KIDS COUNT Data Center

The Immigrant Children Profile is a new profile comparing the well-being of children in immigrant families (children who are foreign-born or have at least one foreign-born parent) to children born in the U.S. with native-born parent(s). The data come from the American Community Survey and each year in the series represents a 3-year average--the first year 2000 to 2002, the second year 2001 to 2003 and the third year 2002 to 2004 (the most current year available). The new Immigration Profile includes the following 12 indicators:

• Children Living Below the Poverty Threshold, by Immigrant status
• Children Living in Low-income Families (Below 200% of the Poverty Threshold), by Immigrant status
• Children Living Without Secure Parental Employment, by Immigrant status
• Children with all Available Parents in the Labor Force, by Immigrant status
• Children with all Available Parents Not in the Labor Force, by Immigrant status
• Median Family Income Among Households with Children, by Immigrant status
• Children Living with Families that Spend more than 30 Percent of Income on Housing Costs, by Immigrant status
• Children Living in Crowded Households, by Immigrant status
• Children Living in Households that are Owned, by Immigrant status
• Children Whose Parents All Have Less Than a High School Degree, by Immigrant status
• Children who have Difficulty Speaking English, by Immigrant status
• Children Living in Linguistically Isolated Households, by Immigrant status