The Racial Gap in Parental Education
NCCP | The Racial Gap in Parental Education
This fact sheet includes children who live apart from both parents, such as foster children or children being raised by grandparents.
Of the 74 million children in the United States, over 40 percent belong to a minority racial/ethnic group.
73% of white children have parents with at least some college education.
Although higher education leads to higher earnings for all racial/ethnic groups, black and Latino children are more likely to be low income even when parents have some college education.
21% of Asian children live in low-income families.
Full-time parental employment does not explain income differences across race/ethnicity.
