Digest of Education Statistics
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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: 2015
[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-couple household Female householder, no spouse present Male householder, no spouse present
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Under 18 years old                                  
Total 73,542 (27.3) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 63.2 (0.12) 27.0   (0.10) 7.8   (0.06) 2.0   (0.03)
White 37,788 (7.6) 51.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 73.2 (0.16) 17.7   (0.14) 7.1   (0.07) 2.0   (0.04)
Black 9,996 (29.2) 13.6 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 32.2 (0.29) 56.7   (0.33) 8.6   (0.21) 2.5   (0.08)
                                   
Hispanic 18,096 (9.5) 24.6 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 56.9 (0.24) 31.7   (0.19) 9.4   (0.13) 1.9   (0.05)
Cuban 435 (10.0) 0.6 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 59.7 (1.45) 28.8   (1.36) 9.6   (0.80) 1.9   (0.23)
Dominican 529 (14.1) 0.7 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 41.0 (1.32) 47.5   (1.22) 9.6   (0.78) 1.9   (0.29)
Mexican 12,359 (32.9) 16.8 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 58.9 (0.28) 30.0   (0.26) 9.3   (0.14) 1.8   (0.07)
Puerto Rican 1,660 (22.5) 2.3 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 43.9 (0.71) 45.1   (0.74) 8.9   (0.43) 2.1   (0.15)
Spaniard 204 (8.4) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 67.7 (1.85) 23.3   (1.59) 7.2   (1.10) 1.9   (0.50)
Central American3 1,533 (20.3) 2.1 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 55.3 (0.70) 30.5   (0.64) 11.7   (0.53) 2.6   (0.21)
Costa Rican 41 (4.0) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 61.8 (4.19) 22.2   (3.50) 11.7   (3.13) 4.3 ! (1.42)
Guatemalan 429 (11.5) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 59.3 (1.20) 27.6   (1.17) 11.1   (0.84) 2.0   (0.39)
Honduran 266 (11.4) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 46.4 (1.92) 35.4   (1.90) 14.2   (1.55) 4.0   (0.70)
Nicaraguan 98 (5.4) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 59.6 (3.03) 28.3   (2.42) 10.7   (2.14) 1.5 ! (0.55)
Panamanian 51 (3.9) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 55.5 (4.75) 32.3   (4.63) 10.5   (2.96)   (†)
Salvadoran 637 (14.7) 0.9 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 54.9 (1.10) 31.2   (1.02) 11.5   (0.81) 2.4   (0.35)
South American 807 (17.1) 1.1 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 65.2 (1.02) 26.0   (0.96) 7.0   (0.45) 1.9   (0.25)
Chilean 38 (4.0) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 74.5 (4.63) 16.7   (3.70) 5.5 ! (2.22)   (†)
Colombian 242 (9.7) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 66.1 (1.75) 24.1   (1.58) 7.5   (0.92) 2.2   (0.47)
Ecuadorian 185 (8.2) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 58.3 (2.16) 31.9   (2.10) 7.6   (0.95) 2.2 ! (0.75)
Peruvian 150 (6.7) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 61.5 (2.53) 29.3   (2.23) 7.5   (1.22) 1.7   (0.37)
Venezuelan 73 (5.2) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 72.5 (3.30) 22.7   (3.11) 3.6   (1.04) 1.2 ! (0.44)
Other South American 119 (6.1) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 71.0 (2.50) 21.1   (2.30) 7.1   (1.27) 0.8 ! (0.34)
Other Hispanic 570 (14.0) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 53.7 (1.32) 33.6   (1.18) 9.1   (0.76) 3.6   (0.38)
                                   
Asian 3,422 (17.1) 4.7 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 83.5 (0.33) 10.7   (0.26) 4.3   (0.21) 1.5   (0.08)
Chinese4 724 (10.1) 1.0 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 82.2 (0.66) 11.3   (0.52) 4.1   (0.36) 2.4   (0.20)
Filipino 459 (11.6) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 77.3 (1.07) 15.4   (0.87) 5.6   (0.60) 1.7   (0.33)
Japanese 74 (4.4) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 83.1 (2.16) 11.0   (1.93) 3.7   (0.99) 2.2   (0.59)
Korean 232 (7.9) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 86.9 (1.09) 8.5   (0.89) 3.0   (0.45) 1.6   (0.31)
South Asian5 1,083 (14.9) 1.5 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 93.7 (0.37) 4.2   (0.35) 1.6   (0.18) 0.5   (0.09)
Asian Indian 860 (12.0) 1.2 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 94.4 (0.36) 3.6   (0.32) 1.6   (0.21) 0.4   (0.08)
Bangladeshi 50 (4.3) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 93.4 (1.63) 5.7   (1.51)   (†)   (†)
Bhutanese (†) (†) 100.0 (†) (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nepalese 31 (2.7) # (†) 100.0 (†) 87.4 (2.93) 7.7 ! (2.45)   (†)   (†)
Pakistani 129 (6.2) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 90.9 (1.40) 6.7   (1.31) 1.8 ! (0.57)   (†)
Southeast Asian 658 (11.8) 0.9 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 71.8 (1.11) 17.7   (0.88) 8.5   (0.70) 2.0   (0.25)
Burmese 53 (4.8) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 83.0 (4.06) 11.6 ! (3.50) 4.0 ! (1.57)   (†)
Cambodian 61 (4.5) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 56.7 (3.60) 27.6   (3.13) 12.5   (2.07) 3.2 ! (1.28)
Hmong 105 (5.7) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 62.1 (3.35) 20.0   (2.65) 16.4   (2.47) 1.4 ! (0.56)
Laotian 37 (3.4) 0.1 (#) 100.0 (†) 59.1 (3.80) 26.7   (3.35) 13.4   (3.14)   (†)
Thai 21 (2.3) # (†) 100.0 (†) 68.0 (4.95) 19.6   (4.20) 4.8 ! (1.96) 7.7 ! (2.53)
Vietnamese 362 (10.1) 0.5 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 76.4 (1.40) 15.7   (0.97) 6.1   (0.83) 1.7   (0.30)
Other Southeast Asian6 20 (2.4) # (†) 100.0 (†) 84.9 (3.48) 8.1 ! (2.70)   (†) 2.7 ! (1.33)
Other Asian 191 (6.5) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 81.0 (1.56) 12.7   (1.40) 5.6   (0.88) 0.7   (0.19)
                                   
Pacific Islander 125 (4.1) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 61.9 (2.77) 23.3   (2.08) 11.9   (1.95) 2.9   (0.59)
American Indian/Alaska Native 540 (7.3) 0.7 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 44.7 (0.91) 37.8   (0.98) 13.7   (0.64) 3.8   (0.40)
Some other race7 233 (8.4) 0.3 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 59.1 (1.87) 30.0   (1.97) 8.7   (0.87) 2.2   (0.47)
Two or more races 3,343 (28.9) 4.5 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 58.7 (0.43) 32.0   (0.38) 7.3   (0.25) 2.0   (0.12)
White and Black 1,398 (21.0) 1.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 42.2 (0.76) 47.5   (0.77) 7.6   (0.42) 2.8   (0.22)
White and Asian 934 (14.8) 1.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 82.1 (0.69) 11.6   (0.55) 5.5   (0.37) 0.8   (0.16)
White and American Indian/Alaska
       Native
394 (7.6) 0.5 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 62.2 (1.21) 26.4   (1.10) 9.7   (0.69) 1.7   (0.29)
Other Two or more races 617 (13.4) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 58.6 (0.98) 31.4   (1.09) 7.9   (0.60) 2.1   (0.26)
                                   
Under 6 years old                                  
Total 23,696 (33.0) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 62.9 (0.17) 27.2   (0.14) 8.3   (0.11) 1.6   (0.03)
White 11,812 (18.8) 49.8 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 75.0 (0.21) 16.5   (0.18) 6.9   (0.11) 1.5   (0.04)
Black 3,194 (17.2) 13.5 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 30.2 (0.41) 58.3   (0.54) 9.5   (0.32) 2.0   (0.12)
                                   
Hispanic 6,063 (17.0) 25.6 (0.06) 100.0 (†) 53.8 (0.35) 33.6   (0.33) 11.1   (0.22) 1.6   (0.08)
Cuban 148 (5.2) 0.6 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 54.3 (2.08) 31.3   (2.02) 12.5   (1.48) 1.9   (0.45)
Dominican 187 (7.3) 0.8 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 41.4 (1.92) 48.1   (1.96) 9.1   (1.08) 1.4   (0.32)
Mexican 4,083 (17.3) 17.2 (0.07) 100.0 (†) 54.8 (0.37) 32.6   (0.38) 11.1   (0.23) 1.5   (0.09)
Puerto Rican 563 (12.4) 2.4 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 41.9 (1.12) 46.5   (1.10) 10.1   (0.67) 1.4   (0.24)
Spaniard 70 (4.2) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 68.9 (3.17) 21.3   (2.75) 8.5   (2.02)   (†)
Central American3 560 (11.3) 2.4 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 56.0 (1.07) 27.9   (0.87) 13.8   (0.79) 2.2   (0.37)
Costa Rican 13 (2.1) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 70.4 (6.39) 14.9 ! (5.30) 10.0 ! (4.40)   (†)
Guatemalan 165 (6.4) 0.7 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 59.2 (1.78) 27.5   (1.38) 11.8   (1.21) 1.5 ! (0.53)
Honduran 106 (5.8) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 47.5 (2.59) 33.6   (2.49) 14.9   (2.03) 4.0   (1.09)
Nicaraguan 33 (2.9) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 59.0 (5.31) 25.5   (4.22) 15.1   (3.74)   (†)
Panamanian 17 (2.2) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 61.7 (7.14) 25.3   (5.54) 12.3 ! (5.11)   (†)
Salvadoran 222 (7.4) 0.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 55.7 (1.68) 26.8   (1.44) 15.3   (1.33) 2.2   (0.62)
South American 266 (9.0) 1.1 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 65.0 (1.56) 25.2   (1.32) 7.8   (0.84) 2.0   (0.48)
Chilean 14 (2.2) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 79.6 (6.14) 7.0 ! (2.62)   (†)   (†)
Colombian 77 (5.1) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 68.9 (2.83) 20.3   (2.18) 8.9   (1.82) 1.9 ! (0.84)
Ecuadorian 62 (4.3) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 55.7 (3.12) 33.4   (3.14) 8.1   (1.59) 2.8 ! (1.39)
Peruvian 48 (3.9) 0.2 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 58.6 (4.17) 33.3   (4.07) 7.2 ! (2.28)   (†)
Venezuelan 20 (2.3) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 78.8 (5.52) 18.3   (5.44) 2.0 ! (0.96)   (†)
Other South American 46 (3.3) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 67.6 (4.00) 22.4   (3.23) 9.3   (2.15)   (†)
Other Hispanic 185 (6.7) 0.8 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 49.9 (1.79) 35.9   (1.89) 10.9   (1.41) 3.4   (0.82)
                                   
Asian 1,095 (10.1) 4.6 (0.04) 100.0 (†) 86.1 (0.49) 8.7   (0.36) 4.4   (0.30) 0.7   (0.09)
Chinese4 216 (6.1) 0.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 86.1 (0.98) 9.2   (0.82) 4.4   (0.59) 0.3 ! (0.11)
Filipino 128 (5.0) 0.5 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 76.6 (1.89) 16.0   (1.49) 5.3   (0.92) 2.0 ! (0.63)
Japanese 27 (2.4) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 85.6 (2.77) 9.9   (2.29) 3.5 ! (1.70)   (†)
Korean 62 (3.9) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 91.7 (1.57) 4.5   (1.03) 3.1 ! (0.94)   (†)
South Asian5 400 (7.5) 1.7 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 95.2 (0.49) 3.1   (0.39) 1.5   (0.33) 0.2 ! (0.08)
Asian Indian 324 (7.2) 1.4 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 96.2 (0.46) 2.3   (0.34) 1.4   (0.36)   (†)
Bangladeshi 19 (2.2) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 97.2 (1.23) 2.8 ! (1.23)   (†)   (†)
Bhutanese (†) (†) 100.0 (†) (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nepalese 11 (1.5) # (†) 100.0 (†) 84.8 (4.90) 12.7 ! (4.78)   (†)   (†)
Pakistani 41 (2.4) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 89.9 (2.34) 6.6   (1.86) 2.8 ! (1.40)   (†)
Southeast Asian 185 (5.7) 0.8 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 71.8 (1.70) 16.5   (1.52) 10.4   (1.26) 1.3   (0.28)
Burmese 24 (2.6) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 85.4 (4.21) 9.1 ! (2.95)   (†)   (†)
Cambodian 15 (2.0) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 52.5 (6.12) 30.8   (6.18) 14.3 ! (5.74)   (†)
Hmong 35 (2.6) 0.1 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 58.2 (4.77) 17.9   (3.68) 23.4   (4.28)   (†)
Laotian 9 (1.3) # (†) 100.0 (†) 48.3 (5.83) 28.6   (5.32) 23.1   (6.41)   (†)
Thai 5 (1.1) # (†) 100.0 (†) 59.1 (10.77) 32.6 ! (10.94)   (†)   (†)
Vietnamese 92 (4.4) 0.4 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 78.5 (2.35) 14.0   (1.93) 5.8   (1.24) 1.7   (0.48)
Other Southeast Asian6 5 (1.0) # (†) 100.0 (†) 90.7 (6.63)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other Asian 77 (3.8) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 85.1 (1.79) 9.3   (1.24) 5.4   (1.31)   (†)
                                   
Pacific Islander 46 (2.7) 0.2 (0.01) 100.0 (†) 56.6 (4.03) 26.9   (3.72) 14.5   (2.85) 2.0 ! (0.83)
American Indian/Alaska Native 164 (3.9) 0.7 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 40.8 (1.52) 41.3   (1.48) 14.8   (1.02) 3.1   (0.53)
Some other race7 83 (4.8) 0.3 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 59.8 (2.66) 28.7   (2.36) 8.9   (1.39) 2.6 ! (0.93)
Two or more races 1,239 (15.0) 5.2 (0.06) 100.0 (†) 58.7 (0.64) 32.0   (0.60) 7.5   (0.41) 1.8   (0.17)
White and Black 547 (11.2) 2.3 (0.05) 100.0 (†) 40.6 (1.06) 48.4   (1.09) 8.3   (0.71) 2.6   (0.34)
White and Asian 353 (7.9) 1.5 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 85.5 (0.83) 8.7   (0.68) 5.2   (0.54) 0.5 ! (0.15)
White and American Indian/Alaska
       Native
122 (4.8) 0.5 (0.02) 100.0 (†) 61.8 (2.01) 26.6   (1.72) 10.8   (1.17) 0.8 ! (0.31)
Other Two or more races 217 (6.7) 0.9 (0.03) 100.0 (†) 59.0 (1.24) 31.4   (1.34) 7.2   (0.74) 2.3   (0.42)
†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 householder" or "male householder" 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: Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, including both noninstitutionalized persons (e.g., those living in households, college housing, or military housing located within the United States) and institutionalized persons (e.g., those living in prisons, nursing facilities, or other healthcare facilities). 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), 2015. (This table was prepared January 2017.)

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