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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; Board on Children, Youth, and Families; Committee on Exploring the Opportunity Gap for Young Children from Birth to Age Eight; Hutton R, Allen LR, editors. Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2023 Oct 2.
Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children.
Show detailsTABLE A-1Total Population of Children Ages 0–8, by Race/Ethnicity and Nativity, 2020
| Total | Hispanic | White | Black | Asian | Multirace | American Indian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children in immigrant families | 8,793,886 | 4,406,640 | 1,435,997 | 807,551 | 1,563,789 | 570,192 | 9,717 |
| Foreign born (first generation) | 719,211 | 261,688 | 119,142 | 83,403 | 224,156 | 30,532 | 290 |
| U.S. born (second generation) | 8,074,675 | 4,144,952 | 1,316,855 | 724,148 | 1,339,633 | 539,660 | 9,427 |
| Children in nonimmigrant families | 25,353,226 | 4,359,369 | 15,368,463 | 3,560,586 | 211,908 | 1,643,173 | 209,727 |
| Total children living with parents | 34,147,112 | 8,766,009 | 16,804,460 | 4,368,137 | 1,775,697 | 2,213,365 | 219,444 |
| Children not living with parents | 1,256,636 | 266,075 | 536,881 | 308,609 | 29,938 | 90,909 | 24,224 |
| Foreign born (first generation) | 33,917 | 16,379 | 4,809 | 4,616 | 6,418 | 1,562 | 133 |
| U.S. born (immigrant status unknown) | 1,222,719 | 249,696 | 532,072 | 303,993 | 23,520 | 89,347 | 24,091 |
| Total child population | 35,403,748 | 9,032,084 | 17,341,341 | 4,676,746 | 1,805,635 | 2,304,274 | 243,668 |
NOTES: Immigrant families include at least one foreign-born parent. U.S.-born children include those born abroad with at least one U.S.-born parent. Children in nonimmigrant families are U.S. born and parents are U.S. born. Racial groups include only non-Hispanic members. Hispanic people may be of any race. American Indian includes Alaska Native. Asian includes Pacific Islander. Multirace includes “other race.”
SOURCE: Data from diversitydatakids
.org calculations of 2020 American Community Survey, 5-year data set, accessed through IPUMS-USA (Steven Ruggles, Sarah Flood, Ronald Goeken, Megan Schouweiler, and Matthew Sobek). IPUMS USA: Version 12.0 (ACS 2020, 5-year data set). Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2022 (https://doi .org/10.18128/D010.V12 [accessed 1/26/23]).
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