Table 1.

Percentages of the US population age 2-18 by sociodemographic characteristics from National Nutrition Surveys, 1989 to 2010^*

	Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals and 1994-96 Diet and Health Knowledge Survey (CSFII) 1994-1998 (n=8,259)	What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (WWEIA, NHANES) 2003-2004 (n=3,435)	What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (WWEIA, NHANES) 2005-2006 (n=3,652)	What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (WWEIA, NHANES) 2007-2008 (n=2,594)	What We Eat in America, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (WWEIA, NHANES) 2009-2010 (n=2,763)
Age group
2-5 y	0.24	0.22	0.22	0.23	0.23
6-11 y	0.36	0.35	0.34	0.34	0.34
12-18 y	0.40	0.43	0.43	0.42	0.42
% Female Income as a % of poverty	0.49	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.50
≤130%	0.24	0.33	0.27	0.32	0.33
131-185%	0.13	0.11	0.10	0.10	0.12
>185%	0.62	0.56	0.63	0.58	0.55
Race-ethnic status
% non-Hispanic White	0.70	0.65	0.63	0.64	0.62
% non-Hispanic Black	0.17	0.16	0.15	0.16	0.14
Mexican-Americans†	0.07	0.13	0.14	0.14	0.15
Other	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.06	0.08

^*Weighted percentages have been adjusted to be nationally representative.

^†Analyses are limited to Mexican Americans because of sampling constraints in WWEIA.