Figure 1 Number of Children in Poverty, by Race and Ethnicity, 1976- 2010 (in millions)
More Latino children are living in poverty—6.1 million in 2010—than children of any other racial or ethnic group. This marks the first time in U.S. history that the single largest group of poor children is not white. In 2010, 37.3% of poor children were Latino, 30.5% were white and 26.6% were black, according to an analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau by the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
Of the 6.1 million Latino children living in poverty, more than two-thirds (4.1 million) are the children of immigrant parents, according the new Pew Hispanic Center analysis. The other 2 million are the children of parents born in the U.S. Among the 4.1 million impoverished Latino children of immigrants, the vast majority (86.2%) were born in the U.S.
Figure 1  | Number of Children in Poverty, by Race and Ethnicity, 1976- 2010  | (in millions)  | WHITES  | 8  | BLACKS  | 3.8  | 3.9  | LATINOS  | 2004  | 1977  | 1980 1983  | 1986  | 1989  | 1992  | 1995  | 1998  | 2001  | 2007  | 2010  | Notes: non-Hispanic Children components include all of individuals the black younger population. than 18, Whites include only non-Hispanic whites. Blacks include both Hispanic and  | Notes: non-Hispanic Children components include all of individuals the black younger population. than  | Source: U.S. Census Bureau hitp.1/www.ccunsus. phistm@nch.cricc.blut.edu  | PEW research CENTER 