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Table 102.60.Number and percentage of children under age 18 living in poverty and with a related householder, by family structure, race/ethnicity, and selected racial/ethnic subgroups: 2012 and 2022
[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Year and race/ethnicity Number of children living in poverty and with a related householder (in thousands) Percent of children living in poverty and with a related householder, by family structure1
Total, all families Married-couple household, both spouses present Female householder, no spouse present Male householder, no spouse present
1 2 3 4 5 6
2012
     Total  16,029 (105.8) 22.2 (0.14) 11.1 (0.11) 46.1 (0.22) 27.1 (0.37)

American Indian/Alaska Native2

197


(6.8)

36.0


(1.07)

19.2


(1.35)

50.5


(1.78)

46.1


(2.70)
  Alaska Native  11 (1.9) 35.5 (4.49) 16.3 (4.13) 57.5 (6.34) 38.1 ! (12.17)
  American Indian  166 (5.8) 36.4 (1.07) 20.1 (1.34) 49.9 (1.85) 45.4 (2.86)

Asian

435


(13.6)

13.5


(0.41)

10.3


(0.34)

32.8


(1.22)

23.9


(2.18)
  Chinese3  78 (4.2) 11.6 (0.61) 9.3 (0.56) 26.4 (2.34) 16.8 (3.85)
  Filipino  31 (2.6) 6.5 (0.56) 3.6 (0.53) 18.4 (2.44) 8.9 (2.44)
  Japanese  4 (1.0) 6.2 (1.37) 3.7 ! (1.23) 27.7 ! (8.72) (†)
  Korean  29 (2.8) 10.8 (0.98) 7.8 (0.79) 42.9 (6.36) 24.3 ! (11.23)
  South Asian 105 (6.1) 11.5 (0.65) 10.0 (0.63) 31.4 (4.19) 33.0 (6.45)
    Asian Indian  52 (4.2) 7.2 (0.56) 6.1 (0.54) 26.1 (3.99) 22.0 (6.18)
    Bangladeshi  17 (2.4) 35.8 (4.24) 34.8 (4.38) (†) (†)
    Bhutanese  (†) 57.5 (12.55) 58.5 (12.54) (†) (†)
    Nepalese  7 (1.6) 37.2 (6.00) 34.8 (6.20) (†) (†)
    Pakistani  25 (3.1) 23.1 (2.54) 20.1 (2.58) 41.8 (12.04) (†)
    Sri Lankan (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
  Southeast Asian  167 (8.6) 25.6 (1.12) 19.7 (1.12) 44.6 (2.26) 35.8 (4.51)
    Burmese  26 (3.3) 59.3 (3.87) 60.8 (4.17) (†) (†)
    Cambodian  14 (2.5) 24.9 (3.38) 17.4 (4.12) 49.6 (7.70) 16.1 ! (6.82)
    Hmong  39 (4.5) 39.6 (3.96) 29.5 (4.52) 55.2 (7.14) 56.6 (9.09)
    Laotian  13 (2.1) 26.9 (3.78) 16.3 (4.40) 42.9 (7.00) 35.1 (10.33)
    Thai  5 (1.3) 22.4 (4.96) 24.6 (6.31) 14.8 ! (7.18) (†)
    Vietnamese  67 (4.5) 18.0 (1.08) 12.9 (0.98) 39.4 (2.72) 31.3 (5.50)
    Other Southeast Asian4  (†) 27.7 (8.22) 23.1 ! (7.91) (†) (†)
  Other Asian  21 (2.5) 12.5 (1.41) 7.9 (0.87) 38.5 (6.83) 12.9 ! (4.63)

Black

3,874


(36.4)

39.1


(0.33)

14.9


(0.46)

52.7


(0.42)

37.9


(1.08)

Hispanic

5,762


(47.6)

33.4


(0.27)

22.5


(0.28)

52.7


(0.51)

33.9


(0.78)
  Cuban  99 (5.5) 24.3 (1.07) 13.3 (1.37) 44.8 (2.52) 28.1 (4.59)
  Dominican  178 (7.5) 37.7 (1.32) 18.6 (1.60) 52.6 (2.02) 34.8 (5.19)
  Mexican  4,192 (39.2) 35.1 (0.30) 25.2 (0.33) 54.3 (0.55) 35.3 (0.99)
  Puerto Rican  545 (14.8) 35.1 (0.75) 14.0 (0.80) 54.2 (1.22) 34.5 (2.55)
  Spaniard  25 (3.6) 14.5 (1.89) 8.2 (1.34) 33.6 (5.09) 16.3 ! (5.44)
  Central American 425 (13.7) 31.2 (0.79) 20.7 (1.05) 48.7 (1.57) 30.5 (2.33)
    Costa Rican  5 (1.3) 15.2 (3.27) 7.2 ! (3.52) 29.2 (7.06) (†)
    Guatemalan  136 (7.1) 37.2 (1.55) 25.4 (1.78) 58.9 (2.60) 38.2 (4.50)
    Honduran  86 (6.2) 38.4 (2.04) 24.2 (2.90) 57.6 (3.21) 32.5 (5.29)
    Nicaraguan  29 (3.5) 28.9 (2.81) 22.0 (3.68) 43.9 (5.63) 31.1 ! (10.42)
    Panamanian  9 (1.7) 17.3 (2.83) 4.5 ! (2.03) 30.2 (5.39) (†)
    Salvadoran  157 (8.1) 27.2 (1.15) 18.4 (1.30) 42.6 (2.53) 25.0 (3.27)
    Other Central American (†) 21.3 ! (8.43) (†) (†) (†)
  South American  139 (8.2) 18.6 (0.97) 11.7 (0.93) 37.8 (2.33) 19.7 (3.12)
    Chilean  4 (1.0) 13.1 (3.63) 9.7 ! (4.37) 27.7 ! (9.33) (†)
    Colombian  47 (4.1) 18.5 (1.45) 11.1 (1.11) 38.1 (3.85) 19.5 (5.76)
    Ecuadorian  40 (4.1) 23.4 (2.11) 17.2 (2.58) 41.2 (4.87) 21.3 (6.25)
    Peruvian  24 (2.9) 17.9 (1.97) 9.8 (2.18) 37.6 (4.81) 18.3 ! (9.17)
    Venezuelan  12 (2.1) 19.9 (2.90) 13.0 (3.34) 42.6 (8.53) (†)
    Other South American  13 (1.9) 12.6 (1.70) 6.6 (1.55) 30.8 (5.16) 16.6 ! (8.03)
  Other Hispanic   159 (7.7) 28.5 (1.12) 16.4 (1.42) 48.8 (2.17) 34.2 (3.95)

Pacific Islander

31


(3.0)

24.7


(2.38)

18.2


(2.63)

36.7


(4.63)

34.6


(9.10)
White 5,026 (51.8) 13.2 (0.14) 6.8 (0.10) 36.5 (0.31) 19.2 (0.42)
Some other race5 42 (3.9) 21.3 (1.88) 12.5 (2.07) 38.5 (3.55) 22.0 (5.27)
Two or more races 662 (15.1) 22.3 (0.43) 9.1 (0.38) 42.4 (0.88) 29.7 (1.88)

2022















     Total  11,232 (93.0) 15.8 (0.13) 7.4 (0.10) 36.0 (0.28) 18.8 (0.36)

American Indian/Alaska Native2

125


(4.6)

29.8


(1.03)

12.7


(1.10)

46.4


(1.79)

34.2


(2.80)
  Alaska Native  7 (1.0) 24.7 (3.39) 18.3 (4.92) 27.9 (5.57) 36.8 (8.25)
  American Indian  107 (4.4) 30.6 (1.13) 10.9 (1.04) 49.1 (1.90) 33.7 (2.98)

Asian

333


(10.3)

9.3


(0.27)

7.1


(0.28)

23.3


(1.18)

19.0


(2.01)
  Chinese3  71 (4.3) 10.3 (0.59) 7.3 (0.51) 27.0 (2.31) 23.4 (4.40)
  Filipino  23 (3.1) 6.1 (0.77) 4.2 (0.79) 15.4 (2.29) 7.4 ! (3.52)
  Japanese  (†) 3.3 (0.81) 2.1 ! (0.80) (†) (†)
  Korean  13 (1.7) 6.3 (0.77) 4.3 (0.59) 26.1 (6.65) 16.9 ! (7.32)
  South Asian 88 (5.1) 6.6 (0.36) 5.8 (0.37) 19.5 (2.37) 11.9 (3.57)
    Asian Indian  46 (3.2) 4.4 (0.30) 3.7 (0.30) 16.6 (2.39) 9.6 (2.75)
    Bangladeshi  11 (2.3) 16.5 (3.27) 16.3 (3.47) (†) (†)
    Bhutanese  (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
    Nepalese  (†) 8.9 ! (2.92) 7.6 ! (3.23) (†) (†)
    Pakistani  25 (3.0) 17.1 (1.86) 15.8 (1.98) 31.9 (6.90) (†)
    Sri Lankan (†) (†) (†) (†) (†)
  Southeast Asian  79 (4.9) 14.0 (0.82) 9.6 (0.92) 27.3 (2.64) 22.9 (3.98)
    Burmese  17 (2.6) 24.5 (3.38) 20.4 (2.92) 41.7 ! (13.56) (†)
    Cambodian  7 (1.5) 12.5 (2.72) 9.0 ! (3.05) 15.0 ! (4.94) 24.3 ! (7.98)
    Hmong  18 (2.6) 19.2 (2.65) 12.4 (2.55) 30.2 (7.01) 25.0 ! (8.72)
    Laotian  (†) 10.5 ! (5.04) (†) (†) (†)
    Thai  (†) 17.8 ! (6.04) (†) (†) (†)
    Vietnamese  31 (2.5) 10.4 (0.86) 6.7 (0.90) 27.6 (3.31) 14.6 (3.55)
    Other Southeast Asian4  (†) 8.5 ! (3.60) (†) (†) (†)
  Other Asian  57 (4.8) 15.7 (1.23) 14.0 (1.26) 24.7 (5.13) 24.5 (6.53)

Black

2,673


(35.3)

29.6


(0.37)

11.5


(0.49)

41.9


(0.52)

26.9


(1.34)

Hispanic

3,947


(45.9)

21.5


(0.25)

12.3


(0.28)

38.8


(0.44)

20.2


(0.73)
  Cuban  72 (4.9) 15.2 (0.94) 7.8 (0.98) 31.6 (2.13) 14.9 (2.78)
  Dominican  153 (8.5) 23.0 (1.03) 10.3 (1.18) 35.7 (2.04) 26.8 (4.54)
  Mexican  2,484 (36.0) 21.8 (0.30) 13.1 (0.33) 39.2 (0.59) 20.3 (0.96)
  Puerto Rican  409 (15.2) 24.2 (0.84) 9.2 (0.90) 42.7 (1.30) 19.3 (1.95)
  Spaniard  21 (2.1) 9.1 (0.84) 3.9 (0.81) 26.5 (2.92) 4.8 ! (2.01)
  Central American 477 (15.2) 24.9 (0.67) 16.4 (0.86) 40.5 (1.51) 22.5 (2.02)
    Costa Rican  5 (1.2) 11.2 (2.18) 3.7 ! (1.53) 33.7 (7.27) (†)
    Guatemalan  163 (8.4) 28.1 (1.20) 22.1 (1.75) 41.6 (2.53) 25.1 (3.11)
    Honduran  124 (7.5) 32.1 (1.68) 21.4 (2.31) 48.5 (2.85) 25.7 (4.06)
    Nicaraguan  16 (2.8) 14.0 (2.11) 10.3 (2.39) 22.5 (3.75) 15.4 ! (7.52)
    Panamanian  7 (1.5) 11.0 (2.35) 6.8 ! (2.31) 17.1 (4.49) (†)
    Salvadoran  159 (10.0) 22.2 (1.24) 12.5 (1.13) 39.0 (2.61) 19.5 (3.02)
    Other Central American (†) 32.9 ! (11.59) (†) (†) (†)
  South American  132 (8.3) 12.6 (0.76) 7.6 (0.78) 27.8 (1.80) 14.8 (2.77)
    Chilean  3 (0.9) 6.7 (1.53) 4.0 ! (1.57) 15.1 ! (5.83) (†)
    Colombian  30 (3.0) 10.1 (0.97) 5.0 (0.90) 22.7 (3.10) 20.0 (5.09)
    Ecuadorian  39 (5.1) 17.1 (1.94) 10.7 (2.06) 36.8 (4.28) 13.6 ! (5.41)
    Peruvian  23 (3.6) 13.3 (1.93) 7.8 (1.97) 25.8 (3.65) (†)
    Venezuelan  25 (3.2) 14.3 (1.68) 10.8 (1.88) 31.4 (5.23) (†)
    Other South American  12 (2.1) 9.1 (1.61) 4.5 ! (1.44) 26.0 (4.81) (†)
  Other Hispanic   197 (9.9) 21.0 (0.90) 12.0 (1.01) 39.4 (2.11) 19.8 (2.08)

Pacific Islander

27


(3.3)

19.4


(2.24)

16.0


(3.09)

31.8


(3.87)

8.0


(2.40)
White 3,298 (36.9) 9.8 (0.11) 5.0 (0.08) 29.6 (0.34) 14.9 (0.41)
Some other race5 83 (6.2) 14.8 (1.05) 9.2 (1.04) 30.4 (2.45) 23.4 (4.39)
Two or more races 745 (14.9) 14.5 (0.26) 5.3 (0.26) 32.4 (0.75) 18.6 (1.07)
†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.
1Children are classified by the marital status of their parents who are present in the household 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.
2American 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.
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: 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 age 18 who live in a household and are related to the householder by birth, marriage, or adoption; children married to the householder are excluded. The householder is the person (or one of the people) who owns or rents (maintains) the housing unit. This table excludes unrelated children and householders who are themselves under the age of 18. 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. Poverty estimates in this table may differ from table 102.50's official national poverty estimates, which are based on a different data source (the Current Population Survey). 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), 1-Year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data, 2012 and 2022. (This table was prepared November 2023.)

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