0.45) | 10.8 | (0.40) | |||||
| Single-parent household | 17,779 | (69.4) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.8 | (0.17) | 28.2 | (0.20) | 26.8 | (0.17) | 9.6 | (0.11) | 17.6 | (0.17) | 11.8 | (0.14) | 4.4 | (0.08) | 1.4 | (0.04) | |||||
| White | 6,872 | (49.3) | 38.7 | (0.21) | 100.0 | (†) | 8.9 | (0.16) | 27.5 | (0.32) | 27.0 | (0.29) | 11.6 | (0.23) | 25.0 | (0.30) | 16.5 | (0.23) | 6.3 | (0.14) | 2.3 | (0.07) | |||||
| Black | 4,388 | (31.2) | 24.7 | (0.15) | 100.0 | (†) | 14.4 | (0.35) | 31.2 | (0.47) | 31.5 | (0.44) | 9.7 | (0.27) | 13.2 | (0.33) | 8.9 | (0.28) | 3.6 | (0.16) | 0.7 | (0.07) | |||||
| Hispanic | 4,951 | (35.6) | 27.8 | (0.18) | 100.0 | (†) | 34.8 | (0.43) | 27.7 | (0.34) | 21.8 | (0.31) | 6.5 | (0.21) | 9.2 | (0.23) | 6.5 | (0.19) | 2.1 | (0.11) | 0.6 | (0.05) | |||||
| Asian | 403 | (9.5) | 2.3 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.3 | (0.97) | 19.9 | (1.07) | 15.6 | (0.97) | 8.9 | (0.70) | 39.3 | (1.25) | 25.2 | (1.19) | 9.7 | (0.75) | 4.5 | (0.46) | |||||
| Pacific Islander | 29 | (2.7) | 0.2 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 15.3 | (3.77) | 35.6 | (4.80) | 22.2 | (3.84) | 21.1 | (5.19) | 5.9 | ! | (2.05) | 3.0 | ! | (1.38) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 191 | (5.4) | 1.1 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.5 | (1.28) | 31.5 | (1.40) | 31.6 | (1.52) | 9.3 | (0.89) | 11.1 | (1.22) | 8.2 | (1.11) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | |||||
| Some other race | 56 | (3.8) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.1 | (2.60) | 25.7 | (3.39) | 26.7 | (3.84) | 5.3 | (1.43) | 26.1 | (2.97) | 18.0 | (2.66) | 4.3 | (1.10) | 3.8 | ! | (1.85) | ||||
| Two or more races | 890 | (16.7) | 5.0 | (0.10) | 100.0 | (†) | 11.0 | (0.61) | 24.8 | (0.78) | 33.3 | (1.00) | 11.1 | (0.59) | 19.8 | (0.71) | 13.6 | (0.57) | 4.5 | (0.28) | 1.6 | (0.20) | |||||
| †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 Includes adoptive and stepparents, but excludes parents not residing in the same household as their children. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes parents who completed high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Table includes only 5- to 17-year-olds who resided with at least one of their parents (including an adoptive or stepparent). The 5- to 17-year-olds in single-parent households resided with only one parent, while those in two-parent households resided with two parents. 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), 2009 and 2014. (This table was prepared January 2016.) |
