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| Table 104.70. | Number and percentage distribution of children under age 18, by parents' highest level of educational attainment, child's age group and race/ethnicity, and household type: 2010 and 2016 |
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| Year, age group, race/ethnicity, and household type | Total, all children under age 18 who resided with at least one parent1 | 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 degree3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 70,581 | (40.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 11.6 | (0.09) | 20.4 | (0.10) | 22.9 | (0.10) | 9.7 | (0.06) | 35.3 | (0.13) | 20.4 | (0.08) | 10.2 | (0.07) | 4.8 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Age group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 years old and under | 19,360 | (19.8) | 27.4 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.8 | (0.12) | 20.6 | (0.14) | 22.8 | (0.14) | 8.5 | (0.09) | 35.3 | (0.19) | 19.9 | (0.13) | 10.5 | (0.11) | 4.9 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| 5 to 17 years old | 51,221 | (32.7) | 72.6 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 11.2 | (0.10) | 20.3 | (0.12) | 23.0 | (0.12) | 10.2 | (0.07) | 35.3 | (0.13) | 20.6 | (0.09) | 10.1 | (0.07) | 4.7 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 38,158 | (19.3) | 54.1 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 4.2 | (0.07) | 17.1 | (0.13) | 22.1 | (0.13) | 11.1 | (0.08) | 45.5 | (0.17) | 26.0 | (0.11) | 13.3 | (0.10) | 6.1 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| Black | 9,540 | (28.6) | 13.5 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.4 | (0.23) | 27.0 | (0.33) | 31.2 | (0.31) | 9.6 | (0.17) | 19.8 | (0.25) | 12.4 | (0.20) | 5.7 | (0.14) | 1.7 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 16,302 | (21.2) | 23.1 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 30.0 | (0.28) | 26.1 | (0.24) | 21.4 | (0.20) | 6.9 | (0.12) | 15.6 | (0.19) | 10.2 | (0.14) | 3.7 | (0.08) | 1.7 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 3,078 | (13.5) | 4.4 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 8.4 | (0.27) | 11.9 | (0.36) | 11.0 | (0.27) | 6.6 | (0.24) | 62.2 | (0.51) | 29.9 | (0.48) | 19.8 | (0.31) | 12.6 | (0.28) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 118 | (3.5) | 0.2 | (0.00) | 100.0 | (†) | 5.9 | (1.25) | 31.9 | (2.68) | 33.8 | (2.95) | 12.0 | (1.71) | 16.4 | (1.73) | 12.7 | (1.63) | 2.1 | (0.53) | 1.6 | ! | (0.50) | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 519 | (7.9) | 0.7 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 13.3 | (0.95) | 27.2 | (0.96) | 32.3 | (1.14) | 9.8 | (0.72) | 17.4 | (0.76) | 11.9 | (0.67) | 4.1 | (0.39) | 1.4 | (0.23) | |||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 173 | (7.0) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.1 | (1.70) | 20.8 | (1.69) | 20.2 | (1.24) | 7.9 | (0.97) | 39.1 | (2.20) | 18.3 | (1.72) | 12.9 | (1.45) | 7.9 | (0.89) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 2,693 | (25.5) | 3.8 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.1 | (0.23) | 17.4 | (0.33) | 26.6 | (0.44) | 11.2 | (0.31) | 38.7 | (0.42) | 21.7 | (0.45) | 10.9 | (0.31) | 6.1 | (0.24) | |||||||||||
| Household type, by race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two-parent household | 46,327 | (79.6) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.1 | (0.08) | 15.5 | (0.11) | 20.3 | (0.11) | 10.5 | (0.07) | 46.6 | (0.16) | 26.0 | (0.11) | 13.9 | (0.09) | 6.7 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| White | 28,826 | (58.4) | 62.2 | (0.09) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.9 | (0.06) | 12.9 | (0.12) | 19.8 | (0.14) | 11.5 | (0.10) | 53.9 | (0.18) | 30.1 | (0.13) | 16.2 | (0.11) | 7.6 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Black | 3,197 | (24.6) | 6.9 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.8 | (0.20) | 17.5 | (0.44) | 28.5 | (0.52) | 12.4 | (0.32) | 38.8 | (0.50) | 22.4 | (0.42) | 12.2 | (0.35) | 4.2 | (0.18) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 9,680 | (47.9) | 20.9 | (0.09) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.0 | (0.28) | 24.6 | (0.29) | 21.4 | (0.27) | 7.9 | (0.16) | 21.1 | (0.26) | 13.4 | (0.18) | 5.2 | (0.12) | 2.5 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 2,617 | (16.4) | 5.7 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.7 | (0.28) | 10.2 | (0.39) | 9.7 | (0.27) | 6.3 | (0.26) | 67.1 | (0.54) | 31.2 | (0.54) | 21.9 | (0.36) | 14.0 | (0.31) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 79 | (3.8) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.9 | ! | (1.20) | 30.6 | (3.39) | 31.7 | (3.34) | 13.5 | (2.25) | 21.3 | (2.56) | 16.7 | (2.44) | 2.6 | (0.72) | 2.0 | ! | (0.65) | |||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 244 | (7.3) | 0.5 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.9 | (0.61) | 20.4 | (1.24) | 35.3 | (1.55) | 13.8 | (1.14) | 26.6 | (1.42) | 17.3 | (1.25) | 7.0 | (0.82) | 2.3 | (0.40) | |||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 112 | (5.5) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.2 | (1.46) | 16.8 | (2.01) | 16.5 | (1.55) | 7.4 | (1.19) | 53.1 | (2.62) | 23.4 | (2.25) | 18.4 | (2.15) | 11.3 | (1.31) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 1,571 | (18.8) | 3.4 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.6 | (0.18) | 10.6 | (0.37) | 21.3 | (0.49) | 11.8 | (0.44) | 54.7 | (0.69) | 29.1 | (0.65) | 16.1 | (0.46) | 9.5 | (0.38) | |||||||||||
| Single-parent household | 24,254 | (90.2) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 20.3 | (0.18) | 29.8 | (0.19) | 27.9 | (0.19) | 8.2 | (0.10) | 13.7 | (0.13) | 9.6 | (0.12) | 3.1 | (0.06) | 1.1 | (0.03) | |||||||||||
| White | 9,332 | (56.0) | 38.5 | (0.15) | 100.0 | (†) | 11.3 | (0.19) | 30.1 | (0.26) | 29.2 | (0.27) | 10.0 | (0.18) | 19.4 | (0.22) | 13.2 | (0.19) | 4.5 | (0.12) | 1.6 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Black | 6,343 | (34.8) | 26.2 | (0.14) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.2 | (0.31) | 31.8 | (0.39) | 32.6 | (0.36) | 8.2 | (0.20) | 10.2 | (0.23) | 7.4 | (0.20) | 2.4 | (0.11) | 0.5 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 6,622 | (46.0) | 27.3 | (0.16) | 100.0 | (†) | 37.4 | (0.43) | 28.2 | (0.34) | 21.3 | (0.26) | 5.5 | (0.15) | 7.6 | (0.19) | 5.5 | (0.18) | 1.4 | (0.08) | 0.6 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 460 | (10.6) | 1.9 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 18.5 | (1.01) | 21.5 | (0.86) | 18.0 | (0.94) | 8.0 | (0.64) | 33.9 | (1.07) | 22.2 | (0.94) | 7.5 | (0.58) | 4.3 | (0.37) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 39 | (3.0) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.0 | (2.67) | 34.6 | (4.54) | 37.9 | (5.03) | 9.1 | (2.47) | 6.4 | (1.59) | 4.6 | ! | (1.43) | ‡ | (†) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 275 | (7.5) | 1.1 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 21.8 | (1.64) | 33.1 | (1.50) | 29.6 | (1.47) | 6.3 | (0.79) | 9.2 | (0.81) | 7.1 | (0.77) | 1.5 | (0.33) | 0.6 | ! | (0.18) | ||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 61 | (4.4) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 22.9 | (2.99) | 28.1 | (2.91) | 27.0 | (2.50) | 8.7 | (1.69) | 13.3 | (1.97) | 8.9 | (1.60) | 2.8 | (0.70) | ‡ | (†) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 1,122 | (19.8) | 4.6 | (0.08) | 100.0 | (†) | 12.5 | (0.50) | 27.0 | (0.69) | 34.0 | (0.72) | 10.3 | (0.43) | 16.3 | (0.57) | 11.4 | (0.48) | 3.7 | (0.28) | 1.2 | (0.18) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 69,878 | (38.5) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.4 | (0.09) | 19.0 | (0.11) | 20.8 | (0.10) | 10.1 | (0.08) | 39.7 | (0.17) | 21.5 | (0.11) | 12.7 | (0.09) | 5.5 | (0.05) | |||||||||||
| Age group | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 years old and under | 18,981 | (20.3) | 27.2 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 9.9 | (0.12) | 19.5 | (0.19) | 21.2 | (0.16) | 9.2 | (0.11) | 40.3 | (0.21) | 21.4 | (0.15) | 13.1 | (0.13) | 5.7 | (0.08) | |||||||||||
| 5 to 17 years old | 50,897 | (32.7) | 72.8 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.5 | (0.09) | 18.8 | (0.10) | 20.6 | (0.12) | 10.5 | (0.08) | 39.5 | (0.17) | 21.5 | (0.12) | 12.6 | (0.09) | 5.4 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| White | 35,842 | (23.3) | 51.3 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.8 | (0.07) | 14.5 | (0.12) | 18.9 | (0.13) | 11.4 | (0.10) | 51.4 | (0.19) | 27.6 | (0.14) | 16.6 | (0.12) | 7.2 | (0.07) | |||||||||||
| Black | 9,147 | (31.6) | 13.1 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.0 | (0.24) | 25.6 | (0.33) | 29.2 | (0.34) | 10.7 | (0.21) | 24.5 | (0.31) | 14.3 | (0.24) | 8.1 | (0.19) | 2.1 | (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 17,418 | (20.6) | 24.9 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.6 | (0.24) | 26.8 | (0.21) | 21.3 | (0.18) | 7.9 | (0.12) | 18.5 | (0.23) | 11.6 | (0.17) | 4.9 | (0.11) | 2.0 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 3,347 | (14.5) | 4.8 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 7.3 | (0.28) | 9.9 | (0.32) | 9.7 | (0.30) | 6.3 | (0.26) | 66.7 | (0.43) | 28.3 | (0.37) | 24.5 | (0.41) | 14.0 | (0.30) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 119 | (3.6) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 8.9 | (1.33) | 31.5 | (2.48) | 30.8 | (2.42) | 10.2 | (1.76) | 18.7 | (1.88) | 13.1 | (1.60) | 4.9 | (1.17) | 0.7 | ! | (0.33) | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 499 | (7.8) | 0.7 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.0 | (0.69) | 27.6 | (0.92) | 30.8 | (0.99) | 11.4 | (0.53) | 20.1 | (0.86) | 12.8 | (0.78) | 5.8 | (0.46) | 1.6 | (0.26) | |||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 230 | (7.8) | 0.3 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.5 | (1.07) | 19.8 | (1.28) | 24.8 | (1.71) | 7.0 | (0.98) | 37.9 | (1.86) | 17.4 | (1.47) | 13.2 | (1.29) | 7.3 | (0.78) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 3,276 | (28.3) | 4.7 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 5.4 | (0.25) | 15.6 | (0.37) | 23.8 | (0.39) | 10.8 | (0.28) | 44.3 | (0.45) | 23.0 | (0.39) | 14.4 | (0.34) | 7.0 | (0.21) | |||||||||||
| Household type, by race/ethnicity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Two-parent household | 45,631 | (80.3) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.4 | (0.08) | 13.4 | (0.10) | 17.5 | (0.11) | 10.6 | (0.08) | 52.0 | (0.19) | 27.0 | (0.12) | 17.3 | (0.12) | 7.8 | (0.08) | |||||||||||
| White | 27,060 | (56.6) | 59.3 | (0.10) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.8 | (0.06) | 9.9 | (0.11) | 16.4 | (0.13) | 11.5 | (0.10) | 60.4 | (0.20) | 31.5 | (0.16) | 20.1 | (0.14) | 8.9 | (0.10) | |||||||||||
| Black | 3,118 | (36.2) | 6.8 | (0.08) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.6 | (0.26) | 14.2 | (0.45) | 24.1 | (0.62) | 13.2 | (0.44) | 45.8 | (0.66) | 24.2 | (0.52) | 16.7 | (0.47) | 4.9 | (0.24) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 10,206 | (45.0) | 22.4 | (0.08) | 100.0 | (†) | 20.8 | (0.28) | 24.7 | (0.27) | 20.8 | (0.25) | 8.7 | (0.18) | 25.0 | (0.32) | 14.9 | (0.24) | 7.1 | (0.16) | 3.0 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 2,861 | (16.0) | 6.3 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 6.0 | (0.27) | 8.3 | (0.32) | 8.2 | (0.26) | 5.7 | (0.26) | 71.8 | (0.45) | 29.3 | (0.42) | 26.9 | (0.44) | 15.6 | (0.34) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 71 | (3.3) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 3.0 | (0.84) | 27.4 | (2.97) | 36.9 | (3.44) | 13.0 | (2.67) | 19.6 | (2.45) | 14.4 | (2.27) | 4.5 | ! | (1.54) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 238 | (6.4) | 0.5 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 2.8 | (0.46) | 20.6 | (1.21) | 29.2 | (1.48) | 15.7 | (1.08) | 31.7 | (1.42) | 19.3 | (1.24) | 9.7 | (0.83) | 2.8 | (0.47) | |||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 145 | (6.1) | 0.3 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 8.1 | (1.43) | 14.4 | (1.39) | 21.7 | (2.14) | 6.7 | (1.15) | 49.1 | (2.54) | 20.1 | (1.78) | 18.5 | (1.86) | 10.5 | (1.30) | |||||||||||
| Two or more races | 1,931 | (20.1) | 4.2 | (0.04) | 100.0 | (†) | 1.5 | (0.19) | 8.5 | (0.33) | 18.0 | (0.49) | 10.4 | (0.38) | 61.7 | (0.60) | 29.7 | (0.58) | 21.1 | (0.55) | 10.8 | (0.35) | |||||||||||
| Single-parent household | 24,247 | (88.7) | 100.0 | (†) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.8 | (0.17) | 29.4 | (0.19) | 26.9 | (0.17) | 9.3 | (0.12) | 16.6 | (0.15) | 11.2 | (0.12) | 4.1 | (0.08) | 1.2 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| White | 8,781 | (49.2) | 36.2 | (0.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 9.9 | (0.18) | 28.6 | (0.29) | 26.9 | (0.29) | 11.1 | (0.19) | 23.5 | (0.26) | 15.4 | (0.22) | 6.0 | (0.14) | 2.1 | (0.09) | |||||||||||
| Black | 6,029 | (34.8) | 24.9 | (0.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 13.8 | (0.34) | 31.5 | (0.43) | 31.8 | (0.40) | 9.4 | (0.24) | 13.5 | (0.28) | 9.2 | (0.24) | 3.7 | (0.14) | 0.7 | (0.06) | |||||||||||
| Hispanic | 7,212 | (42.7) | 29.7 | (0.13) | 100.0 | (†) | 32.3 | (0.36) | 29.8 | (0.34) | 22.1 | (0.30) | 6.7 | (0.18) | 9.2 | (0.22) | 6.9 | (0.20) | 1.7 | (0.09) | 0.5 | (0.04) | |||||||||||
| Asian | 486 | (11.4) | 2.0 | (0.05) | 100.0 | (†) | 14.9 | (0.97) | 19.4 | (0.92) | 19.0 | (1.09) | 9.9 | (0.74) | 36.8 | (1.01) | 22.5 | (0.82) | 10.3 | (0.73) | 4.1 | (0.44) | |||||||||||
| Pacific Islander | 48 | (3.2) | 0.2 | (0.01) | 100.0 | (†) | 17.5 | (2.97) | 37.5 | (4.32) | 21.8 | (3.21) | 6.1 | (1.57) | 17.2 | (3.01) | 11.0 | (2.48) | 5.4 | ! | (1.89) | ‡ | (†) | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 261 | (6.7) | 1.1 | (0.03) | 100.0 | (†) | 16.6 | (1.15) | 34.0 | (1.46) | 32.3 | (1.64) | 7.4 | (0.60) | 9.7 | (0.95) | 7.0 | (0.85) | 2.2 | (0.41) | 0.5 | ! | (0.16) | ||||||||||
| Some other race4 | 85 | (5.0) | 0.3 | (0.02) | 100.0 | (†) | 14.5 | (2.07) | 29.0 | (2.57) | 30.1 | (2.94) | 7.6 | (1.51) | 18.7 | (2.32) | 12.9 | (2.04) | 4.0 | (0.83) | 1.9 | ! | (0.60) | ||||||||||
| Two or more races | 1,344 | (23.3) | 5.5 | (0.09) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.9 | (0.54) | 25.9 | (0.69) | 32.3 | (0.75) | 11.5 | (0.46) | 19.4 | (0.58) | 13.3 | (0.51) | 4.7 | (0.30) | 1.4 | (0.15) | |||||||||||
| †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 Parents include adoptive and stepparents, but exclude 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. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Includes parents with professional degrees. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Table includes only children under age 18 who resided with at least one of their parents (including an adoptive or stepparent). Children in single-parent households resided with only one parent, while those in two-parent households resided with two parents. Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States. 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), 2010 and 2016. (This table was prepared November 2017.) |
