Number and percentage distribution of children under age 18 and under age 6, by living arrangement, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2021

(45KB)

Table 102.20.

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Age and race/ethnicity	Number of children (in thousands)		Percentage distribution of children		Percentage distribution of children, by living arrangement
					Total		Children living with parent(s) or related to householder¹								All other children²
					Total		Married-couple household		Female householder, no spouse present			Male householder, no spouse present			All other children²
1	2		3		4		5		6			7			8
All children under age 18
Total	73,397	(23.5)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	64.0	(0.11)	25.8		(0.10)	8.2		(0.06)	2.0		(0.03)
White	35,175	(20.5)	47.9	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	74.4	(0.14)	16.4		(0.11)	7.3		(0.08)	1.9		(0.04)
Black	9,311	(31.4)	12.7	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	34.7	(0.38)	54.1		(0.35)	8.7		(0.22)	2.5		(0.12)
Hispanic	18,849	(8.7)	25.7	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	56.6	(0.25)	31.4		(0.25)	10.1		(0.13)	2.0		(0.05)
Cuban	468	(13.1)	0.6	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	59.4	(1.20)	28.4		(1.16)	9.5		(0.77)	2.7		(0.51)
Dominican	710	(16.0)	1.0	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	43.0	(1.16)	46.1		(1.29)	8.9		(0.64)	1.9		(0.34)
Mexican	11,833	(40.4)	16.1	(0.05)	100.0	(†)	58.3	(0.30)	29.9		(0.30)	10.0		(0.17)	1.8		(0.06)
Puerto Rican	1,691	(21.5)	2.3	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	45.8	(0.80)	41.8		(0.80)	10.3		(0.51)	2.1		(0.18)
Spaniard	259	(9.3)	0.4	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	66.6	(1.74)	24.5		(1.61)	8.0		(0.97)	0.9		(0.23)
Central American	1,918	(29.1)	2.6	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	52.9	(0.74)	31.6		(0.71)	12.7		(0.43)	2.9		(0.24)
Costa Rican	44	(4.5)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	69.9	(4.71)	21.2		(4.38)	6.3	!	(2.11)	‡		(†)
Guatemalan	579	(15.0)	0.8	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	53.8	(1.10)	29.7		(1.11)	13.0		(0.79)	3.5		(0.44)
Honduran	375	(13.6)	0.5	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	46.8	(1.49)	36.0		(1.64)	13.6		(0.93)	3.5		(0.60)
Nicaraguan	122	(7.0)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	58.4	(3.03)	31.3		(3.07)	8.3		(1.61)	2.0	!	(0.76)
Panamanian	62	(5.1)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	54.7	(3.61)	36.5		(3.57)	7.5	!	(2.49)	‡		(†)
Salvadoran	728	(17.4)	1.0	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	53.4	(1.27)	30.9		(1.14)	13.5		(0.82)	2.3		(0.32)
Other Central American	9	(1.7)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	42.2	(8.57)	43.3		(9.18)	13.0	!	(6.46)	‡		(†)
South American	1,001	(17.1)	1.4	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	68.7	(0.90)	23.1		(0.85)	7.0		(0.45)	1.2		(0.14)
Chilean	49	(4.6)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	74.8	(3.51)	17.3		(2.93)	6.6	!	(2.07)	‡		(†)
Colombian	312	(9.7)	0.4	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	67.4	(1.57)	24.7		(1.63)	6.9		(0.63)	1.0		(0.22)
Ecuadorian	224	(9.0)	0.3	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	64.8	(2.08)	25.9		(1.74)	7.9		(1.01)	1.5		(0.33)
Peruvian	155	(6.8)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	66.6	(2.30)	24.3		(2.08)	7.9		(1.04)	1.2		(0.34)
Venezuelan	137	(7.0)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	74.6	(2.34)	19.6		(2.31)	4.4		(1.00)	1.4	!	(0.56)
Other South American	124	(6.9)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	72.7	(2.31)	18.5		(1.83)	7.9		(1.59)	‡		(†)
Other Hispanic	968	(18.9)	1.3	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	55.5	(1.16)	31.4		(0.97)	10.4		(0.61)	2.7		(0.25)
Asian	3,626	(17.5)	4.9	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	84.6	(0.34)	10.3		(0.27)	4.1		(0.19)	1.0		(0.07)
Chinese³	692	(11.2)	0.9	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	81.9	(0.82)	12.6		(0.77)	4.2		(0.35)	1.4		(0.19)
Filipino	421	(10.8)	0.6	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	79.5	(0.88)	14.2		(0.82)	4.7		(0.48)	1.5		(0.23)
Japanese	63	(3.7)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	85.7	(2.06)	9.3		(1.70)	3.5		(0.91)	1.6	!	(0.56)
Korean	204	(6.9)	0.3	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	90.0	(0.94)	6.5		(0.73)	2.5		(0.50)	0.9	!	(0.32)
South Asian	1,308	(15.1)	1.8	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	93.1	(0.41)	4.2		(0.27)	2.3		(0.25)	0.4		(0.07)
Asian Indian	1,024	(13.3)	1.4	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	93.7	(0.42)	3.5		(0.27)	2.4		(0.27)	0.3		(0.07)
Bangladeshi	69	(5.0)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	96.0	(1.13)	2.2	!	(0.88)	1.5	!	(0.71)	‡		(†)
Bhutanese	6	(1.4)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	79.4	(8.80)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nepalese	54	(4.2)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	88.6	(2.51)	7.6		(2.28)	2.6	!	(1.10)	‡		(†)
Pakistani	143	(6.8)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	89.1	(1.35)	8.3		(1.20)	1.9	!	(0.76)	0.7	!	(0.24)
Sri Lankan	12	(1.7)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	98.6	(1.04)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Southeast Asian	626	(12.3)	0.9	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	71.5	(1.07)	19.5		(0.93)	7.8		(0.66)	1.2		(0.20)
Burmese	73	(4.3)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	82.6	(3.01)	14.4		(2.76)	2.4	!	(1.11)	‡		(†)
Cambodian	50	(4.0)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	49.5	(4.44)	36.0		(4.51)	12.0		(3.03)	2.4	!	(0.88)
Hmong	120	(5.5)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	58.0	(3.03)	24.4		(2.99)	16.5		(2.37)	1.1	!	(0.49)
Laotian	24	(2.8)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	62.8	(6.29)	24.4		(4.93)	12.2	!	(3.94)	‡		(†)
Thai	18	(2.1)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	72.9	(5.68)	18.3		(4.52)	6.7	!	(2.75)	2.1	!	(1.02)
Vietnamese	327	(9.4)	0.4	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	77.2	(1.17)	16.4		(1.05)	5.1		(0.47)	1.3		(0.28)
Other Southeast Asian⁴	14	(1.9)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	90.3	(3.33)	9.1	!	(3.31)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Asian	314	(8.6)	0.4	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	84.1	(1.01)	9.7		(0.83)	4.9		(0.57)	1.3	!	(0.41)
Pacific Islander	140	(4.4)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	58.8	(2.82)	24.7		(2.24)	11.9		(1.87)	4.5	!	(1.39)
American Indian/Alaska Native	449	(6.9)	0.6	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	41.7	(1.02)	40.0		(1.04)	14.0		(0.92)	4.4		(0.36)
Some other race⁵	581	(17.0)	0.8	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	64.4	(1.24)	21.6		(1.19)	9.3		(0.88)	4.7		(0.53)
Two or more races	5,266	(38.6)	7.2	(0.05)	100.0	(†)	61.4	(0.34)	28.9		(0.27)	7.9		(0.21)	1.9		(0.12)
White and Black	1,734	(24.8)	2.4	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	44.8	(0.61)	44.2		(0.67)	8.4		(0.38)	2.6		(0.18)
White and Asian	1,205	(13.2)	1.6	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	81.4	(0.57)	12.0		(0.45)	5.9		(0.31)	0.7		(0.09)
White and American Indian/ Alaska Native	659	(11.2)	0.9	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	63.4	(0.82)	24.7		(0.69)	10.2		(0.54)	1.8		(0.23)
Other races	1,669	(23.9)	2.3	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	63.4	(0.76)	26.8		(0.62)	7.9		(0.40)	2.0		(0.21)
Children under age 6
Total	22,494	(27.3)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	64.8	(0.20)	25.2		(0.17)	8.2		(0.10)	1.9		(0.05)
White	10,620	(18.9)	47.2	(0.07)	100.0	(†)	77.0	(0.22)	14.6		(0.18)	6.8		(0.12)	1.6		(0.06)
Black	2,803	(21.9)	12.5	(0.10)	100.0	(†)	32.8	(0.57)	55.9		(0.55)	9.1		(0.31)	2.3		(0.20)
Hispanic	5,826	(15.4)	25.9	(0.06)	100.0	(†)	55.2	(0.42)	31.6		(0.38)	11.1		(0.22)	2.0		(0.10)
Cuban	157	(6.3)	0.7	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	58.5	(2.20)	26.5		(1.81)	12.0		(1.49)	2.9		(0.59)
Dominican	244	(8.4)	1.1	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	43.9	(1.70)	44.6		(1.90)	9.6		(1.06)	1.9		(0.49)
Mexican	3,547	(21.0)	15.8	(0.09)	100.0	(†)	55.9	(0.53)	31.1		(0.45)	11.2		(0.29)	1.8		(0.12)
Puerto Rican	525	(10.4)	2.3	(0.05)	100.0	(†)	45.3	(1.27)	41.3		(1.34)	11.2		(0.81)	2.2		(0.33)
Spaniard	88	(4.7)	0.4	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	67.8	(3.04)	22.2		(2.81)	9.1		(1.91)	0.9	!	(0.45)
Central American	655	(15.1)	2.9	(0.07)	100.0	(†)	53.0	(1.07)	30.7		(0.98)	13.6		(0.69)	2.7		(0.36)
Costa Rican	15	(2.4)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	79.4	(6.08)	12.1	!	(4.40)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Guatemalan	194	(7.4)	0.9	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	53.1	(1.71)	29.6		(1.70)	14.5		(1.32)	2.8		(0.59)
Honduran	137	(6.5)	0.6	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	47.1	(2.41)	33.8		(2.39)	16.1		(1.71)	3.0		(0.82)
Nicaraguan	41	(3.7)	0.2	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	64.3	(4.19)	27.4		(3.94)	6.7		(1.86)	‡		(†)
Panamanian	20	(2.3)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	62.3	(6.07)	31.0		(5.70)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Salvadoran	244	(9.1)	1.1	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	52.1	(1.85)	31.2		(1.75)	14.2		(1.22)	2.5		(0.59)
Other Central American	‡	(†)	#	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
South American	307	(10.0)	1.4	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	72.0	(1.34)	20.3		(1.27)	6.9		(0.74)	0.8		(0.19)
Chilean	18	(2.6)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	82.6	(4.48)	8.6	!	(2.98)	6.1	!	(2.78)	‡		(†)
Colombian	99	(5.0)	0.4	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	68.8	(2.33)	23.4		(2.17)	7.5		(1.20)	‡		(†)
Ecuadorian	67	(4.8)	0.3	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	66.8	(3.31)	22.6		(2.82)	9.5		(2.01)	‡		(†)
Peruvian	46	(3.1)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	65.0	(3.50)	26.2		(3.42)	7.2		(1.74)	‡		(†)
Venezuelan	40	(3.6)	0.2	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	81.8	(3.28)	13.3		(3.13)	4.9	!	(2.03)	‡		(†)
Other South American	37	(3.2)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	83.4	(2.16)	13.7		(2.21)	2.5	!	(1.21)	‡		(†)
Other Hispanic	304	(7.9)	1.4	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	56.1	(1.75)	30.5		(1.37)	10.7		(1.08)	2.7		(0.45)
Asian	1,101	(9.7)	4.9	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	86.3	(0.51)	8.7		(0.42)	4.2		(0.32)	0.8		(0.13)
Chinese³	193	(5.6)	0.9	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	85.5	(1.17)	9.7		(1.04)	3.9		(0.62)	0.9		(0.26)
Filipino	102	(5.1)	0.5	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	80.2	(1.73)	13.9		(1.52)	4.3		(0.73)	1.6	!	(0.48)
Japanese	23	(2.2)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	89.6	(2.33)	6.1	!	(2.10)	‡		(†)	3.2	!	(1.28)
Korean	56	(3.1)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	89.1	(1.99)	5.3		(1.16)	4.3	!	(1.41)	‡		(†)
South Asian	435	(8.4)	1.9	(0.04)	100.0	(†)	94.0	(0.54)	3.3		(0.35)	2.3		(0.34)	0.4	!	(0.14)
Asian Indian	331	(7.6)	1.5	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	94.7	(0.62)	2.5		(0.38)	2.6		(0.42)	0.2	!	(0.10)
Bangladeshi	24	(2.6)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	95.0	(2.24)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Bhutanese	‡	(†)	#	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Nepalese	23	(2.5)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	91.6	(2.46)	3.5	!	(1.51)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Pakistani	50	(3.3)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	90.2	(1.82)	8.3		(1.89)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Sri Lankan	4	(0.8)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	100.0	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Southeast Asian	179	(7.4)	0.8	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	70.6	(1.60)	19.2		(1.50)	9.5		(1.16)	0.6	!	(0.21)
Burmese	24	(2.4)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	82.9	(3.86)	14.4		(3.85)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Cambodian	16	(1.7)	0.1	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	41.9	(6.41)	43.6		(7.30)	11.7	!	(4.02)	‡		(†)
Hmong	42	(2.9)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	53.5	(4.08)	22.8		(3.68)	23.5		(3.86)	‡		(†)
Laotian	5	(0.8)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	54.8	(8.71)	36.5		(8.37)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Thai	5	(1.0)	#	(†)	100.0	(†)	80.0	(7.91)	7.7	!	(3.22)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Vietnamese	85	(5.2)	0.4	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	80.3	(2.01)	14.6		(1.89)	4.7		(0.87)	‡		(†)
Other Southeast Asian⁴	‡	(†)	#	(†)	‡	(†)	‡	(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
Other Asian	113	(4.5)	0.5	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	86.1	(1.71)	8.6		(1.33)	3.8		(0.73)	‡		(†)
Pacific Islander	41	(2.3)	0.2	(0.01)	100.0	(†)	53.2	(3.95)	29.1		(3.12)	10.8		(2.39)	6.9	!	(2.37)
American Indian/Alaska Native	124	(3.5)	0.5	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	37.0	(1.65)	41.4		(1.75)	16.2		(1.37)	5.3		(0.81)
Some other race⁵	198	(7.9)	0.9	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	64.9	(1.59)	20.0		(1.49)	7.7		(0.96)	7.3		(1.12)
Two or more races	1,781	(20.4)	7.9	(0.09)	100.0	(†)	62.1	(0.54)	28.3		(0.50)	7.9		(0.35)	1.8		(0.17)
White and Black	618	(13.2)	2.7	(0.06)	100.0	(†)	43.1	(0.95)	45.2		(1.06)	8.8		(0.59)	2.8		(0.32)
White and Asian	431	(6.7)	1.9	(0.03)	100.0	(†)	85.7	(0.73)	9.1		(0.59)	4.9		(0.46)	0.3	!	(0.09)
White and American Indian/ Alaska Native	190	(5.1)	0.8	(0.02)	100.0	(†)	63.3	(1.34)	25.6		(1.26)	10.1		(0.84)	1.0		(0.30)
Other races	543	(12.6)	2.4	(0.06)	100.0	(†)	64.4	(1.10)	25.3		(0.90)	8.3		(0.67)	1.9		(0.38)

†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.

¹Includes 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.

²Includes foster children, children in unrelated subfamilies, children living in group quarters, and children who were reported as the householder or spouse of the householder.

³Includes Taiwanese.

⁴Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.

⁵Consists of 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). The data source for this table changed from the Current Population Survey to the American Community Survey for Digest 2022. Comparison should not be made with the prior version of the table. 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), 2021. (This table was prepared November 2022.)

2022 Tables and Figures

All Years of Tables and Figures

Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest

Download Excel Excel format

(45KB)