Demographic statistics of families with children, 2023

Low-income families All White Black Hispanic AIAN AAPI
Race/ethnicity of household head 38.9% 21.5% 32.6% 1.8% 5.2%
Share of foreign-born household heads 30.5% 7.1% 15.7% 61.9% 2.0% 81.1%
Share of married household heads 46.3% 50.5% 24.2% 51.6% 39.5% 76.2%
Share of heads with same-sex spouse/partner 0.7% 0.8% 1.3% 0.5% 0.6% 0.7%
Share of female household heads 64.6% 62.9% 78.7% 60.4% 69.5% 43.3%
Share of households with 2+ children under 18 67.0% 66.6% 64.9% 69.1% 66.5% 65.9%
Share of households with 2+ children under 6 16.5% 18.3% 16.8% 14.3% 18.0% 13.9%
Share of households with 4+ children under 18 12.6% 12.6% 13.2% 12.3% 14.3% 10.8%
Share of households with a disabled parent or child 24.1% 27.4% 24.0% 20.9% 33.7% 16.2%
Share of intergenerational households 5.9% 3.7% 5.0% 7.8% 5.9% 13.1%
All families All White Black Hispanic AIAN AAPI
Race/ethnicity of household head 55.6% 13.5% 21.6% 1.4% 7.9%
Share of foreign-born household heads 23.6% 6.2% 19.0% 53.6% 2.6% 76.0%
Share of married household heads 69.2% 75.8% 42.7% 63.0% 59.3% 87.2%
Share of heads with same-sex spouse/partner 0.7% 0.7% 1.1% 0.6% 1.0% 0.5%
Share of female household heads 53.2% 51.7% 67.5% 53.8% 58.4% 36.9%
Share of households with 2+ children under 18 58.7% 59.0% 56.3% 60.1% 60.0% 55.8%
Share of households with 2+ children under 6 12.8% 13.5% 12.9% 11.7% 13.1% 10.6%
Share of households with a disabled parent or child 16.8% 16.5% 19.4% 17.5% 25.5% 10.6%
Share of intergenerational households 5.9% 3.6% 6.7% 9.0% 5.3% 12.8%
Economic Policy Institute

Notes: Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive. Low-income is defined as households and individuals below 200% of the federal poverty line (FPL). AIAN stands for American Indian or Alaska Native. AAPI stands for Asian American and Pacific Islander.

Source: EPI analysis of 2023 American Community Survey 1-Year microdata via IPUMS.

View the underlying data on epi.org.