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Table 102.62.Percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty and with a related householder, by related adult’s highest level of educational attainment, child's race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2012 and 2022
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and race/ethnicityPercent in poverty, all children under age 18 living with a related householder1Percent of children in poverty, by highest level of education attained by any related adult in the household2
Less than high school completionHigh school completion3Some college, no degreeAssociate's degreeBachelor's or higher degree
TotalBachelor's degreeMaster's degreeDoctor's
degree4
12345678910
2012
     Total22.2(0.14)63.1(0.45)36.7(0.26)26.2(0.21)14.7(0.31)4.9(0.09)6.4(0.12)3.2(0.12)2.2(0.14)

American Indian/Alaska Native5

36.0


(1.07)

75.1


(3.16)

50.4


(1.92)

35.4


(1.68)

21.3


(2.42)

10.4


(1.85)

12.4


(2.73)

8.1


(2.05)



(†)
  Alaska Native35.5(4.49)92.4(5.73)52.0(6.68)18.2(4.79)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  American Indian36.4(1.07)74.2(3.72)51.2(1.87)36.4(1.75)21.4(2.58)10.6(2.13)12.9(2.93)6.0!(2.01)(†)

Asian

13.5


(0.41)

52.6


(2.12)

31.2


(1.78)

20.6


(1.36)

15.0


(1.23)

6.0


(0.31)

8.0


(0.52)

5.0


(0.47)

2.9


(0.42)
  Chinese611.6(0.61)42.4(3.04)26.8(2.65)17.4(2.53)15.4(2.53)4.6(0.48)7.4(1.13)3.9(0.71)2.1(0.48)
  Filipino6.5(0.56)(†)20.3(4.79)10.5(1.93)4.2!(1.36)4.4(0.57)5.0(0.67)1.4!(0.69)(†)
  Japanese6.2(1.37)(†)(†)(†)(†)4.2!(1.32)(†)6.9!(2.96)(†)
  Korean10.8(0.98)(†)14.6!(4.38)15.1(4.25)8.8!(3.53)10.1(0.91)10.3(1.58)14.9(2.15)2.9!(0.96)
  South Asian11.5(0.65)63.1(5.42)43.0(4.11)23.3(3.05)20.6(4.36)5.9(0.50)10.3(1.19)3.8(0.55)3.2(0.86)
    Asian Indian7.2(0.56)37.8(8.59)37.1(4.27)17.7(3.32)14.1!(4.37)4.2(0.45)7.6(1.16)2.4(0.44)2.7!(0.94)
    Bangladeshi35.8(4.24)84.4(7.31)64.5(10.20)42.4(10.85)(†)21.1(4.41)31.7(7.78)15.3!(5.65)(†)
    Bhutanese57.5(12.55)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Nepalese37.2(6.00)(†)(†)(†)(†)17.2!(5.60)24.9!(11.03)(†)(†)
    Pakistani23.1(2.54)(†)45.9(9.55)30.1(8.38)33.2(8.49)13.5(2.84)15.7(4.47)16.2(4.82)(†)
    Sri Lankan(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Southeast Asian25.6(1.12)57.2(2.89)30.5(2.57)27.3(2.26)20.6(2.97)8.7(1.17)11.0(1.55)4.9!(2.13)3.1!(1.53)
    Burmese59.3(3.87)74.7(4.63)51.9(11.68)68.2(13.84)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Cambodian24.9(3.38)69.3(8.19)32.2(6.27)17.3(4.94)(†)11.8!(5.81)16.5!(7.72)(†)(†)
    Hmong39.6(3.96)71.7(12.14)41.5(8.89)49.0(6.32)36.0(9.69)15.3!(5.01)21.8(6.38)(†)(†)
    Laotian26.9(3.78)70.7(9.84)36.7(7.66)17.5!(5.49)39.7!(14.72)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Thai22.4(4.96)57.9!(17.44)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Vietnamese18.0(1.08)40.4(3.57)24.0(2.85)20.6(2.34)14.6(2.76)7.5(1.28)9.2(1.73)5.5!(2.20)(†)
    Other Southeast Asian727.7(8.22)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Other Asian12.5(1.41)41.0(9.78)45.7(8.73)16.0(3.94)14.7!(4.84)4.6(0.99)4.1(0.99)4.3!(1.51)6.6!(3.27)

Black

39.1


(0.33)

82.9


(0.80)

54.6


(0.61)

41.3


(0.51)

25.8


(1.18)

9.0


(0.36)

11.3


(0.50)

5.8


(0.57)

4.2


(0.99)

Hispanic

33.4


(0.27)

60.4


(0.56)

38.6


(0.49)

27.1


(0.44)

18.0


(0.58)

8.7


(0.31)

10.8


(0.41)

4.7


(0.42)

5.2


(0.83)
  Central American31.2(0.79)51.1(1.60)34.6(1.61)24.5(1.50)14.6(2.61)9.2(0.98)12.3(1.50)4.6!(1.54)(†)
    Costa Rican15.2(3.27)(†)(†)28.5(8.45)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Guatemalan37.2(1.55)60.3(2.76)34.9(3.31)27.4(3.28)21.7!(6.56)11.4(2.42)18.2(3.84)(†)(†)
    Honduran38.4(2.04)58.2(3.66)38.5(3.39)28.2(4.29)15.2!(5.16)14.5(3.11)18.5(4.19)(†)(†)
    Nicaraguan28.9(2.81)46.5(9.15)52.3(6.81)28.3(5.58)(†)10.4!(3.37)12.9!(4.66)(†)(†)
    Panamanian17.3(2.83)(†)41.0(11.58)22.7(5.15)(†)5.3!(1.82)9.5!(3.29)(†)(†)
    Salvadoran27.2(1.15)41.1(2.45)31.0(2.36)21.3(1.99)13.2!(4.37)6.4(1.43)6.7(1.97)7.9!(3.86)(†)
    Other Central American21.3!(8.43)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Cuban24.3(1.07)69.2(5.20)41.3(2.83)29.0(2.46)18.3(2.77)8.0(1.56)11.5(2.55)3.8!(1.38)(†)
  Dominican37.7(1.32)69.6(3.11)45.6(2.69)35.4(2.89)28.1(4.04)15.0(1.80)14.9(2.14)10.4!(3.76)24.0!(7.65)
  Mexican35.1(0.30)60.8(0.61)38.0(0.50)26.0(0.51)17.2(0.82)8.8(0.46)10.7(0.58)4.7(0.68)5.1(1.27)
  Puerto Rican35.1(0.75)74.2(2.22)48.3(1.58)34.8(1.60)22.5(1.65)6.9(0.86)8.4(1.22)4.7(1.22)2.1!(0.97)
  South American18.6(0.97)42.0(3.55)29.8(2.70)24.1(1.93)14.8(2.12)8.9(0.90)11.5(1.45)4.9(1.09)5.6(1.55)
    Chilean13.1(3.63)(†)30.2!(14.21)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Colombian18.5(1.45)35.4(8.34)31.9(5.45)22.8(3.12)17.8(3.00)10.5(1.41)13.0(2.27)6.6!(2.55)8.0!(3.56)
    Ecuadorian23.4(2.11)42.9(5.65)29.3(4.60)29.0(5.24)(†)9.3(2.64)9.9!(3.33)(†)(†)
    Peruvian17.9(1.97)44.1(11.73)30.8(6.36)23.6(4.30)12.7!(4.84)9.1(2.56)10.8!(3.64)(†)(†)
    Venezuelan19.9(2.90)(†)41.3!(13.84)28.1(8.12)38.6!(13.25)11.2(3.32)17.4(5.14)(†)(†)
    Other South American12.6(1.70)40.2(11.72)20.7(6.06)17.9(4.21)(†)3.8!(1.15)6.3!(2.18)(†)(†)
  Spaniard14.5(1.89)34.1(8.72)26.7(5.20)25.0(4.78)12.0!(3.67)4.4!(1.44)7.4!(2.68)(†)(†)
  Other Hispanic 28.5(1.12)59.5(3.21)39.2(2.44)28.0(1.79)20.5(3.46)9.4(1.48)11.4(2.02)3.9!(1.87)8.9!(3.86)

Pacific Islander

24.7


(2.38)

80.7


(8.80)

38.5


(5.51)

31.1


(3.97)



(†)

3.3

!

(1.56)



(†)



(†)



(†)
White13.2(0.14)56.9(0.91)27.6(0.43)19.5(0.28)10.6(0.35)3.5(0.09)4.5(0.14)2.4(0.13)1.6(0.13)
Some other race821.3(1.88)57.3(8.51)30.3(5.14)28.2(4.26)22.1(6.10)4.0(1.07)6.3!(2.00)(†)(†)
Two or more races22.3(0.43)76.8(2.24)39.6(1.24)30.8(1.04)18.9(1.05)5.7(0.40)7.7(0.63)3.6(0.49)2.4(0.51)

2022



























     Total15.8(0.13)48.9(0.60)31.3(0.32)21.4(0.25)13.1(0.28)4.4(0.07)5.9(0.13)3.0(0.09)2.4(0.12)

American Indian/Alaska Native5

29.8


(1.03)

64.7


(4.29)

44.3


(2.80)

32.9


(1.90)

23.5


(3.08)

8.9


(1.38)

12.2


(2.24)

3.7


(1.00)

5.6

!

(2.26)
  American Indian30.6(1.13)65.2(4.46)45.8(2.95)34.5(2.20)24.3(3.22)8.8(1.55)12.1(2.38)3.1!(1.16)(†)
  Alaska Native24.7(3.39)52.9!(20.56)31.1(6.15)18.0!(5.53)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)

Asian

9.3


(0.27)

36.0


(2.41)

26.5


(1.54)

15.6


(1.19)

12.6


(1.50)

5.0


(0.24)

6.7


(0.42)

4.5


(0.39)

2.5


(0.37)
  Chinese610.3(0.59)32.3(3.67)25.9(3.19)21.2(3.37)14.9(2.75)5.3(0.50)8.0(1.08)5.2(0.79)2.6(0.78)
  Filipino6.1(0.77)(†)28.6(5.66)11.9(2.98)(†)3.1(0.54)2.6(0.47)3.7!(1.37)6.2!(3.02)
  Japanese3.3(0.81)(†)(†)(†)(†)2.4!(0.86)(†)(†)(†)
  Korean6.3(0.77)(†)(†)6.2!(2.47)(†)6.1(0.88)7.1(1.30)7.0(1.85)3.3!(1.12)
  South Asian6.6(0.36)35.6(4.76)27.7(3.19)13.4(2.79)14.2(4.08)4.4(0.39)6.4(0.63)4.3(0.64)1.6!(0.54)
    Asian Indian4.4(0.30)49.7(8.30)20.9(4.24)6.5(1.58)4.5!(1.98)3.3(0.33)5.0(0.65)2.9(0.50)1.9!(0.67)
    Bangladeshi16.5(3.27)(†)36.2!(11.42)28.3!(12.05)(†)9.7!(3.06)7.1!(2.86)16.3!(5.53)(†)
    Bhutanese(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Nepalese8.9!(2.92)(†)19.7!(7.51)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Pakistani17.1(1.86)28.0!(12.78)49.0(9.31)22.6!(6.95)35.0!(11.41)11.1(1.77)14.3(2.96)13.4!(4.43)(†)
    Sri Lankan(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Southeast Asian14.0(0.82)34.7(4.41)24.4(2.38)12.9(1.61)15.4(3.16)5.1(0.78)6.5(1.16)3.9(1.16)(†)
    Burmese24.5(3.38)38.6(7.46)23.1!(8.02)(†)(†)18.6!(6.38)31.8!(11.64)(†)(†)
    Cambodian12.5(2.72)(†)18.2!(6.04)14.9!(5.26)11.6!(5.47)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Hmong19.2(2.65)68.9(15.61)31.4(6.52)18.5(4.57)23.0!(7.73)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Laotian10.5!(5.04)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
    Thai17.8!(6.04)(†)(†)(†)(†)8.7!(3.32)(†)(†)(†)
    Vietnamese10.4(0.86)26.0(5.18)21.6(3.54)12.2(2.23)13.2(3.76)4.4(0.78)6.2(1.17)(†)(†)
    Other Southeast Asian78.5!(3.60)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Other Asian15.7(1.23)47.5(8.23)31.0(5.77)25.3(4.60)15.0(4.24)9.1(1.22)13.5(2.01)4.5(1.30)4.3!(1.87)

Black

29.6


(0.37)

69.7


(1.53)

47.2


(0.81)

34.0


(0.82)

23.1


(0.93)

8.8


(0.38)

11.0


(0.61)

6.6


(0.56)

5.1


(0.93)

Hispanic

21.5


(0.25)

46.5


(0.83)

29.5


(0.52)

20.7


(0.50)

13.8


(0.58)

6.7


(0.23)

8.3


(0.33)

3.8


(0.33)

5.4


(0.53)
  Central American24.9(0.67)47.0(1.60)28.8(1.57)18.2(1.38)12.3(1.67)7.7(0.74)9.4(1.05)3.2!(1.02)9.8(2.28)
    Costa Rican11.2(2.18)(†)34.7(9.48)18.3!(6.30)(†)3.4!(1.10)(†)(†)(†)
    Guatemalan28.1(1.20)48.0(2.47)26.1(3.20)16.7(2.44)16.0(4.30)9.0(1.49)11.8(2.28)2.9!(1.41)(†)
    Honduran32.1(1.68)51.8(3.30)36.8(3.55)22.7(3.34)18.4(3.82)10.7(2.35)13.8(3.05)(†)(†)
    Nicaraguan14.0(2.11)47.8(9.58)22.3!(7.07)15.4(4.58)(†)7.3!(2.94)10.6!(4.77)(†)(†)
    Panamanian11.0(2.35)(†)23.0!(9.26)19.8!(7.44)(†)8.0!(2.64)7.1!(2.53)(†)(†)
    Salvadoran22.2(1.24)42.1(3.06)26.3(2.27)16.7(2.42)10.0(2.77)6.5(1.20)6.9(1.40)(†)(†)
    Other Central American32.9!(11.59)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)(†)
  Cuban15.2(0.94)48.5(6.82)26.5(2.80)23.5(3.33)9.8(2.54)7.2(0.86)9.1(1.19)3.5!(1.34)7.3!(2.26)
  Dominican23.0(1.03)46.4(5.22)31.2(2.81)25.0(2.26)22.7(4.20)11.0(1.27)14.5(1.74)4.2!(1.37)(†)
  Mexican21.8(0.30)45.4(0.99)28.7(0.64)20.0(0.56)12.2(0.56)6.4(0.33)7.5(0.46)3.8(0.48)5.2(0.88)
  Puerto Rican24.2(0.84)63.3(4.30)39.1(1.75)27.2(1.88)17.7(1.95)7.0(0.68)8.2(1.08)5.8(1.02)3.7!(1.50)
  South American12.6(0.76)46.8(6.60)23.5(2.51)14.4(1.76)16.5(2.04)6.1(0.56)8.5(1.05)3.1(0.67)4.0(1.16)
    Chilean6.7(1.53)(†)23.3!(7.43)(†)(†)3.2!(1.49)(†)(†)(†)
    Colombian10.1(0.97)30.3!(9.61)25.8(4.56)10.9(2.10)13.5(3.43)4.6(0.90)6.6(1.50)(†)(†)
    Ecuadorian17.1(1.94)52.4(7.70)20.5(4.55)14.7(3.68)14.1!(6.03)6.6!(2.34)9.7!(3.92)(†)(†)
    Peruvian13.3(1.93)(†)29.4(7.26)17.3(5.11)25.3(5.94)3.8(0.97)5.5(1.48)(†)(†)
    Venezuelan14.3(1.68)(†)19.2(4.92)22.1(5.98)21.2!(7.19)11.0(1.98)13.1(2.81)7.1!(2.83)9.7!(4.48)
    Other South American9.1(1.61)(†)24.9!(7.53)10.6!(3.54)10.7!(3.64)5.2(1.45)9.0!(3.02)(†)(†)
  Spaniard9.1(0.84)34.8(9.88)23.8(5.38)18.8(2.91)6.0!(2.19)3.3(0.85)4.9(1.40)1.5!(0.69)(†)
  Other Hispanic 21.0(0.90)44.3(3.79)29.4(2.04)23.1(2.04)19.4(2.98)7.6(0.99)9.9(1.53)3.5!(1.22)6.3!(2.09)

Pacific Islander

19.4


(2.24)

36.9

!

(11.49)

28.2


(5.08)

22.0


(4.82)

16.9

!

(6.22)

9.5

!

(3.14)

8.8

!

(2.97)



(†)



(†)
White9.8(0.11)43.4(1.03)25.4(0.43)16.6(0.35)9.3(0.29)3.0(0.07)4.1(0.12)1.9(0.08)1.6(0.13)
Some other race814.8(1.05)39.4(6.74)28.2(3.21)19.1(2.33)15.6(4.40)7.9(0.95)9.7(1.66)8.0(1.51)3.0!(0.91)
Two or more races14.5(0.26)58.5(2.97)32.8(0.98)22.3(0.78)15.1(1.01)4.3(0.24)6.0(0.43)3.1(0.32)1.6(0.30)
†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.
1Includes all children in the household who are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption; children married to the householder are excluded.
2Includes adults who were related to the child and the householder or were themselves the householder. Excludes adults who were related to the child but not to the householder. Also includes related householders who were under age 18.
3Includes related adults who completed high school through equivalency programs, such as a GED program.
4Includes related adults with professional degrees (e.g., medical or law degrees).
5American 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.
6Includes Taiwanese.
7Consists of Indonesian and Malaysian.
8Consists 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 all children who were living with a related householder. 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.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2012 and 2022. (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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