Poverty rate of children, ages 0-4, by race and ethnicity in New Mexico
because one or more years have been deselected.
Definitions:
Poverty rate is derived by dividing the number of 0-4 year olds living in poverty by the total number of 0-4 year olds of each race and ethnicity. Thus in 2017, for example, 29% of all New Mexico children under 5, and 31% of Hispanic children under 5, lived in poverty.
The U.S. Census uses these race categories: White, Black or African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, Some Other Race, and Two or More Races. In addition, the U.S. Census uses two ethnic categories: Hispanic and Non-Hispanic. Hispanic (or Latino) refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term 'origin' is used to indicate a person's (or the person's parents) heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth. People who identify their origin as Spanish or Hispanic may be of any race.
Data Source:
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year estimates, Tables B17001, B17001B, B17001C, B17001D, B17001E, B17001F, B17001G, B17001H, B17001I.
Footnotes:
Data are not available (NA) because the number of sample cases is too small. When this occurs, as in some racial and ethnic groups, problems with
County-level data are available by request.
Updated January 2019.