Table 1: Child Population by Age and Race/Ethnicity, 2018
| Number of Children | Percent of Children Who Are | |||||||||
| Under 5 | Under 18 | Children of Color | White | Hispanic | Black | Asian | Two or More Races | American Indian/ Alaska Native | Native Hawaiian/ Other Pacific Islander | |
| Alabama | 293,203 | 1,089,840 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 7.9 | 29.1 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 |
| Alaska | 53,115 | 183,816 | 51.1 | 48.9 | 9.8 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 12.4 | 18.2 | 1.7 |
| Arizona | 435,936 | 1,642,657 | 61.1 | 38.9 | 44.4 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
| Arkansas | 190,343 | 703,180 | 37.0 | 63.0 | 12.5 | 17.8 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| California | 2,441,300 | 8,989,955 | 74.4 | 25.6 | 52.1 | 5.1 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Colorado | 336,854 | 1,265,235 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 31.4 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Connecticut | 183,134 | 735,193 | 45.5 | 54.5 | 24.7 | 11.4 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Delaware | 54,811 | 203,616 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 16.1 | 25.4 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| District of Columbia | 45,617 | 127,494 | 77.1 | 22.9 | 17.2 | 53.4 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Florida | 1,143,183 | 4,229,081 | 58.5 | 41.5 | 31.8 | 20.1 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Georgia | 657,414 | 2,505,751 | 56.4 | 43.6 | 14.9 | 33.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Hawaii | 87,704 | 303,414 | 85.9 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 1.9 | 23.6 | 30.7 | 0.1 | 11.0 |
| Idaho | 116,339 | 446,972 | 25.3 | 74.7 | 18.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
| Illinois | 760,619 | 2,857,266 | 48.8 | 51.2 | 24.9 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Indiana | 418,544 | 1,568,130 | 29.2 | 70.8 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Iowa | 198,218 | 730,767 | 22.7 | 77.3 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Kansas | 189,335 | 705,961 | 33.6 | 66.4 | 18.6 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Kentucky | 275,412 | 1,008,829 | 21.9 | 78.1 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Louisiana | 307,019 | 1,095,916 | 49.1 | 50.9 | 7.1 | 36.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Maine | 64,282 | 250,404 | 11.7 | 88.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Maryland | 364,504 | 1,340,148 | 58.3 | 41.7 | 16.0 | 30.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 360,161 | 1,366,858 | 39.1 | 60.9 | 19.0 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Michigan | 572,163 | 2,164,668 | 33.1 | 66.9 | 8.4 | 16.0 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Minnesota | 355,291 | 1,302,615 | 31.4 | 68.6 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| Mississippi | 185,477 | 706,141 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 4.9 | 41.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Missouri | 372,713 | 1,376,830 | 27.5 | 72.5 | 6.9 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Montana | 62,536 | 229,434 | 22.2 | 77.8 | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 9.6 | 0.1 |
| Nebraska | 132,968 | 476,841 | 31.6 | 68.4 | 17.8 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Nevada | 185,995 | 688,997 | 65.1 | 34.9 | 41.1 | 10.2 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| New Hampshire | 64,020 | 258,170 | 15.5 | 84.5 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| New Jersey | 518,628 | 1,953,643 | 53.9 | 46.1 | 27.5 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| New Mexico | 124,246 | 482,153 | 76.0 | 24.0 | 60.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 10.3 | 0.1 |
| New York | 1,140,442 | 4,068,102 | 52.2 | 47.8 | 25.0 | 15.1 | 8.0 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| North Carolina | 610,128 | 2,300,645 | 48.1 | 51.9 | 16.7 | 22.6 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| North Dakota | 54,695 | 178,698 | 24.3 | 75.7 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 7.7 | 0.1 |
| Ohio | 694,789 | 2,593,325 | 28.9 | 71.1 | 6.3 | 15.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 260,429 | 956,486 | 46.8 | 53.2 | 17.4 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 0.2 |
| Oregon | 234,214 | 873,567 | 36.7 | 63.3 | 22.3 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 702,997 | 2,648,911 | 33.6 | 66.4 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Rhode Island | 54,413 | 205,213 | 42.3 | 57.7 | 26.0 | 7.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| South Carolina | 292,391 | 1,105,945 | 45.4 | 54.6 | 9.6 | 29.7 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 62,132 | 217,606 | 29.1 | 70.9 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 12.7 | 0.1 |
| Tennessee | 406,574 | 1,506,220 | 35.0 | 65.0 | 10.0 | 19.0 | 1.9 | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Texas | 2,024,126 | 7,398,099 | 68.6 | 31.4 | 49.5 | 11.8 | 4.4 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Utah | 253,004 | 932,462 | 26.5 | 73.5 | 17.9 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
| Vermont | 29,681 | 115,973 | 11.1 | 88.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 510,924 | 1,869,792 | 46.8 | 53.2 | 14.2 | 19.9 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Washington | 462,701 | 1,663,285 | 43.9 | 56.1 | 21.4 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 8.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 |
| West Virginia | 95,257 | 364,160 | 11.3 | 88.7 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Wisconsin | 334,382 | 1,276,103 | 29.6 | 70.4 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Wyoming | 35,912 | 134,775 | 23.1 | 76.9 | 14.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
| United States | 19,810,275 | 73,399,342 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 25.5 | 13.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Notes: Racial categories (White, Black, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Two or More Races) exclude children of Hispanic ethnicity. Hispanic children can be of any race. Children of color include all racial categories except White. Racial/ethnic categories are presented in the order of their share in the child population.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. 2019. “Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Sex, Age, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States and States: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018,” 2018 Population Estimates. https://factfinder.census.gov/.