Children of Immigrants: Growing National and State Diversity
This research brief tracks growth in the population of children of immigrants age zero to 17. Children of immigrants may be immigrants themselves or U.S.-born with at least one immigrant parent. By 2009, children of immigrants numbered 16.8 million and constituted 23 percent of all children--close to one in four of all children in the U.S. The majority (14.5 million) were born in the U.S. Hispanics at 56 percent are the largest minority group among children of immigrants, followed by non-Hispanic Asians (18 percent), whites (18 percent) and blacks (eight percent).
As a result of these changes, the share of U.S. children under 18 who were white decreased from 62 to 56 percent from 2000 to 2009. In nine states, white children were in the minority. (Summary by Prof. Nick Montalto.)
Fortuny, K., & Chaudry, A. (2011). "Children of Immigrants: Growing National and State Diversity." Children of Immigrant Research, Brief No. 5 pp. 1-10. Retrieved from https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/26631/412433-Children-of-Immigrants-Growing-National-and-State-Diversity.PDF