Number of children ages 0–17 living with one or both parents (in thousands) |
56,338 |
8,176 |
2,160 |
56,369 |
9,157 |
2,449 |
56,237 |
9,883 |
2,298 |
Percent of all childrenc |
82 |
12 |
3 |
80 |
13 |
3 |
80 |
14 |
3 |
Education of parent |
Less than high school |
14 |
38 |
48 |
13 |
39 |
49 |
12 |
37 |
45 |
High school graduate |
35 |
21 |
20 |
34 |
21 |
16 |
34 |
23 |
22 |
Some college or associate’s degree |
28 |
19 |
11 |
29 |
19 |
12 |
30 |
18 |
11 |
Bachelor’s degree or higher |
23 |
22 |
21 |
23 |
22 |
22 |
23 |
23 |
22 |
Poverty statusd |
Below 100% poverty |
20 |
28 |
41 |
18 |
27 |
39 |
17 |
25 |
39 |
100% poverty and above |
80 |
72 |
59 |
82 |
73 |
61 |
83 |
75 |
61 |
Area of residence |
Central city of MSAe |
27 |
43 |
48 |
26 |
42 |
48 |
26 |
43 |
49 |
Outside central city, in MSAe |
48 |
51 |
47 |
51 |
51 |
46 |
51 |
50 |
45 |
Outside metropolitan area |
25 |
6 |
6 |
23 |
6 |
6 |
22 |
7 |
6 |
Presence of parents |
Two married parents presentf |
70 |
82 |
78 |
69 |
80 |
80 |
69 |
82 |
78 |
Living with mother only |
26 |
16 |
19 |
27 |
17 |
17 |
26 |
15 |
20 |
Living with father only |
4 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
Presence of adults other than parents |
Other relatives only |
17 |
25 |
36 |
17 |
24 |
34 |
17 |
26 |
29 |
Nonrelatives only |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
Both relatives and nonrelatives |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
No other relatives or nonrelatives |
78 |
68 |
56 |
76 |
72 |
61 |
77 |
68 |
65 |
|
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
|
|
Foreign-born parent |
|
Foreign-born parent |
|
Foreign-born parent |
Characteristic |
Native child and parents |
Native child |
Foreign-born child |
Native child and parents |
Native child |
Foreign-born child |
Native child and parents |
Native child |
Foreign-born child |
Number of children ages 0–17 living with one or both parents (in thousands) |
56,340 |
10,211 |
2,465 |
55,264 |
11,518 |
2,654 |
55,048 |
12,174 |
2,708 |
Percent of all childrenc |
79 |
14 |
3 |
76 |
16 |
4 |
75 |
17 |
4 |
Gender of child |
Male |
51 |
52 |
53 |
51 |
51 |
52 |
51 |
52 |
50 |
Female |
49 |
49 |
47 |
49 |
49 |
48 |
49 |
48 |
50 |
Age of child |
Under 1 year |
6 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
Ages 1–2 |
11 |
13 |
4 |
11 |
14 |
3 |
11 |
14 |
3 |
Ages 3–5 |
16 |
21 |
9 |
16 |
19 |
10 |
16 |
18 |
10 |
Ages 6–8 |
17 |
18 |
14 |
17 |
17 |
14 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
Ages 9–11 |
18 |
16 |
21 |
18 |
17 |
20 |
17 |
17 |
20 |
Ages 12–14 |
17 |
14 |
25 |
18 |
14 |
25 |
18 |
15 |
25 |
Ages 15–17 |
16 |
12 |
27 |
17 |
11 |
28 |
17 |
12 |
28 |
Race and Hispanic origin of childg |
White |
81 |
75 |
69 |
80 |
72 |
70 |
— |
— |
— |
White-alone |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
79 |
72 |
71 |
White, non-Hispanic |
— |
— |
— |
73 |
21 |
17 |
— |
— |
— |
White-alone, non-Hispanic |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
71 |
20 |
19 |
White-alone or in combination with one or more races |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
81 |
75 |
72 |
Black |
17 |
7 |
9 |
17 |
9 |
9 |
— |
— |
— |
Black-alone |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
17 |
9 |
8 |
Black-alone or in combination with one or more races |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
18 |
10 |
9 |
Asian |
1 |
18 |
22 |
1 |
17 |
20 |
— |
— |
— |
Asian-alone |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
15 |
18 |
Asian-alone or in combination with one or more races |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1 |
17 |
18 |
Hispanich |
7 |
54 |
54 |
8 |
55 |
55 |
9 |
54 |
55 |
All remaining single races and all race combinations |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
4 |
5 |
3 |
Education of parent |
Less than high school |
11 |
36 |
43 |
10 |
36 |
41 |
10 |
34 |
42 |
High school graduate |
33 |
23 |
23 |
31 |
23 |
21 |
31 |
24 |
21 |
Some college or associate’s degree |
31 |
18 |
12 |
32 |
18 |
12 |
32 |
17 |
13 |
Bachelor’s degree or higher |
26 |
23 |
22 |
27 |
23 |
27 |
28 |
25 |
24 |
Poverty statusd |
Below 100% of poverty |
15 |
20 |
30 |
14 |
20 |
27 |
15 |
21 |
30 |
100–199% poverty |
20 |
29 |
31 |
20 |
29 |
33 |
19 |
28 |
33 |
200% poverty and above |
65 |
51 |
39 |
66 |
51 |
40 |
65 |
51 |
37 |
Area of residence |
Central city of MSAe |
25 |
42 |
48 |
26 |
41 |
42 |
— |
— |
— |
Outside central city, in MSAe |
53 |
52 |
46 |
54 |
52 |
51 |
— |
— |
— |
Outside metropolitan area |
22 |
6 |
5 |
21 |
7 |
7 |
— |
— |
— |
Presence of parents |
Two married parents presentf |
70 |
82 |
81 |
69 |
81 |
81 |
68 |
81 |
81 |
Living with mother only |
25 |
15 |
15 |
26 |
16 |
16 |
27 |
16 |
16 |
Living with father only |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
Presence of adults other than parents |
Other relatives only |
16 |
26 |
37 |
17 |
26 |
31 |
17 |
26 |
31 |
Nonrelatives only |
6 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
Both relatives and nonrelatives |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
No other relatives or nonrelatives |
76 |
68 |
56 |
77 |
68 |
61 |
76 |
68 |
64 |
|
2006 |
2007 |
|
  |
Foreign-born parent |
|
Foreign-born parent |
Characteristic |
Native child and parents |
Native child |
Foreign-born child |
Native child and parents |
Native child |
Foreign-born child |
Number of children ages 0–17 living with one or both parents (in thousands) |
54,976 |
12,706 |
2,599 |
55,022 |
13,511 |
2,667 |
Percent of all childrenc |
75 |
17 |
4 |
75 |
18 |
4 |
Gender of child |
Male |
51 |
52 |
51 |
51 |
52 |
53 |
Female |
49 |
49 |
49 |
49 |
48 |
47 |
Age of child |
Under 1 year |
6 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
Ages 1–2 |
11 |
15 |
4 |
11 |
14 |
4 |
Ages 3–5 |
16 |
19 |
10 |
16 |
20 |
10 |
Ages 6–8 |
16 |
16 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
16 |
Ages 9–11 |
16 |
16 |
20 |
16 |
15 |
19 |
Ages 12–14 |
17 |
15 |
22 |
17 |
14 |
25 |
Ages 15–17 |
18 |
12 |
28 |
18 |
12 |
26 |
Race and Hispanic origin of childg |
White-alone |
79 |
72 |
68 |
78 |
72 |
68 |
White-alone, non-Hispanic |
70 |
18 |
16 |
70 |
18 |
16 |
White-alone or in combination with one or more races |
82 |
75 |
69 |
81 |
75 |
68 |
Black-alone |
16 |
9 |
10 |
16 |
9 |
11 |
Black-alone or in combination with one or more races |
18 |
9 |
11 |
18 |
10 |
11 |
Asian-alone |
1 |
15 |
19 |
1 |
14 |
20 |
Asian-alone or in combination with one or more races |
1 |
17 |
19 |
1 |
16 |
20 |
Hispanich |
10 |
57 |
55 |
10 |
57 |
54 |
All remaining single races and all race combinations |
4 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
17 |
21 |
Education of parenti |
Less than high school |
10 |
33 |
39 |
7 |
26 |
31 |
High school graduate |
30 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
25 |
21 |
Some college or associate’s degree |
32 |
19 |
11 |
31 |
20 |
13 |
Bachelor’s degree or higher |
29 |
25 |
27 |
37 |
30 |
34 |
Poverty statusd |
Below 100% of poverty |
15 |
20 |
30 |
16 |
20 |
26 |
100–199% poverty |
19 |
28 |
31 |
19 |
30 |
32 |
200% poverty and above |
65 |
52 |
39 |
65 |
51 |
43 |
Presence of parents |
Two parents presentf |
68 |
82 |
80 |
70 |
85 |
82 |
Living with mother only |
27 |
15 |
16 |
26 |
14 |
16 |
Living with father only |
5 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
Presence of adults other than parents |
Other relatives only |
17 |
25 |
31 |
18 |
25 |
29 |
Nonrelatives only |
6 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Both relatives and nonrelatives |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
No other relatives or nonrelatives |
75 |
70 |
64 |
77 |
71 |
66 |
— Not available. |
a Native parents means that all of the parents that the child lives with are native-born, while foreign-born means that at least one of the child's parents is foreign-born. Anyone with U.S. citizenship at birth is considered native, which includes persons born in the United States and in U.S. outlying areas, and persons born abroad with at least one American parent. |
b Beginning with March 2001, data are from the Expanded Current Population Survey Sample and use population controls based on Census 2000. |
c The percent of all children is of all children ages 0–17, including those living with no parents and excluding children in group quarters. |
d The poverty status groups are derived from the ratio of the family's income to the family's poverty threshold. Below 100 percent of poverty refers to children living below the poverty line, 100-199 percent of poverty refers to children living in low-income households, and 200 percent of poverty and above refers to children living in medium- and high-income households. See ECON1.B for the income levels. |
e An MSA is a Metropolitan Statistical Area. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines metropolitan areas (MAs) according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. The 1990 standards provide that each newly qualifying MSA must include at least: (1) one city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or (2) a Census Bureau-defined urbanized area (of at least 50,000 inhabitants) and a total metropolitan population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). MSA information is discontinued for 2003 and later due to discontinuity in the metro definitions in the Current Population Survey. |
f Prior to 2007, this category included only married parents. Beginning in 2007, all children with two parents are included, regardless of whether they are married. Prior to 2007, CPS data identified only one parent on the child's record. This meant that a second parent could only be identified if they were married to the first parent. In 2007, a second parent identifier was added to CPS. This permits identification of two coresident parents, even if the parents are not married to each other. In this table, "two parents" reflects all children who have both a mother and father identified in the household, including biological, step and adoptive parents. Before 2007, "mother only" and "father only" included some children who lived with a parent who was living with the other parent of the child, but was not married to them. Beginning in 2007, "mother only" and "father only" refer to children for whom only one parent has been identified, whether biological, step or adoptive. |
g For race and Hispanic–origin data in this table: From 1994 to 2002, following the 1977 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the Current Population Survey (CPS) asked respondents to choose one race from the following: White, Black, American Indian or Alaskan Native, or Asian or Pacific Islander. The Census Bureau also offered an "Other" category. Beginning in 2003, following the 1997 OMB standards for collecting and presenting data on race, the CPS asked respondents to choose one or more races from the following: White, Black, Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. People who responded to the question on race by indicating only one race are referred to as the race–alone population. The use of the race–alone population in this table does not imply that it is the preferred method of presenting or analyzing data. Prior to 2004, "Asian" refers to Asians and Pacific Islanders; beginning in 2004, "Asian" refers to Asians alone. Data from 2004 onward are not directly comparable with data from earlier years. Data on race and Hispanic origin are collected separately. Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. |
h Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. |
i Prior to 2007, this category reflected the education of the parent identified by the parent pointer. Beginning in 2007, it shows the education of the parent with the highest educational attainment if the child lives with two parents. |
SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplements. |