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: 2016

[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	73,551		(25.6)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	63.4		(0.12)	26.7		(0.10)	7.9		(0.06)	2.1		(0.03)
White	37,487		(6.8)	51.0		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	73.5		(0.15)	17.3		(0.12)	7.2		(0.07)	2.0		(0.04)
Black	9,919		(27.9)	13.5		(0.04)	100.0		(†)	33.0		(0.34)	56.0		(0.36)	8.5		(0.19)	2.5		(0.07)
Hispanic	18,299		(11.0)	24.9		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	57.1		(0.24)	31.5		(0.22)	9.5		(0.14)	1.9		(0.06)
Cuban	444		(10.5)	0.6		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	59.7		(1.20)	29.9		(1.10)	8.7		(0.78)	1.8		(0.35)
Dominican	546		(15.5)	0.7		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	45.3		(1.32)	45.3		(1.37)	8.0		(0.69)	1.4		(0.23)
Mexican	12,440		(34.1)	16.9		(0.04)	100.0		(†)	58.7		(0.31)	30.0		(0.26)	9.5		(0.18)	1.8		(0.07)
Puerto Rican	1,726		(21.6)	2.3		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	44.5		(0.79)	44.8		(0.75)	8.5		(0.40)	2.3		(0.19)
Spaniard	199		(9.2)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	69.0		(2.26)	21.9		(2.15)	7.0		(0.91)	2.1		(0.60)
Central American3	1,563		(23.3)	2.1		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	55.3		(0.93)	29.5		(0.82)	12.4		(0.49)	2.8		(0.23)
Costa Rican	35		(2.8)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	62.1		(5.21)	30.9		(4.92)	6.1	!	(2.43)	‡		(†)
Guatemalan	449		(13.0)	0.6		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	57.9		(1.44)	25.8		(1.22)	13.2		(0.99)	3.0		(0.38)
Honduran	315		(11.7)	0.4		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	48.4		(1.86)	35.2		(1.73)	12.8		(1.46)	3.7		(0.52)
Nicaraguan	99		(5.7)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	54.4		(3.25)	33.1		(3.03)	11.2		(2.23)	1.3	!	(0.40)
Panamanian	39		(3.1)	0.1		(#)	100.0		(†)	57.5		(4.70)	33.1		(4.11)	8.4	!	(2.60)	‡		(†)
Salvadoran	619		(13.5)	0.8		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	56.4		(1.36)	28.4		(1.17)	12.5		(0.82)	2.7		(0.37)
South American	771		(16.6)	1.0		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	66.9		(0.88)	23.5		(0.90)	8.0		(0.56)	1.5		(0.23)
Chilean	32		(3.1)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	84.9		(3.01)	7.1	!	(2.37)	6.2	!	(2.03)	‡		(†)
Colombian	233		(8.8)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	66.5		(1.47)	24.1		(1.48)	7.8		(1.01)	1.6		(0.40)
Ecuadorian	179		(7.8)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	62.7		(1.98)	25.0		(1.80)	10.9		(1.28)	1.4	!	(0.43)
Peruvian	131		(6.7)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	60.6		(2.83)	31.0		(2.82)	7.1		(1.22)	1.2	!	(0.46)
Venezuelan	85		(5.1)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	75.3		(2.50)	15.9		(1.96)	6.8		(1.72)	2.0	!	(0.70)
Other South American	111		(7.0)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	70.8		(2.60)	21.5		(2.38)	6.3		(1.25)	1.4	!	(0.53)
Other Hispanic	610		(14.4)	0.8		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	55.9		(1.19)	31.3		(1.13)	9.1		(0.62)	3.7		(0.34)
Asian	3,454		(14.8)	4.7		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	83.7		(0.34)	10.4		(0.27)	4.4		(0.19)	1.5		(0.09)
Chinese4	749		(10.0)	1.0		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	82.7		(0.63)	11.2		(0.50)	3.8		(0.34)	2.2		(0.23)
Filipino	422		(9.4)	0.6		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	76.8		(1.01)	15.2		(0.76)	6.4		(0.72)	1.6		(0.24)
Japanese	73		(4.3)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	85.6		(1.79)	7.0		(1.29)	4.6		(1.35)	2.8		(0.62)
Korean	230		(8.0)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	86.7		(1.17)	8.3		(0.89)	2.7		(0.63)	2.3		(0.47)
South Asian5	1,123		(14.4)	1.5		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	92.5		(0.45)	4.6		(0.35)	2.4		(0.23)	0.4		(0.08)
Asian Indian	903		(12.5)	1.2		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	93.1		(0.46)	4.1		(0.35)	2.4		(0.25)	0.4		(0.07)
Bangladeshi	46		(3.6)	0.1		(#)	100.0		(†)	88.9		(2.72)	8.1	!	(2.60)	2.8	!	(1.22)	‡		(†)
Bhutanese	8		(1.4)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	93.4		(4.04)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nepalese	32		(3.5)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	91.2		(2.66)	6.4	!	(2.64)	2.4	!	(1.11)	‡		(†)
Pakistani	125		(6.1)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	90.0		(1.47)	6.8		(1.20)	2.5		(0.67)	‡		(†)
Southeast Asian	647		(11.6)	0.9		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	73.3		(1.07)	17.5		(0.96)	7.3		(0.62)	1.9		(0.24)
Burmese	57		(4.5)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	83.5		(3.15)	9.7		(2.31)	5.7	!	(2.08)	1.1	!	(0.51)
Cambodian	57		(4.6)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	54.2		(3.96)	34.7		(3.70)	8.9		(2.17)	‡		(†)
Hmong	94		(5.1)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	60.0		(4.06)	22.6		(3.77)	15.6		(2.74)	1.8	!	(0.80)
Laotian	32		(2.7)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	68.8		(4.51)	18.9		(3.56)	10.1	!	(3.08)	2.2	!	(1.03)
Thai	22		(2.4)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	73.5		(4.40)	12.0		(3.05)	7.8	!	(2.97)	6.7		(2.00)
Vietnamese	366		(8.2)	0.5		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	77.6		(1.18)	15.7		(1.07)	4.9		(0.47)	1.8		(0.28)
Other Southeast Asian6	19		(2.6)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	90.9		(4.02)	4.1	!	(1.81)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Asian	211		(8.0)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	81.6		(1.13)	10.9		(0.99)	6.1		(0.82)	1.4		(0.38)
Pacific Islander	132		(3.6)	0.2		(#)	100.0		(†)	57.2		(2.20)	29.7		(2.18)	10.1		(1.70)	3.0		(0.80)
American Indian/Alaska Native	562		(7.7)	0.8		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	44.8		(0.98)	38.2		(0.92)	13.1		(0.64)	3.8		(0.36)
Some other race7	247		(7.8)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	61.1		(1.55)	30.3		(1.53)	6.5		(0.71)	2.2		(0.51)
Two or more races	3,451		(29.8)	4.7		(0.04)	100.0		(†)	57.4		(0.47)	32.3		(0.47)	8.1		(0.22)	2.1		(0.12)
White and Black	1,458		(20.8)	2.0		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	41.3		(0.81)	47.4		(0.90)	8.1		(0.38)	3.2		(0.24)
White and Asian	962		(13.2)	1.3		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	81.9		(0.60)	11.1		(0.47)	6.4		(0.37)	0.6		(0.11)
White and American Indian/Alaska        Native	369		(8.9)	0.5		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	61.1		(1.18)	25.6		(1.00)	10.8		(0.69)	2.5		(0.36)
Other Two or more races	663		(12.7)	0.9		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	55.1		(1.10)	33.7		(0.98)	9.2		(0.61)	2.0		(0.22)
Under 6 years old
Total	23,664		(33.2)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	63.4		(0.16)	26.8		(0.15)	8.1		(0.10)	1.7		(0.03)
White	11,782		(16.9)	49.8		(0.06)	100.0		(†)	75.5		(0.21)	16.2		(0.18)	6.8		(0.11)	1.6		(0.04)
Black	3,118		(17.7)	13.2		(0.07)	100.0		(†)	30.5		(0.53)	58.4		(0.57)	8.9		(0.32)	2.2		(0.11)
Hispanic	6,080		(15.8)	25.7		(0.05)	100.0		(†)	54.4		(0.33)	33.1		(0.31)	10.9		(0.25)	1.6		(0.08)
Cuban	155		(6.1)	0.7		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	57.5		(1.96)	28.4		(1.70)	12.2		(1.50)	1.9		(0.53)
Dominican	204		(7.2)	0.9		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	43.5		(1.85)	45.6		(2.03)	9.8		(1.27)	1.1	!	(0.36)
Mexican	4,073		(21.1)	17.2		(0.08)	100.0		(†)	55.1		(0.39)	32.6		(0.35)	10.8		(0.28)	1.5		(0.10)
Puerto Rican	574		(11.6)	2.4		(0.05)	100.0		(†)	43.5		(1.11)	45.2		(1.00)	9.6		(0.67)	1.7		(0.23)
Spaniard	62		(4.3)	0.3		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	69.1		(3.11)	22.2		(2.99)	8.3		(1.58)	‡		(†)
Central American3	559		(11.7)	2.4		(0.05)	100.0		(†)	53.6		(1.11)	29.9		(1.04)	14.4		(0.86)	2.1		(0.28)
Costa Rican	11		(1.4)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	70.0		(6.77)	26.8		(6.43)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Guatemalan	161		(6.2)	0.7		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	56.4		(2.30)	25.5		(1.71)	15.9		(1.46)	2.3		(0.51)
Honduran	121		(6.2)	0.5		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	48.7		(2.67)	35.5		(2.56)	13.1		(2.22)	2.7		(0.77)
Nicaraguan	38		(3.1)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	49.1		(4.68)	36.9		(3.89)	13.1		(3.22)	‡		(†)
Panamanian	12		(1.7)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	60.3		(6.95)	32.4		(6.89)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Salvadoran	214		(7.2)	0.9		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	53.7		(1.64)	28.8		(1.64)	15.5		(1.33)	2.1		(0.45)
South American	265		(7.7)	1.1		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	69.5		(1.36)	19.8		(1.23)	9.0		(0.98)	1.6		(0.37)
Chilean	12		(2.3)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	86.6		(4.53)	8.5	!	(3.67)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Colombian	77		(4.9)	0.3		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	68.7		(2.68)	19.9		(2.33)	10.2		(2.10)	‡		(†)
Ecuadorian	62		(4.1)	0.3		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	64.5		(2.85)	22.1		(2.37)	11.9		(1.89)	1.5	!	(0.71)
Peruvian	45		(3.1)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	61.7		(3.71)	28.1		(3.57)	8.3		(2.24)	1.9	!	(0.85)
Venezuelan	35		(3.0)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	82.2		(3.16)	9.1		(2.01)	6.4	!	(2.09)	2.2	!	(1.11)
Other South American	33		(3.4)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	72.3		(4.14)	19.6		(3.76)	6.2	!	(2.12)	‡		(†)
Other Hispanic	187		(6.5)	0.8		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	57.3		(1.84)	29.5		(1.72)	10.7		(1.12)	2.5		(0.55)
Asian	1,114		(10.3)	4.7		(0.04)	100.0		(†)	86.7		(0.44)	8.7		(0.40)	3.9		(0.23)	0.7		(0.09)
Chinese4	219		(6.0)	0.9		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	85.7		(1.03)	9.9		(0.94)	3.9		(0.64)	0.5	!	(0.18)
Filipino	115		(4.3)	0.5		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	78.2		(1.84)	14.4		(1.58)	5.9		(1.10)	1.6		(0.43)
Japanese	26		(2.5)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	87.4		(3.06)	5.6	!	(2.34)	‡		(†)	2.7	!	(0.90)
Korean	62		(3.4)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	93.3		(1.19)	3.8		(1.00)	1.5	!	(0.50)	1.4	!	(0.57)
South Asian5	425		(7.9)	1.8		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	94.6		(0.47)	3.3		(0.41)	1.8		(0.25)	0.4		(0.12)
Asian Indian	344		(6.6)	1.5		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	95.2		(0.43)	2.5		(0.33)	1.9		(0.31)	0.4	!	(0.13)
Bangladeshi	19		(2.2)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	90.0		(4.03)	9.1	!	(3.93)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Bhutanese	5		(0.9)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	92.0		(4.98)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nepalese	12		(1.5)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	98.5		(1.07)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pakistani	42		(3.1)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	90.0		(2.36)	8.2		(2.17)	1.7	!	(0.73)	‡		(†)
Southeast Asian	185		(5.8)	0.8		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	73.7		(1.54)	17.3		(1.42)	8.4		(0.96)	0.6	!	(0.21)
Burmese	24		(2.4)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	84.6		(3.72)	7.9		(2.03)	7.2	!	(3.20)	‡		(†)
Cambodian	17		(2.2)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	44.3		(6.37)	46.2		(6.93)	8.8	!	(2.82)	‡		(†)
Hmong	34		(2.5)	0.1		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	60.6		(4.89)	20.8		(4.24)	18.0		(3.25)	‡		(†)
Laotian	9		(1.2)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	67.0		(6.86)	24.7		(5.92)	8.3	!	(3.26)	‡		(†)
Thai	6		(1.1)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	76.0		(8.10)	‡		(†)	12.0	!	(5.65)	‡		(†)
Vietnamese	91		(3.9)	0.4		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	80.8		(2.01)	13.0		(1.76)	5.3		(0.99)	0.8	!	(0.34)
Other Southeast Asian6	4		(0.8)	#		(†)	100.0		(†)	88.3		(6.37)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Asian	83		(3.8)	0.3		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	84.4		(1.68)	10.9		(1.42)	3.8		(0.99)	0.8	!	(0.37)
Pacific Islander	42		(2.4)	0.2		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	58.0		(3.42)	26.4		(2.94)	12.7		(2.78)	2.9	!	(1.20)
American Indian/Alaska Native	179		(3.7)	0.8		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	41.4		(1.56)	40.9		(1.67)	13.7		(1.01)	4.0		(0.68)
Some other race7	82		(3.5)	0.3		(0.01)	100.0		(†)	63.0		(2.42)	26.5		(2.15)	7.7		(1.47)	2.9	!	(1.12)
Two or more races	1,268		(13.0)	5.4		(0.05)	100.0		(†)	58.0		(0.65)	31.9		(0.63)	8.1		(0.36)	1.9		(0.18)
White and Black	560		(10.4)	2.4		(0.04)	100.0		(†)	39.6		(1.14)	48.3		(1.21)	8.7		(0.61)	3.4		(0.41)
White and Asian	366		(6.8)	1.5		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	86.0		(0.68)	8.6		(0.64)	5.1		(0.52)	0.3	!	(0.09)
White and American Indian/Alaska        Native	106		(4.7)	0.4		(0.02)	100.0		(†)	58.4		(2.11)	25.9		(1.95)	13.7		(1.37)	2.0		(0.49)
Other Two or more races	236		(6.3)	1.0		(0.03)	100.0		(†)	58.1		(1.75)	31.9		(1.60)	9.0		(1.05)	1.0		(0.23)

†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), 2016. (This table was prepared November 2017.)