The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool is an interactive tool designed to generate charts and tables with statistics on children, age 0 to 17, for the United States and for the 50 states and the District of Columbia using data from the American Community Survey. The Children of Immigrants Data Tool presents data on a number of population groups of children defined by the child’s nativity and citizenship and the nativity, citizenship, and origin of the parents, such as children with immigrant parents, children with noncitizen parents and/or children with Mexican parents. Available indicators include child characteristics (e.g., child’s school enrollment), parent characteristics (e.g., English proficiency of parents), and family characteristics (e.g., family poverty). Data can be presented as the number of children or the share (percent) of children.
The Children of Immigrants Data Tool has several sections:
Click on "Begin>>" on the "Intro" page. Select time period on the "Select Year" page and click on "Next." Select states or the United States on the "Select States" page. Select population groups (e.g., children of immigrants) on the "Select Populations" page. Select data type—Share (percent) or Number (count), on the "Select Data Type." Select indicators (e.g., race and ethnicity) on the "Select Indicators" page and click on "Next" to view the results options on the "Results" page.
Example:
When "ACS data for 2008" is selected on the "Select Year" page, "United States" is selected on the "Select States" page, "Children of Immigrants" selected on the "Select Populations" page, "Share" on the "Select Data Type" page, and "Age" selected on the "Select Indicators" page, the Children of Immigrants Data Tool will generate charts and tables with the age distribution of children of immigrants in the United States for the 2007–2008 period.
Limitations
Data Availability
Data are available for the United States and the 50 states and District of Columbia. Data are not provided for indicators for certain populations—such as children with parents from Africa and the West Indies—in states with a small number of children sampled in this population (fewer than 90 cases) because statistical inferences cannot be made.
Error messages
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts along with a tabular version of the chart with statistics on children for the entire United States and for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Select one of the following:
Data displayed by the Children of Immigrants Data Tool are based on the U.S. American Community Survey for 2005–2020. Data are averaged across two survey years:
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts along with a tabular version of the chart with statistics on children for the United States, the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and the 100 largest metropolitan areas.
1. Select the geography in the "Available Geographies" box: metropolitan areas or states.
2. Highlight the geographic area(s) from the list on the left (hold ctrl to select more than one at a time) and click on Add >> to select the areas. Highlight the geographic areas on the right and click << Remove to deselect areas.
Data Availability
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts and tables with data on the following population groups among others:
Click on the check box to select population group(s). Click again to remove population group(s).
Example:
When "ACS data for 2008" is selected on the "Select Year" page, "United States" is selected on the "Select States" page, "Children of Immigrants" selected on the "Select Populations" page, "Share" on the "Select Data Type" page, and "Age" selected on the "Select Indicators" page, the Children of Immigrants Data Tool will generate charts and tables with the age distribution of children of immigrants in the United States for the 2007–2008 period.
Data Availability
Data are available for the United States and the 50 states and District of Columbia. Data are not provided for indicators for certain populations—such as children with parents from Africa and the West Indies—in states with a small number of children sampled in this population (fewer than 90 cases) because statistical inferences cannot be made.
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts along with a tabular version of the chart with statistics on children for the entire United States and for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
Statistics can be displayed as number (count) of children or the share (percent) of children. Select Share or Number and click “Next”.
Examples:
Selecting "Share" on this page and "Age" on the "Select Statistics" page will display the age distribution of children.
Selecting "Number" on this page and "Bilingual" on the "Select Statistics" page will display the number of children by age.
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts and tables with a variety of indicators on children for the entire United States and for the 50 States and the District of Columbia. Data can be displayed as the number (count) of children or the share (percent) of children depending on the selection made on the �Select Data Type� page. Available indicators include child characteristics (e.g., child’s school enrollment), parent characteristics (e.g., English proficiency of parents), and family characteristics (e.g., family poverty).
Click on the check box to select indicators. Click again to remove indicators. Clicking on the [+] button displays the values for each indicator.
Example:
When "ACS data for 2008" is selected on the "Select Year" page, "United States" is selected on the "Select States" page, "Children of Immigrants" selected on the "Select Populations" page, "Share" on the "Select Data Type" page, and "Age" selected on the "Select Indicators" page, the Children of Immigrants Data Tool will generate charts and tables with the age distribution of children of immigrants in the United States for the 2007–2008 period.
Limitations
Users may select up to five indicators
Data Availability
Data are available for the United States and the 50 states and District of Columbia. Data are not provided for indicators for certain populations—such as children with parents from Africa and the West Indies—in states with a small number of children sampled in this population (fewer than 90 cases) because statistical inferences cannot be made.
Error messages
The Urban Institute Children of Immigrants Data Tool allows you to generate charts and tables with statistics on children for the entire United States and for the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
The "Results" page displays options for viewing or saving the data. The Display Options are for viewing the data:
The Export Options are for saving the data:
Error messages
Technical Note
Information about the data and definitions can be found in the
technical appendix.
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