Definition: Estimated percentage of children ages 0-17 living with at least one parent who was born outside of the United States, by income level and legislative district (e.g., in 2016-2020, among California children living with foreign-born parents, 55% had family incomes at or above 200% of their federal poverty threshold).
Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (Aug. 2022).
Footnote: Data presented are for families with children by birth, marriage, or adoption. The foreign-born population includes naturalized U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants, humanitarian migrants, and unauthorized migrants. The federal poverty threshold was $26,246 for a family of two adults and two children in 2020. 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 the margin of error was greater than 5 percentage points. Because of disruptions to data collection in 2020, American Community Survey estimates for 2016-2020 did not meet statistical quality requirements and have larger than usual margins of error; see Information and Advice on 2020 Federal Data Quality and Use.
