Most Children in Immigrant Families are Citizens

In 2011, 17.5 mil­lion chil­dren lived in immi­grant fam­i­lies, a 26% increase from the last decade. Of these chil­dren, 88% are U.S. cit­i­zens. Among all chil­dren liv­ing in immi­grant fam­i­lies, 26% have par­ents with­out a high school degree and 23% live in lin­guis­ti­cal­ly iso­lat­ed house­holds, both pre­dic­tors of poor out­comes. Cal­i­for­nia 48%, Neva­da 38% and New Jer­sey 35% have the largest share of chil­dren in immi­grant fam­i­lies, while West Vir­ginia 3%, Mon­tana 4% and Mis­sis­sip­pi 4% have the lowest.

See the Demo­graph­ic and Edu­ca­tion sec­tions of the KIDS COUNT Data Cen­ter for data on chil­dren in immi­grant fam­i­lies for the nation, states and 50 largest cities:

• Chil­dren in immi­grant families
• Child pop­u­la­tion by nativity
• Chil­dren in immi­grant fam­i­lies who are U.S. citizens
• Chil­dren whose res­i­dent par­ents are not U.S. citizens
• Chil­dren who have dif­fi­cul­ty speak­ing English
• Chil­dren whose par­ents have dif­fi­cul­ty speak­ing English
• Chil­dren liv­ing in lin­guis­ti­cal­ly iso­lat­ed households
• Chil­dren whose par­ents have less than a high school degree