Table E-2-1.  Percentage distribution of children ages 6–18, by parents' highest level of educational attainment and child's sex and race/ethnicity: 2010

Sex and race/ethnicity	Less than high school completion		High school completion1		Some college		Associate's degree		Bachelor's or higher degree
									Total		Bachelor's degree		Master's degree		Doctor's or first-professional degree
Total2	11.1		20.5		23.1		10.3		34.9		20.4		9.9		4.6
Sex
Male	11.1		20.5		23.1		10.3		35.0		20.6		9.8		4.6
Female	11.2		20.6		23.0		10.4		34.8		20.2		10.0		4.6
Race/ethnicity
White	3.8		17.7		22.4		11.7		44.3		25.6		12.9		5.9
Black	11.2		26.9		31.2		10.4		20.3		12.8		5.8		1.7
Hispanic	30.6		25.4		21.0		7.2		15.8		10.5		3.7		1.7
Asian	9.8		13.1		11.4		7.1		58.6		29.8		17.1		11.7
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5.0		30.3		32.6		14.1		18.1		14.2		2.2	!	1.7	!
American Indian/Alaska Native3	10.7		26.1		33.5		10.9		18.8		13.6		3.9		1.3
American Indian	11.0		25.4		33.9		11.4		18.3		13.5		3.8		1.0
Alaska Native	6.7	!	37.2		33.4		6.3	!	16.4		12.2		2.8	!	‡
Two or more races	5.4		17.1		27.0		12.1		38.3		21.5		11.0		5.8
Race/ethnicity by sex
Male
White	3.7		17.7		22.6		11.6		44.4		25.9		12.6		5.9
Black	11.0		26.9		31.0		10.7		20.3		12.8		5.8		1.8
Hispanic	30.7		25.4		20.9		7.1		15.9		10.4		3.8		1.7
Asian	10.3		12.7		11.4		7.1		58.5		30.4		16.9		11.3
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	5.3		33.2		30.3		14.7		16.5		13.1		2.0	!	1.4	!
American Indian/Alaska Native3	10.7		26.5		34.3		10.2		18.3		12.9		3.9		1.5
American Indian	11.1		25.6		34.5		10.6		18.2		13.0		4.0		1.2
Alaska Native	9.1	!	38.2		35.6		5.7	!	11.4		6.9	!	3.5	!	‡
Two or more races	5.4		16.8		27.2		11.5		39.0		21.6		11.6		5.9
Female
White	3.9		17.8		22.3		11.8		44.3		25.3		13.1		5.9
Black	11.5		26.9		31.3		10.0		20.3		12.9		5.8		1.7
Hispanic	30.5		25.3		21.1		7.3		15.8		10.5		3.6		1.7
Asian	9.4		13.5		11.3		7.2		58.7		29.2		17.3		12.1
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	4.6	!	26.4		35.6		13.2		20.3		15.6		2.6	!	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native3	10.7		25.7		32.6		11.6		19.4		14.4		4.0		1.0
American Indian	10.9		25.2		33.4		12.2		18.4		14.0		3.5		0.8	!
Alaska Native	4.1	!	36.2		31.1		‡		21.6		17.8		‡		‡
Two or more races	5.5		17.4		26.8		12.8		37.6		21.5		10.4		5.7

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.

‡ Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.

2 Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately in the table.

3 Includes American Indian alone, Alaska Native alone, and persons from American Indian and/or Alaska Native tribes specified or not specified.

NOTE: Parent education reflects the highest level of education attained by any parent residing with the child. Parents include adoptive and step-parents but exclude nonresidential parents. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2010.