Digest of Education Statistics
2022 Tables and Figures All Years of Tables and Figures Most Recent Full Issue of the Digest


Table 102.62. Percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty, by parents' highest level of educational attainment, child's race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2010 and 2021
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and race/ethnicity Percent in poverty, all children under age 18 who resided with at least one parent1 Percent of children in poverty, by highest level of education attained by any parent residing with child1
Less than high school completion High school completion2 Some college, no degree Associate's degree Bachelor's or higher degree
Total Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's
degree3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
2010                                                      
Total 20.8   (0.13) 53.4   (0.33) 32.3   (0.25) 23.0   (0.22) 12.7   (0.27) 4.3   (0.08) 5.6   (0.12) 2.8   (0.10) 2.1   (0.13)
White 12.5   (0.12) 48.8   (0.75) 24.6   (0.31) 17.1   (0.25) 8.8   (0.23) 3.2   (0.08) 4.1   (0.13) 2.1   (0.10) 1.5   (0.14)
Black 37.6   (0.39) 72.8   (0.76) 49.0   (0.65) 36.9   (0.72) 23.9   (0.99) 8.0   (0.37) 10.0   (0.51) 4.6   (0.57) 4.7   (1.12)

Hispanic
31.8   (0.23) 50.6   (0.42) 34.1   (0.44) 24.8   (0.50) 16.4   (0.68) 7.9   (0.33) 9.5   (0.45) 4.9   (0.55) 4.9   (0.73)
Cuban 18.6   (1.12) 52.3   (5.24) 27.0   (2.56) 21.9   (2.80) 11.4   (2.21) 6.7   (1.07) 9.5   (1.77) 2.2 ! (0.99) 3.4 ! (1.52)
Dominican 33.9   (1.22) 50.9   (3.29) 46.5   (2.73) 32.2   (2.61) 11.1   (2.60) 11.1   (1.91) 14.2   (2.60)   (†)   (†)
Mexican 33.8   (0.28) 50.7   (0.49) 34.4   (0.53) 24.9   (0.62) 15.8   (0.90) 8.1   (0.44) 9.1   (0.58) 5.7   (0.91) 5.9   (1.19)
Puerto Rican 33.3   (0.78) 68.6   (2.06) 38.7   (1.44) 29.0   (1.42) 23.7   (2.50) 7.9   (0.83) 9.9   (1.20) 5.1 ! (1.58)   (†)
Spaniard 16.9   (1.58) 44.1   (8.89) 30.9   (4.83) 21.6   (3.34) 17.0 ! (5.73) 3.4 ! (1.05) 3.9 ! (1.28)   (†)   (†)
Central American4 26.8   (0.79) 40.0   (1.44) 26.8   (1.63) 19.7   (1.62) 10.0   (1.87) 9.5   (1.33) 11.8   (1.86) 4.4 ! (1.85) 8.1 ! (3.51)
Costa Rican 18.9   (3.67)   (†) 28.7 ! (9.73) 29.7   (8.13)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Guatemalan 31.2   (1.67) 50.2   (2.44) 27.4   (3.45) 22.4   (3.74) 11.0 ! (3.37) 8.3   (1.99) 11.5   (3.40)   (†)   (†)
Honduran 33.5   (2.15) 41.0   (3.44) 37.0   (4.44) 25.8   (4.58) 12.4 ! (5.46) 19.4   (4.59) 24.5   (6.06)   (†)   (†)
Nicaraguan 21.6   (2.96) 51.2   (7.70) 29.2   (5.70) 20.1   (5.13)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Panamanian 15.5   (3.54)   (†) 41.9 ! (17.94) 15.7 ! (5.31)   (†) 8.9 ! (3.92) 18.3 ! (7.25)   (†)   (†)
Salvadoran 23.8   (1.09) 33.6   (2.28) 20.7   (2.13) 15.4   (2.26) 9.9   (2.87) 11.9   (2.65) 11.3   (2.71)   (†)   (†)
South American 17.0   (0.77) 41.7   (3.69) 25.7   (1.99) 18.4   (1.80) 16.5   (2.61) 7.4   (0.82) 9.8   (1.22) 3.6   (0.94) 5.1 ! (1.58)
Chilean 10.9   (3.02)   (†) 13.2 ! (5.94) 23.0 ! (10.50)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Colombian 13.8   (1.29) 37.1   (8.57) 24.6   (3.47) 16.3   (2.92) 10.2 ! (3.53) 6.0   (1.26) 7.5   (1.88) 3.2 ! (1.45)   (†)
Ecuadorian 24.2   (2.05) 42.4   (4.95) 29.8   (4.40) 21.9   (4.73) 17.2   (4.90) 9.8   (2.85) 11.5 ! (4.06)   (†)   (†)
Peruvian 17.9   (2.17) 65.0   (11.70) 22.9   (4.15) 17.1   (4.07) 10.5 ! (4.43) 11.4   (2.43) 13.8   (2.98)   (†)   (†)
Venezuelan 17.1   (3.20)   (†) 37.8 ! (12.96)   (†) 61.0   (11.07) 7.3   (1.84) 8.3 ! (2.75)   (†)   (†)
Other South American 14.0   (1.89) 33.0   (8.91) 24.5   (6.93) 20.6   (4.29) 10.8 ! (5.38) 4.5 ! (1.40) 8.3 ! (2.85)   (†)   (†)
Other Hispanic 28.2   (1.18) 52.8   (3.10) 34.7   (2.38) 24.9   (2.09) 18.2   (3.39) 7.5   (1.25) 9.2   (1.79) 6.0 ! (2.32) 3.6 ! (1.52)

Asian
12.0   (0.30) 41.7   (1.71) 24.3   (1.26) 15.2   (0.99) 11.0   (1.09) 5.2   (0.27) 7.0   (0.43) 4.1   (0.37) 2.7   (0.35)
Chinese5 9.5   (0.53) 32.0   (2.77) 23.5   (2.60) 12.8   (2.11) 9.5   (2.17) 3.8   (0.39) 6.1   (0.92) 3.1   (0.66) 2.4   (0.56)
Filipino 5.2   (0.71) 10.6 ! (4.73) 12.4   (3.03) 9.1   (1.83) 7.6 ! (2.61) 2.8   (0.59) 2.9   (0.67)   (†)   (†)
Japanese 4.5   (1.14)   (†) 26.9 ! (10.91)   (†)   (†) 2.7 ! (0.91) 3.7 ! (1.45)   (†)   (†)
Korean 12.9   (0.99)   (†) 16.9   (4.85) 18.2   (5.18) 6.0 ! (2.17) 11.7   (1.16) 14.9   (1.66) 10.7   (1.70) 6.6   (1.86)
South Asian6 9.9   (0.63) 50.7   (4.76) 26.9   (3.38) 22.7   (3.92) 17.7   (3.66) 4.9   (0.49) 8.7   (1.16) 3.2   (0.53) 1.6 ! (0.50)
Asian Indian 7.6   (0.61) 49.2   (5.88) 25.0   (4.31) 22.9   (4.32) 13.0 ! (4.52) 3.6   (0.49) 7.4   (1.25) 1.9   (0.42) 0.9 ! (0.45)
Bangladeshi 30.0   (4.25) 79.5   (9.81)   (†)   (†)   (†) 21.3   (4.96) 24.8 ! (7.93) 23.5 ! (8.18)   (†)
Bhutanese ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Nepalese ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Pakistani 19.2   (2.33) 43.5   (10.91) 33.9   (6.31)   (†) 30.5 ! (10.37) 11.1   (2.00) 12.2   (3.16) 12.0 ! (3.80)   (†)
Southeast Asian 21.4   (0.91) 43.0   (2.51) 27.5   (2.04) 16.1   (1.74) 12.1   (2.36) 7.0   (1.07) 8.0   (1.32) 6.0   (1.55)   (†)
Burmese ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†) ---   (†)
Cambodian 27.2   (3.09) 57.0   (6.67) 31.3   (7.65) 19.3 ! (6.53)   (†) 4.7 ! (2.22)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Hmong 39.5   (3.68) 70.2   (6.78) 39.2   (6.62) 16.5 ! (5.47) 20.6 ! (8.76) 13.7 ! (6.32) 19.3 ! (8.84)   (†)   (†)
Laotian 19.0   (3.16) 27.7 ! (8.40) 26.7   (6.08) 14.4   (4.29)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Thai 23.2   (6.73)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Vietnamese 15.9   (1.01) 28.2   (2.48) 22.9   (2.47) 15.7   (2.27) 10.1   (2.52) 5.2   (0.96) 5.9   (1.07)   (†)   (†)
Other Southeast Asian7 22.9   (5.69)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 17.1 ! (5.22) 15.2 ! (7.06) 22.8 ! (8.78)   (†)
Other Asian 15.9   (1.29) 54.3   (6.45) 23.8   (4.15) 21.1   (4.47) 12.1   (3.55) 5.6   (0.96) 6.1   (1.51) 6.3 ! (2.46) 3.4 ! (1.54)

Pacific Islander
22.4   (2.29) 68.3   (9.33) 23.6   (3.90) 18.7   (3.45) 21.8   (6.17) 11.7 ! (5.04) 13.5 ! (6.66)   (†)   (†)

American Indian/Alaska Native8
33.9   (1.16) 65.0   (2.96) 42.0   (2.30) 29.8   (1.88) 20.1   (2.76) 12.6   (2.24) 14.6   (3.03) 6.0 ! (2.77) 15.2 ! (5.64)
American Indian 35.4   (1.24) 66.7   (2.92) 44.5   (2.58) 31.1   (2.16) 19.8   (2.96) 12.6   (2.63) 14.5   (3.55) 3.6 ! (1.81) 22.1 ! (8.12)
Alaska Native 25.3   (3.55) 61.6   (12.23) 32.1   (5.12) 15.8 ! (5.45)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)

Some other race9
19.3   (1.63) 41.5   (6.50) 30.9   (4.30) 22.9   (4.49) 9.0 ! (4.28) 6.6 ! (2.05) 13.8 ! (4.15)   (†)   (†)
Two or more races 21.0   (0.49) 57.8   (2.04) 35.8   (1.38) 27.1   (0.77) 18.0   (1.38) 5.3   (0.39) 7.2   (0.60) 3.4   (0.45) 1.7 ! (0.52)

2021
                                                     
Total 16.3   (0.13) 43.2   (0.45) 29.9   (0.27) 21.2   (0.29) 13.4   (0.33) 4.5   (0.09) 6.0   (0.14) 3.0   (0.13) 2.3   (0.14)
White 10.1   (0.11) 39.7   (1.05) 24.6   (0.38) 16.2   (0.35) 9.5   (0.36) 3.2   (0.09) 4.3   (0.14) 2.1   (0.13) 1.7   (0.15)
Black 30.4   (0.43) 58.9   (1.50) 45.2   (0.83) 33.5   (0.88) 24.6   (1.08) 8.9   (0.46) 11.7   (0.68) 5.9   (0.52) 4.6   (0.88)

Hispanic
22.7   (0.23) 41.1   (0.54) 27.7   (0.49) 21.2   (0.45) 15.3   (0.68) 6.7   (0.26) 8.4   (0.37) 4.0   (0.35) 4.3   (0.52)
Cuban 14.7   (0.97) 37.0   (5.30) 27.9   (2.99) 17.3   (2.75) 14.7   (3.74) 5.7   (0.89) 7.1   (1.46) 4.9   (1.38) 3.0 ! (1.13)
Dominican 25.8   (1.14) 46.0   (3.52) 31.9   (2.37) 27.7   (2.87) 24.4   (3.10) 11.0   (1.75) 12.8   (2.40) 5.7 ! (2.33) 14.7 ! (5.85)
Mexican 22.9   (0.30) 39.0   (0.68) 26.8   (0.64) 20.5   (0.54) 14.0   (0.72) 6.2   (0.33) 7.5   (0.44) 4.0   (0.53) 3.5   (0.64)
Puerto Rican 25.0   (0.75) 59.0   (3.38) 36.3   (1.62) 26.6   (1.52) 20.9   (2.35) 6.9   (0.67) 8.5   (0.87) 4.7   (0.99) 4.3 ! (1.57)
Spaniard 14.9   (1.31) 52.0   (8.00) 28.0   (4.24) 25.3   (4.63) 17.2   (3.80) 4.1 ! (1.34) 6.7 ! (2.39)   (†)   (†)
Central American 26.2   (0.65) 44.1   (1.36) 26.2   (1.35) 18.0   (1.61) 12.3   (1.96) 7.7   (0.89) 10.4   (1.46) 3.9   (1.08) 2.6 ! (0.89)
Costa Rican 9.5 ! (3.40)   (†)   (†) 10.6 ! (5.22)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Guatemalan 31.0   (1.29) 46.0   (2.12) 29.2   (2.89) 18.7   (2.25) 17.0   (4.94) 7.8   (1.72) 11.9   (2.98)   (†)   (†)
Honduran 34.3   (1.69) 49.2   (2.88) 35.0   (3.65) 28.5   (4.86) 22.0   (5.97) 9.6   (2.39) 12.3   (3.10)   (†)   (†)
Nicaraguan 15.9   (2.30) 34.9   (9.53) 23.0   (5.38) 16.5 ! (6.95) 6.9 ! (3.33) 9.5   (2.25) 9.1 ! (3.28) 11.8 ! (5.08)   (†)
Panamanian 12.3   (2.39)   (†) 29.8 ! (9.83) 11.7 ! (5.00)   (†) 4.3 ! (2.12)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Salvadoran 22.3   (1.07) 39.0   (2.32) 20.9   (2.07) 14.3   (2.32) 8.7   (2.56) 6.6   (1.80) 9.2   (2.72)   (†)   (†)
Other Central American 33.5 ! (10.43)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
South American 13.0   (0.71) 30.4   (3.76) 21.0   (2.18) 19.4   (2.48) 9.4   (1.65) 7.8   (0.88) 11.0   (1.36) 3.5   (0.89) 6.2 ! (2.03)
Chilean 10.5   (2.78)   (†) 19.3 ! (9.47)   (†)   (†) 3.6 ! (1.78)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Colombian 13.3   (1.28) 50.3   (9.64) 22.6   (4.82) 21.1   (4.20) 10.4   (2.91) 6.8   (1.10) 10.5   (2.12) 2.0 ! (0.95) 5.9 ! (2.30)
Ecuadorian 15.2   (1.52) 28.4   (5.15) 20.0   (3.66) 23.1   (5.67)   (†) 6.1   (1.65) 7.5 ! (2.42)   (†)   (†)
Peruvian 12.9   (1.56) 27.8 ! (11.10) 21.4   (5.33) 18.1   (4.77) 10.6 ! (4.08) 7.8   (1.82) 9.5   (2.75)   (†)   (†)
Venezuelan 14.1   (2.60)   (†) 24.9 ! (11.75) 11.5 ! (5.57) 5.8 ! (2.36) 14.2   (3.06) 20.4   (4.74)   (†)   (†)
Other South American 8.5   (1.46)   (†) 17.3 ! (6.18) 13.8 ! (6.43)   (†) 5.2   (1.36) 6.5 ! (1.95) 7.2 ! (3.44)   (†)
Other Hispanic 22.5   (0.84) 47.9   (3.00) 29.5   (1.99) 20.8   (1.93) 17.6   (3.20) 5.5   (0.76) 6.6   (1.26) 4.4   (1.10) 3.2 ! (1.20)

Asian
9.5   (0.28) 33.0   (1.83) 24.1   (1.37) 16.5   (1.25) 10.9   (1.32) 4.7   (0.23) 6.4   (0.43) 4.0   (0.30) 2.6   (0.40)
Chinese5 11.0   (0.59) 36.5   (3.52) 25.2   (2.28) 18.5   (3.10) 17.8   (3.38) 4.9   (0.56) 8.9   (1.12) 4.2   (1.06) 1.2 ! (0.41)
Filipino 4.6   (0.48) 21.3 ! (9.28) 10.5   (2.32) 8.0   (2.21) 3.7 ! (1.62) 2.9   (0.42) 2.8   (0.49) 3.3 ! (1.19) 3.2 ! (1.43)
Japanese 5.2   (1.27)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†) 4.4   (1.28) 3.3 ! (1.38) 6.9 ! (2.87)   (†)
Korean 8.5   (0.96)   (†) 22.8 ! (9.17) 26.8   (7.42) 10.0 ! (4.87) 6.6   (0.89) 6.5   (1.50) 9.6   (2.02) 3.8   (1.07)
South Asian 6.3   (0.38) 26.7   (4.08) 22.5   (2.75) 19.0   (3.17) 15.9   (3.71) 3.7   (0.28) 6.1   (0.78) 2.9   (0.33) 2.2   (0.51)
Asian Indian 4.3   (0.33) 25.2   (5.09) 15.9   (2.96) 22.1   (4.94) 11.4 ! (4.15) 2.7   (0.24) 4.3   (0.60) 2.3   (0.33) 1.7   (0.51)
Bangladeshi 14.8   (2.31)   (†) 33.7   (7.63)   (†) 24.8 ! (11.15) 7.2   (2.03) 10.7 ! (4.54) 4.1 ! (1.89)   (†)
Bhutanese   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Nepalese 7.9   (1.91) 10.4 ! (5.08)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Pakistani 16.3   (2.16) 47.5   (11.59) 38.0   (7.34) 9.9 ! (4.71) 24.5 ! (9.39) 11.0   (2.04) 19.1   (4.89) 9.2   (2.19)   (†)
Sri Lankan 11.0 ! (4.10)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Southeast Asian 16.8   (0.77) 32.9   (2.72) 25.1   (2.84) 18.1   (2.49) 9.6   (1.98) 7.0   (0.99) 7.9   (1.42) 6.3   (1.70) 3.7 ! (1.54)
Burmese 33.8   (3.68) 40.1   (5.53) 24.4   (6.62)   (†)   (†) 11.7 ! (5.45)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Cambodian 24.4   (4.44) 32.5 ! (11.94) 32.0   (9.01) 29.3 ! (8.82)   (†) 17.1 ! (6.34) 19.1 ! (7.90)   (†)   (†)
Hmong 18.4   (2.93) 34.9 ! (10.97) 36.3   (7.47) 13.2 ! (4.10)   (†) 8.7 ! (3.30) 10.2 ! (4.38)   (†)   (†)
Laotian 13.2   (3.88)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Thai 13.5   (3.52)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Vietnamese 11.9   (0.80) 25.6   (3.63) 18.0   (2.55) 15.0   (2.93) 13.1   (3.24) 5.2   (0.98) 5.6   (1.27) 5.4 ! (2.12) 3.7 ! (1.64)
Other Southeast Asian7 8.6 ! (3.19)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)
Other Asian 13.7   (1.11) 42.2   (6.16) 33.1   (4.89) 19.2   (5.11) 9.1 ! (2.97) 7.9   (1.08) 9.2   (1.69) 6.9   (1.88) 5.9 ! (2.52)

Pacific Islander
20.2   (2.31) 42.4   (11.68) 20.3   (4.03) 25.4   (5.02)   (†) 17.4 ! (5.29) 22.7 ! (7.17)   (†)   (†)

American Indian/Alaska Native8
30.3   (1.01) 48.7   (3.61) 41.3   (2.01) 33.2   (2.28) 20.1   (3.07) 11.1   (1.70) 10.9   (2.16) 14.4   (3.96)   (†)
American Indian 31.3   (1.17) 50.6   (4.25) 44.5   (2.47) 34.8   (2.63) 18.1   (3.06) 10.7   (1.93) 10.4   (2.46) 14.0 ! (4.65)   (†)
Alaska Native 18.9   (3.03) 49.8 ! (19.66) 20.0   (4.89) 13.6 ! (4.42)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)   (†)

Some other race9
16.3   (1.30) 43.2   (5.20) 30.7   (3.09) 16.8   (2.49) 24.3   (6.80) 6.9   (0.99) 8.9   (1.75) 5.5   (1.50)   (†)
Two or more races 15.1   (0.31) 53.1   (2.19) 32.0   (1.07) 22.5   (0.83) 14.0   (0.79) 4.8   (0.26) 6.2   (0.39) 3.7   (0.47) 2.7   (0.44)
---Not available.
†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.
1Parents include adoptive and stepparents, but exclude parents not residing in the same household as their children.
2Includes parents who completed high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program.
3Includes parents with professional degrees.
4Includes other Central American subgroups not shown separately.
5Includes Taiwanese for the 2021 data. In the 2010 American Community Survey, "Taiwanese" was not included as a response option for the detailed race/ethnicity question.
6In addition to the subgroups shown, also includes Sri Lankan.
7Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.
8American Indian/Alaska Native estimates include persons reporting American Indian alone, persons reporting Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.
9Consists of respondents who wrote in some other race that was not included as an option on the questionnaire.
NOTE: Respondents were interviewed throughout the given year and reported the income they received during the previous 12 months. Data are based on sample surveys of the entire population residing within the United States, but this table includes only children under the age of 18 who resided with at least one of their parents (including an adoptive or stepparent). Poverty status is determined by the Census Bureau using a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition. For additional information about poverty status, see https://www.census.gov/topics/income-poverty/poverty/guidance/poverty-measures.html. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Some data have been revised from previously published figures.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 2010 and 2021. (This table was prepared December 2022.)

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