In 2019, 60 percent of high school graduates from families in the lowest income quartile in the United States enrolled in college. This was a decrease of five percent from the previous year.
Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile
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Statistics on Families in the United States
Overview
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- Basic Statistic Average size of a family in the US 1960-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of black families 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Asian families 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. Number of white non-Hispanic families U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. - Number of Hispanic families 1990-2021
Marriage
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- Premium Statistic Number of marriages in the U.S. 1990-2020
- Premium Statistic USA - Marriage rate 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Marriage rates in the U.S. 2021, by state
- Basic Statistic Marital status of the U.S. population 2021, by sex
- Basic Statistic Number of married couples U.S. 2022, by race and Hispanic origin
Divorce
4
Children
4
Single parents
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- Basic Statistic Number of families with a single mother U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of families with a single father 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Hispanic families with a single mother 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of Hispanic families with a single father U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of Asian families with a single mother 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of Asian families with a single father U.S. 2002-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of white, non-Hispanic single mother households U.S. 1990-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of white, non-Hispanic single father households 1990-2021
Family income
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The Pell Institute. (May 19, 2021). Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/
The Pell Institute. "Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile." Chart. May 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/
The Pell Institute. (2021). Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/
The Pell Institute. "Share of High School Graduates Enrolled in College in The United States from 2000 to 2019, by Family Income Quartile." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 May 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/
The Pell Institute, Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Share of high school graduates enrolled in college in the United States from 2000 to 2019, by family income quartile [Graph], The Pell Institute, May 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/782387/college-enrollment-by-family-income-quartile-us/