Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 with two or more adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), by race/ethnicity (e.g., in 2024, 12.9% of Hispanic/Latino children in California had experienced two or more ACEs).
Data Source: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Survey of Children's Health (Dec. 2025).
Footnote: This indicator reports on the following adverse childhood experiences (ACEs): For children ages 0-17, (1) experienced economic hardship, (2) parent or guardian got divorced or separated, (3) parent or guardian died, (4) parent or guardian served time in jail, (5) witnessed domestic violence, (6) witnessed or experienced neighborhood violence, (7) household member was mentally ill, (8) household member abused alcohol or drugs, (9) treated unfairly because of race/ethnicity, and, for children ages 6-17, (10) treated unfairly because of sexual orientation or gender identity. Data for 2024 capture ACE types (1)-(9) only. Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive. These estimates are based on a survey of the population and are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. The notation S refers to estimates that have been suppressed because (a) there were fewer than 20 respondents in that group, or (b) the margin of error for the estimate is greater than 10 percentage points. The annotation [!] indicates that the estimate's margin of error is greater than 5 percentage points but not greater than 10 percentage points. For more information, see https://www.childhealthdata.org/learn-about-the-nsch/NSCH.
