BRIEF3.E Housing instability: Number and percentage of renter households with children ages 0–17 that are not current on rent by selected adult and household characteristics, August 19, 2020–January 10, 2022

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Characteristic Total period 8/19/2020–1/10/2020 Survey intervals
8/19/2020–10/26/2020 10/28/2020–1/18/2021 1/20/2021–3/9/2021 4/12/2021–6/21/2021 6/23/2021–8/30/2021 9/1/2021–1/10/2022
Number of renter households with children (in thousands)a 12,760 — — — — — —
Renter households with children behind on rent
Total (in thousands) 2,969 2,907 3,441 3,157 2,593 2,766 2,868
Total (percent) 23.3 22.8 27.0 24.7 20.3 21.7 22.5
Race and Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 897 1,053 932 739 809 890
Percent — 17.3 20.4 18.0 14.3 15.6 17.2
Black, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 887 1,151 1,019 834 894 973
Percent — 29.9 38.9 34.4 28.1 30.2 32.9
Asian, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 137 128 138 129 120 105
Percent — 26.2 24.6 26.5 24.7 23.1 20.2
Any other race alone or in combination, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 147 207 166 169 155 146
Percent — 22.9 32.3 25.8 26.4 24.2 22.7
Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 833 916 913 726 785 748
Percent — 24.0 26.4 26.4 21.0 22.7 21.6
Single-female-headed renter households
Total (in thousands) 2,419 — — — — — —
Total (percent) 19.0 — — — — — —
Renter households with children behind on rent
Total (in thousands) 663 645 747 680 552 708 653
Total (percent) 27.4 26.7 30.9 28.1 22.8 29.3 27.0
Race and Hispanic origin
White, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 44 52 51 37 51 45
Percent — 18.7 22.3 21.6 15.9 21.9 19.2
Black, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 81 97 89 73 93 83
Percent — 32.7 39.3 36.0 29.3 37.4 33.7
Asian, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 3 6 5 4 3 3
Percent — 23.4 40.9 32.2 29.1 23.7 20.2
Any other race alone or in combination, non-Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 9 14 13 12 13 11
Percent — 24.9 35.7 35.2 31.4 34.4 30.1
Hispanic
Number (in thousands) — 38 37 27 25 34 34
Percent — 29.9 29.0 21.1 19.7 26.4 26.6
a Renter household estimates from Household Pulse Survey data were reweighted to correspond to a control total of approximately 42.7 million renter households based on the 2019 American Housing Survey.
NOTE: Table reflects data collected in Phases 2, 3, 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3, Weeks 13–41 (August 19, 2021, through January 10, 2022). The 1997 U.S. Office of Management and Budget standards were used to collect race and ethnicity data. Persons could select one or more of five racial groups: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or Asian. Respondents could choose more than one race. Data on Hispanic origin are collected separately and persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race. "Any other race alone or race in combination" includes persons of Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander origin and those reporting more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey. Tabulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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