U.S. - children as a percentage of the population 2021 | Statista

In 2021, children between the ages of zero and 17 years old made up 22.2 percent of the total population in the United States. This is down from a peak in 1960, where children made up 36 percent of the total population in the country.

Share of child population in the total U.S. population from 1950 to 2021

Characteristic	Percentage of total population
2021	22.2%
2020	22.4%
2019	22.3%
2018	22.5%
2017	22.6%
2016	22.8%
2015	23%
2014	23.1%
2013	23.3%
2012	23.5%
2011	23.7%
2010	24%
2009	24.2%
2008	24.4%
2007	24.6%
2006	24.7%
2005	24.9%
2004	25%
2003	25.2%
2002	25.4%
2001	25.5%
2000	25.7%
1999	25.8%
1998	25.9%
1997	26%
1996	26.1%
1995	26.1%
1994	26.1%
1993	26%
1992	25.9%
1991	25.8%
1990	25.7%
1989	25.7%
1988	25.9%
1987	26%
1986	26.2%
1985	26.3%
1984	26.5%
1983	26.8%
1982	27.1%
1981	27.5%
1980	28%
1979	29%
1978	29%
1977	30%
1976	30%
1975	31%
1974	32%
1973	33%
1972	33%
1971	34%
1970	34%
1969	35%
1968	35%
1967	35%
1966	36%
1965	36%
1964	36%
1963	36%
1962	36%
1961	36%
1960	36%
1959	35%
1958	35%
1957	35%
1956	34%
1955	34%
1954	33%
1953	33%
1952	32%
1951	32%
1950	31%

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1950 to 2021

Age group

0-17 years

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