Number of children under 18 years living in U.S. households by age group 2010-2022

Published by
Veera Korhonen,
Jun 2, 2023
This statistic shows the number of children living in households in the United States from 2010 to 2021, by age group. In 2022, there were around 34.6 million children eight years and under and around 38.7 million children between the ages of nine and 17-years-old living in U.S. households.

Number of children under 18 years of age living in U.S. households from 2010 to 2022, by age group (in 1,000s)

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Release date

November 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

To retrieve the data select Table C1. Household Relationship And Family Status Of Children Under 18 Years, By Age And Sex: 2018 from the Children (C table series) section.
Values for 8 years and under have been calculated by adding up the categories for: Under 1 year, 1-2 years, 3-5 years and 6-8 years.
Values for 9-17 years have been calculated by adding up the categories for: 9-11 years, 12-14 years and 15-17 years.
Values prior to 2019 were taken from previous editions.

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