Share of U.S. children who had received any mental healthcare in 2019, by race
In 2019, over 12 percent of non-Hispanic white children aged 5 to 17 years in the United States received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional in the past 12 months, compared to 7 percent of non-Hispanic black children. This statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. children aged 5 to 17 years who had received any mental health treatment or medication in the past 12 months in 2019, by race.
